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SUMMARY:Chance Stine - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nChance Stine\, alto and baritone saxophones\nThomas Kasdorf\, piano \n…… \nProgram \n\n…….. \nChance Stine is a member of Pershing’s Own United States Army Ceremonial Band. Previously\, Stine earned his MM in Saxophone Performance at the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Stephen Page and jazz with Dr. John Mills\, and a BM in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Michigan\, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Timothy McAllister and jazz with Dr. Andrew Bishop. He first began his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, where he studied saxophone and clarinet with Dr. Wesley Warnhoff\, flute with Stephanie Jutt\, and jazz with Richard Davis. \nStine has performed with many orchestras\, bands\, and other classical ensembles across America\, such as the New World Symphony\, Academy Festival Orchestra at the Music Academy of the West\, Austin Symphony Orchestra\, Jackson Symphony Orchestra\, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra\, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra\, and other regional groups. In March of 2018\, Stine traveled as a featured soloist with international trumpet star\, Allen Vizzutti\, and Middleton High School on a tour to Japan. In past years\, he participated as one of the first saxophone fellows at Music Academy of the West and in the Arosa Music Festival in Switzerland. An avid proponent of new music\, Stine has also been part of premieres for several new solo and chamber works for saxophone. \nCommitted to a diverse career\, Stine is an active jazz performer who composes and performs his own original music. He frequently collaborates with both his own group based in Madison\, WI and one of Madison’s rising performers and educators\, Wilder Deitz. As a sideman\, Stine has performed with renowned artists such as the Grammy Award winning Manhattan Transfer\, Allen Vizzutti\, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Also a talented multi-woodwind player\, Stine has performed with an array of musical theater companies across the Midwest\, including the Grammy Award winning Terry Barber\, University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department\, Encore Musical Theatre Company\, and many other regional companies. \nA dedicated teacher\, Stine is heavily involved in music education and has been an active private saxophone and clarinet instructor for the past 9 years. He is a regular clinician for elementary\, middle\, and high school bands and holds a teaching certificate with an emphasis in music education in the state of Michigan. \nStine has won many awards and recognitions\, such as 2nd prize at the Naumburg International Saxophone Competition\, 1st place in the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition\, national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition\, 1st place in the NASA Region IV Solo Competition\, 2nd prize in the Medici International Music Competition\, 2nd prize in the UW-Manitowoc Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Young Artist Competition\, 2nd prize in the NOLA Chamber Fest\, semi-finalist in the NASA soloist and quartet competitions\, semi-finalist in the Madison Symphony Orchestra Final Forte\, and honorable mention in the UW-Madison Irving Shain Competition.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/chance-stine/
LOCATION:Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:UW Blue Note Ensemble and David Ambrosio & Civil Disobedience - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nAnita Sorenson Jazz Guest Residency \nDavid Ambrosio & Civil Disobedience\nDavid Ambrosio\, bass\nDonny McCaslin\, tenor/soprano saxophones\nJason Palmer\, trumpet\nBruce Barth\, piano\nRudy Royston\, drums \nWith the UW Blue Note Ensemble \nCivil Disobedience is a project initiated by New York bassist David Ambrosio\, showcasing the works of progressive jazz composers from the late 1960s Blue Note Era. The featured composers include Bobby Hutcherson\, Jackie McLean\, Stanley Cowell\, Harold Land\, Joe Chambers\, Duke Pearson\, and James Spaulding. Remarkably\, much of this music\, created during a period of significant social change and civil unrest\, remained unreleased for decades\, preventing these compositions from being heard when they were originally written. \nOver fifty years later\, in contemporary America\, there are notable parallels with the social movements of that era. This context lends a new and heightened sense of relevancy and urgency to the important music featured in Civil Disobedience. The project was conceptualized and convened as an artistic response to current socio-economic and social justice events\, both on a domestic and global scale. By performing the politically conscious jazz compositions of the late 1960s Blue Note Era\, Civil Disobedience seeks to bring forth the timeless messages embedded in this music and connect them with the