Performance Listing (March 2013)

Benjamin Lawson presents a junior saxophone recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The New River Valley Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of James Glazebrook, performs an evening recital in Burruss Auditorium. NRVSO tickets are $10 General, $8 Senior, and $5 Student. Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Ashlee Albertson and Bryson Baumgartel present a shared junior piano recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

Virginia Tech students perform a recital as part of the twenty-first annual Symphonic Wind Ensemble student soloist competition. The winner, as determined by a panel of external judges, will perform with the Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble during the 2013–2014 season.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

The University Jazz Bands, under the direction of Dr. Jason Crafton, perform an evening concert.  Student Ensemble Concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Orchestra, Glenn D. Price, conductor, performs on tour to the 2013 College Band Directors National Association in Greensboro, N.C. The CCM Wind Orchestra is generally regarded as one of America's finest wind bands, whose members represent the top wind and percussion players in the conservatory. The concert opens with a few selections by the Virginia Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Travis J. Cross, conductor. Student Ensemble Concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

The Minor 4th Trombone Quartet presents a guest artist recital entitled Bach to Boyz 2 Men.  The Quartet performs works by Bach, Bourgeois, Koetsier, Boyz 2 Men, and Yunes.

The Minor 4^th Trombone Quartet is a chamber ensemble praised for its high level of musicianship and technical ability. The M4TQ formed in 2005 while attending graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin. The ensemble reunited in 2009 to begin touring and promoting the trombone and chamber music.

The Minor 4^th Trombone Quartet maintains an active performance schedule. They have recently performed at several universities in the state of Texas, the 2011 Big 12 Trombone Conference and 2012 Texas Music Educators Association's Convention. The ensemble has also been invited to perform at the Eastern Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival and Brazilian Trombone Festival. Devoted to education, the M4TQ’s members have given clinics at the Texas Bandmasters Association’s Convention and have selected the All-State band etudes on numerous occasions. The ensemble also continues to engage in the public schools through their outreach programs.

The artists who make up the quartet have busy careers in music and are in demand as performers and educators. Oscar Diaz is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at Texas A & M University – Kingsville. He holds positions with the Victoria, Corpus Christi and Laredo orchestras. Javier Stuppard is an assistant professor at Huston-Tillotson University and maintains an active performance schedule with Fresh 2 Def Horns. Stuppard performs regularly with the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Martin McCain is the Assistant Professor of Trombone and Jazz Studies at Texas State University and maintains a very active solo career. He performs regularly in orchestra and commercial/jazz venues. Rai Morales is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at West Texas A & M University and serves as Principal Trombone for the Amarillo Symphony and Opera.

The Minor 4th Trombone Quartet is proud to perform on Michael Rath Trombones. Faculty/Guest Artist Recitals are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student.  Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

Laura Schneider presents a senior clarinet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Dakota Corbliss, horn, performs a senior recital at Blacksburg United Methodist Church at 12pm.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Anne Friend, flute, and Daniel Luhring, percussion, perform an afternoon shared junior recital. Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Rebecca Johnson presents a senior clarinet recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.  
 

Andrew Wilson, trombone, presents an afternoon senior recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Aaron Cook performs a senior percussion recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public. 

Co-presented with the Center For the Arts at Virginia Tech, UCM VI features renowned pianist, Jeremy Denk. The program will feature: Tres Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 161, Fantasy and Fugue on the name BACH, S. 529,  Aprés une lecture de Dante, fantasia quasi Sonata and Isolden's Liebes-tod, S. 447 by Franz Liszt and Six Pieces, Op. 118 and Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 by Johannes Brahms.  (Program is subject to change.) Tickets are $30 General | $24 Faculty/Staff or Seniors | $10 Students and youth under 18 yrs. old.  Tickets for the concert at the Lyric Theatre may be purchased at the Lyric Theatre online or by stopping by Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., or by calling 540.951.4771. 

The New York Times describes Denk’s playing as “bracing, effortlessly virtuosic, and utterly joyous,” and reviewers frequently comment on the freshness and originality of his musical interpretations (as well as in his blog). “Mr. Denk is the ideal interpreter for music that defies easy classification,” wrote the Richmond Times; the New York Sun called his “Waldstein” Sonata “a radical take on a revolutionary work”; and the Washington Post referred to his “brilliant playing at the edge of Schumann’s sanity.”  Check out Jeremy Denk's blog at http://jeremydenk.net/blog/

Pianist Jeremy Denk presents a guest artist lecture demonstration for the students in the History and Analysis of Musical Styles sophomore class for music majors in the Department of Music at Virginia Tech.  This class is open to the public on a first come, first serve basis.  

Music Majors perform during a weekly afternoon recital.  These recitals are free and open to the public.

The Rosewood Marimba Quartet performs an evening recital.  Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Students of Alan Weinstein in the Virginia Tech Cello Studio present an evening chamber music recital.   Student recitals are free and open to the public.