March 2, 2004
April 2004 Music Calendar
April 2004
music highlights include the seven-day Piano Festival “From
Vienna to Harlem,” a series of solo recitals, concerts and
master classes by world-renowned classical and jazz pianists (April
3 to 10) and a related Kids Fare program, “All Keyed Up” (April
10).
Other musical
events include the Cleveland Duo with James Umble, a dynamic
chamber ensemble (April 7); a performance of Brazilian
folk music by members of the Assad family (April 16); and the annual
Waa Mu Show, “Pomp and Circumstance” (April 30 to May
9).
Events listed
below will be held on Northwestern’s Evanston
campus at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive; Regenstein
Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive; Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson
Street; or Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, as noted below.
For more information, call the Pick-Staiger Concert Office at
(847) 491-5441, or go to the Pick-Staiger Web site at www.northwestern.edu/pick-staiger.
To order tickets by phone, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office
at (847) 467-4000.
Piano Festival, Marvin Blickenstaff Workshop, 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 3, Lutkin Hall. Widely known for his
performances, lectures and publications, Marvin Blickenstaff
has presented workshops for piano teachers throughout the United
States and has been coached by Leon Fleisher and Gyorgy Sebok.
Admission is free.
Piano Festival Recital, Leon Fleisher, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 3, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Renowned teacher
and conductor, Leon Fleisher is the former artistic director
of the Tanglewood Music Center. His program will include music
by Bach, Kirchner, Sessions, Perle and Brahms as well as Schubert’s
Sonata in B flat. Single tickets are $25 for the general public;
$20 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$10 for full-time students.
Piano Festival Master Class, Leon Fleisher, 2 p.m. Sunday,
April 4, Lutkin Hall. Fleisher will present a master
class in conjunction with his Piano Festival performance. Admission
is free.
Piano Festival Recital, Menahem Pressler, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 4, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Co-founder of the
Beaux Arts Trio nearly 50 years ago, Pressler has performed with
many of the world’s leading orchestras. Pressler’s
program includes the Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor. Violinist
Blair Milton, violist Yukiko Ogura and cellist Stephen Balderston
will accompany Pressler. Single tickets are $25 for the general
public; $20 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $10 for full-time students.
Piano Festival Master Class, Menahem Pressler, 10 a.m.
Monday, April 5, Lutkin Hall. Pressler’s master
class is in conjunction with his Piano Festival performance.
Admission is free.
Piano Festival Master Class, Sergei Babayan, 2 p.m. Monday,
April 5, Lutkin Hall.Sergei Babayan’s master class
is in conjunction with his Piano Festival performance. Admission
is free.
Piano Festival Master Class, Jean-Michel Pilc, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 6, Lutkin Hall. Jean-Michel Pilc’s
master class is in conjunction with his Piano Festival performance.
Admission is free.
Piano Festival Recital, Sergei Babayan, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 6, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Internationally
acclaimed Armenian pianist Sergei Babayan has won first prizes
in piano competitions worldwide. His program will include Bach’s “Goldberg
Variations.” Single tickets are $21 for the general public;
$17 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$10 for full-time students.
Cleveland Duo with James Umble, 11 a.m. Wednesday, April
7, Regenstein Recital Hall. The husband and wife Cleveland
Duo -- violinist Steven Warner and pianist and violinist Carolyn
Warner -- will perform with saxophonist James Umble for a unique
chamber music experience. The group’s repertoire ranges
from folk and ethnic to avant-garde and jazz. This program will
feature Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” Klezmer
music, a new work by Tim Brady and music by Bach, John Adams
and Evan Chambers. Single tickets are $8.50 for the general public;
$7 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$4 for full-time students.
Piano Festival Recital, Margo Garrett, noon, Wednesday,
April 7, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Pianist Margo Garrett
performs regularly with internationally known artists in chamber,
instrumental and vocal recitals. She is the inaugural holder
of the Ethel Alice Hitchcock Chair in Accompanying at the University
of Minnesota, chair of the Program for Singers faculty at the
Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute for Young Artists,
and a faculty member of the Juilliard School. Together with French
horn player Gail Williams and violinist Joseph Genualdi, Garret’s
performance will include the Brahms Horn Trio. Admission is free.
Piano Festival Master Class, Margo Garrett, 2 p.m. Wednesday,
April 7, Lutkin Hall. Margo Garrett will present a master
class in conjunction with her Piano Festival recital. Admission
is free.
Cleveland Duo Master Class, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April
7, Regenstein Recital Hall. The Cleveland Duo will present
a master class in conjunction with their performance. Admission
is free.
Piano Festival Recital, Jean-Michel Pilc, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 7, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Jazz pianist Jean-Michel
Pilc embraces the musical sensibilities of his native France
through allusions to Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc and others. His
program will include original pieces and improvisations on music
by Chopin, Ellington and Gershwin. Single tickets are $12 for
the general public; $8.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $5.50 for full-time students.
Piano Festival, Monster Piano Concert, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 8, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. School of Music
faculty members, School of Music Dean Toni-Marie Montgomery and
special guests will perform the “Semiramide” Overture
by Rossini, “Stars and Stripes Forever” by Sousa
and works by Tchaikovsky and Gershwin on eight Steinway pianos.
Music faculty member Victor Yampolsky will conduct the concert.
Single tickets are $12 for the general public; $8.50 for senior
citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $5.50 for full-time
students.
Keyboard
Conversations, “The Virtuosos,” 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 9, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Pianist
Jeffrey Siegel will perform and comment on Bach’s “Italian
Concerto” and Bach inspired showpieces by Rachmaninoff,
Liszt and Busoni during his final concert of this year’s
series. Single tickets are $23 for the general public; $21 for
senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $16 for
full-time students.
