PRINCETON, NJ Restaurant Dining Guide Announcement

Single Tickets For Mandolinist Chris Thile's October 24 Richardson Auditorium Concert On Sale July 1 (Online Only)

MANDOLINIST CHRIS THILE MAKES HIS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERTS DEBUT
OCTOBER 24, 2013 AT RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM IN ALEXANDER HALL
Single Tickets – Just $35 ($10 for Students) – Go On Sale Online Only On July 1

Princeton University Concerts, in collaboration with McCarter Theatre, is thrilled to present the celebrated solo mandolin player Chris Thile at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on Thursday evening, October 24 at 7:30PM.  A former member of the trio Nickel Creek and current member of the Bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers, Mr. Thile has won multiple Grammy Awards and was a 2012 recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.  A versatile artist who transitions between genres with the greatest of ease, Mr. Thile recently teamed up with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddle player Stuart Duncan on the Grammy-winning recording "Goat Rodeo Sessions" and his music was included on the soundtrack to the box office smash The Hunger Games.  This August Mr. Thile will release an album of Bach Sonatas and Partitas transcribed for mandolin on Nonesuch Records.  
 
 
Mr. Thile’s Princeton program features Bach transcriptions from his new CD as well as his own compositions and other contemporary works. Single tickets for this special event go on sale online only on July 1 and are just $35, please visit princetonuniversityconcerts.org to purchase.  Patrons who plan to attend 3 or more events can save 10% on single tickets by making their own series.  Please call 609-258-2800 or visit princetonuniversityconcerts.org for more information.  Starting September 3, single tickets will be available for all concerts of the 2013-14 season online, by phone, and at the Frist Campus Center Box Office.