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DePauw School of Music events April 20-26
DePauw School of Music Events
Week of April 20--26
Faculty Select Series: DePauw Chamber Players
Monday, April 20
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
On Monday, the DePauw Faculty Chamber Players -- May Phang (piano), Erica Dicker (violin) and Eric Edberg (cello) -- will present a performance of "Quartet for the End of Time" in Kresge Auditorium, featuring guest clarinetist Randy Salman and introductory commentary by Professor Scott Perkins.
DePauw Jazz Ensemble with Guest Artist John Fedchock --Steven Snyder, director
Tuesday, April 21
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
The DPU Jazz Ensemble welcomes world-renowned jazz trombonist John Fedchock to Kresge stage for an evening of his own arrangements and compositions. Fedchock has played all over the world with some of the finest musicians including Woody Herman, Louis Bellson and Gerry Mulligan. Also joining them for a special evening of jazz at DePauwwill be the Greencastle Middle School Jazz Band.
Student Recital Hour
Wednesday, April 22
10:20 a.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
DePauw's weekly recital hour features live music by talented School of Music students and occasional guests.
Wednesday, April 22
6 p.m.
Almost Home Restaurant, 17 W. Franklin St.
First-year violinist Alec Barker returns to Almost Home for his final performance of the semester.
Big Woodwind Bash -- Anne Reynolds, Randy Salman, Scotty Stepp, coaches
Wednesday, April 22
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
The Big Woodwind Bash is a collage of performing groups: Saxophones, flutes, clarinets and woodwind ensembles. There is much variety in the styles of music as well.
Fifth House Ensemble: Performance at Putnam County Public Library
Thursday, April 23
| 4:30 p.m. |
Putnam County Public Library, 103 E. Poplar St.
Fifth House Ensemble: Creative Blends: Basics of Creating Cross-Genre Arrangements
Thursday, April 23
6 p.m.
Green Center, Room 1021
Baladino and Rome Prize-winning composer Dan Visconti share the collaborative process behind "Nedudim." Learn about creating cross-genre arrangements that blur the lines between contemporary and folk music, incorporating traditional notation and improvisation along the way.
Faculty Select Series: Guest artist Mark Applebaum with DePauw Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, April 23
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
When confronted with a piece of experimental music, Mark Applebaum, a professor of music composition at Stanford, asks: "Is it music? This is not the important question. The important question is, is it interesting?" Applebaum joins the DePauw Percussion Ensemble, student soloists and faculty guests in an evening of his works.
Fifth House Ensemble: Violin Master Class with Charlene Kluegel
Friday, April 24
4 p.m.
Green Center, Room 1021
Fifth House Ensemble: Introducing Baladino
Friday, April 24
5:30 p.m.
705 S. Locust St.
Join Baladino for an outdoor cookout, informal workshop and jam session with the band at the School of Music House. Learn about the many traditional instruments they play and bring your own instruments to experiment with Mediterranean folk melodies and rhythms.
Fifth House Ensemble: Performance at the Greencastle Farmers' Market
Saturday, April 25
10 a.m.
Courthouse Square, Greencastle
Members of 5HE and Baladino perform downtown on the square, along with DePauw School of Music students, for the first Greencastle Farmers' Market of 2015.
Senior Degree Recital: Joseph Leppek, tenor
Saturday, April 25
3 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Senior Degree Recital: David Acton, horn
Saturday, April 25
5 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Guest Artist Concert: Baladino with Fifth House Ensemble
Saturday, April 25
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
Performing on instruments both ancient and modern, Baladino has made a name for itself on the world stage--from traditional concert halls to YouTube. With its members hailing from Berlin and Tel Aviv, this Mediterranean folk band offers fresh, yet authentic interpretations of Jewish Saphardic and Ladino melodies. For the final Green Concert of the season, Baladino joins forces with Fifth House Ensemble to bring together instruments and traditions from the wide span of cultures that fed this musical language, updating it with their own youthful energy and contemporary backgrounds in jazz, improvisation and electronica. This presentation is supported in part by the ArtsMidwest touring fund.
Senior Degree Recital: Kathryn King, oboe
Sunday, April 26
1 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
DePauw University Band--Craig Paré, conductor
Sunday, April 26
3 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
The University Band kicks off its final concert performance of the semester with the great brass ensemble work, "Fanfare pour precede" ("La Péri"), by Paul Dukas, followed by DePauw faculty member James Beckel's "Make a Joyful Noise," the final two movements of Walter Hartley's Concerto for 23 Winds, the classic "Suite of Old American Dances" by Robert Russell Bennett, "Desi" by Michael Daugherty (a tribute to Cuban bandleader and television star, Desi Arnaz) and wraps up with the exciting "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovich. Audience members are asked to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated to the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry in exchange for a free ticket to the band performance.
Junior Degree Recital: Addy Sterrett, soprano
Sunday, April 26
5 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Junior Degree Recital: Ann Chase, soprano, and Dana Hart, mezzo-soprano
Sunday, April 26
7:30 p.m.
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall