Upcoming School of Music Events

Saxophone StudioFriday, November 20, 2009

Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Event Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
Saxohone Students of Professor John Nichol accompanied by Mr. Nichol and Zhihua Tang
Program
Concerto Joseph Hector Fiocco
Caprice en Forme de Valse Paul Bonneau
Fantasie Denise Bedard
Sonata Robert Muczynski
Fantasie Jules Demersseman
Sonata in C# Minor Fernande DeCruck
Concerto Glazunov/Petiot
Three Romances Robert Schumann
Prelude, Cadence, et Finale Alfred Desenclos
Sonata William Albright
Fuzzy Bird Sonata Takashi Yoshimatsu
The Garden of Love Jakob Ter Veldhuis

Festival Chorus and CMU OrchestraSaturday, November 21, 2009

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Plachta Auditorium
Price: $7 public, $5 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.
Fauré’s “Requiem” & Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” - Festival Chorus, Concert Choir and guest choirs conducted by Dr. Nina Nash-Robertson, CMU Orchestra conducted by Dr. Antonia Joy Wilson
Program
Requiem Gabriel Fauré
1. Introit and Kyrie
2. Offertory
Benjamin Laur, baritone
3. Sanctus
4. Pie Jesu
Katherine Travis, soprano
5. Agnus Dei
6. Libera Me
Benjamin Laur, baritone
7. In Paradisum
Katherine Travis, soprano
Messa di Gloria Giacomo Puccini
Dr. Keith Clifton, tenor

Violin Studio RecitalSunday, November 22, 2009

Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Event Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
Violin students of Seunghee Lee
Program
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 J.S. Bach
I. Adagio
II. Presto
Destyneé Jones, violin
Concerto No. 1 in A Minor J.B. Accolay
Allegro moderato
Olivia Hall, violin and Joy Morin, piano
Partita for Solo Violin No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 J.S. Bach
V. Sarabande
VI. Double
Kyle Venlet, violin
Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 W. A. Mozart
I. Allegro
Kendarius Mann, violin and Jie Zhou, piano
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 76 No. 4, “Sunrise” Joseph Haydn
III. Menuetto - Allegro
IV. Finale - Allegro ma non troppo
Nagamo Quartet: Kyle Venlet, violin; Destyneé Jones, violin; Kristi Luckritz, viola; Benjamin Gudbrandson, cello

Horn StudioSunday, November 22, 2009

Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Event Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
Horn students of Dr. Bruce Bonnell
Program
Concerto in D for Horn and Orchestra, K. 412/514 W.A. Mozart
I. Allegro
II. Allegro (Rondo)
Thomas Course IV, horn and Jie Zhou, piano
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Opus 91 Reinhold Gliere
I. Allegro
Lisa Drauch, horn and Mary Beth Orr, piano
Concerto No. 1 in D for Horn and Orchestra, Hob. VII d:3 Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
Timothy McMechan, horn and Melissa Lane, piano
Concerto in E-flat for Horn and Orchestra, K. 447 W. A. Mozart
II. Romanze - Larghetto
Kristen McGuire, natural horn and Bruce Bonnell, piano
Suite for Horn and Piano (1964) Alec Wilder
I. Danse Quixotic
II. Slow and Sweet
III. Song
IV. Epilogue
V. Suitable for Dancing
Drew Miller, horn and Mary Beth Orr, piano

Trumpet Studio RecitalMonday, November 23, 2009

Date: Monday, November 23, 2009
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
Trumpet students of Dr. Dennis Horton
Program
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Kent Kennan
I. With Strength and Vigor
Alex Arnot, trumpet and Jie Zhou, piano
Three Episodes Joseph Turrin
I. Fanfare
II. Andante
III. Allegro
John Schonbok, trumpet and Jie Zhou, piano
Concert Etude Alexander Goedicke
Chris Walker, trumpet and Mary Beth Orr, piano
Rustiques Eugène Bozza
Chad Anthes, C trumpet and Jie Zhou, piano
Legende George Enesco
Adam Gandolfo, C trumpet and Jie Zhou, piano
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Karl Pilss
II. Adagio; molto cantabile
III. Allegro agitato
Ross Huber, trumpet and Loretta Lanning, piano

