Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: Campus Life

A faculty recital will feature harpsichord player James Leland at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in Messenger Recital Hall. It is open to the public and there will be no admission charge. Featured works will include "Four Duets for Solo Keyboard" by J.S. Bach, and also music by Couperin, Scarlatti, and Sweelinck. The music will be played on Leland's harpsichord, which was built by John Phillips of Berkeley, Calif., and is patterned on 18th-century instruments. After graduating from Oberlin College, Leland completed his master's and doctoral degrees in music at Northwestern University. He also studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the State Academy of Music in Berlin. Leland has made appearances with the Detroit Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Roanoke Symphony. He has also toured as a harpsichordist with the Robert Shaw Chorale. In 2006 he made a solo appearance at the Chamber Music at the Barn series in Wichita, playing three performances of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Leland teaches organ and harpsichord at Southwestern College, and is the organist at Grace United Methodist Church in Winfield. He is also professor emeritus at Hollins University in Virginia, where he taught and directed the choir for 34 years.

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