School of Music Concert Listings Central Michigan … Master Series.pdfKenneth Thompkins, trombone ... to Central Michigan University on Tuesday, ... With the creation of Jazz Lab

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2013-2014 Master Series Concertsand Student Ensembles

Concert Listings

Master Series Concertsand Student Ensembles

2013 - 2014 Academic YearConcert Listings Table of Contents

Guest Artists ........................................................................................................................ p. 3 - 11

About Chamichian Recital Hall ............................................................................. p. 8

About Staples Family Concert Hall ..................................................................... p. 10

Faculty Artists ..................................................................................................................... p. 12 - 15

Student Ensemble Concerts ..................................................................................... p. 16 - 24

Opera ....................................................................................................................................... p. 21

Special Concerts/Events ............................................................................................. p. 25 - 26

Ticketing ................................................................................................................................ p. 27

Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................... p. 28

SchoolGuest Artists2013 Chamichian Endowment Concert

Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1999, violinist Robert Chen opens the Guest Artist portion of our concert season on Thursday, September 12, 2013. In addition to his distinguished leadership

of the CSO, Mr. Chen has been featured as soloist with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Christoph Eschenbach, Charles Dutoit, Ton Koopman, and James Colon. An avid chamber musician, Chen has performed with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Emanuel Ax, Lynn Harrell, János Starker, and many more.

Robert Chen, violinConcertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra8 p.m. , Thursday, September 12Staples Family Concert Hall

22nd Annual Chamichian Endowment Concert

Chen’s performance marks the 22nd annual Chamichian Endowment Concert. Free and open to the public, this concert is made possible by The Souren L. Chamichian, M.D. Artist in Residency Endowment. Previous guest artists brought to Central Michigan University through the endowment include the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, William Preucil (Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster), the Juliard String Quartet, and many others. The Chamichian Concert is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year at the School of Music.

SchoolGuest ArtistsKenneth Thompkins & Randall Hawes Assisted by Kathryn Goodson, piano & Kerstin Alvin, harp

8 p.m., Tuesday, September 17, Staples Family Concert Hall

Kenneth Thompkins, trombonePrincipal Trombone, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Randall Hawes, bass tromboneDetroit Symphony Orchestra , CMU Alumni

Kenneth Thompkins was appointed Principal Trombone of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra by Neeme Järvi in 1997. His orchestral performing career also includes touring Europe with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and appearances with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and

the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He can be heard on recordings by Detroit Chamber Winds, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Randall Hawes received a bachelor of music education from Central Michigan University, where he studied with William Rivard. Mr. Hawes is the bass trombone player of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and in addition has performed with the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles. In 1995, Sir Georg Solti invited Mr. Hawes to join the World Orchestra for Peace Orchestra to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. School

SchoolKenneth Thompkins & Randall Hawes Assisted by Kathryn Goodson, piano & Kerstin Alvin, harp

8 p.m., Tuesday, September 17, Staples Family Concert Hall

Randall Hawes, bass tromboneDetroit Symphony Orchestra , CMU AlumniSchoolGuest Artists

Concerts in Staples Family Concert Hall

The Michigan Recital Project Featuring alumna Emily Marvosh

8 p.m., Tuesday, October 1

Emily Marvosh, contralto, has been gaining recognition for her “flexible technique and ripe color,” and “smooth, apparently effortless vocal display.” Following her solo debut at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 2011, she has been a frequent soloist with the Handel and Haydn Society, as well as Opera Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, and numerous

appearances with East Coast Orchestras. She is the guiding force behind the Michigan Recital Project and its focus on Michigan composers and musicians. Ms. Marvosh is the 2013 American Prize in Vocal Performance winner in the professional art song division.

The Michigan Recital Project includes artists Margot Rood, soprano, Joseph Turbessi, piano, and Tess Miller, flute, along with Ms. Marvosh performing pieces by predominately Michigan composers. The evening’s concert will include performances of four world premiere compositions: “Ode to Lake Michigan” by CMU alumnus Philip Rice, “How Still the Garden Seems” by Scott J. Ordway, “The Laughter and the Music” by CMU Assistant Professor of Music Theory/Composition Scott R. Harding, and “The Death of Minnehaha” by Mary Montgomery Koppel. Featured Michigan composers include Philip Rice, William Bolcom, Scott R. Harding and Catherine McMichael. Scott R. Harding

MusicGuest ArtistsCentral Michigan University Choral Day

Esteemed as a choral conductor and master teacher throughout the United States and in Europe, Sharon Hansen has guest conducted internationally with the Romanian National Radio Choir (Bucharest); the Gachinger Kantorei and Bach Collegium-Stuttgart; the Stockholm Conservatory Chamber Choir; the Moldavian and Oltenian Philharmonic Choirs (Iasi and Craiova, Romania); and the University of Regensburg (Germany) Symphony Orchestra. She has

presented master classes in conducting in Romania’s Academy of Music (Bucharest) and Ovidius University (Constanza), and was guest lecturer at the first and second annual Romanian National Choral Director’s Association Conferences in Sinaia. She led the first International Choral Conducting Master class in Bucharest in September 2003, returning in 2004 for the second such master class.

