Events

October 20, 2018

18th Annual Collage Concert

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The annual Collage Concert is a non-stop showcase, including performances by choral, orchestral, jazz, chamber, world music, and wind ensembles as well as solo performances by faculty and...

October 21, 2018

Faculty & Guest Recital: Preston Duncan, saxophone and Casey Rafn, piano

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event will be live streamed. Visit...

October 22, 2018

Mondays @ Minnesota: Mock Audition Class with Master Coach Lara Bolton

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Lara Bolton is on faculty at the U of M School of Music. She is a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. As such, she has been engaged at many companies including the Guthrie Theater, San...

October 23, 2018

Junior Recital: Philip Eschweiler, voice

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Program: Tre Ariette - Bellini Il Fervido Desiderio Dolente Imagine Vaga Luna "Poeme d'un Jour" Faure Rencontre Toujours Adeiu Italienisches Liederbuch - Hugo Wolf 4. Gesegnet Sei, durch...

October 24, 2018

EVENT CANCELED – Junior Recital: Rosemary Joyce, voice

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Please note, this event has been canceled. Join Rosemary Joyce and accompanist Mary Trotter as they explore the concepts of love and hope through the songs of Roger Quilter and Richard...

October 24, 2018

North Star and Gold Concert Bands Concert

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Program to include Douglas Akey’s Wild Dance, Erik Satie’s Festival Dance (Gymnopodie No. 3), Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird (excerpts), Robert Sheldon’s Choreography, David Biedenbender’s...

October 25, 2018

Senior Recital: Natasha Montzka, violin

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Program to feature a variety of violin and voice pieces by Dvorak, Kreisler, Elgar, Mozart, Bach, and others! This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating...

October 26, 2018

Guest Concert: Second Marine Aircraft Wing Brass Quintet

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Hailing from Cherry Point, North Carolina, the Second Marine Aircraft Wing Brass Quintet supports military ceremonies and civilian events across the southeastern United States. The members...

October 26, 2018

Music & Sound Studies: "We Can Conquer the World": Stevie Wonder ...

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"'We Can Conquer the World': Stevie Wonder and the Synthesizer in the 1970s"  Jack Hamilton , Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Media Studies   The five albums made...

October 26, 2018

Wind Ensemble Concert

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Due to the 7:00 pm home football game at TCF Bank Stadium, please allow yourself enough time for travel and parking for this concert. Program to include Karel Husa’s Divertimento for Brass...

October 27, 2018

Choral Concert: Global Voices

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Choral music reflects the diversity and richness of the world around us. Join the Campus Singers ensembles on a journey of song and celebration, which will take you around the globe. This...

October 28, 2018

Choral Concert: "The Call"

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The University Singers collaborate with British countertenor Ryland Angel and guitarist Nels Cline , from the band Wilco, to present the premiere of The Call, a new multi-movement, choral-...

October 29, 2018

Silent Night Up Close: A Soldier's Humanity and the Impact of WWI

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Presented by Minnesota Opera, MinnPost, and the U of M School of Music as part of the Mondays @ Minnesota series . This free event will include a panel discussion that explores the...

October 29, 2018

Guest Recital: Mill City String Quartet

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Alumnae recital of the Mill City String Quartet featuring Huldah Niles, violin; Erika Hoogeveen, violin; Valerie Little, viola; Ruth Marshall, cello. Founded in the fall of 2007, the Mill...

October 29, 2018

Maroon and University Bands Concert

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Program to include Jodie Blackshaw’s Into the Sun, Vaughan Williams/Bocook’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, John Mackey’s Xerxes, Alex Shapiro’s Tight Squeeze, Eric Whitacre’s...

October 30, 2018

U of M Symphony Orchestra & Buffalo High School Orchestra Concert

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Performance by the University Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo High School Orchestra (Buffalo, MN). Program featuring Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Claude Debussy’s...

October 31, 2018

Senior Project: Voice Recital – Madison Koslowski

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The Halloween program will consist of works relating to things that go bump in the night, make your skin crawl, and untimely ends. A spooktacular spread of treats will be laid out following...

October 31, 2018

Campus Orchestra Concert

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Ernesto Estigarríbia, Qinqing Hilkert, and Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a...

November 1, 2018

Junior Recital: Angel Andres, violin

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Program: Bruch Violin Concerto in g minor Adagio and Presto from Violin Sonata No. 1, J.S. Bach Violin Sonata in e minor K.304, Mozart Tango by Isaac Albeniz, Transcribed by Fritz Kreisler...

