Allegria String Quartet performing Jan. 22 in State College

STATE COLLEGE — The Allegria String Quartet will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, as part of the Music Series at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive Extension, State College. 

Quartet members are violinists Sally Williams Minnich and Mark Minnich, violist Debbie Trudeau and cellist Jonathan Dexter. The program will include selections by classical and contemporary composers, including a suite composed by Stephen Hopkins, a Penn State faculty member, and a piece composed for the quartet by Sally Williams Minnich.  
The members bring varied experiences to the quartet, which formed in 2014. 

The Minnichs also perform locally and elsewhere as the innovative Revamped Duo. They earned graduate music degrees from Penn State and perform with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, the Williamsport Symphony and the Music at Penn’s Woods Festival. They are on the faculty of the Grier School and teach privately and with the State College Suzuki Program.
Before coming to State College, Trudeau performed with the Syracuse Symphony and the Glimmerglass Opera. Currently, she performs with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra and the Music at Penn’s Woods Festival. She teaches violin and viola privately in State College, also acting as manager of and arranging music for the quartet.
Dexter teaches cello privately and was recently appointed conductor and music director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra. In addition to having an active recording studio, he performs with the Paragon Ragtime orchestra and as principal cello with the Altoona Symphony. He recently appeared with the Mannheim Steamroller band and performs monthly with The Unbanned at the Happy Valley Brewing company.
The public is invited to attend the program. Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for college students and free for younger students.  

For more information, call (814) 237-7605 or visit www.uufcc.com.