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Alexis Firstenberg Fisher, part-time instructor of piano, will give a classical piano recital 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Williams Center for the Arts. Sponsored by the music department, the event is free and open to the public.
The recital will consist of works by Muzio Clementi (Sonata in G minor, op. 50 no. 3 Didone abbandonata), Robert Schumann (ABEGG Variations op1), Johannes Brahms (Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann’s op. 9), Claude Debussy (Etude pour les “cinq doigts”), and Rachmaninoff (Moments Musicaux, op. 16 nos. 4, 5, and 6). These pieces come together under the theme of inspiration, as each work is inspired by other composers, or in the case of Schumann, the letters of the family name Abegg form the musical idea upon which he built his work.
Fisher has taught applied piano and classical piano at the College since 1986. In that time, she has given numerous recitals throughout the Lehigh Valley, as well as performing regularly with Susan Charlton, flute instructor and director of chamber wind ensembles, since 1992 in the Charlton/Fisher Duo.
Fisher earned her bachelor of music and master of music degrees from Manhattan School of Music and also attended Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Ind. She was a member of the piano faculty at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and also taught at Santa Clara University and San Jose City College. Her piano studies were with Adolph Baller, Leander Dell’Anno, and Abbey Simon. Her most recent teacher was the late Constance Keene, whom Fisher credits as being one of her greatest inspirations.