Samba Band
Saturday, December 02, 2006
The Ensemble also performs pieces by Steve Reich and Almadeo Roldan. “The Roldan is the first piece to use Latin American instruments in a classical context,” Novotney notes. “These are all masterpieces in their own right. Their complexity and their variety of sound sources led to the music we have today.”
Then the program expands to the music of Africa, South America and the Caribbean. “We always close out the first half of the show with a set of West African music,” Novotney notes. “It’s led by one of our alums, Joe Bishop.”
The HSU Samba Band is the next to perform, focusing on the music of El Salvador and Brazil.
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Then the program expands to the music of Africa, South America and the Caribbean. “We always close out the first half of the show with a set of West African music,” Novotney notes. “It’s led by one of our alums, Joe Bishop.”
The HSU Samba Band is the next to perform, focusing on the music of El Salvador and Brazil.
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The second half of the evening belongs to the ever-popular HSU Calypso Band. “We’re doing a high-energy dance set with a lot of variety,” Novotney said. “Most of the music is indigenous to the Caribbean—Trinidad, Tabago, Afro-Cuban numbers. That’s the dance half of the show.”
Novotney founded the Calypso Band in the spring of 1986, so this is the final HSU concert of its 20th year. “It’s amazing we made it this far,” Novotney said, laughing. “And we’re not stopping now.”
Media: Eureka Times Standard
Novotney founded the Calypso Band in the spring of 1986, so this is the final HSU concert of its 20th year. “It’s amazing we made it this far,” Novotney said, laughing. “And we’re not stopping now.”
Media: Eureka Times Standard
Director’s Notes
The featured work presented by the Humboldt State Percussion Ensemble will be Edgard Varese’s revolutionary work, Ionization. Written in 1931, this work is widely considered to be the most important composition in the entire percussion ensemble repertoire. Featuring 13 performers playing over 47 different instruments, the sound mass and texture fields heard in the piece are extremely colorful and dense. As well as piano and all of the standard instruments of the percussion family such as snare drums, tenor drums, bass drums, triangles, tambourine ,wood blocks and cymbals, Varese also calls for Afro-Cuban instruments such as maracas, guiros, cow bells and bongos, and exotic instruments such as gongs, sleigh bells, castanets, glockenspiel, lions roar, anvils and, perhaps the most unique of all, two hand crank sirens.
The primary siren used by the Humboldt State Percussion Ensemble is the exact Sterling type III hand crank siren that Varese specified in his 1931 score. The second siren is an authentic combat field siren issued by the US military and made by the Federal Electric Company in Chicago, Illinois. Often considered a radical futurist, Varese claims that he was interested in sound for sounds sake alone, and for that reason, considered all sounds as valid ones. As early as the 1930’s, Varese heard the sound of the siren as a result of the modern world, and as such, used it as a musical instrument in his composition. Many scholars have noted that Varese’s ideas, which predated the invention of the first synthesizer by almost 40 years, have had an extensive effect on the development of electronic music.
The HSU Percussion Ensemble will also feature compositions written by Steve Reich, Almadeo Roldan, and John Cage. John Cage’s Third Construction for Percussion Instruments is a highly unusual work which uses as its sound source tom-toms, found objects (tin cans), rattles, maracas, cow bells, a conch shell, and a dried donkey’s jaw bone w/ rattling teeth!
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The featured work presented by the Humboldt State Percussion Ensemble will be Edgard Varese’s revolutionary work, Ionization. Written in 1931, this work is widely considered to be the most important composition in the entire percussion ensemble repertoire. Featuring 13 performers playing over 47 different instruments, the sound mass and texture fields heard in the piece are extremely colorful and dense. As well as piano and all of the standard instruments of the percussion family such as snare drums, tenor drums, bass drums, triangles, tambourine ,wood blocks and cymbals, Varese also calls for Afro-Cuban instruments such as maracas, guiros, cow bells and bongos, and exotic instruments such as gongs, sleigh bells, castanets, glockenspiel, lions roar, anvils and, perhaps the most unique of all, two hand crank sirens.
