DePauw School of Music Events Week of Sept. 14--20

Student Recital Hour

Wednesday, Sept. 16

10:20 a.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

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

ArtMusic@Almost Home

Monday, Sept. 14

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

School of Music faculty artists Kerry Jennings and Amanda Hopson are joined by Inge Aures, Professor of Modern Languages, to present the story of a young miller lad and his journey filled with nature, love, jealousy and despair. Jennings and Hopson perform Franz Schubert's landmark song cycle, "Die schöne Müllerin," based on poems of Wilhelm Müller, as Aures completes the puzzle with dramatic readings of the unset prologue, epilogue and three poems from Müller's original writings about the young miller and the fair miller-maid. Join them for this timeless story.

Faculty Select Series: Steve Snyder, organ, with David Stryker, guitar,

and Jason Tiemann, drums

Tuesday, Sept. 15

7:30 p.m.

Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana Street

This Faculty Select Series concert at Music on the Square, the new community music center in downtown Greencastle, features Steven Snyder on Hammond organ, along with internationally known guitarist Dave Stryker and drummer Jason Tiemann. The ensemble will be performing original compositions, arrangements and favorites from the organ trio repertoire. During the performance the audience will enjoy multimedia interaction, and afterward all are invited to linger for a meet and greet with the performers.

Faculty Select Series: Eric Edberg, cello, and May Phang, piano

"Gifts from Slava: Russian Sonatas for Cello and Piano"

Wednesday, Sept. 16

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

The great Russian cellist, conductor and composer Mstislav Rostropovich ("Slava" to everyone who met him in person) commissioned or otherwise inspired over 100 major works for the cello, many of them sonatas for cello and piano. In this concert, Edberg and Phang present sonatas by composers who were ill and near the end of their lives, yet found strength to compose works for this great champion of their music.

Wednesday, Sept. 16

6-7 p.m.

Almost Home Restaurant, 17 W. Franklin St.

Junior violinist Lindsey Sullivan performs an array of popular and jazzy tunes from the 1960s to the present. Come out and enjoy some favorite American classics--such as Summertime and L.O.V.E. --along with some favorite American cuisine.

Faculty Select Series: Kerry Jennings, tenor, and Amanda Hopson, piano

"Die schöne Müllerin"

DePauwpalooza

Friday, Sept. 18

5:30--7:30 p.m.

Bowman Park

The School of Music, WGRE and DePauw Student Government invite the entire DePauw community to the annual DePauwpalooza celebration on Bowman Park lawn. The University orchestra, choirs, band, jazz ensemble and cast of Spamalot will perform from the park throughout the evening. Games, good music and free pizza for everyone! All are welcome to attend.

Junior Degree Recital: Kristin Daines, soprano

Saturday, Sept. 19

7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

DePauw University Orchestra--Orcenith Smith, music director

Sunday, Sept. 20

3 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

The DePauw University Orchestra begins the new academic year with several points of artistic inspiration. Beginning with the recent campus visit by the conductorless orchestra, A Far Cry, the concert opens with a "conductorless" performance of the overture to Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, providing an avenue into the students' new 21st Century Musician curriculum, as they investigate new pathways for classical music in society. Featured on the program will be Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5. Written during the oppressive years of the Stalin regime, the piece provides a powerful viewpoint on music's capacity to sound the fear of backlash from the regime, while also generating triumphant hope for the future.