Ovation Series

Welcome!

The excitement and elegance continues in Weber Music Hall with the tenth season of UMD music's ovation guest artist series.

Become a subscriber now and experience the acoustically and aesthetically exciting Weber Music Hall designed by internationally acclaimed architect Cesar Pelli. We are extremely appreciative of the generous support of Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin, and Ron and Mary Ann Weber. Go here for the current schedule, or download the brochures (pdf):
Ovation Series brochure 1 | Ovation Series brochure 2

Season Subscriber Bonus Benefits

Select Your Seats

As a season subscriber you will have your own personal seats that will be waiting for your for all five of the Ovation Series Concerts.

Ticket Discount:

Our subscription series provides you with a 20% reduction off the single ticket price for the Ovation Series Concerts. Reservations required.

Season Subscriptions:

$81 – adult
$73 – senior
$21 – student

Individual Ticket Prices:

$19 – adult
$17 – senior
$5 – student

Ticket Insurance:

As a subscriber should you lose or forget your tickets, we will replace them, even on the night of the concert. Your subscription order and seat choice remains on file to provide you with excellent customer service.

Ticket Donations:

If for unseen circumstances you cannot attend one of the five guest artist concerts, we kindly ask that you donate your tickets back to us to ensure that another music lover be provided the opportunity to attend these wonderful concerts. To donate your tickets, call the UMD Box Office at 218-726-8877 prior to the concert. You will receive an acknowledgment for your tax records within five business days.

Questions or inquires call:
RaeAnn Williams, Box Office Manager, 218-726-8877

2011-2012 Ovation Guest Artist Series

Ksenia Lubyantseva, Piano
Monday, October 24, 2011 | 7:30 pm
1st Prize winner of six International and Russian competitions, and is a student of the Petrozavodsk Conservatory. Ms. Lubyantseva performs Chopin's Nocturne, Op. 37, Mozart's - 9 Variations in C Major on Lison Dormait, Liszt's Dante Sonata, and Schumann's Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, among others.

Timothy Eddy, Cello & Gilbert Kalish, Pianist
Thursday, November 17, 2011 | 7:30 pm
This internationally renowned cello-piano duo have collaborated since 1980. They have performed as soloists with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Lake Wobegon® Brass Band
Sunday, February 19, 2012 | 3:00 pm
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.

John Fedchocks New York Sextet
Friday, March 2, 2012 | 7:30 pm
This sextet is comprised of New York Citys jazz elite. Come see these internationally recognized players with a list of credits that reads like a whos-who of the jazz world.

Geraldine Mcmillian, Soprano & David Mayfield, Pianist
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 7:30 pm
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.

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
Made possible by a UMD Diversity Grant

More Information:

Ovation Guest Artist Series brochures:
Ovation Series brochure 1 | Ovation Series brochure 2

Tickets:

Subscription prices $21-$81 for all five concerts! Individual tickets $5-$19. Subscribe now and get special discount tickets to the 10/26/11 (7:30 pm) celebration concert of Swedish composer Allan Pettersson with Duo Gelland, and the 4/26/12 (7:30 pm) Evening of Extraordinary Opera Scenes.
218-726-8877 or www.tickets.umn.edu
1201 Ordean Court, H 231
Duluth, MN 55812-3041

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