The primary siren used by the Humboldt State Percussion Ensemble is the exact Sterling type III hand crank siren that Varese specified in his 1931 score. The second siren is an authentic combat field siren issued by the US military and made by the Federal Electric Company in Chicago, Illinois. Often considered a radical futurist, Varese claims that he was interested in sound for sounds sake alone, and for that reason, considered all sounds as valid ones. As early as the 1930’s, Varese heard the sound of the siren as a result of the modern world, and as such, used it as a musical instrument in his composition. Many scholars have noted that Varese’s ideas, which predated the invention of the first synthesizer by almost 40 years, have had an extensive effect on the development of electronic music.
The HSU Percussion Ensemble will also feature compositions written by Steve Reich, Almadeo Roldan, and John Cage. John Cage’s Third Construction for Percussion Instruments is a highly unusual work which uses as its sound source tom-toms, found objects (tin cans), rattles, maracas, cow bells, a conch shell, and a dried donkey’s jaw bone w/ rattling teeth!
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Director's Notes continued
The second half of the show will feature the festive dance music of the Humboldt State Calypso Band. One of Humboldt County’s favorite ensembles, the Calypso Band will feature several high energy dance compositions from the Caribbean in their set. The Humboldt State Calypso Band prides itself in maintaining an accurate and authentic connection to the roots of the steel band movement and the innovative musicians of Trinidad, the island on which this unique percussion phenomenon was born. The band is dedicated to the performance of traditional and contemporary music from the Caribbean, Africa, Brazil, Cuba and the United States. In addition to its regular performances at Humboldt State and throughout Northern California, the band has undertaken tours to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Oakland, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Eugene, OR and Seattle, WA.
The second half of the show will feature the festive dance music of the Humboldt State Calypso Band. One of Humboldt County’s favorite ensembles, the Calypso Band will feature several high energy dance compositions from the Caribbean in their set. The Humboldt State Calypso Band prides itself in maintaining an accurate and authentic connection to the roots of the steel band movement and the innovative musicians of Trinidad, the island on which this unique percussion phenomenon was born. The band is dedicated to the performance of traditional and contemporary music from the Caribbean, Africa, Brazil, Cuba and the United States. In addition to its regular performances at Humboldt State and throughout Northern California, the band has undertaken tours to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Oakland, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Eugene, OR and Seattle, WA.
Eugene Novotney received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music Degree & Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Illinois with emphasis in Percussion, Composition, and Ethnomusicology. He has also studied traditional folkloric percussion in Brazil and Ghana. He is the founder and statewide coordinator of the ‘Percussion in World Music’ program for the California State University Summer Arts Program. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society’s “New Music/Research Committee,” and has organized and coordinated numerous workshops and performances for the P.A.S. International Convention.
Novotny has served as a representative and adjudicator for Pan Trinbago, the national governing body for the advancement of folkloric music in Trinidad & Tobago. Most notably, he was one of four scholars to adjudicate Trinidad’s World Steelband Festivals in 1998 & 2000, and also, represented North America on the adjudication panel of the 2000 European Steelband Festival held in Paris, France.
As a performer, he has been a member of the South Dakota Symphony, the Sioux City Iowa Symphony, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, and the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. He was the first percussionist to win the Krannert Center's Debut Soloist Competition, and has been awarded the Edgard Varese Percussion Award from the University of Illinois and the Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award from the California State University system. He has performed in Trinidad’s National Panorama Competition as a member of both the Hummingbird Pan Groove of St. James and the Phase II Pan Groove of Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain. His recordings have been released on the Bembe, Delos, SANCH, Pogo, Rituals and Earthbeat (Rhino) labels, and his compositions and arrangements have been performed internationally. His works are available through Smith Publications of Baltimore, Maryland and Panyard Publications of Akron, Ohio.
Novotny has served as a representative and adjudicator for Pan Trinbago, the national governing body for the advancement of folkloric music in Trinidad & Tobago. Most notably, he was one of four scholars to adjudicate Trinidad’s World Steelband Festivals in 1998 & 2000, and also, represented North America on the adjudication panel of the 2000 European Steelband Festival held in Paris, France.
