Temple University Concert Series

The Temple University Concert Series - nearly 300 recitals, concerts, master classes, and lectures presented by faculty, students, and internationally renowned guest artists - brings the very best in classical music, jazz, and dance to audiences both on campus and at venues in and around the city of Philadelphia.

2006-2007 Oct \| Nov \| Dec \| Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr All events are free unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change. For further information or to confirm events, please call 215.204.7600. For a complete listing including Student Recitals and other events not included on this page, please see our 2006-2007 Schedule of Events. * We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in the presentation of these master classes. ‡ Sponsored by Jacobs Music. † Funded in part by the General Activities Fund. ◊ Sponsored in part by the Rose Vernick Fund. ^ This program, including the commissioning and presentation of The Struggle for a New World, is made possible by a grant from the Philadelphia Music Project, a program of the Philadelphia Center for the Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts. Additional support has been provided by The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.

	January 2007
TOP	Friday, January 19, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty and Guest Artists Recital: Lawrence Indik, baritone, Cathy Liu, piano and Madeleine Darmiento, viola Featuring Shostakovich’s Michelangelo Verses and Viola Sonata Part of the Shostakovich Centennial Chamber Music Festival Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:00PM Student and Guest Artists Recital: Featuring performers from Temple University, Marywood University and Westchester University performing chamber music of Dimitri Shostakovich Part of the Shostakovich Centennial Chamber Music Festival Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 7:30PM Jazz Faculty Recital: Joanna Pascale, vocals, Dick Oatts, saxophone, Terell Stafford, trumpet, Tom Lawton, piano, Madison Rast, bass, Dan Monaghan, drums Klein Recital Hall Friday, January 26, 2007 at 7:30PM Guest Artists Recital Lions Gate Trio – Katie Lansdale, violin, Scott Kluksdahl, cello, Florence Millet, piano Acclaimed trio performs works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, and the Philadelphia premiere of Boyer College faculty member Richard Brodhead’s “Es ist genug.” Rock Hall Auditorium *~~Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 2:40PM~~ Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Master Class Claude Frank, piano** Leading one of the most distinguished careers of any pianist, Claude Frank has repeatedly appeared with the world's foremost orchestras, at major festivals and at its most prestigious universities since his debut with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1959. Rock Hall Auditorium

	February 2007
TOP	Friday, February 2, 2007 at 2:40PM * Master Class Meridian Arts Ensemble member Brian McWhorter, trumpet Consisting of five brass players and one percussionist, the New York City-based Meridian Arts Ensemble has helped change the face of chamber music with their innovative repertoire and high-energy performances. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Lawrence Indik, baritone and Charles Abramovic, piano Featuring new works for voice and piano including works by Delvyn Case, Boyer College doctoral student Louis DeLise, and Boyer College faculty member Maurice Wright Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ CYBERSOUNDS A concert of new electro-acoustic music for performers and live digital sound featuring composer and violinist Charles Nichols, soprano Laura Heimes, and premieres by Paul J. Geissinger, Angela Veomett and Maurice Wright. Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Anne Ku, violin, Preparatory Division Winner, Concerto Competition Maryanne Meyer, harp, Collegiate Division Winner, Concerto Competition BERLIOZ Overture to Benvenuto Cellini WALTON Violin Concerto (mvmt I. Andante tranquillo) PIERNE Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911) Centennial Hall, Haverford School Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ Faculty and Guest Artist Recital Glaux – Cynthia Folio, flute, Jeffrey Solow, cello, Charles Abramovic, flute, Marshall Taylor, saxophone, Erika Bliznik, clarinet Presenting seven world premieres by graduate students plus the rarely heard Airplane Sonata by Philadelphia’s own “bad boy of music,” George Antheil. Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, February 16, 2007 at 2:40PM * Master Class Mulgrew Miller, jazz piano “True to his blues-tinged upbringing, he’s a bop intellectual with an unabashed gift for populisim. That explains both the thundering jabs in his sparkling runs and the sleekness of his writing and arranging.” –Time Out NY Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Wind Symphony Arthur D. Chodoroff, conductor Matthew Vaughn, trombone Featuring Derek Bourgeois's Concerto for Trombone Centennial Hall, Haverford School Monday, February 19, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ Guest Artists Recital Momenta Quartet The brilliant Momenta Quartet, in residence in the Boyer College, presents a Philadelphia premiere by, Martin Bresnick, Yale School of Music, plus world premieres by Richard Brodhead and Maurice Wright. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor Featuring new American choral music. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Charles Abramovic and Bill Cunliffe, pianos Featuring works by Debussy, Poulenc, Gershwin, and the premiere of Matthew Greenbaum’s “Amphibian” for two pianos Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, Feburary 23, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty and Guest Artists Recital Jeffrey Solow, cello and others Featuring works by Bach and Handel arranged for solo cello accompanied by string quartet, oboe and harpsichord Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, Feburary 23, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty and Guest Artists Recital: Jeffrey Solow, cello and others Featuring works by Bach and Handel arranged for solo cello accompanied by string quartet, oboe and harpsichord Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, February 23, 2007 at 8:00PM Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 8:00PM MFA Dance Concert Featuring Jumatatu Poe and Noemi Segarra Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/Free for Temple students with OWLcard Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 4:00PM Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor St. John Lutheran Church Center Square, Pennsylvania Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ Guest Artists Recital Momenta Quartet Featuring Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major (Op. 135) plus premieres by Matthew Greenbaum and Boyer College student composers. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Singers, Chorale and Chamber Choir Jeffrey Cornelius, Tram Sparks and Janet Yamron, conductors Rock Hall Auditorium

