Music At Noon, the concert series sponsored by Music At Morristown United Methodist Church, concludes its 31st season with a concert on Thursday, Jan. 27, featuring the Heritage Piano Trio in its 11th consecutive year.
The trio is comprised of Pauline Lederer, piano; Nancie Lederer, violin and Marnie Kaller, cello. The 30-minute concert begins at 12:15 pm in the sanctuary of the Morristown United Methodist Church, 50 Park Place (on the Green), in Morristown.
There is a light luncheon available for purchase before or after the concert (11:30 to 1:30 pm). The cost of the luncheon is $7.00 for adults and $6.00 for seniors and students.
The January concerts have a suggested donation of $6.00/$5.00 for seniors and students. Student groups with teachers are admitted free. Free childcare is available during the concert. The sanctuary is handicapped accessible.
Now in its 11th year, the Heritage Piano Trio continues its dedication to performing masterpieces for piano trio as well as broadening its repertoire with music by composers of various ethnic backgrounds.
In addition to performances in New Jersey, the trio participated in an International Music Festival in Shanghai, China, during the summer of 2007.
The Classical New Jersey Society Journal affirmed an ideal fostered by the three musicians: “…Each work was lovingly played and enjoyed on both sides of the stage. With the final pizzicato, the audience smiled and a few even chuckled. What better response for music meant mostly to be enjoyed as it is shared among friends?”
Pauline Lederer, pianist, a native New Yorker, attended the Juilliard School as a scholarship student receiving Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She continued her musical studies in Vienna, Paris, and Florence. She has concertized widely — solo recitals, chamber music, and with orchestras, in North and South America and throughout Europe. Several of her tours were sponsored by the U.S. State Department. She has also made recordings and television appearances. For many years, Ms. Lederer taught at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in New York. Now a resident of Chapel Hill, NC, she conducts courses for adults at Duke University.
Nancie Lederer, violinist, is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music where she was a scholarship student of Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. As an orchestra member and chamber musician, she has given concerts throughout Europe, the Caribbean, and the U.S. Ms. Lederer has performed with a number of orchestras including the Radio City Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Philharmonic Virtuosi, New Philharmonic of New Jersey, and at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Ms. Lederer has served as a string coach for the Inter-School Orchestral Program in New York City, the Summer Trios Festival in Pennsylvania and the Vermont Music and Arts Center. She has conducted the Essex County Overture Strings and was a co-founder of the 4 Strings! Summer Chamber Music Academy. Ms. Lederer maintains a private teaching studio in West Caldwell.
Marnie Kaller, cellist, received her Master of Music degree from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She has been principal cellist of the Shreveport Symphony and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and has also played in the Kansas City Civic Symphony and the Des Moines Symphony. Ms. Kaller was a founding member of the Heritage Piano Quartet that performed for 12 years throughout Morris County. In addition, Ms. Kaller freelances in chamber and orchestral ensembles in New Jersey. She was one of the founding faculty members of 4 Strings! Summer Chamber Music Academy for string players. She conducted the Lakeland Junior Youth Symphony for 13 years and maintains a large private teaching studio in Convent Station.
Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For further information: 973-538-2132 or www.morristownumc.com
