Including works by Lantier, Desenclos, Macchia, and more
1pm Bezanson Recital HallNo charge
April 1 Sunday
Music for Mezzo, Piano & Viola
FACULTY RECITAL
Marjorie Melnick, mezzo-soprano; Estela Olevsky, piano & Delores Thayer, viola
Music by Mendelssohn, Bizet, Loeffler, Reutter & three songs by Amherst College's Eric Sawyer
4pm Bezanson Recital Hall($3 for UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
April 2 Monday
AVANTI WIND QUINTET
Faculty Chamber Music
Christopher Krueger, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn & Stephen Walt, bassoon
Donald Wheelock: Wind Quintet, Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 & Robert Schumann: Canonic Etudes for Pedal Piano, Op. 56
8pm Bezanson Recital Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
Compositions by Jazz Composition Students, Felipe Salles & Jovino Santos Neto
8pm Bowker Auditorium($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
Jovino Santos Neto
Photograph by Daniel Sheeha
April 14 Saturday
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Ayano Kataoka, director
Xenakis: Peaux from Pleiades, Lou Harrison: Suite for Percussion & First Concerto for Flute & Percussion, Thierry De May: Table Music, Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge, James Wood: Logosantifor solo percussion & Paul Lansky: Hop for violin & marimba
8pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
April 19 Thursday
ALIVE WITH DANCE
New works by senior dance majors exploring psychological challenges, events in history & dancers’ physical struggles
8pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 20 Friday
ALIVE WITH DANCE
New works by senior dance majors exploring psychological challenges, events in history & dancers’ physical struggles
8pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
April 21 Saturday
ALIVE WITH DANCE
New works by senior dance majors exploring psychological challenges, events in history & dancers’ physical struggles
8pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 19 Thursday
ADVANCED PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Ayano Kataoka, director
8pmBezanson Recital HallNo charge
April 27 Friday (Rescheduled from April 20)
THEORY LECTURE SERIES:
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 20 Friday
FACULTY RECITAL
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Sibelius, Beethoven, Schubert & others
8pm Bezanson Recital Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
April 21 Saturday
30th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND SAXOPHONE SYMPOSIUM
Lynn Klock, host & recitalist
With Nadine Shank, piano & University Saxophone Quartets
Guests: Professors Joseph Lulloff (Michigan State Univ.) & Lawrence Panella (Jazz Studies, Univ. So. Mississippi) & drummer, UMass Professor Thomas Giampietro
J.S. Bach: Jesu, meine Freude & music by Monteverdi, Handel, Paulus & Mäntyjärvi
8pm Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood, Amherst
Benefit for the Doris D. Steward Oratorio Performance Fund: Donations Accepted
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
April 29 Sunday
THE INFORMAL A Dance Concert
Experimental works by student choreographers
2pm East Street Studios, Hadley$3 students/$5 general public
Information: 413 545 6064
April 29 Sunday
VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Catherine Jensen-Hole, director
A mix of contemporary and traditional a cappella and accompanied music with arrangements by Jensen-Hole, graduate student Zack Scudlar and Michele Weir
8pmBezanson Recital Hall($3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors)Buy Tickets Online
April 30 Monday
CHORAL ENSEMBLES (Please note time change to 7pm)
University Chorale, Women's Choir, & Springfield Public Schools District Magnet Schools Chorus
Stephen Paparo, conductor Joshua Harper, graduate conductor
Springfield Public Schools District Magnet Schools Chorus will perform We've Got the Power by Jane & Steven Schoenberg
University Chorale & Women's Choir will sing songs, spirituals & classical works, including Mendelssohn's Verleih uns Freiden, Vivaldi's Laudamus Te, Dan Davison's Ritmo & Paul Simon's Bridge over Troubled Water
7pm Bowker Auditorium ($3 Umass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors) Buy Tickets Online
May 1 Tuesday
STUDENT COMPOSERS' CONCERT
7:30pm Bezanson Recital HallNo charge
Senior Recital
Danielle Russo, percussion
Friday, April 6, 7:30 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Senior Recital
Natalie Talbot, flute
Saturday, April 7, 1:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Senior Recital
Alex Betsold, percussion
Monday, April 9, 7:30 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Julie Cavagnaro, horn
Sunday, April 15, 1:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Jacob Gall, percussion
Sunday, April 15, 7:30 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Sharif Mamoun, percussion
Saturday, April 21, 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
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
Senior Recital
Justin Chervony, tuba
Sunday, April 29, 1:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Sam Gambaccini, voice
Sunday, April 29, 5:15 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Christie Cho, violin
Monday, April 2, 5:00 PM
Immanuel Lutheran
Free
Senior Recital
Max Winter, cello
Saturday, April 7, 7:30 PM
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Marius Bahnean, choral conducting
Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 PM
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Pedro Gobeth, violin
Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 PM
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Julie Lee, violin
Monday, April 30, 7:30 PM
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Sassan Haghighi, cello
Saturday, April 7, 4:00 PM
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Senior Recital
Ben Falkoff, jazz
Saturday, April 7, 2:00 pm
Rm. 44, Fine Arts Center
Free
Master's Degree Recital
Henry Buck, composer
Tuesday, April 17, 7:30 PM
Amherst Unitarian Society
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
Senior Recital
Paul Olesuk, trombone
Friday, April 6, 5:00 pm
Jones Library
Free
Senior Recital
Daniel Monte, piano
Sunday, April 15, 11:00 am
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Junior Recital
Michael Merullo, voice
Lydia Parkington, cello
Sunday, April 15, 7:30 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Amherst
Free
April 12 Thursday 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
NANI AGBELI IN CONCERT
A Ghanaian Dancer & Musician, Agbeli is on the faculty of the Music Department at Tufts University, where he directs the Kiniwe Ensemble and teaches an integrated curriculum in the traditional singing, drumming & dancing of Ghana. He also teaches at Brandeis University & is Artistic Director of the Agbekor Drum & Dance Society (www.agbekorsociety.org).
Free & open to the public.
Part of a weeklong Five College Ethnomusicology Residency. Monday, April 9, 7pm, Chapin Hall, Mt. Holyoke College: Performance with the Five College West African Music Ensembles Friday, April 13, 2pm, Alumni House, Amherst College: Student performance directed by Nani Agbeli All events are free.
Euridice Baroque Orchestra Bach and Muffat Concerti
Robert Eisenstein, director
Wednesday April 18th, 7:30 PM Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst
The Early Music Program's baroque band plays Bach's 4th and 6th Brandenburg Concerti, as well as two lovely works by Georg Muffat featuring student soloists on violin, recorder and baroque flutes.
Free admission
Euridice Ensembles Chamber Concert
Tuesday, May 1, 7:00 PM, Earle Recital Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College
Robert Eisenstein, director
A concert by the students and faculty of the varied ensembles of the Five College Early Music Program, and Circa 1600, a group of singers and lutes. The program features 13th and 14th century Spanish and French music, music for lutes, English and Italian songs of the 17th century, and a suite for viole by Du Buisson.
Free admission
Violin Masterclass
Wednesday, April 18 10am-12pm
Guest artist: Katie Lansdale, Hartt School of Music professor
Bezanson Recital Hall
No charge to observe
Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 19 4:30 pm
Room 44, Fine Arts Center
Guests: Eric and Colin Jacobsen, founders of The Knights Chamber Orchestra
Moderators: Michelle Painter and Madeleine Jansen
Performance by The Knights Chamber Orchestra at 7:30 pm; for more information, visit www.umasstix.com
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
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