Concerts & Events

Concerts and Events

Master’s Recital: Nathan Glitman, saxophone

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Frederick L Hemke

Assisted by Sharon Peterson, piano and Lauren Haley, baritone saxophone

David Lang, Press Release

Christian Laura, Clouds

Mark Mellits, Black

Rodney Rogers, Lessons of the Sky

Charles Ruggiero, Strayhorn

Roshanne Etezady, Streetlegal

Small Jazz Ensembles: We Must Protect the Groove

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Swing, feel, groove, rhythm—no matter what name it goes by, jazz musicians agree that great music must always possess it. An evening of combo jazz, featuring original compositions by students, highlights this everyday commitment to keeping the groove alive and steady.

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Contemporary Music Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Timothy J. Robblee, conductor

A concert highlighting the work of John Luther Adams, winner of the Bienen School’s Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.

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Roelle Eugenio, violin

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Gerardo Ribeiro

Assisted by Tatyana Stepanova, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 25

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 1 in G Minor

Antonin Dvořák, Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53

Johannes Brahms, Sonatensatz in C Minor, Op. Posth

Musicology Colloquium: "Bali’s Conversation on Musical Identity with Itself and the World"

Evanston - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Full title of colloquium: "From Local to Global and Back Again: Bali’s Conversation on Musical Identity with Itself and the World"

Presenter: Ellen Koskoff, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

This paper sheds light on how transformations in musical sounds and practice, often thought to undermine cultural and musical identity, can in fact reinforce and maintain it. Musicians, watched from childhood in village environments, are selected to attend prestigious schools where they complete their training in what amounts to a two tiered system—one based on a traditional community system that encourages interaction and cooperation as the musicians engage in good local Hindu practice; the other an urban cosmopolitan system highly influenced by western aesthetics and performance practices and geared toward producing individual professionals ready to enter a global musical market. Each tier protects and complements the other, allowing both to flourish in a climate characterized by rapid economic and technological change. The tensions between rural and cosmopolitan systems are made cohesive through an ongoing dialectic, producing music that is continually evolving but remains unmistakably identifiable as Balinese.

Dominic Scarpulla, piano

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of James Giles

George Frideric Handel, Chaconne and Variations in G Major, HWC 435

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in A-flat, Op. 110

Claude Debussy, Images, Book 1

Richard Strauss, Fantasie in C Major (Wanderer Fantasy)

Philharmonia

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Matthew Oliphant, horn

Richard Wagner, Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

W. A. Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D Minor

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Doctoral Recital: Jue He, piano & collaborative arts

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Sylvia Wang and Elizabeth Buccheri

Assisted by Ingrid Israel, soprano

Claude Debussy, Fêtes galantes, série I

Francis Poulenc, Fiançailles pour rire

Dominick Argento, Six Elizabethan Songs

Richard Strauss, Allerseelen, Morgen!, Cacilie, Ich trage meine Minne, and Kilng!

Senior Recital: Christina Bernardoni, voice

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Theresa Brancaccio

Assisted by Jia-Yee Tang, piano; Bridget Rodino, oboe d’amour, and Elene Segre, string bass

Johann Sebastian Bach, Quia Respexit from Magnificat in D Major

Joaquin Rodrigo, Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios

Gustav Mahler, liebst du um Schönheit

Richard Strauss, September from Vier letzte Lieder, Breit über Haupt, and Zueignung

Francis Poulenc, Tel Jour, Telle Nuit

Roger Quilter, Selections from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12

Senior Recital: Nicole Negrete, viola

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Roland Vamos

Igor Stravinsky, Elegy for Solo Viola

Mark Summers, Julie-O

Georges Enescu, Konzertstuck

William Walton, Viola Concerto in A Minor

Senior Recital: Talar Khosdeghian, piano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of James Giles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rondo in A Minor, K. 511

Robert Schumann, Fashingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 28 “Pastoral”

