Calendar of Events - This Month

5th Annual String Day

klockwood@music.umass.edu — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 5:00:00 +0000

Nov. 1 Sunday

5^th ANNUAL STRING DAY (Click for String Day webpage)

A community event for String students of all ages, parents & teachers

Professors Elizabeth Chang, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Astrid Schween, cello & Salvatore Macchia, contrabass

9am: Registration, Room 149
9:30am-3:30pm: activities include Faculty Concert, Master Classes, String Sectionals, String Day Orchestra rehearsal and mini-performance with UMass String Students & Raffle Prizes
Bring Your Instrument!

Registration:
--No fee for Teachers & Parents accompanying children age 12 or under, lunch available at $10 if booked by 10/7
--Pre-Registration by 10/1: $25, lunch included, late applications accepted if space is available

Each participant completes a registration form (pdf) & sends it with $25 fee. Music sent upon receipt of registration.

--Registration on 11/1: $35, lunch not included

For information: 413 545 2227, Klockwood@music.umass.edu

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

Astrid Schween with a young student

Opus One Chamber Orchestra

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 1:15:00 +0000

Nov. 4 Wednesday

OPUS ONE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Elizabeth Chang, faculty coordinator

Featuring Dvořák’s Serenade and Bartók’s Allegro molto (from String Quartet No. 4)

8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall No charge

Double Reed Day

swalt@music.umass.edu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 5:00:00 +0000

Nov. 7 Saturday

DOUBLE REED DAY
For high school/college double reed players, teachers, and adults

9am - 4:30pm UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center (Bezanson Recital Hall entrance, N. Pleasant St.)

Hosts: Fredric T. Cohen, Professor of Oboe, UMass Amherst
& Stephen Walt, Artist-Teacher of Bassoon, UMass Amherst

Guest Artists & Presenters:
Robert Williams (Principal Bassoon, Detroit Symphony Orchestra),
Robert Sheena (Oboe & English horn, Boston Symphony Orchestra),
Alan Fox, President, Fox Products,
Nora Post, oboe technician (Oboe adjustment & repair),
Master reedmakers: Stuart Dunkel (oboe) & Frank Wangler (bassoon).

Bring your instruments for a Double Reed Band blowout at the end of the day. Bring your reeds to our reed workshops.

Cost: Adults - $30 ($25 if paid in advance)
Students - $20 ($15 in advance)

Sponsored in part by a generous contribution from Fox Products

Visit our vendors to try instruments and see the latest reed tools!
Vendors: Fox Products, Nora Post Inc., Miller Double Reeds, Bel Canto Reeds, Charles Double Reed Co., Hickey's Music Center

For more information: swalt@music.umass.edu or fcohen@music.umass.edu

Fredric T. Cohen with students

Chamber Choir

eroth@music.umass.edu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 7 Saturday

CHAMBER CHOIR

Tony Thornton, director

Including oratorio choruses from Handel’s Solomon, Haydn’s The Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Romantic selections by Brahms, Rachmaninoff & Schumann, music by Vivaldi & Frank Ticheli, plus folk songs & spirituals

8pm St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St. (at Smith College), Northampton
No charge

Infinity Brass Ensemble

eroth@music.umass.edu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Nov. 8 Sunday 4pm Bezanson Recital Hall

INFINITY BRASS
Welcoming new faculty member, tubist John Bottomley

Eric Berlin & Justin Carlin, trumpet; Laura Klock, horn; Norman Bolter, trombone & John Bottomley, tuba with Nikki Stoia, piano

Featuring Quintet #3, Op. 7 by Russian Romantic composer Victor Ewald, Rose Without a Thorn by Henry VIII (arr. Elgar Howarth) & Eric Ewazen’s Pastorale (adapted by Douglas Yeo)

$3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

Laura Klock, Justin Carlin, John Bottomley, Eric Berlin, Norman Bolter

Borromeo String Quartet Masterclass

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0000

November 9 Monday

BORROMEO STRING QUARTET MASTERCLASS

Coaching UMass Amherst chamber music groups

12:15 - 2:15 Music Dept.- String studios and classrooms

Choral Spectrum

eroth@music.umass.edu — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 0:00:00 +0000

Nov. 14 Saturday 7pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

CHORAL SPECTRUM

UMass Amherst Chamber Choir, Chorale & Women's Choir with Massachusetts ACDA Men’s & Women’s High School Honor Choirs

