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CU to present McHugh Trio from Louisville, February 20

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By Joan C. McKinney, director of Campbellsville University communications

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY -- Peter McHugh, adjunct professor of violin at Campbellsville University, will be bringing the McHugh Trio from Louisville for a guest recital at Campbellsville University Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 8pm ET in The Gheens Recital Hall.

"McHugh has many honors to his credit and is recently retired from the University of Louisville after nearly 40 years on the faculty," said Dr. Wesley Roberts, CU professor of music, who invites the public to the free concert.



McHugh has been concertmaster of several professional orchestras, including the Louisville Orchestra. Trio members Megumi Ohkubo, cello, and Jeffrey Jamner, piano, have many accomplishments to their credit as well, he said.

The Trio's program will consist of selections by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

McHugh is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UL

McHugh was honored by the University of Louisville School of Music with the appointment of Distinguished Professor Emeritus, after serving on the faculty for 39 years before his retirement.

He continues to be active not only as a teacher where he continues to teach for Campbellsville University, but as a violinist. For many years he was violinist with The McHugh-Oliphant Duo, The Louisville String Quartet, the Kentucky Center Chamber Players and the Faculty Chamber Artist.

He has been concertmaster and soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Louisville Bach Society Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and the Oklahoma Symphony.

He has also played with the Dallas Symphony, World Symphony, the Santa Fe Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New Century Chamber Orchestra and the famous Casals Festival Orchestra in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

McHugh has performed under such notable conductors as George Szell, Charles Munch, Rafael Kubelik, Zubin Mehta, Mistislav Rostropovich, Rafael Frebeck de Burgos, Sixten Ehling and Igor Stravinsky, and has played with such artists as Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Arthur Rubinstein, Leonard Rose and Claudio Arrau.

He has recorded for RCA, New Albion Records and the Louisville First Edition Recordings.

Ohkubo, cellist, trained in Japan

Ohkubo, cellist, received his early training at the respected Toho School in Japan. At Indiana University, he studied with Janos Starker and chamber music with Joseph Gingold, Menahem Pressler and Gyorgy Sebok.

He has appeared as a chamber musician as well as a principal cellist of various orchestras including the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.

In 1994, Megumi was invited to join the Saito Kinen Orchestra under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, which appears regularly in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Salzburg and Vienna and made a number of recordings with the Philip and Sony labels.

Megumi and his colleagues formed the Cello Ensemble Saito. The Philips label has released three of their CDs. Also, they have been invited to perform in many series and festivals including an appearance at the International Cello Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia.

He has served as a member of the Kentucky Center Chamber Players for the past 20 years. He has previously taught at the University of Kentucky, Jiyu Gakuen, University of Tokyo Metropolitan, Indiana University Southeast and the University of Louisville.

Megumi resides in Anchorage, Ky. with his wife, Katheryn, who is a violinist with the Louisville Orchestra, and their three sons, Alan, Jonathan and Joseph.

Jamner, the pianist, has performed extensively as chamber musician

Jamner, pianist, has performed extensively as chamber musician, recitalist and concerto soloist. He has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, West Virginia Orchestra, Yonkers Philharmonic and Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia.

Jamner's chamber music performances have included six years as founding Artistic Director of Concorde: The Chamber Music Society of Westport in Connecticut, as well as appearances at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, and with the Kentucky Center Chamber Players.

Jamner holds a doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, following studies at Mannes College of Music and the University of Louisville. He has studied with Lee Luvisi, Jeannette Haien, Jerome Lowenthal, Artur Balsam and Paul Schenly.

Jamner has recorded on the Musique Internationale, Capstone and Centaur labels. He is director of school programs at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, where he is also artistic director of the Gheens Great Expectations young artist concert and residency series.

He lives in Louisville with his wife, Margaret, a flutist on the faculty at Indiana University Southeast, and their twin children, Robert and Maya.

For more information about the program, contact the School of Music at (270) 789-5237.
To be reminded of this recital, check Events at ColumbiaMagazine.comCampbellsville University, now celebrating her Centennial year, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,310 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations. Listed in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" 14 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern master's colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, KY Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his eighth year as president.


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McHugh Trio in concert at Gheens Recital Hall, February 20, 2007



2007-02-04 - Photo From Campbellsville University.
The McHugh Trio will be in concert at 8:00pm ET Gheens Recital Hall, Campbellsville University , on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. From left, the trio includes violinist Peter McHugh, pianist Jeffrey Jamner; and cellist Megumi Ohbuki.

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