2012-13
CONCERTS T H E
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WELCOME
The School of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi is pleased to welcome you to our 2012-13 Concert Series. We are proud to continue the sound tradition of exciting, innovative and entertaining concerts that we have been bringing to our community for over 100 years. From classical to jazz to opera, from solo performances to chamber music to combined orchestral and choral works, our Concert Series will entertain, educate and feed the soul of every listener. The academic year 2012-2013 marks the 25th season of Dr. Jay Dean as our Director of Orchestral Activities. Dr. Dean has built our symphony orchestra into one of the finest university orchestras in the country. His vision, dedication and passion are without rival, and his work continues to contribute to the quality of life for our students, university and community. We will take some time throughout the Symphony Orchestra season to pay tribute to Dr. Dean, and we hope you will join us at all the orchestra concerts to help us honor his work. This special orchestra season begins with a bang on October 4 as we welcome back to Hattiesburg Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg who thrilled our patrons in 2007 with her technical wizardry and musical artistry. The orchestra season hits its pinnacle in March with Gustav Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 5 and ends with William Walton’s ambitious choral and orchestra work Belshazzar’s Feast. The year also marks the beginning of a new era in our outstanding wind band program. Dr. Catherine Rand takes over the reigns as Director of Bands with two fall Wind Ensemble concerts featuring new commissions and contemporary music for the Wind Ensemble. And of course, both the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will host their “future stars” concerts of student concerto competition winners. We hope everyone will come out in support of Dr. Rand and all of our wonderful wind band ensembles. The Southern Chorale is featuring an American A Cappella repertoire during the 2012-2013 season. American Classics will include the work of Bernstein, Barber, Thompson and Dello Joio. Also included will be prolific living composers like Lauridsen and Whitacre and a section called American Shorts that will highlight folk music and traditional American songs. America’s biggest musical exports, gospel and pop will also be featured. And of course, everyone will want to attend the popular Holiday Spectacular on December 4. We are so fortunate to have incredibly talented faculty who regularly share their artistry as performers. We encourage you to turn to our Faculty Artist Series page and come support this talented group whenever possible. We also offer a variety of extremely talented guest artist performances for your musical enjoyment so be sure to check out that series as well. And again this year, with the generous support of Partners for the Arts, we present an exciting array of chamber music in the Connoisseur’s Chamber Music Series. We present the concert season by genre, but remember if you want to search the series by dates, there is a complete list of the concerts in the back of the booklet. We hope you will keep the booklet for easy reference, and we look forward to seeing you at all of our concert events this season. Enjoy! Dr. Michael A. Miles Director, The School of Music
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CALENDAR
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CONCERT HALLS BENNET T AUDITORIUM Concert, lecture hall Seats 997
113 East Memorial Drive Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
MANNONI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM Full, theatrical performance venue Seats 740 107 Southern Drive Hattiesburg, MS
MARSH AUDITORIUM General use for student, faculty and guest artist recitals Seats 200 111 Southern Drive Hattiesburg, MS Marsh Hall is located in the Fine Arts Building on the second floor.
24 August 2012, 7 p.m.
10 February 2013, 1 p.m.
Centennial Green FREE
Bennett Auditorium FREE
Pride Preview Concert
All South Honor Band
9 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
5 March 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring the new Director of Bands, Dr. Catherine Rand Bennett Auditorium FREE
Bennett Auditorium FREE
Wind Ensemble
19 November 2012, 8 p.m.
Symphonic Winds Bennett Auditorium FREE
27 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Bennett Auditorium FREE 7 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Prism Concert
Thad Cochran Center FREE 8 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Symphonic Winds Bennett Auditorium FREE
Concert Band
21 March 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble Concerto Concert Bennett Auditorium FREE
18 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Band
Bennett Auditorium FREE 23 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Symphonic Winds Bennett Auditorium FREE
