Events Calendar - November 2009
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UH Concert Choir & Chamber Singers
Music Department Reopening / Homecoming
Carena Montany, soprano * postponed *
UH Contemporary Music Ensemble *new date *
Compositions by Kenneth Fong
Sunday, November 1, 2009
4:00 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Kenneth Fong will present a senior project performance of his compositions as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Arts in Music.
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UH Concert Choir & Chamber Singers
Rachel Samet, director
with special guest artist
Eric S. Brenner, countertenor/soprano
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
7:30 p.m., St. Andrew's Cathedral
$10 general / $6 students & seniors
Sing Me to Heaven
UH Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will perform a variety of heavenly delights with special guest artist, Eric S. Brenner, countertenor/soprano. Program highlights include Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, Mozart's Laudate Dominum from Vespers solenne de confessore, and Heaha Ke Kanaka? by Herb Mahelona.
American countertenor/soprano Eric S. Brenner’s voice has been described as “dazzling,” “startlingly true,” and “arrestingly beautiful.” A Long Island, New York native, Eric recently spent three years in San Francisco singing soprano with the Grammy Award winning ensemble Chanticleer. During that time Eric sang over two hundred concerts throughout the U.S., as well as Europe & Japan. Before joining Chanticleer, Eric worked in New York City with such groups as Early Music New York, New York Collegium, the Saint Thomas Choir, Amnesia Wars (theatre/improv), Consensus (male quartet), and Toby Twining Music. Back in New York now pursuing a solo career in baroque opera, oratorio, and new music, Eric also writes fiction and is an incorrigible Mets fan.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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Music Department Reopening / Homecoming
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Celebrate both the Homecoming and the reopening of the recently refurbished Music Department. Start at 5:30 p.m. with an informal tour of the facility, highlighted by a variety of musical presentations, and continue with concert in Orvis Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Performances range from the UH Hula and Chant Ensemble to the Pep Band, a string quartet, choir, solo piano and more.
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Pavlina Lutfey, piano
Saturday, November 7, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Pavlina Lutfey, a student of Thomas Yee, will present a senior recital as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance.
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Janice Okimoto, mezzo-soprano
Thursday, November 12, 2009
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Janice Okimoto, a student of Maya Hoover, will present a junior recital as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Education (Secondary Vocal).
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Graduate Composers Symposium
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
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(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
Performances of new works by graduate composition students.
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Mina Osako, piano
Saturday, November 14, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Mina Osako, a student of Jonathan Korth, will present a senior recital as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance.
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Xiayin Wang, piano
Monday, November 16, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium
$12 general admission / $8 students & seniors @ the door
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Award winning pianist, Xiayin (Sha-een) Wang, is coming to Hawai’i. After a triumphant year of concerts and recordings on the mainland, this will be Ms. Wang’s first appearance in Honolulu. For her recent Carnegie Hall concert, the New York Times hailed her as having "an estimable grasp of pianistic color" and The Washington Post called Ms. Wang "a paragon of virtuosity." This summer, her Naxos CD garnered rave reviews and made a stunning debut on the Billboard Classical Album Chart. An artist with a winning combination of technical brilliance, fine musicianship, and personal verve, the beautiful Xiayin Wang will take you on a colorful, musical journey with her dazzling and insightful interpretations of works by Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin, Ravel and Gershwin.
Xiayin Wang is a Steinway artist represented by Palomino Entertainment Group. For more information, visit www.xiayinwangpiano.com
| Program: | |
| Sonata No. 52, E-Flat Major, Hob XVI:52 | Haydn |
| L'isle Joyeuse | Debussy |
| The Enchanted Garden, Preludes Book II (selected preludes)
No. 4. Lean Kat Stride No. 7. Winter Solstice No. 6. There’s a Ghost in My Room! | Richard Danielpour |
| Two Poemes, Op. 32
Vers la Flame, poeme, Op. 72 | Scriabin |
| Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 | J.S. Bach /Marcello |
| Adios Nonino (Tango Rhapsody) | Astor Piazzolla |
| Prelude No. 1
I’ve Got Rhythm | George Gershwin |
| Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake | Chen, Peixun |
| Celebrating Our New Life | Chu, Jianer |
| La Valse | Maurice Ravel |
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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Matthew McPherson, guitar
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Matthew McPherson, a student of Peter Kun Frary, will present a junior recital as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance.
