tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372593872012-01-17T23:47:21.240-08:00HSU MusicHumboldt State University Department of Music Events in Arcata, California. HSU Ticket Office: 707 826-3928. Music Department: 707 826-3531.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.comBlogger7851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-41214628717308213142012-01-28T19:36:00.000-08:002012-01-17T23:47:21.293-08:00
Circus Days with the North Coast Wind Ensemble
It’s Circus Days with the North Coast Wind Ensemble, and there’s something different in each ring, from circus marches to a modern concerto featuring pianist Daniela Mineva.
The circus marches (also known as “screamers” because they are designed to whip up the circus crowd) are the fast and furious Rolling Thunder by Henry Fillmore, and Circus Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-60065319136329850302012-01-28T11:28:00.000-08:002012-01-17T23:29:04.045-08:00North Coast Wind Ensemble: The Program
Little Concerto by Henry Cowell
Variation Overture by Clifton Williams
Colonial Ballads by Norman Dello Joio
An Original Suite by Gordon Jacob
Divertimento for Band Op. 42 by Vincent Persichetti
Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed
Rolling Thunder by Henry Fillmore
Circus Days by Karl L. KingAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-71761961963675077482012-01-04T02:02:00.000-08:002012-01-04T02:02:28.609-08:00
Winter Music
Coming up this winter at HSU: The North Coast Wind Ensemble on Saturday, January 28; Symphonic Band and Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, February 25; Soprano Elisabeth Harrington on Sunday February 26; guest violinist Bin Huang with pianist Daniela Mineva on Friday, March 2; the Humboldt Symphony on Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4; guest pianist Henning Vauth on Friday, March 9, andAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-49282935811529804672011-12-11T19:20:00.000-08:002011-12-07T22:02:30.962-08:00Haley Cress as Little Eir and James Gadd as Oolarana the village leader in “A King Island Christmas” presented by the Humboldt Chorale.
Celebrate the Holidays with Humboldt Chorale and University Singers
The holiday program sung by the Humboldt Chorale and the University Singers of Humboldt State on December 11 reflects two aspects of the season.
The University Singers perform the sacred Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-64912215330356996802011-12-10T19:12:00.000-08:002011-12-07T22:04:49.830-08:00Director Dan Aldag rehearses the Jazz Orchestra
Jazz Orchestra Swings Through the Decades
From Ellington to Radiohead, the HSU Jazz Orchestra swings through the decades on Saturday December 10 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The 1940s are represented by Big Band classics, including a landmark Billy Strayhorn tune for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Two pieces from the 1950s celebrate the Swing era, Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-75632880952370432562011-12-10T00:08:00.000-08:002011-12-05T00:09:31.600-08:00Jazz Orchestra Director's Notes
The Jazz Orchestra is playing music from a broad variety of genres and time periods, from the 1940s to today. The oldest pieces are "Chelsea Bridge" and "Tippin' On The Q.T." "Chelsea Bridge" was composed in 1941 by Billy Strayhorn for the Duke Ellington Orchestra and is considered to be a huge leap forward in jazz composition because of the sophistication of its Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-85742890319932314452011-12-09T19:07:00.000-08:002011-12-10T02:12:10.402-08:00
Gershwin Meets Beethoven with the Humboldt Symphony
The Humboldt Symphony performs popular pieces by Gershwin and Beethoven and other works on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, December 9 and 11.
George Gershwin’s symphonic tone poem An American in Paris is his most famous work, after “Rhapsody in Blue.” “You hear the sounds of the Paris streets of the 1920s, even the taxi horns,” said Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-89300827849880988412011-12-08T19:52:00.000-08:002011-12-05T00:32:46.284-08:00Take Five (or Six) with the AM Jazz Band
For its December 8 concert, the AM Band plays six tunes:"Take Five" by Paul Desmond was made famous by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, while "Dat Dere" by Bobby Timmons was played by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. "Jordu" by Clifford Jordan is best known from the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet.
The band also plays "Jumpin' At The Woodside" by Count Basie and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-81314458936764821672011-12-04T18:48:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:33:37.912-08:00With director Harley Muilenberg, the fall 2011 Madrigal Singers
Celebrate the Holidays with the Madrigal Singers
It’s a holiday tradition: Beginning with “Fanfare For Christmas Day,” the HSU Madrigal Singers present their annual holiday program of Renaissance madrigals and songs on Sunday December 4 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
Tunes by Giovanni Gastoldi (“Hearts Lively Beating”), Thomas Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-84014335015785525502011-12-03T18:56:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:34:34.949-08:00Calypso Band Introduces “Pan Army”
It’s an all-percussion concert in the Van Duzer Theatre on Saturday, December 3, with world rhythms and a U.S. steelband premiere.
The HSU Percussion Ensemble plays Paschal Dances by composer David Gillingham, described by director Eugene Novotney as “haunting and beautiful, and at other times highly rhythmic and brutal. It is a true masterpiece of the Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-23522809759790702382011-12-02T14:11:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:35:49.301-08:00Stephanie DouglassGuest Conductor and Percussion Solo Highlight Symphonic Band Concert
A military symphony conducted by the new director of the HSU Marching Lumberjacks, a virtuoso percussion solo, an Italian march and a Chorale and Alleluia by a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer: all in one eclectic concert by the HSU Symphonic Band on Friday, December 2.
Stephanie Douglass is the guest Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-79578303678454880072011-11-14T02:39:00.000-08:002011-11-27T23:54:20.790-08:00
December Preview
Symphonic Band plays Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Hanson on Friday December 2 at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson.
Calypso Band premieres "Pan Army" and Percussion Ensemble plays on Saturday December 3 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre.
Madrigal Singers perform Renaissance songs of the season and MRT sings jazz and blues on Sunday December 4 at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson.
AM Jazz Band Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-73667956113168419902011-11-13T00:00:00.000-08:002011-11-11T16:27:55.384-08:00
The Wednesday Quartet:Dan Fair, Kris Lang, Steven Workman and Drew McGowan.