Sharon HansenGuest Choral Conductor

Friday, October 18, School of Music (concert at 7:30 p.m. in Staples Family Concert Hall)

2nd Annual CMU Choral Day

The annual CMU Choral day is an opportunity for choirs around the region with their conductor to come to campus and work with a highly appraised guest choral artist. All ensembles receive a 45 minute session with the day’s guest clinician as well as the opportunity to attend voice and choral master classes held throughout the day by members of the CMU School of Music Voice and Choral Faculty. The evening concert features a combined choir performance conducted by the guest clinician as well as performances from CMU’s Choral/Opera and Vocal programs.

MusicGuest ArtistsConcerts in Staples Family Concert Hall

Arabesque WindsWoodwind Quintet8 p.m. , Tuesday, November 26

R e c o g n i z e d for their fresh, energetic, and i n t e r a c t i v e performances, the Arabesque Winds were awarded the

Grand Prize at the 2008 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in what the judges described as “an astounding performance” at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. At a recent performance at the Kennedy Center, the ensemble “played with skill and depth beyond their years,” (Washington Post) “but it was the unanimity of their ensemble phrasing that took the breath away.”

Daniel Weeks, tenor8 p.m. , Thursday, January 23

Daniel Weeks is one of American leading tenors, and enjoys a rich performing career as a recitalist, opera singer, and soloist with orchestras, including a performance this past season of the Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at Avery Fisher Hall with the National Chorale. He recently sang Handel’s Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphony, Bach’s Magnificat with the Houston Symphony, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, at Carnegie Hall with John Rutter. Mr. Weeks has sung with opera companies including the Cincinnati Opera, Florentine Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Kentucky Opera, Nevada Opera, and San Francisco’s Western Opera Theater among others. As a concert performer, he has performed with the orchestras of Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and the Columbus Symphony.

SchoolGerman-born pianist Andreas Klein brings his compelling command of tonal colors and imaginative interpretations to Central Michigan University on Tuesday, January 28th 2014. The New York Times declares him “A fascinating artist with all the indispensable qualities: temperament, taste, touch, tone, the four Ts of pianism.” Mr. Klein’s

career as an orchestra soloist and recitalist has taken him to the world’s most prestigious venues from London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, to Washington DC’s Kennedy Center.

Andreas Klein, piano8 p.m. , Tuesday, January 28

Guest ArtistsConcerts in Staples Family Concert Hall

Chamichian Recital Hall

Seating 110, Chamichian Recital Hall is a favorite of chamber ensembles and ideal for their acoustical needs.

SchoolGuest ArtistsCentral Michigan University Jazz Weekend

Frank Tiberi, saxophone

Thursday and Friday, February 6-7, School of Music (Concert at 8 p.m., Friday, February 7, Warriner Hall: Plachta Auditorium)

Tiberi will serve both as guest clinician and featured soloist for Jazz Weekend XLI. During the day, Michigan high school jazz bands and combos from over 50 school districts perform for judges’ comments and trophies in five different classes. Tiberi’s performance concludes Jazz Weekend that evening—Friday, February 7, 2014—at 8 p.m. in Plachta Auditorium.

Jazz Weekend was founded in 1972 by the late Jack Saunders. He was Director of The Chippewa Marching Band, Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Professor of Horn, Instrumental Area Coordinator and Founder/Director of Jazz Lab 1. He retired after 37 years of teaching in 2000.

With the creation of Jazz Lab 1 and Jazz Weekend, Professor Saunders laid the foundation for jazz education and music at CMU through which his memory lives on.

Frank Tiberi, a legendary reed section all-star and band leader,began clarinet study at age 8; started playing professionally at 13; self-taught on flute; and studied bassoon with the renowned Sol Schoenbach of the Philadelphia Orchestra. While still a young man Tiberi toured with Bob Chester, BennyGoodman and Urbie Green, played with Dizzy Gillespie, and

worked as a doubler in many Broadway musical shows before settling into the illustrious “Four Brothers” sound (three tenors and baritone) reed section of the Woody Herman Band in 1969. Once there, he became a featured soloist, section leader, arranger, music director and ultimately leader of the Herman Band in 1987.

