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SEPTEMBER 2008

Sept. 7 Sunday

HOMEGROWN MOSTLY
New Music Concert

Elizabeth Chang & Salvatore Macchia, coordinators

Including works by Bruce MacCombie, Salvatore Macchia, Robert Stern, Eric Sawyer, Olivier Messiaen & Michael Simonelli
Performers: Norman Bolter, trombone; Elizabeth Chang, violin; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Judith Gordon, piano; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Laura Klock, horn; Lynn Klock, saxophone; Salvatore Macchia, double bass; Estela Olevsky, piano; Volcy Pelletier, cello; Nadine Shank, piano; Bonnie Stults, flute; Michael Sussman, clarinet & Junko Watanabe, soprano

4pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Sept. 16 Tuesday

FACULTY RECITAL

The French (Horn) Connection

Laura Klock, horn with guest Gregory Hayes, piano & William Hite, tenor

Featuring works by French composers Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas & Francis Poulenc & the premiere of Jeff Myers' The Age of Assassins for tenor, horn & piano on the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud  

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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September 18, 19 & 20    Thursday, Friday & Saturday

CHAOS THEORY DANCE

Works that combine video, science & much humor

A modern dance company directed by Professor of Dance, Billbob Brown, with collaborators Ann Sorvino, Erica Dankmeyer, Arlene Steiner, Abby Bielski & Anya Raredon Brickman

  Things in the Sky: video/dance performance inspired by images from astronomy with original music by Stephen Katz

  The Beginner's Guide to Modern Dance: pokes fun at the sacred institution of modern dance, set to music by Michael DeQuattro. If you love modern dance, never understood modern dance, know someone who just doesn't get it, or want your own personal revenge from hours of sitting through some seriously painful drudgery, this piece is for you.

8pm   East Street Studio Theater, 47 East Street, Hadley, MA
Tickets-- $8: all students & elders/$12: general public
To reserve tickets: 413-584-5535 or chaostheorydance@comcast.net

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Sept. 23 Tuesday

FACULTY RECITAL

Elizabeth Chang, violin, & Judith Gordon, guest pianist

Music by Fauré: Sonata #2, Lutoslawski: Partita, Saint Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso & Bach: Partita #1 in B Minor

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Sept. 26   Friday

TALK BY GUEST DANCE ARTIST

Joan Finkelstein, Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher & currently Director of Dance Programs for the NYC Department of Education

"Changing the Culture for Dance through Dance Education: The New York City Blueprint Initiative"

4:30pm  Bezanson Recital Hall   No Charge

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Sept. 30 Tuesday

GUEST ARTIST

John Holt, trumpet

Faculty member, University of North Texas & Principal trumpet, Dallas Opera Orchestra

With guests Shiela Kibbe-Hodgkins, piano & Sophia Grech, mezzo-soprano 

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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OCTOBER 2008

Oct. 2 Thursday

JAZZ ENSEMBLE I & CHAPEL JAZZ

Jeffrey W. Holmes & Paul Lieberman, directors

Guest soloist: Steve Sonntag, trumpet
Steve Sonntag is currently a member of the Amherst Jazz Orchestra, the Jeff Holmes Big Band and the Al Alessi Band, and is a new faculty member in the Department of Music & Dance

Pieces to include Randy Brecker's Tabula Rasa, arr. Jeff Holmes;
Bob Mintzer's Softly Spoken; Tschaikowsky's Waltz of the Flowers, arr. Bill Liston, Danny Elfman's The Simpsons, arr. Les Hooper; Ellington/Tizol's Caravan, arr. Alan Baylock; Jeff Holmes' Sammy the Chinchilla; Harback/Kern's Smoke Gets in your Eyes, arr. Mossman & Parker/Gillespie's Anthropology, arr. Mark Taylor

8pm Bowker Auditorium $7/$12

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Oct. 7 Tuesday

TUESDAYS IN BEZANSON

Hindemith: Drei Stuecke; Britten: Serenade, Op. 1 & Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet
Elizabeth Chang, violin; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Christopher Krueger, flute; Laura Klock, horn; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Salvatore Macchia, double bass; Estela Olevsky, piano; Astrid Schween, cello; Nadine Shank, piano & Stephen Walt, bassoon

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Oct. 10 Friday

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA

Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr., director

Salvatore Macchia: Orsola Fantasy Overture (world premiere, composed for Marcelletti & the University Orchestra) & Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 “Pathetique”

8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $7/$12

Sponsored by Stacey Styles Violin Restoration

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Oct. 17 Friday

MUSIC ALUMNI REUNION

2:30pm: Career Forum for students with Alumni Board members in Bezanson Recital Hall (BRH)

3:30pm:  Meet & Greet, Lobby of BRH

4pm: Mini-concert by alumna Martha Mooke on 5-string electric viola & overview of the Department by Jeff Cox, BRH

5:30pm: Dinner at the University Club

8pm: Multiband Pops Concert in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

To attend, please register by calling the Fine Arts Center Box Office, 413-545-2511, by October 10.

