Exeter, NH (March 27, 2008)—Phillips Exeter Academy’s music faculty will perform J.S. Bach, Trio Sonata in G Major; Astor Piazzolla, Four for Tango and Oblivion; and Dimitri Shostakovich, Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor at a chamber music concert on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m.

Faculty performers include:

                      Pianist George Lopez

                      Violinists Eva Gruesser, Dimitar Petkov, Rohan Smith

                      Cellist Mark Schroeder

                      Flutist Peter Schultz

                      Oboist Mary Watt


This is the 10th faculty performance scheduled for the 2007–08 academic year. It will be held in Phillips Church, located on the corner of Tan Lane and Front Street. The concert is free and open to the public.

For further information, please contact Patrice Baker in the music department at (603) 777-3453. A complete list of upcoming events is available on the Phillips Exeter Academy public events line at (603) 777-4309 and on the Academy’s musical performances website page at http://www.exeter.edu/news_and_events/news_events_2990.aspx. For directions to the Academy, call (603) 777-4330.

Phillips Exeter Academy is a coeducational, independent preparatory school that was founded in 1781 and originated the system of instruction known as Harkness teaching in 1931. In the spirit of its charter to foster both goodness and knowledge, a Phillips Exeter Academy education will now be free to any admitted student whose family income is $75,000 orless. Committed to educational excellence, the school meets all demonstrated financial aid needs of its admitted students, making the Academy effectively “need blind.” The diverse student body comes from a wide variety of geographic, economic, racial and religious backgrounds approximately from 45 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and 23 foreign countries.