Concerts & Events

Concerts and Events

Master’s Recital: Lauren Haley, saxophone

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Frederick L. Hemke

Assisted by Sharon Peterson, piano

Ingolf Dahl, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble

Graham Fitkin, Gate

David Maslanka, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Master’s Recital: Derek Handley, cello

Off-Campus - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Hans Jensen

Assisted by Fumiko Jensen, piano

Pietro Locatelli, Cello Sonata in D Major

Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 4 E-flat Major for Solo Cello

Camille Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33

Doctoral Recital: Scott Scharf, composition

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Jay Alan Yim

Scott Scharf, Clairaudience; Pairwise Liberation, and It was to those who first stumbled upon the symbols

Senior Recital: Zach Robinson, composition

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Jay Alan Yim

Zach Robinson, You Might Have a Moustache/Dymaxion, String Quartet No. 2, Old Friend, The Look of Being Old/Sky High

Zach Robinson and Doug Kaplan, Rodentia

Senior Recital: Jeremy Morrow, trombone

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Michael Mulcahy, Peter Ellefson, Timothy Higgins, and Randall Hawes

Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano

Eugene Bozza, Theme Varie

Franz Schubert, Thelka

Jerome Naulais, Etoile des Prefondeurs

Felix Mendelssohn, Is It Enough

Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzone

Harold Arlen, Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz

Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel

Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, The Rainbow Connection from The Muppets

Christina Chintanaphol, violin

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Gerardo Ribeiro

Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454

Eugene Ysaye, Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27

Niccoló Paganini, Caprice No. 21 in A Major

César Franck, Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major

Eugene Ysaÿe, Violin Sonata No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27

Niccoló Paganini, Caprice No. 21 in A Major

César Franck, Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major

Albert Herring

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Benjamin Britten; libretto by Eric Crozier

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Christopher Zemliauskas, music director; Chris Ramaekers, assistant music director; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

A warmhearted satire of life in a small English country village in 1900. When none of the local girls are considered pure enough to be elected Queen of the May, the reticent young grocery clerk Albert Herring is chosen as May King, with riotous results.

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Senior Recital: Mira Luxion, cello

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Hans Jensen

Assisted by Rachael Kerr, piano; Steven Gooden, clarinet, and Yoshiko Arahata, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite for Solo Cello No. 4

Dmitri Shostakovich, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40

Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Trio, Op. 114

Master’s Recital: Jaimy Kim, violin

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Gerardo Ribeiro

Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano

Franz Schubert, Violin Sonata in A Major

Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Major

César Franck, Violin Sonata

Aaron Praiss, violin

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Gerardo Ribeiro

Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano

Franz Schubert, Sonatina No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 137

Camille Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3

Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100

Niccolo Paganini, Variations on the G String on Rossini’s Moses

Master’s Recital: Keyan Peterson, percussion

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of She-e Wu

J.S. Bach, Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major

Herbert Brun, Just Seven for Drum

Michael Burritt, Cooper

Frederic Macarez, Snare System, Volume #1

Peter Klatzow, Dances of Earth and Fire

Jason Baker, Lonely City Suite

Joseph Tompkins, Nine French-American Rudimental Solos, Volume 2

Jason Treuting, Thank You

Jason Bahr, Contemplations of Darkness and Light

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Mallory Thompson, conductor

John Adams (arr. Lawrence T. Odom), A Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Carl Nielsen (arr. Erik Sarras), Andante Pastorale from Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia Espansiva

Kevin Puts, Millennium Canons

Karel Husa, Music for Prague

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Albert Herring

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Benjamin Britten; libretto by Eric Crozier

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Christopher Zemliauskas, music director; Chris Ramaekers, assistant music director; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

A warmhearted satire of life in a small English country village in 1900. When none of the local girls are considered pure enough to be elected Queen of the May, the reticent young grocery clerk Albert Herring is chosen as May King, with riotous results.

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Senior Recital: Elizabeth Owen, soprano

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Student of Nancy Gustafson

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano and Andrew Gosdlett, double bass

Gabriel Fauré, 3 Songs, Op. 18

Jules Massenet, “Adieu, notre petite table” from Manon

Aaron Copland, Selections from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

Mikhail Glinka, Five Russian Songs with Doublebass Obligato

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Net tolko tot, kto znal, Pogodi!, and Ya tebe nichevo ne skazhu

Franz Lehár, “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heib’ from Guiditta

Doctoral Recital: Yoorhi Choi, violin

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Blair Milton

Assisted by Rachel Kerr, piano and Yingying Su, piano

Maurice Ravel, Violin Sonata No. 2 in G

Henri Wieniauski, Original Theme with Variations for Violin and Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47

