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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5051 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE March 23, 2009

DAVIDSON FEATURED PERFORMER IN STAFFORD SERIES CONCERT

TIFTON – The Stafford Steinway Series will feature pianist Andrew Davidson at 7 p.m. on March 30 in Howard Auditorium at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. This event is open to the community at no charge. A reception will be held following the performance.

Selections featured will include Sonata in E flat Major, more commonly known as a London Sonata, by Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn’s Opus 41.

“The selections I chose were based on the reactions of my students and peers to what I was playing prior to the series,” Davidson said. “This is really exciting music.”

Davidson is the instructor of piano at ABAC. He earned his undergraduate degree in music with a concentration in piano performance and double majored in Italian at Florida State University. He then attended Valdosta State University where he received his graduate degree in piano performance.

While at FSU, Davidson served as the principal pianist for the Tallahassee Theatre Ballet.

The Stafford Steinway Series is a piano and chamber music performance series specifically designed to present professional artists featuring the Howard Auditorium Steinway grand piano.  This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Stafford Foundation which gave the piano to ABAC as a part of the renovation of the auditorium.  Open without charge to the general public, these concerts show the tremendous expressive capacity of fine piano and piano chamber music in the hands of seasoned professional artists.

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