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Date: May 13, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick Staiger Concert Hall
Title:
Evening of Brass
Description: Gail Williams, conductor
Featuring Richard Strauss’s Alpine Symphony as arranged by Jay Friedman, plus works by Karl Husa, William Hill, and other American composers.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Music Admin. Bldg., Room 109
Title:
Seminar: Passion, Practice and Profit: Career Smarts for the Artist/Entrepreneur
Description: Terry Applebaum, who has been provost at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, former dean of the School of Music at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and senior associate dean at Northwestern University School of Music.
Contact:
Dorothy Wyandt
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Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
Saxophone Ensemble
Description: The twelve-member Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble will perform a program including works by Charles Smith, Carlo Gesualdo, and Igor Stravinsky.
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Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 7:45 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Handel Performance Master Class
Description: Thomas Wikman, David Douglass, Ellen Hargis, Kurt Hansen, and Stephen Alltop, instructors
School of Music faculty members Kurt Hansen and Stephen Alltop, Newberry Consort members David Douglass and Ellen Hargis, and organist-conductor-vocal instructor Thomas Wikman lead a master class in vocal and instrumental performance techniques for the music of Handel as part of the Dunbar Early Music Festival. Interested performers should contact Stephen Alltop at 847.491.2299 or swa440@northwestern.edu.
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Date: May 16, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Ryan Wells, tenor
Description: Student of Sunny Joy Langton
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano
Program includes Volksliedbearbeitungen by Joseph Haydn, An die ferne Geliebte by Ludwig van Beethoven, Quatre chansons pour enfants by Francis Poulenc, and Walt Whitman Songs by Kurt Weill.
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Date: May 16, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick Staiger Concert Hall
Title:
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Description: Mallory Thompson, conductor
W. A. Mozart, Finale from Serenade No. 10 in B-flat, “Gran Partita”
Richard Strauss, Einleitung und Allegro from Sonatina in E-flat (“The Happy Workshop”)
Karel Husa, Smetana Fanfare
Karel Husa, Music for Prague 1968
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Daniel Friedman, guitar
Description: Student of John Moulder
Assisted by John Moulder, guitar, Josh Moshier, piano, and Andrew Haynie, tenor saxophone
Program includes Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Come Sunday, and Fleurette Africaine by Duke Ellington; After All, Snibor, U.M.M.G., and Lotus Blossom by Billy Strayhorn; East Broadway by Sonny Rollins; Ecclusiastics by Charles Mingus; and two original pieces by Daniel Friedman.
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Noah Lambert, trumpet
Description: Student of Barbara Butler
Program includes Sequenza X by Luciano Berio, Arioso for Trumpet and Woodquintet by Jerzy Sapieyevski, and Mobiles for small mixed ensemble and Ritmos I for brass ensemble by Gustavo Leone.
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Alexandra Tanico, mezzo-soprano
Description: Student of Bruce Hall
Assisted by Kenneth Smith, piano
Program includes Le Faune and Mandoline by Claude Debussy; Spleen and Clair de Lune by Gabriel Fauré; Offrande by Reynaldo Hahn; Morgen!, Drie Lied der Ophelia, and Zueignung by Richard Strauss; Five Songs from the Chinese by Charles Griffes; Le Bestiare by Francis Poulenc; and Storia breve, Pioggia, Nevicata, and Nebbie by Ottorino Respighi.
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Yonatan Kahn, horn
Description: Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano and Robert McConnell and the Northwestern Chamber Players
Program includes Villanelle for Horn and Piano by Paul Dukas; Concerto for Horn and Strings by Gordon Jacob; and Chamber Symphony, Op. 9 by Arnold Schoenberg.
