Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities
WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2009
Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine presents its annual Meditation and Memorial concert, part of the Rosemary and Meredith Willson Harmony for Mayo Program. Each year, the concert is offered as a time of contemplation and commemoration.
WHO:Cellist Kirsten Whitson, originally from Chicago, has performed internationally as a cello soloist and collaborator. She received a Bachelor of Music and an Artist Diploma from Indiana University, where she trained under Fritz Magg, Wolfgang Laufer and Janos Starker. Whitson is an active guest performer with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra and maintains a teaching studio in St. Paul, Minn.
WHEN:Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:Saint Marys Chapel, Domitilla Building, first floor
WHAT:The evening's program includes: "In Memoriam" - Gwyneth Walker, "Requiem for Cello Alone" - Peter Sculthorpe, "Suite #6 in D Major" - J.S. Bach
This event is free and open to all Mayo staff, students, patients and the community. The program will also be broadcast live on Mayo Clinic's Patient/Visitor channel 10. Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine integrates the arts, history and ethics into the medical environment to support Mayo's primary value: "The needs of the patient come first." For more information, visit www.mayoclinic.org/humanities-in-medicine.
The next performance in the Rosemary and Meredith Willson Harmony for Mayo Program will be Monday, Nov. 9, and will feature Ann Reed, acoustic singer, guitarist and songwriter, in Hage Atrium, Siebens Building, subway level.
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