Events Calendar - April 2008
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Margaret Sui Lan Chin and Jane Kerns, sopranos
Graduate Composers' Symposium * canceled *
An Evening of Pacific Music and Dance
Daniel Toyooka-Lim, oboe
Thursday, April 3, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A junior recital by a student of Susan Ochi-Onishi. Part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Education (Secondary Instrumental).
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October Trio
Mary Karen Clardy, flute
Barbara Sudweeks, viola
Susan Dederich-Pejovich, harp
Thursday, April 3, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, $12 / $8
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UH Jazz Ensembles
Eli Szabady, director
Saturday, April 5, 2008
7:30 p.m., Barbara Smith Amphitheatre, $10 / $6
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UH Centennial Concert
Monday, April 7, 2008
7:30 p.m., Blaisdell Concert Hall
$50 VIP, $35 Preferred Seating
$20 regular, $10 student
UH Symphony Orchestra, Henry Miyamura, conductor
UH Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, Rachel Samet, director
Celebrating both the University's Centennial and the Music Department's 60th Anniversary, this concert will feature the UH Symphony Orchestra, the UH Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, the UH Brass Ensemble, faculty and alumni soloists.
- Century Fanfare for brass choir by UH faculty composer Byron Yasui
- Welcoming chant by Aaron Sala
- William Tell Overture by Rossini
- Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, Allegramente
Thomas Yee, piano soloist - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Finale by Jean Sibelius
- The Nostalgia of the Infinite (2004) by UH faculty composer Thomas Osborne
- “Celebration”(2008) by UH faculty emeritus composer Neil McKay and Noel Okimoto
with soloists Noel Okimoto, percussion, and Dean Taba, double bass - Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
- Centennial Celebration Poem for the University of Hawai‘i by Maori poet Robert Sullivan
read by Maoa Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw - Make Our Garden Grow from Leonard Bernstein's Candide
soloists Megan Mount, soprano, Lorna Mount, soprano, Maya Hoover, mezzo-soprano, Laurence Paxton, tenor, James Price, tenor, Eric Haines, tenor, John Mount, bass-baritone
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Bella Willing, mezzo-soprano
Thursday, April 10, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A junior voice recital by a student of Maya Hoover. Part of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree in Music Education.
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Claremont Piano Trio
Friday, April 11, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, $30 / $18
In the 2006-07 season, the Claremont Trio, hailed as "deft, exhilarating, and imaginative" by Strings Magazine, embarked on a concert tour throughout every region of the U.S. First recipients of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, the Claremonts (Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; Donna Kwong, piano) generate enthusiastic acclaim wherever they perform. The Naples Daily News calls them "the freshest breath of air in the world of chamber music today".
Part of the Honolulu Chamber Music Series. Visit Outreach College for complete ticket information.
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Yoko Ruichi, composer
Saturday, April 12, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A performance of works composed by composition student Yoko Ruichi as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music Composition.
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Margaret Sui Lan Chin and Jane Kerns, sopranos
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A joint junior voice recital by students of Laurence Paxton as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Performance.
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Jenna Eggering, trumpet
Thursday, April 17, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A junior trumpet recital by a student of Mark Schubert as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music Education.
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Graduate Composers' Symposium
Thursday, April 17, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
This event has been canceled, but don't miss the Young Composers Symposium on May 1.
Performance and discussion of new works by U.H. graduate composition students.
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Ryan Howe, bassoon
Friday, April 18, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A bassoon recital by a student of Paul Barrett as part of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Performance.
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An Evening of Pacific Music and Dance
Saturday, April 19, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, $10 / $6
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Includes music and dance of Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii, and Tokelau.
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Jessica Williams, soprano
Sunday, April 20, 2008
4:00 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A graduate voice recital by a student of Laurence Paxton as part of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Performance.
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UH Bands Aloha Concert
Grant Okamura, Brandt Payne, Gwen Nakamura, conductors
Monday, April 21, 2008
7:00 p.m., McKinley High School Auditorium, $10 / $6
The UH Symphonic Wind Ensemble, UH Symphonic Band, and the UH Concert Band present a variety of selections ranging from classical to pop.
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UH Contemporary Music Ensemble
Thomas Osborne, director
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
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The UH Contemporary Music Ensemble presents its second concert of the semester, featuring American composer Drew Baker’s solo piano work National Anthem as well as South African composer Kevin Volans’s Kneeling Dance for two pianos. Also on the program are UH faculty composer Byron Yasui’s Four Songs (after the Japanese) for soprano and piano and Polish composer Henryk Gorecki’s large work Kleines Requiem fur Eine Polka. Admission is free.
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UH Chamber Music Ensembles
Ignace Jang, director
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
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Students of the Music Department’s Chamber Music class perform their end-of-semester concert.
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Drew Hartman, soprano
Thursday, April 24, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A junior voice recital by a student of Laurence Paxton as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Performance.
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Mark Lindberg, percussion
Thursday, April 24, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A senior percussion recital by a student of Lois Russell as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Performance.
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UH Opera Workshop in Concert
John Mount & Maya Hoover, directors
Friday, April 25, 2008
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, $10 / $6
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Matt Leonhardt, composer
Saturday, April 26, 2008
4:00 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A performance of works composed by composition student Matt Leonhardt as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music Composition.
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Jasmine Skurtu, guitar
Sunday, April 27, 2008
4:00 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A senior guitar recital by a student of Peter Kun Frary as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Performance.
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Carena Montany, soprano
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
A junior voice recital by a student of Laurence Paxton as part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music Education.
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