DePauw School of Music Events

DePauw School of Music Events

Week of Feb. 5--11

Faculty Select Series: Tony Weinstein and Karina Avanesian-Weinstein, piano

All-Tchaikovsky Program: "Chez Monsieur Pierre"

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 * 7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

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Apart from the ubiquitous First Piano Concerto, not many of Tchaikovsky's piano pieces are performed with any frequency outside of Russia. Their intimacy, however, makes them especially suitable for performance in a smaller, cozier venue such as Thompson Recital Hall. With this program, faculty pianist Tony Weinstein and his wife, guest pianist Karina Avanesian-Weinstein, re-create the atmosphere of a sophisticated salon in 1880s Moscow with performances of the twelve-movement cycle "The Seasons" and the extended single-movement Ballade-like "Dumka" -- staple works for every Russian pianist! And, what would a salon evening be without a little piano four-hand? Tuesday's program concludes with the Weinsteins' delectable interpretation of the "Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy," transcribed by Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's wife and herself a gifted pianist). Bienvenue chez Monsieur Pierre!

Student Recital Hour

Wednesday, Feb. 7 * 10:20 a.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

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

Jazz at the Duck: Freddie Mandoza

Thursday, Feb. 8 * 8:30--10:30 p.m.

The Fluttering Duck, 2 West Seminary Street

Jazz at The Duck returns this Thursday with trombone and euphonium master Freddie Mandoza. Freddie is professor of jazz trombone at Ball State University and is a commanding presence on the central Indiana jazz scene. His playing often pays homage to the great trombonists of the jazz tradition such as JJ Johnson, Curtis Fuller, and Slide Hampton. Joining him will be the ever-inspiring Kenny Phelps on drums and DePauw's own jazz ensemble director Steve Snyder on organ.

Faculty Select Series: Scotty Stepp & Friends

Friday, Feb. 9 * 7:30 p.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

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Scotty Stepp's DePauw Faculty Select recital features collaborations with musical friends and fellow saxophonists Paul Bro and Tyler Schaefers '18, pianist May Phang, and percussionist Ming-Hui Kuo -- performing a rich range of works by Eliza Brown, Jennifer Higdon, Akira Yuyama and Benjamin Taylor.