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MUSIC PROGRAM


Upcoming Events:


Nov. 21   Saturday  
UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA &
CHAMBER CHOIR

Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr. & Tony Thornton, directors

Music by Rameau, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra and Romanian Folk Dances & Vivaldi: Gloria

8pm   St. Mary's Church, 3 Elm St, Northampton
No charge

Nov. 22    Sunday    
UNIVERSITY CHORALE & WOMEN'S CHOIR
Tony Thornton, conductor

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

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: Jeff Holmes, Fred Tillis, Dave Sporny, Frank Newton, Ric Hirsch, Alex Lee-Clark, Brian Thomas & Chris Lapidas, plus a Zappa Medley & tunes by Joe Zawinul & Oliver Nelson

8pm   Bowker Auditorium   www.umasstix.com

Henri Dutilleux

Nov. 24   Tuesday  
TUESDAYS IN BEZANSON
Celebrating the Music Faculty

Henri Dutilleux: Les Citations & Louis Spohr: Nonet in F Major

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

8pm   Bezanson Recital Hall   www.umasstix.com

Nov. 30    Monday  
AVANTI WIND QUINTET
Christopher Krueger, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn & Stephen Walt, bassoon with Judith Gordon, guest pianist

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

8pm  Bezanson Recital Hall  www.umasstix.com

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

  
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