This month at
the University of Arizona School of Music
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Noche Hispanoamericana: Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano with Trio Chapultepec
Friday, January 26, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $40
Presented by Tucson Guitar Society
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano with Trio Chapultepec, guitars, and Jesús Pacheco, percussion, with special appearance by Misael Barraza-Díaz, classical and flamenco guitar.
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Cecilia Duarte Masterclass
Saturday, January 27, 12:30 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free
Singers from the UA School of Music participate in a masterclass led by celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte. Free and open to the public.
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New Directions In Song
Wednesday, January 31, 12:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free
Singers from the UA School of Music will present a recital of contemporary art song, featuring new trends and discoveries. Hosted by faculty artist Dr. Kristin Dauphinais. Free and open to the public.
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The Creative Process:
A Discussion with Michael Fabiano, tenor, Jimmy López Bellido, composer, & Nilo Cruz, poet
Wednesday, February 14, 7:00 p.m.
UA School of Music, $Free
Join Tucson Desert Song Festival Coordinator George Hanson for a lively discussion about the creative process behind the world premiere of Quiet Poems, a new song cycle by Jimmy López Bellido with poems by Nilo Cruz. Pianist Laurent Philippe, Fabiano’s frequent and long-time performing partner, will join him onstage the following evening for a full recital program featuring the premiere. This work was commissioned by the Tucson Desert Song Festival through the Wesley Green Composer Project.
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Recital:
Michael Fabiano, tenor & Laurent Philippe, piano – Jimmy López Bellido World Premiere “Quiet Poems”
Thursday, February 15, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $40
Renowned tenor Michael Fabiano and long-time performing partner pianist Laurent Philippe present the world premiere of a new song cycle by Jimmy López Bellido with poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. The work, titled Quiet Poems, was commissioned by the Tucson Desert Song Festival through the Wesley Green Composer Project.
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Lawrence Brownlee Masterclass
Arizona Opera
Tuesday, March 12, 6:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free
Singers from the UA School of Music participate in a masterclass led by celebrated tenor Lawrence Brownlee.
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Recital: Lawrence Brownlee, tenor with Kevin Miller, piano
Arizona Opera
Wednesday, March 13, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $40
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Recital: Nicole Cabell, soprano with Welz Kauffman, piano
True Concord Voices & Orchestra
Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $40
The magnificent soprano Nicole Cabell – winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition, one of the most prestigious prizes won by such luminaries as Barton, Hvorostovsky, and Terfel – makes her Tucson Desert Song Festival debut. The recital program will include favorite opera and Great American Songbook selections including Puccini, Gounod, Gershwin, Jerome Kern, and Cole Porter.
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PlanetScape
Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $22 Admission
PlanetScape is a collaboration between the School of Music, the Department of Astronomy, Live and Immersive Art, School of Dance, School of Information, and UA Research Technologies Department. It is an immersive multimedia project synthesizing music, science, visual art, and technology. This convergence research collaboration is catalyzed by the union of concepts at the confluence of astronomy, humanity, artistic expression through music and dance, and socio-technical experience.
This is a story about exoplanets and space exploration.
Where is our next home after the Earth? What is it like to travel to alien worlds?
What would we find when we get there and who do we become when we know we can never go home?
For more information, please visit: stellarscape.org
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Faculty & Guest Artist Collaborative Recital
Jacob Dalager & Jason Carder; Trumpet
Sunday, January 28, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
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Join us for a fantastic collaborative recital featuring guest artist Jacob Dalager & faculty artist Jason Carder on trumpet. The program will include "Carillon" by Erik Satie, 10 Concert Duets for Trumpet by Anthony Plog, Concerto for Two Trumpets by Erik Morales, "Arabesque" by Joseph Turrin, 10 Concert Duets for Trumpet by Anthony Plog, "Double, Double You" by Kenny Wheeler, "If I Should Lose You" by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin, and "Star Eyes" by Gene dePaul & Don Raye. The concert will also feature pianists Ina Selvelieva and Angelo Versace and Scott Black on bass.