25 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Bennett Auditorium FREE
9 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Bennett Auditorium FREE
UNIVERSITY BANDS
CHORAL ACTIVITIES
24 September 2012, 7 p.m.
Southern Invitational Showcase Concert Bennett Auditorium FREE
25 September 2012, 4 p.m.
Southern Invitational Honor Choirs
Main Street Baptist Church FREE 7 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers
21 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers
Bay Street Presbyterian Church FREE 24 March 2013, 3 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Chorus Parkway Heights United Methodist Church FREE
2 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
The Southern Chorale
Bay Street Presbyterian Church FREE
Parkway Heights United Methodist Church FREE
25 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
11 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Chorus, Concert Choir Parkway Heights United Methodist Church FREE
30 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
The Southern Chorale Parkway Heights United Methodist Church FREE
15 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers
Bay Street Presbyterian Church FREE 4 December 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Holiday Choral Spectacular
Concert Choir
Westminster Presbyterian Church FREE 21 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers
Bay Street Presbyterian Church FREE 27 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Spirit of Southern Mannoni Performing Arts Center FREE
2 May 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Future Stars and Belshazzar’s Feast
Main Street Baptist Church Main Street Baptist Church TICKETS $16 General Admission TICKETS $16 General Admission
4 October 2012, 7:30 p.m. Opening Night
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bennett Auditorium TICKETS $20, $30 or $40
16 and 19 October 2012, 7:30 p.m. A Night at the Opera
Die Fledermaus
Parkway Heights United Methodist Church TICKETS $20 General Admission 1 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Musica Classica
Bennett Auditorium TICKETS $14, $16 or $18 4 December 2012, 7:30 p.m. Spirit of the Season
Holiday Choral Spectacular
Main Street Baptist Church TICKETS $16 General Admission 14 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A Musical Valentine
Bennett Auditorium TICKETS $14, $16 or $18 Broadway in the ‘Burg 28 February - 2 March 2013, 7:30 p.m. 3 March 2013, 2 p.m.
Sweeney Todd
Mannoni Performing Arts Center TICKETS $20 and $15 Student 28 March 2013, 7:30 p.m. Maestro’s Favorite
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Bennett Auditorium TICKETS $14, $16 or $18
2 May 2013, 7:30 p.m. Double Header Season Finale
Future Stars and Belshazzar’s Feast
Main Street Baptist Church TICKETS $16 General Admission
TICKETS
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8 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Percussion Ensemble Bennett Auditorium FREE
12 November 2012, 8 p.m.
Jazz Lab 2
Bennett Auditorium FREE 13 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Lab 1
Bennett Auditorium FREE 6 December 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Jingle Bell Jazz Celebrate Music Director Jay Dean’s 25th season with the orchestra!
Thirsty Hippo FREE
22 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Lab 2
Mannoni Performing Arts Center FREE 26 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Lab 1
Bennett Auditorium FREE
JAZZ & PERCUSSI O N &
2 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Center City Brass Quintet
Bennett Auditorium FREE
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
24 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Miro Quartet
Marsh Auditorium FREE
3 February 2013, 2 p.m.
Contiguglia Duo
Adams Foundation Recital with the collaboration of percussionists Jason Mathena and Bud Berthold
Marsh Auditorium FREE
19 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Arabesque Winds Marsh Auditorium FREE
25 February 2013, 8 p.m.
Amina Figarova Sextet Bennett Auditorium FREE
ADAMS FOUNDATION
LUCAS
HOLDEN
WOOLLY
MCILWAIN
ALVAREZ
LEE
CIRALDO
PERRY
MOAK
MACHADO
BERGMAN
11 September 2012, 7:30 p.m.
17 October 2012, 6 p.m.
5 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Marsh Auditorium FREE
Marsh Auditorium FREE
Marsh Auditorium FREE
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES
Jonathan Holden, clarinet 13 September 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Kim Woolly, bassoon and Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium FREE
16 September 2012, 4 p.m.
Ben McIlwain, trombone and Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium FREE
18 September 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Heidi Lucas, horn Marsh Auditorium FREE
20 September 2012, 7:30 p.m. Lecture at 7 p.m.
French Song Recital Marsh Auditorium FREE
Marcos Machado, bass
Nicolas Ciraldo, guitar
17 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
27 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Marsh Auditorium FREE
Bennett Auditorium FREE
21 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
4 March 2013, 8 p.m.
Me-We Trio Performance Southern Arts Brass Quintet
Richard Perry, tuba Marsh Auditorium FREE
30 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Hsiaopei Lee, viola with Elizabeth Moak, piano and Alexander Russakovsky, cello Marsh Auditorium FREE
27 January 2013, 2 p.m.
Elizabeth Moak, piano Marsh Auditorium FREE
Category 5 Woodwind Quintet Marsh Auditorium FREE
24 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Euridice Alvarez, oboe Marsh Auditorium FREE
30 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Jason Bergman, trumpet Marsh Auditorium FREE
GUEST ARTIST SERIES 6 September 2012, 6 p.m.
