Concerts & Events

Concerts and Events

Symphonic Band

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Timothy J. Robblee, conductor

Joel Puckett, Avelynn’s Lullaby

Austin Schlichting, Hullabaloo (world premiere)

Bernard Rogers, Three Japanese Dances

H. Owen Reed, La Fiesta Mexicana

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

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Percussion Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

She-e Wu, conductor

An evening of eclectic and exciting rhythms.

William Kraft, Momentum

She-e Wu, what the sun would say to the sky

Eckhard Kopetzki, Night of Moon Dances, Movement I

Thierry De Mey, Musique de Table

Joel Harrison, Faith in Nights

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

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Baroque Music Ensemble: Great Motets and Psalms

Evanston - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Stephen Alltop, conductor

J. S. Bach, Komm, Jesu, Komm and Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren

Alessandro Scarlatti, Laetatus sum

George Frideric Handel, Laudate pueri

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

Masters Recital: Tong Chen, orchestral conducting

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Student of Victor Yampolsky

Assisted by Qiao Jing, violin

Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

Michael San Gabino, saxophone

Evanston - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Student of Frederick L. Hemke

Assisted by Sharon Peterson, piano

Bernhard Heiden, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Ryo Noda, Mai

Ida Gotkovsky, Brilliance pour saxophone alto et piano

James Di Pasquale, Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano

Henri Tomasi, Concerto pour saxophone alto et orchestre

Ian Clarke Flute Master Class

Evanston - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Ian Clarke’s compositions have been performed at locations from London’s South Bank to the Glastonbury Rock Festival and have been featured in several of the most recent BBC Young Musician Woodwind finals. As a flute soloist, he has performed throughout Europe and the US, and he has given master classes at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Northern, and Trinity College of Music. In this master class, he coaches accomplished flute students from the Bienen School of Music.

Admission is free.

Ian Clarke Flute Recital

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Flutist Ian Clarke has numerous compositions to his credit and has performed throughout Europe and the US. Following his recent appointment by the Flutewise flute society as Artist of the Year, members of Flutewise premiered his work Zig Zag Zoo at the Barbican, and he appeared as guest artist with rock group Jethro Tull. Clarke is an International Miyazawa Flute artist.

Admission is free.

University Chorale

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Robert A. Harris, conductor

University Chorale performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Motet No. 3, Jesu, meine Freude, as well as choral works by American composers Lukas Foss, Irving Fine, William Hawley, Steven Sametz, and Eric Whitacre.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, meine Freude

Lukas Foss, Behold, I Build an House

Irving Fine, Have you seen the white lily grow

William Hawley, Io son la Primavera

Folk song arr. Steven Sametz, Shenandoah

Eric Whitacre, little man in a hurry

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

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Three Times Two: Elizabeth Buccheri, piano

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Steven Cohen, clarinet; Gail Williams, horn; Mathias Tacke, violin

Assistant conductor at Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1987, Bienen School faculty pianist Elizabeth Buccheri is founder and music director of the Chamber Music at North Park concert series and the first American musician to receive the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award. With guest violinist Mathias Tacke and Bienen School faculty colleagues Steven Cohen and Gail Williams, she presents a recital of duo sonatas, including rarely performed gems.

Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Bruce Broughton, Sonata for Horn and Piano

Edward Elgar, Sonata for Violin and Piano

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

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Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Frederick L. Hemke, conductor

A program of diverse transcriptions and original compositions for saxophones.

Walter S. Hartley, Overture, Interlude, and Scherzo

Charles Gounod (arr. Gary Bricault), Petite Suite

Steve Reich (arr. Sara Sipes), New York Counterpoint

Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. I. Peterson), Festive Overture

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Kids Fare: Really Resonating Reeds

Evanston - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

The glorious and magical sounds of clarinets and saxophones spring to life as we feature our fantastic saxophone ensemble and superb clarinet studio. Big ones, little ones, high ones, and very low ones provide an exciting feast for the ears.

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Hugh Masekela: The Jabulani Tour

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Hugh Masekela, flugelhorn and lead vocals; Abednigo Sibongiseni Zulu, bass guitar; Francis Manneh Edward Fuster, percussion and backing vocals; Cameron John Ward, lead guitar and backing vocals; Randal Skippers, keyboards and backing vocals; Lee-Roy Sauls, drums and backing vocals

Garrick Quentin Van Der Tuin, sound engineer; Rapelang Eugene Leeuw, band manager

Rolling Stone calls Hugh Masekela “one of the most thrilling live performers around.” The legendary composer and instrumentalist (trumpet, flugelhorn, and cornet) has long been a major player on international jazz, pop, and world music scenes as well as a champion of human rights in his native South Africa. Perhaps best known for his 1968 hit “Grazing in the Grass,” he has collaborated with fellow superstars Bob Marley, Herb Alpert, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. On tour with his high-energy band of South African musicians to spotlight his forthcoming albumJabulani, Masekela explores his musical history in a program featuring pop, jazz, ballads, and traditional South African styles.

Tickets are $18 for the general public and $10 for students.

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Doctoral Recital: Klaus Georg, tenor

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Student of Karen Brunssen

Assisted by Alan Darling, piano

Richard Wagner, Loge’s Monologue from Das Rheingold

Hugo Wolf, Selections from the Mörike-Lieder

Henri Duparc, Selected Songs

Arnold Schoenberg, 4 Lieder, Op. 2

Northwestern University Guitar Ensemble

Evanston - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Anne Waller, conductor

The Guitar Ensemble presents works for full ensemble as well as quartets, duos, and solos by Bach, Carulli, Granados, Giménez, and Machado.

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

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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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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. Arman, 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: 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

Concert Band

Evanston - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Daniel J. Farris, conductor

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

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

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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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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 Recital and 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.

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

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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

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

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

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