‘Music in the Meadows’ opens its season of free concerts

Classical and gypsy folk music in “Classica Romano”is the first of a concert series called “Music in theMeadows.” “Classica Romano” will be held in theMeadows Museum on Sunday, Sept. 14.

The ensemble is composed of international-award winningHungarian music students. Together Gyula Vadaszi, Gabor Szabo,Janos Bodor and Peter Stoll play music that is part of theirculture.

“It’s amazing that we would have four brilliantstrings students from the same place that share the tradition ofgypsy music,” said Ross Powell, concert coordinator.

The three violinists, Vadaszi, Szabo and Bodor, are students ofEduard Schmieder, the Meadows distinguished professor of violin andchamber music. Stoll is a cellist and studies under NathanielRosen.

All performances will be held in the Bob and Jean SmithAuditorium. Upcoming performances include “Jamal Mohamed:World Percussion Ensemble” on Oct. 12, “Shema” onNov. 9 and “Voices of Change” on Dec. 7.

The concerts will feature not only the Hungarian musicians, butalso SMU faculty members who are renowned in their craft. JamalMohamed and Simon Sargon will lend their musical talents to theconcert series.

Also, the performance of “Shema” will be featured inconjunction with the museum exhibit “Images of Human Tragedyin Black & White: Etchings by Francisco de Goya and Photographsby Jeffrey Gusky.”

The Meadows Museum is located at 5300 Bishop Blvd. Performancesbegin at 3 p.m. For more information, call (214) 768-2516.