Conservatorio de Musica del Estado de Puebla Orchestra
25 January 2013, 7:30 p.m. Alumni Artist
from Mexico Marsh Auditorium FREE
7 September 2012, 7:30 p.m.
David Forbat, piano
Hope Fairchild Thacker, mezzo soprano FAIRCHILD
Marsh Auditorium FREE
31 January 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Intégrales 2013 featuring enhakē
15 September 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Gabriele Baldocci, piano Marsh Auditorium FREE
enhake
Marsh Auditorium FREE
16 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
BALDOCCI
Michael Partington, guitar
10 October 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Johanna Cox, oboe and Gabriel Beavers, bassoon Marsh Auditorium FREE
4 November 2012, 2 p.m.
Svetlana Belsky, piano “The Centennial of the Rite of Spring: Russian and Soviet Ballet Transcriptions” Marsh Auditorium FREE
Marsh Auditorium FREE
PARTINGTON
Marsh Auditorium FREE
23 February 2013, 2:30 p.m. Tom Varner, horn Marsh Auditorium FREE 26 February 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Grammy® Award-winning Angelin Chang, piano Marsh Auditorium FREE
BELSKY CHANG
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S
WE E N E Y
TO D D A BLOODY GOOD TIME
28 February – 2 March 7:30 p.m. and 3 March 2 p.m. Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium A chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime, Sweeney Todd tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe! Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor. Audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next. Directed by Mike Lopinto with Jennifer Hart, music director; Michael Miles, conductor; Stephen Judd, set designer; Kelly James-Penot, costume designer; Tammy Mansfield, production manager and Daniel Lewis, stage manager, this production is a tour de force for the School of Music and Department of Theatre.
CONCERTS2012 AUGUST 24
7 p.m.
Pride Preview Concert (Centennial Green)
SEP TEMBER
6 7 11 13 15 16 18 20 24 25
6 p.m. Conservatorio de Musica del Estado de Puebla Orchestra from Mexico (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: David Forbat, piano (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Jonathan Holden, clarinet (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Kim Woolly, bassoon, and Ellen Elder, piano (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Gabriele Baldocci, piano (Marsh) 4 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Ben McIlwain, trombone (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Heidi Lucas, horn (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: French Song Recital (Marsh) – Pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Southern Invitational Showcase Concert (Bennett) 4 p.m. Southern Invitational Honor Choirs (Main Street Baptist Church)
2 4 7 8
7:30 p.m. Connoisseur Series: Center City Brass Quintet (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. Symphony Season Opening Night: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the Symphony Orchestra (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. Chamber Singers (Bay Street Presbyterian) 7:30 p.m. Debussy, Debussyme and the Trois Chanson of Charles d’Orleans (Thad Cochran Center, Room 216)
OCTOBER
9 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble (Bennett) Featuring the new Director of Bands, Dr. Catherine Rand 10 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Johanna Cox, oboe and Gabriel Beavers, bassoon (Marsh) 16 7:30 p.m. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church) 17 6 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Marcos Machado, bass (Marsh) 17 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Me-We Trio Performance (Marsh) 19 7:30 p.m. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church) 21 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Richard Perry, tuba (Marsh) 23 7:30 p.m. Southern Miss Trombone Ensembles (Bennett) 24 7:30 p.m. Connoisseur Series: Miro Quartet (Marsh) 25 6 p.m. USM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble (Marsh) 25 7:30 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church)
OCTOBER (continued) 30 7:30 p.m. The Southern Chorale (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church) 31 7:30 p.m. Horn Choir/Brass Ensemble (Marsh)
NOVEMBER
