Two faculty members from the A-State Music Department are in the midst of a major undertaking: performing all ten of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin in concert. KASU’s Marty Scarbrough recently spoke with pianist Dr. Lauren Schack-Clark and violinist Dr. Chi-Young Song. Marty first asked them to explain what a “sonata” is. Click on the Listen button for the entire interview.
Violinist Dr. Chi-Young Song is an assistant professor of music at A-State… and pianist Dr. Lauren Schack-Clark is a professor of music at A-State. Together, they are in the midst of performing in concert all ten of Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin. The next of these four concerts will be this Monday night, March 11, at 7:30 in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center in Jonesboro. These two musicians will also perform selected sonatas at Amro (AM-row) Music in Memphis one week from today, March 16, at two p-m. The final in this series of concerts will be Monday, March 25, at 7:30 in Riceland Hall. The performances are free, and the public is invited to attend.