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By Phyllis Camesano

Seven Buffalo State College music faculty members are featured in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of composer John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, which won two Grammy Awards earlier this month.

The recording was recognized in two of the three categories for which it was nominated: classical vocal performance and classical contemporary composition.

Faculty members who worked on the recording were Amy Glidden, lecturer, violin and BPO associate concertmaster; Jacqueline Galluzzo, lecturer, BPO assistant principal second violin; Kate Holzemer, lecturer, BPO violist; Amélie Fradette, lecturer, BPO cellist; Jacek Muzyk, lecturer, BPO principal French horn; Susan Schuman, lecturer, accompanist; and Bradley Fuster, department chair and associate professor of percussion.

“This award affirms the talent in our department and presents another milestone as we move toward accepting string majors,” said Fuster. The Music Department recently received full accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). As part of its continued expansion, the department has formed an association with Western New York’s Clara String Quartet, composed of BPO members Fradette, Galluzo, Glidden, and Holzemer, who will become faculty in residence at Buffalo State starting in the fall.

In recognition of this association with the college, the quartet will perform a special concert in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall on April 1 at 8:00 p.m. They will perform Beethoven’s “String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1,” Bela Bartók’s “String Quartet No. 1,” and “La Oración del Torero” (the Toreador’s Prayer) by Joaquin Turina. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for seniors 60 and older, and free for students with ID from any school. To purchase tickets, call 878-3005.