November 1, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Priscilla Chang, piano

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Program to include works by Prokofiev, Kapustin, Berg, and Grieg. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first...

November 3, 2018

American School Band Directors Association Honors Jazz Ensemble Recital

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This concert is the culmination of a day with the ASBDA Grade 9-10 Honors Jazz Ensemble. U of M Jazz Ensemble students will serve as rhythm section coaches during the day and will perform a...

November 5, 2018

Senior Recital: Justin Bain, trombone

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Justin Bain's senior recital for his Trombone Performance BM degree will include: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano (Soloist + Piano) - David R. Gillingham Rhapsody for Bass Trombone and...

November 6, 2018

Senior Recital: Savannah Heigl, voice

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Classical and contemporary music that includes an array of French, German, Italian, Latin, and English art songs and arias by various composers. This event is free and open to the public...

November 7, 2018

Senior Recital: Raiden Takeuchi, voice

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Program featuring a set of Handel Arias, Latin liturgical music, a Neapolitan set, a Wolf Morike leider set, and a Copland "Old American Song" set. This event is free and open to the public...

November 8, 2018

Cancelled – Non-Degree Recital: Abigail Spichke, violin

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Please note that this event has been cancelled. Program to include Khachaturian's Violin Concerto, as well as Mozart’s Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, and more. This event is free...

November 8, 2018

Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra present Chamber Music: A Study in...

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Program to include Andre Caplet’s Suite Persane, Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question, Rob Wiffin’s Songs of the Great War, Marcel Dupré’s Poéme héroique, Op.33, and W.A. Mozart’s...

November 9, 2018

Percussion Extravaganza Concert

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University of Minnesota Percussion Ensemble (Fernando Meza, director) and Steel Drum Ensemble (Adam Rappel, director) with guest performers: University of Costa Rica Percussion Ensemble (...

November 10, 2018

Senior Recital: Annika Ross, French horn

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Program: Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No.1 Franz Strauss Nocturno Mozart Horn Concerto 2 Malcolm Arnold Fantasy for Horn This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not...

November 10, 2018

Junior Recital: Ana Sofia Dorante Schutte, violin

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event will be live streamed. Visit...

November 10, 2018

Junior Recital: David Carrillo Siliezar, violin

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Recital featuring works by Debussy, Bach, and Mendelssohn. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come,...

November 10, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Hui Zhang, bassoon

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event will be live streamed. Visit...

November 11, 2018

Lest We Forget, World War I Armistice Centenary Concert

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Featuring the Oratorio Society of Minnesota Chorus and the U of M Men’s and Women’s Choirs as well as Northrop’s newly restored, historic Aeolian-Skinner Pipe Organ. Celebrate the 100th...

November 11, 2018

MNSOTA Mary West String Competition Winners Recital

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The University of Minnesota hosts the Minnesota String & Orchestra Teachers Association's Mary West String Competition Winners Recital. This event is free and open to the public...

November 12, 2018

Master's Recital: Ross Shone, trombone

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Ross Shone, Alto/Tenor Trombone Master's Recital featuring works by Albrechtsberger, Rota, Persichetti, Boismortier, and Jongen. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not...

November 14, 2018

Senior Recital: Madelyn Herbrand, voice

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Program to include Schubert, Mozart, musical theatre, guitar, clarinet, piano. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and...

November 15, 2018

Junior Recital: Inkyung Alison Oh, violin

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Program: Bach A minor sonata (solo) Dvorak Violin Concerto This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come,...

November 15, 2018

University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring

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A sparkling comic opera about a prize for virtue that turns a rural English town upside down. Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden, directors. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in...

November 16, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Xuying Li, piano

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Doctoral Recital by Xuying Li, piano. Recital runs from 12 pm to 1:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on...

November 16, 2018

Senior Recital: Zachary Truong, saxophone

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Convenient parking is available at the...

November 16, 2018

University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring

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A sparkling comic opera about a prize for virtue that turns a rural English town upside down. Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden, directors. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in...

November 17, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Benjamin Osterhouse, cello

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event will be live streamed. Visit...

November 17, 2018

University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring

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A sparkling comic opera about a prize for virtue that turns a rural English town upside down. Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden, directors. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in...

November 18, 2018

Senior Recital: Elizabeth Myers, French horn

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Program to include Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto, Malcolm Arnold's Fantasy for Horn, Haydn's Concerto in E-flat Major for two horns, Buyanovsky's España, and Franz Strauss's Fantasie. This...

November 18, 2018

University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring

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A sparkling comic opera about a prize for virtue that turns a rural English town upside down. Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden, directors. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in...

