Reading, Pa. -- Albright College and the Star Series will present Trio Voronezh on Friday, October 22, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in Roop Hall.  Tickets prices range from $25 - $35 and are $5 for Albright students.

Classically trained at the Conservatory in Voronezh, Russia, Trio Voronezh are experts on Russian traditional instruments. Vladimir Volokhin is a National Champion of the All-Russian Domra Competition.  A domra is a three-stringed, short-necked lute, predecessor to the balalaika. Also featured are Sergei Telechev on bajan, a chromatic-button accordion with various registers changed using the chin, and Valerie Petrushin on double-bass balalaika, a three- stringed Russian national instrument with triangular body made of fir and known for its resonant sound.

Trio Voronezh’s repertoire includes classical composers such as Bach, Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky as well as Russian folk songs and gypsy dance music

For more information about the concert, please visit www.albright.edu/centerforthearts.

Roop Hall is located in the Center for the Arts at Albright College on 13th and Bern Streets, Reading.  For more information or disabled assistance, please call 610-921-7715.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,670 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.