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
DeMarus Allen-Batieste, clarinet
Description: Student of Steven H. Cohen
Assisted by David Armstrong and Jennise Hwang, violin; Adam Neeley, viola; Charlaine Prescott, cello; Kay Kim, piano; and Anna-Louise Burdette, Joseph Gonzalez, Elizabeth Delroit, and Elisabeth Summers, speakers
Program includes Premiere Rhapsody by Claude Debussy, Hommage ŕ Manuel de Falla by Bela Kovacs, Alt.Music.Ballistix by Nikola Resanovic, and Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, by Johannes Brahms.
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick Staiger Concert Hall
Title:
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Description: Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Works by School of Music student composers.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Guitar Ensemble
Description: The Guitar Ensemble celebrates composer Igor Stravinsky with guitar orchestra and mandolin arrangements of music from Eight Easy Pieces and Petrushka. Guitar duos and quartets will play works by Vivaldi, Barrios, Turina, Torroba, and Piazolla.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Laura Thompson, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Concerto in A minor for Violin by Antonin Dvorák and Sonata No.7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Jean Laurenz, trumpet
Description: Student of Charles Geyer
Assisted by Colin Oldberg, trumpet, and John Vangeem and Yoko Yamada, piano
Program Includes Konzert D-dur by Georg Philipp Telemann, Duet in E by Unknown, Variations No. 2 and 3 by Henderson, and Sonate by Paul Hindemith.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road
Title:
Brian Rosenblum, baritone
Description: Student of Karen Brunssen
Assisted by Ken Smith, piano
Program includes “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti, “La Serenata” and “Aprile” by F.P. Tosti, Die Schöne Müllerin (Op. 25, D. 785) by F. Schubert, “L’absent” (Op. 5, No. 3) by G. Fauré, “L’absent” by C. Gounod, “Mandoline” (Op. 58, No. 1) by C. Debussy, “Mandoline” by G. Fauré, and The House of Life by R. V. Williams.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Joshua Fink, double bass
Description: Student of Peter Lloyd
Assisted by Tracy Figard, piano
Program includes Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major by J.S. Bach, Bottesini Concerto No. 1 by Giovanni Bottesini, and Where the Corners Meet by Jason Seed.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Northwestern University Concert Band
Description: Daniel J. Farris, conductor.
Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of rousing band standards.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Northwestern University Women's Chorus
Description: Elizabeth Shapovalov, conductor.
An afternoon of female choral music by con-temporary American composers and arrangers, including Keith Hampton, Ron Nelson, Morten Lauridsen, Robert Harris, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen, Mark Petering, and Dimitri Shapovalov.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Vail Chapel (adjacent to Alice Millar Chapel)
Title:
Pre-Concert Lecture on Handel's Oratorio "Joshua"
Description: Princeton University professor Wendy Heller gives a talk prior to the performance at 7:00 p.m.
Contact:
Jesse Rosenberg
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Alyssa Collins, horn
Description: Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by John Doe, piano and Vee Donovan, percussion
Program includes Sonata No. 2 in F by Luigi Cherubini, Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sonata by Paul Hindemith, and Dragons in the Sky by Mark Schultz.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Megan Robbins, oboe
Description: Student of Grover Schiltz
Assisted by Geraldine Ong, piano
Program includes Six Metamorphoses After Ovid by Benjamin Britten; Trio Sonata in C minor for flute, oboe and continuo by Johann Joachim Quantz; Sonate pour Hautbois et Piano by Henri Dutilleux; and Capriccio for Oboe and Piano by Amilcare Ponchielle.
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road
Title:
Spring Festival Concert and Dunbar Early Music Festival: Handel’s Joshua
Description: Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists, Baroque Music Ensemble, and Dunbar Festival Orchestra; Stephen Alltop, conductor.
The oratorio Joshua reflects the full genius of Handel in his prime. With stellar choruses and dramatic solos, Joshua brings one of the Bible’s most heroic figures to life. Dr. Wendy Heller of Princeton University will offer insight on Handel’s masterpiece in a pre-concert lecture at 6 p.m. in Vail Chapel.
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 18, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Natalia Szadkowski, violin
Description: Student of Almita Vamos
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Sonata in G Major by J. Brahms, Concerto in D Major by L. Beethoven, and Polonaise in D Major by H. Wieniawski.
