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March 2012
Unless specified otherwise, all events are free and open to the public, and take place in Brendle Recital Hall in the Scales Fine Arts Center.
Friday, March 2
11:00 am
Guest Artist Masterclass: Imani Winds
Grammy-nominated wind quintet Imani Winds holds a masterclass for WFU student chamber music ensembles. For more information on Imani Winds, see the Secrest Artists Series website.
Tuesday, March 6
7:30 pm
University Jazz Ensembles Concert
Philip Morgan and Jay Meachum, directors
The WFU "Deacon Jazz Machine" performs swing and standards.
Tuesday, March 20
4:00 pm
ZSR Library Auditorium
Faculty Lecture-Recital: Jacqui Carrasco, violin: "Mixing Electronic Sounds with a Romantic Violin: The Pioneering Work of Mario Davidovsky"
In the 1960s, Argentine-born composer Mario Davidovsky began his series of Synchronisms, which were some of the first compositions to integrate electronic sounds with acoustic instruments. In a discussion and performance of Davidovsky's Synchronisms No. 9 (1988), Dr. Jacqui Carrasco will highlight the composer's skill in combining romantic violin style with sophisticaed pre-recorded sounds to create a lush and beautiful modern masterpiece.
Tuesday, March 20
7:30 pm
Room M208
Faculty Recital: Louis Goldstein, piano: "Sonatas and Interludes"
In 1940, John Cage invented the prepared piano while looking for a way to make the piano sound like a drum ensemble. From 1946 to 1948, he composed one of the masterpieces of 20th-century piano literature, using an expanded version of his original prepared piano, a keyboard-controlled orchestra of gongs, bells, chimes, rattles, drums, and woodblocks—a magical sound garden. Hear a complete performance of this 20-part marvel.
Thursday, March 22
7:30 pm
Presidential Scholar Recital: Jorge Méndez-Estrada, double bass
with Thomas Turnbull, piano and Jacob Eichhorn, clarinet
Featuring
Méndez-Estrada's original transcription of Pablo de Sarasate'sZigeunerweisen, Bottesini's Gran Concerto, and the world premiere of a piece for double bass, clarinet, and piano composed by Jacob Eichhorn.
Saturday, March 24
3:00 pm
Senior Recital: Mary Beth Freitag, soprano
with Jean T. Blackwood, piano, and Jacob Eichhorn, clarinet
Featuring works by G. F. Handel, Reynaldo Hahn, W. A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Wildhorn, and Adam Guettel.
Tuesday, March 27
7:30 pm
Concert Choir Home Concert
Brian Gorelick, conductor
Concert Choir's Home Concert appearance in Brendle Recital Hall will be a fundraiser for the Concert Choir International Touring Fund. In March 2010, the ensemble toured Rome and Italy, performing internationally for the second time in its over-60 year history. The theme of this year's Home Concert is Visions. The program will present choral works whose texts and music paint pictures of the ideal world, both physical and spiritual. The singers will close with a performance of Dan Forrest's In Paradisum with the University Wind Ensemble, the first choir-band collaboration in the Music Department's history. The admission charge for this concert will help cover the choir's travel expenses when the group takes its third international tour in 2013 to Chile and Argentina. Tickets will be on sale at the door, but may be reserved in advance by calling 758-5026.
General Admission Adults: $10
Students: $5
WFU Students with ID: FREE
Wednesday, March 28
7:00 pm
Room M305 SFAC
Piano Tuning Lecture Demonstration: John D. Chapman, RPT (Registered Piano Technician)
Sponsored by WFU IPLACe (Interdisciplinary Performance and Liberal Arts Center)
Friday, March 30
7:30 pm
Senior Honors Presidential Scholar Recital: Kayla Shipley, clarinet
with Peter Kairoff, piano
Featuring the Sonata No. 1 in F by Johannes Brahms and music by Tartini, Osborne, Ponchielli, and d'Rivera.
Saturday, March 31
2:00 pm
Presidential Scholar Recital: Ilchan Fraser Song, piano
Program includes works by Bach, Chopin, Brahms, and Debussy.
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