	March 2007
TOP	Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 2:40PM ‡ Master Class Marc Durand, piano Marc Durand, Professor of Piano at the University of Montreal and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, leads a very diversified career as piano soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Rock Hall Auditorium Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 7:30PM Guest Artist Recital Matthew Bengtson, piano Featuring new piano music by Thomas, Weesner, Reise, Maggio, Nelson, Cacioppo, Arauco and Boyer College faculty members Jeremy Gill and Jan Krzywicki. Rock Hall Auditorium Monday, March 5, 2007 at 8:00PM Artists-in-Residence Concert: iPalpiti Eduard Schmieder, conductor Featuring works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Schnittke and Shostakovich. Congregation Rodeph Shalom Friday, March 9, 2007 Essentially Ellington Eastern Regional High School Jazz Band Festival Student Activities Center, 2nd Floor Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Annual Invitational High School Choral Festival Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, March 16, 2007 at ~~2:40PM~~ 1:30PM Orlando Cole Tribute Master Class Nathaniel Rosen, cello Mr. Rosen achieved international stardom as the first American cellist to win a gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, shortly after winning the coveted Naumburg Competition in 1977. Since then, he has performed with many of the major orchestras in the United States and Europe. Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, March 16, 2007 at 8:00PM The Scuba National Touring Dance Alliance The next generation of contemporary dance artists featuring Matthew Janczewski (Arena Dances, Minneapolis), Ben Levy (LEVYdance, San Francisco) and Tania Isaac (Tania Isaac Dance, Philadelphia). No tickets, donations taken at the door. Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 3:00PM Faculty Recital William Stone, baritone and Lambert Orkis, piano William Stone has been called “a singer of impressive range and expression” (Washington Times); Lambert Orkis has been described as “a consummate musician” (The Washington Post). The two will perform together in an evening of works for voice and piano. Rock Hall Auditorium Monday, March 19, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Allen Krantz, guitar Featuring works by Bach, Mompou, and the world premiere of “Evensong” by Boyer College faculty member Richard Brodhead. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Wind Ensemble Timothy W. Oliver, conductor Student Activities Center, Room 200 Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 7:30PM † Sixth Annual Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Concert Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs Luis Biava and Alan Harler, conductors BRAHMS Nänie, Op. 82 BRUCKNER Te Deum DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune RESPIGHI Pini di Roma Tickets: $10-25 Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Monday, March 26, 2007 at 2:40PM Master Class Michael Tree, viola A founding member of the Marlboro Trio and the Guarneri String Quartet, Michael Tree has performed with several major North American orchestras and has recorded over 80 chamber music works. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 2:40PM Master Class Lorenzo Malfatti, baritone and vocal coach Baritone Lorenzo Malfatti, internationally recognized voice and opera coach, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and co-founded and is now the Artistic Advisor of the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca. This master class will focus on Italian aria and art song. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 8:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Nitzan Haroz, trombone SMETANA Overture to The Bartered Bride GRONDAHL Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune RESPIGHI Pini di Roma Tickets: $10-25 Tickets available at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office, 212.721.6500 or www.lincolncenter.org after January 27, 2007 Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Friday, March 30, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Faculty Dance Concert Including works by faculty members Eva Gholson, Kun-Yang Lin, Philip Grosser, Keith Thompson, Merian Soto, Kariamu Welsh and Joellen Meglin. The concert will also feature a classic Martha Graham dance, “Steps in the Street,” performed by students. Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Tomlinson Theater

