U of M School of Music announces fall 2010 season events

Oct. 16 Collage Concert to honor university President Robert Bruininks and his wife, Dr. Susan Hagstrum

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (07/28/2010) —The University of Minnesota School of Music has announced its fall 2010 event offerings. Fall highlights include the 10th Anniversary All-School Collage Concert on Oct. 16, featuring more than 300 students and faculty in performance and the Fall Convocation on Oct. 13, featuring keynote speaker Paul Phoenix of The King’s Singers.

In addition, this year’s Collage Concert will honor university President Robert Bruininks and his wife, Dr. Susan Hagstrum, for their years of service to the university and their support of the School of Music.

Most School of Music events are free, unless otherwise noted, and all events are open to the public. The school’s Ferguson Hall (2106 4th St. S., Minneapolis) and Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128 4th St. S., Minneapolis) are both located on the U of M’s West Bank. Convenient parking is available at the university’s 19th Avenue and 21st Avenue parking ramps; one must pay a fee to park in these ramps.

Established in 1902, the University of Minnesota School of Music offers a dynamic, comprehensive program to more than 550 music students in undergraduate and graduate programs, led by a world-class faculty of more than 50 artists, scholars and teachers. The School of Music presents more than 400 free concerts per year. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.music.umn.edu or call (612) 626-1094 for a brochure.

FALL 2010 EVENTS

ALL-SCHOOL EVENTS

School of Music Fall Convocation
With keynote speaker Paul Phoenix, tenor and member of internationally renowned The King’s Singers.
Wednesday, Oct. 13 • 10 a.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

10th Anniversary Collage Concert
Featuring more than 300 students and faculty performing in a musical extravaganza. This year’s Collage Concert will honor university President Robert Bruininks and his wife, Dr. Susan Hagstrum, for their years of service to the university and their support of the School of Music.
Tickets: $16 adults/$11 children; U of M students, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees. General admission. (612) 624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu
All proceeds support the School of Music Community Engagement Initiative.
Saturday, Oct. 16 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

BAND EVENTS

Wind Ensemble
Featuring the world premiere of Gregory Mertl’s Piano Concerto for Piano and Symphonic Winds with Solungga Liu, guest pianist (written for Solungga Liu and the U of M Wind Ensemble). Craig Kirchhoff, conductor
Tuesday, Oct. 12 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Symphonic Band and University Band
Jerry Luckhardt and Alicia Neal, conductors
Wednesday, Oct. 13 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Campus Bands
Eric Allen and John Zarco, conductors
Thursday, Oct. 21 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Marching Band Indoor Concerts
Tickets: (612) 624-2345 – on sale after Sept. 7
Saturday, Nov. 13 • 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14 • 3 p.m. | Northrop Memorial Auditorium

Wind Ensemble
Featuring the regional premiere of Carter Pann’s Concerto Logic for Piano and Wind Symphony with Carter Pann, guest pianist. The program will also feature the The Singers, Minnesota Choral Artists, (Matthew Culloton, conductor) who join U of M Wind Ensemble in a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Mass. Craig Kirchhoff, conductor
Tuesday, Nov. 23 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Wind Ensemble: Chamber Music
Craig Kirchhoff, conductor
Tuesday, Nov. 30 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Symphonic Band and University Band
Jerry Luckhardt and Alicia Neal, conductors
Wednesday, Dec. 1 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Campus Bands
Eric Allen and John Zarco, conductors
Thursday, Dec. 2 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Conducting Symposium
Advanced registration required. Call (612) 624-6873.
Saturday, Dec. 11 • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Ferguson Hall

CHORAL EVENTS

University Men’s and Women’s Chorus: Fall Program
Friday, Nov. 5 • 7:30 p.m. | University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave S.E., Minneapolis

University Singers Fall Concert: The Music of Jeffrey Van
Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and Christopher Owen, conductors
Jeffrey Van, guitar
Friday, Nov. 12 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

University Choirs: Sounds of the Season
An all choir holiday event. Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and graduate student conductors
Friday, Dec. 3 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

JAZZ EVENTS

Jazz Ensemble I: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer
Thursday, Oct. 14 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jazz Ensembles II and III
Monday, Oct. 18 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jazz Ensemble I opens for the JazzMN Orchestra
JazzMN Orchestra – Kenton’s 100th Kickoff featuring vocalist Stephanie Nakasian.
Tickets: www.jazzmn.org
Saturday, Nov. 20 • 7:30 p.m. | Hopkins High School Performing Arts Center, 2400 Lindberg Dr., Minnetonka