From Gypsy Jazz to Modern with HSU Jazz Combos
Four jazz combos offer a variety of styles from modern mainstream to Gypsy Jazz at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on Sunday November 13.
The quintet called High Speed Pursuit Ate My Homework features “unusual timbres and eclectic repertoire,” according to HSU jazz professorAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-70522889221022039292011-11-11T23:48:00.000-08:002011-11-11T17:18:57.062-08:00Humboldt Bay Brass Band Plays Tribute to Veterans Day
Brass bands and Veterans Day seem to naturally go together, so the Humboldt Bay Brass Band highlights the connection in its concerts on Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
After an opening set that includes the classic National Emblem march and the “Parade of the Charioteers” from the Academy Award-winning Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-37374762008720641222011-11-04T19:19:00.000-07:002011-11-02T01:44:06.138-07:00
Sail and Dance with the Humboldt Symphony
Humboldt Symphony sails with the HMS Pinafore in its fall concert on November 4 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The Overture to HMS Pinafore includes some of the most popular tunes in any Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Composer Arthur Sullivan wrote other orchestral music, notes Humboldt Symphony conductor Paul Cummings, but today he is chiefly Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-41052402001865089732011-11-04T10:06:00.000-07:002011-11-02T01:44:06.140-07:00Humboldt Symphony: The Program
Arthur Sullivan - Overture to HMS Pinafore
Gabriel Faure - Pavane
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances 5 & 6
Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Gustav Holst - Brook Green SuiteAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-67990144457459979642011-10-23T03:55:00.000-07:002011-10-17T02:01:58.919-07:00
Find the magic in Brigadoon, Lerner & Loewe's musical romance: Final Weekend Thursday through Saturday, October 20-22 at 7: 30 p.m., Sundays Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre on HSU campus in Arcata. Why, it's almost like being in love! $17/$12 general, $12/$10 students & seniors from HSU Box Office (826-3928.) Produced by HSU Departments of Music and Theatre, Film & Dance.
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Leaving the cynical city (and its cynical musicals) behind, two men from New York drift out of cell phone range into the Scottish highlands, where they discover an enchanted village that lives only for a day every 100 years, called Brigadoon. There they find new love and a different way to live. But can the magic last, and if it’s lost, can it be found again?
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Brigadoon at HSU is co-directed by Bernadette Cheyne and Richard Woods, with musical direction by Elisabeth Harrington. It features a full orchestra playing the lush score that captures the spirit of Scotland, conducted by Paul Cummings. Jeff O’Connor is the choreographer.
The cast features Miles Raymer as Tommy Albright, a troubled young man from 2011 Manhattan, and Brandy Rose as Fiona Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-11513180171048574742011-10-13T03:34:00.000-07:002011-10-04T16:52:10.052-07:00
BRIGADOON: The Golden Age
Every two years the HSU Department of Theatre, Film & Dance and the HSU Department of Music collaborate on a big stage musical. Brigadoon is something of a departure from recent productions that were more contemporary in theme and style. A Broadway hit in 1947 and revived many times since, Brigadoon is considered a classic of the Golden Age of American musical theatre,Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-79080349022839867892011-10-13T03:17:00.000-07:002011-10-04T16:52:57.850-07:00
BRIGADOON: The Music
“The music is beautiful, and so well crafted," said Elisabeth Harrington, Music Director for Brigadoon at HSU. "The vocal music is rich with upbeat Scottish-sounding themes evoking jigs and reels, as well as flowing ballads expressing effusive sentiments of love. There are a lot of references to place, like fragrant heather and the mist. There are so many catchy tunes andAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-38974998016792084082011-10-13T03:10:00.000-07:002011-10-04T16:49:17.052-07:00
BRIGADOON: Ensemble Singing
Frederick Loewe was not only a composer—he was also a skillful vocal arranger. So it isn’t surprising that Brigadoon is full of intricate ensemble singing as well as famous solos and duets. For the HSU production, Elisabeth Harrington is not only the musical director but the vocal coach. She comments here on that aspect of the show.
“The vocal style is incredibly Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-62537118815629149562011-10-13T02:40:00.000-07:002011-10-04T16:54:33.580-07:00
BRIGADOON Orchestration: Full, Lush, Scottish--But No Bagpipes
Frederick Loewe wrote the much-admired musical score and the songs for Brigadoon. There were a few additions to accommodate choreographer Agnes de Mille’s dances (such as the Sword Dance), arranged from Loewe’s themes by Trude Rittman, described as “Broadway’s leading specialist in that particular craft.”
There were Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-47340017293713606902011-10-09T13:34:00.000-07:002011-10-05T22:52:58.953-07:00
David Shemer at HSU Director of the Jerusalem Baroque Ensemble David Shemer will visit the Humboldt State University campus on Sunday, October 9 for a series of free events open to the public.
In his harpsichord recital at 2 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall, Shemer will perform several selections by J.S. Bach. At 3 p.m. he will lecture on Israeli contemporary music, and at 4 p.m. he Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-74822000604103919972011-10-01T19:07:00.000-07:002011-09-30T04:05:18.093-07:00Homecoming with the HSU Symphonic Band and Jazz Orchestra
The HSU Symphonic Band goes upbeat and tuneful while the Jazz Orchestra powers up some jazz masters in their shared Homecoming weekend concert on Saturday, October 1 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The Symphonic Band plays Satiric Dances by American composer Norman Dello Joio, originally written to accompany a political comedy by AristophanesAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-63566895833834684382011-09-10T19:19:00.000-07:002011-09-08T02:12:49.019-07:00
And on with the show! Participating faculty Daniela Mineva, Cindy Moyer, Virginia Ryder, Eugene Novotney, Elisabeth Harrington, Robin Miller and Gilbert Cline.