Senior Recital: Jessica Rose Gottesman, violin

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Gerardo Ribeiro

Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano

Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

Doctoral Recital: Rachel Kerr, piano

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Sylvia Wang and Elizabeth Buccheri

Assisted by Yoorhi Choi, violin and Mira Luxion, cello

Maurice Ravel, Sonate pour Violon et Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

Senior Recital: Daniel Nelson, guitar

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Assisted by Cara Trask, flute

Mauro Giuliani, Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 107

Silvius Leopold Weiss, Passacaglia

J.S. Bach, Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BMV 998

Ástor Piazzolla, Histoire Du Tango

Joaquín Rodrigo, Three Spanish Pieces

Master’s Recital: Jonathan Thompson, oboe

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of Scott Hostetler

Assisted by Deanna Tham, conductor; Michael Maganuco, harp; Kristin Carr, flute; Rebecca Graham, clarinet; John Shawger, horn; Evan Epifanio, bassoon; Daniel Pesca, piano and celesta

Samuel Barber, Summer Music, Op. 31

C.J. Darnieder, Night Minds

Takashi Yoshimatsu, Dream-Coloured Mobile II

David Maslanka, Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Master’s Recital: Jonathan Thompson, oboe

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of Scott Hostetler

Assisted by Deanna Tham, conductor; Michael Maganuco, harp; Kristin Carr, flute; Rebecca Graham, clarinet; John Shawger, horn; Evan Epifanio, bassoon; and Daniel Pesca, piano/celesta

Samuel Barber, Summer Music, op. 31

C.J. Darnieder, Night Minds

Takashi Yoshimatsu, Dream-Coloured Mobile II

David Maslanka, Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Doctoral Recital: Yumy Lee, piano

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Sylvia Wang

Lecture: “La Folia in Selected Piano Music”

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 12 Variations auf die Folie d’Espagne

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Franz Liszt, Rhapsodie Espagnole

Senior Recital: Ken Sasamura, euphonium

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano

Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Arioso and Allegro

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Concerto for Tuba

Johannes Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor

Stjepan Sulek, Sonata for Trombone and Piano “Vox Gabrieli”

Kosaku Yamada, Akatonbo

Albert Herring

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Benjamin Britten; libretto by Eric Crozier

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Christopher Zemliauskas, music director; Chris Ramaekers, assistant music director; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

A warmhearted satire of life in a small English country village in 1900. When none of the local girls are considered pure enough to be elected Queen of the May, the reticent young grocery clerk Albert Herring is chosen as May King, with riotous results.

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Master’s Recital: Katie McCarthy, horn

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Assisted by Yoshiko Arahata, piano

Vincent Persichetti, Parable VIII for Solo Horn

Franz Schubert, Der Lindenbaum from Winterreise

Robert Schumann, Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai from Dichterliebe

Gustav Mahler, Um Mitternacht from Ruckert Lieder

John Williams, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra

Senior Recital: Daniel Linder, piano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Alan Chow

Franz Schubert, Sonata in A Minor, D. 537

Alban Berg, Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Lowell Liebermann, Nocturne No. 4, Op. 38 and Nocturne No. 6, Op. 62

Franz Liszt, Transcendental Etude No. 11, Harmonies du Soir

Master’s Recital: Matthew Oliphant, horn

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Gail Williams

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 17

Johannes Amon, Quartet for Horn, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 20, No. 1

Paul Hindemith, Sonata for E-Flat Alto Horn

Volker David Kirchner, Tre Poemi

Senior Recital: Mia Lundgren, oboe

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of Scott Hostetler

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano; Scott Hostetler, oboe; Danny Lai, viola; Julia Yang, cello; Maren Lundgren, guitar

George Frideric Handel, Lascia Ch’io Pianga, from Rinaldo, HMV 7

W.A. Mozart, Quartet in F, K. 370

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Eugene Goossens, Concerto in One Movement

Jeffrey Rathbun, 3 Diversions for 2 Oboes

Concert Band

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.

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Northwestern University Guitar Ensemble

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Anne Waller, conductor

Works for guitar solo, duo, and quartet as well as guitar ensemble by Bach, Mertz, Henze, and Turina.

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Albert Herring

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Music by Benjamin Britten; libretto by Eric Crozier

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Christopher Zemliauskas, music director; Chris Ramaekers, assistant music director; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

A warmhearted satire of life in a small English country village in 1900. When none of the local girls are considered pure enough to be elected Queen of the May, the reticent young grocery clerk Albert Herring is chosen as May King, with riotous results.

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