President’s Chamber Music Series: Oboe Quartet

7 p.m. | Performance at Light Hall Theater

TICKETS
$15 each; Season Pass: 5 Performances for $60; FREE with your Mustang Card —BUY TICKETS ONLINE
Tickets can be purchased at WNMU Office of Cultural Affairs located in Hunter Hall — 575-538-6469

ABOUT
Violist Willy Sucre is a member of the New Mexico Philharmonic and is the driving force behind the “Willy Sucre & Friends” concerts.  Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Sucre studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in La Paz, Colby College Chamber Music Institute in Waterville, Maine, Mannes School of Music in New York, and the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore,Maryland. He has been conductor and music director of the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, assistant conductor and principal violist of the Canada Symphony Orchestra inMontreal, assistant conductor and assistant principal violist of the former New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, principal violist and guest conductor of the National Symphony of Bolivia, the Chamber Orchestra of La Paz, and the Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician,Sucre was the founder of the Cuarteto Boliviano, guest violist with various chamber music ensembles, and for ten years the violist of the Helios String Quartet. His experience includes extensive chamber music concerts, lectures and school demonstrations, CD recordings, and television performances throughout South, Central, and North America. Sucre spends most of his summers in South America looking for new works of chamber music by modern composers and encouraging composers to write new pieces, especially piano quartets. He enjoys performing with ensembles of diverse instrumentation.

Premier Sponsor: James Edd Hughs/Edward Jones Investments
Co-Sponsor: Western Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL), WNMU Office of Cultural Affairs

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