DePauw School of Music Events Week of Sept. 4-10

Master Class: Ann DuHamel, guest pianist

Tuesday, Sept. 5

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Praised for the "grace and sensitivity" of her playing as well as her enthusiastic teaching, pianist Ann DuHamel serves as Head of Keyboard Studies at the University of Minnesota, Morris. An ardent proponent of modern music, she has enjoyed working with several contemporary composers including Lowell Liebermann and Christopher Marshall, as well as commissioning works from award-winning composers Marc Chan, Joseph Dangerfield and Edie Hill. A premiere of one of these new works in Mexico City was described as "a delight for the ears and the soul." Prof. DuHamel's master class at DePauw will feature piano students of May Phang.

Student Recital Hour

Wednesday, Sept. 6

10:20 a.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

DePauw's weekly recital hour features talented School of Music students--and occasional guests!

Faculty Select Series: Ann DuHamel, Guest Pianist and May Phang, piano

Ming-Hui Kuo and Craig Paré percussion

Wednesday, Sept. 6

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

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The uniquely challenging Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, a rarely heard work by Béla Bart--k, is featured on this program exploring the piano as a percussive instrument. Why is this imaginative piece so seldom performed? Because of its difficulty. Two superb pianists and percussionists are required -- who between them must play nine instruments. Taking up the challenge will be guest pianist Ann DuHamel from the University of Minnesota and DePauw faculty artists May Phang, piano, and percussionists Ming-Hui Kuo and Craig Paré on timpani, gran cassa, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, tam-tam and xylophone.

Jazz at the Duck: Frank Glover with KILHO

Thursday, Sept. 7

8:30 p.m.

The Fluttering Duck, 2 West Seminary Street

Legendary saxophonist/clarinetist Frank Glover has been a fixture on the Indianapolis jazz scene for decades, having spent much of his early career playing duos with mentor and fellow Indy native Claude Stifferlen. This week at The Duck, Glover leads KILHO, a group of young musicians studying at Indiana University -- passing along jazz traditions to this younger generation. Come hear what it's all about!

Faculty Select Series: Tarn Travers, violin

Friday, Sept. 8

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

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The centerpiece of Tarn Travers's virtuosic program of preludes and fugues for solo violin will be the great Adagio and Fugue from J. S. Bach's C Major Sonata for Solo Violin (the longest fugue that Bach wrote for any instrument). A member of the DePauw music faculty and the superb Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente, Travers will also perform the turbulent Grave and Fugato from Eugčne Ysa˙e's Sonata No. 1, inspired by Bach's sonatas for solo violin, along with One, a 21st-century piece by American composer Philip Wharton, in which each movement offers homage to great past composers of solo violin works, including Bach and Ysa˙e, as well as Béla Bart--k and Nicolň Paganini.