Concert pianist Veda Zuponcic will perform and teach at
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as part of the College of Fine Arts
and Communication’s “Great Artists, Great Speakers” series.
Her performance will be held Monday, Nov. 4, at 7:30
p.m. in Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $7 for the
public, $4 for senior citizens, $3 for youth and free the day of the concert
for students with a UW-Stevens Point ID. Tickets are available at the door, at
the University Information and Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center,
by calling 715-346-4100 or 800-838-3378 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu.
Zuponcic, a professor of music at Rowan University, will
also meet with UW-Stevens Point piano students at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in
Michelsen Hall. This master class is free and open to the public. Her visit is
part of the Music Department Scholarship Series.
Zuponcic has been praised for her warmth and poetry as a
pianist and as a star teacher. A native of Minnesota, she has performed across
Europe, Russia and the United States. She has taught at Rowan University since
1972 and was an exchange professor at the Moscow State Conservatory in 1992.
She is in frequent demand as a clinician and has presented master classes
throughout the world. She also serves as the artistic director of the Northern
Lights Music Festival in her hometown of Aurora, Minn.