Becker, Clinton present works by two American Composers

Karen Becker and Mark Clinton
Karen Becker and Mark Clinton

Cellist Karen Becker and pianist Mark Clinton will present works by two American composers on Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Glenn Korff School of Music’s Westbrook Recital Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Becker will perform John Corigliano’s Fancy On A Bach Air for cello solo, followed by Becker and Clinton playing the Sonata for Cello and Piano by Robert Muczynski. The program will conclude with the Sonata in F Major, Op. 99 of Johannes Brahms.

Karen Becker, professor of cello, is the principal cellist of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and director of the UNL/Lincoln Public Schools String Project (http://arts.unl.edu/music/string-project) . Mark Clinton is a professor of piano and head of the keyboard area.

Tickets are free and open to the public.