Flute-piano-cello trio to present Sept. 17 concert

The Marshall University School of Music will present a flute-piano-cello trio concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, in Smith Music Hall. The concert features three Marshall University faculty members, Dr. Wendell Dobbs on flute, Dr. Şölen Dikener on cello and Dr. Johan Botes on piano.

The concert is free and open to all. Masks are required.

It also will be livestreamed on the School of Music YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKbpuRSLJ6eqJf7QekSiaZw

Dobbs is professor of flute and serves as interim dean of Marshall’s College of Arts and Media. Dikener is professor of cello and double bass at Marshall, and Botes is associate professor of piano. They will perform works by Jean-Louis Tulou, Robert Schumann and Friedrich Kuhlau.

“As a trio we have been playing for several years exploring the repertoire composed for flute, cello and piano,” Dikener said. “This time, we wanted to perform the Grand Trio op.119 by Kuhlau, which is a wonderful piece. Along with it, we decided to feature flute and cello as solo instruments with piano accompaniment in the works by Tolou and Schumann.”

The concert is sponsored by the School of Music in the College of Arts and Media.

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Photo: From left, Dr. Wendell Dobbs, Dr. Johan Botes and Dr. Solen Dikener will give a trio concert Sept. 17.