	April 2007
TOP	Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 12:00noon ^ Temple University Jazz Band Temple University Jazz Band performs a world premiere commission by Fred Ho "The Struggle for a New World Suite" along with other works by Ho and his circle. Great Court, Mitten Hall Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ Temple University Jazz Band Temple University Jazz Band performs works by Boyer students, Fred Ho and other titans of jazz. Klein Recital Hall Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 2:40PM ‡ Master Class Menahem Pressler, piano “…a poet, time and again revealing unsuspected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed.” –The New York Times Rock Hall Auditorium Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 7:30PM ^ Guest Artists Recital A staged, choreographed performance of Matthew Greenbaum’s comedy A Floating Island (based on Gulliver’s Travels), plus the world premiere of Richard Brodhead’s Tango, as well as music and video premieres by Temple graduate students. Choreography by Joellen Meglin. Ethical Society of Philadelphia Friday, April 13, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Student Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 4:00PM Temple University Concert Choir and friends Alan Harler, conductor Church of the Holy Trinity Monday, April 16, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Conwell Woodwind Quintet – Loren Lind, flute, Peter Smith, oboe, Lawrence Wagner, clarinet, Angela Anderson, bassoon, Shelley Showers, horn Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Sinfonia Rock Hall Auditorium Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Contemporary Ensemble Jay Krush, director Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, April 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 3:00PM † Temple University Opera Theater presents Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leland Kimball III, stage director, John Douglas, music director, Jamie Johnson, producer Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Tickets: $20 general admission/$12.50 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Tomlinson Theater Monday, April 23, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Jazz Band Terell Stafford, director Tomlinson Theater Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Jazz Ensemble Terell Stafford, director Tomlinson Theater Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Chorale, Singers and Women’s Chorus Janet Yamron, Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Mitten Hall, Great Court Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Percussion Ensemble Glenn Steele, director Tomlinson Theater Friday, April 27, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Wind Symphony Arthur D. Chodoroff, conductor Tomlinson Theater Friday, April 27, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ BFA Senior Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Wind Ensemble and Collegiate Band Timothy W. Oliver, conductor Tomlinson Theater

	May 2007
TOP	Monday, May 6, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Music Preparatory Division Gala Concert Youth Chamber Orchestra and Temple University Children’s Choir Luis Biava, instrumental music director and conductor Holly Phares, choral music director Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

	October 2006
TOP	Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 2:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Rossen Milanov, guest conductor Nicolas Real, flute Jean-François Proulx, piano WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser JACOB Flute Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (mvmt. IV) PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 Centennial Hall, Haverford School Rossen Milanov, guest conductor Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 2:40PM Master Class Tom Lawton, jazz piano Klein Recital Hall Tom Lawton, jazz piano Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 7:30PM Faculty and Guest Artists Recital Tom Lawton Ensemble – Ben Schachter, tenor saxophone, John Swana, trumpet, Larry Toft, trombone, Lee Smith, bass, Jim Miller, drums, Tom Lawton, piano “Tom is truly a ‘musician’s musician,’ and at the same time his playing is highly listenable, danceable, enjoyable.” – allaboutjazz.com Klein Recital Hall Sunday, October 8, 2006 at 3:00PM Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor Featuring works by Monk, Taneyev, Rautavaara, Kodaly, and Ligeti. Trinity Center for Urban Life Alan Harler, conductor Friday, October 13, 2006 at 2:40PM * Master Class Emerson String Quartet members Philip Setzer, violin and David Finckel, cello "Few string quartets have regularly displayed such individuality among members -- an ideal stance for coloring and differentiating the complex strands of the fugues." – The Philadelphia Inquirer Rock Hall Auditorium Philip Setzer, violin and David Finckel, cello Friday, October 13, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ Alumni Dance Concert Featuring works by Leslie Dworkin and Kent De Spain, plus “Fire and Ice” by guest artist Tabatha Robinson-Scott. Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE with TUid Conwell Dance Theater Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 7:30PM † Temple University Jazz Band Terell Stafford, director Jimmy Heath, saxophone, guest artist Jimmy Heath’s 80th Birthday Hometown Celebration – Celebrating the 80th birthday of Philadelphia jazz legend Jimmy Heath and honoring him with the Temple University Jazz Master’s Hall of Fame Award. Tickets: $10-30 Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Terell Stafford, director and Jimmy Heath, saxophone Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 7:30PM Temple University Singers and Women’s Chorus Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Rock Hall Auditorium Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Friday, October 27, 2006 at 7:30PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Nitzan Haroz, trombone BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 GRONDAHL Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Centennial Hall, Haverford School Luis Biava, conductor and Nitzan Haroz, trombone Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 3:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Nitzan Haroz, trombone BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 GRONDAHL Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Tickets: $10-15, available at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center Box Office or through Ticketmaster at 215.336.2000 or www.ticketmaster.com Sovereign Performing Arts Center 136 North 6th Street Reading, Pennsylvania 19603