As a performer, he has been a member of the South Dakota Symphony, the Sioux City Iowa Symphony, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, and the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. He was the first percussionist to win the Krannert Center's Debut Soloist Competition, and has been awarded the Edgard Varese Percussion Award from the University of Illinois and the Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award from the California State University system. He has performed in Trinidad’s National Panorama Competition as a member of both the Hummingbird Pan Groove of St. James and the Phase II Pan Groove of Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain. His recordings have been released on the Bembe, Delos, SANCH, Pogo, Rituals and Earthbeat (Rhino) labels, and his compositions and arrangements have been performed internationally. His works are available through Smith Publications of Baltimore, Maryland and Panyard Publications of Akron, Ohio.
Edgard Varese was born in Paris but though he lived much of his life in that city, he also spent considerable time in the U.S., including residence in San Francisco, and became a U.S. citizen. His early influences included Eric Satie and Claude Debussy. By the 1930s, he was already a pioneer in electronic music, and wrote a major piece featuring the theramin, an exotic instrument invented by his friend, Leon Theramin, familiar today as the eerie sound in 1950s science fiction films. Varese later made considerable use of multiple tape recorders. His 1931 piece, Ionization, is his most famous non-electronic work, the culmination of his previous compositions and a forerunner of his later experiments.
Friday, December 01, 2006
HSU Symphonic Band
The Axes of Music: as Jacks Meets Loggers when the HSU Symphonic Band performs on Friday, December 1 at 8 PM, along with guest ensemble, the Eureka High School Symphonic Band, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $6 general, $2 student/senior, HSU students free with ID, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Conducted by Paul Cummings; Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
The Axes of Music: as Jacks Meets Loggers when the HSU Symphonic Band performs on Friday, December 1 at 8 PM, along with guest ensemble, the Eureka High School Symphonic Band, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $6 general, $2 student/senior, HSU students free with ID, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Conducted by Paul Cummings; Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
115 Axes and 400 Years of Music
From a suite composed in Shakespearian England to a trip down the Manhattan radio dial, the HSU Symphonic Band covers 400 years of music in its December 1 program at Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The earliest piece is the William Byrd Suite: “Byrd wrote this music in the era of Shakespeare and Henry VIII for a keyboard instrument called the virginal, “HSU Assistant Professor of Music Paul Cummings explained. “That instrument has a very soft sound. But in the 20th century, another British composer, Gordon Jacob, arranged it for orchestra and turned it into a very powerful piece.” The HSU band played selections from this suite in its first concert this year.
"Council Oak" is by a contemporary American composer, David Gillingham, commissioned in Florida to commemorate the struggles of the Seminole American Indian tribe: much of the tribe was forced to march west on the infamous “Trail of Tears,” while some resisted and remained in the Florida Everglades. “The Council Oak is the tree under which tribal elders would gather,” Cummings said. “In this piece, it’s as if the tree is telling us a story about the history of the Seminole, their culture, their joys and their suffering as they tried to survive and keep their culture alive.”
When composer Timothy Broege was driving in New York and scanning the FM band, he was struck by the variety of the music he was hearing in snatches, and this experience became the basis for his Symphonia #5.
“The mix he heard included ragtime, Gregorian chant, Dixieland, big band jazz, mellow New Age and so on, “Cummings said. He incorporated all of them into this piece, which reflects the actual experience of scanning the dial. “Including a little static, and some rise and fall, as some stations come in loud, some come in soft.” Broege was particularly interested in the contrast of sacred music, and the “profane” forms, and how they combine in our lives—“sometimes resolving, sometimes going their separate ways.” The Symphonia is subtitled “The Sacred and Profane.”
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From a suite composed in Shakespearian England to a trip down the Manhattan radio dial, the HSU Symphonic Band covers 400 years of music in its December 1 program at Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The earliest piece is the William Byrd Suite: “Byrd wrote this music in the era of Shakespeare and Henry VIII for a keyboard instrument called the virginal, “HSU Assistant Professor of Music Paul Cummings explained. “That instrument has a very soft sound. But in the 20th century, another British composer, Gordon Jacob, arranged it for orchestra and turned it into a very powerful piece.” The HSU band played selections from this suite in its first concert this year.