November 19, 2018

Master's Recital: Steffin Medina, trombone

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Program featuring the Tomasi Concerto, Wagenseil, Corelli, and more. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a...

November 20, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Seokho Park, voice

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Program: George Frideric Handel - Comfort ye…. Every valley shall be exalted from Messiah Vincenzo Bellini - Ma rendi pur contento Dolente imagine di Fille mia Vaga luna che inargenti...

November 20, 2018

U of M Jazz Ensembles I & II Concert

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The University Jazz Ensembles perform. Dean Sorenson, director. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-...

November 20, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Tong Cheng, collaborative piano

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This program includes Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe , Jamaican Folk Songs arranged by Peter Ashbourne, and Three Dickinson Songs by Previn.

November 24, 2018

57th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert

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Join the University of Minnesota Marching Band, directed by Betsy McCann, for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family. Fresh off their Super Bowl...

November 25, 2018

57th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert

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Join the University of Minnesota Marching Band, directed by Betsy McCann, for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family. Fresh off their Super Bowl...

November 26, 2018

U of M Jazz Combos Recital

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U of M School of Music Jazz Combos Recital. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated...

November 27, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Michael Min, piano

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Program: The Seasons by P. Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No.1 by P. Tchaikowsky This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available...

November 29, 2018

Symphonic Band Concert: British Band Classics

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Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Flourish for Wind Band and Rhosymedre, Gustav Holst/Matthews’s First Suite in Eb, Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite, Percy Grainger’s Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie...

November 30, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Hannah Spivey, harp

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Program featuring solo works by Scarlatti, Gliere, Thomas, and Berio. Chamber works by Doppler/ Zamara, Andres, and Ravel. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not...

November 30, 2018

University Gospel Choir Concert: Revival!

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The University Gospel Choir will rock the house with a rousing program led by conductor Adrian Davis. The Gospel Choir celebrates the awakening of the gospel sound through traditional and...

December 1, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Chi Zhang, piano

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Program to include Debussy Preludes from Book 2, and art songs by Schubert and Faure. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and...

December 1, 2018

Choral Concert: Sounds of the Season

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The Campus Singers ensembles ring in the holiday season with an eclectic program of seasonal choral music. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is...

December 2, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Ariel Detwiler, bassoon

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Chamber Recital including Stravinsky's Octet for 8 Winds, Corette's Le Phenix for four bassoons and harpsichord, Poulenc Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, and more. This event is free and...

December 3, 2018

Maroon and Gold Bands Concert

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Julie Giroux’s Mambo Perro Loco, Michael Colgrass’s Apache Lullaby, and Tomohiro Tatebe’s Suite on Celtic Folk Songs. Cassandra Bechard and Cory Near, conductors; Elena Kolbrek, guest...

December 4, 2018

Northop Event: Nathan Laube in Concert

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Hear internationally renowned concert organist Nathan Laube perform in the first solo organ concert on Northrop’s newly restored pipe organ. In addition to serving as Assistant Professor of...

December 5, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Jiyeon Hwang, voice

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Program to include worksy by Schubert, Amy Beach, Fernando Obradors, and Lizst.

December 5, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Jiyeon Hwang, voice

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Program to include worksy by Schubert, Amy Beach, Fernando Obradors, and Lizst. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and...

December 5, 2018

North Star and University Bands Concert

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Joseph Compello’s El Palomino Noble, Percy Grainger/Wagner’s A Grainger Portrait, Samuel Hazo’s Arabesque, Roger Zare’s Lift Off, Jocelyn Hagen’s Hymn to St. Theresa, Timothy Mahr’s...

December 5, 2018

Steel Band Ensemble Recital

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Steel Band Ensemble Recital, led by Adam Rappel. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-...

December 6, 2018

Choral Concert: Lessons and Carols

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The University Singers and Chamber Singers and the combined U of M Women’s and Men’s Choruses present a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the iconic Nine Lessons and Carols...

December 7, 2018

Music and Sound Studies Guest Lecture: Professor Kelley Harness, University of...

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Music and Sound Studies Guest Lecture: Professor Kelley Harness, University of Minnesota This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission...

December 7, 2018

Flute Studio Winter Recital

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Flute Studio Winter Recital, led by Professor Immanuel Davis. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-...

December 8, 2018

Senior Recital: Amy Cummings, violin

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Program: Tempo di Minuetto, Kreisler La Cinquantaine, Gabriel-Marie Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, Seitz Sonata No. 2 for Two Violins, Jean-Marie Leclair Lecture on Music and Memory...

