Southern Miss School of Music COncerte 2014-15

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2014-15

WELCOME The School of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi is pleased to present our 2014-15 Concert Series. Please keep this brochure so that you can enjoy easy access to all of the wonderful events for music lovers of every taste.

The School of Music is excited to be returning to our own facilities after more than a year as the guests of our many friends in the community. Our sincerest thanks to all of our venue hosts for sheltering us and allowing us to keep the music playing!

As always, for the most accurate and updated information, please regularly check our website at www.usm.edu/music to get the latest information concerning all our performances.

Partners for the Arts (PFTA) continues to provide essential funding for a variety of School of Music performances. Your membership dollars will have an even greater impact on the performances we produce. Please visit www.usm.edu/pfta and become a “Friend of Music� to help support all our performances.

We are looking forward to another exciting year of performances by our student ensembles, faculty artists and guest artists. We hope to see you at many of our over 250 events this coming year.

Enjoy!

All events are free unless noted otherwise.

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CALENDAR

Concerts are subject to change.

For the most up-to-date list of concerts, visit our online calendar of events at www.usm.edu/music.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

23 September 2014, 7:30 p.m.

The Breaking Winds Marsh Auditorium

20 October 2014, 8 p.m.

Pacifica Quartet Marsh Auditorium

24 January 2015, 6 p.m.

Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet Bennett Auditorium

22 February 2015, 7:30 p.m.

The Wee Trio Marsh Auditorium

9 April 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Petar Jankovic Ensemble Marsh Auditorium

The Connoisseurs Series is funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

AUGUST 22 August 7 p.m.

Pride Preview Concert Centennial Green 27 August 7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon Marsh Auditorium

SEPTEMBER

7 September 4 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Harvest Moon: Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata and More Elizabeth Moak, piano Marsh Auditorium 7 September 6 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents On His Own: A Faculty Recital of Music for Solo Trombone Ben McIIwain, trombone MPAC 11 September 6 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Hsiaopei Lee, viola Marsh Auditorium

20 September All-South Marching Band Day Pride Field and M.M. Roberts Stadium

25 September 7 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra Ambassador Outreach Performance Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center, Natchez, Miss.

25 September 7:30 p.m.

Recital of German Song Marsh Auditorium 26 September 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Jason Bergman, trumpet Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium 29 September 7:15 p.m.

SICC Showcase* Bennett Auditorium

SICC

16 September 7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Tromboteam!

MPAC

23 September 7:30 p.m.

Connoisseurs Series presents The Breaking Winds* Marsh Auditorium

30 September 3:30 p.m.

SICC Concert* Main St. Baptist Church

Tromboteam!

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

Breaking Winds

Ticketed

5 October 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church 6 October 8 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium 9 October 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium 10 October 6 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Danilo Mezzadri, flute Lois Leventhal, piano Marsh Auditorium 14 October 6 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Kim Woolly, bassoon Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium 14 October 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Richard Perry, tuba Marsh Auditorium 20 October 8 p.m.

Connoisseurs Series presents Pacifica Quartet* Marsh Auditorium 22 October 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Merideth Hite, oboe Marsh Auditorium

23 October 7:30 p.m.

Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company presents The Merry Widow* MPAC Ticketed

24 October 7 p.m.

Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company presents The Merry Widow Temple Theatre, Meridian, Miss.

Ticketed

25 October 7 p.m.

Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company presents The Merry Widow Margaret Martin PAC, Natchez, Miss.

Ticketed

26 October 2:30 p.m.

Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company presents The Merry Widow Madison Square Center for the Arts Highway 51, Madison, Miss.

Ticketed

27 October 8 p.m.

Concert Choir/Men’s Choir/ Women’s Choir Concert Hardy St. Baptist Church 28 October 7:30 p.m.

Southern Chorale Concert Parkway Heights UMC 30 October 7:30 p.m.

The Closet of Dr. Caligari (silent movie with organ) Marsh Auditorium 31 October - 1 November Mississippi Music Teachers Conference School of Music

OCTOBER

2 October 7:30 p.m.

Opening Night!

Symphony Season presents From the New World* featuring Amit Peled, cello Bennett Auditorium

NOVEMBER

4 November 7:30 p.m.

The Sax-Chamber Orchestra Marsh Auditorium

16 November 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church

6 November 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra Season presents Made in America* Featuring Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, and Alexandre Brussilovksy, violin Bennett Auditorium

17 November 8 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium

Ticketed

7 November 6 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Richard Sherman and Genadi Zagor Flute and Piano Duo Marsh Auditorium 9 November 4 p.m.

Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Marsh Auditorium 10 November 8 p.m.

Percussion Ensembles in Concert MPAC 11 November 7:30 p.m.

First recital on renovated organ Samuel Porter, organ Marsh Auditorium 12 November 7:30 p.m.

Saxophone Quartets Concert Marsh Auditorium 13 November 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

18 November 6 p.m.

String Chamber Recital I Marsh Auditorium 19 November 6 p.m.

String Chamber Recital II Marsh Auditorium 20 November 6 p.m.

String Honors Chamber Recital Marsh Auditorium 20 November 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 22 November 11 a.m.

Suzuki Strings Fall Recital Marsh Auditorium 23 November 7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Trombones @ Southern Miss with Joseph Alessi Bennett Auditorium 24 November 10 a.m. - Noon Joseph Alessi Master Class Marsh Auditorium 24 November 8 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Featuring Joseph Alessi, trombone Bennett Auditorium

JOSEPH@SOUTHERN ALESSIMISS

23 November 7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Trombones @ Southern Miss with Joseph Alessi Bennett Auditorium 24 November 10 a.m. - Noon Joseph Alessi Master Class Marsh Auditorium 24 November 8 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Featuring Joseph Alessi Bennett Auditorium

Joseph Alessi comes to Southern Miss for a residency and performances this November.

He was appointed principal trombone of the New York Philharmonic in the spring of 1985.

Prior to joining the Philharmonic, Mr. Alessi was second trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra for four seasons, and principal trombone of LìOrchestre symphonique de Montreal for one season. In addition, he has performed as guest principal trombonist with the London Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall led by Pierre Boulez.

Mr. Alessi is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School; his students now occupy posts with many major symphony orchestras in the U.S. and internationally. As a clinician for the Edwards Instrument Co., he has also given master classes throughout the world and has toured Europe extensively as a master teacher and recitalist. He has performed as soloist with several leading concert bands, including the U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point, U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s Own) and the U.S. Marine Band (President’s Own).

DECEMBER & JANUARY

2 and 4 December 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents Holiday Choral Spectacular* Main St. Baptist Church Ticketed

3 December 7:30 p.m.

Jingle Bell Jazz Jazz Lab Band 1 and Jazztet The Thirsty Hippo 5 December 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Ellen Price Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium 7 December 2 and 4 p.m.

Southern Miss Piano Institute Fall Recitals Marsh Auditorium 12 January 8 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Victor Chavez, clarinet; Keith McClelland, bassoon; and Fay Adams, piano Marsh Auditorium 24 January 6 p.m.

Connoisseurs Series presents Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet* Bennett Auditorium 28 January 7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Brian Allen, trombone Marsh Auditorium

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet

PRESENTS

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRODUCTION OF

FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 1 MANNONI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF SYMPHONY SEASON PACKAGE UNTIL NOVEMBER 2014 601.266.5418, 800.844.8425 www.southernmisstickets.com

FEBRUARY

21 February Clarinet Day featuring Frank Kowalsky and Jackie McIlwain, clarinets Marsh Auditorium

ALL-SOUTH

5 February 7:30 p.m.

Prism Concert Thad Cochran Center

6 February 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium 7 February 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium 8 February 1 p.m.

All-South Honor Band Concert Bennett Auditorium

8 February 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church 12 February 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents The Prodigal* Featuring Polina Nazaykinskaya, guest conductor, and Ben McIlwain, trombone Main St. Baptist Church

23 February 4 p.m.

Guest Artist Series presents Carlos Feller, flute, and Mary Chung, piano Marsh Auditorium 24 February 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 22 February 7:30 p.m.

Connoisseurs Series presents The Wee Trio* Marsh Auditorium 26-28 February 7:30 p.m.

The School of Music presents Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins* MPAC Ticketed

14 February 5 p.m.

Southern Miss Trumpet Festival featuring William Campbell, trumpet; Lucia Lumachi-Campbell, soprano; and Jason Bergman, trumpet Marsh Auditorium The Wee Trio

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

The Wind Ensemble

Ticketed

3 March 7:30 p.m.

The Athenia Trio, Alison Brown Sincoff, flute; Michele Fiala, oboe; and Matthew Morris, bassoon.

Marsh Auditorium 5 March 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents Future Stars* Bennett Auditorium Ticketed

24 March 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo 26 March 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concerto Concert Bennett Auditorium 30 March 9 a.m.

Cello Festival presents Eugene Osadchy Master Class* Marsh Auditorium 30 March Noon Cello Festival presents Gregory Sauer, cello* Marsh Auditorium

30 March 2 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Alexander Russakovsky Master Class* Marsh Auditorium 30 March 3:30 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Jesús Castro-Balbi Master Class* Marsh Auditorium 30 March 6 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Gregory Sauer Master Class* Marsh Auditorium 30 March 8 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Eugene Osadchy, cello* Marsh Auditorium 31 March 9 a.m.

