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Penn State School of Music
April 3, 2015
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Sue Haug, director of the School of Music, wrote to the faculty, "It has been a great week." The Trombone Ensemble directed by Mark Lusk and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble directed by Dennis Glocke each appeared at the PA State Music Educator's Conference receiving rave reviews by their musical peers. Then the State College community was enthralled with our production of La Bohème! Over 2,000 of you cheered us on and showed your apprecitation with standing ovations. Yet, there is no rest. 76 concerts and recitals are scheduled in the the month of April. We will be ready to perform for you. Please attend a performance - or twenty! Full list of concerts is available here. Remember, if you reside out of town you can watch many of our events online. The information is found here. Make it a Trend!
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Directions and parking information to Esber Recital Hall and other School of Music events are found
here!
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Jazz Festival
Friday, April 9 - 8:00 p.m. - All Star Concert
Saturday, April 10 - 8:00 p.m. - Gala Concert
$4.99 general admission / students free admission
The 2015 Penn State Jazz Festival, hosted by the School of Music, includes guest artists John Fedchock, trombone; Jim Snidero, saxophone; Steve Rudolph, piano; and Joshua Davis, bass. They will be joined by faculty member Marko Marcinko, drums. Penn State's jazz bands - Centre Dimensions, Inner Dimensions, Outer Dimensions - will also be featured during the two-day festival. The jazz studies program is coordinated by faculty member Dan Yoder.
All events occur in Esber Recital Hall. This event is organized by the student chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education and financially sponsored by the University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC). Read More...
Schedule
Friday, April 10
- 2:30 - masterclasses with guest artists
- 8:00 - guest combo performance ($4.99 general/free student)
Saturday, April 11
- through the day - adjudications of middle and high school jazz bands
- 7:30 - Final gala performance ($4.99 general/free student)
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Pennsylvania Quintet 30th Anniversary Recital
Sunday, April 12, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Esber Recital Hall
free admission
The Pennsylvania Quintet, the faculty woodwind quintet of the School of Music, presents a concert in honor of the ensemble's 30th anniversary. The program includes a composition commissioned from Philadelphia-based composer Andrea Clearfield. Titled "Compass Kaleidoscope," the work is based on five quilt patterns chosen by each individual member of the quintet. The composition will be performed with projections of the quilt patterns, and a realization of the quilt by Lois Durran will be displayed.
Other works on the program include Pennsylvania composer Daniel Dorff's "Cape May Breezes". The public is invited to join the quintet for a reception immediately following the concert. Current Pennsylvania Quintet members are faculty members Naomi Seidman, flute; Tim Hurtz, oboe; Anthony J. Costa, clarinet; Lisa Bontrager, horn; and Daryl Durran, bassoon. Former members of long standing include Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, flute, Smith Toulson, clarinet, and Barry Kroeker, oboe.
Composer Andrea Clearfield will be a guest of the School of Music April 9-12. Her residency will include coaching and working with student chamber ensembles who are playing her compositions, and a concert featuring these works will take place on April 11 at 8:00 p.m. in Eisenhower Chapel.
This performance is available via livestreamed video at
Penn State School of Music.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
guest appearance on Theatre's production
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 6:30 p.m.
free admission
Show Dates:
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 to
Friday, April 17, 2015
Julius Caesar
Staged on the steps of Old Main, this production will be set in a contemporary African nation ("Rome") in order to draw parallels between modern African dictatorships and Shakespeare's Roman Republic of 44 B.C. under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar. The idea that a dictator is pulled down by "honorable men" only to plunge the nation into a bloody civil war is the common thread in several African states and is essentially the same idea that drives the play Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was killed by assassins on March 15, 44 B.C. Abraham Lincoln was killed by an assassin's bullet on April 15, 1865. In recognition of the two anniversaries, a special performance of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait will be presented by the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra prior to the Friday evening performance of Julius Caesar. The collaborative presentations will address themes such as protecting the union, winning the peace, misuse of power, tyranny, fear, division of state, and healing.
April 15 - 17, 2015
Old Main Lawn
Free and open to the public
Performance Schedule
April 15, 7:30 p.m.: Julius Caesar performance
April 16, 7:30 p.m.: Julius Caesar performance
April 17, 6:30 p.m.: Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra performance of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait
April 17, 7:45 p.m. Julius Caesar performance
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 8:00 p.m.
$12 general admission/$4 students (at the door)
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Oriana Singers
Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 2:00 p.m.
$4.99 general / $2 student admission
The Oriana Singers present their annual spring campus concert, including works by Renaissance composers Hans Hassler and Richard Dering, and a set of American folk songs. The choir is conducted by Jayne Glocke, assisted by graduate choral conducting student Melody Gifford. They are joined by Svetlana Rodionova, piano. "Discantus," a chamber choir comprised of Oriana Singers members, will also perform. The chamber choir is conducted by Willa Taylor Undergraduate Choral Intern R.J. Beck.
This performance is available via livestreamed video at Penn State School of Music.
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Concert Choir
Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
$4.99 general / $2 student admission
The Concert Choir presents its final concert of the 2014-15 school year. The ensemble is conducted by Christopher Kiver, assisted by choral conducting graduate students Nathan Glocke and Melody Gifford.
This performance is available via livestreamed video at Penn State School of Music.
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