MUSICAL PARTNERS: Michael Newman, left, and Laura Oltman, present a varied program on Thursday, July 6 at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

The 56th season of the Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts continues with the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo at Nassau Presbyterian Church on Thursday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. The duo will perform works by de Falla, Brouwer, Bellinati, Albéniz, and other composers.

Due to repairs in Richardson Auditorium this summer, the remainder of the series will be held at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. No tickets are needed. Other concerts will be the Poulenc Trio on Wednesday, July 19^, and the Dali Quartet on Friday, July 28.

Newman and Oltman’s concert tours have taken them to venues across five continents. They have collaborated with such diverse artists as composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, fiddler Eileen Ivers, pianist Clarice Assad, violinist Tim Fain, and the ETHEL, Calder, and Turtle Island string quartets.

Highlights of recent and upcoming performances include the world premiere of Concierto Buenos Aires, composed for the Duo by Nuevo Tango Master Daniel Binelli with l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Reims in France. Newman and Oltman have built a unique repertoire of works for two guitars by leading and emerging composers such as Paul Moravec, Augusta Read Thomas, Lowell Liebermann, Dušan Bogdanović, Arthur Kampela, and Roberto Sierra.

The duo has served as Ensemble-in-Residence at New York’s Mannes College The New School of Music since 1987. Newman, a graduate of Mannes College of Music, currently serves on the guitar and chamber music faculty. Oltman serves on the
faculties of Princeton University and Lafayette College.

For more information, visit princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org or call (609) 570-8404.