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April/May 2008 Performances |
Events are free admission unless otherwise stated. ($) = fee charged. |
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April/May 2008 Performances |
Events are free admission unless otherwise stated. ($) = fee charged. |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Performance |
Location |
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| Wednesday | 4/2 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital: This special showcase concert features accomplished music majors from a variety of levels and disciplines. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Friday | 4/4 | 8:00pm | WCU Wind Ensemble: John West, music director. Part of WCU Honor Band Weekend. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Saturday | 4/5 | 1:00pm | WCU Symphony Band: John West, music director. Part of WCU Honor Band Weekend. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Saturday | 4/5 | 7:00pm | WCU Honor Band Final Concert: featuring top musicians from over 50 high schools in honor bands conducted by Sue Samuels of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Scott Stewart of Emory University. Part of WCU Honor Band Weekend. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Sunday | 4/6 | 4:00pm | Western Carolina Civic Orchestra: William Henigbaum, music director. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/8 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: WCU Percussion Ensemble - Mario Gaetano, music director. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 4/10 | 7:30pm | WCU Jazz Festival: Catamount Chamber Singers and Electric Soul - Bruce Frazier, music director | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Friday | 4/11 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Friday | 4/11 | 7:30pm | WCU Jazz Festival: Ed Neumeister, trombonist for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, joins the WCU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos - Pavel Wlosok, music director. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Saturday | 4/12 | 7:30pm | Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Series and WCU Jazz Festival: The One O'clock Lab Band ($) - The University of North Texas's renowned jazz band. For tickets, go to this link. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Monday | 4/14 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/15 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: "Composers as Teachers." Features faculty and student performers in instrumental and vocal music by Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Lee Hoiby. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/16 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/16 | 8:00pm | SAI Musicale: Sisters of Sigma Apha Iota Music Fraternity present a concert of choral, instrumental, and solo music. Musicals styles include classical, contemporary, spirituals, and broadway. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 4/17 | 8:00pm | Low Tech Ensemble - Music for Gamelan. Features traditional music and two modern pieces by Will Peebles and Jody Diamond. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Friday | 4/18 | 7:30pm | Galaxy of Stars Series: Vocalist and pianist Jim Witter: "The Long and Winding Road: A Beatles Tribute" ($). A multimedia stage event exploring the sometimes uplifting, sometimes tumultuous relationship of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Follow this link to purchase tickets. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Friday | 4/18 | 8:00pm | WCU Choral Ensembles: Concert Choir and University Chorus - Robert Holquist, music director; and Catamount Chamber singers - Bruce Frazier, music director. Part of the WCU Choral Clinic. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Saturday | 4/19 | 4:00pm | WCU Choral Clinic Concert: Features performances by a guest choir from Fred T. Foard High School and other visiting high school singers. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Monday | 4/21 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Monday | 4/21 | 8:00pm | Faculty Recital: Ian Jeffress, saxophone, and Andrew Adams, piano. Music by Paul Creston, Robert Muczynski, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mark-Anthony Turnage, John Anthony Lennon, and Charles Koechlin. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/22 | 7:30pm | Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Series: Rossini's The Barber of Seville presented by the Asheville Lyric Opera ($). Follow this link for more information. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Wednesday | 4/23 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/23 | 6:00pm | WCU Jazz Guitar Ensemble: Stephen Wohlrab, music director. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/23 | 8:00pm | WCU Woodwind Ensembles Concert: music for woodwind quintet, clarinet choir, and saxophone quartet. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 4/24 | 11:00am | Timpani Clinic with Everett Beale. The WCU Percussion Studio and the College of Fine and Performing Arts Deans Colloquy present Everett Beale, principal timpanist with the Boston Pops Orchestra for 43 years, in a masterclass. | Band Room (173), Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 4/24 | 8:00pm | WCU Jazz Combo: Pavel Wlosok, music director. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Friday | 4/25 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Friday | 4/25 | 8:00pm | Graduate Student Recital: Tiffany Lamb, flute. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Monday | 4/28 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Monday | 4/28 | 8:00pm | WCU Student Brass Ensembles | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/29 | 6:00pm | Commercial and Electronic Music Program Student Composers Concert. The program will feature original compositions by Patrick Thomas, Phillip Ferguson and Matt Williams. It includes a light show with music designed by Patrick Thomas, and Phillip Ferguson will lead a demonstration of the Theremin. The audience will be invited to play the instrument at the conclusion of the program. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/29 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. Bradley Ulrich and David Ginn, trumpets; Travis Bennett, horn; Daniel Cherry, trombone; and Michael Schallock, tuba. Music by Ingolf Dahl, Kerry Turner, John Stevens, Morley Calvart, and an arrangement of “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Jack Gale. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/30 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 5/1 | 8:00pm | WCU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band - John West, music director. Features student conductors and student soloists selected by audition. The conductors are Adam Capps, Dustin King, and Brandon Meeks. The soloists are Katie Ebert, clarinet; Tiffany Lamb, flute; and Corey Parker, euphonium. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Friday | 5/2 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Sunday | 5/4 | 2:30pm | Off-Campus Performance: Western Carolina Community Chorus - James Dooley, music director. The program is the folk ballad, "Half Moon Mountain," performed by the chorus with piano, woodwind quintet, and percussion ensemble. Vocal soloists are Yona Wade of Cherokee and Ralph Wright-Murphy of Bryson City. |
Swain County Center for the Arts, Bryson City |
| Sunday | 5/4 | 5:00pm | Western Carolina Community Chorus - James Dooley, music director. The program is the folk ballad, "Half Moon Mountain," performed by the chorus with piano, woodwind quintet, and percussion ensemble. Vocal soloists are Yona Wade of Cherokee and Ralph Wright-Murphy of Bryson City. |
Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
Updated on April 28, 2008. Please check back often for more concert information, additions, and changes. |
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