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Date: May 19, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Rachelle Perrin, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Sonata No. 4 in A minor by Ludwig van Beethoven; Concerto in D Major by Peter Tchaikovsky; and Sonata in A Major by Gabriel Fauré.
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Date: May 20, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
New Music Northwestern: Composition Student Concert
Description: Featuring new pieces by graduate and under-graduate students in Northwestern University’s composition program.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 20, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Wee-Hsin Tan, viola
Description: Student of Dr. Roland Vamos
Assisted by Jue He, piano
Program includes Märchenbilder, Vier Stücke für Klavier und Viola, by Robert Schumann; Sonata in F minor for Viola and Piano by Johannes Brahms; Quatre Visages pour alto et piano by Darius Milhaud; and Sonata for Viola and Piano by Rebecca Clarke.
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Date: May 21, 2008
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Music Admin. Bldg., Room 125
Title:
Music Cognition Colloquium: Audible Evolution in Prosimian Primates
Description: Chris Mercer will discuss his research on prosimian primate vocal communication, focusing on the role of Darwinian processes in shaping both the function and morphology of lemur calls. Comparison of evidence from molecular and vocal communication data indicates that call analysis is highly effective in determining relationships among species. The phylogeny of the lemuridae is partially encoded in their calls, and I will attempt to demonstrate the audibility of lemur phylogenetic relationships. The talk will include photos, videos, and some of the many audio recordings Mercer has made in his research at the Duke University Lemur Center. Since his compositional work is an attempt to explicate and speculate on these issues, he will also include a few musical examples.
Contact:
Marck Bailey
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Date: May 21, 2008
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue
Title:
Masters Recital: Heather Leffelman, violin
Description: Student of Blair Milton
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano
Program includes Sonata in D Major by Jean-Marie LeClair, Sonata No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Concerto in D Major by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Date: May 21, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
Luke Gay, saxophone
Description: Student of Dr. Frederick Hemke;
Assisted by Sharon Peterson, piano;
Program includes Distances Within Me by John Anthony Lennon, Concerto by Karel Husa, and Sonata by Wiliiam Albright.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 21, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Nicholas Tonozzi, tenor
Description: Student of Bruce Hall;
Assisted by Alan Darling, piano;
Program includes Nana by Manuel de Falla; Tirana de Tripili by Blas de Laserna; Saeta a la Virgen de la Esperanza by Joaquěn Turina; Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito by Javier Montsalvage; Marechiare, Non T’Amo Piů, A Vuchella, and Malia by Francesco Paolo Tosti; La Spagnola by Vincenzo di Chiara; Sonntag, Der Gang zum Liebchen, and Es steht ein Lind by Johannes Brahms; and The Ash Grove, Sally in our Alley, The last rose of summer (Groves of Blarney), The Miller of Dee, and The Crocodile by Benjamin Britten.
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 21, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
David Babich, saxophone
Description: Student of Frederick Hemke;
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano and harpsichord; Jon Danielson, alto saxophone; Benjamin Stumpf, tenor saxophone; Anthony Paggett, baritone saxophone; and Joseph Gonzalez, bongo; Program includes Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, Bux WV 199 by Dietrich Buxtehude; She Sings, She Screams by Mark Engebretson; Symphonic Rhapsody by John Anthony Lennon; Saxophone (from Course of the Years) of Tuesday from Light by Karlheinz Stockhausen; and Screamin 229a by Joe Cutler.