Cello Festival presents Alexander Ezerman Master Class* Marsh Auditorium 31 March 3 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello* Marsh Auditorium 31 March 7:30 p.m.

Cello Festival presents Alexander Ezerman, cello* Marsh Auditorium

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

MARCH

1 March 2 p.m.

The School of Music presents Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins* MPAC

APRIL

1 April 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Artist Series presents Jackie McIlwain, clarinet Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium

18 April 7 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents From Opera to Broadway Temple Theatre, Meridian, Miss.

6 April 8 p.m.

Trombones @ Southern Miss Bennett Auditorium

21 April 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium

7 April 7:30 p.m.

The Sax-Chamber Orchestra Marsh Auditorium

23 April 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium

9 April 7:30 p.m.

Connoisseurs Series presents Petar Jankovic Ensemble* Marsh Auditorium

24 April 7:30 p.m.

A Night with the Spirit of Southern MPAC

10 April 7:30 p.m.

Saxophone Quartets Concert Marsh Auditorium

25 April 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents Symphony Season Finale An Evening with Deborah Voigt, dramatic soprano* Bennett Auditorium

11 April 11 a.m.

Suzuki Strings Recital Marsh Auditorium

Ticketed

12 April 4 p.m.

Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Marsh Auditorium 12 April 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church

2 May 2 and 4 p.m.

Southern Miss Piano Institute Spring Recitals Marsh Auditorium

28 April 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 30 April 7:30 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert MPAC

FestivalSouth 6 - 20 JUNE 2015

JUNE

MAY

16 April 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo

27 April 8 p.m.

Concert Choir/Men’s Choir/ Women’s Choir Concert Main St. Baptist Church

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*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

D eborah V oigt A N

EV E N I N G

W I T H

A M E R I C A’ S FAVO R I T E D R A M AT I C S O P R A N O

Symphony Season Finale 25 April 7:30 p.m.

Bennett Auditorium TICKETS 601.266.5418, 800.844.8425 or www.southernmisstickets.com Wagner

Prelude to Die Meistersinger

Wagner

Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin

Ms. Voigt’s program will include works by Strauss, Wagner and popular Broadway selections.

Moore

World premiere of orchestral version

Three American Songs

Deborah Voigt is America’s favorite dramatic sopranos.

Through her performances and television appearances, she is known for the singular power and beauty of her voice, her versatility and her captivating stage presence.

Internationally revered for her performances, Voigt has given definitive performances of iconic roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.

She is also noted for Italian operatic roles such as Tosca and Aida.

With an extensive discography and multiple Billboard bestsellers, Voigt is known for her extraordinary ability to soar effortlessly and luminously above an orchestra with a rich, lustrous voice. Her recording of Strauss’s Egyptian Helen was named one of the best CDs of the year by Opera News. Ms. Voigt is a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and was Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year 2003.

In 2007, she won an Opera News Award for distinguished achievement.

BAND

22 August 7 p.m.

Pride Preview Concert Centennial Green 20 September All-South Marching Band Day Pride Field and M.M. Roberts Stadium 6 October 8 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium

17 November 8 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium 20 November 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 24 November 8 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Featuring Joseph Alessi, trombone Bennett Auditorium

5 February 7:30 p.m.

Prism Concert Thad Cochran Center

ALL-SOUTH

9 October 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium

6 February 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium 7 February 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium 8 February 1 p.m.

All-South Honor Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 24 February 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium 26 March 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concerto Concert Bennett Auditorium 21 April 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Winds Concert Bennett Auditorium

Alessi

23 April 7:30 p.m.

Wind Ensemble Concert Bennett Auditorium 28 April 7:30 p.m.

Concert Band Concert Bennett Auditorium

30 September 3:30 p.m.

SICC Concert* Main Street Baptist Church

12 February 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents The Prodigal Featuring Polina Nazaykinskaya, guest conductor and Ben McIlwain, trombone Main St. Baptist Church

SICC

8 February 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church

5 October 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Location: TBA 27 October 8 p.m.

Concert Choir/Men’s Choir/ Women’s Choir Concert Hardy St. Baptist Church 28 October 7:30 p.m.

Southern Chorale Concert Parkway Heights UMC 16 November 7:30 p.m.

Chamber Singers in Concert Bay St. Presbyterian Church

Ticketed

24 April 7:30 p.m.

A Night with the Spirit of Southern MPAC 27 April 8 p.m.