HSU Music Faculty in Welcome Concert
With selections from Mozart to Sondheim, and Hindemith to Ellington, members of the HSU Music Department faculty will perform a musical welcome to the new school year on Saturday, September 10 in Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-85058364422483496962011-09-10T10:26:00.000-07:002011-09-07T03:42:01.568-07:00
Welcome Concert: The Program
1.Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard
Afro-Blue by Mongo Santamaria
Players:
Eugene Novotney, tenor pan
Howard Kaufman, double tenor pans
Virginia Ryder, double seconds pans
Jonathan Kipp, cello pans
Shao Way Wu, bass
David Peñalosa, congas
2. Ellington / Strayhorn Medley
Upper Manhattan Medical Group
Daydream
Blood Count
A-Train
Players:
Brian Post, pianoAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-8592937890567653522011-06-11T19:16:00.000-07:002011-06-08T22:58:38.523-07:00
Strut and Spin with the North Coast Wind Ensemble
Comprised of some of the best wind instrument players from North Coast communities, the North Coast Wind Ensemble directed by HSU professor Kenneth Ayoob emphasizes the music of popular dance in its Fulkerson Recital Hall concert on Saturday, June 11.
Featured is Robert Bennett Russell’s Suite of Old American Dances which romps through early Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-44211137046747883632011-06-11T17:07:00.000-07:002011-06-01T00:07:47.064-07:00
North Coast Wind Ensemble: the Program
Overture for Winds, Op. 24 (1824) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Suite of Old American Dances (1949) Robert Russell Bennett (1894- 1981)
Cakewalk
Schottische
Western One Step
Wallflower Waltz
Rag
Irish Tune From County Derry (1909) Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Shepherd’s Hey (1918) Percy Grainger
Ballo del granduca (1589) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-45792280718980873032011-05-27T18:51:00.000-07:002011-05-26T22:59:48.979-07:00 photo by David Fung
Ryan’s Return to HSU: Ryan MacEvoy McCullough in Benefit Concert
Fresh from playing Rhapsody in Blue with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and being named the University of Southern California Thorton School of Music’s outstanding graduate of 2011, North Coast favorite son Ryan MacEvoy McCullough returns to HSU for a solo piano concert onAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-15764552969884741902011-05-27T17:42:00.000-07:002011-05-16T01:16:27.439-07:00
photo by David Fung
Artist's Commentary
As sometimes happens, this program assumed a unique theme, which always pleases me. The theme of this recital is different kinds of travel.
The program begins with a work by the 19th century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt: his Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (or the 123rd sonnet after Petrarch), transcribed forAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-16248059965130625652011-05-27T16:25:00.000-07:002011-05-15T23:26:50.928-07:00
photo by Terry McNeill
Born in Boston and raised in northern California, pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough is beginning to develop a diverse career as soloist, collaborator, and proponent of new music. In a recent performance of Chopin, “his virtuosity was evident and understated, his playing projected a warmth... that conjured the humanity of Artur Rubinstein.” (Eli Newberger, The Boston Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-287249487099095642011-05-08T19:52:00.000-07:002011-05-05T23:35:40.158-07:00
Humboldt Chorale soloists Katherine Kinley and James Gadd
It Might As Well Be Spring with University Singers and Humboldt Chorale
HSU University Singers and the Humboldt Chorale perform choral classics from settings for Latin Masses to famous opera and musical choruses in their shared spring concert at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Sunday night, May 8.
“The Latin texts for the Mass Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-22725129473837816772011-05-08T17:43:00.000-07:002011-05-01T23:43:54.174-07:00
2011 University Singers (not in order pictured) Cara Crofts, Tamsen Bell, Jacqui Hernandez, Amy Chalfant, Hannah Foster, Caitlin Denning, Raena Frolich, Jessica Golden, Daniela Godinez, Kalea Hammond, Nikki Leskinen, Shawn Hard, Cassandra Lindop, Cody Huff, Sarah Martens, Kathleen Johnston, Katherine McCall, Jennifer Kerwin, Molly Severdia, Rebecca Russell, Elena Tessler, Tina Toomata, Julia Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-82485411906972143122011-05-07T19:31:00.000-07:002011-05-05T23:23:40.405-07:00Banding Together: HSU and Eureka High Symphonic Bands
HSU Symphonic Band, conducted by Kenneth Ayoob, shares its spring concert with the Eureka High School Symphonic Band, conducted by Gwen Gastineau-Ayoob. After separate sets, the two ensembles combine for the 80-instrument finale, in Fulkerson Recital Hall on Saturday, May 7.
Featured in the HSU Symphonic Band segment is the Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-35947219263000456482011-05-06T19:13:00.000-07:002011-05-05T23:17:51.967-07:00
Spring with Vivaldi and the Humboldt Symphony
Humboldt Symphony’s spring concert features two of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony—“some of the most popular classical pieces for orchestra ever written,” said Humboldt Symphony conductor and HSU Music professor Paul Cummings.
Add Benjamin Britten, a modern elegy and a Cinco de Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-51884174428751529842011-05-05T19:03:00.000-07:002011-05-05T23:24:57.122-07:00From Swing to Fusion With AM Jazz Band
The AM Jazz Band of HSU runs the jazz standard gamut from the tune that launched the Swing Era to a jazz fusion classic, in concert at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on Thursday, May 5.
“It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” was written by Duke Ellington during show intermissions in Chicago. When Ellington’s band performed it in 1931, it was theAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-61888351747887139222011-05-01T19:59:00.000-07:002011-04-27T22:58:18.803-07:00Madrigals Go Modern, MRT Stays Jazzy
In their annual spring concert the HSU Madrigal Singers mix the modern and the ancient, and the Mad River Transit Singers accent improvisations and variety with tunes from Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder to Jimmy Van Heusen. Their voices share the Fulkerson Recital Hall stage on Sunday night, May 1.