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“The Tradition and Transcendence of the French Organ Symphony”
Douglas Cleveland, Organ
Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series
Friday February 2, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
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Organist Douglas Cleveland will present a program entitled “The Tradition and Transcendence of the French Organ Symphony.” This program will include the Symphonie II in E minor, Op. 20 by Louis Vierne, movements from Symphonie V in F minor, Op. 42 by Charles-Marie Widor, and Évocation (Poème Symphonique), Op. 37, by Marcel Dupré. The Vierne work was the composer’s first cyclical symphony for solo organ; the first movement contains all of the thematic motives and materials for the development of the entire symphony. Dupré’s Évocation is comprised of three movements: an opening that introduces the drama and color of this large-scale work dedicated to his father, Albert Dupré; a lyrical slow movement; and a vigorous, powerful dance-like final movement that is a pinnacle and an exclamation mark for this program of French symphonic tradition in the twentieth century.
The Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series, established in memory of Professor Johnson following his tragic death in 1995, showcases outstanding contemporary organists. Professor Johnson made enormous contributions to the organ studies program, the keyboard area, and to graduate studies during his 29 years at the University of Arizona. The installation of the beautiful Schoenstein organ given by Isabelle Harris, in a hall designed for the organ, was the fulfillment of his vision for a flourishing organ program.
Co-sponsored by the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
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50th Annual President’s Concert
Arizona Symphony Orchestra
with 2023-2024 Concerto Competition Winners
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 4, 3:00 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $25 Admission
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Clarissa Christina Smith, soprano
3 selections by Richard Strauss
Andrew D. Nix, violin
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Shih-Han Su, piano
Piano Concerto, Op. 13 by Benjamin Britten
Kenny Kriha, bassoon
Bassoon Concerto by Daniel Schnyder
Overture to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
The students are selected from each area of the School of Music – strings, voice, wind and percussion, and keyboard. They represent the depth of talent at the school, shining in this performance with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Their performances will be conducted by doctoral students María Fátima Corona del Toro and J. Alexander Bennett. The program will also include Sinfonia to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, under the baton of Dr. Thomas Cockrell.
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Faculty Artist Series Recital
Sara Fraker, Oboe
featuring
Fanya Lin, piano
Timothy Kantor, violin
Theodore Buchholz, cello
assisted by members of the UArizona oboe studio
Thursday, February 8, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
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Three works position the voice of the solo oboe in a series of contrasting musical worlds. Mexican composer Mario Lavista evokes the myth of Marsyas and Apollo, exploring an encounter between human brokenness and divinity. Marsyas, represented by the oboe, traverses a landscape of shifting “harmonic fields” generated by eight crystal water glasses. Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, known for her synthesis of Hindustani and Western classical traditions, gives us a piece based on five yogic breaths (pranayam). Each movement invites the listener (but not the oboist!) into a different pattern of breath practice. Finally, we present the North American premiere of Australian composer Lachlan Skipworth’s Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano. It’s a brilliant new work that sparkles with joy and virtuosity, truly a balm for the spirit.
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Tenth Annual David Russell Bach Prize Finalists Recital
Monday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free Admission
David Russell Bach Prize Semifinals
Wednesday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $Free admission, open to the public
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One of Tucson’s great treasures is the musical residency of the extraordinary David Russell at the University of Arizona. The Grammy Award-winning artist comes every year to teach and to perform, thanks to the legacy of Sandy Bolton. Russell also judges the David Russell Bach Prize Recital, which presents four top guitar students playing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Russell is the sole judge of the four finalists. In May 2014 Maestro Russell was bestowed the Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Arizona. About this competition, Russell wrote, “The wonderful music of J.S. Bach is satisfying on all levels: emotionally, intellectually, technically and historically. It has given me so much pleasure and happiness all through my life, that I want to encourage all the students to dedicate some valuable time of their important formative years at the university to studying his music. The competition will be a very good incentive for them to include some of Bach’s works in their repertoire that I hope will give them the same pleasure for their entire lives.”
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Guest Artist Series Recital – David Russell, Guitar
Saturday, February 10, 2024 – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 11, 2024 – 3:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $35.00 General Admission, $10 Students
More info: Tucson Guitar Society
Grammy award-winning classical guitar. Concertgoers everywhere are in awe of his musical genius and are inspired by his captivating stage presence. His love of his craft resonates through his flawless and seemingly effortless performance. His attention to detail and provocative lyrical phrasing suggest an innate understanding of what each individual composer was working to achieve, bringing to each piece a sense of adventure.
