Temple University Concert Series
2011-2012
All
events are free unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to
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2012
May
Friday, May 4 at 7:30pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Chamber Ensembles
Rock Hall Auditorium
Saturday, May 5 at 4:00pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Young Artist Harp Ensemble
Rock Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, May 9 at 7:30pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Solos and Sonatas
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, May 11 at 7:30pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Chamber Ensembles
Rock Hall Auditorium
Saturday, May 12 at 2:00pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Large Ensembles
Church of the Holy Trinity
Saturday, May 12 at 7:30pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Gala Concert
Church of the Holy Trinity
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June
Saturday, June 16 at 10:30am
Family Celebration of Childhood Arts
Conwell Dance Theater
Saturday, June 16 at 2:00pm
Dance Exhibition
Conwell Dance Theater
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2011
September
Friday, September 2 at 7:30pm
Global Dance and Music
An informal student sharing of global dance and music traditions.
Conwell Dance Theater
Tuesday, September 13 at 3:30pm
The Business of Music: A discussion with Eric Owens
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, September 15 at 7:30pm
My Music, My Love
A staged reading of a play by Ellen Walker Rienstra in collaboration with Eduard Schmieder
A reflection of the Romantic Era in One Act, featuring excerpts from selected compositions in the style of Romance (arranged by Eduard Schmieder)
Jack Moore as Johannes Brahms
Eduard Schmieder as Joseph Joachim
Svetlana Smolina as Clara Schumann
Read the synopsis.
Read about the artists.
Temple Performing Arts Center (Chapel)
Sunday, September 18 at 6:00pm
John T. Douglas Tribute Concert
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano
John Moriarty, piano
A musical tribute to John T. Douglas, music director of Temple University Opera Theater from 1989 to 2010, featuring opera arias and ensembles from Carmen, The Tales of Hoffman, Samson and Delilah, and others.
View the concert program.
Read about John T. Douglas.
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Temple Performing Arts Center
Monday, September 19 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital and Guest Artist Recital
Brett Deubner, viola
Luba Slepoi, piano
The first of a two night event capturing the range of the viola, this concert features works by Shostakovich, Clarke and Piazzolla.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, September 20 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital
Brett Deubner, viola
Amanda Harberg, piano
The second of a two night event capturing the range of the viola, this concert features the music of Amanda Harberg.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, September 30 at 7:30pm
Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, conductor
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
PROKOFIEV Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33bis
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Read about Luis Biava.
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Temple Performing Arts Center
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October
Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
HERITAGE
STRAUSS Weiner Philharmoniker Fanfare
BACH/HUNSBERGER Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor,
BWV 537
SUSATO/DUNNIGAN Selections from The Danserye
STRAUSS Serenade for Winds in E-flat, Op. 7
HINDEMITH Symphony in B-flat
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Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8 at 7:30pm
Alumni Dance Concert
Featuring “The Farewell,” a reconstruction of an historic dance choreographed by Pauline Koner and danced by alumna Janet Pilla. Also featuring “Under Desire” choreographed by alumna Olive Prince and performed by her dance company, “Olive Prince Dance.”
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Tuesday, October 11 at 3:00pm
Master Class: Arnaldo Cohen, piano
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, October 14 at 12:00pm
Community Concert: Dick Oatts' Senior Jazz Ensemble
Read more about Dick Oatts and view a list of the performers.
Ambler Learning Center Auditorium
Sunday, October 16 at 4:00pm
Temple University Concert Choir
Paul Rardin, conductor
A NEW SONG
BACH Singet dem Herr nein Neues Lied, BWV 225
PENDERECKI Song of Cherubim
RUTTER Hymn to the Creator of Light
MONK Astronaut Anthem
Read more about the program.
Read more about Paul Rardin and view a list of the performers.
Trinity Center for Urban Life
Tuesday, October 25 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital: Charles Abramovic, piano
KEYBOARD NARRATIVES: Programmatic Music From the 18th to the 21st Century
Featuring works by Bach, Kuhnau, Liszt, Satie, Ives and Dean.
Read about the artist.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30pm
Temple University Singers, Chorale and Women’s Chorus
Jeffrey Cornelius, Rollo Dilworth and John Sall, conductors
Read about the program.
