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For Immediate Release
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
SCHOOL OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES 2014/2015 EVENTS
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (9/12/2014)— The U of M School of Music 2014/2015 event highlights include: Lydia
Artymiw & Friends (10/5); The Bob Dylan Big Band Project (10/7); 14th Annual U of M School of Music Collage
Concert (10/18); 53rd Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert (11/18 & 11/22); University Opera Theatre’s
production of Georges Bizet’s La Tragédie de Carmen (11/20-23); Wind Ensemble and University Singers
Women: Susan Botti’s Cosmosis (11/25); and University Opera Theatre’s production of W.A. Mozart’s Le nozze
di Figaro (4/16-19).
Most School of Music events are free, unless otherwise noted, and all events are open to the public. The School of
Music’s Ferguson Hall (2106 4th Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455), and Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128
Fourth Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455) are both located on the U of M’s West Bank campus. Convenient
parking is available at the University's 19th Avenue and 21st Avenue parking ramps; you 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.
ALL-SCHOOL EVENTS
14th Annual U of M School of Music Collage Concert
Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
The annual School of Music Collage Concert features more than 300 students and faculty in a non-stop concert
showcase of all that the School of Music has to offer – including performances by choral, orchestral, jazz,
chamber, world music, and wind ensembles as well as solo performances.
BAND EVENTS
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, October 9 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Internationally acclaimed guest and founder of the New Sousa Band, Keith Brion conducts the Wind Ensemble.
Brion has published band music by Charles Ives, Percy Grainger, John Philip Sousa, and more. He is currently
recording the complete music of Sousa for Naxos Records with London’s Royal Artillery Band.
Wind Ensemble
Monday, October 13 at 7 pm • Buffalo High School (877 Bison Blvd, Buffalo, MN)
Featuring works from its October 9 concert, the Wind Ensemble performs in a concert also featuring the Buffalo
High School Wind Ensemble.
1 North Star and Maroon Campus Bands
Wednesday, October 15 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
University Band and Gold Campus Band
Thursday, October 16 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Symphonic Band: American Masters
Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
This program is highlighted by composers Alan Hovhaness, Ronald Lo Presti, Charles Rochester Young, and
John Philip Sousa.
53rd Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert
Tuesday, November 18 at 7 pm • Mayo Civic Center (Rochester, MN)
Saturday, November 22 at 2 pm and 7 pm • Northrop Auditorium
Performing half-time favorites and more.
Rochester tickets: Free, available at the door.
Northrop tickets: 612-624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu
Wind Ensemble and University Singers Women: Susan Botti’s Cosmosis
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Guest composer and soloist Susan Botti will join the Wind Ensemble (Craig Kirchhoff, conductor) and University
Singers Women (Matthew Mehaffey, conductor) for a performance of Cosmosis, for wind ensemble, solo
soprano, and women’s voices.
North Star and Maroon Campus Bands
Monday, December 1 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Symphonic Band: Tears and Dreams
Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Featuring a new setting of Manuel Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas for winds and percussion by
Twin Cities composer Shelley Hanson.
University Band and Gold Campus Band
Thursday, December 4 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
21st Annual High School Honor Band Concert
Sunday, January 25 at 1:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
The upper Midwest’s finest young wind and percussion instrumentalists perform challenging wind music.
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, February 19 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Symphonic Band
Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
North Star and Maroon Campus Bands
Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
University Band and Gold Campus Band
Thursday, March 12 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
2 Wind Ensemble with VocalEssence: P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele Birthday Bash
Friday, April 10 at 8 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Everybody loves a birthday, and we’ll be celebrating two: P.D.Q. Bach turning 50 and Peter Schickele turning 80.
Tickets: vocalessence.org
Wind Ensemble
Sunday, April 26 at 2 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Symphonic Band
Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
North Star and Maroon Campus Bands
Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
University Band and Gold Campus Band
Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
JAZZ EVENTS
The Bob Dylan Big Band Project
Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
A Jazz Ensemble I concert featuring Janet Planet, vocals and Tom Washatka, saxophones.
Millennium Jazz – New Music for Big Band and Small Group
Monday, October 27 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
A concert featuring Jazz Ensemble II and Jazz Combos.
Compositional Improvisation
Monday, November 10 at 7 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Featuring the U of M Jazz Combos.
ASBDA-MN Honors Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, November 15 at 4 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
A culmination performance of the ASBDA-MN Grade 9-10 Honors Jazz Ensemble. Clinics and master classes
during the morning and afternoon.
Music of Brent Edstrom, pianist and composer
Monday, December 8 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Featuring Jazz Ensembles I and II.
Jazz Festival Concert
Saturday, February 28 at 7 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
With special guest saxophonist Pat Mallinger.
Salute to the Big Bands
Monday, May 4 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Featuring Jazz Ensembles I and II.
3 OPERA THEATRE EVENTS
University Opera Theatre presents Georges Bizet’s La Tragédie de Carmen
Thursday, November 20 – Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 pm
Friday, November 21 – Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 pm
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Text and musical adaption by Peter Brook, Marius Constant, and Jean-Claude Carriere. David Walsh, director.
Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Tickets: $20/$5 U of M students and children. General admission. Two for one tickets for U of M faculty, alumni,
retirees, and staff. 612-624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu
University Opera Theatre presents W.A. Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro
Thursday, April 16 – Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 19 at 1:30 pm
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Lorenzo da Ponte, librettist. David Walsh, director. Mark Russell Smith, conductor
Tickets: $20/$5 U of M students and children. General admission. Two for one tickets for U of M faculty, alumni,
retirees, and staff. 612-624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu
ORCHESTRAL EVENTS
University Symphony Orchestra
Monday, October 20 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Program featuring Ives’ Unanswered Question, Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and Ludwig van
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Eroica). Philip Zawisza, baritone and Mark Russell Smith, conductor.
