Concerts & Events

Concerts and Events

Die Fledermaus

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Johann Strauss; libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Willie Anthony Waters, music director; Yuchi Chou, assistant music director; Marla Lampert, choreographer

Johann Strauss' beloved operetta is updated to the glamorous Art Deco period of the 1930s in this intoxicating new production. Mistaken identities, disguises, and madcap romantic escapades create a delicious champagne cocktail of a show. Performed in English.

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Philip McPeek, percussion

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of She-e Wu

Assisted by Stephen Hall, percussion

John Psathas, One Study One Summary

Joseph Tompkins, Tuesdays at Four

Jacques Delecleuse, No. 1 from Douze Etudes

John S. Pratt, Jolting John

Anders Koppel, Toccata

Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004

Osnat Netzer, Taksim

Michio Kitasume, Side by Side

Adam Rothenberg, piano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of James Giles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475

Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BMV 541

Franz Liszt, Années de Pèlerinage, Premiére année: Suisse, S. 160

Frédéric Chopin, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29

Samuel Barber, Piano Sonata in E-flat Minor, Op. 26

Die Fledermaus

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Johann Strauss; libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Willie Anthony Waters, music director; Yuchi Chou, assistant music director; Marla Lampert, choreographer

Johann Strauss' beloved operetta is updated to the glamorous Art Deco period of the 1930s in this intoxicating new production. Mistaken identities, disguises, and madcap romantic escapades create a delicious champagne cocktail of a show. Performed in English.

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Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Mallory Thompson, conductor; Gail Williams, horn

Joel Puckett, Blink

Paul Lansky, Day Trips (featuring soloist Gail Williams)

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel, Hindsley, and Sarras), Pictures at an Exhibition

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students.

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Doctoral Recital: Benjamin Rivera, choral conducting

Off-Campus - 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Luther Memorial Church, 2500 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago

Student of Robert A. Harris

A program of madrigals and love songs by John Bennet, Johannes Brahms, Thomas Weelkes, John Lennon, Robert A. Harris, and more.

Admission is free.

Master's Recital: Evan Kelsick, euphonium

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Student of Rex Martin

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano

Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73

Aaron Copland, Quiet City

Allen Vizzutti, Sonata No. 2 for Trumpet and Piano

J.B. Arban, Variations on a Theme from Bellini’s “Norma”

Die Fledermaus

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Music by Johann Strauss; libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Willie Anthony Waters, music director; Yuchi Chou, assistant music director; Marla Lampert, choreographer

Johann Strauss' beloved operetta is updated to the glamorous Art Deco period of the 1930s in this intoxicating new production. Mistaken identities, disguises, and madcap romantic escapades create a delicious champagne cocktail of a show. Performed in English.

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Doctoral Recital: Benjamin Rivera, choral conducting

Off-Campus - 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St., Evanston

Student of Robert A. Harris

A program of madrigals and love songs by John Bennet, Johannes Brahms, Thomas Weelkes, John Lennon, Robert A. Harris, and more.

Admission is free.

Doctoral Recital: Sergiy S. Komirenko, piano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of James Giles

Assisted by Richard Narroway, cello

J.S. Bach, Prelude in B Minor

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerclavier”

Franz Liszt, Valle d’Obermann

Sergei Rachmaninov, Sonata for Piano and Violoncello

Caroline Juster, trombone

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano

J. Guy Ropartz, Pièce en Mi Bémol Mineur

Ida Gotkovsky, Concerto pour Trombone

Franz Schubert, Selections from Wintereisse

Kazimierz Serocki, Sonatina na puzon i portepian

Die Fledermaus

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Music by Johann Strauss; libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Willie Anthony Waters, music director; Yuchi Chou, assistant music director; Marla Lampert, choreographer

Johann Strauss' beloved operetta is updated to the glamorous Art Deco period of the 1930s in this intoxicating new production. Mistaken identities, disguises, and madcap romantic escapades create a delicious champagne cocktail of a show. Performed in English.

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Concert Band

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Daniel J. Farris, conductor; Joseph Higgins and David Regner, graduate conducting assistants

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

Robert Jager, Rondo from Third Suite

Johnnie Vinson, Echoes of the Hollow Square

Carter Pann, Hold This Boy and Listen

John Barnes Chance, Variations on a Korean Folk Song

Howard Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Michael Sweeney), Suite from Mass

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students.

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Master's Recital: Sean Keenan, trombone

Evanston - 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Student of Michael Mulcahy

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano; Steven Warren and Brent Marquat, trombone

Henri Tomasi, Concerto

Carl Maria Von Weber, Romance

G.B. Pergolesi, Sinfonia in F Major

Friedebald Graefe, Grand Concerto

Claude Debussy, La fille aux cheveux de lin

Arcangelo Corelli, Trio Sonata in D

Doctoral Recital: Charles Srstka, piano

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Alan Chow

George Crumb, A Little Suite for Christmas

Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major

Fryderyk Chopin, Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2

Fryderyk Chopin, Mazurka in F-sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3

Franz Schubert, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3

Olivier Messiaen, Le loriot (The Golden Oriole, oriolus, oriolus)

Leoš Janáček, V Mlhách (In the Mists)

Alexander Scriabin, Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame)

Janet Hilton Clarinet Master Class

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Janet Hilton’s 6 p.m. recital is immediately followed by a master class with Bienen School clarinet students. Hilton has appeared with most major British orchestras and at the Edinburgh, Cheltenham, and BBC Promenade Concerts festivals in addition to appearances in Europe, the United States, and Canada. Also a leading teacher, she served as head of the woodwind department at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal College of Music. Hilton’s extensive discography includes recordings of much of the clarinet repertoire for Chandos, EMI, BBC Classics, and Naxos.

