Midday Artist Series Fall 2011

MIDDAY ARTIST SERIES

                      Shea Center for the Performing Arts

                                                                                            Thursdays at 12:30 P.M.

                                                               FALL  2011

September                   15        UPTOWN FLUTES

                                                 UpTown Flutes presents original works and arrangements composed for the entire family of flutes: piccolo, C flute, alto and bass flutes. UpTown Flutes actively commissions and is dedicated to bringing new music to a wider audience. The group's innovative programming features varying ensemble sizes, genres, and styles. "UpTown Flutes...loved it. Good music and good playing from this excellent group."  -Sir James Galway "UpTown Flutes...is one of the best groups I've heard all year...UpTown Flutes deserves major attention as they are top-notch and one of a kind." -Anthony Aibel, NY Concert Review

                                     22        NILS NEUBERT, tenor ● YURI KIM, pianist

William Paterson University voice faculty member Nils Neubert in concert together with his wife, pianist Yuri Kim present works by Beethoven, Grieg, Duparc and Tosti. Tenor Nils Neubert was born and raised in Germany and trained in the United States. He performs frequently in opera, oratorio and recital, both in the United States and abroad. Yuri Kim serves on the piano faculties of the Mannes College of Music and the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College. The couple performs and teaches regularly in the United States and in Europe.

                            29        PAYTON MACDONALD, percussion

Payton MacDonald will perform a recital of contemporary music for marimba, including world premiers of works by WPU faculty Jeffrey Kresky and Pete Jarvis. He will also play pieces he has commissioned from Stuart Saunders Smith and Elliott Sharp.  MacDonald is a founding member of acclaimed Alarm Will Sound, and also tours and records as a soloist. As a composer he is currently working on commissions from JACK Quartet and the University of Iowa Dance Program.

October                        6        JAZZ CONCERT

                                      13        MADISON STRING QUARTET with pianist ITAY GOREN

The Madison String Quartet, praised for its energetic performances and inventive programming, is bringing a new side of classical music to the New York metropolitan area. Drawing on the international experience of its members (violinists Evelyn Ostava and Gabriela Rengel are products of “El Sistema” of Venezuela) the Quartet “has carved a niche out for themselves by exploring Hispanic literature from both sides of the Atlantic” —Paul Somers, Classical New Jersey.  Venezuelan-born composer Reynaldo Hahn’s Quintet and the Brahms Quintet in F Minor are featured on today’s program.

    WPU MUSIC DEPARTMENT 50^TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SERIES

William Paterson University began offering music courses in 1961 (then called Paterson State Teachers College). Alumni spanning the last 50 years of the music department's history will appear in three concerts performing diverse solo and chamber music works.

October                      20        WPU MUSIC DEPARTMENT 50^TH ANNIVERSARY JAZZ CONCERT

                                     27        WPU MUSIC DEPARTMENT 50^TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSICAL CONCERT

November                    3        WPU MUSIC DEPARTMENT 50^TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSICAL CONCERT