The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Rossini, Liszt and Tchaikovsky at 3 p.m. Nov. 14 in Graham Chapel.
Dan Presgrave, instrumental music coordinator in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, conducts the 70-plus-member orchestra. The program will include Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra overture, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor.
Sophomore Mark Tollefsen — who studies piano with Seth Carlin, professor of music and director of the piano program — will perform as soloist.
Tollefsen has previously ap-peared as soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the orchestra of the Belleville Philharmonic. He was a finalist in the Stravinsky International Piano Competition and placed third in the Music Teacher’s National Association, Midwest Regional Competition.
Tollefsen is a resident of St. Louis. His previous teachers include Laura Schindler, Marie Garritson and Jane Allen.
His father, Douglas Tollefsen, is a professor of medicine (hematology) in the School of Medicine.
His brother, Benjamin, is a student in the medical school.
The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 935-4841.