Upcoming School of Music Events
November 2, 2009
School of Music Discounts The Penn State School of Music announces its fall concert season with a 40 percent off special. Buy your tickets for School of Music concerts at Eisenhower and Schwab auditoriums in advance and save 40 percent. Avoid standing in a long line at the box office, help the School of Music start concerts on time, and save. No limit on the number of tickets available with this discount. Ticket are available at the Eisenhower Box Office [814-863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX] or online at www.cpa.psu.edu. Prices vary ($8 adult/$4 student for most ensemble concerts; $15 adult/$6 student for Mosaic and opera). The discount is available up to one hour prior to concerts and does not apply to Bandorama.
Senior Recital: Andrew Rowe, tuba, Monday, November 2, 6:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Pennsylvania Quintet, Tuesday November 3, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall Members of the Pennsylvania Quintet are Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, flute; Timothy Hurtz, oboe; Anthony Costa, clarinet; Daryl Durran, bassoon; Timothy Shafer, piano; and Amanda Maple, harpsichord
Brass Chamber Music, Wednesday, November 4, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Bach’s Lunch: Bass Studio of Rob Nairn, Thursday, November 5, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel
Clarinet Studio Recital, Thursday, November 5, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Guest Artist: Danya Katok, voice, Friday, November 6, 5:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Danya Katok, alumna of Penn State (2007) and recent graduate of the Peabody Conservatory will give a voice recital featuring works by Libby Larsen, Richard Strauss, Leonard Bernstein, Hugo Wolf, Benjamin Britten, and Jonathan Harvey. Her pianist will be Svetlana Rodionova.
Senior Recital: Matthew Heim, saxophone, Friday, November 6, 6:30 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel
Philharmonic Orchestra with Gerardo Edelstein (director) and Enrico Elisi, piano, Friday, November 6, 8:00 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium, (Ticket required: $8 adult/$4 student)
~ Chamber Singers with Christopher Kiver (director), Sunday, November 8, 2:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall (ticket required: $4.99 adult/$2 student)
The Penn State Chamber Singers will perform a program of works written in the last 40 years including three of Morten Lauridsen's "Fire Songs" on Italian Renaissance Poems, John Tavener's "Funeral Ikos", Steven Stucky's "The Kingdom of God", Arvo Part's setting of the "Magnificat", and Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Credo".
~ Oriana Singers, Sunday, November 8, 4:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall (ticket required: $4.99 adult/$2 student)
~ University Choir Fall Campus Concert with Anthony Leach (conductor), Sunday, November 8, 6:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall (ticket required: $4.99 adult/$2 student)
Music of the following composers will be featured: Carl Nyard, Jr., William Billings, F. M. Christiansen, Ron Harris, James Mulholland, Stuart Churchill, Morten Lauridsen, Aaron Copland, Joseph Joubert and William H. Smith. Sine Nomine, a chamber choir from within the University Choir will also perform. Conductors for this event will include Emily Wertz and Kimberly Kraft, graduate assistants and Nathan Glocke, undergraduate conducting intern.
~ Guest Artist: Giuseppe Lupis, piano, Sunday, November 8, 8:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Bandorama, Friday, November 13, 7:00 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium (ticket required: $16 adult/$11 student/$8 children 18 and under)
Bandorama is the band program’s indoor spectacular that features the Symphonic Band (Dennis Glocke, conductor), one of the school’s four concert bands; and the Blue Band (O. Richard Bundy, director) recipient of the 2005 Sudler Trophy, the most prestigious award for a collegiate marching band.
For more information on the programs listed above, go to www.music.psu.edu/upcoming
Tickets may be purchased by calling 1-800-ARTS-TIX, 814-863-0255, or on line at www.cpa.psu.edu.
For a complete listing of all concerts and recitals, please visit http://www.events.psu.edu and choose music performance events.
Contact: Melanie Heggs mjh463@psu.edu