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Great Court, Mitten Hall
Thursday, October 27 at 3:00pm
Master Class: Menahem Pressler, piano
Pieces to be performed by Boyer College students include Beethoven's Sonata in D Major, Op. 28, Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 and Sonata in A Major, Op. 101.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, October 28 at 1:30pm
Master Class: Ying Quartet
Pieces to be performed by Boyer College students include Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, Bartok's String Quartet No. 2 and Ysaye's String Trio "Le Londres."
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, October 28 at 7:30pm
Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, conductor
Hirono Oka, violin
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72b
WRIGHT Violin Concerto "Wissahickon Scenes"
LISZT Orpheus, S. 98
LISZT Les Preludes, S. 97
Read about the artists.
Read about Maurice Wright's Wissahickon Scenes.
View a list of the performers.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Saturday, October 29 at 1:00pm
Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, conductor
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
With Enchantment Theatre Company
The entire family is invited to dress up in costume to join us for this fun and interactive concert featuring Halloween magic and mystery alongside symphonic favorites.
A balloon artist and face painters will be on-hand in the lobby before and after the performance.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Saturday, October 29 at 7:30pm
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Millie Bai, violin
Joy Bai, piano
BACH Sonata for violin and piano No. 5, BWV 1018
GANG/ZHANHAO The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
Read about the artists.
Read about The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto.
Rock Hall Auditorium
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November
Wednesday, November 2 at 11:20am
Master Class: Janis Brenner & Dancers
"Meticulous Artistry" -- The Village Voice
Pearson Hall, Room 222
Friday, November 4 at 12:00noon
Community Concert: Charles Abramovic, piano
Featuring works by John Field, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and others.
Ambler Learning Center Auditorium
Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
VOCAL INSPIRATIONS
SCHUMAN Chester Overture for Band
PUCKETT It perched for Vespers nine
BERNSTEIN/BENCRISCUTTO Profanation from Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1
GRAINGER Colonial Song
GRAINGER Lincolnshire Posy
Read about the program.
View a list of the performers.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 5 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Student Dance Concert
A juried selection of the best dances of the season, this concert is choreographed, designed and produced entirely by the students.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Monday, November 7 at 7:30pm
Faculty String Quintet
Marc Rovetti, violin
Valissa Willwerth, violin
Che-Hung Chen, viola
Jeffrey Solow, cello
Robert Kesselman, bass
with Charles Abramovic, piano
HUMMEL Piano Quintet
SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major (The Trout)
DOHNANYI Serenade for String Trio
Read about the artists.
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Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, November 8 at 3:30pm
Master Class: Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, November 10 at 5:30pm
Artist-in-Residence Lecture-Recital
Nancy Wilson, baroque violin
with Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord
Read about the artists.
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Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, November 11 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 12 at 7:30pm
MFA Dance Concert
Featuring “Chronicles of a Love Junkie” by Michael T. Roberts.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Monday, November 14 at 12:30pm
Master Class: Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, November 17 at 7:30pm
Temple University Sinfonia
Luis Biava, conductor
Yu Jung Park, piano
RAVEL Alborada del Gracioso
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
HAYDN Symphony No. 101 in D Major (The Clock)
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Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, November 18 at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 20 at 3:00pm
Temple University Opera Theater presents
MOZART’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Sung in German with English titles and spoken dialogue in English
Lance Inouye, conductor
Andrew Chown, stage director
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $5 with student OWLcard
Read the synopsis.
View the cast list.
View a list of the orchestra
personnel.
Tomlinson Theater
Monday, November 21 at 12:30pm
Master Class, Julius Berger, cello
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, November 22 at 7:30pm
Temple University Percussion Ensemble
Phillip R. O’Banion, director
Featuring works by Varese, Mackey, Westlake and Ewazen.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30pm
Temple University Concert Choir
Paul Rardin, conductor
AMERICAN MUSES
BILLINGS Chester and I am the rose of Sharon
BARBER Reincarnations
SAMETZ from Three Mystical Choruses
LLOYD Cells, Planets
McFERRIN The Garden
Read the program notes, texts and translations.
