UNC Music Event Calendar 2012-2013

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August 2012

19 New Music Major Orientation Meeting • 3:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

20 Music Theory Diagnostic Exam • 9:00 am, Hill Hall Room 107

25 Faculty Recital • Leah Peroutka, violin; Merida Negrete, clarinet; Akiko Yamazaki, piano • 8:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

September 2012

6 Faculty Jazz Trio: American Songbook II • Stephen Anderson, piano; Jason Foureman, bass; Dan Davis, drums • 9:30 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

7 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • James W. Pruett Lecture in Music and Culture • Sarah Fuller (Stony Brook University) • "Dissonace Theories, Dissonance Practices in 14th-Century France" • 4:15 pm, Person Recital Hall

14 World Music Workshop • The Music and Instruments of North India: A Classical Music Workshop • 5:30 pm, Person Recital Hall • John Heitzenrater, sarod; Nikil Tikekar, tabla

14 September Prelude • Guest Artist Recital: Breaking Free • Jennifer Curtis, violin; Michelle Farah, oboe; Michael Caterisano, percussion; Shawn Conley, double bass and composer • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall • $15 general admission ($10 seniors, $5 students with ID) at the door

15 Nina Simone...What More Can I Say? • A One-Act, One-Woman Play by Howard Craft • featuring Yolanda Rabun as Nina Simone • 7:00 pm, Stone Center Auditorium

16 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Faculty Recital • Andrea Edith Moore, soprano; Keiko Sekino, piano; Hye-Jin Kim, violin; Emmanuel Gruber, cello • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

16 Nina Simone...What More Can I Say? • A One-Act, One-Woman Play by Howard Craft • featuring Yolanda Rabun as Nina Simone • 2:00 pm, Stone Center Auditorium

18 Carolina Wind Quintet: Works by Gounod, Tansman, and Foerster • Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute; Michael Schultz, oboe; Donald Oehler, clarinet; Andrew McAfee, horn; John Pederson, bassoon • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

27 Talking Music Series • Faculty Lecture-Recital: Frederic Rzewski’s 36 Variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” • Stefan Litwin, piano • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

28 North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Twentieth Anniversary Showcase Concert • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general public/seniors ($10 students) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

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October 2012

2 Guest Artist Recital: Rudnicki and Postle Electric Duo • Matthew Postle, trumpet; Radoslaw Rudnicki, electronics • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

3 Guest Artist Lecture Recital: Style and Ornamentation in the Keyboard Suites of J.S. Bach • Peter Kairoff (Wake Forest University), piano • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

3 UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band • 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

4 UNC Symphony Orchestra • Beethoven Consecration of the House Overture, Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods, and Hanson Symphony No. 2, “Romantic” • 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

5 Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz for a Friday Afternoon • UNC Jazz Combos with Stephen Riley, tenor saxophone • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

6 Jazz Workshop • with Steven Riley, tenor saxophone • 2:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

6 UNC Jazz Band • with Steven Riley, tenor saxophone • Jason Foureman, director • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

7 Guest Artist Recital • "Shapeshifters, Bluesmen, and Sacred Circles:" Solo Cello Music of African-American Composers • Timothy Holley (UNC-Central), cello • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

11 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • Ruth HaCohen (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) • "The Music Libel Against the Jews: Modern Metamorphoses of Medieval Prejudice" • Co-Sponsored with Carolina Center for Jewish Studies • 5:30 pm, Hyde Hall, University Room

12 Pruett Fellows Celebration • Our three graduate-student holders of the 2012 James W. Pruett Research Fellowships at the Library of Congress (Gina Bombola, Chris Bowen, and Will Robin) present the fruits of their summer projects • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall 103

12 Latin American Film Festival • Charanga Carolina • 6:00 pm, FedEx Global Ed Building, Atrium

13 Fiesta Latina • Charanga Carolina • 7:00 pm, Durham Academy, 3601 Ridge Road, Durham

16 William S. Newman Scholarship Series: Faculty Recital • Matthew McClure, saxophone; Louise Toppin, soprano; Nancy Whelan, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

23 Faculty Recital • Michael Kris, trombone; Nancy Whelan, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

24 Wednesday at 4 Departmental Recital • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

25 Guest Concert: Mark D. Sanders, songwriter • Co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the Center for the Study of the American South • 5:30 pm, Love House, 410 East Franklin St.

