2009-2010
Huntington University
Music Department Schedule
Ensemble Concert Series
The 7th Annual Band Invitational
October 6, 7 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Bands from Huntington County Schools, the Taylor University Wind Ensemble and
the Huntington University Wind Ensemble present a gala program of concert
band classics.
Faculty Artist Series
The Phil Schurger Group
October 8, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
A
concert of highly dynamic works in the jazz and modern chamber music style.
Schurger's compositions blend the inventiveness of Impressionist music with
the spontaneity of improvisation and driving rhythms of jazz.
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital I
October 28, 4:00 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal and instrumental
solo or chamber music performances.
Junior Recital
Tana Denning, piano
Brittany Lensing, piano
October 30, 7:30 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Senior Recital
Patrick Harding, guitar
Theodore Stavrou, guitar
November 6, 7:30 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital II
November 11, 4 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal
and instrumental solo or chamber music performances.
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital III
December 2, 4 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal
and instrumental solo or chamber music performances.
Ensemble Concert Series
A Family Christmas
December 4, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Come and enjoy an evening of Christmas Classics for the whole family.
This kid-friendly event will feature a surprise visitor who will lead you in
a sing-a-long that will be fun for everyone!
Tickets: $5 General Admission, $3 Students,
Seniors & HU Faculty/Staff
Ensemble Series
Handel’s Messiah
December 6, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s Church
The Huntington University Concert Choir and Orchestra join forces with the
Community Festival Chorus in the 55th annual Huntington performance of a
timeless masterpiece.
Visiting Artist Series
An Evening of Chamber Music
David Rezits, cello
February 1, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
A member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic will be joining Huntington
University's Dr. Patricia Spedden in some treasured works for cello and
piano. David Rezits,
cellist in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic since 1991, holds degrees from
Indiana University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He
has worked with renowned conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji
Ozawa, Kurt Masur Gunther Schuller, Maurice Abravanel, Maxim Schostakovich
and Robert Shaw. He collaborated with a CD recording with classical
guitarist and composer Suliaman Zai, and has taught and performed
internationally in music festival in the Czech Republic, Peru and Ecuador.
Note: David Ling, violinist and Associate Concertmaster of the Fort
Wayne Philharmonic, was originally scheduled to perform as part of
this event but will not appear.
Junior Recital
Ashlyn Brady, soprano
Anna Willard, soprano
February 26, 7:30 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Faculty Artist Series
Classical Praise with Images
Dr. Patricia Spedden, piano
March 23, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Dr. Patricia Spedden, professor of piano studies and music theory at
Huntington University, will perform her piano arrangements--classical works
blended with hymns and praise songs--against a backdrop of visual images.
Her arrangements have been recorded on two CDs--Classical Praise: Solo Piano
(2003) and
Classical Praise: Solo Piano Encore (2007)--and are marketed
internationally by
Discovery House Music in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital I
March 24, 4 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal and instrumental
solo or chamber music performances.
Annual Longaker Honors Recital
April 9, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Featuring the most talented young musicians of the HU Music Department
chosen in a rigorous audition process performing on piano, wind, string and
percussion instruments or singing. The recital program will feature a wide
variety of solo and chamber music repertoire performed at the highest level
of skill and professionalism.
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital II
April 14, 4 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal and instrumental
solo or chamber music performances.
Ensemble Series
Tenth Annual Concerto Winners Concert
April 22, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Featuring the winners
of the HU Concerto Competition held in November, the concert will showcase
extremely talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the university as
well as one extraordinarily gifted high school musician.
Tickets: $5 General Admission, $3 Students,
Seniors & HU Faculty/Staff
Afternoon Concert Series
All-Area Music Student Recital III
April 28, 4 p.m.
Longaker Recital Hall
Featuring a variety of music majors and minors in vocal and instrumental
solo or chamber music performances.
Ensemble Series
Resting in the Peace of His Hands
April 30, 7:30 p.m.
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
The theme will
be music inspired by faith and in search of peace. The concert will be a
combined program with the Manchester College Symphonic Band.
Tickets: $5 General Admission, $3 Students,
Seniors & HU Faculty/Staff
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