Johannes Brahms, 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119

Master’s Recital: Keith Dyrda, trombone

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Michael Mulcahy

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano; and David Binder, trombone

Johannes Brahms, Ver Ernste Gesange

Leonard Bernstein, Elegy for Mippy II

Gustav Mahler, Urlicht

W.A. Mozart, Sonate for Bassoon and Cello, K. 292

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

Master’s Recital: Nicholas Nelson, bassoon

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Christopher Millard

Assisted by Wei-Han Wu, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

Francisco Mignone, Sixteen Waltzes for Solo Bassoon

Reinhold Glière, Pieces, Op. 35

William Hurlstone, Sonata in F Major

Master’s Recital: Eugenia Jeong, piano

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of James Giles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in F Major, K. 332

Enrique Granados, Goyescas

Frederic Chopin, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21

Master’s Recital: Zach Coburn, trombone

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of Michael Mulcahy

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano and Raul Escobedo, tuba

Joseph Guy Ropartz, Piece en mi bemol mineur

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk-Songs

Henri Tomasi, Concerto pour Trombone et Orchestre

James N. Meador, Reciprocity.

Master’s Recital: Kathryn Wills, mezzo soprano

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Theresa Brancaccio

Assisted by Jia-Yee Tang, piano

Gustav Mahler, Ruckert-Lieder

Libby Larsen, Raspberry Island Dreaming

Kurt Weill, Youkali: Tango Habanera

Georges Bizet, Ouvre ton Coeur

Erik Satie, La Diva de l’Empire

Master’s Recital: Celeste Markey, clarinet

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Steven Cohen

Assisted by Rachael Kerr, piano; and Yen-Yen Gee, piano; Yoshiko Arahata, piano; Ellye Walsh, flute; Susanna Whitney, bassoon; Kara LaMoure, bassoon; Chris Larios, trumpet; Stuart Stephenson, trumpet; Steven Warren, trombone; Jonathan Terrasi, trombone

Béla Kovács, Hommage à Manuel de Falla for solo clarinet

Johannes Brahms, Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1

André Bloch, Denneriana

Igor Stravinsky, Octet for Wind Instruments

Anne McTighe, violin

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Robert Hanford

Assisted by Shirley Trissell, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in D Minor S. 1004

Jean-Marie Leclair, Sonata in D Major for Violin and Piano

Pablo de Sarasate, Malagueña, Op. 21, No. 1

Fritz Kreisler, Tempo di Minuetto and Schön Rosmarin

Maurice Ravel, Piéce En forme de Habanera

Johannes Brahms, Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op. 78

Master’s Recital: Kasey King, soprano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Theresa Brancaccio

Assisted by Jason Carlson, piano; Joshua Baum, tenor; and Evan Bravos, baritone

Gaetano Donizetti, Qui di sposa eternal…Ah! Verrano a te sull’aure

Francesco Santoliquido, I Poemi del sole

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sing Not, O Lovely One; How Fair This Spot; Harvest of Sorrow; and Spring Waters

Libby Larsen, Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII

Jules Massenet, C’est toi, mon père! From Thais

Master’s Recital: Clint Sevcik, double bass

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Andrew Raciti

Assisted by Timothy Hoorelbek, viola; Jarrett Bastow, double bass; Samuel Suggs, harpsichord

Reinhold Glière, Suite for Viola and Double Bass

W.A. Mozart, Mozart Sonata for Bassoon and Cello, KV 292

Johann Baptist Vanhal, Konzert D-Dur

David Anderson, Capriccio No. 2

Master’s Recital: Lauren Seidel, oboe

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Student of Michael Henoch

Assisted by Ellye Walsh, flute; Becky Graham, clarinet; Susanna Whitney, bassoon; Katie McCarthy, horn; Yoshiko Arahata, piano