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 22, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
Lauren Walker, horn
Description: Student of Gail Williams;
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano;
Program includes Sonata by Bernhard Heiden, Partita by Verne Reynolds, Introduction Thema Variationen by Richard Strauss, and Nocturne by Reinhold Gličre
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 22, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Steven Barbas, conducting
Description: Student of Mallory Thompson
Program includes Die Zauberflöte Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Octet Op. 156 by Franz Lachner, Vespers to the Blessed Virgin by Claudio Monteverdi, and Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
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Date: May 22, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Jonathan Katz, piano
Description: Student of Ursula Oppens;
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano and Jocelyn Butler, cello;
Program includes From Vier Impromptus, D. 935 by Franz Schubert, Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes from Johann Strauss’ Künsterleben by Leopold Godowsky, and Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
Erin Ponto, harp
Description: Student of Elizabeth Cifani;
Assisted by Insung Baik, flute, Jason Weaver, guitar, Colin McGrath, guitar, and Juli Bunyak, soprano;
Program includes Sarabande e Toccata by Nino Rota, Sequenza II for Harp Solo by Luciano Berio, Voyage by John Corigliano/Whitcup, Around and Around by John Weinzweig, Sonata for Harp and Guitar “Spirit of Trees” Op. 374, and Four Songs for Voice, Flute, Harp and, Guitar by Igor Stravinsky
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Peter Pachak-Robie, tuba
Description: Student of Rex Martin;
Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano;
Program includes Sonata in G minor by Henry Eccles, First Sonata in G minor for Violoncello Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Tuba and Piano by Alec Wilder, and Tuba Concerto by Edward Gregson
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street
Title:
L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)
Description: Philip Kraus, director; Robert Hasty, conductor.
Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love is a sparkling 1832 comedy set in an Italian village where the peasant farmer Nemorino pines for the beautiful, wealthy, and indifferent Adina. When the quack Doctor Dulcamara arrives in town, Nemorino tries to win Adina’s love by using the doctor’s so-called love potion. Matters are complicated when the dashing Sergeant Belcore swoops in with designs on Adina, and the outcome of the plot ultimately hangs on the love elixir’s real (or imagined) potency. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
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Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Benna Anne Shelanski, cello
Description: Student of Hans Jensen;
Assisted by Fumiko Jensen, piano;
Program includes Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, no. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Prayer from Jewish Life by Ernest Bloch, and Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 101 by Joseph Haydn
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Laura Plummer
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Date: May 23, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall
Title:
Michael Rezzo, clarinet
Description: Student of Steve Cohen;
Assisted by Kay Kim, piano;
Program includes Duo in E-flat Major Op. 15 by Norbert Burgmüller, Gra by Elliot Carter, Sonata by William Alwyn, and Selections from L’histoire du soldat by Igor Stravinsky
Contact:
Laura Plummer
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Michael Yoshimi, clarinet
Description: Student of J. Lawrie Bloom
Assisted by Kay Kim and Sergiy Komirenko, piano, and Yoshihiko Nakano, violin
Program includes Sonatina in D Major by Franz Schubert, Pierrot by Thea Musgrave, and Gnarly Buttons by John Adams.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
David Gonzales, guitar
Description: Student of Anne Waller
Assisted by Tate Jorgensen, tenor
Program includes Homenaje pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy by Manuel de Falla, Sarabande by Francis Poulenc, Segovia Op. 29 by Albert Roussel, Sonata Op. 15 by Mauro Giuliani, Tarantella by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Songs from the Chinese Op. 58 by Benjamin Britten, and Sonatina Op. 51 by Lennox Berkeley.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Brandon Eubank, trumpet
Description: Student of Barbara Butler
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano; David Armstrong, violin; Josh Fink, double bass; Mike Rezzo, clarinet; Doug Rosenthal, trombone; Alan Stewart, percussion; and Meryl Summers, bassoon
Program includes Concerto in D Minor by Tomaso Albinoni, Suite for Trumpet and Piano by Florent Schmitt, Concerto No. 2 (“Concerto Allegro”) by Vladimir Peskin, and L’Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier’s Tale) by Igor Stravinsky.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Masters Recital: Joshua Michal, horn
Description: Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by Valerie Whitney, horn, and Kay Kim, piano
Program includes Elegy for Horn Alone by Douglas Hill, Concerto in E-flat for Two Horns and Orchestra by Franz Joseph Haydn, En Foret by Eugene Bozza, and Danse d’été by Ivan Jevtic.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Evelyn Dias, piano
Description: Student of Sylvia Wang
Program includes La Dauphine, L’Égyptienne (Nouvelles suites), and La Poule by Jean-Philippe Rameau; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel by Johannes Brahms; and Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major by Sergei Prokofiev.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Sarah Michael, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Sonata No. 3 in D Minor by Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A Major by Claude Debussy, and Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor by Sergei Prokofiev.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street
Title:
L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Description: Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love is a sparkling 1832 comedy set in an Italian village where the peasant farmer Nemorino pines for the beautiful, wealthy, and indifferent Adina. When the quack Doctor Dulcamara arrives in town, Nemorino tries to win Adina's love by using the doctor's so-called love potion. Matters are complicated when the dashing Sergeant Belcore swoops in with designs on Adina, and the outcome of the plot ultimately hangs on the love elixir's real (or imagined) potency. (Performed in Italian with English supertitles.)