The Madrigal Singers perform three “cabaret madrigals” by Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-63469627620297604552011-04-29T19:50:00.000-07:002011-04-27T22:57:07.985-07:00HSU Jazz Orchestra’s Self-Generated Jazz
HSU Jazz Orchestra takes original tunes and arrangements to Fulkerson Recital Hall for their spring showcase on Friday, April 29. Add the improvisation called for in another tune, and it’s a singular evening in the jazz tradition of “you had to be there.”
For example, “Moten Swing” was the signature tune for Kansas City bandleader Benny Moten in the Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-35628600100882820502011-04-25T19:56:00.000-07:002011-04-24T03:32:50.319-07:00HSU Guitar Ensemble Debuts With Fund-Raiser
“This is a special event for the guitar program at HSU,” said Music professor Nicholas Lambson. “We haven’t held a special concert like this in my five years here. All ticket sales go towards bringing guest guitar artists to Humboldt.”
The concert on Monday evening, April 25 in Fulkerson Recital Hall features the debut of the HSU Guitar Ensemble: Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-60604723834781550822011-04-25T17:51:00.000-07:002011-04-22T00:58:51.490-07:00Nicholas Lambson: Concert Notes
This is a special event for the Guitar Program at HSU. In my 5 years here, we have not held a special concert like this of this magnitude. This concert will benefit the Guitar Program, as all of the ticket sales will go into an account to be used to bring up guest artists. We intend to do a themed guitar concert every year in the Spring from now on, and I have a Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-29627233228120941572011-04-22T19:31:00.000-07:002011-04-21T00:54:28.224-07:00Intimate Magic with Mozart and Opera Workshop's The Magic Flute at HSU
Both a hero’s journey and a love story, The Magic Flute is one of the most beloved operas of all time. Plus it features some of the best—and last—music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever wrote.
For three performances beginning April 22, HSU Opera Workshop presents a full production of The Magic Flute in the intimate setting of Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-19928189390572235742011-04-22T18:19:00.000-07:002011-04-20T23:10:36.434-07:00
The Magic Flute at HSU
Interview: Elisabeth Harrington, director
"The Magic Flute is a Singspeil opera, which technically means a play with singing. It’s telling a story and using music as part of the story. It’s a forerunner of musical theatre. But it’s not your typical musical theatre or operetta kind of singing. It’s opera.
It’s partly a love story between the hero Tamino, played by Philip Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-44234282140994730592011-04-22T16:39:00.000-07:002011-04-17T00:57:37.097-07:00The Magic Flute at HSU
Interview: Paul Cummings, orchestra conductor
“Since we’re in Gist, which is a smaller place, we decided we needed a smaller orchestra than Mozart called for. We play the usual string parts but instead of large string sections, we have one or two players for each. Rather than pairs of woodwinds and brass, we use single, except for two clarinets. We’ve substituted two Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-43914142306483040612011-04-22T15:47:00.000-07:002011-04-17T00:59:34.731-07:00
The Magic Flute at HSU
Interview: Rachel Parti, designer
“I’m designing costumes, set and lighting—a scenographic experience, though honestly that wasn’t what I thought I was going to be doing when I started this project. But it’s what I’m trained for in my graduate theatre program as a scenographer, to design for all aspects of the show. So it’s been a wonderful opportunity andAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-38330629694986179742011-04-16T19:28:00.000-07:002011-04-13T15:51:02.943-07:00
No Skin Off Their Drums: HSU Percussion Ensemble and World Percussion Group On Their Own
The absence of the Calypso Band and the different venue aren’t cramping the style of the HSU Percussion Ensemble and the World Percussion Group for their spring concert in Fulkerson Hall on Saturday, April 16. Instead they have more time to shine.
While the Calypso Band prepares for their Center Arts Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-41588441062276464982011-04-14T19:04:00.000-07:002011-04-12T23:04:52.999-07:00Jazz Combos
HSU Jazz Combos perform at an unusual venue and time. The performance is at 9 pm on Thursday April 14 in the Depot on the HSU campus in Arcata. Admission is $7/$3, free to HSU students with I.D. Directed by Dan Aldag, produced by HSU Music Department.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-4883900795749184662011-04-09T18:59:00.000-07:002011-04-06T21:31:25.954-07:00
Embraceable Fang Zhang at HSU
Pianist Fang Zhang brings an international reputation and a unique program that includes European classics, American popular music and a Chinese piano work to HSU’s Fulkerson Recital Hall on Saturday, April 9.
“We are delighted to host the Chinese pianist, Fang Zhang,” said HSU Music professor Daniela Mineva. “His superb musicality and mature artistry are Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-66799490851248951292011-04-09T17:08:00.000-07:002011-04-03T02:15:11.859-07:00
Pianist Fang Zhang: The Program
Rondo in c major Op.51 No.1: L.V. Beethoven
Funérailles from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: F. Liszt
Sheng, Dan, Jing , Mo, Chou : A Mao Wang
Two Etudes: Embraceable You, I got Rhythm: G.Gershwin-E.Wild
Intermission
Sonata in b minor: F. Liszt
Artist's Commentary
Sheng dan jing mo chou” is a piano work inspired by Role Types in Chinese Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-24690211687097789812011-04-08T19:45:00.000-07:002011-04-06T21:32:04.786-07:00
Whirler of the Dance: Nicholas Lambson
Whether or not you can name the style, you know the music. Guitarist and HSU professor Nicholas Lambson performs a concert of contemporary music at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Friday, April 8, that mostly exemplifies the style called minimalism. “It’s probably the most accessible 20th century style,” Lambson said. With African and electronic music Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-60196155650018182202011-04-08T17:52:00.000-07:002011-04-03T00:52:53.780-07:00
Artist Commentary
This will be a contemporary guitar concert. The oldest work by far was written roughly 50 years ago, with everything else falling well within the last 30 years. There will be music from Venezuela, Japan, and the rest from American composers. Minimalism will be a main feature of the night, as our Minimalism on Guitar concert event is on Monday, April 25th at 8. Minimalism is Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-28355209923468390902011-04-02T18:56:00.000-07:002011-04-02T00:13:57.680-07:00Venetians and Dragons with Humboldt Bay Brass Band
“Venetians and Dragons,” the Humboldt Bay Brass Band concert on April 2 in Fulkerson Recital Hall, features music ranging from some of the oldest known works for brass to the premiere of an original composition combining elements of classical and jazz by HSU professor and HBBB director Dr. Gilbert Cline. And of course, dragons.