pressing issues of today. \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nFor the past 30 years\, David Ambrosio has been one of New York City’s finest freelance musicians and educators. His current working projects as a leader are CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: Blue Note Records in the Progressive ‘60s\, featuring Grammy nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin and drumming legend Victor Lewis; and the David Ambrosio Trio\, featuring saxophonist Loren Stillman. \nIn addition to his own ensembles\, he is the co-leader of the David Ambrosio/Russ Meissner Sextet\, 40Twenty\, and Grupo Los Santos\, as well as being a part of many other groups including George Schuller’s Circle Wide\, the Matt Renzi Trio\, Eri Yamamoto Trio\, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra led by Ted Nash and Andy Farber. He has performed with such jazz greats as Kenny Werner\, Joe Lovano\, Terry Gibbs\, Buddy DeFranco\, George Garzone\, Joseph Jarmon\, and Ralph Alessi. \nDavid’s third recording as leader\, Four on the Road (Fresh Sound Records\, 2018)\, was praised as “Swinging brilliance in the light of interactive engagement\, creating music that challenges while remaining largely accessible” by Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz. \nWith degrees in classical composition and jazz performance\, David has a broad musical palate that has become even more intensified by his extensive travel experiences. In 2001 he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba with Grupo Los Santos\, Max Pollack’s Rumbatap\, as well as numerous local Afro/Cuban folkloric music and dance ensembles. Not long after\, he began what has become a 14-year period of intense study of Afro/Cuban Bata drumming with master drummers Miguel Bernal\, Carlos Gomez\, and Carlos Aldama. \nDavid has also frequently toured in Central and South East Asia on behalf of the US State Department as a performer and clinician. Currently he is on the faculty at Hunter College and the New York Jazz Workshop in NYC.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/ambrosio-civil-disobedience/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra and special guests: members of the David Ambrosio Quintet - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nAnita Sorenson Jazz Guest Residency \nDavid Ambrosio Quintent\nDavid Ambrosio\, bass\nDonny McCaslin\, tenor/soprano saxophones\nJason Palmer\, trumpet\nBruce Barth\, piano\nRudy Royston\, drums \nWith Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nFor the past 30 years\, David Ambrosio has been one of New York City’s finest freelance musicians and educators. His current working projects as a leader are CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: Blue Note Records in the Progressive ‘60s\, featuring Grammy nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin and drumming legend Victor Lewis; and the David Ambrosio Trio\, featuring saxophonist Loren Stillman. \nIn addition to his own ensembles\, he is the co-leader of the David Ambrosio/Russ Meissner Sextet\, 40Twenty\, and Grupo Los Santos\, as well as being a part of many other groups including George Schuller’s Circle Wide\, the Matt Renzi Trio\, Eri Yamamoto Trio\, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra led by Ted Nash and Andy Farber. He has performed with such jazz greats as Kenny Werner\, Joe Lovano\, Terry Gibbs\, Buddy DeFranco\, George Garzone\, Joseph Jarmon\, and Ralph Alessi. \nDavid’s third recording as leader\, Four on the Road (Fresh Sound Records\, 2018)\, was praised as “Swinging brilliance in the light of interactive engagement\, creating music that challenges while remaining largely accessible” by Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz. \nWith degrees in classical composition and jazz performance\, David has a broad musical palate that has become even more intensified by his extensive travel experiences. In 2001 he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba with Grupo Los Santos\, Max Pollack’s Rumbatap\, as well as numerous local Afro/Cuban folkloric music and dance ensembles. Not long after\, he began what has become a 14-year period of intense study of Afro/Cuban Bata drumming with master drummers Miguel Bernal\, Carlos Gomez\, and Carlos Aldama. \nDavid has also frequently toured in Central and South East Asia on behalf of the US State Department as a performer and clinician. Currently he is on the faculty at Hunter College and the New York Jazz Workshop in NYC.