Finger Lakes Trio to play Focus on Faculty series Oct. 28

SUNY Oswego's Focus on Faculty music series will feature the Finger Lakes Trio, which includes music faculty member Robert Auler on piano, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom. 

Hosted by the Music Department, the trio's concert also features violinist Sonya Williams and cellist Heidi Hoffman. The show is free and open to the public.

Debuting in 2017, the Finger Lakes Trio performs regionally featuring works by renowned classical composers such as Beethoven, Turina, Ravel, Bartok and Messiaen. 

Auler has won first prize in national and international piano competitions, including the Society of American Musicians and the Stravinsky Awards. In addition to teaching at Oswego, Auler records for Albany Records, and performs with the Society for New Music and Syracuse Orchestra. He is also the founder and executive director of Laveck Concerts, a recital series that brings world-class classical music to an underserved portion of upstate New York.

Williams is currently the associate concertmaster of the Syracuse Orchestra and is engaged in chamber music and recitals in the Syracuse area. She has also performed with many other orchestras in our region including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Binghamton Philharmonic as guest principal second and the Rochester Chamber Orchestra.

Hoffman is presently a member of the Syracuse Orchestra and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. She has performed in North and South America, Europe and Japan with such groups as the American Symphony, Jupiter Symphony, Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, Pacific Northwest Ballet, new music group Ensemble X, as well as with the rock bands such as the Paige and Plant duo and Heart.