Tony Thornton, director/coordinator

Guest conductors: Dr. Pamela Perry, Central Connecticut State University & Dr. Steven Young, Bridgewater State College

$3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

William Hite - Faculty Voice Recital

eroth@music.umass.edu — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Nov. 15 Sunday

Nursury Rhymes for Grown-Ups
FACULTY RECITAL

William Hite, tenor
With Laura Klock, horn & pianists Gregory Hayes & Ludmila Krasin

Featuring the world premiere of Prof. Emeritus Charles Bestor’s Nursury Rhymes for Grown-Ups, Jeff Myers’ The Age of Assassins set to poems by Arthur Rimbaud, songs by Mendelssohn and poems of Pushkin set to music by the Russian composers Borodin, Glinka & Rachmaninov

2pm Bezanson Recital Hall $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

String Quartets

klockwood@music.umass.edu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 0:30:00 +0000

Nov. 16 Monday

STRING QUARTETS

Graduate & Undergraduate ensembles

7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall No charge

Avanti Plus

eroth@music.umass.edu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 17 Tuesday

AVANTI PLUS

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

Beethoven: Quintet in Eb major, H.19 & Mozart: Serenade in Bb major, "Gran Partita," K. 361

8pm Bezanson Recital Hall $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

Music Theory Lecture Series

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:15:00 +0000

Nov. 19 Thursday

THEORY LECTURE SERIES
Music Theory Professor Rob Schultz, speaker

Title: Contour Vector Space

Using musical contour vector spaces to enhance our understanding of musical passages in works of Brahms, Berg & Boulez

1:10pm Bezanson Recital Hall No charge

Marimba Bands & Ensembles

hannum@music.umass.edu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 19 Thursday

MASS MARIMBA BANDS & UMASS MARIMBA ENSEMBLES

Thomas Hannum, director

Featured guests: South Hadley HS Show Choir, Beth Ayn Curtis (UMass alum), director

A collage of classical, jazz, latin-jazz & pop selections, including the combined groups in the finale, Big Fun

8pm Bowker Auditorium $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

University Orchestra & Chamber Choir

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 21 Saturday 8pm (Printed calendar time of 4pm is INCORRECT)

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR

Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr. & Tony Thornton, directors

Works by Rameau, Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances & Concerto for Orchestra, plus Vivaldi: Gloria

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

University Chorale & Women's Choir

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Nov. 22 Sunday

UNIVERSITY CHORALE & WOMEN’S CHOIR

Tony Thornton, director

Includes music of J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Pergolesi, Purcell, Randall Thompson, Pablo Casals & Henry Leck, plus folk songs, a bit of Broadway (Sweet Charity) & spirituals

4pm First Congregational Church, Main St., Amherst No charge

Jazz Ensemble I

eroth@music.umass.edu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 23 Monday

JAZZ ENSEMBLE I

Jeffrey W. Holmes, director

Steve Sonntag, guest trumpeter; Eric Blanchet, guest conductor

Featuring compositions & arrangements by current & former faculty & students, including Jeff Holmes, Fred Tillis, Dave Sporny, Lester Franklin Newton, Ric Hirsch, Alex Lee-Clark, Brian Thomas & Chris Lapidas, plus a Zappa Medley & classics by Joe Zawinul & Oliver Nelson

8pm Bowker Auditorium $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

Tuesdays in Bezanson

eroth@music.umass.edu — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 24 Tuesday 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall

TUESDAYS IN BEZANSON
Celebrating the Music Faculty

Henri Dutilleux: Les Citations & Louis Spohr: Nonet

Elizabeth Chang, violin; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Laura Klock, horn; Christopher Krueger, flute; Hannah van der Swaagh, viola; Salvatore Macchia, contrabass; Astrid Schween, cello; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Stephen Walt, bassoon; with Gregory Hayes, guest harpsichordist

$3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com

Henri Dutilleux

Avanti Wind Quintet

eroth@music.umass.edu — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 1:00:00 +0000

Nov. 30 Monday 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall

AVANTI WIND QUINTET

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

Includes Francis Poulenc: Sextuor, Scott Wheeler: Village Music, Erwin Schulhoff: Divertissement

$3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or www.umasstix.com