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Date: November 24, 2009
Time: 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Masters Recital: Joel Benway, horn
Description:
Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by Mary Rose Jordan, piano
Program includes Horn Trio by Johannes Brahms, Unaccompanied Horn Duets by Gunther Schuller, Triangles for Brass Trio by John Stevens, and Brass Quintet by Felix Mendelssohn.
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Date: December 1, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
University Singers and University Chorus
Description:
Amy Goodman Weller and Robert A. Harris, conductors; members of Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
This choral concert's featured work is Francis Poulenc's Gloria, one of his most celebrated compositions. Written in 1959 for soprano solo, orchestra, and chorus and premiered in 1961 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in honor of conductor Sergei Koussevitzky and his wife.
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Date: December 1, 2009
Time: 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Masters Recital: David Becker, bass trombone
Description:
Student of Michael Mulcahy, Randall Hawes and Peter Ellefson
Assisted by Brett Rowe, piano and Anythony Bruno, soprano saxophone
Program includes Prelude, Elegie, et Final by Jean-Michel Damase; Monologue by Jerome Naulais; Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano by David Gillingham; Sonata in G Minor by Henry Eccles; Concerto No. 1 by Alexey Lebedev; and Trio for Soprano Sax, Bass Trombone, and Piano by Daniel Schnyder.
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Date: December 2, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Small Ensemble Holiday Jazz Concert
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Victor Goines, ensemble director and clarinet; Christopher Madsen, ensemble coordinator and alto saxophone; Marcus Printup, trumpet
Members of the Bienen School jazz ensemble perform holiday arrangements by Wynton Marsalis, Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon, and Christopher Madsen. The concert features guest trumpeter Marcus Printup, a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1993. Billboard Magazine hails him as "jazz's best kept secret," while All About Jazz declares, "Printup's full sound has a vocal quality to it, as no lyrics are needed." Printup was featured onscreen and in the soundtrack for the film Playing by Heart and has recorded several albums as a bandleader. His latest album, London Lullaby, was released in January of 2009.
Also featuring:
Michael Anderson, saxophones and clarinet
Steven Linscott, baritone saxophone
Benjamin Zoll, trombone
Matthew Law, piano
Thadeus Duval, bass
Samuel Raim, drums
Guest artist TBA, vocals
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Date: December 2, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Contemporary Music Ensemble: Vox Moderno
Description:
Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Music by Ryan Carter, Morton Feldman, and others.
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Date: December 3, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra: A Taste of Russia
Description:
Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Judith Manger, cello
Nikolai Miaskovsky, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Vassili Kallinikov, Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
Alexander Glazunov, Spring, Op. 34
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Date: December 4, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Symphonic Band: The Brits
Description:
Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Gordon Jacob, William Byrd Suite
Benjamin Britten, "Courtly Dances" from Gloriana
Ian Krouse, Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten
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Date: December 5, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Recital: Daniel Myers, French horn
Description:
Student of Gail Williams and Bill Barnewitz
Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano and Elisa Sutherland, soprano
Program includes Sonata in H Minor by Henry Eccles, 6 Pièces Mèlodiques Originales by Charles Gounod, Nocturnes by Arnold Cooke, and Sonata No. 3 for French Horn and Piano by Alec Wilder.
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Date: December 5, 2009
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Recital: Rachel Serber, trumpet
Description:
Student of Barbara Butler
Assisted by Kuok-man Lio, piano
Program includes Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major by Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, Concerto pour Trompette by Henri Tomasi, and L'Histoire du soldat by Igor Stravinsky.
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Date: December 5, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
University Chorale: 70th Annual Christmas Concert - Handel's Messiah
Description:
Robert A. Harris, conductor; members of Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
The most famous oratorio ever written, Messiah was largely composed over a three-week period in 1741 and was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The work is a meditation on the idea of the Messiah, and thus some of the text is derived from the Old (rather than the New) Testament, including the Psalms. Later parts of the oratorio then offer episodes dealing with Christ's birth, suffering, death, and resurrection.
