FEBRUARY 11, 2010 ISSUE
Hayes School of Music This Week
Spend a romantic evening with jazz tunes by Todd Wright and friends this Friday, February 12, at the Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall—an annual Valentine’s tradition. Other concerts this week include performances by faculty, students and guests.
Unless otherwise indicated, concerts take place in the Broyhill Music Center on the ASU campus. For more information about any of these performances, call 828-262-3020.
Valentine’s with Todd Wright and Friends Friday
Enjoy an early musical Valentine celebration this Friday, February 12, with Todd Wright and friends. The performance, titled “A Valentine Evening,” begins at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Saxophonist Todd Wright will perform with trombonist Rick Simerly, guitarist Andy Page, bass player Zack Page and drummer Rick Dilling. The program includes “Match Maker,” “My Funny Valentine,” “What Is This Thing Called Love,” “You Stepped Out Of a Dream” and other selections suitable for a romantic evening.
Student Flute Recital Sunday
Senior music performance major Johanna Albrecht will present a flute recital this Sunday, February 14, at 2:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Blazing Bassoons Sunday
Blazing Bassoons, an ensemble in the Hayes School of Music, will perform this Sunday, February 14, in Rosen Concert Hall beginning at 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.
The 11-member ensemble will perform a variety of compositions, including “Scarborough Fair,” “Curly Maple Rag,” “Moon River,” “Mr. Sandman” and “Nobody Does It Better.”
Student Violin Recital Sunday
Junior music education major Jenna Meeks performs a recital on the violin this Sunday, February 14, at 6:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Andrea Cheeseman Clarinet Recital February 15
Clarinetist Andrea L. Cheeseman presents a recital on Monday, February 15, at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Cheeseman is an associate professor in the Hayes School of Music. Violinist Nancy Bargerstock and pianists Susan Slingland and Christina Hayes will accompany her. Cheeseman will perform “Dance Preludes” by Witold Lutoslawski, “Dancing Solo” by Libby Larsen, “Messy” by Mark Snyder and “Contrasts” by Béla Bartók.
Cheeseman has performed at colleges and universities throughout the country as a soloist and chamber musician and at music festivals, including the College Music Society Annual Meetings, Montana/Idaho Clarinet Festival, Michigan Contemporary Clarinet Festival and Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. She was first runner-up in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition in 2003.
From left, pianist Bair Shagdaron, flutist Kay Borkowski and soprano Linda Larson will perform on Tuesday, February 16, at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall.
Kay Borkowski and Linda Larson Flute and Voice Recital February 16
Soprano Linda Larson joins flutist Kay Borkowski in a Tuesday, February 16, recital at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Pianist Bair Shagdaron will accompany them. Admission is free.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Kay and Bair,” Larson said. “The program will include some pieces for voice and flute alone, and some for all three of us.”
The program includes “Rossignols Amoureux” by Jean Philippe Rameau, “Deux poèmes de Ronsard, op. 26, no. 1” by Albert Roussel, “Seven Haiku, op. 3” by Katherine Hoover, “Une flûte invisible” by Camille Saint-Saens and “La flûte enchantée” by Maurice Ravel.
“We also are performing the fabulous piece by Andre Previn, ‘The Giraffes Go to Hamburg,’ with a text from Isak Dinesen’s ‘Out of Africa,’” Larson said. “It’s an incredibly moving piece about giraffes captured for display, about their nobility and the degradation that awaits them.”
Larson’s operatic experiences bring a dramatic element to all of her performances. She has sung leading operatic roles throughout the United States with companies including New York City Opera National Company, Opera Illinois, Syracuse Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Indianapolis Opera and Opera Memphis.
Borkowski has been principal flutist with the Augusta Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. She also has been a flute soloist with the Indiana Chamber Orchestra, Tampa Bay Chamber Orchestra and the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra.
Shagdaron holds degrees from Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He has performed throughout the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Mongolia. An accomplished soloist, Shagdaron took fourth prize at the 1980 International J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany and third prize at the 1992 International Competition for Piano and Orchestra in Mazara del Vallo, Italy. Also in 1992, he was awarded the honorary title of “The People’s Artist of Buryat Republic” (Russia).
Bassoonist Eric Varner February 17
Eric Varner will present a bassoon recital Wednesday, February 17, at 8:00 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free. Varner is the principal bassoonist in the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Windsor, Ontario.
Varner will perform Karl Stamitz’s “Concerto for Bassoon and Piano,” Ernst Bloch’s “Prayer” from “Jewish Life, No. 1,” Bill Douglas’ “Partita for Bassoon and Piano” and Karl Maria von Weber’s “Andante e Rondo Ongarese.” Pianist Laura Chu Stokes will accompany him.
Varner has participated in numerous summer festivals, including the Bayreuth Easter Festival, Music Academy of the West, Michigan City Chamber Music Festival, and the Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp. He also spent 14 summers working at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. An active soloist and chamber musician, he has appeared throughout Europe, the United States and Canada with various ensembles.
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