Campus Orchestra
Wednesday, November 5 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Campus Orchestra
Wednesday, December 10 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
University Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Program to include a performance by the School of Music Concerto Competition Winner and Anton Bruckner’s
Symphony No. 4.
Campus Orchestra
Monday, March 9 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Campus Orchestra
Friday, May 8 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
CHORAL EVENTS
Global Voices
Saturday, November 1 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Choral music captures cultural diversity through text, rhythm, and movement. Join Campus Singers ensembles
along with the University Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus on a choral adventure, which will take you around
the world.
4 Mendelssohn: Saint Paul
Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Come hear the story of the namesake of one of our Twin Cities as told by the University of Minnesota University
Singers, The Oratorio Society of Minnesota, a professional orchestra, and baritone Philip Zawisza. Conducted by
Matthew Mehaffey.
Tickets: oratorio.org
Laud and Glory!
Sunday, November 23 at 4 pm • Hamline United Methodist Church (1514 Englewood Ave, St. Paul, MN)
The men of the University Singers explore sounds both monastic and bombastic in this program themed for Christ
the King Sunday. Joined by the University Brass Ensemble and organist Kim Kasling. Featuring the rarely
performed Messe cum jubilo by Maurice Duruflé. Conducted by David Baldwin and Matthew Mehaffey.
Wind Ensemble and University Singers Women: Susan Botti’s Cosmosis
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Sounds of the Season!
Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Campus Singers, Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus ring in the holiday season with an eclectic mix of seasonal
choral music.
Music for a Grand Space!
Sunday, March 8 at 2:30 pm • Cathedral of St. Paul (239 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, MN)
Join the University of Minnesota choral ensembles for their annual pilgrimage to the Cathedral of St. Paul in a
celebration of song spanning the ages of time and history. Conducted by Kathy Saltzman Romey and graduate
student conductors.
Free will offering: suggested donation $10.
Spring Fling!
Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
May is a time for the choirs on campus to have some fun. The Campus Singers ensembles along with the
University Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus present their annual year-end concert where anything could
happen!
University Singers Homecoming Concert
Sunday, May 3 at 4 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Join the University Singers for a feast of a cappella and accompanied choral music presented on their spring tour
of Northern Minnesota and also featuring Brahms’s Song of Destiny in a new orchestral reduction by doctoral
student Russell Adrian. Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and Russell Adrian, conductors.
FACULTY & GUEST EVENTS
Guest Master Class: Timothy Deighton, viola
Saturday, September 27 at 1 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
A guest master class with Timothy Deighton, professor of viola, Penn State.
New Trumpet Classics with David Baldwin and Timothy Lovelace
Monday, September 29 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Featuring Lyric Preludes by David Evan Thomas (2007) and Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Daniel Kallman.
5 Lydia Artymiw & Friends
Sunday, October 5 at 2 pm Lloyd • Ultan Recital Hall
Pianist Lydia Artymiw performs with James Hodges, clarinet and Rosalind Leavell, cello. Program includes the
Beethoven and Brahms Clarinet Trios and a selection of solo piano works of Antonín Dvořák.
Guest Recital: Sofia Zumbado, saxophone
Wednesday, October 8 at 3:45 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Guest Recital: Jacob Tews, viola
Thursday, October 9 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Jacob Tews received his DMA in viola performance under the tutelage of School of Music Professor Korey
Konkol. Tews is lecturer of viola and music theory and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Guest Recital: Dan Cavanaugh, piano
Monday, October 13 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Guest Recital: Duo Gelland
Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
This event is part of the Duo Gelland’s University of Minnesota School of Music Residency (October 20-24).
Guest Recital: The St. Thomas Trio
Sunday, November 2 at 2 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Featuring alumna and pianist Woobin Park in her new trio with Daniel Sheridan, clarinet (chair of the Music
Department at Winona State University) and Chun Chim David Leung, viola.
Guest Recital: Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 pm • Ted Mann Concert Hall
Guest Workshop/Master Class: Miroslav Tadic, guitar
Sunday, February 22 at 2 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
World-renowned guitar improviser of the Balkan music tradition presents a guest workshop/master class.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
Open Night Art Gallery
Saturday, October 4 at 7 pm • Anwatin Middle School (256 Upton Avenue South Minneapolis)
Open gallery from 7-8 pm, live performances from 8-9 pm, discussion of education reform moderated by
Professor Scott Lipscomb. Artists and composers include Tiffany M. Skidmore, Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, Benjamin
Klein, Paul Swarzkopf, Rachel Becquer, Debra Fitzsimmons, Mustafa Dedeoglu, and Chelsea Cordova.
"Gridlock" by Tiffany M. Skidmore was made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum with
funds provided by the Jerome Foundation
University Trumpet Ensemble
Sunday, October 26 at 9:45 am • House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Summit and Avon, St. Paul, MN)
David Baldwin, conductor
Chamber Music Recital
Friday, December 5 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
The University Wind Quintet
Sunday, December 7 at 3 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Norbert Nielubowski, ensemble coach
6 Cellotone 2015
Sunday, April 26 at 2 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
A cello extravaganza featuring students of Tanya Remenikova.
Chamber Music Recital
Friday, May 8 at 7:30 pm • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
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