The Garden State Philharmonic Celebrates the Centenary of Claude Debussy

TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Oct. 12, 2018 - PRLog -- Commemorating the 100^th Anniversary of the death of French composer Claude Debussy, the Garden State Philharmonic, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Diane Wittry, will present Discovering Debussy on Saturday, October 20^th at 7:00p.m. at the Jay & Linda Grunin Center for the Arts. The concert will highlight the work Claude Debussy and French composers that impacted the life and music of Debussy, including Ravel, Saint Saëns, and Faure.

The concert will feature; Debussy's Prelude to An Afternoon of a Faun, Faure's Pavane, Saint Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring world renowned piano soloist Spencer Myer, and closing with Ravel's Bolero among many other French masterpieces.

Lauded for "superb playing" and "poised, alert musicianship" by The Boston Globe and labeled "definitely a man to watch" by London's The Independent, American pianist SPENCER MYER is one of the most respected and sought-after artists on today's concert stages.

Adding to his North American credentials, Spencer Myer includes in his current season debuts with the Garden State, Massapequa and Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic orchestras, The Omaha Symphony and Canada's Windsor Symphony Orchestra, as well as return engagements with the Canton, Chattanooga and Richmond (IN) symphony orchestras. His solo recitals and chamber music collaborations take him throughout the United States, and he continues as half of the Daurov/Myer Duo, having teamed up with the award-winning cellist Adrian Daurov in 2012. Spencer Myer's orchestral, recital and chamber music performances have been heard throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Spencer Myer's career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. Additionally, he is a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni international piano competitions. He also enjoys an expanding reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition. Mr. Myer was a member of Astral Artists' performance roster from 2003-2010.

An enthusiastic supporter of the education of young musicians, Spencer Myer has been a frequent guest artist at workshops for students and teachers, and has served on the faculties of the Baldwin-Wallace University and Oberlin College conservatories of music. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University. In the fall of 2016, Mr. Myer was appointed Artist-Teacher in Piano and Collaborative Piano at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Garden State Philharmonic Office: 732-255-0460 Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. They can also be reserved on the Garden State Philharmonic website, http://www.gardenstatephilharmonic.org.

The Garden State Philharmonic Symphony Society, Inc. (GSP) is dedicated to a mission of maintaining and operating a professional symphony orchestra at the Jersey Shore; to giving concerts of cultural and educational value in and for the community; and to fostering such related activities that will encourage interest in and appreciation of music.