Registration fee: $30 per person includes dinner and concert ticket

Alumni & their guests are most welcome to join us for a great day!

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Oct. 17 Friday

34th ANNUAL MULTIBAND POPS CONCERT

Jeffrey W. Holmes, producer

An exciting, fast-paced showcase of the wealth of musical talent in the Department of Music & Dance

Ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Jazz, Horn Choir, Jazz Ensemble I, Mass Marimba Band, Minuteman Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Quartet, Symphony Band, UMass Dancers, UMass Marimba Ensembles, Vocal Jazz & Wind Ensemble

Directors: Billbob Brown, Catherine Jensen-Hole, Thomas Hannum, J.W. Holmes, Ayano Kataoka, Laura Klock, Lynn Klock, Paul Lieberman, George N. Parks, John Paulson & Laura Rexroth

8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $15/$20

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Oct. 21 Tuesday

JAZZ LAB ENSEMBLE

Alex Lee-Clark, conductor

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall No Charge

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Oct. 24 Friday

WIND ENSEMBLE & SYMPHONY BAND

Laura Rexroth, conductor

Brahms: Three Choral Preludes, Op. 122, Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite and Sea Songs, Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Jesters, Arnold Schoenberg: Theme & Variations, Op. 43a, Norman Dello Joio: Scenes from the Louvre, Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday & Malcolm Arnold: Tom O'Shanter Overture

8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $7/$12

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Oct. 25 Saturday

CHORAL SPECTRUM

University Chorale, Chamber Choir, Madrigal Ensemble & Visiting High School Vocal Ensembles

John Paulson, conductor
E. Wayne Abercrombie & Kayla Werlin, guest conductors

Including music by Heinrich Schutz, Johannes Brahms, G.F. Handel, Randall Thompson & combined choirs singing Aaron Copland's The Promise of Living

7pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $7/$12

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Oct. 26 Sunday

ORGAN, STRINGS & PERCUSSION

Nancianne Parrella, organ

University Orchestra Strings & Percussionists
Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr., conductor

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani and
Stephen Paulus: Concerto for Organ, Strings & Percussion

4pm   St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St., Northampton   No Charge

Sponsors: Springfield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance and St. John's Church

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Oct. 28 Tuesday

FACULTY RECITAL

Sweets for Viola & Piano

Kathryn Lockwood, viola & Estela Olevsky, piano

Music from Schubert to Piazzolla; a concert of dessert-style short pieces, so bring your sweet tooth! Includes such favorites as Elgar's Salut D'Amour, Schumann's Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 and Tchaikovsky's Valse Sentimentale Op. 51, plus works by Rebecca Clarke & Inessa Zaretsky

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

 

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NOVEMBER 2008

Nov. 1 Saturday

CHAMBER CHOIR

John Paulson, conductor

Featuring Johannes Brahms' Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy songs) in its entirety, plus music by Handel, Schutz, Finzi, Byrd, Charles Wood, Ron Nelson &
Eric Whitacre

8 pm First Congregational Church, 165 Main St., Amherst  No Charge

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Nov. 2 Sunday

4th ANNUAL STRING DAY (Registration form: Word or pdf)

A Community Event for String players of all ages, their parents and teachers

A great way to experience music at the college level!

With Professors Elizabeth Chang, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Astrid Schween, cello; Salvatore Macchia, contrabass & Advanced UMass string players

9:30-10am: Registration, Room 149
10:00am: Concert by String faculty, Bezanson Recital Hall
11am-1pm: Masterclass in Bezanson for age 13 & older participants
11am-1pm: String Sectionals for age 12 and under in Rooms 152 & 154
1:00pm: Lunch in Room 149 & meet the sponsors
2-4pm: STRING DAY Orchestra rehearsal with UMass String students from the Opus One Chamber Orchestra in Bezanson, for age 13 and older participants
2pm: Video Hour for age 12 and under participants
3pm: Rehearse for mini-performance for age 12 and under in Room 152
4:30pm: String Day Orchestra Mini-Performance and Raffle Prize drawing.

Opportunities to make purchases at discount prices from music stores & win prizes

Advance Registration fee (includes lunch): $15 for each attendee
Registration on the day (does not include lunch): $20

To register or for questions: Call the Music Dept. (413) 545-2227 or email Luciana at larraes@music.umass.edu. You may download the info/registration form (Word or pdf file) and send it in with payment.