"Council Oak" is by a contemporary American composer, David Gillingham, commissioned in Florida to commemorate the struggles of the Seminole American Indian tribe: much of the tribe was forced to march west on the infamous “Trail of Tears,” while some resisted and remained in the Florida Everglades. “The Council Oak is the tree under which tribal elders would gather,” Cummings said. “In this piece, it’s as if the tree is telling us a story about the history of the Seminole, their culture, their joys and their suffering as they tried to survive and keep their culture alive.”
When composer Timothy Broege was driving in New York and scanning the FM band, he was struck by the variety of the music he was hearing in snatches, and this experience became the basis for his Symphonia #5.
“The mix he heard included ragtime, Gregorian chant, Dixieland, big band jazz, mellow New Age and so on, “Cummings said. He incorporated all of them into this piece, which reflects the actual experience of scanning the dial. “Including a little static, and some rise and fall, as some stations come in loud, some come in soft.” Broege was particularly interested in the contrast of sacred music, and the “profane” forms, and how they combine in our lives—“sometimes resolving, sometimes going their separate ways.” The Symphonia is subtitled “The Sacred and Profane.”
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The evening begins with three selections played by the Eureka High School Symphonic Band, under the direction of Chris Carter: “Gavorkna Fanfare” by Jack Stamp, “The Raven” by Barry Koptetz, and “Mannin Veen ‘Dear Isle of Man’” by Haydn Wood.
Then the HSU Symphonic Band begins with “Valdres” by Johannes Hanssen (“A Norwegian march—maybe the only one,” Cummings quipped. “Anyway, it’s the best one.”) After the William Byrd Suite, “Council Bluffs” and Symphonia #5, the two symphonic bands will combine for two selections. Paul Cummings will conduct “Chorale and Alleluia” by Howard Hanson, and Chris Cox will conduct “Tico Tico,” a South American tune by Paz Abreu arranged by a Japanese composer. “So it’s kind of a Japanese samba,” Cummings suggested.
This is the meeting of the “Jacks” and the “Loggers,” which will result in 115 “axes” (as musicians sometimes call their instruments) on the Fulkerson stage. “If we can figure out how to fit them all up there,” Cummings added. The answer to that question, as well as these selections from 400 years of music, will be answered on December 1 at 8 PM.
Then the HSU Symphonic Band begins with “Valdres” by Johannes Hanssen (“A Norwegian march—maybe the only one,” Cummings quipped. “Anyway, it’s the best one.”) After the William Byrd Suite, “Council Bluffs” and Symphonia #5, the two symphonic bands will combine for two selections. Paul Cummings will conduct “Chorale and Alleluia” by Howard Hanson, and Chris Cox will conduct “Tico Tico,” a South American tune by Paz Abreu arranged by a Japanese composer. “So it’s kind of a Japanese samba,” Cummings suggested.
This is the meeting of the “Jacks” and the “Loggers,” which will result in 115 “axes” (as musicians sometimes call their instruments) on the Fulkerson stage. “If we can figure out how to fit them all up there,” Cummings added. The answer to that question, as well as these selections from 400 years of music, will be answered on December 1 at 8 PM.