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/contemporary-jazz_uwjazz-orchestra-ambrosio/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Jazz Standards Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra with Dennis Mackrel - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nDennis Mackrel\, drums \nWith Jazz Standards Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra \nAruṇ Lūthrā and Mitchell Shiner\, directors \n…… \nProgram \n\n…… \nJazz drummer Dennis Mackrel is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Chair of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in Flushing\, NY. He is a former member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1983-1987\, as the last drummer to be hired by Count Basie himself\, and later as the orchestra’s leader from 2010-2013\, and of leading big bands such as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra\, the American Jazz Orchestra\, the Carla Bley Big Band\, Buck Clayton’s Swing Band\, and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band\, as well as small groups\, including the George Shearing Quintet and the Hank Jones Trio. He has also recorded with Maria Schneider\, Thad Jones\, Mel Lewis\, Scott Robinson\, Frank Wess\, Bill Charlap\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, Joe Williams\, and many others. \nMackrel has also served as conductor and/or arranger for the McCoy Tyner Big Band (including two GRAMMY-winning album releases\, The Turning Point and Journey)\, the Danish Radio Big Band (Copenhagen\, DK)\, the WDR Big Band (Cologne\, DE)\, and the Kluvers Big Band (Aarhus\, DK). He served as chief conductor of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam\, NL)\, which in 2019 was awarded the prestigious Edison Award for their double- CD Crossroads\, and toured extensively in Europe\, China\, Russia\, Indonesia\, and the United States until the global pandemic of 2020. His compositions and arrangements have also been recorded by the United States Military Academy at West Point’s Jazz Knights Big Band\, the Temple University Jazz Ensemble\, the RIAS Big Band (Berlin\, DE)\, the University of North Texas “One O’clock” Big Band\, and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. \nMackrel is an experienced jazz educator who conducts master classes\, seminars\, and workshops internationally. He has taught as guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in Aarhus (DK)\, as Visiting Artist in Jazz Studies at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the jazz faculties at the Birch Creek Summer Music Academy in Egg Harbor\, WI and the Skidmore Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs\, NY. He has performed with the jazz ensembles of numerous colleges and high schools including the Eastman School of Music\, Slippery Rock University\, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh\, Northern Illinois University\, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music\, the University of Minnesota-Morris\, New Trier High School\, Sun Prairie High School\, Western Illinois University\, Southern Utah University\, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Aarhus (DK)\, the University of Florida\, Miami\, the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas\, Elmhurst College\, Michigan State University and many others.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/jazz-standards-jazz-orchestra-mackrel/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Jazz Badgers & Jazz Faculty Group with Dennis Mackrel - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nDennis Mackrel\, drums \nWith Jazz Badgers & \nJazz Faculty Group\nDennis Mackrel\, drum set\nArun Lūthrā\, tenor & soprano saxophone\nDan VanZeeland\, piano\nPeter Dominguez\, contrabass \n…… \nProgram \n\n…… \nJazz drummer Dennis Mackrel is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Chair of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in Flushing\, NY. He is a former member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1983-1987\, as the last drummer to be hired by Count Basie himself\, and later as the orchestra’s leader from 2010-2013\, and of leading big bands such as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra\, the American Jazz Orchestra\, the Carla Bley Big Band\, Buck Clayton’s Swing Band\, and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band\, as well as small groups\, including the George Shearing Quintet and the Hank Jones Trio. He has also recorded with Maria Schneider\, Thad Jones\, Mel Lewis\, Scott Robinson\, Frank Wess\, Bill Charlap\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, Joe Williams\, and many others. \nMackrel has also served as conductor and/or arranger for the McCoy Tyner Big Band (including two GRAMMY-winning album releases\, The Turning Point and Journey)\, the Danish Radio Big Band (Copenhagen\, DK)\, the WDR Big Band (Cologne\, DE)\, and the Kluvers Big Band (Aarhus\, DK). He served as chief conductor of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam\, NL)\, which in 2019 was awarded the prestigious Edison Award for their double- CD Crossroads\, and toured extensively in Europe\, China\, Russia\, Indonesia\, and the United States until the global pandemic of 2020. His compositions and arrangements have also been recorded by the United States Military Academy at West Point’s Jazz Knights Big Band\, the Temple University Jazz Ensemble\, the RIAS Big Band (Berlin\, DE)\, the University of North Texas “One O’clock” Big Band\, and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. \nMackrel