Music News & Events

Pietro Tagliaferri, clarinet and Francesco Attesti, piano - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

2012-02-22T18:00:00Z

Performance of music by Brahms, Finzi, Donizetti, Landini, and Tagliaferri-Berzola 1pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Admission is free Pietro Tagliaferri graduated from the G. Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza, studying clarinet with G. Parmigiani. He continued his studies at the Chigiana Musical Academy of Siena, earning his Diploma di Merito, and at the International Academy of Biella under the tutelage of Anthony Pay. He also earned a degree in musicology summa cum laude at the School of Musical Paleography and Philology of Cremona. Winner of numerous national and international competitions, he has an intense schedule of concerts both as soloist and chamber musician in Italy and abroad. Tagliaferri has made numerous recordings for Fonit Cetra, Rusty Records, Millenio, Bottega Discantica, Stradivarius, and Cdpm Lions Records and has recorded for the radio on Rai Radiouno. From an early age, he also dedicated himself to the study of the saxophone, distinguishing himself with numerous groups, both classical and jazz, among which Saxensemble and the project Riverberi, first with Margherita Sciddurlo and presently with Stefano Pellini, with which he received notable success from the press and public alike. He carries out research on behalf of the Monteverdi Foundation of Cremona and the San Cristoforo Diocesan Institute for Sacred Music of Piacenza. From 1991-2005 he was musical consultant for Mediaset channels, in particular for the concerts of the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala, and he developed an intense activity as producer and sound engineer in the recording industry. In 2006, Tagliaferri became director of “Mozart Ways 2006”, eleven concerts produced by Multigram Communications, transmitted on the “Classical” channel of SKY. In April 2008, Mediaset entrusted him with the direction of Zubin Mehta’s concert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. Currently, he is director and producer of the Tv recordings of the Philarmonic Orchestra of La Scala under Musicom s.r.l. Having won the ministerial competition of exams and merits, Pietro Tagliaferri teaches clarinet at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory of Brescia, at the Darfo campus, where he is also responsible for artistic production. -------------- Born in Cortona, Italy, Francesco Attesti met pianist Sergio Perticaroli when he was 16. Impressed by Attesti’s pianistic capabilities, Perticaroli invited him to attend the Summer Masterclass at the Mozarteum of Salzburg. Attesti continued to study with Perticaroli for several years in Rome (winning several national/international piano competitions including: Ibla Grand Prize International, and Migliori Diplomati d’Italia), and then entered the L. Cherubini Conservatory of Florence, where he earned the highest grades in piano bestowed by that institution. From 2005-6, Attesti was awarded the Swiss Ursula Stroher Stiftung sponsorship for talented young people. Francesco Attesti has performed as soloist with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague, and regularly at internationally prestigious concert halls and festivals, including the Philharmonia Hall of Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Cambridge University, Leicester University, Columbia University in New York, and the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan.

Masterclass with Italian clarinetist Pietro Tagliaferri - Tuesday, February 21, 2012

2012-02-21T21:00:00Z

4-5pm in Fine Arts Building room 011. Pietro Tagliaferri graduated from the G. Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza, studying clarinet with G. Parmigiani. He continued his studies at the Chigiana Musical Academy of Siena, earning his Diploma di Merito, and at the International Academy of Biella under the tutelage of Anthony Pay. He also earned a degree in musicology summa cum laude at the School of Musical Paleography and Philology of Cremona. Winner of numerous national and international competitions, he has an intense schedule of concerts both as soloist and chamber musician in Italy and abroad. Tagliaferri has made numerous recordings for Fonit Cetra, Rusty Records, Millenio, Bottega Discantica, Stradivarius, and Cdpm Lions Records and has recorded for the radio on Rai Radiouno. From an early age, he also dedicated himself to the study of the saxophone, distinguishing himself with numerous groups, both classical and jazz, among which Saxensemble and the project Riverberi, first with Margherita Sciddurlo and presently with Stefano Pellini, with which he received notable success from the press and public alike. He carries out research on behalf of the Monteverdi Foundation of Cremona and the San Cristoforo Diocesan Institute for Sacred Music of Piacenza. From 1991-2005 he was musical consultant for Mediaset channels, in particular for the concerts of the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala, and he developed an intense activity as producer and sound engineer in the recording industry. In 2006, Tagliaferri became director of “Mozart Ways 2006”, eleven concerts produced by Multigram Communications, transmitted on the “Classical” channel of SKY. In April 2008, Mediaset entrusted him with the direction of Zubin Mehta’s concert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. Currently, he is director and producer of the Tv recordings of the Philarmonic Orchestra of La Scala under Musicom s.r.l. Having won the ministerial competition of exams and merits, Pietro Tagliaferri teaches clarinet at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory of Brescia, at the Darfo campus, where he is also responsible for artistic production.

