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MEDIA CONTACT: Judy Moore at 847-491-4819
or jkm229@northwestern.edu
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press release
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, WFMT
(98.7 FM) will launch a weekly 10-part radio series showcasing
Northwestern University School of Music faculty, ensembles, distinguished
alumni and guest artists in performance and conversation.
Each hour-long "Music From Northwestern" broadcast
will feature commercial or archival recordings from Northwestern
University music venues or from various performance halls around
the world. The broadcast series will be hosted by WFMT program
host Kerry Frumkin.
Each program will have a different theme and feature various
School of Music faculty members and performances related to that
theme," said Richard Van Kleeck, Northwestern's director
of concert activities and co-producer of the radio series with
Jan Weller, WFMT-FM's production coordinator and program host.
School of Music Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery will be a guest on
the first broadcast that Van Kleeck describes as a sampler of
upcoming programs in the series.
The introductory Oct. 3 broadcast will feature major ensemble,
faculty and student group performances. It will start with a
Bach 'Toccata' performed by the Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted
by Mallory Thompson, director of bands, and end whimsically with
a recent Monster Piano Concert performance of 30 pianists seated
at 10 Steinway pianos playing Bizet's 'Overture to Carmen' on
the stage of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
In addition to airing examples of the Band Program and last
spring's Monster Piano Concert, the first program will feature
the Choral Program and alumni composer Ned Rorem's "Love
Divine, All Love Excelling" performed by the University
Chorale, conducted by faculty member Robert A. Harris.
Also on the first program, a segment on the Orchestra Program
will feature Victor Yampolsky conducting the Northwestern University
Symphony Orchestra in "March To The Scaffold" from
Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastique."
During the Oct. 3 broadcast, listeners will hear faculty horn
player Gail Williams play one movement for horn and piano from
Jan Koetsier's "Scherzo Brilliante," a performance
that also featured pianist Mary Ann Covert.
Representing the voice department during the first program will
be faculty baritone Sherrill Milnes singing the aria "O
Vin Dissipe La Tristesse" from Ambrose Thomas' "Hamlet" that
features the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anton Guadagno.
Also featured on the broadcast will be a spring 2004 archival
performance of Hans Jensen conducting a Northwestern student
cello ensemble in Samuel Barber's "Adagio" arranged
for 20 cellos.
Spotlighting the composition faculty will be soprano Christine
Brandes singing an excerpt from Augusta Read Thomas' "In
My Sky at Twilight -- "Deeper Than All Roses" with
Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony's MusicNOW Ensemble.
The program will include a recording of John Adams, the inaugural
winner of the School of Music's $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers
Prize in Musical Composition conducting the London Sinfonietta
in "Hoe-down (Mad Cow)" from "Gnarly Buttons," a
work he composed in 1998.
An example of Northwestern's Jazz Program will feature a live
2003 recording of a Northwestern University jazz quintet performing
student Kobie Watkins' "Bone Blues."
The final program of the series will focus on music and artists
from previous Winter Chamber Musical Festivals as well as the
upcoming 2005 Winter Chamber Music Festival (Jan. 7 to 23) with
guest artists Daniel Barenboim, David Shifrin, Ani Kavafian,
André-Michel Schub and School of Music faculty.
Listeners will hear excerpts from previous performances as well
as musical samples of artists scheduled to appear during the
new 12-day string festival. Titled "Rite of Strings," it
will feature work from Bach to Django (March 29-April 9, 2005),
with guest violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Assads, bassist
Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor's Hot String Trio, cellist Carter
Brey, and a Monster String Finale.
The schedule of upcoming WFMT-FM (98.7) programs follows:
- Oct.
3, School of Music Radio Series Preview and series highlights
- Oct.
10, Orchestra Program
- Oct. 17, Choral Program
- Oct. 24,
Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
- Oct. 31, Student
Instrumental Performances
- Nov. 7, Vocal and Opera Program
- Nov. 14, Jazz Program
- Nov.
21, Faculty Composers and Nemmers Prize Winner
- Nov. 28,
Faculty Performance Highlights
- Dec. 5, Finale -- "Winter
Chamber Musical Festival" and "Rite
of Strings" highlights
For more information about the WFMT radio series go to www.www.northwestern.edu/music
or call 847-491-5726.
For more information about the two upcoming music series go
to www.pickstaiger.com or call 847-467-4000.
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