Second Wednesday Recital - Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Featuring UMBC Music students.
1pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.
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November 12, 2009
Circa 1800 Chamber Winds - Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Department of Music presents the Circa 1800 Chamber Winds, featuring:
Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Concertante Quintet No. 3 in F Major
Joseph Fiala, Duo Concertante for Oboe and Bassoon
Andre Eller, Quartet in F Major, Op. 6, No. 1 for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon
Francois Devienne, Trio No. III Op. 61 for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Anton Reicha, Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in Eb Major
8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available online in fall 2009. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).
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November 15, 2009
Robert Dick - Sunday, November 15, 2009
Robert Dick's contributions to the development of the flute and its music are profound. He is known worldwide as the flute's visionary, the leading voice in the instrument's new music. Soloist, composer, teacher, author and inventor, Dick has performed his music worldwide.
As a composer, he has received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and a Koussevitsky Foundation of the Library of Congress commission. He writes chamber music as well as his renowned solo works, his newest pieces being Startling Stories for woodwind quintet and Gravity's Ghost for piccolo solo.
His program at UMBC will feature several of his own compositions, including Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980), Afterlight (1973), Piece in Gamelan Style (1978), Lookout (1989), Fish Are Jumping (1999), Air is the Heaviest Metal (2008), Eye in the Sky, for open hole alto flute (1992) and Sliding Life Blues, for flute with Glissando Headjoint®, (2001).
Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s TNT series.
8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID.
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November 22, 2009
UMBC Symphony Orchestra - Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Michael Richards, featuring:
Copland - Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"
Barber - Adagio for Strings , with Elizabeth Shin, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.