Freeing the Caged Bird: Injury prevention for Keyboard players
Master Class with Guest Artist Barbara Lister-Sink. 10:00 AM
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Piano Performance
Master Class with Guest Artist Barbara Lister-Sink. Four students will perform: Amanda Horn, Douglas Jurs, Paola Savvidou and Monica Schultz, with Rebecca Furdek performing an orchestra reduction on a second piano. 1:00 PM
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Horn Choir
Featured compositions include “Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks” by Richard Strauss, transcribed for 10 horns by Richard Goldfaden; and the Allegro from Beethoven's “Symphony No. 8 in F Major” transcribed for eight horns by Lorraine Sharp. There will also be performances of a “Mass to St. Hubert” by Sombrun, a Prelude and Fugue by J. S. Bach, songs by Henry Mancini including “Moon River,” “Dreamsville,” and the “Peter Gunn Theme,” a medley of Beatles favorites, and the ever popular “Malaguena,” all arranged for horn octet by Dick Meyer. 2:00 PM Horn Choir:
Douglas Hill, director;
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Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble
This performance includes the world premiere of “Prometheus and the Gift of Fire” for Solo Trumpet and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble by John Stevens, with soloist John Aley, trumpet. Also included are “Talisman” by Stevens; “Funeral March” by Edvard Grieg, arranged by Bruce Chrisp; “Five Dances” by Tylman Susato, arranged by Stevens; “Dance of the Comedians” by Bedrich Smetana, arranged by Pat Stuckemeyer, with John Aley, trumpet; “Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” by Joan Tower; “Music 4 Tubas” by Stevens; “Profiles for Tuba Quartet” by Patrick Schulz; “Loch Lomond,” a Scottish Folk Song arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Michael Forbes; and “Sing, Sing, Sing” by Louis Prima, arranged by Forbes. 4:00 PM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble:
John Stevens, director;
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Tyrone Greive, violin; Ellen Burmeister, piano
The program will include four selections from famed Polish composers: "Second Polonaise Brilliant in A major," Op. 21 (1870) by Henryk Wieniawski; "Allegro de Sonate," Op. 2 by Henryk and Józef Wieniawski; "Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major," Op. 9 by Frédéric Chopin, and "Sonata No. 1 in F major," Op. 10 by Józef Elsner.
The program will also include "Sonata in D major," Op. 12 (1853) by the French violinist-composer Edouard Lalo and the "Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin" (1971) by Milwaukee-born composer Otto Luening (1900-1996). 8:00 PM
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