December 8, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Hocheol Shin, cello

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Program: Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F Major, Opus 99 Robert Schumann Concerto for Cello and Piano in a minor, Opus 129 for Cello and Piano Cellist: Hocheol Shin...

December 8, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Filip Zivanovic, guitar and guest Benjamin Cold, saxophone

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Performing music for solo guitar and saxophone and guitar duo with U of M School of Music alumnus Dr. Benjamin Cold. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary,...

December 9, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Sarah Howes, voice

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A program of Arts songs and poetry by women, combined with modern dance and art. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and...

December 9, 2018

Master's Recital: Matt Silverberg, percussion

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Program to include pieces by Matt Silverberg, Casey Cangelosi, Jan Bradley, Gordon Stout, Nathan Daughtrey, Jordan Morrison, and Koji Kondo. This percussion recital will feature a video in-...

December 11, 2018

2018 General Music Class Performance

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Have Brunch with General and Vocal Music features performances by School of Music students who are teacher candidates in General Music Methods and Choral Music Methods classes. General and...

December 11, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Pei-Han Chao, voice

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This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event will be live streamed. Visit...

December 11, 2018

Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra Strings Concert: Searching Within...

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Program to include Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, HK Gruber’s Nebelsteinmusik for Solo Violin and String Orchestra featuring violinist Peter McGuire (Minnesota...

December 12, 2018

Brass Holiday Concert

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Professor Caroline Lemen's brass studio performs holiday music in the Ferguson Hall lobby. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission...

December 12, 2018

Campus Orchestra Concert

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Ernesto Estigarríbia, Qinqing Hilkert, and Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a...

December 14, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Daniel Keeler, cello

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Program to include three pieces for cello and piano: Shostakovich Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Frank Bridge - Four Short Pieces for Cello and Piano Brahms - Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 This...

December 15, 2018

Senior Recital: Francois Harewood, piano

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Program: Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7 George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue This event is free...

December 16, 2018

Doctoral Recital: Amelia Smith, clarinet

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Program: Schumann Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, and Prokofiev Sonata, Op. 94 transcribed by Kent Kennan for Clarinet and Piano This event is free and open...

February 10, 2019

High School Honor Band Concert

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Emily Threinen, Jerry Luckhardt, Betsy McCann, and Lance Sample, conductors.

February 11, 2019

University Symphony Orchestra Concert

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Program to include Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70; the first and third movements from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 performed side by side with the Greater Twin...

March 1, 2019

2019 U of M Jazz Festival Combo Concert

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2019 U of M Jazz Festival Combo Concert This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis...

March 1, 2019

Choral Concert: WomanVoice – Voices of Love and Reconciliation

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WomanVoice is an annual concert, which uplifts the music, poetry, and creative activity of women while exploring issues relevant to contemporary society. This year, the University Women’s...

March 2, 2019

2019 U of M Jazz Festival Concert Featuring Guest Chris Lomheim and Jazz Ensembles...

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2019 U of M Jazz Festival Concert Featuring Guest Artist Chris Lomheim (piano) and Jazz Ensembles I & II, Dean Sorenson, director. Chris Lomheim is an award-winning jazz pianist and...

March 3, 2019

Choral Concert: Music for a Grand Space

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The University Singers, Chamber Singers, U of M Men’s and Women’s Choruses perform music that celebrates the acoustic splendor of the Cathedral of St. Paul. Kathy Romey and Matthew Mehaffey...

March 4, 2019

Campus Orchestra Concert

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Ernesto Estigarríbia, Qinqing Hilkert, and Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a...

March 5, 2019

Symphonic Band Concert: Contemporary Directions

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Jess Langston Turner’s Through the Looking Glass, Daniel French’s As One Listens to the Rain, J.S. Bach’s Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light, David Biedenbender’s Luminescence, Joel...

March 6, 2019

Wind Ensemble and Minnesota Symphonic Winds Concert

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Program to include Matthew Tommasini’s Torn Canvases, Joel Puckett’s That Secret from the River, and Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel/Paul Lavender’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Emily...

March 7, 2019

Maroon and Gold Bands Concert

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Cassandra Bechard and Cory Near, conductors. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated...

March 8, 2019

North Star and University Bands Concert

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Program to include Disney at the Movies, Symphonic Highlights from Frozen, Who’s that Masked Man, and more. Betsy McCann and J. Nick Smith, conductors. Justin Thai, guest conductor. This...

March 9, 2019

Concert Band Festival Concert

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Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition and more. Travis J. Cross, guest clinician. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is...