Sponsors: Stacey Styles Violin Restoration, Amherst, 413-253-8983
Stamell Stringed Instruments, Amherst; www.stamellstring.com
Carriage House Violins of Reuning & Sons, Boston www.carriagehouseviolins.com
Johnson String Instrument, Newton www.johnsonstring.com

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Nov. 3 Monday

AVANTI PLUS

Faculty members--Christopher Krueger, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn & Stephen Walt, bassoon--and their students

Featuring Richard Strauss: Suite in Bb, Op. 4 for 13 winds

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Nov. 6 Thursday

OPUS ONE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Elizabeth Chang, faculty coordinator
A faculty-student collaboration

Works by Verdi & Respighi
8pm Bezanson Recital Hall No Charge

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Nov. 9 Sunday

FACULTY RECITAL

Ayano Kataoka, percussion with Conor Nelson, guest flutist

Gareth Farr: Kembang Suling for flute & marimba, Dennis DeSantis: Breaking Training for flute & marimba, Teruyuki Noda: Eclogue for flute & percussion & Astor Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango

4pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Nov. 10 Monday

INFINITY BRASS

To Boldly Go

Eric Berlin & Andrew Stetson, trumpet; Laura Klock, horn; Norman Bolter, trombone & Scott Mendoker, tuba

Welcoming new faculty member Norman Bolter; featuring his composition Cydonia and Gunther Schuller's Music for Brass Quintet (1961)

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Nov. 16 Sunday

FACULTY RECITAL

German Music: Bach to Weill
Marjorie Melnick, mezzo soprano & Estela Olevsky, piano

4pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Nov. 17 Monday

MARIMBAS & TUBAS

MASS Marimba Band, UMass Amherst Marimba Ensembles & the Tuba Studio

Thomas Hannum & Scott Mendoker, directors

8pm Bowker Auditorium $7/$12

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Nov. 18 Tuesday

WIND ENSEMBLE

Laura Rexroth, conductor

8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $7/$12

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Nov. 19 Wednesday

AVANTI WIND QUINTET

Christopher Krueger, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn & Stephen Walt, bassoon

To include works by Hsueh-Yung Shen & Pavel Haas

8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall  $7/$12 

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Nov. 24 Monday

JAZZ ENSEMBLE I

Jeffrey W. Holmes, director

8pm Bowker Auditorium $7/$12

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Nov. 25 Tuesday

TUESDAYS IN BEZANSON
Happy Birthday Elliott

A 100th Birthday Celebration for Elliott Carter

Performers: Elizabeth Chang, violin; Infinity Brass Quintet (Eric Berlin & Andrew Stetson, trumpets; Laura Klock, horn; Norman Bolter, trombone & Scott Mendoker, tuba); Christopher Krueger, flute; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Astrid Schween, cello & Nadine Shank, piano

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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DECEMBER 2008

Dec. 3 Wednesday

LARK STRING QUARTET MASTERCLASS

12:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall No Charge

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Dec. 3 Wednesday

LARK STRING QUARTET

Deborah Buck & Harumi Rhodes, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola &
Astrid Schween, cello

Lynn Klock, saxophone

Busch: Saxophone Quintet; Higdon: An exaltation of Larks; Moravec: Angels Dancing & Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44 #2

8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall $8/$15

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Dec. 4 Thursday

FIVE COLLEGE EARLY MUSIC COLLEGIUM

Robert Eisenstein, director

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall No Charge

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Dec. 4, 5 & 6 Thurs, Fri & Sat.

UNIVERSITY DANCERS

Billbob Brown, director

To include George Faison's new work Movin' On with music of Betty Carter, Billbob Brown's video-based techno piece & Hazel Sabas-Gower's work to music by Gershwin

8pm Bowker Auditorium $7/$12

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Dec. 5 Friday

SYMPHONY BAND & PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Laura Rexroth & Ayano Kataoka, conductors

8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $7/$12

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Dec. 7 Sunday

UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR, CHORALE & ORCHESTRA

Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr. & John Paulson, directors

Bach: Magnificat & Poulenc: Gloria  

3pm St. Mary's Church, 3 Elm Street, Northampton   No Charge

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Dec. 8 Monday

VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Catherine Jensen-Hole, director

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $7/$12

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Dec. 9 Tuesday

STRING QUARTETS IN CONCERT

Kathryn Lockwood, faculty coordinator

Graduate & Undergraduate string quartets

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall   No Charge

Sponsored by Stacey Styles Violin Restoration

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Dec. 10 Wedneday

CHAPEL JAZZ & JAZZ LAB ENSEMBLE

Paul Lieberman & Alex Lee-Clark, conductors

8pm Bowker Auditorium $7/$12

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Dec. 11 Thursday (changed from Friday 12/12)

STUDENT COMPOSERS' CONCERT

7:30 Bezanson Recital Hall   No Charge

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MINUTEMAN MARCHING BAND

George N. Parks, director; Thomas Hannum, associate director

All games in McGuirk Stadium; For game times check www.umassathletics.com

 

Saturdays, Oct. 4 Delaware; Oct. 18 Richmond-Homecoming &
Oct. 25 Bryant-Band Day

Nov. 8 Maine & Nov. 22 Hofstra

Friday, Dec. 5, 4:30pm: Merry Maple parade/concert, Amherst Town Common

 

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