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Date: December 5, 2009
Time: 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Recital: Sana Ma, piano
Description: Student of James Giles
Program includes French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815 by Johann Sebastian Bach; Piano "Pastoral" Sonata No. 15, Op. 28 in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven; Jeux d'eau by Maurice Ravel; "Waldersrauschen" from Two Concert Etudes, S. 145 by Franz Liszt; and Three Preludes by George Gershwin.
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Date: December 6, 2009
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
A Festival of Lessons and Carols
Description:
Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Stephen Alltop, conductor; University Women's Chorus, Mollie Stone, conductor; Philharmonia; Millar Brass Ensemble; Michael Henoch, oboe
In this beloved holiday tradition, readings and musical gems combine to portray the Christmas miracle. Ranging from medieval to modern, the carol settings for brass, strings, organ, and choir include "The Bell Carol" by Stephen McNeff, "A Spotless Rose" by Jonathan Willcocks, favorites such as "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" and "Ding Dong Merrily on High," and string arrangements by Matthew Naughtin.
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Date: December 6, 2009
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
University Chorale: 70th Annual Christmas Concert - Handel's Messiah
Description:
Robert A. Harris, conductor; members of Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
The most famous oratorio ever written, Messiah was largely composed over a three-week period in 1741 and was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The work is a meditation on the idea of the Messiah, and thus some of the text is derived from the Old (rather than the New) Testament, including the Psalms. Later parts of the oratorio then offer episodes dealing with Christ's birth, suffering, death, and resurrection.
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Date: December 6, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 6pm in Lutkin Hall
Program includes works by Bach, Beethoven, and Zemlinsky.
Contact:
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Date: December 7, 2009
Time: 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Certificate Recital: Oleksander Mycyk, cello
Description: Student of Hans JensenAssisted by Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano
Program includes Sonata in C Major, G. 17 by Luigi Boccherini; Etude Op. 73, No. 33 by David Popper; Caprice Op. 11, No. 2 by Adrien-François Servais; Caprice Op. 25, No. 7 by Alfredo Piatti; Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 by Frederic Chopin (Transcribed by Sarasate/Neikrug); Sonata for Cello and Piano by Francis Poulenc; and Scherzo-Tarantelle by Henryk Wieniawski (Transcribed by Leonovich).
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Date: December 8, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Masters Recital: Holly Kortze, clarinet
Description: Student of Steve CohenAssisted by Hsiao Ling-Lin and Young Jee Cho-Park, piano; and Blair Skinner, violin
Program includes Variations sur un air du Pay D'Oc and Pastorale Cévenole by Louis Cahuzac, Tricolor Capers by Eric Mandat, Dance Preludes by Witold Lutoslawski, and Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky.
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Date: January 8, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 1
Description:
Evanston Chamber Ensemble (Andrea Swan, piano; Blair Milton, violin; Stephen Balderston, cello); Lawrence Neuman, viola; Camille Churchfield, flute; J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet; Lewis Kirk and Christopher Millard, bassoon; Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer, trumpet; Randy Hawes and Michael Mulcahey, trombone
Gabrieli, La Spiritata, Sonata Pian' e Forte, and Canzona Noni Toni
Stravinsky, Octet for Wind Instruments
Crusell, Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 7
Schubert, Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100
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Date: January 9, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Kids Fare: Powerful Pipes at Alice Millar Chapel
Description: The magnificent pipes of the Alice Millar Chapel organ and choir will fill the air with glorious sounds.
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Date: January 9, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Schubertiade; Kurt R. Hansen, tenor and Karina Kontorovitch, piano
Description:
Kurt R. Hansen, tenor
Karina Kontorovitch, piano
Ruth Lin, piano
Franz Schubert, Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands, and Die schöne Müllerin
The performance will feature projections of woodblock engravings from a rare 1890s edition of Die schöne Müllerin as well as translations of the Wilhelm Müller texts. Kurt Hansen has made solo appearances across Europe and the Americas. A specialist in oratorio, especially the Bach passions, he has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestras as well as Music of the Baroque. Karina Kontorovitch earned both bachelor and master of music degrees in piano performance from Northwestern. A member of Chicago's Merit School of Music faculty, she played a Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at the Chicago Cultural Center with her piano duo partner, Ruth Lin.
