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Pianist Rita Fandrich performs in
Florida Southern's Chamber Series

LAKELAND, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2002) - Faculty artist Rita Fandrich performs a piano program for Florida Southern's Chamber Series Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Anne MacGregor Jenkins Recital Hall on campus.

An FSC music professor since 1968, Fandrich teaches piano, piano pedagogy, and music theory. She performs both as soloist and chamber ensemble musician. Her students have been first-prize winners in piano competitions including the Clara Wells National Scholarship Audition, the Florida Orchestra Young Artist Competition, the Florida State Music Teachers Concerto Competitions, the Gray Perry Piano Competition, and the Ocala Symphony Young Artist Competition. She is an active member of the Florida State Music Teachers Association and serves on the State Executive Board. Fandrich studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and holds a bachelor of music from Cornell College of Iowa and a master of music in performance from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Tickets are $10 at the door and $5 for non-FSC students. FSC students are admitted free. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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