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Leviton family will perform Monday

Lawrence Leviton, an associate professor of music, will be joined by family members for a cello and piano recital at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Monday, Sept. 6.
The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall of the Fine Arts Center. Lawrence, playing the historically significant Copernicus/Bukolt Cello, will be accompanied by his father, Julian, his mother, Annabelle, and his sister, Barbara, on the piano.
This is the first time the family will play together as a group. The performance will include works by Gabriel Fauré - "Romance, Op. 69," "Sicilienne" and "Habanera." In addition they will perform the "Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano" by César Franck and "Sonate" by Claude Debussy.
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for students. Proceeds will benefit Department of Music scholarships. Tickets may be purchased at the Arts and Athletics Ticket Office in Quandt Gym, at the ticket outlet in CenterPoint MarketPlace and by calling (715) 346-4100 or 1-800-838-3378. Tickets may also be purchased the night of the performance at the Fine Arts Center.
Lawrence has been on the music faculty at UW-SP since 1989 and is also a Suzuki specialist at the American Suzuki Talent Education Center. Originally from Chicago, he has performed throughout the country and frequently on Wisconsin Public Radio. He has served as principal cellist in the Central Wisconsin Symphony and performed with the Michelsen Ensemble.
In recent years he has taught and spoken across the country about music in film. He earned his doctorate in music performance from UW-Madison in addition to degrees from the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University.
Julian, a Bellingham, Wash., resident, began piano studies at age 8 and has appeared as a piano soloist with many orchestras in the Midwest. He toured the United States and Europe as part of a piano duo with Annabelle Shrago Leviton.
He is a certified Suzuki teacher trainer, having studied at the Suzuki Talent Education Center in Matsumoto, Japan. He taught many years at DePaul University in Chicago where he now holds the title professor emeritus. He has a bachelor's degree in music from the Chicago Musical College and a master's degree in performance from Northwestern University and his teachers have included Howard Wells, Rudolph Ganz, Molly Margolies, Leon Rosenbloom and Joseph Raieff.
Annabelle, a resident of Albuquerque, N.M., teaches piano and has appeared as a soloist as well as in the duo with Julian Leviton. She has served as an instructor at Kendall College and the Music Center of the North Shore in Illinois and as a consultant and composer for television dramas, for which she won a Peabody Award.
She holds bachelor's degrees in composition and music education from Northwestern University and a master's degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music. She has a degree as a master graphoanalyst and is currently collaborating with Chicago psychologist Johanna Tabin in an analysis of Mozart's personality through a study of his handwriting.
A longtime pianist, Barbara is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Albuquerque, where she lives with her husband and son, Sam, who studies the cello. She has performed with her parents and the DePaul Symphony in Chicago's Orchestra Hall as well as at Michigan State while she earned her Ph.D. in psychology. She also studied piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.



	Leviton family will perform Monday Lawrence Leviton, an associate professor of music, will be joined by family members for a cello and piano recital at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Monday, Sept. 6. The recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall of the Fine Arts Center. Lawrence, playing the historically significant Copernicus/Bukolt Cello, will be accompanied by his father, Julian, his mother, Annabelle, and his sister, Barbara, on the piano. This is the first time the family will play together as a group. The performance will include works by Gabriel Fauré - "Romance, Op. 69," "Sicilienne" and "Habanera." In addition they will perform the "Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano" by César Franck and "Sonate" by Claude Debussy. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for students. Proceeds will benefit Department of Music scholarships. Tickets may be purchased at the Arts and Athletics Ticket Office in Quandt Gym, at the ticket outlet in CenterPoint MarketPlace and by calling (715) 346-4100 or 1-800-838-3378. Tickets may also be purchased the night of the performance at the Fine Arts Center. Lawrence has been on the music faculty at UW-SP since 1989 and is also a Suzuki specialist at the American Suzuki Talent Education Center. Originally from Chicago, he has performed throughout the country and frequently on Wisconsin Public Radio. He has served as principal cellist in the Central Wisconsin Symphony and performed with the Michelsen Ensemble. In recent years he has taught and spoken across the country about music in film. He earned his doctorate in music performance from UW-Madison in addition to degrees from the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University. Julian, a Bellingham, Wash., resident, began piano studies at age 8 and has appeared as a piano soloist with many orchestras in the Midwest. He toured the United States and Europe as part of a piano duo with Annabelle Shrago Leviton. He is a certified Suzuki teacher trainer, having studied at the Suzuki Talent Education Center in Matsumoto, Japan. He taught many years at DePaul University in Chicago where he now holds the title professor emeritus. He has a bachelor's degree in music from the Chicago Musical College and a master's degree in performance from Northwestern University and his teachers have included Howard Wells, Rudolph Ganz, Molly Margolies, Leon Rosenbloom and Joseph Raieff. Annabelle, a resident of Albuquerque, N.M., teaches piano and has appeared as a soloist as well as in the duo with Julian Leviton. She has served as an instructor at Kendall College and the Music Center of the North Shore in Illinois and as a consultant and composer for television dramas, for which she won a Peabody Award. She holds bachelor's degrees in composition and music education from Northwestern University and a master's degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music. She has a degree as a master graphoanalyst and is currently collaborating with Chicago psychologist Johanna Tabin in an analysis of Mozart's personality through a study of his handwriting. A longtime pianist, Barbara is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Albuquerque, where she lives with her husband and son, Sam, who studies the cello. She has performed with her parents and the DePaul Symphony in Chicago's Orchestra Hall as well as at Michigan State while she earned her Ph.D. in psychology. She also studied piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.