DEARBORN, Michigan – Local students from Dearborn and surrounding communities will present a free violin and cello recital in the classical tradition at the Henry Ford Centennial Library Auditorium on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm.
The students range from beginning to advanced performers and have been preparing under the direction of both Joseph Deller and Brandon Cota.
A cello student practices at Fairlane - the Henry Ford Estate - by the Rouge River in Dearborn (2008)
Deller conducts at the Dearborn Youth Symphony and also has an outreach program in Flint called the Troubadours.
Cota is a local musical instructor. Both men are involved with the Michigan Philharmonic, the Flint Symphony and the Dearborn Symphony.