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“Unity” Duo Entre-Nous
Jackie Glazier, clarinet
Don-Paul Kahl, saxophone
with Morris Palter, percussion
Saturday, February 17, 3:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
Associate Professor of Clarinet, Jackie Glazier is joined by Belgian-based saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl in the dynamic ensemble Duo Entre-Nous to present UNITY. Exploring the sonic possibilities of the saxophone and clarinet, UNITY showcases these instruments in new ways achieving the all important connection between them, the musicians, the composers’ voice, and the audience. This program presents works in unique ways that hit at the heart of our deep connection to each other and the physical world around us. The program will feature several world premieres of new works by Joel Love, Robert Lemay, Michel Lysight, Roger Zare, Ramon Lazkano, and Molly Joyce. Molly’s new work, Unity, will feature sound descriptions, penned by artist Andy Slater, as a central point of the work to provide access for the deaf and hard of hearing, inviting the audience to participate in the creation of their own sound descriptions.
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Guest Artist Series Recital
Transient Canvas
Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
For over a decade Boston-based contemporary duo Transient Canvas has been thrilling audiences with their “engaging musicality and easy sense of ensemble” (Cleveland Classical) and “superb” performances (Boston Globe). Bass clarinetist Amy Advocat (she/her) and marimbist Matt Sharrock (they/them) relish the creative potential of working with living composers, with the San Francisco Chronicle lauding “the versatile imagination they both display and inspire in others” and a commissioned repertoire of over 90 works. Since 2017, they have hosted their annual paid Composer Fellowship Program that is free and open to composers of all ages. They maintain an active touring schedule with recent performances at the Alba Music Festival, Festival of New American Music, Music on the Edge, New Music Miami, and Red Note New Music Festival, among others. Recent educational residencies include the University of Southern California, University of Miami, New York University, and Longy’s Divergent Studio. They have three albums – Right now, in a second; Sift; and Wired – released on New Focus Recordings. Transient Canvas proudly endorses Henri Selmer Paris and Marimba One. For more information, visit www.transientcanvas.com.
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2024 Fourth Annual Trester Festival for Latin American Music
Hosted by the Keyboard Area of the University of Arizona School of Music
Featuring Alejandro Cremaschi and Priscila Navarro
February 18-20, 2024
The fourth annual Trester Festival for Latin American Piano Music will highlight music from across Latin America, with a particular focus this year on the music of Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and the U.S. Argentinian pianist Alejandro Cremaschi will present a lecture-recital on Ginastera’s Doce Preludios Americanos, and Peruvian pianist Priscila Navarro will present a solo recital including works by Tania León, Jimmy Lopez, and others. Both Dr. Cremaschi and Dr. Navarro will work with UArizona piano students in a public master class.
Festival Schedule
Competition
Final Round of the 14th Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition featuring performances by UArizona piano students
Sunday, February 18, 3:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $free
Solo Piano Recital
Dr. Priscila Navarro (works by Tania León, Jimmy Lopez, and others)
Monday, February 19, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $10 Admission
Lecture Recital
Dr. Alejandro Cremaschi: Alberto Ginastera’s Doce Preludios Americanos, Op. 12
Tuesday, February 20, 1:00 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $free
Master Class
Dr. Priscila Navarro and Dr. Alejandro Cremaschi featuring performances by UArizona piano students
Tuesday, February 20, 5:00 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $free
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UA Wind Symphony
Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10 Admission
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UA Wind Ensemble
Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10 Admission
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“The Rising” – Symphonic Choir and Guests
Sunday, February 25, 3:00 p.m.
St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1431 W. Magee Rd.
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Recital Choir: Dane Carten
Thursday, February 29, 3:10 p.m.
Music Building, Room 232, $Free
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Jazz Week Concert
UA Studio Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo
featuring Mike Moreno
February, 29, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10 Admission
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Upcoming Student Recitals
Free Admission
Student recitals are subject to change
Claire Davis
Viola Recital Masters: MUS 915 - Performance
Monday, January 29, 7:00 p.m.
Room 170
Student Composer Concert
Thursday, February 1, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall
Brian Flores
Saxophone Recital Masters: MUS 915 - Performance
Saturday, February 10, 3:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall
Mengda Jiang
Choral Conducting Recital Doctoral: MUS 925 - Lecture
Friday, February 16, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall
Zhiyong Xu
Violin Recital Doctoral: MUS 925 - Qualifying
Thursday, February 22, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall
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