FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgsc.edu

SGC to Host Ruth Berry and Continuo Collective of the South on Oct. 30

South Georgia College is pleased to announce that its second cultural event of the academic year, cellist Ruth Berry and the Continuo Collective of the South, will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in Peterson Hall’s McGouirk Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, and is co-hosted by the Coffee Alliance for the Arts.

Berry, a cellist, music educator, artistic director and administrator, gives recitals of popular classics with Duo and Trio Intermezzo, is a member of the Magellan String Quartet, is Artistic Director and co-founder of the musician-run chamber orchestra, Lyra Vivace, and manages the unique musician booking service, In Praise of Music.

Her Tin Pail Tales interactive performances for pre-school children are in high demand at Early Childhood learning centers and other literacy development programs and her Global Navigation with the Magellan String Quartet programs are enjoyed by K-6 graders throughout Georgia. During the summers, she performs with Glimmerglass Opera, where she specializes in solo continuo work for 17th- and 18th-century repertoire.

Berry has taught cello, music theory and music appreciation at Georgia Southern University during the 18-year faculty residency of the Magellan String Quartet. Berry has held several principal cello positions (including 16 years as Principal Cello of the Augusta Symphony), has worked as education director and grants administrator with the Greenville (S.C.) Symphony, and has recorded on the Spectrum and Nonesuch labels. She completed a Bachelor's degree at Boston University School of Music and a Master's at Cornell University. She lives in Evans with her husband, Michael Boardman.

At the Oct. 30 performance, she will be joined onstage by the harpsichord, violin and flute.
 

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