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Jenny Quigley, mezzo-soprano
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Jenny Quigley, a student of Maya Hoover, will present a graduate recital as part of the requirements for the degree Master of Music in Vocal Performance.
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Musical Theatre Review
Laurence Paxton, director
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium
$10 general / $6 students & seniors
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Students from the UH Musical Theatre class present a program of musical theatre scenes, exploring a variety of performance styles and approaches.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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Taryn Klusewitz, piano
Thursday, November 19, 2009
1:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
Taryn Klusewitz, a student of Jonathan Korth, will present a junior recital as part of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance.
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Young Composers Symposium
Thursday, November 19, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, free
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Performances of new works by undergraduate composition students.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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Carena Montany, soprano
This student recital has been postponed to Spring 2010.
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UH Contemporary Music Ensemble
Thomas Osborne, director
* new date and location *
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:30 p.m., Barbara Smith Amphitheater
free
The UH Contemporary Music Ensemble will take on Terry Riley's minimalist masterpiece "In C" in an outdoor performance at the Barbara Smith Amphitheater. The work, hailed by many as the first mainstream minimalist composition, will feature a varied ensemble including strings, keyboards, percussion, electric guitar, brass and winds. The concert is free, and all are welcome to listen, mingle, and roam amongst the performers as the piece is played.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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UH Jazz Ensembles
Reggie Padilla, director
* New location *
Saturdy, November 21, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium
$10 general / $6 students & seniors
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(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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UH Bands Winter Concert
Grant Okamura, conductor
Monday, November 23, 2009
7:30 p.m., McKinley High School Auditorium
$10 general / $6 students & seniors
The University of Hawaii Wind Symphony and the UH Wind Ensemble will present a variety of selections ranging from classical to pop. Grant Okamura will conduct Life of the Land by UH composer Byron Yasui as well as works by Morton Gould, Jan Van der Roost, and Jerry Goldsmith.
Mr. Okamura will also pass the baton to three guest conductors. Keith Higaki, Associate Director of Bands, will conduct the UH Wind Ensemble in Felix Mendelsohn's Overture for Band. Assistant Band Director Gwen Nakamura will conduct Clifton Williams' Symphonic Dance #3. Alumnus Chadwick Kamei, now the Pearl City High School Director of Bands, will conduct Alfred Reed's Hounds of Spring.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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Babad Alas Mrentani (The Opening of Mrentani Forest)
Javanese Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppet Theatre)
with guest artists
Widiyanto, dhalang (puppeteer)
and musician Sutrisno Hartana
UH Gamelan Ensemble
Byron Moon, director
Hardja Susilo, director emeritus
Saturday, November 28, 2009
7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium
$12 general / $8 students & seniors
In the never ending feud between the Pendhawa and the Kurawa clan, the devious Kurawa Prime Minister, Sengkuni, manages to coerce the young innocent Pendhawa princes into placing their estate as a wager in a Kurawa sponsored fixed game of dice. Losing the game, the Pendhawa are exiled to the treacherous Mrentani forest. The Pendhawa's attempt to open the forest to establish a dwelling place encounters fierce resistance from the genie, ghosts, and ghouls of the forest. With great effort the Pendhawa defeat the denizens of Mrentani, and establish a new prosperous state of Amarta.
Master pupeteer Widiyanto joins the UH Gamelan Ensemble to present this wayang kulit performance in celebration of the 75th birthday of the ensemble's founding director, Pak Hardja Susilo. As a concession to western audiences, the performance time will be reduced in length to around two hours from the traditional eight. The story will be told in both Javanese and English and accompanied by a full gamelan orchestra.
Presented in cooperation with the Hawaii Gamelan Society.
(*Mus 199 credit for Music Majors)
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