Piano
Festival Kids Fare, “All Keyed Up,” 10:30
a.m. Saturday, April 10, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. This
family program for children aged 3 to 8 introduces the audience
to various keyboard instruments and will feature a range of musical
styles from classical to jazz. Single tickets are $5 for the
general public; $4 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty
and staff; and $3 for children and full-time students.
Piano Festival Concert, Marcus Roberts Trio, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 10, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Pianist
Marcus Roberts, drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Roland Guerin
will take audiences on a jazzy ride during the “New Orleans
Meets Harlem” Piano Festival concert. Blind since age five,
Roberts became the first jazz musician to have his first three
recordings reach number one on the “Billboard” traditional
jazz chart. A post-concert reception in the lobby will feature
one of Chicago’s favorite cabaret pianists. Single tickets
are $15 for the general public; $10 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $5 for full-time students.
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April
13, Lutkin Hall. The piano duo of Helena Bugallo and
Amy Williams will perform a contemporary program of Chicago and
world premieres by Bernard Rands, his former students Sidney
Corbett and Vic Hoyland, and pieces by Williams herself, a member
of the School of Music composition faculty. Single tickets for
this New Music Northwestern concert are $6.50 for the general
public; $4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
Jazz Invitational, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, Pick-Staiger
Concert Hall. Jazz ensembles from area high schools
will participate in a day of rehearsals, master classes and jam
sessions led by Northwestern’s jazz faculty. In the concluding
concert, each high school will perform separately before joining
forces as this year’s All-Star Jazz Ensemble, conducted
by Don Owens. Single tickets are $6.50 for the general public;
$4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff;
and $3.50 for full-time students.
The
Assad Family, “A Brazilian Song Book,” 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 16, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Members
of the Assad family will perform Brazilian folk music known as “chorinho.” The
guitar duo of Sergio and Odair Assad has performed a blend of
styles, periods and cultures. Their younger sister Badi fuses
jazz, pop, percussion and voice to create a sound unlike any
other. This performance, featuring the Assad parents, children
and grandchildren, is part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series
supported in part by the Chicago Classical Guitar Society. Single
tickets are $30 for the general public; $24 for senior citizens
and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time students.
Northwestern University Symphonic Choir and Symphony
Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17, Pick-Staiger Concert
Hall. Robert A. Harris will conduct two choral pieces
by Johannes Brahms. School of Music voice faculty member Karen
Brunssen is the soloist in the “Alto Rhapsody.” School
of Music alumna Cynthia Haymon, voice faculty member at the University
of Illinois, and Daniel Washington, voice faculty member at the
University of Michigan, will be featured in “Ein deutsches
Requiem.” Single tickets are $12 for the general public;
$8.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff;
and $5.50 for full-time students.
Samuel and Eleanor Thaviu String Scholarship Competition,
5 p.m. Monday, April 19, Lutkin Hall. Northwestern string
students will perform during this competition honoring the late
Samuel Thaviu, a longtime School of Music violin professor. Admission
is free.
A Concert of Musical Consorts, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April
22, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Various School of Music
consorts (bassoons, flutes, trumpets, cellos, guitars, etc.)
will perform pieces by Bach, Bozza, Gounod, Puccini, Schickele
and others written or arranged for small and large ensembles
of the same instrument. Featured instrumental and vocal studios
will include those of music faculty members Robert Barris, Barbara
Butler, Charles Geyer, Leslie Grimm, Frederick Hemke, Hans Jensen,
Walfrid Kujala, Rex Martin, Michael Mulcahy, Anne Waller and
Gail Williams. Single tickets are $6.50 for the general public;
$4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff;
and $3.50 for full-time students.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23,
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.The wind ensemble will perform
Mozart’s Divertimento in B flat, Olivier Messiaen’s “Oiseaux
exotiques” for piano and ensemble, Bach’s Fantasia
in G major, Jacob Druckman’s “With Bells On,” and
Michael Daugherty’s “Bells for Stokowski.” The
ensemble will be conducted by Mallory Thompson and will feature
music faculty pianist Ursula Oppens. Single tickets are $6.50
for the general public; $4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, Pick-Staiger
Concert Hall. This evening of jazz is coordinated by
Joel Spencer and conducted by Daniel J. Farris. Single tickets
are $6.50 for the general public; $4.50 for senior citizens and
Northwestern faculty and staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 29, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The chamber
orchestra, conducted by Robert G. Hasty, will perform Antonio
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” Georg Telemann’s “Don
Quichotte,” Alberto Ginastera’s Ballet Suite from “Estancia” and
Carlos Surinach’s “Ritmo Jondo.” Kyung-Ah Yoon,
Hannah Stitzinger, Yun Kyung Kim and Rommel Fernandes are the
featured violinists. Single tickets are $6.50 for the general
public; $4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 30, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Victor
Yampolsky will conduct the orchestra in Alan Hovhaness’ Symphony
No. 2 (“Mysterious Mountain”), Antonin Dvorák’s
Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”)
and Lowell Liebermann’s Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring
pianist Natasha Mah. Single tickets are $8.50 for the general
public; $7 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff;
and $4 for full-time students.
Waa-Mu
Show, “Pomp and Circumstance,” 8 p.m.
Friday, April 30; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1; 2 p.m. Sunday,
May 2; 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 5; 8 p.m. Thursday, May 6; 8 p.m.
Friday, May 7; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, May 8; 2 p.m. Sunday, May
9, Cahn Auditorium. This year’s Waa-Mu Show highlights
college life as the cast journeys through the four years at Northwestern.
Single tickets are $27 to $21 for the general public; $17 for
senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $11 for
children and full-time students. |