Faculty music trio to perform at MC

Press Release courtesy of Dr. Carolyn Suda, MC Director of String Activities

Monmouth faculty members Dr. David Suda and Carolyn Suda will be joined by guest artist Dr. Bruce Polay in a chamber music performance by the KGS Trio at Monmouth College, Dahl Chapel, February 10, 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature trios by Beethoven and Brahms. In addition, the group will perform a twentieth-century trio by Joachim Turina, a Spanish composer influenced by Andalusian music and the impressionists.

The KGS Trio performs each year as part of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony Subscription Series. The Trio will present concerts later this spring for Friends of Chamber Music-Quad Cities and the Burlington Chamber Music Series. The KGS Trio has performed at the University of Barcelona and the Reus Conservatory of Music in Spain.

David Suda is professor of humanities and a member of the philosophy and religious studies department at Monmouth. Before receiving his PhD. in humanities from Emory University, Dr. Suda was concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera and the Atlanta Ballet. He is a former member of the Georgia State University Faculty String Quartet and the Emory Piano Trio. He has been concertmaster of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony since 1985 and a frequent chamber music performer.

Carolyn Suda is Director of String Activities at Monmouth College. She has served as cello clinician at workshops and institutes in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the United States.
She served several seasons as principal cellist of the Atlanta Opera and the Atlanta Choral Guild. She has been guest principal cellist for the American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet and Chattanooga Symphony. As a member of the Emory Piano Trio, she has performed at the Spoleto Festival and New England’s Monadnock Music Festival. She is Principal Cellist of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony and cello instructor at Knox College.

Bruce Polay, music director conductor of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony since 1983, is professor of music at Knox College, where he teaches music theory, music history and composition. In addition to his accomplishments as a conductor and published composer, Polay maintains an active piano performance schedule, including performances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Europe. Polay is an active guest conductor whose many international appearances include Belarus, England, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Spain, Ukraine and throughout the United States.