Exeter, NH (October 28, 2008)¾On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 7 p.m., the Phillips Exeter Academy Music Department will present this year’s “An English Potpourri” Faculty Concert at Phillips Church, located on the corner of Tan Lane and Front Street. The concert is free and open to the public.

This year’s performance will include music written and influenced by English composers, such as: Britten, Vaughan Williams, Handel, Purcell and Elgar; jazz standards; Beatles tunes, and traditional folk songs.

Phillips Exeter Academy faculty participating in this year’s concert include: Paul MacDowell, violin; Bob Squires, guitar; Charlie Jennison, saxophone; Radmila Repczynski, piano; Eric Sinclair, guitar; Ryan Thomson, fiddle; Petra Pacaric, mezzo soprano; Svetlana Gurina, violin; Laura Teplitsky, piano; George Lopez, piano; Deborah Boykan, violin; Jean Strazdes, mezzo soprano; Pamela Gore, alto; Susan Consoli Turner, soprano; and Bob Loechler, hammer dulcimer.

The Faculty Potpourri is a long-standing Exeter tradition that offers an opportunity for the music faculty and friends to collaborate and perform together on a regular basis. Potpourri concerts include instrumentalists and vocalists performing as soloists, or in ensemble, and the range of musical styles and genres is often surprising and quite delightful. 

Members of the Exeter music faculty represent some of the finest musicians in New England, performing regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Boston Baroque Society, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Emmanuel Music, among others. 
In addition to their teaching responsibilities at the Academy, the 53 members of the adjunct faculty are active in coaching ensembles, accompanying student performers and performing in recitals on campus. They also teach at area colleges and universities, including the University of New Hampshire and the New England Conservatory of Music, and have directed in theaters and private music schools around New England.

For further information, please call Patrice Baker in the music department at (603) 777-3453, or visit its webpage for a complete list of upcoming musical events. You may also call the PEA public events line at (603) 777-4309, or visit the PEA website. Directions to the Academy are available at (603) 777-4330.