41st Annual CMU Jazz Weekend

MusicGuest ArtistsCentral Michigan University Trumpet Day

Vladislav Lavrik, trumpetPrincipal Trumpet, Russian National Orchestra

Vladislav Lavrik, one of the most talented musicians of his generation, is Russia’s finest trumpeter and a rising young conductor. Recognized for achievements in both classical and jazz music, he was appointed principal trumpet of the Russian National Orchestra at the age of 20, the youngest person to hold a principal chair in the history of the orchestra. In addition to his extensive work with the RNO, Lavrik appears frequently as a guest soloist with other orchestras and ensembles, including Yuri Bashmet’s Moscow Soloists, Constantine Orbelian’s

Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin’s Musica Viva and the Philharmonic Orchestras of Samara, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk. In 2012 Lavrik was the featured soloist in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with Bashmet’s Moscow Soloists. Under Bashmet in 2008, Lavrik performed Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra with Yefim Bronfman in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory.

8 p.m.. Tuesday, March 25, Staples Family Concert Hall

Staples Family Concert Hall

Staples Family Concert Hall features a preeminent acoustic design along with current recording and broadcasting systems. The hall is home to a custom-made Casavant

Frères organ. Staples houses over 100 events at the School of Music every year.

MusicHummie MannGuest Composer/Arranger

Two-time Emmy-award winning c o m p o s e r /arranger Hummie Mann has c o l l a b o r a t e d with some of H o l l y w o o d ’ s most celebrated directors in both

theatrical and television films. His motion pictures projects have ranged from Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” to Peter Yates’ “Year of the Comet”, the children’s film “Thomas and the Magic Railroad” to “Wooly Boys” directed by Leszek Burzynski starring Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine and Joe Mazzello. For television, he has scored projects for Simon Wincer (the miniseries “P.T. Barnum”), Jonathan Kaplan (the miniseries re-make of “In Cold Blood”), Norman Jewison (“Picture Windows”), and Peter Bogdanovich (“The Rescuers: Tales of Courage).

• “Cyberworld 3D” [animated Imax] (voices of Jenna Elfman, Dave Foley & Matt Frewer)• “After the Rain” [dir. Ross Kettle] (Paul Bettany, Louise Lombard & Ariyon Bakare)• “Last Call” (aka “Goodnight, Joseph Parker”) [dir. Dennis Brooks] (Paul Sorvino & Steve Tyler)• “Sticks & Stones” (aka “Joey’s Team”) [dir. Neil Tolkin] (Kirstie Alley & Gary Busey)• “Dracula; Dead & Loving It” [dir. Mel Brooks] (Leslie Neilson & Harvey Korman)• “Falltime” [dir. Paul Warner] 1995 Sundance Festival Premiere (Mickey Rourke & Stephen Baldwin)• “Benefit of the Doubt” [dir. Jonathan Heap] (Donald Sutherland & Amy Irving)• “Stoogemania” [dir. Chuck Workman] (Josh Mostel & Sid Ceasar)• “The Engagement Party” [dir. William Azaroff ]• “In Gold We Trust” (Jan-Michael Vincent)

Guest ArtistsNew Music Symposium

8 p.m.. Tuesday, April 1, Staples Family Concert Hall

CreditsFeature Film Composer Highlights

MusicMusicFaculty ArtistsStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

CMU Faculty Jazz Ensemble 8 p.m., Thursday, October 10

Voice Faculty Recital 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 24

Brad DeRoche, guitar Chamichian Recital Hall 8 p.m., Thursday, October 24

Fangye Sun, violin 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 29

MusicMusicStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise notedFaculty Artists

Staples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

James Fiste, cello8 p.m., Thursday, November 14

Oliver Henderson, voice 8 p.m., Tuesday, January 14

Bruce Bonnell, horn8 p.m., Thursday, November 7

Crescent Duo 8 p.m., Thursday, November 21

Mark Cox, Tuba 8 p.m., Thursday, January 16

MusicMusicStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise notedFaculty Artists


Adrienne Wiley, piano 8 p.m., Thursday, February 13

Neil Mueller, trumpet8 p.m., Thursday, January 30

Andrew Spencer, percussion 8 p.m., Tuesday, January 21

CMU Jazz Weekend: Faculty Combo 8 p.m., Thursday, February 6

MusicStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

Powers Woodwind Quintet 8 p.m., Thursday, February 20

Vocal Faculty Recital8 p.m., Sunday, February 23

Eric Tucker, voice8 p.m., Tuesday, April 15

Alexandra Mascolo-David, piano 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 4

Lindabeth Binkley, oboe 8 p.m., Thursday, April 17

Faculty ArtistsStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

SchoolStudent EnsemblesStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

Honors Convocation11 a.m., Thursday, August 29

CMU Orchestra8 p.m., Thursday, September 26

Opera Gala8 p.m., Saturday, October 5

Symphonic Wind Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, October 15

Choir Concerts3 & 7 p.m., Sunday, October 20

SchoolStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

Percussion Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, October 22

Dee’s Vocal Competition2 p.m., Sunday, October 27

Trumpet Ensemble8 p.m., Sunday, October 27

CMU Orchestra8 p.m., Thursday, October 31

Jazz Bands2 & 5 p.m., Sunday, November 3

Student EnsemblesStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted


Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, November 12

Trombone Choir8 p.m., Tuesday, November 19

Honors Recital 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 3

Chamber Winds8 p.m., Tuesday, November 5

Composition Recital8 p.m., Sunday, November 10

SchoolStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise notedStudent Ensembles


Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Wind Symphony8 p.m., Tuesday, December 3

Symphony Band, University Band & Campus Band8 p.m., Thursday, December 5

Juletide7 p.m., Friday, December 62 p.m., Saturday, December 7

Colness Competition2 p.m., Sunday, February 2

Honors Recital 11 a.m., Thurday, December 5


Percussion Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, February 18

Symphonic Wind Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, February 25

Wind Symphony & Symphony Band 8 p.m., Thursday, February 27

CMU Orchestra8 p.m., Tuesday, February 11

Opera 2012: The Pirates of Penzance



University Band & Campus Band 8 p.m., Thursday, March 6

Opera: Carousel 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 21

Willwerth Competition7 p.m., Wednesday, March 26

Opera: Carousel7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 22

Opera 2012: The Pirates of Penzance

Opera: Carousel2 p.m., Sunday, March 23


Trombone Choir8 p.m., Thursday, March 27

Irwin Piano Competition1 p.m., Sunday, April 6

Percussion Ensemble8 p.m., Tuesday, April 8

Central Foundation8 p.m., Thursday, April 10

Composition Recital 2 p.m., Saturday, April 12



Jazz Bands3 & 8 p.m., Sunday, April 13

Symphonic Wind Ensemble 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 22

CMU Orchestra8 p.m., Thursday, April 24

CMU Choirs2 & 5 p.m., Sunday, April 27

Honors Recital11 a.m., Thursday, April 24


Wind Symphony & Symphony Band 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 29

University Band & Campus Band 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 30

Honors Recital11 a.m., Tuesday, April 29

SchoolSchoolStaples Family Concert Hall unless otherwise noted

Electronic Music Concert (Chamichian Recital Hall)8 p.m., Wednesday, November 6

Special Concerts/EventsPlachta Auditorium unless otherwise noted Call 989-774-3045 for special ticket pricing

Morey Senior Outreach (Staples Family Concert Hall) 2 p.m., Sunday, September 29

Robert Atherholt, oboe (Master Class/Recital: Chamichian Recital Hall)3 p.m., Sunday, October 27

Chippewa Band-O-Rama (Staples Family Concert Hall) 7:30 p.m., Friday, November 1

SchoolSchoolElectronic Music Concert (Chamichian Recital Hall)8 p.m., Wednesday, November 6

Plachta Auditorium unless otherwise noted Call 989-774-3045 for special ticket pricing

Festival Chorus8 p.m., Saturday, November 23

Juletide (Staples Family Concert Hall) 7 p.m., Friday, December 6 & 2 p.m., Saturday, December 7

CMU Jazz Weekend: Frank Tiberi, saxophone 8 p.m., Friday, February 7

CMU Opera: Carousel (Staples Family Concert Hall)7:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday, March 21 & 22 / 2 p.m., Sunday, March 23

Special Concerts/EventsPlachta Auditorium unless otherwise noted Call 989-774-3045 for special ticket pricing

Robert Atherholt, oboe (Master Class/Recital: Chamichian Recital Hall)3 p.m., Sunday, October 27

SchoolTicket Prices

Tickets for the Master Series Concerts, including guest, faculty and alumni artists, are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Student ensembles are free. For ticket information, call toll-free 888-CMU-0111. All dates and times are subject to change.

For additional event information, visit music.cmich.edu/events or call the School of Music at 989-774-3738.

Support for Master Series artists provided by the CMU College of Communication and Fine Arts and the Chamichian Endowment.

CMU’s School of Music is housed within CMU’s College of Communication and Fine Arts.

CMU, an AA/EO instituition, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community (see cmich.edu, keyword: AAEO).

CMU provides individuals with disbilities reasonable accommodations to participate in universty activities, programs and services. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in a university activity, program or service should call the School of Music at 989-774-3281 at least one week prior to the event.

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Thanks to our Master Series sponsors:• The Souren L. Chamichian, M.D., Artist-in-Residency Endowment• Samuel W. and Gertrude A. Staples Master Series Endowment Fund• The Morey Foundation• Bancroft Endowed Fund for Excellence, in honor of Leonard Plachta• Friends of Music• School of Music Endowment

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School of Music Concert Listings Central Michigan … Master Series.pdfKenneth Thompkins, trombone ... to Central Michigan University on Tuesday, ... With the creation of Jazz Lab