News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 11/14/03   CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS MUSIC: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE       HAMMOND -- A special concert at Southeastern Louisiana University on November 20 will illustrate the adage that “music is the universal language.”       In honor of the university’s celebration of International Education Week, the Department of Music and Dramatic arts has arranged a program that showcases the talents of the department’s ever-growing contingent of international students.       “Music: The Universal Language,” scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium, will also have a touch of holiday flare, said Southeastern voice professor Joy Ratliff, who is organizing the concert.       The concert will open with the fourth movement of a quintet by Carl Maria von Weber performed by Alexandre Negruta of Kishiniev, Moldova, clarinet, and four students from Romania –  Serban Petrescu and Emanuela Lacraru, violin; Simina Renea, viola, and Ioana Velicu, cello.        The Romanian musicians will also perform “Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6, No. 8" – the “Christmas Concerto” – by Arcangelo Corelli. The holiday theme will continue with Bach’s Christmas oratorio, "Grosser Herr und starker König,." sung by baritone James Flick, a graduate student from Kent, Conn., with pianist Raisa Voldman, one of the department’s staff accompanists.           & nbsp;                   Also on the program       • Mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas of Mandeville will perform three popular songs of modern-day Greece, accompanied by Voldman.       • Clarinetist Alexandre Negruta of Kishiniev, Moldova, and Deborah Andrus, his Southeastern professor, will perform a clarinet duet that was written by Negruta’s father, Oleg.        • A quintet of Southeastern students will also perform "Free Way," a composition by pianist Vasil Cvetkov from Burgas, Bulgaria. He will be joined in the performance by  Elmar Friedrich, trombone, Boenen, Germany; Emmanuel Seals, saxophone, Fairhope, Ala.; Wilson Marks, bass, Boerne, Texas, and Kevin Estoque, drums, Harvey.       • “Tu Gracia,” which was composed by composer, violinist and pianist Everaldo Martinez, a student from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, will be performed by Martinez on piano, with Seals, alto saxophone; Marks, bass; and Andrew Dobin, drums, Madisonville.       • Members of the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra will perform Martinez’s arrangements of an aria from Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras” with alumnus Kenya Lawrence of Hammond as soprano soloist; and “Libertango,” by Astor Piazzola, featuring singers and dancers.        • Martinez’s arrangement of “Mi tierra” by Gloria Estephan will feature soloists Negruta, clarinet; Lindsay Beasley, flute Germantown, Miss.; Marks, bass; and Martinez, piano.       For additional information about the concert, contact Ratliff at 985-549-2366. Return to News Releases