Wind Symphony & Symphonic Wind EnsembleTuesday, November 24, 2009

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.
Directed by John E. Williamson and Jim Batcheller
Program
First Suite in E-flat Gustav Holst
I. Chaconne
II. Intermezzo
III.March
The Engulfed Catherdral Claude Debussy/ arr. Merlin Patterson
Aegean Festival Overture Andreas Makris arr. Albert Bader
Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted by John E. Williamson
English Folk Song Suite Vaughan Williams
I. March: “Seventeen Come Sunday”
II. Intermezzo: “My Bonny Boy”
III. March: “Folk Songs from Somerset”
October Eric Whitacre
Mock Morris Percy Grainger
Wind Symphony conducted by James Batcheller

Honors RecitalTuesday, December 1, 2009

Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Event Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Symphony Band, University Band & CampusTuesday, December 1, 2009

Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Techniques for Singing ActorWednesday, December 2, 2009

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Honors RecitalThursday, December 3, 2009

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Event Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

JuletideSaturday, December 5, 2009

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Event Time: 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Clarinet Studio RecitalSaturday, December 5, 2009

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Event Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Guest Artists: Michael Heald, violin - Peter Miyamoto, pianoThursday, January 14, 2010

Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
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Faculty Artist: Andrew Spencer, percussionTuesday, January 26, 2010

Faculty Artist: Andrew Spencer, percussion
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

Guest Artist: Anton Nel, pianoThursday, January 28, 2010

Guest Artist:  Anton Nel, piano
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.
The 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition winner enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career being raved as “an uncommonly elegant pianist”. His career has taken him throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Highlights of Mr. Nel’s nearly three decades of concertizing include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the orchestras of San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and London to name a few.

Faculty Artist - Mark Cox, tubaTuesday, February 2, 2010

Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

Wind Symphony & Symphony BandTuesday, February 9, 2010

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

OrchestraSunday, February 14, 2010

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Event Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

CMU Percussion EnsembleTuesday, February 16, 2010

Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Guest Artist: Alyson Cambridge, sopranoThursday, February 18, 2010

Guest Artist:  Alyson Cambridge, soprano
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.
Recognized for her beauty of voice, striking stage presence, and affecting musical and dramatic interpretation, the Washing Post notes that Ms. Cambridge is “Radiant, vocally assured, dramatically subtle and compelling and artistically imaginative. She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, which she joined after becoming a Grand Prize Winner of the 2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Faculty Artist Alexandra Mascolo-David, pianoSunday, February 21, 2010

Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Event Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.
Assisted by Members of the CMU Percussion Ensemble, Dr. Andrew Spencer, conductor
Program
Sonata in G Major, Opus 78 Franz Schubert
Molto moderato e cantabile
Andante
Menuetto (Allegro moderato)
Allegretto
Sonata (1.X.1905) “From the Street” Leos Janacek
Presentiment
Elegy
Concerto No. 1 in C-sharp minor for Piano and Percussion Orchestra (2002) David Gillingham

Symphonic Wind EnsembleTuesday, February 23, 2010

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Concerto/Aria CompetitionWednesday, February 24, 2010

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Event Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Faculty Artist: Adrienne Wiley, pianoThursday, February 25, 2010

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

Choral ConcertSunday, February 28, 2010

Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010
Event Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

University Band & Campus BandTuesday, March 2, 2010

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: This concert is free and open to the public.

Faculty Artist: Brad DeRoche, guitarTuesday, March 16, 2010

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Chamichian Hall
Price: $5 public, $3 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

OPERA: Don GiovanniFriday, March 19, 2010

Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $10 public, $7 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

OPERA: Don GiovanniSaturday, March 20, 2010

Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $10 public, $7 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.

OPERA: Don GiovanniSunday, March 21, 2010

Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010
Event Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Staples Family Concert Hall
Price: $10 public, $7 students/seniors. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office by calling 774-3000.