25-28 "Reassessing The Rite: A Centennial Conference" • In partnership with the Institute of Arts and Humanities & Carolina Performing Arts' The Rite of Spring at 100 • View Conference Program

29 Guest Lecture • Richard Taruskin (University of California at Berkeley) • "Where Things Stand Now" • 10:30 am, Hyde Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

29 Jazz Workshop • with Christian Tamburr Quintet • 7:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

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November 2012

1–4 North Carolina Music Teachers Association State Conference • View Conference Program

3 North Carolina Music Teachers Association State Conference • UNC Faculty Recital • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

5 A Tribute to Richard Adler • Students and faculty from the UNC Music and Drama departments commemorate the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist and UNC Alum with reflections and performances of his music. • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

6 New Music from the Composition Studio • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

8 UNC Percussion Ensemble • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

10 UNC Opera: Once Upon a Time: Operatic Fairy Tales • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

11 UNC Guitar Ensemble • 2:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

11 UNC Lab Orchestra • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

13 University Chamber Players • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

13 Natural Horn Masterclass • Anneke Scott, natural horn • 10:00 am, Hill Hall Auditorium

15 Talking Music Series • Ensemble Ascolta (Stuttgart): Silent Films with Original Live Music • Titus Engel, conductor • 7:00 pm, Varsity Theater, Chapel Hill

15 UNC Chamber Singers: Music of Josquin, Schütz, and J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 182 • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

16 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • Elisheva Rigbi (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) • "Schoenberg, Reger, and the Modernist Novel" • 4:15 pm, Person Recital Hall

16 Talking Music Series • UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC New Music Ensemble: Film Music by Hanns Eisler • 11:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

17 Talking Music • Ensemble Ascolta (Stuttgart): Music by Sven Ingo Koch, Elena Mendoza, Mauricio Kagel, and Stefan Litwin • Titus Engel, conductor • 8:00 pm, KMB

18 UNC Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

18 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Faculty Recital: The Piano Music of Debussy: A Tribute at 150 • Thomas Otten, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

27 Program Notes Live • Charanga Carolina • 6:00 pm, Gerrard Hall

27 Gamelan Nyai Saraswati • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

28 Wednesday at 4 Departmental Recital • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

29 NCCU and UNC Faculty Jazz Ensembles • 7:30 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

30 Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz for a Friday Afternoon • UNC Jazz Combos with UNC Jazz Faculty Soloists • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

30 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Carolina Choir with the UNC Wind Ensemble: Music of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

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December 2012

1 Jazz Workshop • CANCELLED • 2:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

1 UNC Jazz Band • with UNC Jazz Faculty Soloists • Jason Foureman, director • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

2 Yole!Africa U.S. Launch Event • 6:30 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

3 UNC Symphony Orchestra • Britten Symphony for Cello and Orchestra and Tchaikovsky Suite from “Swan Lake” • Brent Wissick, cello • 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information (919) 843-3333

4 UNC Wind Ensemble with Carolina Choir, and UNC Symphony Band • 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

7 Carolina Performing Arts • North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Jazz for the Holidays • with special guest John Pizzarelli, vocals and guitar • 8:00 pm, Memorial Hall • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

9 UNC Baroque Ensemble: Music by Bach and Other Germans • 3:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

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January 2013

12 All-Carolina Invitational Male Choral Festival • 5:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $5 general admission at the door

17 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Faculty Recital • Richard Luby, violin; Fred Raimi, cello; Clara Yang, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

22 CANCELLED -- University Chamber Players • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

26 Jazz Clinic and Workshop • The Fred Hersch Trio with Fred Hersch, piano • 2:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

29 Faculty Recital • Donald Oehler and Edwin Riley, clarinets • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

31 Faculty Recital: Baroque Music for Gamba and Diverse Instruments • Brent Wissick, gamba; Elaine Funaro, harpsichord, and faculty colleagues • 7:30, Person Recital Hall

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February 2013

5 CANCELLED--Faculty Recital: New Music for Winds and Brass • Jim Ketch, trumpet; Michael Kris, trombone; Andrew McAfee, horn; Matthew McClure, alto saxophone; Donald L. Oehler, clarinet; Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