Admission is free.

Amanda Cappa, saxophone

Evanston - 8:45 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Frederick L. Hemke

Assisted by Sharon Peterson, piano

Darius Milhaud, Scaramouche

Jean Francaix, Cinq Danses Exotiques

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Fantasia

Roger Boutry, Divertimento

Evening of Brass

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Gail Williams, conductor; Leah McGray, doctoral assistant conductor

An evening of diverse transcriptions and arrangements, from Bach to brass band literature.

J. S. Bach (arr. M. W. Allen), Fugue in G Minor ("The Little")

Anton Bruckner (trans. R. Sauer), Motets

Bruce Broughton, Fanfares, Marches, Hymns, and Finale for Brass and Percussion

Michael Daugherty, Asclepius

Paul Mealor (arr. E. Saras), Ubi caritas

Philip Sparke, Music of the Spheres

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students.

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Master's Recital: Yoshiko Arahata, piano

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Alan Chow

Assisted by Alan Taylor, tenor; Steven Gooden, clarinet; and Mira Luxion, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in B-flat Major, Op. 11

Benjamin Britten, Winter Words, Op. 52

Chan Ka Nin, Among Friends

Baroque Music Ensemble: Baroque Concertos

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Stephen Alltop, conductor; David Douglass, Newberry Consort guest artist

Antonio Vivaldi, Cello Concerto in A Minor

Johann Christian Bach, Concerto in Re per il flauto traverso

J. S. Bach, Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor

George Frideric Handel, Suite No. 1 in F Major from Water Music (selections)

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students.

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Midwest Graduate Music Consortium Concert

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Featuring Bienen School students in performances of new works by graduate students from across the country, this concert is part of the 2012 Midwest Graduate Music Consortium, organized by graduate students from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The MGMC brings together graduate students and advanced undergraduates in various musical fields to share ideas on a wide array of topics. For more information contact mgmc2012@gmail.com.

Admission is free.

University Singers

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Robert A. Boyd, conductor; Jerad Mosbey, piano; with women's voices conducted by Benjamin D. Rivera

A program featuring music by William Byrd, Gustav Holst, Robert Boyd, Marshall Bartholomew, Leonard Bernstein, and John Rutter.

Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students.

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Angela Potter, flute

Evanston - 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Student of Richard Graef

Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata in B Minor

Charles Griffes, Poem

Katherine Hoover, Three Sketches

André Jolivet, Chant de Linos

Doctoral Recital: Leah McGray, conducting

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Student of Mallory Thompson

Assisted by Peter Povey, violin

Michael Daugherty, Asclepius

Arvo Pärt, Fratres

Joel Puckett, Southern Comforts

Elisha Denburg, Petite Musette

Paul Hindemith, Septet for Wind Instruments

Mar

03

Master’s Recital: Evan Epifanio, bassoon

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Christopher Millard

Assisted by Rachael Kerr, piano

Johann Friedrich Fasch, Sonata in C Major for Bassoon and Piano

George Perle, Bassoon Music for Bassoon Solo

Franz Berwald, Konzertstuck, Op. 2

Paul Jeanjean, Prelude et Scherzo for Bassoon and Piano

Mar

03

Johannes Möller

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

“Two chords on the guitar and you’re hooked,” says Sweden’s Smålandsposten of guitarist and composer Johannes Möller. With over 500 performances and compositions numbering nearly 40, the 2010 prizewinner of the Guitar Foundation of America’s annual competition has captivated audiences throughout the world with charismatic and soulful performances. Möller has been praised by the London Evening Standard for achieving “miracles with his lucid, spacious playing,” and his compositions have been recognized for their fusion of contemporary Western and traditional Eastern music. His performance will include works by Albéniz, Barrios, and Gougeon, as well as his own compositions.

Five-concert subscription packages for the Segovia Classical Guitar Series are currently on sale. Prices are $100 for the general public and $45 for full-time students with valid ID. Please call 847-467-4000 to place your order.

Single tickets are $20 for the general public and $10 for students with valid ID.

Mar

03

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra: Student Showcase

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Yahui Cheng, student conductor; Kristin Carr, flute; Julie Chang, violin; Julia Yang, cello

Jacques Ibert, Flute Concerto

Karol Szymanowski, Violin Concerto No. 1

Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B Minor

Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students.

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Mar

04

Josh Thompson, Allison Chartrand, Ryan Little, Natasha Ramanujam, Nikita Ramanujam, horn

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Students of Gail Williams and Jon Boen

Assisted by Kevin Heseltine, Seth Kelley, and Rachel Scholes, horn; and Nolan Pearson, piano

Jan Koetsier, Sonatina

C.D. Lorenz, Fantasie, Op. 13

Bernjard Heiden, Sonata

Henry Eccles, Sonata in G minor

David Gwilt, Sonatina

C.D. Lorenz, Farewell to Red Castle

Mar

04

Johannes Möller Guitar Master Class

Evanston - 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The 2010 Guitar Foundation of America prizewinner Johannes Möller will present a master class with Bienen School guitarists.

This master class will take place in the Pick-Staiger rehearsal room. Please enter through the Ticket Office.

Admission is free.

Mar

04

Katie DeAmico, trombone

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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

Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano; and The Mellifluous Brass Quartet with Matt Barker, trumpet; Acadia Kocher, trumpet; Seth Kelley, horn; and Sam Baronowsky, tuba.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor

Henri Dutilleux, Choral, Cadence et Fugato

Alvin Etler, Quintet for Brass Instruments