DePauw music events for April 27-May 3

DePauw School of Music Events

Week of April 27-May 3

DePauw Trombone Choir and Horn Ensemble -- James Beckel and Robert Danforth, coaches

Tuesday, April 28

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Student Recital Hour

Wednesday, April 29

10:20 a.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

Percussion@Peeler -- Bonnie Whiting, director

Wednesday, April 29

6:30 p.m.

Peeler Auditorium

The DePauw Percussion Ensemble returns to Peeler Art Gallery to interact with Lucy and Jorge Orta's FOOD + WATER + LIFE. The group grooves on found-object instruments and melds musical speech and percussive sound. The performance includes percussion music from Australia, Brazil, and the United States to highlight the exhibition's theme of art and resources without borders.

Musical Theatre Scenes: "Freaks and Murder" -- Steven Linville, coach

Wednesday, April 29

8 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

The Performing Musical Theatre Scenes class presents "Freaks & Murder," a dark, provocative performance of scenes from Jekyll & Hyde, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chicago, Wonderland, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Side Show. This concert is for mature audiences only.

DePauw Brass Ensembles: Brass Quintet, Brass Trio, and Trumpet Trio

-- Leonard Foy, coach

Thursday, April 30

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

Four brass groups--two trios, a quartet and a quintet--will present a wide variety of music from the well--known brass transcription repertoire. The concert will include celebrated Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Period works by Weelkes, Telemann, Purcell, Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven, along with surprise pieces for brass and organ.

Senior Degree Recital: Kevin Smith, saxophone

Friday, May 1

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Senior Degree Recital: Rachel Robin, piano

Saturday, May 2

1 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Junior Recital: Sara Blanton, mezzo-soprano, and Laura Witte, soprano

Saturday, May 2

3 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Junior Degree Recital: Julie Strauser, soprano, and Yazid Pierce--Gray, baritone

Saturday, May 2

5 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

Senior Degree Recital: Anna Urso, viola

Saturday, May 2

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

DePauw University Choirs and Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

-- Orcenith Smith, conductor, and Kristina Boerger, director of choirs

Sunday, May 3,

3 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

For the culminating event of the 2014-15 School of Music concert season, Orcenith Smith conducts DePauw's massed choirs and orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's majestic Symphony No. 9 in D Minor. The familiar choral finale, "Ode to Joy," with its universal message of hope and brotherhood, will feature faculty soloists Pamela Coburn (soprano), Caroline Smith (mezzo-soprano), Kerry Jennings (tenor) and guest Charles Stanton (baritone). Professor Kristina Boerger directs the combined University Choirs.