In the second installment of Schoolcraft College’s 2011-12 Friday Evening Music Series, cellist Robert deMaine and pianist Pauline Martin will perform on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8 p.m. The concert will be held in the Presentation Room of the VisTaTech Center, located on the college’s main campus in Livonia, Haggerty Road between Six and Seven Mile Roads. Tickets are $20 per person, $10 for students.
     Praised by The New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note,” deMaine has distinguished himself as one of the finest musicians of his generation, having performed to critical acclaim as soloist, recitalist, recording artist, and chamber musician throughout the world.
     Martin continues to earn world-class recognition for her solo and chamber music performances and recordings. She has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New American Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra London Canada and others, and appears regularly with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings.
     The pair will perform Prokofiev's Sonata in C Major, Op. 119; Five Fantasy Pieces for cello and piano,
Op. 102, by Schumann; and other works by Beethoven, Grieg and Vivaldi.    Two other performances round out the 2011-12 Friday Evening Music Series including Tribute to the Andrews Sisters on March 23,  and pianist Lori Sims on April 20.
     To order tickets visit www.scboxoffice.com or for more information on this or any of Schoolcraft College’s other music programs visit  www.schoolcraft.edu/music or call the Music Office at 734-462-4403.
     The Friday Evening Music Series is sponsored by the Schoolcraft College Foundation and the Music Department, bringing world-renowned musicians to the Schoolcraft College campus. Schoolcraft College is a public two-year college, offering classes at the Livonia campus, at the Radcliff Center in Garden City and online at schoolcraft.edu.