Over the

course of four days this week, Spivey Hall will be filled

with melodious voices and beautiful music, as Grammy

winners and world-renowned performers take the stage.

The first

show, featuring violinist Axel Strauss, will be Thursday,

March 9 at 8:15 p.m. Strauss, 25, began playing violin at

the age of 4. He won his first competition at the age of

8 and has recently claimed first prize in the prestigious

NaumbUrg Violin Competition. Strauss has appeared as a

soloist all over the world and has become a member of the

ensemble Philharmonic Violins Berlin. Strauss will

perform selections from Mozart, Prokofiev, Schoenberg and

Korngold. Tickets for Strauss' performance are $20.

Friday's

performer, baritone Thomas Quasthoff, may be small in

stature (four feet tall), but he has recently gained

national attention, appearing on a segment of "60

Minutes" and winning a Grammy award for Classical

Vocal Performance with Annie Sofie Van Otter. Quasthoff

began as a Mozart specialist but has expanded his

repertoire recently. He will perform selections from

Brahms, Liszt, Debussy and Ravel. The show will begin at

3 p.m. Friday, March 10. Tickets for Quasthoff's

performance will be $30.

Soprano

Arietha Lockhart will be Saturday's performer. Her

initial appearance was cancelled due to the January ice

storms and is sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon International

Music Fraternity's Committee for Professional

Advancement.

Lockhart is

best known for her work with the Atlanta Symphony Chamber

Chorus, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Shaw.

Her program will feature the music of Handel, Mozart,

Debussy, Liszt, Delibes and Richard Strauss. The show

will begin at 3 p.m Saturday, March 12 and will cost $15.

The weekend

will close with the Westminster Choir from Westminster

Choir College of Rider University. Conducted by Joseph

Flummerfelt, the choir has been chorus-in-residence for

the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C. The group has

released many CD's and will perform the music of Aaron

Copland, William Walton, Samuel Barber and Johann Brahms.

The choir

recently performed the choral works of Copland as part of

the New York Philharmonic's Copland celebration. The show

will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12 and tickets cost

$25.

Spivey Hall

is on the campus of Clayton College & State

University. For ticket information, phone 770-961-3683.

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