	November 2006
TOP	Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 7:30PM † Cybersounds Featuring composers and video artists from the United States, Argentina, Korea and Turkey in a concert of new computer music realized and enhanced with projected video. Presented in conjunction with the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) Electroacoustic Music Month. Rock Hall Auditorium *Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 2:40PM PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE** Friday, November 3, 2006 at 2:40PM * Master Class Russell Sherman, piano Russell Sherman has “a fierceness of imagination that makes us rethink what we know by heart, and then a physical technique allowing the most difficult music a confident sense of order and repose.” –The New York Times Rock Hall Auditorium Russell Sherman, piano Friday, November 3, 2006 at 2:30PM Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor National Collegiate Choral Festival Scottish Rite Temple San Antonio, Texas Monday, November 6, 2006 at 2:40PM Master Class Slowind (woodwind quintet) “The great days of the New York, Dorian and Danzi Wind Quintets may belong to the past, but if ensembles as able as Slowind appear, musically well-armed, from such seemingly unlikely places as Slovenia, who knows? It may be time for the winds to blow favourably again.” –Toronto Star Rock Hall Auditorium Slowind Monday, November 6, 2006 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Conwell Woodwind Quintet – Loren Lind, flute, Peter Smith, oboe, Lawrence Wagner, clarinet, Angela Anderson, bassoon, Shelley Showers, horn Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, November 10, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ Student Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE with TUid Conwell Dance Theater Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 2:40PM Master Class Leland Kimball, Producing Artistic Director, Opera Delaware Leland Kimball has directed over 70 productions and has been associated with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Washington Opera, Kentucky Opera, Providence Opera and others. This master class will focus on opera audition techniques. Rock Hall Auditorium Leland Kimball, Producing Artistic Director, Opera Delaware Friday, November 17, 2006 at 7:30PM † Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 3:00PM † Temple University Opera Theater presents Les Contes d’Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach Copeland Woodruff, stage director, John Douglas, music director, Jamie Johnson, producer The production based on the co-edition of the opera by Michael Kaye and Jean-Christophe Keck, published by Schott Music International, Boosey and Hawkes and Bote&Bock. Sung in French with English supertitles. A co-production with the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, Md. Tickets: $20 general admission/$12.50 students and senior citizens/FREE with TUid Tomlinson Theater Friday, November 17, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 8:00PM † ◊ MFA Dance Concert featuring Megan Mazarick Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE with TUid Conwell Dance Theater Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 7:30PM Temple University Sinfonia Luis Biava, conductor Temple University Harp Ensemble Elizabeth Hainen, director HAYDN Symphony No. 100 in G Major RAVEL Excerpts from Ma Mere L’Oye DE FALLA Suite from El Amor Brujo Tomlinson Theater Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 7:30PM † Temple University Wind Ensemble Arthur D. Chodoroff and Timothy W. Oliver, conductors Tomlinson Theater Arthur D. Chodoroff and Timothy W. Oliver, conductors Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 2:40PM * Master Class Pamela Frank, violin Pamela Frank, in addition to being one of today’s most sought after and celebrated violinists throughout North America, Europe and the Far East, has also emerged as a major pedagogue. Rock Hall Auditorium Pamela Frank, violin Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 7:30PM † Temple University Chorale, Singers, and Women’s Chorus Janet Yamron, Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Mitten Hall, Great Court Janet Yamron, Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors

	December 2006
TOP	Friday, December 1, 2006 at 7:30PM † Temple University Percussion Ensemble Glenn Steele, director Tomlinson Theater Friday, December 1, 2006 at 8:00PM Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 8:00PM BFA Senior Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE with TUid Conwell Dance Theater Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 7:00PM and 8:00PM Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor An American Christmas: A Feast of Carols Longwood Gardens Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 7:30PM Temple University Jazz Ensemble Terell Stafford, director Klein Recital Hall Friday, December 8, 2006 at 2:40PM Natalie L. Hinderas Piano Master Class George Walker, composer and pianist Acclaimed composer-pianist George Walker has published over 90 works, was the first black composer to receive the Pulitzer Prize In Music and was the first black instrumentalist to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra. His Piano Concerto was premiered by Natalie Hinderas in Minneapolis in 1975 and recorded by her in 1978. Rock Hall Auditorium George Walker, composer and pianist

	January 2007
TOP	Friday, January 26, 2007 at 7:30PM Guest Artists Recital Lions Gate Trio – Katie Lansdale, violin, Scott Kluksdahl, cello, Florence Millet, piano Acclaimed trio performs works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, and the Philadelphia premiere of Boyer College faculty member Richard Brodhead’s “Es ist genug.” Rock Hall Auditorium *~~Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 2:40PM~~ Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Master Class Claude Frank, piano** Leading one of the most distinguished careers of any pianist, Claude Frank has repeatedly appeared with the world's foremost orchestras, at major festivals and at its most prestigious universities since his debut with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1959. Rock Hall Auditorium

	February 2007
TOP	Friday, February 2, 2007 at 2:40PM * Master Class Meridian Arts Ensemble member Brian McWhorter, trumpet Consisting of five brass players and one percussionist, the New York City-based Meridian Arts Ensemble has helped change the face of chamber music with their innovative repertoire and high-energy performances. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Lawrence Indik, baritone and Charles Abramovic, piano Featuring new works for voice and piano including works by Delvyn Case, Boyer College doctoral student Louis DeLise, and Boyer College faculty member Maurice Wright Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Featuring winners of the Student Soloists Competition STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20 STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911) Centennial Hall, Haverford School Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Glaux – Cynthia Folio, flute, Jeffrey Solow, cello, Charles Abramovic, flute and others Featuring works by George Anthiel and Boyer College students Alexander DeVaron, Louis DeLise, Amy Canada, Richard McIntyre, Eugene Micofsky, Manena Contreras and David Carpenter. Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, February 16, 2007 at 2:40PM * Master Class Mulgrew Miller, jazz piano “True to his blues-tinged upbringing, he’s a bop intellectual with an unabashed gift for populisim. That explains both the thundering jabs in his sparkling runs and the sleekness of his writing and arranging.” –Time Out NY Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Wind Symphony Arthur D. Chodoroff, conductor Centennial Hall, Haverford School Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor Featuring new American choral music. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Charles Abramovic and Bill Cunliffe, pianos Featuring works by Debussy, Poulenc, Gershwin, and the premiere of Matthew Greenbaum’s “Amphibian” for two pianos Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, Feburary 23, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty and Guest Artists Recital Jeffrey Solow, cello and others Featuring works by Bach and Handel arranged for solo cello accompanied by string quartet, oboe and harpsichord Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 4:00PM Temple University Concert Choir Alan Harler, conductor St. John Lutheran Church Center Square, Pennsylvania Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 7:30PM † Guest Artists Recital Momenta Quartet Featuring Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major (Op. 135) alongside works by Boyer College students Michael Galgansky, Merissa Martignoni, Richard McIntyre and James Falconi. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Singers and Women’s Chorus Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Rock Hall Auditorium