UMBC Opera Workshop - Sunday, December 4, 2011

2011-12-05T00:30:00Z

The Department of Music presents the Opera Workshop under the direction of Cantor Thom King. The program will feature scenes and arias by Mozart ("Le Nozze di Figaro" and "Don Giovanni"), Rossini ("Cinderella"), Offenbach ("The Tales of Hoffman"), Gilbert and Sullivan ("The Mikado") and more! 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

BLINK - Wednesday, November 30, 2011

2011-11-30T18:00:00Z

Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture. Each 1-2 minute piece, performed by faculty and members of the New Music Ensemble, will take place in front of the photo that inspired it. Interspersed will be electro-acoustic works by students and faculty from the project 60 in 60. Please come and experience this exciting and unique performance but be prepared – each piece will be over in a blink of the eye.]]> 1pm, CADVC, Fine Arts Building. Admission is free.

UMBC Symphony Orchestra - Sunday, November 20, 2011

2011-11-21T00:30:00Z

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Michael Richards. The program will feature: • Sibelius's Symphony No. 5 • Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 • a concerto for double bass by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

UMBC Camerata - Saturday, November 19, 2011

2011-11-20T01:00:00Z

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. The program will feature the following works: In the Italian Language Amor Vittorioso - Giovanni Gastoldi Lasciatemi morire - Claudio Monteverdi Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley Va Pensiero - Giuseppe Verdi Carols of the Season Wassail Song - Ralph Vaughn Williams Some Children See Him - Alfred Burt Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovich Sans Day Carol - Stephen Caracciolo People Look East - Stephen Caracciolo Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Camerata performs a lengthy suite of movements from Carl Orff's youthful and exuberant cantata, Carmina Burana. The performance will feature the two-piano/percussion version of the work with the UMBC Percussion Ensemble, Tom Goldstein conductor, supplying the heart pounding, thrilling power to this audience favorite.

Duende Quartet - Thursday, November, 17, 2011

2011-11-18T01:00:00Z

The Department of Music presents the Duende Quartet. Bassist Josh Schwartzman, percussionists Mark Merella and Sam "Seguito" Turner and Harry Appelman on piano/keyboards, has been chosen twice by Jazz at Lincoln Center to tour internationally under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State's American Music Abroad program. The Duende Quartet plays Latin Jazz with a nod to the Blue Note sound of the '60s. In a unique small group setting (with piano, bass and two hand percussionists) the group captures the vibe of the jazz combo while using the rhythms of a Cuban conjunto. Duende's music strikes an inviting balance between the spontaneity of jazz improvisation and the infectious rhythms of the Caribbean. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available in early fall 2011.

Three Centuries of Music by Jewish Composers - Thursday, November 10, 2011

2011-11-11T01:00:00Z

Department of Music presents a program entitled The Expressive Jewish Tradition Through Music and Words, including: * Osvaldo Golijov Doina (2001) * Felix Mendelssohn - Sonata for Cello and Piano in D major, op. 58 (1843) * Michael Alec Rose - Burlesques for Piano Quartet (2010, world premiere) * Gerald Cohen - Yedid Nefesh (Beloved of my Soul) (2007) * Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein III - selections from South Pacific (1949) with poetry readings by special guests actors Ava Lenet and Stan Weiman 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. To order tickets in advance using a credit card, order online through MissionTix or call 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door, cash or check only.]]> Maria Lambros, viola Airi Yoshioka, violin Audrey Andrist, piano E. Michael Richards, clarinet Lisa Cella, flute and guests actors Ava Lenet and Stan Weiman Alison Wells, cello Michael Kannen, cello Diane Walsh, piano

Livewire 2: On Fire - October 27 - 29, 2011

2011-10-28T16:35:40Z

Music
Thursday - Saturday, October 27 - 29
Livewire 2: On Fire

Imagine. Ignite passion. Get angry. Enter the mind of the composer. Join us in our second annual Livewire Festival, bringing together diverse composers and performers from the Baltimore-Washington area in programs designed to provoke discussion and engagement. In the words of one of our dedicated audience members, "Why should I listen to Mozart again when I can hear Tom Goldstein play flower pots?"