Read about Paul Rardin and view a list of the performers.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30pm
Temple University Lab Band |
Greg Kettinger, director
Jazz Band Number Three |
Dan Monaghan, director
Larry McKenna, tenor saxophone
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Tomlinson Theater
Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30pm
Temple University Singers, Chorale and Women’s Chorus
Jeffrey Cornelius, Rollo Dilworth and John Sall, conductors
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Great Court, Mitten Hall
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December
Thursday, December 1 at 11:00am
Master Class: Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, December 2 at 7:30pm
Saturday, December 3 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
BFA Dance Concert
Featuring choreography by graduating seniors.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Sunday, December 4 at 3:00pm
CyberSounds: MRP
Featuring Andrew McPherson and the Magnetic Resonator Piano with new works by students in the Boyer College.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Monday, December 5 at 7:00pm
Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band
Luis Biava, conductor, TUSO
Terell Stafford, director, TUJB
THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY/ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN The Nutcracker Suite
A side-by-side presentation of the familiar yet timeless Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky and the innovative jazz reinterpretation by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
View a list of the performers.
Read more about the artists.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
Nitzan Haroz, trombone
EAST COAST ATTITUDE with JOHN MACKEY and NITZAN HAROZ
LITTLE East Coast Attitude
MACKEY Hymn to a Blue Hour
PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6
ROREM Sinfonia
MACKEY Harvest: Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
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Read more about the artists.
Read more about the program.
View a preview video.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Saturday, December 10 at 4:00pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Young Artist Harp Ensemble
Rock Hall Auditorium
Sunday, December 11 at 2:00pm and 4:00pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Chamber Ensembles
Rock Hall Auditorium
Saturday, December 17 at 4:00pm
Temple Music Preparatory Division
Orchestra Showcase
Church of the Holy Trinity
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January
Sunday, January 22 at 3:00pm Please note revised date
Monday, January 23 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital: Conwell Woodwind Quintet
Loren Lind, flute
Peter Smith, oboe
Lawrence Wagner, clarinet
Holly Blake, guest bassoon
Shelley Showers, horn
Featuring works to honor the 150th birthdays of Claude Debussy and Frederick Delius.
SOBECK Quintet #1 in F Major, Op. 9
DEBUSSY "General Lavine" - eccentric, Prelude 2, No. 6
DEBUSSY Bruyeres, Prelude 2, No. 5
DEBUSSY Des pas sur la neige, Prelude 1, No. 6
DEBUSSY La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin
DEBUSSY Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five English Folk Song Studies
FUCHS-SCHONBACH Wind Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 61
DVORAK Polka for "Prague Students"
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, January 24 at 7:30pm
Guest Artist Recital: West Point Tuba Quartet
SFC Barry Morrison, euphonium
SFC Jason Ham, euphonium
SSG Scott Beaver, tuba
SSG Nathan Turner, tuba
EGNER/arr. MORRISON The Official West Point March
STAIGERS/arr. MORRISON The Carnival of Venice
LIGETI/arr. TURNER Seven Bagatelles
TIGNOR Enchanted Circus
VERDI/arr. SMALLEY La Forza del Destino
Traditional/arr. SOSA Los Mareados
MORES/arr. KESER El Firulete
GATES Tuba Quartet, Op. 59
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital: Elizabeth Hainen, harp
UNEXPLORED HORIZONS
DONIZETTI/arr. ZABEL Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I, Scene 2
SCHAFER The Crown of Ariadne
GURIDI Viejo Zortzico
BENZECRY Horizontes inexplorados
Rock Hall Auditorium
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February
Wednesday, February 1 at 2:00pm
Master Class: Dance Company of Middlebury
Conwell Dance Theater
Wednesday, February 1 at 3:00pm
Master Class: Hopkinson Smith, lute
Rock Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, February 1 at 4:30pm
PUSH: Moving History Forward
This performance and question-and-answer session with Dance Company of Middlebury explores the roots of dance forms that originated in the United States.
