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August/September 2007 Performances
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Events are free admission unless otherwise stated. ($) = fee charged. |
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August/September 2007 Performances
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Events are free admission unless otherwise stated. ($) = fee charged. |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Performance |
Location |
| Saturday | 9/8 | 7:30pm | Galaxy of Stars Series: Linda Lavin: Songs and Confessions of a One-Time Waitress ($). See this link for more information. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Tuesday | 9/11 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: Faculty Showcase Concert: WCU music faculty in a program featuring a variety of music. Features faculty on woodwind, percussion, piano, and jazz guitar. Includes new faculty saxophonist Ian Jeffress in a piece by new faculty composer Timothy Rolls. |
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| Sunday | 9/16 | 2:00pm | Off Campus Event: "Sunday in the Park" with the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. As part of World Alzheimer's Day, our faculty brass quintet performs an outdoor concert. Pack a picnic and bring blankets and chairs. Donations to the Alzheimer's Association will be accepted, and every dollar raised before September 21 will be matched by Harrah's foundation. |
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| Tuesday | 9/18 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: Jazz Concert by Music Faculty Pavel Wlosok, piano; Steve Wohlrab, guitar; and Eliot Wadopian, bass. See this link for program. |
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| Thursday | 9/20 | 8:00pm | University Chorus and Early Music Ensemble - Robert Holquist, director: "An Evening of Choral and Vocal Music." Features solos by faculty vocalists Mary Kay Bauer, soprano, and William Martin, tenor. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 9/25 | Various Times | Clinics by Jerry Tachoir, jazz vibraphone. 12:35 - improvisation session with jazz ensembles, bandroom (Coulter 173); 12:35 pm - improvisation clinic, bandroom; 2:05 pm - jazz appreciation class (Coulter 351); 3:30 pm - coach jazz combos (Coulter 477); 4:30 pm - vibe clinic in Recital Hall. |
Various Rooms, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 9/25 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: Chamber Winds Concert - John West conducts faculty and student musicians in chamber music for winds: Franz Krommer's Octet, Opus 57, Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata pian'e forte, and Adam Gorb's French Dances Revisited. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 9/27 | 7:30pm | "From Africa to Appalachia: Celebrating the History of the Banjo" ($) Sponsored by NCCAT and WCU, this program traces the travels the of the banjo from Africa to the New World. It features a variety of local artists in a tribute to Mary Jane Queen, who passed away this summer at the age of 93. Mrs. Queen was a resident of Cullowhee and a 2007 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship for her lifelong work to preserve Appalachian folksongs. $5 general admission, and free admission for WCU students, faculty, and staff. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Friday | 9/28 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
Updated on September 22, 2007. Please check back often for more concert information, additions, and changes.
