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DEPARTMENT
OF MUSIC EVENTS
Check back this summer for
a listing of the 2009-10 offerings.
2008-09 Performances:
Findlay's
Fabulous Favorites
Thursday, September 11 at 7pm
Saturday, September 13 at 8pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
Emeritus Professor Findlay Cockrell performs Gershwin,
Grieg, Gottschalk, Chopin, Mozart and Liszt along with
Spanish, French and Russian gems.
Annegret
Baier
Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
This German-born percussionist who specializes in hand
drumming presents African rhythms and songs played on
a variety of instruments including the djembe, conga,
kpanlogo, berimbao, kalimba and balaphone.
Richard
Albagli & Friends
Saturday, October 4 at 7:30pm
Recital Hall - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
A faculty recital of music for marimba, xylophone and
other percussion instruments which may include original
works.
University
Symphony Orchestra
Sundays, October 19
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
Students, faculty and community members comprise this
large ensemble.
University
Concert Band
Mondays, October 27
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
This mid-size ensemble of brass, woodwinds and percussion
presents a program of concert band repertory.
Capital
Collegiate Choral Festival IX
Sunday, November 9 at 7pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
The University Chorale and the University Chamber Singers
are joined by a host of area choruses, including those
from the College of St. Rose and Schenectady County
Community College, in this popular annual choral festival.
YOUTH
MOVEMENTS FESTIVAL - A festival of four events
centered on music for and about children.
Recital Hall
Reflections on Childhood
Thursday, November 13 at 7pm
$10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5 students
Featuring narration by Jeffrey Cumming and art by
Charles Martin, this program will include music by
Mozart, Brahms, Amy Beach and Erik Satie performed
by pianist Duncan Cumming, violinist Hilary Cumming
and mezzo-soprano Fran Wittmann.
Mothers and Children
Friday, November 14 at 7pm
$10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5 students
Soprano Amanda Boyd and pianist Michael Clement present
a voice recital of works by Schumann and Poulenc.
A Musical Carousel: Three
Stories with Narration, Art and Music
Saturday, November 15 at 3pm
Free
A reading/performance of three children's books -
- a classic, The Country Bunny, and two original
works, From Bangkok to Bangor and From Haverhill
to the Highlands. The program features classical
music, Scottish music and a world premiere by David
Walther, Jr. along with projections of visual art.
French Music for Four Hands
Sunday, November 16 at 3pm
$10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5 students
Eighty musicians aged 5 to 75, including University
students, alums, faculty and area piano students and
teachers, converge for performances of works by Ravel,
Debussy, Faure, Satie and Bizet.
Don
Byron Quartet
Friday, November 21 at 8pm
Main Theatre - $25/$20 seniors & faculty-staff/$10
students
The celebrated clarinetist and UAlbany faculty member
is joined by a group of elite jazz musicians - pianist
Edward Simon, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Billy
Hart - in a concert inspired by the music of Lester
Young and Eddie Harris.
University
Jazz Ensemble
Monday, November 24 at 7:30pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
This mid-size ensemble performs popular jazz standards.
Holiday
Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
The University Music Department ensembles -- the Chorale,
Chamber Singers, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Symphony
Orchestra -- are joined by student groups -- Serendipity,
Earth Tones and Angelic Voices of Praise -- for a concert
celebrating the season.
Twenty
Drummers Drummin'
Monday, December 8 at 8pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
A concert of percussion music by the University and
Rensselaer Percussion Ensembles.
The
Art of Aria Substitution
Thursday, January 22 at 7pm
Recital Hall - FREE
This concert will feature arias drawn from the repertory
of 19th century substitution arias collected from libraries
and archives throughout Italy and England. Performers
include pianist Duncan Cumming, mezzo-soprano Krista
River and speaker Hilary Poriss.
Bacchiocchi-Brown
Duo
Thursday, February 5 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
The renowned flute and guitar duo of Kristin Bacchiocchi
and Joel Brown present works by Giuliani, Castelnovo-Tedesco,
Piazzolla and more.
Bob
Gluck: Music for Piano and Electronics
Saturday, February 7 at 8pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
Pianist Bob Gluck performs a solo recital featuring
a newly commissioned work by acclaimed composer Neil
Rolnick and music by Teitelbaum, Mashayekhi, Kleinsasser,
Gluck and others.
Kara
Cornell
Thursday, February 26 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
The mezzo-soprano is accompanied by Michael Clement
in La Regata Venziana by Rossini, Rückert-Lieder
by Mahler, selected songs from Les Nuit d'ete by Berlioz
and songs and folk arrangements by Jake Heggie.
Sarah
and Susan Wang
Thursday, March 5 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
These exciting young pianists, originally from New Jersey
and now based in Rostock, Germany, are recent winners
in the prestigious Murray Dranoff International Two-Piano
Competitioin and have won critical acclaim in cities
from New York to Montreal.
