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Third-year music student Meghan Chamberlain will perform a solo recital Wednesday, April 10, of varied repertoire for percussion. The free public event begins at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery of Windsor, 401 Riverside Drive West. |
Vocalist Chris Martel invoking the Summer Wind, Heinz Meier’s and Johnny Mercer’s standard, is one of the highlights on the program for the University Jazz Ensemble’s spring concert, Saturday, April 6, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
The event will transition from a concert set to a dance with cash bar for what promoters are calling the best entertainment value in town. Besides Martel, a second-year music therapy major, featured vocalists include Aimee Clifford and Lisette Gagnon, backed by a 24-member big band under the direction of Bob Fazecash.
The 2013 spring season continues this weekend with four solo recitals by music students in their graduating or third years. Most of these events will be juried recitals performed for credit, but some students will perform purely for the experience. Each recital incorporates one hour of music, the repertoire representing a variety of styles and periods.
This weekend’s events include:
The School for Arts and Creative Innovation presents its spring choral concert featuring the 14-voice Chamber Choir directed by Richard Householder, and the 75-voice University Singers directed by Bradley Bloom on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Assumption University Chapel.
The chamber choir will perform choruses from major works, including J.S. Bach’s Jesu, der du meine Seele, from Mendelssohn’s Elijah “Lift Thine Eyes” and from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado “Three Little Maids from School.”
Four senior students in the music therapy program will share what they have learned through practicum placements on Thursday, April 4, in a free public presentation.
“Springsong” is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Katzman Lounge, Vanier Hall.
The fourth-year presenters include:
A recital this evening will showcase the talents of music student Reece Smith, a classical guitarist.
The solo recital is the latest in a series featuring students in their graduating or third years of music. Each recital is free and open to the public, and includes an hour of performance representing a variety of styles and periods.
The 2013 spring season continues this weekend with five solo recitals by music students in their graduating or third years. Most of these events will be juried recitals performed for credit, but some students will perform purely for the experience. Each recital incorporates one hour of music, the repertoire representing a variety of styles and periods.
This weekend’s events include:
New media works by UWindsor music instructor David Litke are on the program for in/fuse 16, Thursday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Lambton Tower’s basement Studio A.
The free event will feature guest artists Krista Vincent and Aaron Hodgson, as well as Sigi Torinus, Martin Schiller, Trevor Pittman, David Litke, Brent Lee, Aaron Eichler and Nic de Cosson.
What do musicians do to distinguish the musical languages of Bach or Biber from those of Brahms, Bartok, Britten, or Binchois?
Ivars Taurins, director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, will discuss the nature of musical interpretation in a free public presentation, “Performance Practice and the Modern Musician: an approach to style and interpretation,” Wednesday, March 20, at 4 p.m. in the Music Building’s Recital Hall, room 139.
Trumpeter and UWindsor alumna Melissa Derus (BMus 2011) is one of the featured performers with the Forest City Brass Quintet, offering a free public recital Thursday in the Music Building.
The group, founded in 2011 at Western University’s Don Wright School of Music, is composed of students from the fields of music performance and music education. Its members have toured across Ontario to offer their expertise in chamber music performance, training brass players in secondary and elementary schools.