Jazz Combos in Concert
Monday, Nov. 29 • 7:30 p.m. | Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall

Jazz Ensembles I and II: Old Wine, New Bottles
Modern arrangements of classic jazz tunes.
Monday, Dec. 6 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

OPERA EVENTS

University Opera Theatre presents Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry
Libretto by Herschel Garfein. Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. David Walsh, director
Tickets: $22/$12 students & children. Two for one tickets for U of M students, faculty, alumni, staff and retirees. (612) 624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu.
Thurs., Nov. 18 – Sat., Nov. 20 • 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21 • 1:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

ORCHESTRAL EVENTS

Campus String Orchestra
Performing Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Sibelius’s Rakastava (The Lovers). Foster Beyers, conductor
Friday, Oct. 22 • 7:30 p.m. | Location TBD

University Symphony Orchestra
Mark Russell Smith conducts the music of Johann Strauss, Jr. (Die Fledermaus Overture) and Berlioz’s ground-breaking Symphonie fantastique. Doctoral candidate Jeffrey Specht conducts Richard Strauss’s orchestral tour-de-force Don Juan.
Monday, Oct. 25 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Campus Orchestra: A Night of Dances
Featuring Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, Gounod’s Faust ballet music, Bizet’s Carmen Suite 1 and 2, Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Strauss’s Blue Danube or Emperor’s Waltz.
Monday, Nov. 1 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

University Symphony Orchestra
Featuring the Concerto Competition winner and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Master’s candidate Erik Rohde leads Gershwin’s American in Paris.
Monday, Dec. 13 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

Campus Orchestra and String Orchestra
Performing Dvorak’s New World Symphony and a symphony by F. J. Haydn.
Wednesday, Dec. 15 • 7:30 p.m. | Ted Mann Concert Hall

ABOVE AND BEYOND

U of M Organ Student Showcase
University of Minnesota organ students perform on the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ
www.northroporgan.org
Tuesday, Nov. 23 • 7:30 p.m. | Northrop Memorial Auditorium

U of M Guitar Ensemble
Friday, Dec. 3 • 4:30 p.m. | Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

GUEST/ALUMNI EVENTS

Guest Recital: Jürgen Essl, organ
One of the foremost organists and composers in today’s European musical scene and a professor at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik, Jürgen Essl performs on the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in Northrop Memorial Auditorium.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ, www.northroporgan.org
Thursday, Sept. 16 • 7:30 p.m. | Northrop Memorial Auditorium

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI)
Experience the finals of the Eighth Quadrennial IVCI in real time on a large screen format via Internet2. The competition will feature the finest playing from the next generation of concert artists.
Fri., Sept. 24 and Sat., Sept. 25 • Time TBD | Ferguson Hall, Room 225

U of M Organ Alumni Showcase
University of Minnesota organ alumni perform on the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in Northrop Memorial Auditorium.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ
www.northroporgan.org
Tuesday, Oct. 12 • 7:30 p.m. | Northrop Memorial Auditorium

FACULTY EVENTS

Guest and Faculty Recital: Instant Composition
Finnish organist, music theorist and composer Atte Tenkanen will give a lecture-demonstration on contemporary, art music related free improvisation together with SOM visiting professor Erkki Huovinen as his multi-instrumental duo companion.
Wednesday, Sept. 8 • 5 p.m. | Ferguson Hall, Organ Studio (213)

Faculty and Student Recital: Music of Bach and Baldwin
Performing eight arias by Bach with trumpets, horns, timpani, and continuo featuring John De Haan, Thomas Ashworth, Fernando Meza and John Tranter. Also featured are Dean Billmeyer, Charles Ullery, Michael Gast and Caroline Lemen. Seven of Baldwin’s graduate students will perform his Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani.
Monday, Sept. 20 • 7:30 p.m. | Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Faculty Recital: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet and Timothy Lovelace, piano
Debut recital of award winning clarinetist and faculty member Alexander Fiterstein with faculty member Timothy Lovelace, piano. The program will include works by Brahms, Debussy and Weinberg.
Monday, Nov. 15 • 7:30 p.m. | Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Faculty Recital: Dean Billmeyer, organ
University organist Dean Billmeyer performs a special Winter Solstice Recital on the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in Northrop Memorial Auditorium.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ
www.northroporgan.org
Tuesday, Dec. 21 • 7:30 p.m. | Northrop Memorial Auditorium