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Vail Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road
Title:
Rachel Schiff, guitar
Description: Student of Anne Waller
Assisted by Hugh Palmer, violin
Program includes Un Dia de Noviembre, Los Ojos Brujos, and Canción de Cuna by Leo Brouwer; Lute Suite by J.S. Bach; Fantaisie Hongroise by Johann Kaspar Mertz; Danza Paraguaya No. 1, Julia Florida, and Vals by Augustín Barrios Mangoré; and Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Adam Neeley, viola
Description: Student of Roland Vamos
Assisted by Tracy Figard, piano , and Jennise Hwang, violin
Program includes Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach; Sonate, Op. 36 by Henri Vieuxtemps; Der Schwanendreher by Paul Hindemith, and Passacaglia by George Frederich Handel and Johan Halvorsen.
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Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Ellen Huntington, flute
Description: Student of Walfrid Kujala
Assisted by Svetlana Belsky, piano, and Lillian Lau, harp
Program includes Sonate by Philippe Gaubert, Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla, Sixičme Solo de Concert by Jules Demersseman, and Sonata by Samuel Zyman.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Daniel Gernazian, clarinet
Description: Student of J. Lawrie Bloom
Assisted by Kay Kim and Cindy Tseng, piano; Claude Giampietro, violin; Nicholas West, double bass
Program includes Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Aaron Copland; Benny’s Gig by Morton Gould; Histoire du Soldat, Suite in 5 movements by Igor Stravinsky; Derivations by Morton Gould.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
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Masters Recital: Stacey DiIanni, oboe
Description: Student of Michael Henoch
Assisted by Charles Srstka, piano; David McHenry, guitar; Katelyn Storch, oboe; Jonathan Thompson, English horn
Program includes Three Pieces by Napoleon Coste; Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Francis Poulenc; Fantasy No. 2 by Georg Philipp Telemann; and Trio for Two Oboes and English horn, Op. 87 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Ashleigh Heller, viola
Description: Student of Roland Vamos
Assisted by John Doe, piano; Sarah Pernick, flute; Katherine Oppermann, harp; and Alan Stewart, percussion
Program includes Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, S. 1009 by J.S. Bach; Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp by Claude Debussy; and Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by Béla Bartók.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Jue He, piano
Description: Student of Sylvia Wang
Assisted by Wee-Hsin Tan, viola
Program includes Märchenbilder, Op. 113 and Vier Stücke für Klavier und Viola by Robert Schumann; Sonata in F Minor for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1 by Johannes Brahms; Quatre Visages, Pour alto et piano Op. 238 by Darius Milhaud; and Sonata for Viola and Piano by Rebecca Clarke.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Millenium Park, Chicago
Title:
Northwestern at Millennium Park
Description: Hans Jřrgen Jensen, Victor Yampolsky, Gail Williams, and Mallory Thompson, conductors.