The concert Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-18831150396633088412011-04-02T13:42:00.000-07:002011-03-27T03:51:52.199-07:00Humboldt Bay Brass Band: The ProgramSusato Echoes (1551) ...................................................... published by Tylmann Susato (ca. 1500 -1561) I - Ronde (entrance)-- segue -- arranged by G. ClineII - Mohrentanz (natural trumpets & timpani) -- segue -- III - Battaglia Die Schlacht(full band).Ricercar (ca. 1580?) ....................................... quartet .....Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-31835078190492442202011-03-26T18:49:00.000-07:002011-03-24T02:33:42.796-07:00Acclaimed Pianist Pamela Mia Paul Performs at HSUAs a pianist, she has been hailed as “a star among stars” and performed in major concert halls on four continents, including appearances with the world’s great orchestras. As a teacher, she has presented master classes in Europe, People's Republic of China and throughout the United States. On March 26 in Fulkerson Recital Hall, Pamela Mia Paul willAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-29760222045545013592011-03-26T17:41:00.000-07:002011-03-13T21:43:50.507-07:00Pamela Mia Paul: The ProgramSextet Op. 18 - Johannes BrahmsAllegro ma non troppo - transcribed for solo piano by Reuben Allred, 2008Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel op. 24 - Johannes BrahmsIntermissionCharnel House (after Frederic Chopin) - Andrew May 2010 - American premiereValses Nobles et Sentimentales - Maurice RavelL'Isle Joyeuse-- Claude Debussy Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-23260614845458627672011-03-25T16:38:00.000-07:002011-03-13T21:41:17.097-07:00Pamela Mia Paul: BioPamela Mia Paul is both a brilliant performer and a deeply dedicated teacher. On stage, she has performed with the world’s great orchestras. She has given concerts throughout the U.S., and in Europe, the People’s Republic of China, South Korea and Turkey both as soloist and as chamber musician. In the studio, or in the setting of a Master Class, she is an internationally Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-40560234798075570302011-03-12T19:26:00.000-08:002011-03-09T22:37:11.545-08:00PianoVoce: Kevin Sharkey, Richard Duning, Nancy Correll, Annette Gurnee Hull and Virginia Ryder. Not pictured: Kamala Stroup Rocher.Music of Sorrow, Fear, Transcendence and Transformation with PianoVoce“What better way to explore the nature of death than through its expression in music?” asks North Coast pianist Nancy Correll. Her answer is this carefully selected program presented by the North Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-9805188215411531992011-03-12T16:18:00.000-08:002011-03-06T23:24:09.708-08:00CommentaryDeath is an experience that all humans have. Each culture, each individual has its own way of dealing with this reality. Our own long heritage of music and poetry has a rich and varied response to the issue of death.From our culture’s music for piano, voice and oboe, we’ve chosen pieces that explore various aspects of death: the pain of loss, mourning, various ideas and images on what Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-14229799890240071452011-03-12T13:13:00.000-08:002011-03-06T23:23:14.199-08:00The ProgramDeath: Part the First: Fear and the MacabreDies Iræ/Danse Macabre ..................... Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Richard Duning ~ Kevin SharkeyNancy Correll & Annette Gurnée HullDer Tod und das Mädchen ........................... Franz Schubert (1797-1828)Kevin Sharkey & Nancy CorrellEin Schwan ..................................................... Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)Kamala Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-62775816940935711602011-03-05T19:45:00.000-08:002011-03-04T23:29:16.347-08:00Soprano Molly Servidia, soloist with the Humboldt SymphonyA Pretty Night with the Humboldt SymphonyTwo soloists highlight Humboldt Symphony’s early spring concert on Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6 at 8 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall.Soprano Molly Severida, this year’s winner in the HSU student Aria Competition, will perform a song from Susannah, the most famous opera by American composer Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-57767837315368533792011-03-05T16:55:00.000-08:002011-02-27T22:57:46.751-08:00Dr. Dan Aldag, soloist for the Humboldt SymphonyHumboldt Symphony: The ProgramBenjamin BrittenCourtly Dances from GlorianaCarlisle Floyd"Ain't It a Pretty Night?" from Susannahsoloist: Molly SeverdiaLauny GrondahlConcerto for Trombonesoloist: Dr. Dan AldagIntermissionFranz SchubertSymphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished)Antonin DvorakSlavonic Dance, op. 46 No. 8 in G minorAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-72301511532514632032011-02-27T13:51:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:33:58.442-08:00The String Poetic: Two Premieres with Cindy Moyer and John ChernoffA rollicking Beethoven, a lyrical Brahms, modern madrigals and a fresh new work by the latest Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner in classical music--all on a Humboldt Sunday afternoon (February 27) with violinist and HSU professor Cindy Moyer, and HSU piano accompanist John Chernoff. Plus a brand new grand piano.This concert Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-10298448236634442832011-02-27T13:18:00.000-08:002011-02-16T01:50:56.147-08:00Photo by Ken BurtonAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-25248242096076001072011-02-27T13:08:00.000-08:002011-02-16T01:35:45.924-08:00Program and NotesFaculty Artist RecitalCindy Moyer, violinJohn Chernoff, pianoSonata in A Major for Piano and Violin, Op. 100 Johannes BrahmsAllegro amabileAndante tranquilloAllegretto graziosoString Poetic Jennifer HigdonJagged Climb (b. 1962)NocturneBlue Hills of MistMaze MechanicalClimb JaggedI N T E R M I S S I O NFive Madrigal Stanzas for Violin and Piano Bohuslav MartinuModerato (1890-1959)Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-27790677074075407882011-02-26T19:41:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:32:41.326-08:00Commemorations