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Date: January 10, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 2
Description:
Lynn Harrell, cello; Robert Chen and Blair Milton, violin; Roger Chase and Yukiko Ogura, viola; Stephen Balderston, cello
Brahms, String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111, and String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
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Date: January 12, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Gail Williams: Sonatas and Songs for Horn and Piano
Description: Gail Williams, horn; Kathryn Goodson, piano
Northwestern horn professor Gail Williams is an internationally recognized performer and brass pedagogue who presents concerts, master classes, recitals, and lectures worldwide. Associate principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1984 until retiring from the orchestra in 1998, she is currently principal horn of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, and New World Symphony, among others. Her program features music by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Hill as well as John Stevens's Sonata for Horn and Piano.
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Date: January 15, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 3
Description:
Dorian Woodwind Quintet (Gretchen Pusch, flute; Gerard Reuter, oboe; Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet; John Hunt, bassoon; Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn); Gerardo Ribeiro, violin; Alan Chow, piano
Ligeti, Six Bagatelles for Woodwind Quintet
Schubert, Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 159
Bach/Rechtman, Christ lag in Todesbanden and Fugue in G Minor
Gould, Concerto Concertante
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Date: January 17, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Lutkin Hall
Program TBA
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Date: January 17, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 4
Description:
Lori Kaufmann, piano; Ilya Kaler, violin; Rami Solomonov, viola; Ken Olsen, cello; J. Lawrie Bloom and Steven Cohen, clarinet
Stravinsky, Suite Italienne
Martinu, Serenade for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Two Clarinets
Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
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Date: January 22, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 5
Description:
Jupiter String Quartet (Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello)
Haydn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Janácek, String Quartet No. 1 ("Kreutzer Sonata")
Beethoven, String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
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Date: January 23, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Jupiter String Quartet Master Class
Description:
Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello
Members of the Jupiter String Quartet coach talented string students from the Bienen School of Music.
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Date: January 23, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
Description:
Victor Yampolsky and Blair Skinner, conductors; Olga Kaler, violin (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture to Fidelio
Béla Bartók, Violin Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D Major
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Date: January 24, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Richard Graef, flute
Description: Assistant principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1968 and previously assistant principal flutist of the Minnesota Orchestra, Richard Graef holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Indiana University. He also attended the Aspen Music School and Austria's Mozarteum Academy of Music. An active performer and teacher of the one-keyed baroque flute, Graef has an extensive collection of historic flutes. As associate professor of flute at Northwestern, he teaches both modern and early flute technique. Graef was honored with a Grammy Award for his work with Chicago Pro Musica
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Date: January 24, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Winter Chamber Music Festival: Concert 6
Description:
Lincoln String Quartet (Lei Hou and Qing Hou, violin; Lawrence Neuman, viola; Stephen Balderston, cello); Peter Lloyd, bass; Steven Cohen, clarinet; Christopher Millard, bassoon; Gail Williams, horn
Boccherini, String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 58, No. 3
Stravinsky, Three Pieces for String Quartet
Schubert, Octet in F Major for Strings and Winds, Op. 166
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Date: January 29, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Symphonic Band: Pann-American — The Music of Carter Pann
Description:
Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Jennifer Higdon, Fanfare Ritmico
Morton Gould, Ballad for Band
Carter Pann, The Wrangler and Four Factories
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Date: January 30, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Kids Fare: Banding Together
Description: Northwestern's Symphonic Band, under the baton of Ryan T. Nelson, will overflow with a spectacular cornucopia of brass, reeds, and percussion performing an exciting variety of great music.
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Date: January 31, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm at Regenstein Hall Recital Hall (MCR).
Program TBA
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Date: February 1, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Description:
Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Bernard Rands, Déjà
Jay Alan Yim, ~plicity
Hans Thomalla, Stücke Charakter
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Date: February 4, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra
Description: Robert G. Hasty, conductor
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No.104 in D Major ("London")
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3 in C Major
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Date: February 5, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Description: Mallory Thompson, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Scherzo alla Marcia from Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
Steven Stucky, Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Purcell)
William Bolcom, First Symphony for Band
Olivier Messiaen, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
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Date: February 6, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Guitar Ensemble
Description: Anne Waller, conductor
Enjoy an evening of music by G. F. Handel, Fernando Sor, Igor Stravinsky, and Roland Dyens.