For the third time, the Northwestern University School of Music will flood the stage of Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion with a concert of monstrous proportions. Three separate ensembles — 60 cellos, 40 saxophones, and a brass and woodwind ensemble — will be featured, conducted by distinguished members of the School of Music faculty. Program highlights include the cello ensemble in Barber’s Adagio for Strings, the saxophone ensemble in Bernstein’s Candide Overture and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and the wind ensemble in Strauss’s Alpine Symphony. Don’t miss this vibrant musical extravaganza against the backdrop of Chicago’s most beautiful outdoor stage!
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall
Title:
Howard Roth, tenor
Description: Student of Kurt Hansen;
Assisted by Karina Kontorovich, piano, Laura Sauer, mezzo-soprano, Raja Burrows, tenor, Brian Rosenblum, baritone, and Jin Luo, baritone;
Program includes "The Nightengale" and "A Maiden Fair to See" from HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan; Spirate pur, spirate, Sento nel core, and Quando ti rivedro by Stefano Donaudy; "How Sweet the Answer" and "The Last Rose of Summer"from Moore's Irish Melodies by Benjamin Britten; Kaddisch by Maurice Ravel; Yism'chu by Meir Finklestein; Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann; and "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Margaret Cerjan, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Violin Concerto in A Minor by Antonin Dvorák and Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major (“Spring”) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Alison S. Valenta, mezzo-soprano
Description: Student of Karen Brunssen
Assisted by Sergiy Komirenko, piano and Yoshihiko Nakano, viola
Program includes La chanson d’Eve by Gabriel Fauré; Fętes galantes, set I by Claude Debussy; Zwei Gesänge by Johannes Brahms; Six Songs by Sergei Rachmaninov; Despite and Still by Samuel Barber; and “Olga’s Aria” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Date: May 25, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Jessica Jordan, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Sonatina in G minor, Op. 137 No. 3 by Franz Schubert; Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 30 No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven; and Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Date: May 27, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
New Music Northwestern
Description: Ryan T. Nelson, conductor; Mike Svoboda, trombone.
For nearly 20 years trombonist Mike Svoboda has committed himself to expanding his instrument’s repertoire, premiering more than 300 new compositions. From 1984 to 1995 he collaborated with composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, premiering numerous chamber music works and playing the role of Lucifer as trombone soloist in Stockhausen’s opera cycle Licht at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Leipzig Opera, and La Scala. Svoboda performs regularly at festivals throughout the world and as soloist with major European orchestras. Also a composer, he has written nearly 100 works of his own since 1995. In the second part of his Northwestern residency, Svoboda will perform works by North-western student composers.
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Date: May 28, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Louis Mark, piano
Description: Student of Sylvia Wang
Assisted by Jooyeun Lim, piano
Program includes Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven; Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9 by Johannes Brahms; and Piano Concerto No. 1 by Lowell Liebermann.
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Date: May 28, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Doctoral Recital: Jessica Maxfield, saxophone
Description: Student of Frederick Hemke
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano
Program includes Concerto for Saxophone and Concert Band by Karel Husa, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra by W.A. Mozart, Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Edison Denisov, “When I am Laid in Earth” by Henry Purcell, and Decalcomanie de Reich et Ligeti by Jean-Luc Fafchamps.
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Date: May 28, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Masters Recital: Vera Stefanovich, violin
Description: Student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano
Program includes Sonata for Vioiln and Piano No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 by Johannes Brahms and Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 by Antonin Dvorák.
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Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Masters Recital: Chris Riggs, percussion
Description: Student of Michael Burritt
Assisted by Corey Bertelsen, percussion and Alyssa Collins, horn
Program includes Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor by Dmitri Shostakovich, Dragons in the Sky by Mark Schultz, Khan Variations by Alejandro Vińao, Piano Phase by Steve Reich, and Bell Plates by Scott Lindroth.
