Grammy award winner Peter Schickele to perform at Goshen College on Jan. 24

Concert: Performing Arts Series – Peter Schickele
Date: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $40, $35, $20 (regular seating)
For more information: Call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu
Web site: www.schickele.com

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Goshen College Performing Art Series is starting the new year off with a humorous performance by four-time Grammy award winner Peter Schickele (also known as P.D.Q. Bach) on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.

Tickets are still available for the concert for $40, $35, $20 (regular seating). For more information, contact the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566 or e-mailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

Schickele graduated from Swarthmore College in 1957 with a degree in music and from the Juilliard School with a master's degree in musical composition.

Internationally recognized as one of the most versatile artists in the field of music, Schickele has composed more than 100 classical works for symphony orchestra, choral groups, chamber ensemble, voice, film and television. In addition to composing, Schickele is acknowledged as one of the greatest satirists of the 20th century in his role as the humorous and now classical P.D.Q. Bach.

A familiar piece Schickele arranged was one of the musical segments for the Disney animated feature film, Fantasia 2000.

-By Julie Weirich

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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