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Date: February 7, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Alice Millar Birthday Concert
Description: Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Alltop, conductor
W. A. Mozart, Requiem and Symphony No. 41 in C Major ("Jupiter")
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Date: February 11, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Norman Krieger, piano
Description: W. A. Mozart, Sonata No.10 in C Major
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonatas in D Minor ("Tempest") and C-sharp Minor ("Moonlight")
Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor and Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat Minor
Pianist Norman Krieger regularly appears with the major orchestras of North America and has been heard as soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Turkey's Presidential Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra. Active worldwide as a recitalist and chamber musician, he has collaborated with soprano Sheri Greenawald, violinist Livia Sohn, cellist Jian Wang, and the Tokyo and Manhattan String Quartets. Krieger's current season includes a return to Mexico's Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and debuts with Germany's Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg and Holland's Orkest van het Oostenaand. Krieger is associate professor of keyboard studies at the University of Southern California.
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Date: February 12, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
h2 quartet
Description: Consisting of Northwestern alumni Geoffrey Deibel, Kimberly Goddard, and Jeffrey Loeffert plus Jonathan Nichol, this saxophone quartet won the gold medal at the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
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Date: February 14, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Lutkin Hall
Program TBA
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Date: February 14, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Baroque Music Ensemble: Music of Heinrich Biber
Description: Stephen Alltop, conductor
Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) was one of the most innovative and daring composers of his time, stretching the bounds of harmony and instrumental technique. He was also one of the greatest violinists of the baroque era. The Baroque Music Ensemble will perform a rarely heard Biber masterwork, the Requiem à 15 - scored for five vocal parts, five string parts, and five wind parts. The program also includes several Biber motets for instruments and voices.
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Date: February 16, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Evening of Brass
Description: Gail Williams, conductor
The Northwestern Brass Ensemble will perform in groups ranging from quintets and double quintets to large orchestral sections. The program includes music by Karel Husa and David Sampson.
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Date: February 18, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra
Description: Victor Goines, conductor; Steve Davis, trombone
Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading improvisers on trombone. He first won widespread recognition for his lyrical, hard-swinging style during the 1990s with the bands of jazz legends Art Blakey and Jackie McLean, Chick Corea's Origin, and the cooperative sextet One for All. Davis has appeared in Downbeat magazine's readers' and critics' polls numerous times, winning in 1998 in the Talent Deserving Wider Recognition category.
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Date: February 19, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble
Description: Frederick Hemke, conductor
Hear saxophones recreate the full orchestral timbre of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
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Date: February 19, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Keyboard Conversations: Chopin the Storyteller
Description: Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Delight in epic poems and short stories in tone. What may have inspired these wordless musical narratives? Explore ballades of Chopin and novelettes of Schumann.
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Date: February 22, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Percussion Ensemble
Description: She-e Wu, conductor
Enjoy an evening of exciting rhythms with Northwestern's award-winning Percussion Ensemble.
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Date: February 24, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Small Jazz Ensemble Concert: The Music of Horace Silver
Description: Victor Goines, conductor
Horace Silver, born 1928, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father emigrated from the island of Maio in Cape Verde, and that nation's Portuguese character has played a major part in Silver's music. Also influenced by a wide range of musical styles - notably gospel, African, Latin American, and soul jazz - Silver is known for his distinctively humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering compositional contributions to hard bop.