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Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road
Title:
Laura Sauer, mezzo-soprano
Description: Student of Karen Brunssen
Assisted by Alan Darling, piano and Ben Melsky, harp
Program includes Ah! quel diner je viens de faire by Jacques Offenbach, Sieben Frühe Lieder by Alban Maria Johannes Berg, O Ma Lyre Immortelle by Charles Gounod, An eine Aeolsharfe by Johannes Brahms, An eine Aeolsharfe by Hugo Wolf, and “What a Movie!” by Leonard Bernstein.
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Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Masters Recital: Michael Martin, trumpet
Description: Student of Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano; Jeffrey Strong and Christopher Martin, trumpet; Anna Spina and Josh Michael, horn; Santiago Blanco and Douglas Rosenthal, trombone; and Josh Biere, tuba
Program includes Concerto in D Major after Vivaldi BWV 932 by J. S. Bach, Intrada by Otto Ketting, Concerto in F Major by Oskar Boehme, and Quartet No. 12 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Date: May 30, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Dr.
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Masters Recital: David Armstrong, violin
Description: Student of Almita Vamos
Assisted by Miki Sawada, piano; Jennise Hwang, violin; Adam Neeley, viola; Josh Fink, bass; Char Prescott, cello
Program includes Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 by Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata in A Major by Cesar Franck, Three Tangos for String Quartet by David Armstrong, Two Dances for String Quartet by David Armstrong, and Pink Panther for String Quartet by Henry Mancini, arr. David Armstrong
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Date: May 30, 2008
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Title:
Robert Perlick-Molinari, horn
Description: Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by Tzu-Hwa Ho, piano and Raja Burrows, tenor
Program includes Concerto in D Major by Georg Philipp Telemann, Serenade for Tenor Solo, Horn in F and String Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, and Sonata III for Horn and Pianoforte by Wolfgang Plagge
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Date: May 30, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Description: Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
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Date: May 31, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus: Verdi Requiem
Description: Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Robert A. Harris, chorus master; Diane Alexander, soprano; Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano; Richard Drews, tenor; Gustav Andreassen, bass.
The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral Mass. It was completed to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The piece is also sometimes referred to as the “Manzoni Requiem.” Throughout the work, Verdi uses vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies, and dramatic contrasts – much as he did in his operas – to express the powerful emotions engendered by the text.
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Date: June 01, 2008
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus: Verdi Requiem
Description: Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Robert A. Harris, chorus master; Diane Alexander, soprano; Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano; Richard Drews, tenor; Gustav Andreassen, bass
The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral Mass. It was completed to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The piece is also sometimes referred to as the “Manzoni Requiem.” Throughout the work, Verdi uses vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies, and dramatic contrasts – much as he did in his operas – to express the powerful emotions engendered by the text.
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Date: June 01, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Philharmonia: A Night at the Ballet
Description: Robert Hasty and Eric Stassen, conductors.
Aram Khachaturian, Gayane: Three Dances;
Peter Tchaikovsky, Suite from Swan Lake;
Aaron Copland, selections from Billy the Kid
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Date: June 06, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Symphonic Band: Dreamscapes
Description: Ryan T. Nelson, conductor.
Malcolm Arnold, Tam O’Shanter;
Joseph Schwantner, From a Dark Millennium;
Dana Wilson, Piece of Mind
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Date: June 07, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive
Title:
Northwestern University Jazz Festival
Description: Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Septet; Dick Oatts, saxophone; Joel Spencer, coordinator.
This year’s jazz festival features special guest Dick Oatts, a New York–based jazz saxophonist and professor of jazz studies at Temple University. His large-ensemble experience includes performances with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Mel Lewis, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Lester Bowie, Joe Lovano, the Sam Jones–Tom Harrell band, Paquito D’Rivera, Jim McNeely, Tito Puente, Kenny Wheeler, and Gunther Schuller. Oatts has also been featured with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, the Danish Radio Big Band, the Norboton Jazz Orchestra, and Helsinki’s UMO Big Band. He has accompanied such vocalists as Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Neene Freelon, Mel Torme, and Milton Nascimento. Oatts is a SteepleChase recording artist and has released five CDs as a combo leader.
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