WILLIAM CORBETT-JONES AND MARGARET TAIT IN CONCERT MONDAY 4/28/08
Faculty Concert Series– Trio in B Major, Op. 8, by Johannes Brahms.
Proceeds benefit the William Corbett-Jones Piano Fund, which provides scholarships and other support to the piano program in honor of Corbett-Jones, pianist and SF State faculty since 1967.
William Corbett-Jones, piano; Margaret Tait, cello; and Luis Baez, clarinet; will perform B Major, Op. 8, by Johannes Brahms, variations on a Theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute. Sonata in A Major by Cesar Franck and Trio in A Minor, Op.114 by Brahms.
Luis Baez is associate clarinetist of the San Francisco Symphony. Baez graduated from the Peabody Conservatory, began his professional career as principal of the Annapolis Opera Company Orchestra and has been a member of the Florida Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera and New Mexico Symphony, where he served as principal clarinet for four years.
Margaret Tait is a cellist of the San Francisco Symphony. She completed her undergraduate education at North Carolina School of Art and finished her Master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Tait was also a founding member of the renowned Aurora String Quartet that performed in London, New York and throughout the Bay Area.