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music with support from InterArts.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION Contact Linda Dusman for more information. Contact Tom Moore for Press information. TRAVEL AND HOTEL INFORMATION CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY AT (443) 577-2100 to receive the $119 conference rate. LIVEWIRE COMPLETE PROGRAM BOOKLET AVAILABLE SOON

Thursday, October 27

4 pm - Keynote lecture (Humanities Forum) - Carlo Alessandro Landini: "Some observations on the relationship between musical composition and the disturbances of temporal and spacial orientation". (see separate Humanities Forum calendar listing)

7 pm - Pre-concert composer conversation with Steve Antosca and Wesley Fuller (Recital Hall)

8 pm - Concert by RUCKUS, the faculty contemporary ensemble at UMBC, featuring Lisa Cella, flute; E. Michael Richards, clarinet; Airi Yoshioka, violin; Maria Lambros, viola; Gita Ladd, cello; Kristin Jurkscheit, horn; Audrey Andrist, piano; Tom Goldstein, percussion. (Recital Hall) The program will feature:
Steve Antosca: for two (1982…)
Wesley Fuller: phases/cycles for viola and computer (2009)
Carlo Alessandro Landini: Konzertstuck (1980)
Nicolas Tzortzis: incompatible(s) III-b (2009)
Ross Bauer: The Near Beyond (2005)
Tom Goldstein: Quo (2005)
John Harbison: Twilight Music (1985)
Karim Al-Zand: Music Box Prelude (2004)

Friday, October 28

Talks and lecture recitals: "New Music, Large and Small" (Recital Hall)
9 am - Electronics Express I: 30 minutes of 30 60" electroacoustic pieces, curated by Anna Rubin
9:45 am - Helena Michaelson (piano/composer) "Revisiting the Old and Looking to the New: Ricercata (2006) for solo piano"
10:45 am - Yen-lin Goh: "Ge Gan-ru's Two Melodramas for Voice, self-accompanied by a Toy Orchestra: Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! and Hard, Hard, Hard!"
12 pm - Electronics Express II: 30 minutes of 30 60" electroacoustic pieces, curated by Anna Rubin

2:30 pm - Round table discussion with composers, presenters, performers (Helena Michaelson, Anna Rubin, George Brunner, with David Revell, moderator)

4 - 6 pm - Student "rush hour" concert featuring the UMBC Camerata and other student ensembles (Rob Wolk and Sam Garrett, directors)

8 pm - Concert by the Tanosaki/Richards Duo (Recital Hall)
The program will feature:
Michael Finnissy: premiere of a new work
Hiroyuki Itoh: Out of a Blaze of Light
Hiroyuki Yamamoto: The Wedge is Struck, the Fog Remains
Drake Mabry: Street Cries

Saturday, October 29

Talks and lecture recitals: "Where are we going; what have we done?" (Recital Hall)
10 am - Jonathan Kolm: "EARTH AFTER: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Music Composition"
10:45 am - George Brunner: "Lady M: Revitalizing Electroacoustic Performance Practices"
11:30 am - Mauricio Salguero: "electro<>acústico: new music for clarinet, fixed media, and video"

12:30 - 2 pm - Lunch discussion

2 pm - Outreach for high school students: readings of student compositions by members of the Verge Ensemble (Studio 508)

4:00 pm - Concert - Pictures on Silence (Recital Hall)
Noah Getz, saxophone; and Jacqueline Pollauf, harp
Program to include:
John Belkot (b. 1981): the woman with Renoir’s umbrella (accompanied by In Dreams, a silent film by Laurence Gingold)
Eric Slegowski (b. 1977): 1:1 (premiere)
David Smooke: (b. 1969): Empty Every Night
Mark Oliveiro (b. 1983): Tanox
Stephen Gorbos (b. 1978): Plunge
Anna Rubin (b. 1946): Silk and Steel

7:30 pm - Pre-concert conversations with composers (Alexandra Gardner, Thomas DeLio)

8:30 pm - Concert by the Verge Ensemble (Recital Hall)
The program will feature:
Anna Rubin: Dreaming Fire, Tasting Rain
Stephen Gorbos: On The Whiteness of the Whale (2009)
Thomas DeLio: transients/resonances (2006)
Ben Broening: gathering light (2011)
Elliott Carter: Caténaires (2006)
Alexandra Gardner: The Way of Ideas (2007)
Frederick Weck: video ix (2011)
Steve Antosca: EXIT (2011)

Ticket Prices: $25.00 for festival pass which inlcudes lunch on Saturday.

