Large Forces: Infinity Brass Faculty Chamber Music
Eric Berlin & Scott Nichols, trumpet; Laura Klock, horn; Greg Spiridopoulous, trombone & John Bottomley, tuba
2nd half (Bernstein & Tyzik/Vizzutti) guests: Jeffrey W. Holmes, trumpet soloist & arranger; James Patrick Miller, conductor; Jason Hooper, bass trombone & selected students
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives, Salvatore Macchia, James Stephenson & Jeff Tyzik/Allen Vizzutti
$3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 General public 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
11/16 Wednesday 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
University Orchestra Vince Lee, conductor
Dmitri Shoskakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96, Alberto Ginastera: Estancia Ballet Suite, Op. 8a, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
$3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 General public 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Nov. 18 Friday 8pm Euridice Ensembles Robert Eisenstein, director
Students and faculty of the Early Music Program present a program featuring the Medieval Ensemble and the Baroque Band.
14th century Motets about music performed by voices, medieval fiddles, organetto, lute and harp.
The Baroque Band, a 15-member chamber orchestra, performs suites by Lully and Conti and concerti by Corelli and Vivaldi.
Tony Thornton, conductor Nicholas Shaneyfelt, pianist
Eric Whitacre: Animal Crackers, Vol. 1, W.A. Mozart: Regina Coeli, Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin, a movement from Brahms' Requiem with Amy Johnson, soprano soloist, music by Dello Joio, Morales, Paulus, Erb, & Parker, as well as folk songs and spirituals
$3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 General public 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Junior Horn & Bassoon Recital
Bethany Croxton, horn
Nicole Pompei, bassoon
Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Senior Flute Recital
Carolyn McCrone, flute
Saturday, November 19, 1 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Cello Master Class
Master class with Mihai Tetel, cellist
4:30 pm at Bezanson Recital Hall
No charge to observe
Chamber Music Master Class
Master class with Rhonda Rider, cellist
10am at Bezanson Recital Hall
No charge to observe
Friday, November 18 1:25pm
Music Theory Lecture
Melodic Contour, Musical Diachrony, and the Paradigmatic/Syntagmatic Divide in Frederic Chopin's Waltz in B Minor
Speaker: Professor Rob Schultz, UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance
1:25 pm at the Fine Arts Center Music Wing, Room 44
This is a free event.
Friday, November 18
PERCUSSION MASTERCLASS
Guest artist from Japan, Kunihiko Komori
12:15-2:20pm, Fine Arts Center Music Wing Room 36.
There is no charge for this event.
Nov. 19 Saturday 4pm Bezanson Recital Hall
GRADUATE BRASS QUINTET
Nate Wilson & Scott Nichols, trumpet; Julia Cavagnaro, horn; Jessica Cates, trombone; Brandon Christie, tuba
Music by DiLorenzo: Fire Dance, Dahl: Music for Brass Instruments (with guest trombonist William Baldoumas), Albinoni: Sonata "Saint Mark," Copland: The Promise of Living from The Tender Land & Bozza: Sonatine