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Date: February 25, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro" (or "The Follies of the Day")
Description: Jay Lesenger, director
The servants Susannah and Figaro are planning their wedding. But their master, Count Almaviva, has other intentions for the bride. Throw into the follies of the day the Countess, his jealous wife; Cherubino, a hormonal teenager in love with the Countess and Susannah; Marcellina, a desperate older woman in love with Figaro; and the beleaguered Dr. Bartolo - and the stage is set for one of the wittiest comedies ever written. Delight in a production filled with heart, humor, and Mozart's eternally ravishing music. Performed in Andrew Porter's English translation of the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
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Date: February 26, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Description: Mallory Thompson, conductor; Elissa Kana, alto saxophone (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
Gustav Holst, Hammersmith and Suite No. 1 in E-flat
Karel Husa, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
John Harbison, Three City Blocks
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Date: February 26, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro" (or "The Follies of the Day")
Description: Jay Lesenger, director
The servants Susannah and Figaro are planning their wedding. But their master, Count Almaviva, has other intentions for the bride. Throw into the follies of the day the Countess, his jealous wife; Cherubino, a hormonal teenager in love with the Countess and Susannah; Marcellina, a desperate older woman in love with Figaro; and the beleaguered Dr. Bartolo - and the stage is set for one of the wittiest comedies ever written. Delight in a production filled with heart, humor, and Mozart's eternally ravishing music. Performed in Andrew Porter's English translation of the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
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Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Eliot Fisk, guitar
Description: Eliot Fisk is recognized worldwide for his groundbreaking transcriptions of baroque and classical works as well as his generosity in bringing music to schools, hospitals, prisons, and other unconventional venues. Many of his recordings for labels such as DGG, Arabesque, and EMI have made the Billboard charts as bestsellers, and in 2006 he was awarded the Cruz de Isabel la Católica by King Juan Carlos of Spain for his service to the cause of Spanish music. During his 2008-09 season he began a successful collaboration with fellow guitarist Angel Romero and premiered composer Robert Beaser's Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra. Germany's Passauer Neue Presse declares, "Fisk brings out melodies and voices as only a Bach or a Paganini might have intended." His return to Northwestern is not to be missed. Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series, supported in part by the Chicago Classical Guitar Society.
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Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro" (or "The Follies of the Day")
Description: Jay Lesenger, director
The servants Susannah and Figaro are planning their wedding. But their master, Count Almaviva, has other intentions for the bride. Throw into the follies of the day the Countess, his jealous wife; Cherubino, a hormonal teenager in love with the Countess and Susannah; Marcellina, a desperate older woman in love with Figaro; and the beleaguered Dr. Bartolo - and the stage is set for one of the wittiest comedies ever written. Delight in a production filled with heart, humor, and Mozart's eternally ravishing music. Performed in Andrew Porter's English translation of the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
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Date: February 28, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Concert Band
Description: Daniel J. Farris, conductor
Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.
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Date: February 28, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro" (or "The Follies of the Day")
Description: Jay Lesenger, director
The servants Susannah and Figaro are planning their wedding. But their master, Count Almaviva, has other intentions for the bride. Throw into the follies of the day the Countess, his jealous wife; Cherubino, a hormonal teenager in love with the Countess and Susannah; Marcellina, a desperate older woman in love with Figaro; and the beleaguered Dr. Bartolo - and the stage is set for one of the wittiest comedies ever written. Delight in a production filled with heart, humor, and Mozart's eternally ravishing music. Performed in Andrew Porter's English translation of the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.
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Date: February 28, 2010
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 6pm in Regenstein Hall Recital Hall (MCR)
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: February 28, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Women’s Chorus
Description: Mollie Stone, conductor
This concert will showcase female voices in a program including repertoire by the composers of the Venetian ospedali.
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Date: March 1, 2010
Time: 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Chopin Fest: Happy 200th Birthday, Chopin!
Description: Join us for this special concert as Northwestern student pianists celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810). These talented young artists will present a marathon recital featuring Chopin's major works, including the complete ballades, scherzos, and impromptus plus many other favorites. During intermissions, enjoy complimentary Polish delicacies - from sausages to pierogis - and birthday cake.
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Date: March 3, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Charivari Quintet
Description: Camille Churchfield, flute; Robert Morgan, oboe; Steven Cohen, clarinet; Christopher Millard, bassoon; Gail Williams, horn; Mallory Thompson, conductor; Peter Lloyd, bass
Anton Reicha, Wind Quintet in F Minor
August Klughardt, Quintet for Winds
John Harbison, Wind Quintet
Richard Strauss, Serenade in E-flat Major
Hear a spirited collaboration by Bienen School of Music faculty, special guests, and accomplished students.