Livewire: On Fire - October 27 - 29, 2011

2011-10-28T01:00:00Z

Discover the sound of new classical music at Livewire, a festival assured to stretch your ears and mind with bold compositions from the 21st Century, from striking to experimental to edgy. In dozens of concerts, lecture-recitals and presentations, the musicians of Livewire will explore untrodden paths as they premiere, perform and discuss new works from around the world created during the first decade of the new millennium, a period of both political and economic upheaval. Full details to be announced. Presented by the UMBC Department of Music. Schedule of evening concerts: Thursday, October 27, 8 pm — Concert by RUCKUS, the faculty contemporary ensemble at UMBC (Recital Hall) Friday, October 28, 8 pm — Concert by the Tanosaki/Richards Duo (Recital Hall) Saturday, October 29, 8 pm — Concert by the Verge Ensemble (Recital Hall) Ticket prices to be announced.

UMBC Jazz Ensemble - Sunday, October 23, 2011

2011-10-23T20:00:00Z

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Matthew Belzer. 3pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Faculty Chamber Music featuring Kristin Jurkscheit, horn - Thursday, October 20, 2011

2011-10-21T01:00:00Z

Department of Music presents the Faculty Chamber Ensemble, featuring new faculty member Kristin Jurkscheit on French horn, with clarinetist E. Michael Richards, violinist Airi Yoshioka, violist Maria Lambros and cellist Gita Ladd. Their program will feature Dohnanyi's Sextet and Mozart's Horn Quartet. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available in early fall 2011.]]> Kristin Jurkscheit joins the UMBC faculty with a wealth of orchestral, solo and chamber music experience. Ms. Jurkscheit has been the Third/Associate Principal Horn of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver for 18 years. During that time, she performed as soloist in the Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417 by Mozart, the Concerto No. 3, K. 447 by Mozart and Schumann's Konzertstück for Four Horns, Op 86. Ms Jurkscheit is also the Principal Horn of the Cabrillo Music Festival in Santa Cruz. In August 2011 she performed the world premiere of the Horn Concerto written for her and the Cabrillo Music Festival by Chiayu Hsu. Ms Jurkscheit is a regular substitute with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and performed in a recent BSO recording of Dvorak's Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 and Scherzo Capriccioso). She has also performed with the Washington Symphonic Brass and the National Philharmonic. Ms Jurkscheit performed at the International Horn Symposium in 2007, taught at the Barry Tuckwell Institute in 2006 and has given master classes at various colleges in Colorado. Ms Jurkscheit studied with Julie Landsman, Froydis Ree Wekre, Richard Sebring and Charles Kavaloski. She was twice a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and attended the New England Conservatory of Music. Students who have studied with Ms. Jurkscheit and have recently won international auditions include the Associate Principal Horn of the Amazon Philharmonic (Brazil) and the Second Horn of the Macao Symphony Orchestra (China). Her students have attended the Yale School of Music Graduate School, Tanglewood, Interlochen, the Academy of the West, Round Top Music Festival and the Kendall Betts Horn Camp.

Lisa Cella, flute with Deborah Allen, piano - Thursday, Sept 22, 2011

2011-09-23T01:00:00Z

The Department of Music presents flutist Lisa Cella in concert with pianist Deborah Allen. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available in early fall 2011.]]> Sonata in E major Barber: Canzone Muczynski: Sonata Messiaen: Le Merle Noir Prokofiev: Sonata

UMBC Symphony Orchestra - Sunday, May 1, 2011

2011-05-02T00:30:00Z

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Michael Richards. The program will feature: • Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 57 [D.F.129], featuring soloist Emily Beisel, class of '11 and winner of the UMBC Symphony Concerto Competition • Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 • The world premiere of Eclipse by Linda Dusman (professor of music at UMBC) • Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

UMBC Camerata - Saturday, April 30, 2011

2011-05-01T01:00:00Z

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo. The repertoire for this performance will be selected from the following: Opera Choruses “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi solo “Se vuol ballare” - from The Marriage of Figaro – W. A. Mozart solo “O Image Angel-like and Fair” - from The Magic Flute – W. A. Mozart “Finales to Acts I & II” from The Magic Flute – W. A. Mozart Americana Shenandoah – arr. James Erb solo Zion’s Walls – arr. Aaron Copland Bound for the Promised Land – arr. Mack Wilberg Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – arr. Stuart Churchill Polly Wolly Doodle – arr. Gail Kubik Songs of the Irish Danny Boy – arr. Joseph Flummerfelt The Wild Song (as sung by Anúna) – Michael McGlynn The Rakes of Mallow – arr. T.C. Kelly Contemporary Composers First Kyrie (from Mass in Five Parts) – Francis Pott The Wild Song (as sung by Anúna) – Michael McGlynn The Lamb – Stephen Caracciolo Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.