is an experienced jazz educator who conducts master classes\, seminars\, and workshops internationally. He has taught as guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in Aarhus (DK)\, as Visiting Artist in Jazz Studies at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the jazz faculties at the Birch Creek Summer Music Academy in Egg Harbor\, WI and the Skidmore Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs\, NY. He has performed with the jazz ensembles of numerous colleges and high schools including the Eastman School of Music\, Slippery Rock University\, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh\, Northern Illinois University\, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music\, the University of Minnesota-Morris\, New Trier High School\, Sun Prairie High School\, Western Illinois University\, Southern Utah University\, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Aarhus (DK)\, the University of Florida\, Miami\, the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas\, Elmhurst College\, Michigan State University and many others.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/jazz-badgers-faculty-group-mackrel/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Interwoven - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required) \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nInterwoven\nYoko Reikano Kimura\, koto/shamisen/voice\nKeiko Tokunaga\, violin\nHikaru Tamaki\, cello\nAndy Lin\, erhu/viola \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nPioneers of intercultural music that interlaces historic sonorities of Eastern Asia and Western Europe\, INTERWOVEN is currently in its fourth season as a chamber ensemble. Taking inspiration from its birthplace\, New York City\, where countless cultures coexist and thrive\, INTERWOVEN celebrates and integrates traditions\, aesthetics and communities from various heritages through performing\, commissioning\, and recording contemporary music. \nThe ensemble made its debut in October 2021 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City\, with the funding from the City Artist Corps Grant. The group has since appeared in venues such as Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art\, Metropolitan Museum in New York City\, Wing Luke Museum in Seattle\, Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn and Vancouver Civic Centre Annex\, among others. \nINTERWOVEN’s artistic goal is to see evidence of traditional Asian instruments or their sonority included in classical contemporary compositions and an increase in commissioning and performance of multicultural works written by diverse composers. The ensemble promotes the creation of new intercultural music by educating the young composers in universities and by commissioning from established composers who resonate with our beliefs. INTERWOVEN served as a guest artist-in-residence at the University of California Los Angeles\, Toronto University\, Longy School of Music in Massachusetts\, University of Kansas and Colby College in Maine\, working closely with composition and instrumental departments of the school. \nThe group is committed to introducing the sonority of traditional Asian music\, instruments\, history and culture to various American communities of non-Asian heritages. The ensemble received two major fundings for its original community project\, FantAsia!\, from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York City and Canada Council for the Arts in 2023; FantAsia! is a musical event of an Asian folklore-inspired program that takes place in neighborhoods with the smallest Asian population in all boroughs of New York City and Vancouver\, BC. \nFounder and GRAMMY Award winning violinist\, Keiko Tokunaga\, brings together seasoned musicians who have been heard in major halls\, such as Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, Radio City Music Hall\, and their equivalents in Europe\, Asia\, South America\, and Australia. Members of INTERWOVEN are passionate advocates for the importance of music in social\, personal\, and political developments\, and devote much of their time to teaching and educational outreach. The ensemble collaborates with educational institutions to promote the creations of multicultural musical compositions\, and to encourage active dialogues between students\, faculty and the community on socially crucial topics such as Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion in the music field and beyond.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/interwoven-ensemble/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nJean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles\, percussion \n…… \nProgram \n\n…… \nJean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles is a versatile performer\, composer and educator that connects western and nonwestern tradition into concert settings. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo\, Jackson Symphony\, Toledo Symphony and Adrian Symphony. He is the founder and co-director of the first Dominican percussion ensemble that combines western and Caribbean musical traditions\, ATEZA’O. Ureña González joined the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as a Assistant Professor of Percussion in the Fall of 2023. \nJean Carlo Ureña González\, a native of the Dominican Republic\, began his musical studies at the Elila Mena Music School\, with piano. While studying western techniques there\, he simultaneously learned Latin percussion techniques from the hand of his father and his oldest brother at home. Jean Carlo joined the Music Academy of the Congregation Mita Inc.\, where he was introduced to western percussion instruments. He furthered his studies at the National Conservatory of Music in D.R. where he studied classical percussion with Remy Taveras\, Luis Martines el Sevif\, Josue Santana and Dominican Folkloric Music with Edis Sánchez “El Gurú.” \nJean Carlo was the first Dominican to perform a concerto with marimba with the National Symphony Orchestra of Dominican Republic\, when he performed Ney Rosauro’s Marimba Concerto No.1\, conducted by Christopher Zimmerman. Dominican Republic’s newspaper HOY\, described Jean Carlo as someone that “shows mastery of technique\, remarkable virtuosity potential and manifests musicality… his presentation was truly professional.” \nUreña González holds a Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of Music\, a Master of Music Performance\, Master of Chamber Music Performance\, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from The University of Michigan\, making him the first person from the Dominican Republic to obtain a DMA in percussion performance. During his DMA program\, Jean Carlo worked on a first-of-its-kind commission project developing works for solos for percussion by Dominican composers. His teachers include Ben Toth\, Douglas Perkins\, Ian Antonio\, Joseph Gramley\, Jonathan Ovalle\, Thomas Sherwood\, Jeremy Epp\, Shane Shannahan\, Ted Piltzecker\, Cary Kocher\, Rogerio Boccato\, Joe Galeota and John Amira. \nJean Carlo currently serves as the interim president of the Percussive Arts Society’s Dominican Republic chapter. Ureña González proudly plays with Zildjian cymbals.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/jean-carlo-urena-gonzales/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Justin Weis - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required) \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series\nJustin Weis\, euphonium \n…… \nProgram  \n\n…… \nWith performances in three continents and 10 U.S. states\, Justin Weis is making a name for himself as a soloist and innovator for low brass. Originally from Milwaukee\, WI\, Justin continues to travel around the United States and abroad to share both beautiful and unconventional sounds of the euphonium and tuba. \nAmong other accolades\, Justin was the artist division winner at the 2024 Leonard Falcone Euphonium and Tuba Festival\, the electronics solo competition winner at the 50th International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC)\, and the euphonium artist division winner at the 2022 International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC). \nJustin has been selected as a guest recitalist at several regional conferences including the South Central\, South East\, and Great Plains. He has additionally been invited as a guest artist to teach and perform at schools including the Universities of Memphis and Wisconsin. During his time as a recitalist\, Justin has been involved in the commissioning of multiple works. Some commissions and consortium involvements include solo works with live electronics from Lucy Pankhurst and Andrew May\, a multimedia solo piece by Brandon Warner\, a concertino by Jazzy Pigott\, and consortium works by Fernando Deddos\, Maria Thompson Corley\, and Ian Lester. Though he performs a wide variety of repertoire spanning the 18th century to the present\, he takes a special interest in the use of innovative electronic technologies to advance the repertoire. \nIn addition to performing\, Justin actively composes works for solo euphonium and electronics\, and arranges for his euphonium quartet\, Euphonium Camerata. His works and arrangements have been performed at festivals\, galas\, conferences\, and competitions. His recent euphonium edition of the Cyrille Rose 32 Etudes for Clarinet is published by KDP\, and other arrangements can be found through the euphonium.com store. Additional compositions and arrangements are available upon request and include quartet arrangements of Bruckner\, Dvorak\, and Verdi\, which range in difficulty from music for young players to works that will challenge even professional ensembles. \nAs an educator\, Justin’s most recent positions were as Adjunct Instructor of Euphonium at the University of North Texas and Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at Collin College\, where he coached undergraduate students in weekly lessons. He served as a teaching fellow at the University of North Texas while