Published: November 13, 2008 10:48 am            

Morrison native will perform with symphony

CLINTON — Morrison native, pianist Robert Elfline, will be the featured soloist with the Clinton Symphony Orchestra this weekend in a program of music by Mozart and Beethoven.

Concert time is 8 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at Morrison High School in Morrison, Ill.

Elfline graduated from Morrison High School 15 years ago. He has since earned degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and Rice University in Houston and recently completed the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

Currently Elfline is on the music faculty of Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., where his duties include instruction of private lessons for piano majors, group piano classes for music students and general music courses for students outside the music department. Prior to returning to this area, he held teaching posts at Humboldt State University and the University of Cincinnati.

His performance with the symphony will be in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor. The concert is the second in the symphony’s 55th season. Complete program notes for this concert as well as information for the coming concerts of the season are available at the symphony’s Web site at www.clintonsymphony.org.

Advance tickets for adults are $12 and high school and college students are $5 and are available at England Music Center in Clinton, Fitzgerald Pharmacy in Morrison, Grummert’s Hardware in Sterling, Ill., and at the door the day of the concert. Students through eighth grade are admitted free of charge as part of the symphony’s ongoing interest in music education. Maps to the concert site are available at the ticket locations and at the symphony’s Web site.

        

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