The West Virginia University Piano Quartet will present the West Virginia premiere of a work by noted composer George Tsontakis during its final concert of the season Thursday, April 3.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (Room 200A) of the Creative Arts Center on WVU s Evansdale Campus.

Featured on the program will be theSecond Piano Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Pianoby Tsontakis, along withPiano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47by Robert Schumann. TheSecond Piano Quartetwas commissioned by the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble and premiered in 1998 at the Cape&Islands Chamber Music Festival at Cape Cod.

WVU music faculty performing during the concert will include Mikylah Myers McTeer, violin; Maggie Snyder, viola; William Skidmore, cello; and James Miltenberger, piano.

• McTeer has performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Fla. She was previously concertmaster of the San Juan Symphony and was also the founder, artistic director and conductor of the Durango Youth Symphony. She spends her summers performing at music festivals throughout the United States and Europe.

• Snyder has performed as a soloist and in orchestras throughout the United States as principal violist and solo concerto player. She performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the Seoul Arts Center. Snyder has toured internationally as a violist with the Metropolitan String Quartet and nationally with the Rafferty/Snyder Duo. She recently performed a recital of Russian premieres of new American music in St. Petersburgs House of Composers.

• Skidmore has presented numerous concerts throughout the Eastern United States, including performances at the National Gallery of Art and the Kennedy Center. As a chamber music artist, he has been a member of the Maryland Trio, Baltimore Symphony String Quartet and American Arts Trio. He was also a member of the Baltimore Symphony, West Virginia Symphonette and Ohio Valley Symphony.

• Miltenberger has given numerous solo recitals in cities such as Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and at Carnegie Hall in New York City. He toured Japan in 1985 as a featured soloist with WVU s Percussion 80, and he toured Europe several times with the Miltenberger Jazz Quartet. He also has appeared on PBS and NBC sToday Show.

For more information about the concert, contact WVU s College of Creative Arts at 304-293-4841 ext. 3108. For a complete listing of events, see the calendar at http://www.ccarts.wvu.edu .