MEADVILLE, Pa. – Nov. 9, 2009 – The Ortner/Roberts Duo – featuring clarinetist Susanne Ortner-Roberts and jazz pianist Tom Roberts – will perform on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. in Ford Memorial Chapel on the Allegheny College campus. The performance, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Silberman Recital Series at Allegheny.
Susanne Ortner-Roberts is widely acclaimed in Germany, Israel and Switzerland, both as a soloist and as a member of the German Klezmer quartet Sing Your Soul. Tom Roberts is one of the leading exponents of early jazz piano in the world. He has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and on “The Tonight Show” and “A Prairie Home Companion.” He also arranged and performed music for “The Aviator,” a film directed by Martin Scorsese.
For more information about the Silberman Series, visit www.allegheny.edu/events or call Allegheny’s Office of Conference and Event Services at (814) 332-3101.
