For Immediate Release
September 16, 2010

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS
PIANIST ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT
OCTOBER 22 AT MCASD SHERWOOD AUDITORIUM
The Frieman Family Piano Series is underwritten by Conrad Prebys and Debbie Turner

SAN DIEGO, CA —La Jolla Music Society opens this season’s Frieman Family Piano Series and continues the Chopin Bicentennial Celebration with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performing at MCASD Sherwood Auditorium on Friday, October 22 at 8 pm. A consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator, Anne-Marie McDermott performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music. Her repertoire choices are eclectic, spanning from Bach and Haydn to Prokofiev and Scriabin to Kernis, Hartke, Tower and Wuorinen. Her all-Chopin program includes: Three Waltzes, Op. 34, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Minor, Ballade No. 1 in G Minor and Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor on La Jolla Music Society’s “The Belanich Steinway.”

La Jolla Music Society enhances the concert-going experience by presenting “Preludes” – pre-concert chats and performances – prior to each performance, free to ticket-holders. Benjamin K. Roe, general manager of WDAV-FM Classical Public Radio in Davidson, NC, returns with his year-long lecture series on composer Frédéric Chopinat 7 pm.

Tickets are $25-$75 and are available through the La Jolla Music Society box office, (858) 459-3728 and online at www.LJMS.org.

About the artist – ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano

With over 50 concerti in her repertoire, Anne-Marie McDermott has performed with many leading orchestra including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony. Her recital engagements have included the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, The Schubert Club, Kennedy Center, as well as universities across the country. Ms. McDermott has curated and performed in a number of intense projects including: the Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas and Chamber Music, a Three Concert Series of Shostakovich Chamber Music, as well as a recital series of Haydn and Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Most recently, she commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen and Clarice Assad which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall, in conjunction with Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

In addition to her many achievements, Ms. McDermott is the Artistic Director of two new Festivals; The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival and The Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curacao and has recently been named the Artistic Director of the famed Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado, which hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony in addition to presenting over 40 chamber music concerts throughout the summer.

About San Diego’s Chopin Bicentennial Celebration

La Jolla Music Society is a lead-collaborator for San Diego’s Chopin Bicentennial Celebration, a unique celebration which honors the 200^th anniversary of legendary composer Frédéric Chopin's birth. LJMS joins with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory and the California Ballet in a year-long festival covering the entire catalog of Chopin's work published during the composer's lifetime. Comprising approximately 266 works over 12 concerts in five venues during 2010, the Chopin Bicentennial Celebration will include two programs as part of the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, four programs on the Society's Frieman Family Piano Series and two recitals on the Discovery Series. Two programs on the San Diego Symphony Jacobs' Masterworks series and single programs by the California Ballet and the San Diego Youth Symphony completes the Celebration.

About La Jolla Music Society

“We bring the world to San Diego” - As one of Southern California's leading presenters of world-class performing arts, La Jolla Music Society contributes to San Diego's cultural vitality year-round through a rich variety of presentations, including classical, jazz and contemporary music, and dance. During the 2010-11 Season, La Jolla Music Society will present Dresden Staatskapelle, Midori, Louis Lortie, Kodo Drummers of Japan, Vienna Philharmonic, The Joffrey Ballet, Dianne Reeves and other high-quality artists both emerging and world-renowned. For more information, visit www.LJMS.org, or call (858) 459-3728.