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Senior Recitals and Presentations
Printable Spring 2009 Events Calendar
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Directed by Jacques Demy; Music by Michel Legrand
Winner of the Palme d"Or at Cannes. Academy Awards nominated for Best Foriegn Language Film. The doomed love story of Genevieve (Catherine Deneuve) and Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), told entirely in song.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
FREE
Guest Artist Jerome Summers, clarinet
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
"ROMANCE OF THE NIGHTINGALE"
Acclaimed Canadian clarinetist, composer and conductor, Jerome Summers and Music Faculty and performer, Nadia Shpachenko, perform works by Chausson, Brahms, Baker, and Rachmaninoff.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Peter Yates & Buzz Gravelle
Cal Poly Pomona faculty members Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle present a program of new and re-envisioned solos and duets for guitar, mandolin, and arpeggione (a guitar/cello hybrid). Music by J.S. Bach, Yates, Gravelle, Grasse, and others. Classical guitar fans and others interested in hearing plucked-string repertoire outside of the norm should not miss this event. A dynamic program of unique music.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Written and directed by Woody Allen
The story of Emmett Ray (Sean Penn), the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world. With Uma Thurman, Anthony LaPaglia and Samantha Morton.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
FREE
Spring Showcase Music Hour I
Directed by Peter Yates
Music Recital Hall, 12:00 pm
FREE
Music and Culture from Mediterranean Italy
MUSICÁNTICA - Roberto Catalano and Enzo Fina
A Southern Italian duo playing traditional and
experimental Folk Music of Mediterranean Italy.
With music performed on mostly traditional Italian folk instruments ~
the launeddas and benas with cow horn (Sardinian cane clarinets),
putipù (friction drum),
tamburieddhru (frame drum),
chitarra battente (ten string Renaissance guitar),
mandolin,
bouzouki (Greek lute),
mule bell collar,
sheep bells, and
marranzanu (jaw harp).
Unless you are an Italian native,
it’s unlike anything you’ve heard before.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Guest Artist Master Class:
Edward Auer, piano
International Performer and Recording Artist
Professor at Indiana University Bloomington
Music Recital Hall, 12:00-3:00 pm
FREE
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Directed by Joel Coen; Written by Ethan Coen
The story of three escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson) from a chain-gang in the Depression-era South. Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey." The soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
FREE
Guest Artist Recital:
Edward Auer, piano
Leading Chopin interpreter, first American to
win a prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw
All-Chopin Program
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $15 general, $10 students
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Special Benefit Fundraiser Event: Russian Romantic Piano Concertos (with Milhaud's Scaramouche)
Two-Piano Concert by outstanding Cal Poly students Phillip Pitcher, Michael Jung, Charles Parsons and Vanessa Estrada
Program:
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Milhaud's Two-Piano Suite "Scaramouche"
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Music Industry Studies Master Class
Daniel Ho
Musician, song writer and Grammy award
winning producer presents a master class for
the Music Industry Studies program.
Music Recital Hall, 1:00pm-3:00pm
FREE
Music Industry Studies Benefit CANCELLED
$10 - Details to be announced
Cal Poly Pomona Music Theater Workshop
presents "Secrets"
Featuring musical theatre and opera scenes from The Secret Garden, The Magic Flute, Carmen, and La Périchole
Directed by Susan Burns
Musical Direction by Janet Noll
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Spring Showcase Music Hour II
Directed by Nadia Shpachenko
Music Recital Hall, 12:00 pm
FREE
5th Songwriter Showcase
Directed by Arthur Winer
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets:
$10
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Cal Poly Pomona MIDI Band
Directed by Lori Huff
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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CPP Trumpet Ensemble
Directed by David Grasmick
Music Recital Hall Landing, 12:00 pm
FREE
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, and other chamber selections
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Janet Noll, piano
Bill Schlitt, percussion
Yuri Inoo, percussion
Audrey Lamprey, horn
Karen Cahill, flute
and more
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Kellogg Soul Music Ensemble
Directed by Mark Chubb
Music Recital Hall, 12:00 pm
FREE
Cal Poly Pomona Salsa Ensemble
Directed by Gustavo Gil
Music Recital Hall Landing, 12:00 pm
FREE
Cal Poly Pomona String Ensemble
Directed by Alan Mautner
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Cal Poly Pomona Concert Band
Directed by Victor Aguilar
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Kellogg Percussion Ensemble
Directed by Bill Schlitt
Music Recital Hall, 12:00 pm
FREE
Kellogg Chamber Singers
Directed by Shawn Kirchner
University Concert Choir
Directed by Niké St. Clair
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Cal Poly Pomona Jazz Combo
Directed by Zac Matthews
Cal Poly Pomona Jazz Band
Directed by David Kopplin
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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Special Benefit Guest Artist Master Class:
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
International Performer and Recording Artist
Faculty: New England Conservatory, Boston
Longy School of Music, Boston
Mannes College of Music, New York
Music Recital Hall, 1:00pm - 3:30 pm
FREE
Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble
Directed by Peter Yates
and special presentation
Sleep: A S'Real S'Rvey of the Nightscape
by Garry Eister
Dreams are the subjects of “Sleep,” music-theater for storyteller, dancers, video puppets, microtonal guitars and percussion. The piece draws its inspiration from variety shows,
dance recitals, poetry readings, traditional theater,
radio theater, world music and classical music. Occasionally, the music melts.
Composer and Artist-in-Residence,
Garry Eister, vocals, guitars, video puppetry
Peter Yates, conductor
Dave Cahueque/Buzz Gravelle, guitars
Choreography by Gayle Fekete
Lighting by Heather Vandehey
Music Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $7
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