and Flexibility with the HSU Symphonic Band and Jazz OrchestraHSU’s largest jazz ensemble performs more like the smallest, in a concert the Jazz Orchestra shares with the Symphonic Band on Saturday February 26 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.The Jazz Orchestra will play a Charles Mingus tune (“E’s Flat, Ah’s Flat, Too”) "Moten Swing" by Bennie Moten's 1930s Kansas City Orchestra and two Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-49605176782805930362011-02-26T17:36:00.000-08:002011-02-16T01:40:56.542-08:00NotesKenneth Ayoob on the Symphonic Band program:Molly on the Shore by Percy GraingerMolly on the Shore is a composition of Percy Aldridge Grainger. It is an arrangement of two contrasting Irish reels, "Temple Hill" and "Molly on the Shore" that present the melodies in a variety of textures and orchestrations, giving each section of the band long stretches of thematic and countermelodic material.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-67538029169844183432011-01-23T19:42:00.000-08:002011-01-19T21:40:22.217-08:00From Pineapple Poll to Golden Bear: North Coast Wind EnsembleAt 8 PM on Sunday January 23 in Fulkerson Recital Hall, the North Coast Wind Ensemble returns for its third season with a concert featuring Pineapple Polly, a Golden Bear, sea songs, Elsa’ s Procession, a Children’s March and Noisy Wheels of Joy.The Wind Ensemble is a North Coast community group organized in 2009 by Heather Benson and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-56467632974519880242011-01-22T18:35:00.000-08:002011-01-19T19:45:16.539-08:00Going Baroque for HSU Music ScholarshipsA brand new ensemble of 27 North Coast community musicians is going Baroque for HSU student scholarships, in a benefit concert on Saturday January 22 in Fulkerson Recital Hall, at the special early time of 7 pm.With its exuberance and its webs of harmony, music of the Baroque era has become a popular form of classical music. The ensemble conduced by Justin Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-69342828921586625332011-01-22T16:12:00.000-08:002011-01-10T23:19:22.254-08:00Baroque Concert PreviewThe Bach Concerto for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1062 is an unusual concerto. It is a double concerto for two keyboards and orchestra. This piece is familiar as a double violin concerto, in d minor; but it’s believed that Bach also arranged it for two keyboards, in c minor. Originally played on harpsichords, this recital will present it with 2 pianos.The soloists are Annette Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-39961875907388835632010-12-12T19:26:00.000-08:002010-12-07T16:43:43.393-08:00A Double Fantasy at Humboldt Symphony and Singers Christmas ConcertSpecial guests join the annual combined concert of the Humboldt Symphony, University Singers and Humboldt Chorale on Friday and Sunday December 9 and 11 at Fulkerson Recital Hall, in a program that includes a double fantasy. But the emphasis as always is on music for the holiday season.The first fantasy--Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-25205261668358402762010-12-12T17:19:00.000-08:002010-12-05T23:38:47.568-08:00Kevin Richards, baritone soloist for Fantasia on Christmas CarolsDecember 10 & 12: The Program Humboldt Symphony:Jean Baptiste Lully - Ballet Suitearranged by Felix MottlEdvard Grieg - Peer Gynt SuiteIntermissionDaniel Pinkham - Christmas CantataUniversity Singers, Chorale, Symphony, and members of Humboldt British Brass BandRalph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas CarolsUniversity Singers,Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-76502226227661703792010-12-11T19:13:00.000-08:002010-12-06T18:09:23.124-08:00An Ellington Jazz Christmas with HSU Jazz OrchestraThe HSU Jazz Orchestra presents a rare treat, the entire Duke Ellington version of the Nutcracker Suite, along with a composition by an Arcata High grad and a possible world premiere of a rediscovered piece by a jazz pioneer, on Saturday December 11 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.Duke Ellington and his composing partner Billy Strayhorn arranged Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-62025158861450772362010-12-05T19:19:00.000-08:002010-12-07T16:27:49.640-08:00MRT Singers: Fall 2010‘Tis the Season for the Madrigal Singers and MRT JazzOnce again the HSU Madrigal Singers in Renaissance costume jumpstart the Christmas spirit, and the smaller ensemble of MRT Singers swing tunes from the jazz era to U2 and Neil Young, in their combined concert on Sunday December 5 at Fulkerson Recital Hall.The Madrigal Singers perform two carols with different aspects of Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-89549631551825391992010-12-05T13:19:00.000-08:002010-11-23T23:38:28.712-08:00HSU Madrigal Singers 2010Madrigal Singers & MRT Singers Concert: The ProgramFestive Madrigals:Sweet Come Away My Darling by Robert JonesThough Philomela Lost Her Love Thomas MorleyFa una canzona Orazio VecchiCarols:Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day John GardnerWolcum Yole! (from Ceremony of Carols) Benjamin BrittenMadrigal SongsSing Sing Ye Muses John BlowBlow Blow Thou Winter Wind John RutterThe Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-6250574107900078752010-12-04T19:27:00.000-08:002010-12-07T16:27:00.886-08:00A Birthday Party with HSU Calypso Band & Percussion EnsembleThe Humboldt State Calypso Band celebrates its 25th anniversary with a composition appropriately called Birthday Party by Len “Boogsie” Sharp, during its December 4 concert in the Van Duzer theatre. The Calypso Band was founded in the spring of 1986 by Dr. Eugene Novotney, who is still the groups’ leader and director. This is the first Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-28776522830987132222010-12-04T18:19:00.000-08:002010-11-22T18:50:00.058-08:00Percussion Ensemble & Calypso Band Concert: Director's NotesPercussion EnsembleThe featured work on the program is TOCCATA for Percussion Instruments, composed in 1942 by the Pan-American composer, Carlos Chavez. Chavez was born and died in Mexico City, and at the age of 29, he was named the director of Mexico’s National Conservatory ands the director of Orchesta Sinfonia de Mexico.In this piece,Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-57057950379191780692010-12-03T19:38:00.000-08:002010-12-07T16:26:13.842-08:00A Christmas Festival with the HSU Symphonic BandAt the climax of its December 3 concert, the HSU Symphonic Band reveals again the full if often hidden power of some classic Christmas songs with Leroy Anderson’s vibrant collage called A Christmas Festival.