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september

Time
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
Location
Hamel Music Center - Collins Recital Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Purchase tickets General admission: $15 Students: Free (ticket required) Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series Artina McCain, piano …… Program …… Described as a pianist with
Event Details
Purchase tickets
General admission: $15
Students: Free (ticket required)
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Artina McCain, piano
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Program
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Described as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas Arts Society), “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin) and having a “sense of color, balance and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center) Artina McCain has a built a three-fold career as a performer, educator, and speaker. Recent performance highlights include guest appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Oregon East Symphony, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, her credits include performances at the Mahidol University in Bangkok, Hatch Recital Hall in Rochester, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL and the Desoto Arts Commission in Desoto,TX. In 2022, she will have her debut at Wigmore Hall in London performing the works of Fred O.
McCain’s performances have been heard on radio CKWR Toronto, KMFA Classical Austin, and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). Television appearances include features on CSPAN for the MLK 50 Commemoration. McCain is a three-time Global Music Awards winner including collaborative projects “I, Too” (Naxos), with soprano Icy Monroe, focused on African American Spirituals and Art Songs and “Shades” a collaboration with her husband and duo partner Martin McCain.
Dedicated to promoting the works of Black and other underrepresented composers, McCain curates Black Composers Concerts for multiple arts organizations and is an American Prize winner for her solo piano recordings of these works and won a Gold Global Music Award for her recent album project Heritage. She has also won performance awards for curating the Austin Chamber Music Centers’ Black Composers Concert from the Austin Critics Table. In 2021, Hal Leonard will publish her transcriptions of African American Folk Songs.
McCain was a featured inspirational leader in the award-winning PBS documentary series Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact in an episode exploring the real-world impact of professionals with doctoral degrees in and outside of academia.
After years of battling a performance injury and now enjoying 10 years of full recovery, McCain is an advocate for musicians’ wellness. Her article on performance injury and Muscle Activation Techniques was published in Clavier Companion and she is a regular contributor for the Piano Magazine. To help other musicians, she hosts an annual Musicians Wellness Forum in Austin, TX which explores the benefits and options for alternative care. McCain has presented on these topics and others at the Music Teachers National Association Conference and the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy.
McCain has performed and served on the faculty of numerous summer festivals including the Austin Chamber Music Festival, the Illinois Summer Youth Music, the Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, NY, and the Walled City Music International Piano Festival and Competition in Ireland. McCain graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University. She received her Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and Co-Founder/Director of the Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition.
Artina McCain is a Yamaha Artist.
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Hamel Music Center - Collins Recital Hall740 University Avenue
202328sep10:00 amArtina McCain Workshop

Time
(Thursday) 10:00 am
Location
Hamel Music Center - Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Free | No ticket required Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series Dr. Artina McCain presents “Who’s That? Creating a New Standard Repertoire” Teaching underrepresented composers is experiencing a renaissance. While works
Event Details
Free | No ticket required
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Dr. Artina McCain presents “Who’s That? Creating a New Standard Repertoire”
Teaching underrepresented composers is experiencing a renaissance. While works of females and Black composers have been discussed for decades, there seems to be a disconnect between individual research and what we see represented in our student auditions, concert halls, and competition programming. In this session, we will learn how to pair “new” pieces with standard programming for intermediate through advanced repertoire.
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Described as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas Arts Society), “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin) and having a “sense of color, balance and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center) Artina McCain has a built a three-fold career as a performer, educator, and speaker. Recent performance highlights include guest appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Oregon East Symphony, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, her credits include performances at the Mahidol University in Bangkok, Hatch Recital Hall in Rochester, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL and the Desoto Arts Commission in Desoto,TX. In 2022, she will have her debut at Wigmore Hall in London performing the works of Fred O.
McCain’s performances have been heard on radio CKWR Toronto, KMFA Classical Austin, and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). Television appearances include features on CSPAN for the MLK 50 Commemoration. McCain is a three-time Global Music Awards winner including collaborative projects “I, Too” (Naxos), with soprano Icy Monroe, focused on African American Spirituals and Art Songs and “Shades” a collaboration with her husband and duo partner Martin McCain.
Dedicated to promoting the works of Black and other underrepresented composers, McCain curates Black Composers Concerts for multiple arts organizations and is an American Prize winner for her solo piano recordings of these works and won a Gold Global Music Award for her recent album project Heritage. She has also won performance awards for curating the Austin Chamber Music Centers’ Black Composers Concert from the Austin Critics Table. In 2021, Hal Leonard will publish her transcriptions of African American Folk Songs.
McCain was a featured inspirational leader in the award-winning PBS documentary series Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact in an episode exploring the real-world impact of professionals with doctoral degrees in and outside of academia.
After years of battling a performance injury and now enjoying 10 years of full recovery, McCain is an advocate for musicians’ wellness. Her article on performance injury and Muscle Activation Techniques was published in Clavier Companion and she is a regular contributor for the Piano Magazine. To help other musicians, she hosts an annual Musicians Wellness Forum in Austin, TX which explores the benefits and options for alternative care. McCain has presented on these topics and others at the Music Teachers National Association Conference and the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy.
McCain has performed and served on the faculty of numerous summer festivals including the Austin Chamber Music Festival, the Illinois Summer Youth Music, the Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, NY, and the Walled City Music International Piano Festival and Competition in Ireland. McCain graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University. She received her Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and Co-Founder/Director of the Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition.
Artina McCain is a Yamaha Artist.
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Hamel Music Center - Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall 740 University Avenue
202328sep3:00 pm4:30 pmArtina McCain Performance Class