PIANO
ROLES FESTIVAL - A festival of four events centered
on the piano.
Lecture by James Parakilas
Tuesday, March 10 at 7pm
Recital Hall - Free
The festival kicks off with a lecture by this professor
of Music at Bates College and author of the book Piano
Roles.
Frank Glazer's Carnegie
Hall Anniversary
Wednesday, March 11 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall
debut, this Professor Emeritus of Piano at Eastman
School of Music plays works of Handel, Brahms, Schubert,
Copland, Chopin and others.
Lecture by Frank Glazer
Thursday, March 12 at 7pm
Recital Hall - Free
The world renowned pianist lectures on "The Relationship
between the Composer and the Performer."
Two Piano Concert
Friday, March 13 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
In a grand finale to the festival, Frank Glazer and
Duncan Cumming will play great works for two pianos
including "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
by JS Bach, Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56,
by Johannes Brahms and Chopin's Rondo in C major.
University
Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 15 at 7pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
Students, faculty and community members comprise this
large ensemble.
Festival
of Contemporary Music
Monday, March 16 at 8pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
A concert of traditional and contemporary music by the
University Percussion Ensemble and two youth ensembles.
Lecture:
Bach, Luther, The St. John Passion and Anti-Judaism
Monday, March 23 at 7pm
Recital Hall - Free
Swarthmore professor Michael Marissen discusses questions
of anti-Judiasm in the Gospel of St. John, Martin Luther
and JS Bach.
University
Concert Band
March 23 at 7:30pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
This mid-size ensemble of brass, woodwinds and percussion
presents a program of concert band repertory.
Petr
Kotik
Thursday, March 26 at 7pm - Recital
Hall - Free
Saturday, March 28 at 7pm - Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors
& faculty-staff/$5 students
In a special residency with the conductor of the SEM
Ensemble, Thursday's event is an open rehearsal and
discussion about contemporary performance practice.
Featuring music by John Cage, Morton Feldman and others,
Saturday's concert features the UAlbany Percussion Ensemble
and Chamber Singers.
Cesar
Reyes
Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
The gifted young artist from Mexico performs piano masterworks
of 20th century Mexican nationalism by Manuel M. Ponce,
Miguel Bernal Jiménez, José Pablo Moncayo
and Euduardo Hernández Moncada and will talk
about each work as a portrayal of Mexican character.
The
Marriage of Figaro
Friday,
April 3 at 7:30pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
Sung in Italian, Capital Opera's concert performance
of Mozart's much-loved opera features Ivan Amaro, Alexina
Jones, Rosa Tulyaganova, Richard Mazzaferro and Kara
Cornell under the direction of Michael Clement. There
will be a pre-performance talk starting at 6:45.
Music
for Piano and Violin
Thursday, April 16 at 7:30pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
Pianist Victoria von Arx and violinist Hilary Cumming
perform music by Beethoven, Ornstein and Ives.
Senior Recital
Sunday,
April 19 at 7pm
Recital Hall - FREE
A joint vocal recital featuring mezzo soprano Allison
Freiman and soprano Amy Pinella performing works of
Bellini, Brahms, Carpenter, Delibes and Heggie.
Student
Recital
Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30pm
Recital Hall - FREE
A host of performers showcase
their vocal and instrumental talents as part of their
departmental studies.
Spring
Choral Concert
Thursday, April 23 at 7pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
The University Chorale and University Chamber Singers,
under the direction of David Griggs-Janower, provide
choral delights for a spring evening.
Kevin
Champagne's Piano Quartet
Saturday, April 25 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
In a concert of world premiere music, the composer and
UAlbany faculty member will also speak about each piece
and how it came to be.
University
Jazz Ensemble
Monday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
This mid-size ensemble performs popular jazz standards.
Capital
Trio
Wednesday, April 29 at 7pm
Recital Hall - $10/$8 seniors & faculty-staff/$5
students
In their second year in residence at the University
at Albany, the Capital Trio will explore piano trio
repertoire from the classical period to honor the 200th
anniversary of the death of Franz Josef Haydn. The program
will feature trios by Haydn, his famous younger colleague
and friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and an early work
by Haydn's most famous student, Ludwig van Beethoven.
University
Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, May 3 at 3pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
Students, faculty and community members comprise this
large ensemble.
The
Sound of the Trumpets, the Roll of the Drums!
Monday, May 4 at 8pm
Main Theatre - $8/$6 seniors & faculty-staff/$4
students
A shared concert by the band and percussion ensemble
of the University.
Senior Recital
Tuesday, May 5 at 2pm
Recital Hall - FREE
A joint composition recital by Michael Lanci and Derek
Smith.
Senior Recital
Saturday, May 9 at 7pm
Recital Hall - FREE
A vocal recital by Arla Wilding with guest artist/clarinetist
Brett Wery performing works by Schubert, Poulenc and
Heggie.
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