1 7:30 p.m. Symphony Season: Musica Classica (Bennett) 4 2 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Svetlana Belsky, piano (Marsh) “The Centennial of the Rite of Spring: Russian and Soviet Ballet Transcriptions� 7 7:30 p.m. Sax-Chamber Orchestra (Marsh) 8 7:30 p.m. Percussion Ensemble (Bennett) 11 7:30 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 12 8 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 12 8 p.m. Jazz Lab 2 (Bennett) 13 6 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 13 7:30 p.m. Jazz Lab 1 (Bennett) 14 7:30 p.m. Saxophone Quartets (Marsh) 15 7:30 p.m. Chamber Singers (Bay Street Presbyterian Church) 15 7:30 p.m. Wind Chamber Music (Marsh) 16 4 p.m. Opera Scenes (Marsh) 17 11 a.m. Suzuki Strings (Marsh) 19 8 p.m. Symphonic Winds (Bennett) 27 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble (Bennett) 30 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Hsiaopei Lee, viola; Elizabeth Moak, piano; and Alexander Russakovsky, cello (Marsh)
DECEMBER 4 5 6
7:30 p.m. Symphony Season: Holiday Choral Spectacular (Main Street Baptist Church) 7:30 p.m. New Trombone Student Showcase (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Jingle Bell Jazz (Thirsty Hippo)
CONCERTS2013 JA N UA RY
25 27 31
7:30 p.m. Alumni Artist Series: Hope Fairchild Thacker, mezzo-soprano (Marsh) 2 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Elizabeth Moak, piano (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Intégrales 2013 featuring enhakē (Marsh)
F EB R UA RY
3 2 p.m. Connoisseur Series and Adams Foundation Piano Recital: Contiguglia Duo with percussionists Jason Mathena and Bud Berthold (Marsh) 5 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar (Marsh) 7 7:30 p.m. Prism Concert (Thad Cochran Center) 8 7:30 p.m. Symphonic Winds (Bennett) 9 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble (Bennett) 10 1 p.m. All-South Honor Band (Bennett) 14 7:30 p.m. Symphony Season: A Musical Valentine (Bennett) 16 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Michael Partington, guitar (Marsh) 19 7:30 p.m. Connoisseur Series: Arabesque Winds (Marsh) 21 7:30 p.m. Chamber Singers (Bay Street Presbyterian Church) 23 2:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Horn Day (Marsh) 23 6 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Tom Varner, horn (Marsh) 25 8 p.m. Connoisseur Series - Amina Figarova Sextet (Bennett) 26 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series: Grammy® Award-winning Angelin Chang, piano (Marsh) 27 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Southern Arts Brass Quintet (Bennett) 28 7:30 p.m. Sweeney Todd (MPAC)
MARCH 1 2 3 5 7 21 24 28
7:30 p.m. Sweeney Todd (MPAC) 7:30 p.m. Sweeney Todd (MPAC) 2 p.m. Sweeney Todd (MPAC) 7:30 p.m. Concert Band (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. USM Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble (MPAC) 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble Concerto Concert (Bennett) 3 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Chorus (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church) 7:30 p.m. Symphony Season: Mahler Symphony No. 5 (Bennett)
APRIL 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30
7:30 p.m. The Southern Chorale (Parkway Heights United Methodist Church) 7:30 p.m. Wind Chamber Music (Marsh) 8 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 6 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 6 p.m. String Chamber Music Concert (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Concert Choir (Westminster Presbyterian Church) 6 p.m. Guitar Studio Recital (Marsh) 11 a.m. Suzuki Strings (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Trombone Ensembles (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. Saxophone Chamber Orchestra (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Horn Choir/Brass Ensemble (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Concert Band (Bennett) 6 p.m. Saxophone Quartets (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Chamber Singers (Bay Street Presbyterian Church) 7:30 p.m. Jazz Lab 2 (MPAC) 7:30 p.m. Symphonic Winds (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series - Euridice Alvarez, oboe (Marsh) 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. Jazz Lab 1 (Bennett) 7:30 p.m. A Night with the Spirit of Southern (MPAC) 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Series: Jason Bergman, trumpet (Marsh)
M AY 2
7:30 p.m. Symphony Season Finale: Future Stars and Belshazzar’s Feast (Main Street Baptist Church)
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