Upcoming School of Music Events
Ocotber 12, 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.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, Sunday, October 11, 2 p.m.. Eisenhower Auditorium, (Ticket Required: $8 adult/$4 student).
Octuba Fest Concert, Monday, October 12, 5:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Bldg I
Members of Euphonium and Tuba Studio will perform works by: Ponchielli, Sparke, Kellaway, Cappuzzi, Bellstedt, and Stevens
Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition, Tuesday, October 13, 7:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Bldg I
Bach’s Lunch: Piano Studio of Enrico Elisi, Thursday, October 15, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel
Clare Wang will be performing Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob: XVI 52 by Joseph Haydn and Mi-Jin Lee will perform Carnaval, Op. 9 by Robert Schumann
Quartet Coaching by Eugene Drucker of Emerson String Quartet, Thursday, October 15, 1:30-3:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Bldg I
Violinist Eugene Drucker, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, is also an active soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, Austin, Hartford, Richmond, Toledo, Memphis, Omaha, Anchorage and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony.
A graduate of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where he studied with Oscar Shumsky, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, with which he appeared as soloist several times. He made his New York debut as a Concert Artists Guild winner in the fall of 1976, after having won prizes at the Montreal Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Mr. Drucker has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach, recently reissued by Parnassus Records, and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartok for Biddulph Recordings. His novel, The Savior, was published by Simon & Schuster in July 2007 and has recently appeared in paperback. Eugene Drucker lives in New York with his wife, cellist Roberta Cooper, and their son Julian.
Guest Artist: Jason Fisher, viola, Friday October 16, 3:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Bldg I
Boston violist Jason Fisher will perform Schubert's "Arpeggione" Sonata with pianist Ann Deighton.
Essence of Joy, Sunday, October 18, 2:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Bldg
Essence of Joy will present its annual Fall Campus Concert on Sunday, October 18, at 2 p.m. in Esber Recital Hall. The program will include works composed and/or arranged by Moses Hogan, Lela Anderson, Mattie Robertson, Ulysses Kay, Raymond Wise, Ben Allaway, Donald Lawrence, Kurt Carr, Keith Williams, Richard Smallwood, Percy Bady, Glenn Burleigh and V. Michael McKay. Members of the Essence of Joy Alumni Singers will also participate in this event. Anthony Leach, associate professor of music/music education and Penn State Laureate Professor is the music director for Essence of Joy. (Ticket Required: $4.99 adult/$2 student available at the door one hour before the performance).
Lecture Recital: Gretchen Renshaw, euphonium, Sunday, October 18, 5:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Oboe Studio Recital, Sunday, October 18, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Members of the Penn State Oboe Studio will perform works by Pierne, Haydn, Barret, Hoffmann, Telemann, and Grabert.
Percussion Ensemble I Recital, Tuesday, October 20, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Tubaween: Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Recital, Wednesday, October 21, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Bach’s Lunch: Voice Students of Jennifer Trost, Thursday, October 22, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel
Faculty Recital: Trout Quintet, Friday, October 23, 5:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Sinfonietta, Friday, October 23, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
Penn State Choral Celebration, Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 p.m., Sunoco Performance Theatre, Whitaker Center, Harrisburg campus
Penn State 2009 Single Reed Summit, Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31, various locations including Esber Recital Hall, Music Buildings I and II.
Hosted by Anthony Costa, professor of clarinet and David Stambler, professor of saxophone, the event will feature clarinetists and saxophonists in solo recitals, concerto performances with wind ensemble, master classes, clinics, and a performance competition. Artists include Capitol Quartet, the Prestige Clarinet Quartet and composer John Anthony Lennon. For more information, visit http://www.music.psu.edu/srs/About.html.
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