The Program
December 1, 2006
HSU Symphonic Band
Paul Cummings, conductor
Performing with Special Guests: Eureka High School Symphonic Band
Chris Cox, conductor
Eureka High School Symphonic Band
Gavorkna Fanfare…………………………………………………………………….Jack Stamp b. 1954
The Raven…………………………………………………………………………..Barry Kopetz b. 1951
Mannin Veen "Dear Isle of Man"………………………………………………Haydn Wood 1882-1959
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December 1, 2006
HSU Symphonic Band
Paul Cummings, conductor
Performing with Special Guests: Eureka High School Symphonic Band
Chris Cox, conductor
Eureka High School Symphonic Band
Gavorkna Fanfare…………………………………………………………………….Jack Stamp b. 1954
The Raven…………………………………………………………………………..Barry Kopetz b. 1951
Mannin Veen "Dear Isle of Man"………………………………………………Haydn Wood 1882-1959
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HSU Symphonic Band
Valdres……………………………………………………………………...Johannes Hanssen 1874-1967
Arr. Loras Schissel
William Byrd Suite……………………………………………………………...Gordon Jacob 1895-1984
1. The Earle of Oxford’s Marche
2. Pavana
3. Jhon Come Kiss Me Now
4. The Mayden’s Song
5. Wolsey’s Wilde
6. The Bells
Council Oak……..…………………………………………………………….David Gillingham b. 1947
Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana……...………………………………..Timothy Broege b. 1947
I. Prelude
II. Rag
III. Alla Turca
IV. Chorale
V. Rag
VI. Ragtime alla turca
VII. Chant and Pavanne
VIII. Pavanne
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Valdres……………………………………………………………………...Johannes Hanssen 1874-1967
Arr. Loras Schissel
William Byrd Suite……………………………………………………………...Gordon Jacob 1895-1984
1. The Earle of Oxford’s Marche
2. Pavana
3. Jhon Come Kiss Me Now
4. The Mayden’s Song
5. Wolsey’s Wilde
6. The Bells
Council Oak……..…………………………………………………………….David Gillingham b. 1947
Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana……...………………………………..Timothy Broege b. 1947
I. Prelude
II. Rag
III. Alla Turca
IV. Chorale
V. Rag
VI. Ragtime alla turca
VII. Chant and Pavanne
VIII. Pavanne
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Cindy Moyer
The Killer B’s: Violinist Cindy Moyer performs a program of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Benjamin Britten, with Yumi Watanabe on piano and Greg Granoff on harpsichord, on Saturday, November 11 at 8 PM, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $8 general, $3 students/seniors, from HSU ticket office (826-3928) or at the door. An HSU Music Dept. Faculty Artist Series concert: 826-3531.
Cindy Moyer Brings the “Killer B’s” to HSU
B there or B square? “The theme for this concert is ‘B’ composers,” said Cindy Moyer, violinist and HSU Professor of Music. “We have music of the classic triumvirate of great masters: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, plus the 20th century English composer, Benjamin Britten.”
Moyer will perform in the HSU Department of Music Faculty Artist series on Saturday, November 11 at 8 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Also appearing will be Yumi Watanabe on piano and Greg Granoff on harpsichord.
The evening’s program includes Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata (a “violin sonata written in the style of a concerto” and an acknowledged masterpiece), Bach’s Sonata in E major (for violin and harpsichord), and Brahms’ Sonatensatz, which is the most performed part of a multi-authored sonata.
Alongside the classic “killer B’s,” the Three Pieces by Britten are less well known, but “are delightful little gems,” Moyer said. Britten takes three traditional forms out for a modern spin: a march, a lullaby and a “somewhat demonic” waltz.
As a player, Cindy Moyer has performed as a solo artist, in various chamber music projects, and with the Rochester Philharmonic, New Haven Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra, as well as locally with the Eureka and Humboldt symphonies and the Symphony of the Redwoods. She has served as president of the California Orchestra Director’s Association.
As a music educator, Moyer teaches violin, viola, chamber music, music theory and ear training at HSU. She is one of the authors of the American String Teachers Association String Syllabus, and is a frequent presenter at the California Music Educators Conference. She serves as a clinician and adjudicator for pre-college students, and in summer she has taught at the Sequoia and Humboldt Chamber Music Workshops, and at music camps in Maine and New Jersey.
Greg Granoff is beginning his 18th year as HSU's full time staff piano/keyboard technician. He is also familiar to local audiences as an accompanist, having studied piano, organ and harpsichord at University of the Pacific prior to taking up piano technology as a full time occupation.
Yumi Watanabe has a Bachelor's and Master's of the Arts in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Northern Illinois University. She has performed extensively as an accompanist and chamber music player. She is currently teaching privately in Arcata.