Concert Choir/Men’s Choir/ Women’s Choir Concert Main St. Baptist Church

2 and 4 December 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra presents Holiday Choral Spectacular Main St. Baptist Church

Ticketed

Holiday Choral Spectacular *Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

CHOIR

29 September 7:15 p.m.

SICC Showcase* Bennett Auditorium

ORCHESTRA & OPERA

2 October 7:30 p.m.

Opening Night!

From the New World* Bennett Auditorium Ticketed

23 October 7:30 p.m.

The Merry Widow* MPAC Ticketed

6 November 7:30 p.m.

Made in America* Featuring Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate and Alexandre Brussilovksy, violin Bennett Auditorium Ticketed

2 and 4 December 7:30 p.m.

Holiday Choral Spectacular* Main St. Baptist Church Ticketed

12 February 7:30 p.m.

The Prodigal* Featuring Polina Nazaykinskaya, guest conductor and Ben McIlwain, trombone Main St. Baptist Church Ticketed

26-28 February 7:30 p.m.

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins* MPAC Ticketed

1 March 2 p.m.

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins* MPAC Ticketed

Trethewey

Brussilovsky

5 March 7:30 p.m.

Future Stars* Bennett Auditorium Ticketed

25 April 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Season Finale An Evening with Deborah Voigt, dramatic soprano Bennett Auditorium Ticketed

The Symphony Orchestra and Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company are performing several touring concerts in September, October and April.

Please see individual month listing for details.

*Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

13 November 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo 3 December 7:30 p.m.

Jingle Bell Jazz Jazz Lab Band 1 and Jazztet The Thirsty Hippo

24 March 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo 16 April 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Lab Bands in Concert The Thirsty Hippo 30 April 7:30 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert MPAC

JAZZ & PERCUSSION

10 November 8 p.m.

Percussion Ensembles in Concert MPAC

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

7 September 4 p.m.

Harvest Moon: Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata and More Elizabeth Moak, piano Marsh Auditorium 7 September 6 p.m.

On His Own: A Faculty Recital of Music for Solo Trombone Ben McIIwain, trombone MPAC 11 September 6 p.m.

Hsiaopei Lee, viola Marsh Auditorium 26 September 7:30 p.m.

Jason Bergman, trumpet Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium

22 October 7:30 p.m.

Merideth Hite, oboe Marsh Auditorium 11 November 7:30 p.m.

First recital on renovated organ Samuel Porter, organ Marsh Auditorium 5 December 7:30 p.m.

Ellen Price Elder Marsh Auditorium 1 April 7:30 p.m.

Jackie McIlwain, clarinet Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium

10 October 6 p.m.

Danilo Mezzadri, flute Lois Leventhal, piano Marsh Auditorium 14 October 6 p.m.

Kim Woolly, bassoon Ellen Elder, piano Marsh Auditorium 14 October 7:30 p.m.

Richard Perry, tuba Marsh Auditorium

Moak

McIlwain

Perry

Lee

Hite

Bergman

Mezzadri

Porter

Elder

Woolly

McIlwain

16 September 7:30 p.m.

Tromboteam!

MPAC 7 November 6 p.m.

Richard Sherman and Genadi Zagor Flute and Piano Duo Marsh Auditorium 23 November 7:30 p.m.

Trombones @ Southern Miss with Joseph Alessi Bennett Auditorium

Zagor

Chavez

McClelland

Adam

Allen

Campbell

Lumachi-Campbell

Feller

Chung

Castro-Balbi

The Athenia Trio

Osadchy

28 January 7:30 p.m.

Brian Allen, trombone Marsh Auditorium 14 February 5 p.m.

Southern Miss Trumpet Festival featuring William Campbell, trumpet; Lucia Lumachi-Campbell, soprano; and Jason Bergman, trumpet Marsh Auditorium 23 February 4 p.m.

Carlos Feller, flute, and Mary Chung, piano Marsh Auditorium 3 March 7:30 p.m.

The Athenia Trio, Alison Brown Sincoff, flute; Michele Fiala, oboe; and Matthew Morris, bassoon Marsh Auditorium

Sherman

Ezerman

12 January 8 p.m.

Victor Chavez, clarinet; Keith McClelland, bassoon; and Fay Adams, piano Marsh Auditorium

GUEST ARTIST SERIES

27 August 7:30 p.m.

Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon Marsh Auditorium

Sauer

30 March Noon Gregory Sauer, cello* Marsh Auditorium 30 March 8 p.m.

Eugene Osadchy, cello* Marsh Auditorium 31 March 3 p.m.

JesĂşs Castro-Balbi, cello* Marsh Auditorium 31 March 7:30 p.m.

Alexander Ezerman, cello* Marsh Auditorium *Funded in part by a grant from Partners for the Arts.

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