Conwell Dance Theater
Monday, February 6 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital
Allen Krantz, guitar
Featuring works by Granados, Krantz, Yocoh and Matiegka.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, February 7 at 1:00pm
Master Class (movement): LEVYdance artistic director Ben Levy
Pearson Hall, Room 221
Thursday, February 9 at 7:30pm
Faculty Recital
Julie Bishop, soprano
Jean-François Proulx, piano
Featuring works for voice and piano voice by American composers.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, February 10 at 11:15am
Master Class (creative process discussion): LEVYdance artistic director Ben Levy
Conwell Dance Theater
Friday, February 10 at 7:30pm
Temple University Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, conductor
Carolyn Semes, violin, winner, Student Soloist Competition, preparatory division
Shelley Jackson, soprano, winner, Student Soloist Competition, collegiate division
Patrick Bailey, percussion, winner, Student Soloist Competition, collegiate division
Nina Vieru, violin, winner, Student Soloist Competition, collegiate divisions
MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
SAINT-SAENS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
BERLIOZ L’ile inconnue (from Les nuits d'ete, Op. 7)
DELIBES Les filles de Cadix
PSATHAS Planet Damnation
WIENIAWSKI Fantasia on Themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20
RAVEL Bolero
Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, February 10 at 7:30pm
ROMP
LEVYdance invites you to join them in an immersive experience as audience members and performs inhabit the stage together, raising the stakes for live performance and creating a welcoming environment that is charged with possibility. LEVYdance is joined by Boyer College dance students in this performance.
Presented in partnership with Philadelphia Dance Projects.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Saturday, February 11 at 10:00am
Master Class: Robert Levin, piano
Pianist Robert Levin is one of America's leading keyboard players and a prominent musicologist and Mozart scholar.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Sunday, February 12 at 3:00pm
Charles Ives: 114 Songs
Featuring the complete 114 Songs, published in 1922, along with letters and vignettes about the artist and his life. Performed by Boyer College faculty members Lawrence Indik, baritone and Charles Abramovic, piano among others.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, February 16 at 7:30pm POSTPONED
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Phillip R. O’Banion, marimba
Megan Emigh, flute
Music for flute and marimba including works by Piazzolla, Farr and Wilder.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, February 17 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 18 at 7:30pm
Faculty Dance Concert
Featuring works by dance faculty and guest artist Tiffany Mills.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Sunday, February 19 at 5:00pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
EXPLORATIONS
MASLANKA Mother Earth (A Fanfare)
WHITACRE Sleep
MASLANKA Traveler
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
BRYANT Ecstatic Waters
Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, February 24 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 25 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
MFA Dance Concert
Featuring works by Kavin Grant and Shaness Kemp.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Sunday, February 26 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Ensemble
Matthew Brunner, conductor
TOUR OF EUROPE
DONIZETTI Sinfonia fur Blaser
ELLERBY Paris Sketches
LEEMANS March of the Belgian Paratroopers
WAGNER Trauermusik
SIMON Foolish Fire
Temple Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30pm
Temple University Concert Choir
Paul Rardin, conductor
FIRE GONNA BURN MY SOUL: AFRICAN AMERICAN WORDS AND MUSIC
HAILSTORK O Praise the Lord
AVERITT Afro-American Fragments
CONTE The Homecoming
arr. HOGAN This Little Light of Mine
Rock Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, February 29 at 7:30pm
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Galina Sakhnovskaya, soprano
Vladimir Dyo, violin
Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano
Featuring works by Alla Borzova
Rock Hall Auditorium
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March
Tuesday, March 13 at 3:30pm
Master Class: Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, March 15 at 2:30pm
Music Prep Master Class: Pamela Frank, violin
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in the presentation of this master class.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, March 16 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 17 at 2:30pm
SCUBA National Touring Dance Alliance
The next generation of contemporary dance artists. This performance features Ledges and Bones Dance Project from Los Angeles and San Francisco along with local dance artist Gabrielle Revlock.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Monday, March 19 at 11:20am
Flamenco Master Class: Rosario Toledo
Pearson Hall, Room 221
Friday, March 23 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
Gregory Strohman, trombone
CLASSIC STRUCTURES
MENDELSSOHN/BOYD Overture for Wind Instruments in C Major, Op. 24 "Harmoniemusik"
HOLST Suite for Military Band No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 28
VIDIKSIS (World Premiere)
BOURGEOIS
Trombone Concerto
SCHOENBERG Theme and Variations for Band, Op. 43a
Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, March 23 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 24 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
MFA Dance Concert
Featuring works by Eun Jung Choi and Frances Gremillion.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Saturday, March 24 at 4:00pm CANCELLED
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Carol Jantsch, tuba
Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano
PIAZZOLLA Tango Nr. 3 (arr. Jantsch)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Six Studies in English Folksong
KELLAWAY Morning Song
GERSHWIN Three Preludes (arr. Ralph Sauer)
BRANDT Concertpiece, Op. 12
ARBAN Carnival of Venice (arr. Patrick Sheridan)
Rock Hall Auditorium
Monday, March 26 at 3:00pm
Master Class: Jonathan Biss, piano
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, March 27 at 6:00pm
Lecture and Book Signing: Brenda Dixon Gottschild's new book Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A biohistory of American performance
Conwell Dance Theater
Wednesday, March 28 at 12:00pm
Guest Artist Recital: Michael Tsalka
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Phillip R. O’Banion, marimba
Megan Emigh, flute
Music for flute and marimba including works by Piazzolla, Farr and Wilder.
