Faculty Artist Series
Experience 17 Monday evenings in 2009-10; celebrate and commemorate the anniversaries of Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Frédéric Chopin, and the longevity of Elliott Carter. The most comprehensive recital series in the area continues to feature compelling presentations of solo repertoire, dynamic readings of the great chamber literature, exhilarating period instrument performances, provocative premieres of new works, and distinctive approaches to both classic and contemporary jazz.
Faculty Artist Series concerts are presented in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. All are free to the public. For more information call (317) 788-3255.
A note to parents: In consideration of audience members as well as performers, parents are urged to use careful discretion in making plans to bring young children to Faculty Artist Series concerts.
Concerts this season
Faculty Artist Series: Molto Piano
January 25, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
UIndy’s resident faculty ensemble, Molto Piano, presents works for piano duet, duo, and trio, including Schubert’s Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat, D. 813; the Suite No. 1 for two pianos by Anton Arensky; and the esteemed American composer William Bolcom’s three-movement Recuerdos (“Reminiscences”) from 1991, inspired by popular
Latin American traditions.
Jacklyn Chan, Sharon Parr, Rebecca Sorley
Faculty Artist Series: Classics to Moderns
February 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
Faculty flutist Anne Reynolds teams with colleagues and distinguished guests for an eclectic evening of Ignace Pleyel from the 1780s (one of his delightful Quartets for flute and strings), the American George Crumb from the 1980s (“An Idyll for the Misbegotten”), and Gabriela Lena Frank from our own century (her recent “Sueños de Chambi: Snapshots for an Andean Album”). The centerpiece of the program: Beethoven’s Serenade for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 25.
Anne Reynolds, flute; Ariana Kim, violin; Michael Isaac Strauss, viola; Dennis McCafferty, cello; Sylvia Patterson Scott, piano; Thomas Harvey, percussion
Faculty Artist Series: Bossa Rio Sextet
February 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
UIndy Director of Jazz Studies Harry Miedema heads an all-star cast known for its great arrangements and unique instrumentation. Original works by members of the sextet highlight the evening, which is also part of the University’s Jazz Week.
Harry Miedema, tenor saxophone; Brent Wallarab, trombone; Rich Dole, trombone; Claude Sifferlen, piano; Joe Deal, bass; Kevin Johnson, drums
Faculty Artist Series: Musical Dramas in English
March 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
The acclaimed UIndy voice faculty come together again to present dramatic works of Benjamin Britten (selections from Abraham and Isaac and Peter Grimes), Lee Hoiby, Dominick Argento, and more!
Kathleen Hacker, soprano; Elisabeth Hoegberg, soprano; Mitzi Westra, mezzo-soprano; Steven Rickards, countertenor; Michael Sylvester, tenor; Christopher Freeze, tenor; Roy Samuelsen, bass-baritone; Amy Eggleston, piano
Faculty Artist Series: Celebrating Chopin
March 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
Richard Ratliff celebrates the 2010 bicentennial of the birth of Frédéric Chopin with selections from the innovative Polish master’s Mazurkas, Waltzes, and Polonaises. Ratliff acknowledges Chopin’s considerable influence on later generations by presenting Chopin-inspired pieces by composers from the 19th through 21st centuries: music of Alexander Scriabin, George Rochberg, UIndy’s John Berners, and the premiere of a new work written especially for the occasion by Richard Pressley.
Richard Ratliff, piano
Faculty Artist Series: NCSQ 10th Anniversary Celebration
March 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM
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The New Century String Quartet celebrates its 10th season with a potpourri of NCSQ commissions since 2001 from Indiana composers James Beckel, Peter Hansen, and Chris Rutkowski. Paying tribute to children of the world who constantly inspire us to reach for our dreams, a newly commissioned work by Frank Felice receives its premiere. Also featured: Heitor Villa-Lobos’ String Quartet No. 5 of 1931, based on Brazilian children’s songs.
New Century String Quartet: Dean Franke and Louise Alexander, violins; Susan Chan, viola; Dennis McCafferty, cello
Faculty Artist Series: Chamber Evening
March 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
UIndy faculty feature an evening of contrasts beginning with classic works of the 20th century: Villa-Lobos’ lively Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon from 1921 and the resigned melancholy of Shostakovich’s settings of Alexander Blok (Op. 127 for soprano and piano trio). Ariana Kim represents music of our own time with the gripping “Rhapsodic Musings” for solo violin by the venerable Elliott Carter, while music of Mozart resolves all tension and ambiguity with the exquisite Piano Trio in G Major, K. 496.
Pamela French, oboe; Catherine Gross, clarinet; Mark Ortwein, bassoon; Kathleen Hacker, soprano, Ariana Kim, violin; Dennis McCafferty, cello, Richard Ratliff, piano
Faculty Artist Series: Season Finale
April 12, 2010 at 7:30 PM
INFORMATION: 317-788-3255
Again our Season Finale features a whirlwind tour of three continents, opening with Georg Philipp Telemann’s dramatic cantata for countertenor, violin, and continuo, “Ergeuss dich zur Salbung.” You will hear our accomplished wind faculty in Samuel Barber’s classic “Summer Music” from 1955, music of Serbian composer Olivera Vojna Nešić for alto saxophone and bayan accordion, and a quartet of percussionists led by Paul Berns in Michael Udow’s Four Movements. Thomas Tudek performs Russian composer Nikita Koshkin’s tour-de-force “Usher Waltz” for solo guitar, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. The evening concludes with Claude Bolling’s Suite for flute and jazz trio featuring Jodi Sowers and Rebecca Sorley.
Steven Rickards, countertenor; Thomas Gerber, harpsichord; Dean Franke, violin; Dennis McCafferty, cello; Thomas Tudek, guitar; Anne Reynolds, flute; Pamela French, oboe; David Bellman, clarinet; Darin Sorley, horn; Mark Ortwein, bassoon; James Spinazzola, alto saxophone; Marko Petričić, bayan; Paul Berns, percussion; Jodi Sowers, flute; Rebecca Sorley, piano
