Music Department To Present Senior Piano Recital Featuring Alena Schneider

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Alena Schneider, a senior at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania majoring in fine arts with a concentration in musical performance: piano, will present a piano recital Thursday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held in the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall in the university’s Fine & Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

The concert, which is sponsored by the Department of Music, is open to the public at no cost. No tickets are necessary.

The program includes Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 and works by Chopin, von Weber, Debussy and Schubert.

Schneider is a piano student of Dr. Betsy Buzzelli-Clarke, associate professor of music and chair of the department. At ESU, Schneider has performed in several student piano recitals.

A daughter of Sharon and Larry Schneider, she lives in Buck Hill Falls and is a graduate of Pocono Mountain East High School. Schneider will graduate in May with majors in fine arts and in communication studies.

For more information on the recital, call the Fine and Performing Arts Events Line at 570-422-3483.