“When Anderson arranged this in 1950, it was a new idea,” said Symphonic Band director Kenneth Ayoob. “Many composers have set Christmas music Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-42246989992897092582010-12-03T17:43:00.000-08:002010-11-22T03:01:10.719-08:00Symphonic Band Concert: Director's NotesMusic of Holst, Giovonnini, Broege, Anderson, Fillmore and Van der Roost.Holst’s Second Suite for Military Band, one of the keystone works of the band literature, uses English folk songs and folk dances throughout. It is a joy to play and to hear.Puszta by Dutch composer Jan Van der Roost is also a suite. Although its four Gypsy Dances are related to the Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-62948073322842377802010-11-20T13:02:00.000-08:002010-11-19T17:32:27.385-08:00top: "Remembrance of Things Past" by Morris Graves; photo of Morris Graves.Free HSU Music Concert Honoring Morris GravesTo help celebrate the centennial year of Humboldt artist Morris Graves, nine HSU Music Department faculty and staff will join in a free afternoon concert on Saturday November 20, in the building that bears his name: the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka.Beginning at 2 pm, Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-67831233407562157862010-11-20T11:09:00.000-08:002010-11-16T11:20:15.151-08:00Morris Graves Concert: The Program1.Suite Venezolano by Antonio LauroI RegistroII Danza NegraIII CancionIV ValsNicholas Lambson, guitar2.Triptych by Robert SirotaDesecrationLamentationPrayer Cindy Moyer, violinKaren Davy, violinSherry Hanson, violaDavid Davis, cello3. Prelude "Ondine" by C. DebussyRobin Miller, piano4.Symphony #2 second movement, transcription for four hands by J. BrahmsJohn Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-84679348890930164852010-11-13T19:06:00.000-08:002010-11-12T07:29:30.953-08:00Humboldt Bay Brass Band—Plus 50 Vuvuzelas—Honors World Cup and Veterans DayHumboldt Bay Brass Band concerts are known for adding audience fun to the musical menu. On November 13 in Fulkerson Hall the prime candidate is “Groovuzela,” an original piece that features some 50 vuvuzelas—the instrument that millions around the world learned about during this year’s World Cup.“What can I say?” said HBBBAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-69883630206036386402010-11-12T19:57:00.000-08:002010-11-12T07:31:51.973-08:00Get It Wet Quartet: Dan Fair, Charles Welty, Thatcher Holvick-Norton and Branden Lewis.From Miles to a Space Oddity: Jazz Combos GrooveThree all-star HSU jazz combos perform classics and original tunes in their fall concert at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Friday November 12.The Get It Wet Quartet plays “Four” by Miles Davis, the early '60s pop hit "Our Day Will Come" plus a medley of Wayne Shorter'sAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-31942150532240616542010-11-05T19:08:00.000-07:002010-11-06T20:32:57.558-07:00It’s Not Over Until Red Riding Hood Sings: Opera Workshop Presents Operatic Fairy TalesPinocchio sings Mozart, Jack and the Giant do Gilbert and Sullivan, and the evening’s not over until Little Red Riding Hood sings Offenbach: It’s the HSU Opera Workshop performing four classic fairy tales using music by operatic greats.“It’s a fun and education romp through the realm of opera and a new angle onAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-40910354866981861602010-11-05T14:15:00.000-07:002010-10-31T00:17:13.636-07:00Members of the fall 2010 HSU Opera WorkshopAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-69540805596735368122010-11-05T11:28:00.000-07:002010-10-31T00:22:19.204-07:00Opera Workshop: ProgramFrom Opera Tales by John Davies(note: not necessarily performance order)Three Little Pigsbased on scenes from operas by Mozartwith music from Mozart's Don Giovani and Cosi Fan TutteDirected by Elisabeth HarringtonPinocchioFrom the story by Carlo Collodi, based on scenes from operas by W.A. Mozart, G. Donizetti, J. Offenbach, and G.B. Pergolesi.with music from Mozart’s Die Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-58729927741129619412010-10-30T17:51:00.000-07:002010-10-29T01:20:14.743-07:00Treats and a Trick with the Humboldt SymphonyThe Humboldt Symphony ushers in Halloween this fall with some spooky music treats and an extra-musical trick. It’s all part of a family-friendly concert on Saturday October 30 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.In the evening’s bag of symphonic music are two works with a Halloween resonance—especially the rousing Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky, as Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-50130121892204592052010-10-30T16:48:00.000-07:002010-10-22T16:51:31.100-07:00Humboldt Symphony: The ProgramWith comments by conductor Paul Cummings...1.Balletstucke (Ballet Suite) by Jean-Baptiste de Lully“Lilly was most active in the 1670s and 1680s, the middle of the Baroque period. He was the chief court composer for Louis XIV, and was known as the dictator of the musical scene for decades, keeping other composers out of the picture. At the time he conducted, he didn’tAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-47400845353046744932010-10-29T16:45:00.000-07:002010-10-29T01:17:58.491-07:00HSU Student Composers Free ConcertNew music by HSU composition students will be performed by faculty, Music Department staff musicians and students in a free concert on Friday October 29.David Adkins, Sara Scibetta and John Garritano are among the composers participating.According to composition teacher J. Brian Post, students experiment with both new and traditional approaches in composing, and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-26006821844795124372010-10-16T18:08:00.000-07:002010-10-14T17:08:59.923-07:00Impress