March 11, 2019

Guest Recital: Aleksandar Hadzi Djordjevic, guitar

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Serbian guitarist Aleksandar Hadzi-Djordjevic is professor of guitar at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He will perform an hour-long recital featuring works by J.K. Mertz, N. Coste, F.M...

March 13, 2019

University Opera Theatre and Arbeit Opera Theatre present Menotti’s The Consul

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Performance featuring students accompanied by piano. David Radamés Toro, director. Jennifer Mack, choreographer. Kelly Turpin, founder and executive director of Arbeit Opera Theatre...

March 14, 2019

University Opera Theatre and Arbeit Opera Theatre present Menotti’s The Consul

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Performance featuring students accompanied by piano. David Radamés Toro, director. Jennifer Mack, choreographer. Kelly Turpin, founder and executive director of Arbeit Opera Theatre...

March 29, 2019

Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival Opening Concert

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Opening Concert for Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival featuring student ensembles from midwestern high schools and colleges. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not...

March 30, 2019

Guest Rectial: John McMurtery, flute and Ashlee Mack, piano

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Flautist John McMurtery and pianist Ashlee Mack will perform a program of contemporary works for flute and piano including composers Robert Morris, Bruce Quaglia, James Romig, and Charles...

April 11, 2019

University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera

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Jeffrey Madison, director. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. University Opera Theatre students perform Act III of Verdi’s La Traviata, Act III of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, excerpts from Act...

April 12, 2019

University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera

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Jeffrey Madison, director. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. University Opera Theatre students perform Act III of Verdi’s La Traviata, Act III of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, excerpts from Act...

April 13, 2019

University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera

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Jeffrey Madison, director. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. University Opera Theatre students perform Act III of Verdi’s La Traviata, Act III of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, excerpts from Act...

April 13, 2019

15th Annual Balkanicus Concert

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15th Annual Balkanicus Concert, featuring Fernando Meza, percussion, along with School of Music students and alumni. The Balkanicus chamber concert series was created in 2003 by Bulgarian...

April 14, 2019

University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera

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Jeffrey Madison, director. Mark Russell Smith, conductor. University Opera Theatre students perform Act III of Verdi’s La Traviata, Act III of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, excerpts from Act...

April 15, 2019

U of M Jazz Combos Recital

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U of M School of Music Jazz Combos Recital. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated...

April 22, 2019

Faculty & Guest Recital: Lydia Artymiw (piano) and Wilhelmina Smith (cello)

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A duo recital featuring Professor Lydia Artymiw (piano) and guest Wilhelmina Smith (cello). The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Prize,...

April 23, 2019

Jazz Ensembles I and II present Salute to the Big Bands Concert

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Program featuring classics from the big band era. Dean Sorenson, director. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available...

April 25, 2019

Symphonic Band Concert: Celebrating Dr. Frank Bencriscutto and the China Tour (1980)

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Program to include Andreas Makris/Bader’s Aegean Festival Overture, Qian Chen’s Come, Drink One More Cup of Wine, John Zdechlik’s Chorale and Shaker Dance, Yu Jianfang’s Eulogize the...

April 26, 2019

Wind Ensemble Concert: Celebrating Dr. Bencriscutto & 50th Anniversary of the...

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Program to include Ron Nelson’s Rocky Point Holiday, Silvestre Revueltas’s Sensemayá, R. 67, David Maslanka’s Traveler, Sousa’s Minnesota March, Mussorgsky/Ravel/Lavender’s “The Great Gate...

April 28, 2019

University Gospel Choir Concert

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The University Gospel Choir invites you to join them in a celebration of spring and community under the direction of conductor Adrian Davis. The Gospel Choir presents vibrant gospel songs...

April 29, 2019

University Band Concert

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Betsy McCann, conductor. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-seated basis. This event...

May 2, 2019

North Star, Gold, and Maroon Bands Concert

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J. Nick Smith, Cory Near, and Cassandra Bechard, conductors. Justin Thai, guest conductor. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission...

May 3, 2019

Choral Concert: University Singers and Chamber Singers

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The University Singers and Chamber Singers present a diverse program of a cappella and accompanied choral music under the direction of Matthew Mehaffey and Kathy Saltzman Romey. This event...

May 4, 2019

Choral Concert: Spring Fling

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Spring is a time for the University choirs to kick up their heels and have some fun. The Campus Singers ensembles together with the University Men's and Women’s Choruses present their...

May 6, 2019

Campus Orchestra Concert

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Ernesto Estigarríbia, Qinqing Hilkert, and Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not necessary, seating is general admission and available on a...

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