Leading "Post Post-Feminist Feminist" Horn Group Genghis Barbie to Perform at Lebanon Valley College

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Genghis Barbie will present a free concert at Lebanon Valley College on Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

ANNVILLE, PA (08/21/2014)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College presents the leading "post post-feminist feminist" all-female horn experience, Genghis Barbie, in concert on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Lutz Hall of the Blair Music Center. The concert, which is made possible through the Burgner Endowed Fund for Chamber Music, is free and open to the public.

Genghis Barbie is the most innovative and energizing chamber ensemble of its generation and beyond. With a combined 24 years of conservatory training, Genghis Barbie delivers a visceral and unadulterated musical adventure. Performing arrangements of pop music from the 70s through today, they are the most versatile and expansive group on NYC's classical/pop/rock/jazz/indie/alternative/punk/electro-acoustic scene.

"This concert promises to be something very unusual and different from anything offered in recent history at the College," said Dr. Hannes Dietrich, Newton and Adelaide Burgner Endowed Professor of Instrumental Music. "Their high-energy, emotional performance will bring Annville to its feet."

Genghis Barbie was incepted in a unique moment of ingenuity when Freedom Barbie, Cosmic Barbie, Velvet Barbie, and Attila the Horn converged and vowed to create distinctive, interactive, and personal performances. In addition to their busy New York City performing schedule, Genghis Barbie recently performed as contributing artists at the International Horn Society Symposium in San Francisco and performed Schumann's Konzertstuck with the Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble.

As educators, they have toured numerous universities, presenting workshops, master classes and lectures on musical entrepreneurship. They have released two studio albums, the self-titled debut album "Genghis Barbie," and the newly released holiday album "Genghis Barbie: Home for the Holidays" on Sublyme Records.

Danielle Kuhlmann, aka Velvet Barbie, has traveled the world, performing in symphony orchestras and chamber music concerts across the world. She completed her undergraduate studies with Jerome Ashby at the Juilliard School and pursued graduate studies at Rice University with Bill VerMeulen. Currently a freelance musician in New York, she has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony, Brooklyn, Long Island and Westchester Philharmonics, American Ballet Theater and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. An avid interpreter of new music, she is Principal Horn of the American Composers Orchestra, and performs regularly with Metropolis Ensemble and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). She has been a featured soloist with the Seattle and Manila Symphony Orchestras and the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, where she is Principal Horn. In addition to classical performances, Kuhlmann can be heard playing various Broadway shows in New York, as well as many television, video game and major motion picture soundtracks.

Praised by the New York Times for her "consistently beautiful horn playing", Alana Vegter, aka Freedom Barbie, is a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York where she currently resides and actively performs. Alana was most recently a fellow of The Academy-A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute. To this end, Vegter continues to regularly perform chamber music at Carnegie Hall. Vegter received her bachelor of music from DePaul University in the studio of Jon Boen and her masters of music from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Julie Landsman. She concertizes worldwide in both chamber and orchestral settings, and performs regularly with her woodwind quintet, Sospiro Winds, The Jupiter Chamber Players, and The Metropolis Ensemble. In addition, she has played with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, and CityMusic Cleveland.

Rachel Drehmann, aka Atilla the Horn, earned a bachelor of music from the University of Minnesota studying with Wayne Lu and Charles Kavalovski, as well as a master of music from Manhattan School with Jerome Ashby. Drehmann has performed as principal horn of the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic and with the Santo Domingo Music Festival Orchestra. She performed Ligeti's Horn Trio at the Hungararian Cultural Institute in 2008 and was the solo horn in Shakespeare in the Park's "Euripides' 'The Bacchae'" in 2009. She is a member of Tilt Creative Brass Band, Banda de Los Muertos, Chamber Orchestra of New York and a former member of the indie rock band A Whisper In The Noise. As a soloist, Rachel has performed Strauss' "Horn Concerto No. 1" with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, and through the IHS Meir Rimon Commissioning Fund, commissioned and premiered a piece by John Clark.

Leelanee Sterrett, aka Cosmic Barbie, is a Northern Michigan native and grew up in a musically enthusiastic family. After attending Interlochen Arts Academy, she earned degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a student of Douglas Hill, and the Yale School of Music, with William Purvis. From 2010 to 2012, Leelanee was a fellow of The Academy¬-a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. During her time as a fellow, Leelanee performed regularly on the stages of Carnegie Hall and at venues such as (Le) Poisson Rouge and The Greene Space, but also in numerous public school auditoriums and community centers throughout the five boroughs. She also worked closely with elementary school students in Queens, bringing professional-level performance and pedagogy to young musicians.

To view the complete fall concert and recital schedule at Lebanon Valley College, visit www.lvc.edu/music.