completing his doctoral studies\, where he was additionally responsible for coaching a chamber ensemble and leading the 7 O’Clock Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. He has previously taught as a private lesson instructor for multiple schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area\, a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis\, and as a summer sectional coach for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater summer band program. \nJustin received a BM in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater\, an MM in euphonium performance with a conducting related field from the University of North Texas\, and a DMA in euphonium performance from UNT. He currently lives in Long Island\, New York\, where he is advocating for the euphonium as an instrument of expression outside the traditional classical settings. He continues to present recitals at conferences\, universities\, and nontraditional venues\, and is actively engaged in pushing the boundaries of the art form to draw in new listeners and challenge traditional norms.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/justin-weis/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T210000
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SUMMARY:Hank Dutt - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required) \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nHank Dutt\, viola\nKate Campbell\, piano \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nThe longtime violist of the Kronos Quartet\, Hank Dutt has been a major figure in expanding the role of chamber music of the 20th and 21st centuries. With Kronos\, he was part of a major commissioning project\, with many works written to showcase Dutt in particular. \nDutt graduated from Indiana University\, where he studied with violists David Dawson\, and Georges Janzer\, earning his BM and MM degrees. Mentors at the university included János Starker and Josef Gingold\, and among his collaborators at school was future Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud. \nIn 1977\, Dutt joined the Kronos Quartet. With over 40 albums to its credit and having performed worldwide\, the Kronos Quartet has been called “probably the most famous ‘new music’ group in the world” and been praised in philosophical studies of music for the inclusiveness of its repertoire. \nKronos has performed live with the poet Allen Ginsberg\, Astor Piazzolla\, The National\, the Modern Jazz Quartet\, Tom Waits\, David Bowie\, Paul McCartney and Björk\, and has recorded with Nelly Furtado\, Rokia Traoré\, Joan Armatrading\, Brazilian electronica artist Amon Tobin\, Texas yodeler Don Walser\, Faith No More\, Tiger Lillies. It has worked with many minimalist composers\, including John Adams\, Arvo Pärt\, George Crumb\, Henryk Górecki\, Steve Reich\, John Luther Adams\, Roberto Paci Dalò\, Philip Glass\, Terry Riley\, Peter Sculthorpe and Kevin Volans; collaborators hail from a diversity of countries—Kaija Saariaho from Finland\, Pēteris Vasks from Latvia\, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh from Azerbaijan\, Homayun Sakhi from Afghanistan\, Hamza El Din from Egypt\, Victoria Vita Polevá from Ukraine and Fernando Otero\, Astor Piazzolla\, and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Many of Kronos’s string-quartet arrangements were published in 2007. \nThe 2023-2024 season marked the 50th anniversary of the Kronos Quartet\, which featured celebratory concerts\, premieres\, and events at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. Culminating this season was the Kronos Quartet “50 for the Future” project of a free library of 50 new works for string quartet. \nIn July 2024\, Dutt retired from the Kronos Quartet and was succeeded by Ayane Kozasa. In October 2024\, Hank was one of four featured violists performing and coaching for the Nobuko Imai Celebration in Cincinnati.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/hank-dutt/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Hsiaopei Lee - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nHsiaopei Lee\, viola\nMichael Bunchman\, piano \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nA graduate of Columbia University and University of Cincinnati\, violist Hsiaopei Lee has performed in numerous venues as a soloist\, recitalist and orchestra player throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia. Dr. Lee is Professor of Viola at the University of Southern Mississippi\, where her excellence in teaching has been recognized by several awards. \nShe is also a recipient of Artist Fellowship awarded by Mississippi Arts Commission in 2011 and 2017. A passionate chamber musician\, Hsiaopei collaborates extensively in various chamber music settings. Her album\, ODYSSEY: Viola Music Written by American Female Composers\, is available on the Centaur label.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/hsiaopei-lee/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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