Tickets for this Faculty Artist Series concert are $8 general, $3 students/seniors, from HSU ticket office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
The Killer B’s: Violinist Cindy Moyer performs a program of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Benjamin Britten, with Yumi Watanabe on piano and Greg Granoff on harpsichord, on Saturday, November 11 at 8 PM, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $8 general, $3 students/seniors, from HSU ticket office (826-3928) or at the door. An HSU Music Dept. Faculty Artist Series concert: 826-3531.
Cindy Moyer Brings the “Killer B’s” to HSU
B there or B square? “The theme for this concert is ‘B’ composers,” said Cindy Moyer, violinist and HSU Professor of Music. “We have music of the classic triumvirate of great masters: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, plus the 20th century English composer, Benjamin Britten.”
Moyer will perform in the HSU Department of Music Faculty Artist series on Saturday, November 11 at 8 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Also appearing will be Yumi Watanabe on piano and Greg Granoff on harpsichord.
The evening’s program includes Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata (a “violin sonata written in the style of a concerto” and an acknowledged masterpiece), Bach’s Sonata in E major (for violin and harpsichord), and Brahms’ Sonatensatz, which is the most performed part of a multi-authored sonata.
Alongside the classic “killer B’s,” the Three Pieces by Britten are less well known, but “are delightful little gems,” Moyer said. Britten takes three traditional forms out for a modern spin: a march, a lullaby and a “somewhat demonic” waltz.
As a player, Cindy Moyer has performed as a solo artist, in various chamber music projects, and with the Rochester Philharmonic, New Haven Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera, Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra, as well as locally with the Eureka and Humboldt symphonies and the Symphony of the Redwoods. She has served as president of the California Orchestra Director’s Association.
As a music educator, Moyer teaches violin, viola, chamber music, music theory and ear training at HSU. She is one of the authors of the American String Teachers Association String Syllabus, and is a frequent presenter at the California Music Educators Conference. She serves as a clinician and adjudicator for pre-college students, and in summer she has taught at the Sequoia and Humboldt Chamber Music Workshops, and at music camps in Maine and New Jersey.
Greg Granoff is beginning his 18th year as HSU's full time staff piano/keyboard technician. He is also familiar to local audiences as an accompanist, having studied piano, organ and harpsichord at University of the Pacific prior to taking up piano technology as a full time occupation.
Yumi Watanabe has a Bachelor's and Master's of the Arts in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Northern Illinois University. She has performed extensively as an accompanist and chamber music player. She is currently teaching privately in Arcata.
Tickets for this Faculty Artist Series concert are $8 general, $3 students/seniors, from HSU ticket office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough
Prior to his Carnegie Hall debut, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will perform in the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series on Saturday, November 4 at 8 PM at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. The program includes selections by Beethoven and Schubert. The concert is a fundraiser for a master piano class taught by Menahem Pressler, a leading chamber pianist. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students/seniors, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Besides practicing, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will warm up with a performance on Saturday, November 7 at Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata.
Before his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in the spring, McCullough returns to the campus where he graduated last year, summa cum laude with a B.A. in music from the studio of Dr. Deborah Clasquin, at the age of 18.
McCullough will play Beethoven’s Sonata (Opus 101), Franz Schubert’s Impromtus (Opus 142), and Sonata #1 by modern Polish composer, Milosz Magin. The concert, part of the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series, will begin at 8 PM.
Since leaving HSU, McCullough has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other orchestras, and has won many top prizes, including the Silver Medal at the World Piano Competition. He has played for European audiences, and has been heard on National Public Radio. He currently studies under the tutelage of John Perry at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
He has been praised in the CAPMT Communique, the official publication of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers, for "...thrilling playing that dazzled the audience...displaying technical and musical prowess."
Tickets for this November 7 performance are $10 general, $5 students/seniors. They may be purchased from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door.
Media
The Lumberjack
Eureka Times-Standard
Prior to his Carnegie Hall debut, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will perform in the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series on Saturday, November 4 at 8 PM at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. The program includes selections by Beethoven and Schubert. The concert is a fundraiser for a master piano class taught by Menahem Pressler, a leading chamber pianist. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students/seniors, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Besides practicing, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will warm up with a performance on Saturday, November 7 at Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata.