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Date: March 4, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Baroque Music Ensemble: Handel’s Concerti Grossi
Description: Stephen Alltop, conductor
Along with Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the concerti grossi of George Frideric Handel are pinnacles of baroque instrumental composition. Their charming interplay of concertino and ripieno players reflects the composer's unique genius. The Baroque Music Ensemble will present delightful selections from Handel's Op. 3 and Op. 6 Concerti Grossi featuring flute, oboe, and string soloists.
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Date: March 5, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra: Student Showcase
Description: Victor Yampolsky and Sandra Gebram, conductors; Charles Asch, cello, and Miki Sawada, piano (Northwestern Concerto Competition winners)
Otto Nicolai, The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Peter Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor
Antonín Dvo?rák, Cello Concerto in B Minor
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Date: March 6, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Kids Fare: Carnival of the Animals and More
Description: The Merit School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert G. Hasty, performs Camille Saint-Saëns's enthralling classic Carnival of the Animals and much more.
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Date: March 6, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
University Chorale: Mass Fest
Description: Robert A. Harris, conductor; Gail Williams, horn
Byung-He Oh, Horn Mass
Carol Barnett, The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
Robert A. Harris, Passages from the Mass
The words of the Latin mass have been a vehicle for musical expression for centuries. This program will include three diverse settings of the mass text.
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Date: March 7, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
University Singers: University Singers Goes Green
Description: Amy G. Weller, conductor
A "sustainable" concert featuring repertoire that highlights humanity's relationship with nature. Composers include Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Effinger, and Conte. The program will conclude with Kirke Mechem's Island in Space, using texts by American poet Archibald MacLeish and astronaut Russell Schweickart, who in 1969 became the first American to float untethered in space.
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Date: March 7, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Philharmonia: Opera Overtures and Arias
Description: Robert G. Hasty and Blair Skinner, conductors
Join the Philharmonia for an evening of opera favorites featuring talented soloists from the Bienen School of Music opera program.
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Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and University Chorus
Description: Robert A. Harris and Robert G. Hasty, conductors; Pamela Hinchman, soprano
Aaron Copland, Suite from Appalachian Spring
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Adolphus Hailstork, Done Made My Vow for chorus, soloists, narrator, and orchestra
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Date: March 10, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Small Jazz Ensemble Concert: The Music of Richard Rodgers
Description: Victor Goines, conductor
Richard Rodgers was one of the most successful and celebrated composers of the 20th century, writing music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. His partnerships with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II resulted in dozens of hit musicals for the stage and screen. Between 1920 and 1943 Rodgers and Hart wrote dozens of scores for Broadway and Hollywood, including The Boys from Syracuse and Pal Joey. In 1943 Rodgers teamed with Hammerstein to write Oklahoma!, a box office smash and a landmark in musical theater history. Rodgers and Hammerstein went on to write the classic musicals Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, all of which were adapted for film. Such Rodgers songs as "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady Is a Tramp" have become jazz standards.
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Date: March 10, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
English Chamber Music
Description: Robert Morgan, oboe; Gail Williams, horn
Enjoy an evening of chamber music featuring works by York Bowen and Eugene Goossens. Robert Morgan is solo English hornist and assistant principal oboist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and principal oboist of Music of the Baroque, the Chicago Philharmonic, and Chicago Opera Theatre. A founding member of the Rembrandt Chamber Players, he coaches chamber music at Northwestern and maintains a private studio. Morgan has soloed with numerous Chicago-area musical organizations and has performed at the White House and with members of the Guarneri String Quartet. He collaborates with hornist Gail Williams.
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Date: March 11, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Description: Ryan T. Nelson, conductor
Wolfgang Rihm, Jagden und Formen
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Date: March 14, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Lutkin Hall
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Lutkin Hall
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: April 25, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Regenstein Hall Recital Hall (MCR)
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: May 9, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Lutkin Hall
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: May 23, 2010
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 5:30pm in Regenstein Hall Recital Hall (MCR)
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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Date: June 6, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Evanston
Title:
Student Chamber Music Concert
Description: 3pm in Regenstein Hall Recital Hall (MCR)
Program TBA
Contact:
Mark Edward Buchner
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