7 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass • Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, and Schumann • Keiko Sekino, piano (East Carolina University) • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

8 Carolina Women’s Choral Showcase • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

10 UNC Cello Choir: Music Composed by Cellists • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

15 Guest Artist Recital: Premiere: Remix • Laurent Estoppey and Steven Stusek, saxophones • 7:30 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

16 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Guest Artist Recital: Music for Brass • Southeastern Chamber Brass • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

17 Carolina Jazz Festival • Valentine’s Jazz Concert • Duke University, NCCU, and UNC Jazz Ensembles • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall • $10 general admission • tickets available from Memorial Hall Box Office (919- 843-3333) or at the door

18 Guest Artist Recital: "Shifting Shapes...and Drawing Closer" • Timothy Holley (North Carolina Central University) • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

19 Carolina Jazz Festival • North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: The Jazz Century: A Narrated Celebration of Early to Modern Jazz • with Claudio Roditi, trumpet, and David Hartman, narrator • 7:30 pm, Hill Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 seniors, $5 students with ID) • tickets available from Memorial Hall Box Office (919-843-3333) or at the door

20 Carolina Jazz Festival • NCCU and UNC Faculty Jazz Ensembles • with Claudio Roditi, trumpet, and Michael Dease, trombone • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

21 Carolina Jazz Festival • North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival • 9:00 am, Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Great Hall

21 UNC Wind Ensemble and Duke University Wind Symphony • 8:00 pm, Reynolds Industries Theater, Duke University

22 Carolina Jazz Festival • Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz For a Friday Afternoon • UNC Jazz Combos with Claudio Roditi, trumpet, and Michael Dease, trombone • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

22 Carolina Performing Arts and Carolina Jazz Festival • Dafnis Prieto Sextet • 8:00 pm, Memorial Hall • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

22 Carolina Jazz Festival • Jazz After Hours Evening Jam Session • 10:30 pm, West End Wine Bar, 450 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill

23 Carolina Jazz Festival • Jazz Clinic • with Claudio Roditi, trumpet, and Michael Dease, trombone • 2:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

23 Carolina Jazz Festival • UNC Jazz Band • with Claudio Roditi, trumpet, and Michael Dease, trombone • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

24 Faculty Recital: Works by Britten, Fauré, Schumann, and others • Timothy Sparks, tenor; Thomas Otten, piano • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

26 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • UNC Symphony Orchestra • with Winners of the UNC Concerto Competition • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

27 Piano Masterclass • Henning Vauth (Marshall University), piano • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

27 Guest Artist Recital • Henning Vauth (Marshall University), piano • 7:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

28 Faculty Recital: An Evening of Percussion • Juan Alamo, percussion; Stephen Anderson, piano; UNC Percussion Ensemble • 7:30, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

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March 2013

1 Experimental Music Concert • Works by John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Steve Reich, James Tenney, and Lee Weisert • 8:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

2 Symposium: Margaret Bonds and the Women of the Chicago Renaissance • Concerts, lectures, and panel discussions • Co-sponsored with NCCU Department of Music • 9:30 am to 10:00 pm, Person Recital Hall and B.N. Duke Biddle Hall, Duke University

2 Journey with Mozart: From Mannheim to Paris (Part I) • Bin Huang, Violin (Paganini International Competition Gold Medalist); Yin Zheng, piano (Virginia Commonwealth University) • 6:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

3 Symposium: Margaret Bonds and the Women of the Chicago Renaissance • Concerts, lectures, and panel discussions • Co-sponsored with NCCU Department of Music • 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Person Recital Hall and B.N. Duke Biddle Hall, Duke University

3 Journey with Mozart: From Mannheim to Paris (Part II) • Bin Huang, Violin (Paganini International Competition Gold Medalist); Yin Zheng, piano (Virginia Commonwealth University) • 3:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

3 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Guest Artist Recital • Nova Thomas, soprano (Westminster Choir College); Keith Buhl, tenor (New School University); Thomas Warburton, piano • 2:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

3 Cantari with UNC Baroque Ensemble: Music for a While - Baroque Motet, Verse Anthem, and Suite • featuring music of Henry Purcell and J.S. Bach • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 adults ($6 students)

5 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Guest Artist Recital • Frederica von Stade, soprano; James Meredith, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • General admission tickets $25 ($10 UNC students)

