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Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:57 AM

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Mark O’Connor, who plays the violin and fiddle, will be in concert 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ottawa University Chapel, 1001 S. Cedar St. O’Connor plays a mixture of classical, folk, jazz and flamenco music and has released more than 30 albums.

Innovative composer among summer concert performers

By BRIAN WILLIAMS, Herald Staff Writer

For many area residents, the sounds of summer are of violins and cellos.

“We’ve always had some free concerts,” Alice Joy Lewis, Ottawa Suzuki Strings founder, said.

The Ottawa Suzuki Institute Mid-Southwest summer program, which has brought musical talent to Ottawa to study each June since 1975, has public performances each evening.

Although not free, a concert Lewis is especially looking forward to is a performance by Mark O’Connor, who plays the fiddle and violin.

“He is looked at as establishing a new American music, because he worked in so many styles,” Lewis said.

O’Connor is versed in classical, Cajun, flamenco, jazz and fiddle.

“I have three pillars of musical influence and training. The pillars are western classical music, American folk music and jazz. Those are things I studied as a child and continue to be interested in,” O’Connor said on his Web site, www.markoconnor.com

O’Connor has invited Brian Lewis on the violin, Roger Myers on the viola and Amy Barston on the cello, to join him for a number he wrote on the fiddle, Lewis said.

O’Connor’s concert will be 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ottawa University Chapel, 1001 S. Cedar St.

Tickets will be available at the door or can be reserved at the door by calling (785) 242-5200 ext. 5437.

Other Suzuki Strings summer concerts are planned for:

Today

• 7 p.m. — Jeff Bradetich, bass, and Dennis Whittaker, bass, Carnegie Cultural Center, 515 S. Main St., Ottawa.

Sunday

• 7 p.m. — Susan Dubois, viola, David Garrett, cello, and Junko Ueno Garrett, piano, Carnegie Cultural Center, 515 S. Main St., Ottawa.

Monday

• 7 p.m. — Brian Lewis, violin, and Rick Rowley, piano, Carnegie Cultural Center.

Tuesday

• 7 p.m. — Peter Chun, viola, Ellen Bottorff, piano, Amy Barston, cello, and Rick Rowley, piano, Carnegie Cultural Center.

Wednesday

• 7 p.m. — Sound Encounters, Student Chamber Ensembles Concert I, Carnegie Cultural Center.

June 18

• 7 p.m. — Sound Encounters, Student Chamber Ensembles Concert II, Carnegie Cultural Center.

June 20

• 7 p.m. — Sound Encounters, Student Chamber Ensembles Final Concert, Ottawa University chapel, 1001 S. Cedar St., Ottawa.

June 22

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Student solo recitals, Ottawa University Chapel.

• 7 p.m. — Ottawa Suzuki Strings Welcome Concert, Ottawa University chapel.

June 23

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Student solo recitals, Ottawa University Chapel.

• 7 p.m. — Brian Lewis, violin, and Pamela Viktoria Pyle, piano, Ottawa University Chapel.

June 24

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Student solo recitals, Ottawa University Chapel.

• 7 p.m. — Ottawa Suzuki Institute Mid-Southwest Graduation Concert, Ottawa University Chapel.

June 25

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Student solo recitals, Ottawa University Chapel.

• 7 p.m. — Ottawa Suzuki Institute Mid-Southwest Orchestras in Concert and Talent Show, Ottawa University Chapel.

June 26

• 1:30 p.m. — Mainly Mendelssohn concert, Ottawa University Chapel.

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Innovative composer among summer concert performers

By BRIAN WILLIAMS, Herald Staff Writer

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