Schumann's Dichterliebe song cycle and Gottfried Weber's Music Theory
Guest speaker: Suzannah Clark, Harvard University Professor
1:25pm Bezanson Recital HallNo charge
April 22 Sunday
Annual Spring Concert
CONCERT BAND
Timothy T. Anderson, conductor John Jenkins, guest conductor
Music to include marches, overtures, and musicals; something for everyone!
A reception in honor of John Jenkins and his retirement will follow the concert in the George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building.
2pmFine Arts Center Concert Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 22 Sunday
Intimate Music
STRING QUARTETS
Beethoven, Brahms & more
7:30pm Bezanson Recital HallNo charge
April 23 Monday
Dana Wilson's Wind Concerti
WIND ENSEMBLE
Featuring Dana Wilson, guest composer James Patrick Miller, conductor; John Jenkins, guest conductor; Stephen Walt, bassoon & Laura Klock, horn
Works by Wilson & Husa, including Music for Prague, 1968 in honor of the composer's 90th birthday John Jenkins will conduct Richard Wagner's Trauersinfonie in recognition of his retirement
Celebrating former Director of Bands John Jenkins' career & retirement
8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 24 Tuesday
CHAPEL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
David Sporny, director
8pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 25 Wednesday
401K(ing James)
FIVE COLLEGE EARLY MUSIC COLLEGIUM
Robert Eisenstein, director
In a program celebrating the 401st anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible, the Collegium will be joined by viol consort and the strings of the baroque orchestra in performances of anthems by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and Purcell, all with English texts from the King James version and its predecessors.
8:15pm Bezanson Recital HallNo charge
April 26 Thursday 10am
Scenes from Opera Favorites
OPERA WORKSHOP MATINEE
Opera Workshop singers & University Orchestra
Vince Lee, conductor; Amy Johnson, program director, Vernon Hartman, stage director & Nicholas Shaneyfelt, musical preparation
Featuring scenes from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Verdi’s Falstaff, Weill's Street Scene & Handel’s Giulio Cesare
Vince Lee, conductor; Amy Johnson, program director, Vernon Hartman, stage director & Nicholas Shaneyfelt, musical preparation
Featuring scenes from Mozart’s The Magic Flute & Marriage of Figaro, Verdi’s Falstaff, Charpentier’s Louise, Weill's Street Scene and Handel’s Giulio Cesare
$3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
April 26 Thursday
SYMPHONY BAND
James Patrick Miller, conductor Dana Wilson, guest composer Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone
Music by Dana Wilson, Frank Ticheli & others; includes two works by Wilson and Ticheli's Concertino for Trombone and Band.
8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
8pm Hampshire College Dance Studio Theater ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public) Buy Tickets Online
April 27 Friday
EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS SERIES
8pm Hampshire College Dance Studio Theater ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public) Buy Tickets Online
April 28 Saturday
EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS SERIES
8pm Hampshire College Dance Studio Theater ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public) Buy Tickets Online
April 28 Saturday
MARIMBA EXTRAVAGANZA
Thomas Hannum, conductor
Classical period music & arrangements of Latin, Jazz & Pop artists
Featuring The Sounds of London: A Marimba Experience by Marimba Band member Dylan Brewer, including a projected video to go along with the live performance
8pm Bowker Auditorium($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
Master's Degree Recital
Anderson Paes, clarinet
Sunday, April 22, 1:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Sarah Bleichfeld, viola
Sunday, April 22, 4:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Senior Recital
Anthony Cincotta, saxophone
Saturday, April 28, 4:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
April 28 Saturday
GRADUATE BRASS QUINTET
Scott Nichols & Steven Bailey, trumpet; Julia Cavagnaro, horn; Jessica Cates, trombone & Brandon Christie, tuba
Including works by Gabrieli, Ewald, Koetsier & Bernstein
8pm(Please note: Time had to be changed from 7:30) Bezanson Recital Hall No charge
Graduate Woodwind Quintet
Amherst Unitarian Society 4pm Sat. April 28, 2012
Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Cassandra Loges, oboe; Anderson Paes, clarinet; Kevin Martins, horn; Nicole Pompei & David Bon-Keen, bassoon
The programs include the following pieces:
Quintet for Winds, Jean Francaix
Walking Tune, Percy Grainger
Quintet opus 91 no. 3, Antonio Reicha
Quintet for Winds, Carl Neilson
Also performing on Tuesday, April 24th, at 7pm in Normal Hall at Laurel Park, Northampton, MA