Before his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in the spring, McCullough returns to the campus where he graduated last year, summa cum laude with a B.A. in music from the studio of Dr. Deborah Clasquin, at the age of 18.
McCullough will play Beethoven’s Sonata (Opus 101), Franz Schubert’s Impromtus (Opus 142), and Sonata #1 by modern Polish composer, Milosz Magin. The concert, part of the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series, will begin at 8 PM.
Since leaving HSU, McCullough has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other orchestras, and has won many top prizes, including the Silver Medal at the World Piano Competition. He has played for European audiences, and has been heard on National Public Radio. He currently studies under the tutelage of John Perry at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
He has been praised in the CAPMT Communique, the official publication of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers, for "...thrilling playing that dazzled the audience...displaying technical and musical prowess."
Tickets for this November 7 performance are $10 general, $5 students/seniors. They may be purchased from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door.
Media
The Lumberjack
Eureka Times-Standard
Friday, November 03, 2006
Opera Workshop
From the sublime to the ridiculous, Mozart to Sondheim and Gilbert & Sullivan: HSU Opera Workshop Singers present staged selections from opera, operetta and musical theatre on Friday, November 3 at 8 PM, and again on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 8 PM, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $6 general, $2 student/senior, HSU students free with ID, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531. Elisabeth Harrington, stage director.
From the sublime to the ridiculous, Mozart to Sondheim and Gilbert & Sullivan: HSU Opera Workshop Singers present staged selections from opera, operetta and musical theatre on Friday, November 3 at 8 PM, and again on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 8 PM, in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $6 general, $2 student/senior, HSU students free with ID, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531. Elisabeth Harrington, stage director.
From Sondheim’s The Frogs to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and from Gilbert and Sullivan to a contemporary spoof on dreams of stardom, the HSU Opera Workshop student singers present an eclectic program of selections from musical theatre, opera and operetta, on Friday, November 3 and again on Sunday, November 5 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Both shows start at 8 PM.
“ Some of the selections are irreverent, some are sublime, and some have elements of the ridiculous,” according to Elisabeth Harrington, HSU Assistant Professor of Voice and stage director for the evening. The scenes are staged as well as sung, beginning with the rousing “Invocation and Introduction to the Audience” from Stephen Sondheim’s contemporary musical version of The Frogs by Aristophanes.
There are four selections from the opera repertoire, beginning with very near the beginning: from opera’s first century, the second act finale of L’Egisto by Italian Baroque composer Francesco Cavalli (sung in English for these performances.)
A scene from Mozart’s The Magic Flute is followed by excerpts from two modern works, A Childhood Miracle by Ned Rorem and A Game of Chance, by Seymour Barab, a witty examination of luck and success featuring singers Mindy Willens, Guinevere Johnston and Emily Skold. A Game of Chance will be performed in its entirety on Dec. 7th, at 5pm in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The operetta form is represented by spirited selections from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Singers will be accompanied by John Chernoff on piano throughout the performance.
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“ Some of the selections are irreverent, some are sublime, and some have elements of the ridiculous,” according to Elisabeth Harrington, HSU Assistant Professor of Voice and stage director for the evening. The scenes are staged as well as sung, beginning with the rousing “Invocation and Introduction to the Audience” from Stephen Sondheim’s contemporary musical version of The Frogs by Aristophanes.
There are four selections from the opera repertoire, beginning with very near the beginning: from opera’s first century, the second act finale of L’Egisto by Italian Baroque composer Francesco Cavalli (sung in English for these performances.)
A scene from Mozart’s The Magic Flute is followed by excerpts from two modern works, A Childhood Miracle by Ned Rorem and A Game of Chance, by Seymour Barab, a witty examination of luck and success featuring singers Mindy Willens, Guinevere Johnston and Emily Skold. A Game of Chance will be performed in its entirety on Dec. 7th, at 5pm in Fulkerson Recital Hall.
The operetta form is represented by spirited selections from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Singers will be accompanied by John Chernoff on piano throughout the performance.