Rock Hall Auditorium
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April
Sunday, April 1 at 4:00pm
Eleventh Annual Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Concert
Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs
Luis Biava and Paul Rardin, conductors
Sarai Johnson, soprano
Timothy Gonzalez, baritone
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Honoring Michael Greene with the Boyer College Tribute Award
Tickets: $20-35, $10 for students and senior citizens
Tickets available at the Kimmel Center Box Office, 215.893.1999 or online.
Read About Michael Greene.
Read About the Artists.
Read About the Program.
View a list of the performers.
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Monday, April 2 at 7:00pm
Film Screening: The Girls in the Band
A special screening of the award-winning documentary, The Girls in the Band: inspiring stories of women who played in swing and jazz bands from the 1930's to the present.
Featuring a live performance by the Temple University Jazz Band and an introduction to the film by executive producer, Michael Greene.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $7 students SOLD OUT
Franklin Institute (Franklin Theater)
Monday, April 9 at 7:30pm
Faculty String Quintet
Marc Rovetti, violin
Valissa Willwerth, violin
Che-Hung Chen, viola
Jeffrey Solow, cello
Robert Kesselman, bass
with Shelley Showers, horn; Lawrence Wagner, clarinet; Geoffrey Deemer, oboe and Angela Anderson, bassoon
PROKOFIEV Quintet for violin, viola, bass, clarinet and oboe
SCHUBERT Octet in F Major for string quintet, horn, clarinet and bassoon
Rock Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30pm
Temple University Percussion Ensemble
Phillip R. O’Banion, director
Vladimir Dyo, violin
Steve Fidyk, drum set
MARTA Doll's House Story
CAGE Trio: Seven Woodblocks from "Amores"
DEANE Vespertine Formations
COWELL Ostinato Pianissimo
DAUGHERTY Lex
FORD Stubernic
CAGE/HARRISON Double Music
GRIFFIN The Persistence of Past Chemistries
ROUSE Bonham
Temple Performing Arts Center
Thursday, April 12 at 7:30pm
Early Music Ensemble
Priscilla Smith, director
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, April 13 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 14 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Student Dance Concert
A juried selection of the best dances of the season, this concert is choreographed, designed and produced entirely by the students.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Saturday, April 14 at 7:30pm
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Marshall Taylor, saxophone
Ephraim Schäfli, piano
Marion Kant, narration
COMPOSERS IN EXILE
ORNSTEIN Ballade (1955?)
