McNeese to Host Faculty/Guest Recital
(September 3, 2015) The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present Lin He, violin, and Lina Morita, piano, in a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Tritico Theatre.The program includes: "Sonata for Violin and Piano" by Felix Mendelssohn; "Rondo brilliante in B minor, Op. 70 D.895" by Franz Schumbert; and "Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Op. 121 in D minor" by Robert Schumann.
Violinist He made his Carnegie Hall debut in November 2014 after a previous performance at the venue with players from the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. He will appear as the soloist with the Louisiana Sinfonietta in January 2016.
As an orchestral player, He has performed with the Shanghai Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and New World Symphony. He plays regularly with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Shanghai, China, He began his musical training at the age of 5. He, who received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, is an associate professor of violin at the Louisiana State University School of Music.
Pianist Morita, an associate professor of music at McNeese, made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013. Her music career has taken her throughout the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and the Czech Republic.As an instructor, Morita has performed recitals and taught master classes at various colleges and universities throughout the United States, and as a concerto soloist, she has also made appearances with the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra and the Washington Sinfonietta in Washington, D.C., and Virginia, and with the Lake Charles Symphony.
Morita also received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music.
Persons needing accommodations as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the ADA Coordinator at 337-475-5428, voice; 337-475-5960, fax; 337-562-4227, TDD/TTY, hearing impaired; or by email at cdo@mcneese.edu.