Renowned Improvisational Violinist

Will Return To WestConn

DANBURY — Returning by popular demand, the renowned violinist, singer, composer, recording artist, producer, author and educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman will perform a concert on violin at Western Connecticut State University in July. Ms Lyonn Lieberman, a Newtown resident, was in town nearly one year ago to perform and celebrate the release of her newest book.

Ms Lyonn Lieberman will reprise her critically acclaimed “The Talking Violin” concert at 7 pm on Sunday, July 10. Her performance will be WCSU’s Ives Concert Hall, within in White Hall on the university’s midtown campus at 181 White Street.

The performance, which received rave reviews last summer, will span the journey of the violin from its arrival in America as a Celtic and classical instrument to its place in blues, swing, jazz and more than a dozen other musical styles. Ms Lyonn Lieberman will be accompanied by Gene Pino on guitar and Jeff Fuller on bass.

The public is invited and tickets will be $10.

Julie Lyonn Lieberman brings more than three decades of experience as an improvisational performer and inspiring educator to WestConn, where she also will instruct middle- and high-school students attending the university’s Summer Strings Camp from Sunday, July 10, through Saturday, July 16.

A former member of The Juilliard School faculty, Ms Lyonn Lieberman has released four recordings of original music, performed as a guest artist on several other recordings, produced five instructional videos, and authored seven books. She has written and produced jazz violin programs for National Public Radio and hosted her own radio program in New York. Her most recent book, Alternative Strings: The New Curriculum, was released in 2004 by Amadeus Press.

For more information, call the WCSU music department at 837-8350 or the WestConn Office of Public Relations at 837-8486.