UW-River Falls Music Department
Concerts and Events Calendar
Notice: All concerts, unless otherwise noted, are performed in the William Abbott Concert Hall located in E.H. Kleinpell Fine Arts.
Concerts may change without notice. Website will be updated as information is received.
For further information contact the Music Department by phone at (715) 425-3183 or by email at music@uwrf.edu
Spring Events (may change)
April, 2008
Tuesday, April 1
*8:00 p.m. ~ Golden Dragon Acrobats
Thursday, April 3
3:00 p.m. ~ NASM Recital
7:30p.m. ~ Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Saturday, April 5
3:00 p.m.~ Maite Oyarbide-Sanchez Senior Recital, flute
Sunday, April 6
3:00 p.m. ~ Senior Recital Jenna Portner, saxophone
7:30 p.m. ~ Junior Recital Kevin Priebe, piano
Thursday, April 10
7:30 p.m. ~ Annual Commissioned Composer Concertfeaturing Marc Mellits.
Marc Mellits was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966. He was already composing music for the piano before he started formal piano lessons at the age of 6. He went on to study at the Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Music, Cornell University, and Tanglewood. His composition teachers have included Samuel Adler, Martin Bresnick, Dominic Frasca, Bernard Rands, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Roberto Sierra, and Steven Stucky, yet one hears other influences in Mellits' music. He is a miniaturist, composing works that are comprised of short, contrasting movements. His music is eclectic, all-encompassing, open to reflecting whatever enters his life and mind during the period of creation. He writes music that is accessible and that communicates directly with the listener. In addition to his activities as a composer, Marc Mellits directs and plays keyboards in his own unique ensemble, the Mellits Consort. Marc Mellits lives in upstate New York with his wife and two daughters, and spends significant time in Romania.
Saturday, April 12
3:00 p.m. ~ Heidi Williams Senior Recital
Sunday, April 13
3:00 p.m. ~ Honors Recital
Wednesday, April 16
7:30 p.m. ~ Low Brass Studio Recital Rick Gaynor, Director
Thursday, April 17
7:30 p.m. ~ The RADD Jazz Series Presents
THIS IS NEW: Cutting edge, contemporary jazz compositions for Jazz Ensemble Featuring the UW-River Falls Jazz Ensemble, Directed by David Milne with Guest Artist and Jazz Trumpeter Kelly Rossum
Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students with ID $2
Saturday, April 19
3:00 p.m. Felice Piantek Senior Recital
Sunday, April 20
7:30 p.m. ~ Scott Perau Senior Recital
Monday, April 21
7:30 p.m. ~ Orchestra Concert
CONCERTI CELEBRATION!! featuring Tony Capparelli, piano, Angela Lamb, violin, Tom Barnett, trumpet, Manny Laureano, trumpet
Fee: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students with ID $2
Tuesday, April 22
7:30 p.m. ~ New Music Concert Patti Cudd, director
Thursday, April 24
7:30 p.m. ~ Percussion Ensemble Concert Patti Cudd, director
Sunday, April 27
3:00 p.m. ~ Spring Choral Concert featuring UW-River Falls Concert Choir and Chamber Singers directed by Dr. Jong Won Park, Women's Chorus directed by Dr. Sarah Parks, Men's Chorus directed by Zebulon Highben.
Fee: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students with ID $2
7:30 p.m. ~ Brian Nehring Senior Recital
Monday, April 28
7:30 p.m. Symphony Band Concert,"Global perspectives", Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj, director
Tuesday, April 29
7:30 p.m. ~ Changmean Kim Senior Recital
Wednesday, April 30
7:30 p.m. ~ Brass Choir Concert, Rick Gaynor, Director
May, 2008
Thursday, May 1
3:00 p.m. ~ Convocation
7:30 p.m. ~
The RADD Jazz Series Presents
FACULTY JAZZ GROUP, Directed by David Milne
Adults $5, Seniors $3, Students with ID $2
Sunday, May 4
3:00 p.m. ~ Woodwind Ensemble and Guitar Ensemble Concert
Clarinet Ensemble, Flute Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, and Guitar Ensembles
Pat O'Keefe, Polly Meyerding, David Milne, and Joe Hagedorn, Directors
7:30 p.m. ~ Chris Wiberg, Senior Recital (tentative)
Monday, May 5
6:30 p.m. ~ FUTURE SUPERSTARS! St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra and Hudson Strings
Location: Hudson Prairie Elementary School 1400 Carmichael Rd Hudson, WI 54016
7:30 p.m. ~ Concert/Pep Band Concert Craig Hara, Director
Tuesday, May 6
7:30 p.m. ~ Improvisation class concert Patrick O'Keefe, director
Wednesday, May 7
7:30 p.m. ~ UWRF Barbershop Chorus presents "Listen to the Music" with guest a cappella quartets This n That, Engage, and the UWRF Trombone Quartet freewill donations accepted
Thursday, May 8
3:00 p.m. ~ Convocation
Saturday, May 10
3:00 p.m. ~ Yoon-na Hwang, soprano guest recital
Sunday, May 11
3:00 p.m. Piano Ensemble Concert ~ Dr. Carolyn Britton and Dr. Roger McVey, professors
Sunday, May 18th
3:00 p.m. ~ Katherine Eberle, mezzo soprano guest recital
*Wyman Series Concert
Call (715) 425-4444 for ticket information
UWRF Music Department Concerts are free unless otherwise noted and the public is invited to attend.
Music Department Office Phone: (715) 425-3183
