Violinist Johannes Dietrich to Perform at Lebanon Valley College on Feb. 9

Recital to be Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. in Zimmerman Recital Hall

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Dr. Johannes Dietrich

ANNVILLE, PA (01/23/2014)(readMedia)-- Dr. Johannes Dietrich, Lebanon Valley College Newton and Adelaide Burgner Professor in Instrumental Music, will perform a violin recital Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. in Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery. The program is free and open to the public.

The program will feature pieces by Carlo Campioni, J.S. Bach, Eugene Ysave, and Robert Fuchs. Dietrich will be joined on stage first by Dr. Marie-Aline Cadieux. The two musicians are organizing a project that will culminate late next fall with the World Premiere recordings of all six Campioni duets. Also joining Dietrich on stage toward the end of the program will be Gregory Strohman, professor of music at Lebanon Valley College.

Dietrich, a native of Bozeman, Montana, joined the LVC faculty in 1995. As a professor, he directs the LVC Symphony Orchestra, teaches conducting and string methods and applied violin and viola, and conducts chamber music ensembles. He began studying violin at age five, and the piano shortly thereafter. He performs solo violin recitals throughout the country and is an active ragtime pianist.

As a conductor, Dietrich has lead district, regional, state, and honors orchestras from New Jersey to Montana. He is active as a clinician, and recently was awarded the Orchestra Director of the Year award from the Pennsylvania/Delaware String Teachers Association.

He has studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and at Montana State University. Dietrich has a master's in violin performance and a doctorate in violin performance and conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. He performs regularly as a solo violin and piano musician, and as part of the Majore Trio and Duo Terlano ensembles.

Lebanon Valley College offers numerous public performances by students, faculty, and guests of the College throughout the semester. For the list of recitals this spring, visit http://www.lvc.edu/music/student-recitals.aspx.