The Monongahela Trio to play at Asbury church
The Monongahela Trio will be the final performing group on the 2004-05 Asbury Recital Series at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Asbury United Methodist Church. The Trio consists of Dorothy Skidmore, flute, William Skidmore, cello and Carol Beall, piano. The Monongahela Trio has been actively performing in the West Virginia area for many years. After numerous appearances of an ad-hoc nature, the group finally decided to formally organize and pursue concerts in a wider area few years ago. When Herman Godes, the group’s original pianist, moved from Morgantown in 1994, Carol Beall joined with the Skidmores and is the current pianist.
While the repertoire for flute, cello and piano is not extensive, it does include representative efforts of major composers from Handel and Bach to the present time. The Monongahela Trio typically includes solo and duo works along with the major trios on their programs to present a more varied and entertaining concert.
William Skidmore is professor of cello at West Virginia University where he has taught since 1977. A frequent recitalist, soloist and chamber musician, Skidmore appears with the WVU Faculty Chamber Ensemble each year. He taught for 10 years at the University of Maryland, and he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony String Quartet before coming to WVU.
Dorothy Skidmore teaches flute at Fairmont State College in addition to maintaining a large studio flute class at home. She has performed widely in the West Virginia and surrounding region both with the Monongahela Trio and as a soloist. In addition to degrees from the University of Illinois, she studied in Freiburg, Germany, on a Fulbright grant. Before coming to West Virginia, she taught at the Catholic University of America and Montgomery College in the Washington, D.C., area.
Carol Beall has served as adjunct assistant professor of piano at West Virginia University, and she also maintains a large independent piano studio in Morgantown. For many summers she has been a member of the piano faculty and accompanying staff at the Interlochen Arts Camp.
Single-subscription tickets will be available beginning Monday at the following business outlets locations: the Fayette Chamber of Commerce offices, Main Street, Ellis Music Store, Morgantown Street, Judy’s Do Re Me Music Shop, S. Beeson, Boulevard, and at Amen’s Jewelry in the Uniontown Mall. T
ickets will also be sold one hour before the performance on March 13 at the Dunbar Street entrance of Asbury Church, which is located at the corner of South Beeson Avenue and Dunbar Street.
A meet the performers reception will be given in the church social hall immediately following the performance. Asbury Church is handicapped accessible.