|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Monday, November 27, 2000
|
|
|
|
For a look at other events, click here. |
|
|
|
|
|
Wind Symphony Concert |
|
|
|
|
On Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall, the Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds, under the direction of Dwight Stterwhite and John Culvahouse, will perform the Concerto for 23 Winds by Walter Hartley, the Carmen Fantaisie by François Borne on themes from Bizet’s opera Carmen, the “Commando March” by Samuel Barber and “The Warriors” by Percy Grainger.
The concert will feature Angela Jones-Reus as flute soloist for the Carmen Fantaisie. Prior to joining the UGA School of Music faculty as professor of flute, Jones-Reus served as principal flutist of the Stuttgart Philharmonic for eight years. She has performed extensively throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, South America and the United States.
The concert will conclude with Frank Pappajohn’s newly transcribed version of “The Warriors” by Percy Grainger. Composed in 1916, the piece was originally conceived as “music for an imaginary ballet” and written for large orchestra. Grainger himself performed and conducted the work with as many as 19 grand pianos on stage. The bass oboe, an instrument rarely used by orchestras or bands, is employed as a solo instrument.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGA Woodwind Quartet |
|
|
|
|
The UGA Woodwind Quartet will present a recital on Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Hall. Members of the quartet are Angela Jones-Reus, flute; Dwight Manning, oboe; Theodore Jahn, clarinet; and William Davis, bassoon. Ivan Frazier, a member of the piano faculty, will be featured as piano soloist in Quintette pour Piano, Flute, Hautbois, Clarinette, et Basson by Alberic Magnard. Magnard’s quintet, written in 1894, treats the piano as a soloist while using the woodwinds like a small orchestra.
Frazier teaches applied piano and piano pedagogy and supervises the secondary piano program in the School of Music. Active nationally as a performer, pedagogue and clinician, his work as a founding member of the Learning Theory Committee of the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy has been influential in piano teaching and teacher training.
The program for the recital will also include Quatour by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos and Divertimenti by the English composer Frank Bridge.
The UGA Woodwind Quartet is a faculty ensemble in the School of Music. All members are full-time teaching faculty. The quartet maintains an active performing schedule nationally as well as in the Southeast. It has performed at the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Symposia at Florida State University and Ball State University, and this spring it will present programs at Kansas State University, the University of Kansas and the National Conference of the Music Teachers National Association in Washington, D.C. Their new CD, entitled American Masterworks for Woodwind Quartet, will be released this fall by ACA Digital Recordings. The CD is the first CD dedicated entirely to woodwind quartet music.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Boychoir |
|
|
|
|
The American Boychoir will appear Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall as part of the Performing Arts Center’s Music Series II. Tickets for the performance are $25 and $29, available from the box office in the Performing Arts Center (542-4400), open weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and two hours before performances. Student tickets are half-price.
Founded in 1937, the American Boychoir is widely regarded as America’s favorite concert choir. With over 200 appearances annually, it is the most active touring vocal ensemble in the country. The choristers perform in solo concerts and with the world’s great orchestras; the choir is the most frequent guest artist at the New York Philharmonic.
The ensemble regularly performs on television and radio and may be heard on many commercial soundtracks, most notably Kodak’s “true colors” campaign.
Each year approximately 80 students come from all over the United States and Canada to attend the American Boychoir School in Princeton, N.J., North America’s only non-sectarian choir boarding school. The choir is led by Music Director James Litton, who has conducted choirs and orchestras on five continents.
The Boychoir has released over 15 recordings, including four recent discs: Sing!, Hymn, By Request and Carol. Carol, a collection of Christmas music.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Allen Crowell, choral faculty member in the UGA School of Music. The lecture begins 45 minutes prior to the concert and is free and open to the public.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ahn Trio |
|
|
|
|
The Ahn Trio will appear in Hodgson Hall at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 as part of the Franklin College Chamber Music Series.
The members of the Ahn Trio are three sisters: violinist Angella and her twin sisters, pianist Lucia and cellist Maria. Originally from South Korea, the Ahn Trio first gained public attention in 1987 when the ensemble was featured in a Time magazine cover story entitled “Asian-American Whiz Kids.” The trio has been universally praised by critics.
The sisters were all trained at the Juilliard School and together they tour the world, performing over 100 concerts annually in such places as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Chicago’s Ravinia, Singapore’s Victoria Concert Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and the Seoul Arts Center.
The trio’s recording of the Ravel and Villa-Lobos piano trios on the Chesky label earned rave reviews, including “this is one of Ravel’s best, and never better played” from Audio magazine. Since 1997 the trio has recorded on the EMI Classics label and their CD of Dvorák, Suk and Shostakovich trios received the ECHO Award, Germany’s most coveted recording prize. The trio’s newest release is entitled AhnPlugged.
The Ahn Trio’s dedication to the commissioning and performance of contemporary music has led to significant additions to the piano trio repertoire, and the Athens engagement will include works by Eric Ewazen (“The Diamond World”) and Kenji Bunch (“Slow Dance”) written especially for the trio. They will also perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major; Bernstein’s Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano; and Piazzolla’s “Primavera Portena.”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGA Today ] News Bureau ] Master Calendar ] Columns ] Georgia Magazine ]
UGA Home ] Admissions ] Directories ] Sports ] Alumni ] Weather ]
Search this site ] Search UGA sites ]
Developed by University Communications News Bureau at the University of Georgia.
Beth Roberts: Columns editor, Juliett Dinkins: Columns managing editor,
Janet Beckley: Columns art director.
This site works best with the latest version of
Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.
|