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In the HSU Opera Workshop, students “study basic stagecraft, collaboration, and musical accuracy,” according to Elisabeth Harrington, who teaches it. “They learn challenging and diverse music, and then practice uniting their singing and acting, both as soloists and as ensemble members. For this program, they were each assigned roles that they could accomplish, vocally and dramatically. Some are more experienced, but for many of them this is a first public performance.”
“The Opera Workshop offers Humboldt voice students an opportunity to hone their performing skills,” Harrington said. “For them, this performance is about presenting the results of their hard work in a public way.”
Admission for both shows is $6 general, $2 student/senior, and HSU students free with ID. Tickets can be purchased from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. This concert is produced by HSU Department of Music. For more information: 826-3531.
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HSU The Lumberjack
“The Opera Workshop offers Humboldt voice students an opportunity to hone their performing skills,” Harrington said. “For them, this performance is about presenting the results of their hard work in a public way.”
Admission for both shows is $6 general, $2 student/senior, and HSU students free with ID. Tickets can be purchased from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. This concert is produced by HSU Department of Music. For more information: 826-3531.
Media
HSU Online
HSU The Lumberjack
Selections and Singers
The Frogs, by Stephen Sondheim
“Invocation and Introduction to the Audience”
FULL COMPANY
L’Egisto, by Francesco Cavalli
Act II finale: “Now for vengeance…”
Semele: Rosa Corona
Fedra: Sarah Benzinger
Hero: Caitlin Corker
Didone: Margaret Noe
Amor (aka Cupid): Erin Wessel
Apollo: Tyler Rich
The Magic Flute, by W. A. Mozart
Act I, scene 5: Quintet “Hm! hm! hm!”
Tamino: Cailan Halliday
Papageno: Jamie Obeso
1st Lady: Cindy Uhrhammer
2nd Lady: Danielle Van de Wetering
3rd Lady: Miah Lodes
A Childhood Miracle, by Ned Rorem
Act I, nos. 2-4
Peony: Jaclyn Catino
Violet: Jamie Banister
Mother: Margaret Noe
Emma: Anjoli Taratusky
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The Frogs, by Stephen Sondheim
“Invocation and Introduction to the Audience”
FULL COMPANY
L’Egisto, by Francesco Cavalli
Act II finale: “Now for vengeance…”
Semele: Rosa Corona
Fedra: Sarah Benzinger
Hero: Caitlin Corker
Didone: Margaret Noe
Amor (aka Cupid): Erin Wessel
Apollo: Tyler Rich
The Magic Flute, by W. A. Mozart
Act I, scene 5: Quintet “Hm! hm! hm!”
Tamino: Cailan Halliday
Papageno: Jamie Obeso
1st Lady: Cindy Uhrhammer
2nd Lady: Danielle Van de Wetering
3rd Lady: Miah Lodes
A Childhood Miracle, by Ned Rorem
Act I, nos. 2-4
Peony: Jaclyn Catino
Violet: Jamie Banister
Mother: Margaret Noe
Emma: Anjoli Taratusky
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Pirates of Penzance, by Arthur Sullivan
Act I, nos. 5-8
Edith: Cindy Urhammer
Kate: Anjoli Taratusky
Frederic: Cody Libolt
Mabel: Carmen King
Ensemble: Margaret, Rosa, Miah, Jamie, Jackie, Sarah, Erin, Caitlin, Danielle
Scenes from A Game of Chance, by Seymour Barab
Knitter #1: Guinevere Johnston
Knitter #2: Mindy Willens
Knitter #3: Emily Skold
HSU Voice Students
John Chernoff, piano
Elisabeth Harrington, stage director
Act I, nos. 5-8
Edith: Cindy Urhammer
Kate: Anjoli Taratusky
Frederic: Cody Libolt
Mabel: Carmen King
Ensemble: Margaret, Rosa, Miah, Jamie, Jackie, Sarah, Erin, Caitlin, Danielle
Scenes from A Game of Chance, by Seymour Barab
Knitter #1: Guinevere Johnston
Knitter #2: Mindy Willens
Knitter #3: Emily Skold
HSU Voice Students
John Chernoff, piano
Elisabeth Harrington, stage director
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