Music Events Calendar

UMD MUSIC FALL 2011

All events in Weber Music Hall, unless otherwise noted.

January

Sunday, January 29, 2012 | 3:00 pm

» » Faculty Artist Recital: Betsy Husby, cello and
Alexander Chernyshev, piano
Adult $10 | Senior $8 | Student FREE

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | 4:00 pm

» » Junior High Honor Choir Concert
Stanley R. Wold, coordinator | FREE Admission

February

Monday, February 13, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Tuba Love
Feb. 13 — Faculty Recital: Daniel W. Eaton, Tuba and Derek Bromme, Euphonium
Feb. 14 — Tuba/Euphonium Students Recital and the UMD Tubaphonium Ensemble Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Faculty Artist Recital: Dr. Regina Zona, soprano and
Dr. Kathleen Tagg, piano
From Words to Music: Vocal Music Based on the Texts of Shakespeare and Goethe Adult $10 | Senior $8 | Student FREE

Sunday, February 19, 2012 | 3:00 pm

» » Ovation Guest Artist Series Concert: Lake Wobegon^® Brass Band
Lake Wobegon^® Brass Band celebrates its 20th year. Formed in 1992 to showcase the unique sound and style of British brass bands, Lake Wobegon^® is used by permission of Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public Radio. Adult $19 | Senior $17 | Student $5 (reserved seating)

Monday, February 20, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » UMD Faculty Wind Quintet
Adult $10 | Senior $8 | Student FREE

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | 3:30 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center
» » Junior High Honor Band Concert
Mark Whitlock, coordinator | Daniel W. Eaton, conductor
FREE admission

March

Friday, March 2, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Ovation Guest Artist Series Concert:
John Fedchock’s New York Sextet
This sextet is comprised of New York City’s jazz elite. Come see these internationally recognized players with a list of credits that reads like a who’s-who of the jazz world. Adult $19 | Senior $17 | Student $5 (reserved seating)

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » UMD Graduate Percussion Ensemble
Gene Koshinski, director
Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Ovation Guest Artist Series Concert: Geraldine McMillian, soprano & David Mayfield, pianist
Geraldine McMillian made her debut with the New York City Opera as Mimi in La Boheme, and has performed with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony and Hamburg Orchestra. Her diverse repertoire includes Treemonisha with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Elisabeth in Don Carlos with Minnesota Opera, Madame Lidoine in Poulenc’s Dialogue of the Carmelites, with Central City Opera and Aida, which she has sung to acclaim with Nashville Opera, Memphis Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera and Opera Omaha. In February 2008, and in October 2009 she made her debut with Cape Town Opera as Aida.

Mr. Mayfield’s time in New York is primarily occupied with working with individual singers in the areas of performance style, language and interpretation, both privately and at Manhattan School of Music. Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Strauss, Berlioz, and Duparc.
Adult $19 | Senior $17 | Student $5 (reserved seating)
Tickets: 218-726-8877
» » SPECIAL FREE EVENTS combined with the Concert
Thursday, March 29, 2012 | 12-2:30 pm
Talk and Master Class | McMillian & Mayfield | Weber Music Hall
Friday, March 30, 2012 | 12-1 pm
Diversity Dialogue | informal conversation with McMillian & Mayfield Tweed Lecture Gallery

Please feel free to attend both free events below, with or without attending the concert on Wednesday night.

In a style reminiscent of "Inside the Actor's Studio," an event hosted by Elias Mokole. Join us as we listen to the professional and personal journeys of Geraldine McMillian and David Mayfield, followed by a Q&A session. Light reception with refreshments to follow in Tweed Activity Gallery. Made possible by a UMD Diversity Grant

Friday, March 30, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » UMD Symphony Orchestra — 11th Annual Concerto
Competition Concert
UMD Symphony Orchestra | Jean R. Perrault, conductor Featuring the winners of the 2012 Student Soloist Competition: Dennis Shuman, tenor and Sarah Knott, mezzo-soprano. Program to include Bruckner's 4th Symphony "Romantic". Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3 (under 12 FREE)

April

Thursday, April 5, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Faculty Recital: Tom Pfotenhauer, trumpet
Adult $10 | Senior $8 | Student FREE

Saturday, April 14, 2012

» » Chamber Orchestra
Jean R. Perrault, conductor
Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Chester Park (31 W. College St.)
» » Percussion Ensemble
"Percussion Park" by David Macbride: a 75-minute 'musicircus' featuring 18 pieces (with over 100 instruments) performed simultaneously in multiple performance spaces where audience members individually choose when, where, and how to listen to the performance. The composer will be in attendance and will present the opening remarks. Gene Koshinski, director | FREE Admission

April 19 – 21 & 25 – 28, 2012 | 7:30 pm
April 22, 2012 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center
» » UMD Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with UMD Theatre
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Kate Ufema, director | Jean R. Perrault, conductor
Adult $18 | Senior/Student $13 | Child (12 & under) $8 | UMD Student $6

Sunday, April 29, 2012 | 3:00 pm

» » Choir Concert
University Singers and Chamber Singers | Stanley R Wold, director
Concert Chorale | Tina Thielen-Gaffey, director
In an international program featuring two guest conductors: Mr. Evgeny Guryev, Dean of the Choral Conducting Department of the Petrozavodsk (Russia) State Conservatory Mr. Yuri Klaz, former conductor of the Karelian Chamber Choir (Russia) and presently director of Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir and the Winnipeg Singers.
Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

Sunday, April 29, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Brass Chamber Recital
Tom Pfotenhauer, conductor
Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

Monday, April 30, 2012 | 7:30 pm

» » Woodwind Chamber Recital
Jefferson Campbell, Lorie Scott, Brad Bombardier: faculty sponsors
Adult $8 | Senior $7 | Student $5 | UMD Student $3

May

Sunday, May 6, 2012 | 3:00 pm

» » Faculty Recital: Thomas Wegren "Doc Rocks"
The first half features the music of Chopin, Liszt and Gottschalk and the second half focusing on the Pop-Rock scene. Adult $10 | Senior $8 | Student FREE

Tickets

218-726-8877 or www.tickets.umn.edu

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