Time
(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
Hamel Music Center - Collins Recital Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Free | No ticket required Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series Dr. Artina McCain host a performance class, followed by a Q&A. …… Described as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas
Event Details
Free | No ticket required
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Dr. Artina McCain host a performance class, followed by a Q&A.
……
Described as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas Arts Society), “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin) and having a “sense of color, balance and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center) Artina McCain has a built a three-fold career as a performer, educator, and speaker. Recent performance highlights include guest appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Oregon East Symphony, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, her credits include performances at the Mahidol University in Bangkok, Hatch Recital Hall in Rochester, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL and the Desoto Arts Commission in Desoto,TX. In 2022, she will have her debut at Wigmore Hall in London performing the works of Fred O.
McCain’s performances have been heard on radio CKWR Toronto, KMFA Classical Austin, and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). Television appearances include features on CSPAN for the MLK 50 Commemoration. McCain is a three-time Global Music Awards winner including collaborative projects “I, Too” (Naxos), with soprano Icy Monroe, focused on African American Spirituals and Art Songs and “Shades” a collaboration with her husband and duo partner Martin McCain.
Dedicated to promoting the works of Black and other underrepresented composers, McCain curates Black Composers Concerts for multiple arts organizations and is an American Prize winner for her solo piano recordings of these works and won a Gold Global Music Award for her recent album project Heritage. She has also won performance awards for curating the Austin Chamber Music Centers’ Black Composers Concert from the Austin Critics Table. In 2021, Hal Leonard will publish her transcriptions of African American Folk Songs.
McCain was a featured inspirational leader in the award-winning PBS documentary series Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact in an episode exploring the real-world impact of professionals with doctoral degrees in and outside of academia.
After years of battling a performance injury and now enjoying 10 years of full recovery, McCain is an advocate for musicians’ wellness. Her article on performance injury and Muscle Activation Techniques was published in Clavier Companion and she is a regular contributor for the Piano Magazine. To help other musicians, she hosts an annual Musicians Wellness Forum in Austin, TX which explores the benefits and options for alternative care. McCain has presented on these topics and others at the Music Teachers National Association Conference and the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy.
McCain has performed and served on the faculty of numerous summer festivals including the Austin Chamber Music Festival, the Illinois Summer Youth Music, the Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, NY, and the Walled City Music International Piano Festival and Competition in Ireland. McCain graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University. She received her Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and Co-Founder/Director of the Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition.
Artina McCain is a Yamaha Artist.
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Hamel Music Center - Collins Recital Hall740 University Avenue
october
202301oct2:00 pmUW–Madison Symphony Orchestra

Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Free | No ticket required Oriol Sans, conductor Benjamin Davies
Event Details
Free | No ticket required
Oriol Sans, conductor
Benjamin Davies Hudson, violin
Pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm
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Program: Ortiz: Kauyumari; Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 has become his most performed symphony and a favorite of audiences worldwide. This monumental symphonic journey culminates in one of the most triumphal endings in the whole genre. The concert will start with Kauyumari, a captivating new piece by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, and will continue with Sibelius’s famous Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Benjamin Davies Hudson, 2022 Symphony Orchestra Concerto winner.
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Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall740 University Avenue

Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm
Location
Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Free | No ticket required Corey Pompey, conductor
Event Details
Free | No ticket required
Corey Pompey, conductor
Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall740 University Avenue

Time
(Sunday) 2:00 pm
Location
Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall
740 University Avenue
Event Details
Free | No ticket required Scott Teeple, conductor Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, guest conductor With guests Wisconsin Brass Quintet
Event Details
Free | No ticket required
Scott Teeple, conductor
Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, guest conductor
With guests Wisconsin Brass Quintet
Jean Laurenz and John Wagner, trumpet
Dan Grabois, horn
Mark Hetzler, trombone
Tom Curry, tuba
And Tamara McLean and Mallory Stowe, visual artists
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Program
Conzona Septimi Toni, No. 2 Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
Octet for Wind Instruments (1923) Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
I. Sinfonia
II. Tema con Veriazioni
III. Finale
Music for Winds Stanislav Skrowaczewski (1923–2017)
I. Misterioso
II. Aria
III. Presto Tenebroso
IV. Molto Allegro
Gone Scott McAllister (b. 1969)
Stylus Phantasticus* Katherine Salfelder (b. 1987)
Jean Laurenz and John Wagner, trumpet
Dan Grabois, horn
Mark Hetzler, trombone
Tom Curry, tuba
*Madison, WI premiere
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Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall740 University Avenue
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