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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Violinist Bahn to Perform at LCCC’s Signature Series Concert<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Innovative violinist Lina Bahn will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bahn’s performance is part of the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Signature Series and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>is hosted by composer and LCCC Distinguished Visiting Professor Jeffrey Mumford. The concert is sponsored by LCCC’s arts and humanities division in partnership with the Cleveland Institute of Music and Cleveland State University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bahn’s performance will include works by Mumford and Keith Fitch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Bahn is a violinist who has a keen interest in collaborative and innovative repertoire. She is a highly performer of new music and is established as a versatile player of many styles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In Washington, D.C., Bahn is the executive director and violinist with the VERGE Ensemble of the Contemporary Music Forum, the resident ensemble of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The VERGE Ensemble has performed in Paris, New York, Cleveland, and was the resident ensemble for the June in Buffalo Festival in 2009. She is also a member of the newly formed National Gallery New Music Ensemble, which gave its inaugural performance in the East Wing in 2010. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, La Orquesta Sinfonica de la Serena (Chile) and the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>From 1998-2010, Bahn was a member of the award-winning Corigliano Quartet, which performed around the world. Bahn was appointed to the faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>For more information on the Signature Series, contact the LCCC arts and humanities division at (440) 366-7414 or go to <a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a> and click “Arts and Humanities.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kim Carrasquillo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Writer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marketing and Outreach<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lorain County Community College<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(440) 366-4822<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>