UA faculty composer, bassist to perform tonight

Creating music is a personal venture for UA music professor Patrick Neher.

"I write music like some people write in a diary," said Neher, who will perform his own music tonight as part of the Faculty Artist concert series. "It's not an autobiography, but it's a reflection."

"Bass Ascending: The Music of Patrick Neher," represents a collection of his work that spans more than 20 years, with the most recent piece written just a few weeks ago.

Neher said that this is the first concert in which he has composed and performed music that is all his own.