Yuxi Liu from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, The People's Republic of China, Performs in Brenau University Concert

2012 Nov 8

Yuxi Liu from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, The People's Republic of China, appeared on stage in Brenau University's historic Pearce Auditorium Oct. 15 during the fall Il Portale Musicale program. Liu, a pianist, performed Liebestraum (Listz) in the "Il Portale Musicale" Concert.

Liu is a junior majoring in piano performance at Brenau. She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon professional music fraternity and Alpha Lambda Delta national honor society. Liu is the daughter of Ms. Li and Mr. Liu of Zhengzhou, Henan, China. She graduated from Zhengzhou University, China in 2010 and got her bachelor's degree in Chinese literature.

The concert series takes its name from Brenau University's "Four Portals of Learning" liberal arts curriculum that stresses expanded world view, scientific and social curiosity, appreciation for the arts and communications. Il Portale Musicale showcases individual performances in a concert setting by talented students enrolled in Brenau's undergraduate music and performing arts programs. The 750-seat Pearce Auditorium, which evokes an image of a Victorian-era opera house, is a registered U.S. historical building.

For more information, contact Dr. Barbara Steinhaus, chair of the Brenau University Department of Music, at bsteinhaus@brenau.edu or 770-534-6235.

ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2011 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's sixth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2012 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News, including a No. 9-in-the-nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also was granted "Honor Roll" status among the 2012 listings of the great colleges and universities to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education and one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. Breanu's extraordinary learning environment also was highlighted among the Colleges of Distinction.