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2007-2008 September 24, 2007 - 7:00pm San Rafael Band Multipurpose Room Roaden University Center In celebration of Latin Hispanic Heritage Month. Free Hispanic food provided by Minority Affairs. The band offers Latin Rock, Jazz & Salsa music. This band has been one of the most popular bands in the Southeast for 8 years. Co-sponsored by Minority Affairs. October 17-18, 2007 Richard Cox - Tenor Wattenbarger Auditorium: 17th 7:30pm Concert; 18th 11:00am Masterclass Richard Cox is an Alum of Tennessee Tech University's Department of Music and Art. He graduated with a BM in Music Education with a major in voice. He received his MM in vocal performance at Florida State University. Thereafter, he attended the Julliard School of Music and received his Artist Diploma in voice. November 4, 2007 - 7:30pm SYNERGY Brass Quintet Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building Acclaimed for their technical virtuosity, outstanding showmanship and diverse programming, the Synergy Brass Quintet has emerged as one of the country's most exciting ensembles. Already in their young career, Synergy has performed across the country and has participated in some of the world's most prestigius music festivals. http://www.synergyquintet.com November 5 & 6, 2007 - 7:30pm each night Paul Basler - Composer Residency Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building Dr. Basler is a 1993-94 Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Music at Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya), 1995-96 University of Florida Teacher of the Year and the 2001-03 College of Fine Arts University of Florida Research Foundation Professor. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of Florida where he teaches horn and composition. As one of the most performed composers of his generation, his music has been received with enthusiastic acclaim throughout the world. November 16 -18, 2007; 16th 7:30pm with TTU Symphony; 17th 7:30pm with Trombones at TTU; 18th 3:00pm with Bryan Symphony. Joseph Alessi - Trombonist Residency Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building Mr. Alessi is a world renowned trombone soloist and principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. He will perform a recital, accompanied by Paul Thurmond, pianist and solo with and guest conduc the TTU Trombone Choir, as well as, conducting Master classes. February 22-23 Shelley Collins & Debora Harris, flutists (assisted by Paul Thurmond, pianist) February 22, 7:30 pm Concert; February 23, 9:30-4:00 pm Bryan Fine Arts Building SHOW EAGLE ID CARD (22nd Concert only) Dr. Collins and Ms. Harris are both seasoned performers who will present a concert of music representing various national and stylistic periods of music. Flute Day on the 23rd will consist of workshops and classes given by Collins and Harris on flute performance and pedagogy with a culminating concert at 4:00pm (assisted by pianist Paul Thurmond). January 28 - 29, 2008 James Campbell - Clarinetist with Leopold Erice, pianist 28th - 7:30pm Concert; 29th 11:00am Master Class Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building James Campbell has followed his muse to five television specials, more than 40 recordings, over 30 works comissioned, a Juno Award, a Roy thomson Hall Award, the 1989 Canada's Artiist of the Year, and in 1997 Campbell received Canada's highest honor: the Order of Canada. He has been a guest soloist with over 50 orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony, The Natinal Radio-Television Orchestra of Spain, the Belgrade Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony and the National ARts Centre Orchestra. Since 1989, James Campbell makes Bloomington his base during the academic year as Professor of Music at the prestigious Music School of Indiana University. March 17 - 18, 2008 "Buried Land: Folk Song and Poetry from Dale Hollow and Beyond" with Jim Clark 18th, concert 7:30pm Derryberry Hall Auditorium An evening of songs (traditional and original), poetry, folklore and history. Jim Clark is professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at Barton College in Wilson College, North Carolina. He combines his talents as a singer and musician with his abilities as writer and interpreter of his own work for a unique interdisciplinary performance. March 10-11, 2008 Michael Hesse, trumpet 10th, 7:30 pm Concert with pianist Paul Thurmond; 11th, 11:00 am Master Class Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building Mr. Hesse, a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music, is the former First Trumpet of the Norwegian State Opera and Ballet Orchestra in which he performoed for 15 years and a former faculty member at the Norwegian Music Conservatory. He is a published arranger of numerous works for brass and the author of a new book Perfecting Your Practice for Peak Performance. March 15, 2008 Zoro the Drummer Clinic Bryan Fine Arts Building Zoro is both an internationally known rock star and one of the world's most renowned and respected drummers and educators. He has toured and recorded with Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The New Edition, Jody Watley, Sean Lennon, Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire, Lisa Marie Presley, Vannessa Paradis and many others. Zoro is a kinectic bundle of human energy and enthusiasm. He will be presenting a drum set clinic as part of the Tennessee Day of Percussion. His clinic will be an hour and a half long and is free and open to the public. http://www.tntech.edu/musicandart March 27, 2008 "Out on the Highway": an evening of Americana featuring the everybodyfileds with special guest Danger & the Steel Cut Oats 7:30pm - Danger & the Steel Cut Oats; 8:00pm - Talk by Teacher on the Radio, Andrew Smith on the importance of Americana and alt-country; 8:30pm - everybodyfields This event will feature two artists from the genre commonly known as Americana, roots, or alternative country. Danger & the Steel Cut Oats, is "a Civil War-era inspired bluegrass band from Nashville," as they are described in their Wikipedia entry. The contemporary genre of alternative country is an emerging idiom deeply rooted in our cultural history that works against the grain of commercial mainstream musical output often heard on the radio. April 4 Quatuor du Sud (the "Quartet of the South") 6:00pm Concert; 2:30pm Masterclass Wattenbarger Auditorium - Bryan Fine Arts Building STUDENTS SHOW EAGLE ID CARD FOR ATTENDANCE TRACKING Quatuor du Sud (the "Quartet of the South") is a trombone quartet featuring Dr. Bradley palmer, trombone professor at Columbus State University, University of Alabama low brass professor Demondrae Thurman, Alabama State professor Dr. Doug Bristol and freelance bass trombonist Jeff Koonce of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. April 10, 2008 - 7:30pm Concert Marvin Stamm/Bill Mays Jazz Duo Wattenbarger Auditorium Bryan Fine Arts Building The Marvin Stamm/ Bill Mays Duo combines the talents of two classically-trained masters of Jazz and improvisation. Trumpeter Marvin Stamm and pianist Bill Mays have spent their professional careers at the pinnacle of Jazz performance, with groups like the Stan Kenton and Woody Herman big bands, numerous small ensembles, and in the studios of Hollywood and New York. In a duo setting, the explore the beauty, the excitement, the subtlety, and the grace of the world of music - the Great American Songbook, magnificent Jazz standards, even music from the classical world - all through the spontaneous interaction of Jazz. http://www.marvinstamm.com/StammMays Duo.html |
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