	March 2007
TOP	Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 2:40PM ‡ Master Class Marc Durand, piano Marc Durand, Professor of Piano at the University of Montreal and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, leads a very diversified career as piano soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Rock Hall Auditorium Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 7:30PM Guest Artist Recital Matthew Bengtson, piano Featuring new piano music by Thomas, Weesner, Reise, Maggio, Nelson, Cacioppo, Arauco and Boyer College faculty members Jeremy Gill and Jan Krzywicki. Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, March 9, 2007 Essentially Ellington Eastern Regional High School Jazz Band Festival Student Activities Center, 2nd Floor Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Annual Invitational High School Choral Festival Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, March 16, 2007 at 2:40PM Orlando Cole Tribute Master Class Nathaniel Rosen, cello Mr. Rosen achieved international stardom as the first American cellist to win a gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, shortly after winning the coveted Naumburg Competition in 1977. Since then, he has performed with many of the major orchestras in the United States and Europe. Rock Hall Auditorium Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 3:00PM Faculty Recital William Stone, baritone and Lambert Orkis, piano William Stone has been called “a singer of impressive range and expression” (Washington Times); Lambert Orkis has been described as “a consummate musician” (The Washington Post). The two will perform together in an evening of works for voice and piano. Rock Hall Auditorium Monday, March 19, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Allen Krantz, guitar Featuring works by Bach, Mompou, and the world premiere of “Evensong” by Boyer College faculty member Richard Brodhead. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Wind Ensemble Timothy W. Oliver, conductor Student Activities Center, Room 200 Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 7:30PM † Sixth Annual Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Concert Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs Luis Biava and Alan Harler, conductors BRAHMS Nänie, Op. 82 BRUCKNER Te Deum DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune RESPIGHI Pini di Roma Tickets: $10-25 Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Monday, March 26, 2007 at 2:40PM Master Class Michael Tree, viola A founding member of the Marlboro Trio and the Guarneri String Quartet, Michael Tree has performed with several major North American orchestras and has recorded over 80 chamber music works. Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 2:40PM Master Class Lorenzo Malfatti, baritone and vocal coach Baritone Lorenzo Malfatti, internationally recognized voice and opera coach, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and co-founded and is now the Artistic Advisor of the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca. This master class will focus on Italian aria and art song. Rock Hall Auditorium Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 8:00PM Temple University Symphony Orchestra Luis Biava, conductor Nitzan Haroz, trombone SMETANA Overture to The Bartered Bride GRONDAHL Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune RESPIGHI Pini di Roma Tickets: $10-25 Tickets available at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office, 212.721.6500 or www.lincolncenter.org after January 27, 2007 Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Friday, March 30, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Faculty Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Tomlinson Theater

	April 2007
TOP	Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 2:40PM ‡ Master Class Menahem Pressler, piano “…a poet, time and again revealing unsuspected depths in works that have been endlessly plumbed and surveyed.” –The New York Times Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, April 13, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Student Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 4:00PM Temple University Concert Choir and friends Alan Harler, conductor Church of the Holy Trinity Monday, April 16, 2007 at 7:30PM Faculty Recital Conwell Woodwind Quintet – Loren Lind, flute, Peter Smith, oboe, Lawrence Wagner, clarinet, Angela Anderson, bassoon, Shelley Showers, horn Rock Hall Auditorium Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Sinfonia Rock Hall Auditorium Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Contemporary Ensemble Jay Krush, director Rock Hall Auditorium Friday, April 20, 2007 at 7:30PM † Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 3:00PM † Temple University Opera Theater presents Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leland Kimball III, stage director, John Douglas, music director, Jamie Johnson, producer Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Tickets: $20 general admission/$12.50 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Tomlinson Theater Monday, April 23, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Jazz Band Terell Stafford, director Tomlinson Theater Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Jazz Ensemble Terell Stafford, director Tomlinson Theater Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Chorale, Singers and Women’s Chorus Janet Yamron, Jeffrey Cornelius and Tram Sparks, conductors Mitten Hall, Great Court Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Percussion Ensemble Glenn Steele, director Tomlinson Theater Friday, April 27, 2007 at 7:30PM † Temple University Wind Symphony Arthur D. Chodoroff, conductor Tomlinson Theater Friday, April 27, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:00PM † ◊ BFA Senior Dance Concert Tickets: $10 general admission/$8 students and senior citizens/FREE for students with OWLcard Conwell Dance Theater Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 3:00PM Temple University Wind Ensemble and Collegiate Band Timothy W. Oliver, conductor Tomlinson Theater

	May 2007
TOP	Monday, May 6, 2007 at 7:30PM Temple University Music Preparatory Division Gala Concert Youth Chamber Orchestra and Temple University Children’s Choir Luis Biava, instrumental music director and conductor Holly Phares, choral music director Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
2006-2007 Oct \| Nov \| Dec \| Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May All events are free unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change. For further information or to confirm events, please call 215.204.7600. * We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in the presentation of these master classes. ‡ Sponsored by Jacobs Music. † Funded in part by the General Activities Fund. ◊ Sponsored in part by the Rose Vernick Fund. ^ This program, including the commissioning and presentation of The Struggle for a New World, is made possible by a grant from the Philadelphia Music Project, a program of the Philadelphia Center for the Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts. Additional support has been provided by The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.

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