6 Voice Masterclass • Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

6 UNC Symphony Band with UNC Percussion Ensemble • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

19 Emeritus Faculty Recital • Stafford Wing, tenor; Damian Kremer, cello; Marmaduke Miles, piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

20 Wednesday at 4 Departmental Recital • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

21 Ensemble Australis: Iceblink: Music with Images and Video of Antarctica • Allen Anderson, music, and Brooks de Wetter-Smith, digital images and video • also featuring Anderson/Hochbaum Graffito and re:turn radius • 7:00 pm, Fedex Global Education Center Auditorium

22 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • Albin Zak (State University of New York at Albany) • "The Sound is the Song: Revisiting the Great Cover Debate" • 4:15 pm, Person Recital Hall

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April 2013

3 Wednesday at 4 Departmental Recital • 4:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

3 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass • Paul Berkowitz (UC-Santa Barbara), piano • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

5 Faculty Lecture • Annegret Fauser (UNC-Chapel Hill) • Duke-UNC Gender, War and Culture Series: "Music in the US During World War II" • 4:00 pm, Hyde Hall, Incubator Room • Series Website

5 William S. Newman Scholarship Series • Four UNC Composers • Works by Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, Stefan Litwin, and Lee Weisert • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 962-1039

7 UNC Guitar Ensemble • 2:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

7 UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band • 3:00 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

9 UNC World Music • featuring Gamelan Nyai Saraswati and South Indian Music and Dance • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

12 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • David Suisman (University of Delaware) • "The World in My Tape Recorder: The Urban Acoustemology of Tony Schwartz" • 4:15 pm, Person Recital Hall

12 Guest Jazz Concert and Scholarship Program • Keith Waters (Univ. of Colorado), piano; Jason Foureman, bass; Dan Davis, drums; Jim Ketch, trumpet, and Ron Rudkin (NC School of the Arts), saxophone and clarinet,  with two NC high school jazz musicians competing for a scholarship prize. • 4:00 pm, B.N. Duke Auditorium, NC Central University

12 UNC Opera • Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

13 UNC Percussion Ensemble • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

13 UNC Opera • Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

14 Bass Blast! • String Bass Studio Recital • 3:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

14 University Band • 5:00 pm, Forest Theater

15 New Music from the Composition Studio • 9:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

16 University Chamber Players • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

19 Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz for a Friday Afternoon • UNC Jazz Combos with Freddie Hendrix, trumpet • 4:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall

19 Carolina Symposia in Music and Culture • Jairo Moreno (National Humanities Center) • "Sonorous Specters: Musical Latin-Americanisms, the Unthought, and the Unthinkable" • 4:15 pm, Person Recital Hall

19 Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers • 8:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

20 Symposium in Honor of Jon Finson • 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Hyde Hall, University Room

20 UNC Jazz Band • with Freddie Hendrix, trumpet • 8:00 pm, Kenan Music Building, Auditorium

21 UNC Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

21 UNC Trumpet Ensemble • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Room 104

21 UNC Lab Orchestra • with Andrew McAfee • 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

23 UNC Symphony Orchestra • Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 • 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty, and staff) • tickets and information, (919) 843-3333

25 UNC Rock Performance Lab "Final Exam" • 8:30 pm, Local 506 (506 W. Franklin St.), Chapel Hill

28 North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Blues and the Abstract Truth and Big Band Monk • 3:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium • $15 general admission ($10 seniors; $5 students)

28 UNC Baroque Ensemble: Olde England • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

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May 2013

12 Music Department Graduation Ceremony • 2:00 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium

14 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Masterclass, Repertoire Performance • 4:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

15 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Masterclass, Repertoire Performance • 4:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

15 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Faculty Recital: Works by Falla, Ravel, and Schumann • Fabian Lopez, violin; Inara Zandmane, piano • 7:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

16 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Masterclass, Repertoire Performance • 4:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

17 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Masterclass, Repertoire Performance • 4:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

17 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Student Recital • 7:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

18 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Masterclass, Repertoire Performance • 4:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

18 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Student Recital • 7:00 pm, Person Recital Hall

19 Richard Luby International Violin Symposium: Student Recital • 3:30 pm, Person Recital Hall

Concert Programs

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