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Music at Midweek

Music at Midweek: Voice Technique Master Class, March 27

The next Music at Midweek will feature a master class lecture on “Contemporary and Commercial Voice Technique” by Matthew Edwards on Wednesday, March 27, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Edwards is one of the leading voice teachers for commercial and musical theatre styles in the United States. He serves as associate professor and coordinator of musical theatre voice at Shenandoah University, artistic director of the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute, and much more.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Dan Balmer & Friends, March 20

The next Music at Midweek will feature a jazz combo, Dan Balmer and Friends, on Wednesday, March 20, 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Balmer is a renowned guitarist who has worked with the Tom Grant Band in the 1990s, on world tours with two-time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur, and in countless contemporary jam-bands. His playing spans nearly one hundred CDs including twelve as a leader from which his original works have appeared internationally in television, film and radio. He is the director of jazz combos at Lewis And Clark College while also serving on music faculty at virtually every other college in the greater Portland area. See Balmer in action at this link.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

 

Music at Midweek, March 13: XX Digitus Duo

This week’s Music at Midweek event will feature the piano duo, XX Digitus Duo, on Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and all are welcome.

Made up of Maria Garcia and Momoko Muramatsu, XX Digitus Duo is based in Portland and has gained wide acclaim for enthralling performances of four-handed piano pieces (hence “20 Fingers” Duo). Find out more about XX Digitus Duo at this link.

Music at Midweek, Feb. 27: Glazier & Ugorich

This week’s Music at Midweek featured Jackie Glazier on clarinet and Ivan Ugorich on piano on Wednesday, February 27, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Glazier is an active soloist, chamber musician, orchestral clarinetist, pedagogue, and advocate of new music. She was appointed assistant professor of clarinet at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music in 2016. Ugorich has performed with full-time orchestras including the Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra and Orlando Philharmonic. Additionally, he served for two seasons as principal violist of Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Georgia. He also teaches at the Fred Fox School of Music.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

 

 

Music at Midweek: Composer Evan Mack, Feb. 20

The next Music at Midweek will feature composer Evan Mack lecturing about his compositional process on Wednesday, February 20, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Mack is an American composer, librettist, and pianist. He is highly esteemed as a gifted composer by music industry members and colleagues, and composed the music and libretto for his opera, Angel of the Amazon, which will be presented on campus on Saturday, February 23, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The opera presents the story of Sr. Dorothy Stang and her 2005 martyrdom as she worked to help the poor in the Brazilian rainforest.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek, Nov. 14: Student Performers

The next Music at Midweek performance will take place on Wednesday, November 14, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Student performers will include Tori Davis, soprano; Natalie Goodpaster, soprano; John Robert Schuster, French horn; Caleb Eades, clarinet; Lauren Guerin, violin; and Gillian Davidson, saxophone.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Student Performers

The next Music at Midweek performance will take place on Wednesday, November 7, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Student performers will include Thomas Curran, baritone; Olivia Carbajal, soprano; Sona Uradnik, soprano; McKennah Thornton, soprano; Mike Cleary, double bass; and Natalie Werner, mezzo-soprano. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.