Your Family with the Symphonic Band and Jazz OrchestraJust in time for Homecoming and Family Weekend, the HSU Symphonic Band and Jazz Orchestra share the first (mostly) student concert of the school year on October 16 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall.The Symphonic Band directed by Dr. Kenneth Ayoob features the dynamic suite adapted for band and brass quintet from Leonard Bernstein’s epic Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-72967195384576174452010-10-09T19:05:00.000-07:002010-10-10T03:23:51.311-07:00Finding Home: An Eclectic Evening with Soprano Elisabeth Harrington and FriendsWith HSU faculty and graduates collaborating—including one of her own former students—soprano and HSU Music professor Elisabeth Harrington sings an eclectic program of opera, art songs, musical theatre and jazz, in concert at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Saturday October 9.Harrington’s former student is baritone Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-15434526307146162822010-10-09T18:15:00.000-07:002010-10-03T00:26:40.978-07:00Elisabeth Harrington & Friends: The ProgramElisabeth Harrington, sopranoChristopher Hatcher, baritoneLaura Snodgrass, fluteGil Cline, trumpetJohn Chernoff, pianoRobin Miller, pianoJonathan Webster, pianoAlleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate by W. A. Mozart(1756-1791)Gil Cline, trumpet in B-flatRobin Miller, pianoLes adieux de l’hôtesse arabe by Georges Bizet(1838-1875)from Les Pêcheurs de perles“Me Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-41239886083600801032010-10-02T19:34:00.000-07:002010-09-30T18:30:34.638-07:00 Legendary Pianist Natalya Antonova in Class and All-Chopin Concert at HSU Natalya Antonova is the definition of a living legend, as a pianist and as a teacher. She is coming to Humboldt State University in both of these roles, culminating in an all-Chopin concert on Saturday evening, October 2. For local audiences and students “it’s an incredible opportunity,” said pianist and HSU Music Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-65956964626282616662010-10-02T13:46:00.000-07:002010-09-25T23:49:16.205-07:00Natalya Antonova: The ProgramDedicated to the 200th year anniversary of ChopinFirst part:Rondo c-minor op 1Scherzo #1 b-minor op 20Fantasy f-minor op 49Second part:10 preludes op 28Andante Spianato and Grand Brilliant Polonaise op 22Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-46833913611797905702010-09-25T18:19:00.000-07:002010-09-23T16:23:47.309-07:00New Trio Plays New Trio: Vipisa’s Debut with World PremiereIt’s a new trio premiering new music. But of course, there’s a backstory.“We played together last fall,” explained violinist and HSU Music professor Cindy Moyer, referring to her colleagues, Virginia Ryder on saxophone and clarinet, and pianist John Chernoff. “We were having so much fun that we decided to make it a permanent group.”Hence Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-87839710249076827882010-09-25T12:06:00.000-07:002010-09-20T00:29:31.698-07:00The Vipisa Trio: The ProgramCindy Moyer, violinVirginia Ryder, saxophone and clarinetJohn Chernoff, pianoDance Suite for Violin, Alto Saxophone, and Piano by Walter S. HartleyPolonaise brillante: Allegretto (Valse LentePolka FantasqueTrio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano by Aram KhachaturianAndante con dolore, con molto espressioneAllegroModeratoI N T E R M I S S I O NTrio of Piano, Violin, and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-87377560231829173642010-09-18T17:44:00.000-07:002010-10-03T00:31:15.161-07:00Daniela Mineva in First HSU Solo ConcertFor her first solo concert since joining the HSU Music faculty, pianist Daniela Mineva will lead the audience on a journey through different styles from different places, on September 18 at Fulkerson Recital Hall.The first stop is an 18th century piano sonata by Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn. Haydn’s contributions to the sonata form were among many Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-56514088163348574122010-09-18T12:11:00.000-07:002010-09-20T00:13:11.672-07:00Daniela Mineva: The ProgramJ. Haydn -Sonata in G major H:XVI-40Allegretto inocentePrestoF. Chopin- Nocturne in f minor, op.55, #1Etude, op.25, #12C. Debussy- "Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faune", reduction for solo piano D. MinevaO. Messiaen- Three PreludesThe DoveEcstasy Song the background of sad landscapeReflection in the windC. Szymanowski- "Scheherazade" from Masques, op. 34H. Duttileux- Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-11701529612121797722010-09-11T15:29:00.000-07:002010-10-03T00:35:38.694-07:00[click photo to enlarge]HSU Music Faculty Play Welcome ConcertPerforming solo or more often in duos, trios, a quartet and a quintet, no fewer than eighteen HSU Music Department faculty and staff players take the stage to start the school year with a musical bang, in a Welcoming Concert and reception beginning at 5 pm on Saturday, September 11 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.Faculty artists perform Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-16393759295153151662010-09-11T12:15:00.000-07:002010-09-20T00:24:31.840-07:00Welcome Concert: The ProgramSonate by Paul HindemithI Massig bewegt (1895-1963)IV Kleines Rondo, gemachlichP. Cummings, clarinetJ. Chernoff, pianoRomanian Folk Dances (1915) (6 mins.) Bela Bartok1. Jocul cu bâta (or Joc cu bâtă) – Dance With Stick - Stick Game2. Brâul – Waistband Dance- Peasant Costume3. Pe Loc – Stamping Dance - Standing Still4. Buciumeana - Horn Dance5. Poarga Românească – Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259387.post-14090809303328204812010-08-23T00:43:00.000-07:002010-08-31T01:43:46.902-07:00Welcome to 2010-11!HSU Department of Music faculty will be officially welcoming members of the campus community, new and returning, with--what else?--music!A concert on Saturday, September 11 at 5pm features HSU Music faculty players and a reception immediately afterwards.Photo and details will be posted here soon. As usual, HSU Music is your source for information on upcoming HSU Music Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0