Francesco Geminiani, Oboe Sonata in G Major

Jean Françaix, L’horloge de flore

Phillippe Gaubert, Intermede chapetre

Francis Poulenc, Sextet, FP 100

Master’s Recital: Kara LaMoure, bassoon

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student of Christopher Millard

Assisted by Yoshiko Arahata, piano; Cara Trask, piccolo; Rebecca Graham, clarinet; Rosa Zhang, percussion

Antonio Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto in D Minor, RV 481

Astor Piazzolla, Tango-Etudes

Marcel Bitsch, Concertino for Bassoon and Piano

Felix Mendelssohn, Concert Piece No. 2, Op. 114

John Thor Birgisson, Go Do

Master’s Recital: Brenton Marquart, bass trombone

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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

Assisted by Yen-Yen Gee, piano; Alex Monroe, percussion; Keyan Peterson, percussion; Audrey Gray, violin; Sean Keenan, Steve Warren and Jonathan Terrasi, tenor trombone

David Fetter, Variations on Palestrina’s Dona Nobis Pacem

Johannes Brahms, Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38

Daniel Schnyder, subZERO Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra

Antonio Carlos Jobim, No More Blues

Master’s Recital: Melinda Alberty, soprano

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Sunny Joy Langton

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano

Works by Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Fauré, Adam Guettel, George Gershwin, Ned Rorem, Uzee Brown Jr., Andrew Frierson, Edward Boatner, and Margaret Bonds.

May

27

Millennium Park Concert: US Premiere of Richard Blackford’s Not in Our Time

Off-Campus - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Robert A. Harris, conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Chicago Children’s Choir, and alumni soloists

Commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus for its centenary and premiered in England last September 11, Richard Blackford’s oratorio Not in Our Time takes its title from the Hilda Doolittle poem “Not in our time, O Lord, the ploughshare for the sword.” The work commemorates the tragic events of September 11, 2001, with a libretto including speeches and poems on holy war and divinely sanctioned violence a thousand years apart, from the First Crusade to September 11. Opening and closing with words by the two most recent American presidents, this powerful work ultimately shares a message of hope for peace between cultures and faiths. The concert also features selections from Gloria, a work for soprano solo, chorus, and orchestra by retiring faculty member Robert A. Harris, who will be conducting his final Northwestern concert.

May

27

Master’s Recital: Zachary Elmassian, baritone

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Sunny Joy Langton

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano

George Frideric Handel, Apollo e Dafne and Alexander Balus

Carl Loewe, Erlkonig and Herr Oluf

Maurice Ravel, Don Quichotte a Dulcinèe

Jacque Ibert, Don Quichotte

Igor Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress

May

28

Senior Recital: John Shawger, horn

Evanston - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Gail Williams

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano; Kristin Carr, flute; Rebecca Graham, clarinet; Jonathan Thompson, oboe; and Evan Epifanio, bassoon

Eugène Bozza, En forêt

Wolfgang Plagge, Sonata for Horn and Piano

Jan Koetsier, Romanze

Samuel Barber, Summer Music

May

29

Lars Mlekusch Lecture

Evanston - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

A graduate of Switzerland’s Basel Conservatory and Northwestern University, saxophonist Mlekusch specializes in contemporary music.

May

29

Lars Mlekusch Saxophone Master Class

Evanston - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Mlekusch coaches accomplished saxophone students from the Bienen School of Music.

Admission is free.

May

29

Senior Recital: Sasha Bayan, composition

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Alex Temple

Assisted by Sam Suggs, bass, Justin Copeland, trumpet, Michael Anderson, saxophone, Katharine Hedlund, piano, Camerone LeCrone, percussion, Chirag Gupta, percussion

Sasha Bayan, Corporate Love Affair, The Mathematician, In a Book, Genuine, You’ve Got It, California Love, You’ll Never Learn, Time of Your Life, The Girl’s in Love with Her Hairdo, Wallace in Londerland, Divest Not Thyself, Oración, and Buildin’ Me A Home