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San Jose State University San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks SJSU ScholarWorks Upbeat (School of Music and Dance) College of Humanities and the Arts Fall 9-1-2014 Stay in Time, Sept. 2014 Stay in Time, Sept. 2014 San Jose State University, School of Music and Dance Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_news Part of the Dance Commons, and the Music Commons Recommended Citation Recommended Citation San Jose State University, School of Music and Dance, "Stay in Time, Sept. 2014" (2014). Upbeat (School of Music and Dance). 2. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_news/2 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Humanities and the Arts at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Upbeat (School of Music and Dance) by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected].
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San Jose State University San Jose State University
SJSU ScholarWorks SJSU ScholarWorks
Upbeat (School of Music and Dance) College of Humanities and the Arts
Fall 9-1-2014
Stay in Time, Sept. 2014 Stay in Time, Sept. 2014
San Jose State University, School of Music and Dance
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_news
Part of the Dance Commons, and the Music Commons
Recommended Citation Recommended Citation San Jose State University, School of Music and Dance, "Stay in Time, Sept. 2014" (2014). Upbeat (School of Music and Dance). 2. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_news/2
This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Humanities and the Arts at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Upbeat (School of Music and Dance) by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected].
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September 2014 issueWelcome back!
The students, faculty and staff of the School of Music andDance (SMD) are excited to be back at SJSU and areworking hard to prepare a fabulous bouquet ofperformances for you this fall. Highlights for the month ofOctober include the Jazz Orchestra (Oct. 7), Latin JazzEnsemble (Oct. 8), Wind Ensemble (Oct. 9), UniversityDance Theater (Nov. 1), and much more! Check out ourperformance calendars for Music and Dance.
Congratulations to Aaron Lington,whose recent album BicoastalCollective: Chapter Three won JazzRecord of the Year in the 2014 EastCoast Music Association (ECMA)awards. Professor Janet Averettinterviewed Dr. Lington during aListening Hour program, where hedescribed the process of winning a
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own "Fabulous Flutes"perform Tuesday,September 30 during theListening Hour.
Alumni SpotlightPasquale Esposito, a voicealumnus, is participating inEnrico Caruso: His Life, HisMusic, His City, a successfulKickstarter documentaryhonoring renowned Italiantenor Enrico Caruso. TheKickstarter project raised over$50,000 toward filming theconcert portion of the project,which will feature PasqualeEsposito performing. PBS hasexpressed interest in airing thedocumentary during theirwinter 2014 PledgeProgramming. Learn more.
Ensemble SpotlightThe San José State OperaTheater has an exciting yearplanned, including a fully-staged opera production of
Grammy. Now all our students can prepare to enter and winsomeday, too!
Dr. Brian Belet's 2011composition SummerPhantoms: Nocturne wasperformed at the OnassisCultural Center in Athens,Greece during the 2014International Computer MusicConference, September 2014.Now, Dr. Belet is on sabbaticalleave for the fall semestercomposing a new work forsymphony orchestra.
The SJSU Choraliers and Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr.Jeffrey Benson, will make their Carnegie Hall debut on April 27,2015. The Choraliers will sing a short progran of American musicfeaturing Professor Layna Chianakas, mezzo soprano. The ConcertChoir will then perform Gabriel Faure's Requiem with a professionalorchestra and soloists from New York under Dr. Benson's baton.The singers travel to New York for the entire weekend ofrehearsals, culminating in a performance in Carnegie Hall. Comejoin us!
Owing to the generosity of Mr.Johanthan Clark of MountainView, we are now the proudowners of an exquisite historickeyboard. The rosewood,Queen Anne-style keyboardwas constructed in 1875 by
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Orpheus in the Underworld byJacques Offenbach, scheduledfor spring 2015. On December12 at 7:30pm in the MusicConcert Hall, the OperaTheater will present Romeoand Juliet Go to Hell, featuringmusic Gounod, Bernstein, andother favorites. Save the datesfor this lively production!
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Broadwood and Sons ofLondon, England and joins the
keyboard area's collection of historic pianos in the University'sBeethoven Center. Look in this space for an inaugural concertcoming soon!
Dr. Gwendolyn Mok is thefeatured soloist with theDiablo Symphony on October5 at the Dean Lesher Centerin Walnut Creek. She also willperform with the PrazakQuartet from the CzechRepublic on the San JoséChamber Society seriesSunday, November 15 at thePetit Trianon in San José.
Earlier this month, the SJSU saxophone studio was visited by Dr.Idit Shner and John Sampen (pictured), saxophone professors fromUniversity of Oregon and Bowling Green State University,respectively, for a week of saxophone performances and masterclasses. Dr. Shner performed a recital with Los Angeles-basedharpist Linda-Rose Hembreiker for saxophone and harp. Dr. Shneralso worked with several students in the SJSU Saxophone Studio inan informative master class. John Sampen is a well known artist in contemporary repertoire. Hehas commissioned over 80 new works, including compositions byMilton Babbitt, John Cage, Frederick Rzewski, and many others.SJSU professor of composition Dr. Pablo Furman sponsored Mr.Sampen's visit with a multimedia performance that featuredprojected visuals, interactive electronics, and historical recordingsof the composers' voices. Entitled "In Two Worlds," the piecefeatured the music of John Cage, Morton Subotnick, MarilynShrude, Mark Bunce, and Toru Takemitsu. In addition, Mr. Sampenpresented a masterclass for composition and saxophone students,
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discussing his work with composers, some of the technologyinvolved in their performances, and how the concert was conceived.
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