The fourth concert in the 2007 Summer Concert Series in the Academy Library will be held at Rockefeller Hall on Wednesday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m. “Some Enchanted Evening” will feature clarinetist Christine Fell and pianist Arlene Kies in music by Milhaud, Chausson, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, William Lloyd Webber, and others.

Clarinetist Christine Fell graduated from S.U.N.Y. College at Purchase, New York, where she studied with master clarinetist David Weber. She freelanced in the New York City area, performing with local orchestras and in chamber music recitals and was a member of the woodwind ensemble Musique à Trois. After relocating to Exeter, NH in 1994, she performed with the clarinet quartet “4 of 1” throughout New England for several years. She appears as a soloist and chamber music player in the area and has taught clarinet at Phillips Exeter Academy. She is a member of the Academy’s summer school music faculty and teaches private students.

Pianist Arlene Kies is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Frye Fellowship for an Outstanding Pianist at NEC, a Fulbright Fellowship for study in Vienna, and a New Hampshire State Council of the Arts Individual Artist fellowship. A frequent chamber and solo performer, she has toured in both Italy and Austria in recent seasons and has also recently performed concerti by Ravel, Mozart and Shostakovich with several New Hampshire orchestras. Arlene resides in Durham, NH with her husband, pianist/composer Christopher Kies.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Academy Library, the concert is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Jacquelyn H. Thomas, Academy Librarian, (603) 777-3328.  

Learn more about the 2007 Summer Concert Series.