SCHOENBERG Untitled fugue fragment: November 10, 1938 ("Kristallnacht Fugue")
MAMLOK Rückblick (in Retrospect): 'Kristallnacht', 9 November 1938 (2002)
FOSS Duo for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2001)
PLESKOW Zwei Albumblätter für Marshall (2008)
PLESKOW Maestro Hsu, His Pavane (2006)
PLESKOW Maestro Hsu, His Fantasy (2010)
PLESKOW Maestro Hsu, His Elegy (2011)
GAL Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 102b (1949)
Rock Hall Auditorium
Sunday, April 15 at 4:00pm
Temple University Concert Choir
Paul Rardin, conductor
FAIRE IS THE HEAVEN; ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
DOVE The Passing of the Year
BYRD Laudibus in sanctis
HARRIS Faire is the Heaven
O’REGAN Two Emily Dickinson Settings
Saint Mark’s Church
1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, April 15 at 7:30pm
ROPE AND CHASM
a world premiere performance
Music/video animation by Matthew Greenbaum
Re'ut Ben Ze'ev, mezzo-soprano
Co-presented by Network for New Music and the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, part of the CYBERSOUNDS series.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, April 17 at 7:30pm
Glaux
Cynthia Folio, flute
Marshall Taylor, saxophone
Jeffrey Solow, cello
Charles Abramovic, piano
Featuring works by student composers as well as Cynthia Folio's Philadelphia Portraits.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Thursday, April 19 at 7:30pm
Contemporary Music Ensemble
Jay Krush, director
DAUGHERTY Firecracker
CLEARFIELD Romanza for violin and chamber orchestra
GRUENBERG The Daniel Jazz
MACKEY Rush Hour
Rock Hall Auditorium
Friday, April 20 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 22 at 3:00pm
Temple University Opera Theater
DONIZETTI’s L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)
H. Teri Murai, conductor
Marc Astafan, stage director
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $5 with student OWLcard
Tomlinson Theater
Friday, April 20 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 21 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
BFA Dance Concert
Featuring choreography by graduating seniors.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30pm
Temple University Sinfonia
Luis Biava, conductor
Yoni Levyatov, piano
MUSSORGSKY/arr. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Khovantchina: Introduction
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Temple Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, April 25 at 7:30pm
Temple University Singers, Chorale and Women’s Chorus
Jeffrey Cornelius, Rollo Dilworth and John Sall, conductors
Great Court, Mitten Hall
Thursday, April 26 at 7:30pm
Temple University Lab Band
Greg Kettinger, director
Jazz Band Number Three
Dan Monaghan, director
BIG BAND DANCE
The Underground, Howard Gittis Student Center
Friday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Temple University Wind Symphony
Emily Threinen, conductor
Phillip O’Banion, timpani
IMAGERY with MICHAEL DAUGHERTY and PHILLIP O’BANION
ADAMS/ODOM Short Ride in a Fast Machine
NEWMAN Climbing Parnassus
DAUGHERTY Raise the Roof
IVES/ELKUS Piano Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840-60”: III. The Alcotts
DAUGHERTY Lost Vegas
Temple Performing Arts Center
Friday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 28 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
BFA Dance Concert
Featuring choreography by graduating seniors.
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens, $10 with Dance USA Philadelphia Dance Pass, $5 with student OWLcard
Conwell Dance Theater
Sunday, April 29 at 4:00pm
Temple University Collegiate Band and Wind Ensemble
Matthew Brunner, conductor
Featuring Frank Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture and other works for large wind ensemble.
Temple Performing Arts Center
Sunday, April 29 at 7:30pm CANCELLED
TÜRKSOY Youth Chamber Orchestra
The TÜRKSOY Youth Chamber Orchestra was founded to encourage young Turkisc musicians to collaborate across boundaries of nationality, socio-economic status, religous background, political view and ethnic identity.
This concert will include many pieces by Turkic composers and will feature a performance of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins with solos by students of Eduard Schmieder: Aisha Dossumova, Azer Damirov, Alfiya Latypova and Akhmed Mamedov.
Rock Hall Auditorium
Monday, April 30 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm
Temple University Jazz Band
Terell Stafford, director
Celebrating the release of the Temple University Jazz Band's latest recording, To Thad, with Love, the band will be joined by faculty artists Dick Oatts (alto saxophone), Joanna Pascale (vocals) and Terell Stafford (trumpet).
Reservations $, call 212.258.9595
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center
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* We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in the presentation of these master classes.
† Sponsored in part by the Temple University General Activities Fund.
‡ Sponsored in part by the Rose Vernick Fund.
All events are free unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change without notice. For further information or to confirm events, please call 215.204.7600.
