The next Music at Midweek will take place on Wednesday, January 23, with orchestral faculty candidate Rufus Jones delivering a lecture on music history. His talk begins at 12:30 p.m. in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek
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.
Music at Midweek: Andreas Klein, Oct. 3
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature world renowned pianist Andreas Klein on Wednesday, October 3, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. His performance is free and open to all.
Klein studied at the Julliard School and has toured Europe, the Middle East, and the USA, appearing on major concert series in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Cleveland, Houston, and Seattle, to name a few. He is widely admired as a pianist of rare sensitivity and musicality. The Washington Post has praised his “articulate and flowing pianism” while the New York Times called him “a pianist who makes silences sound like music.”
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek: Rebecca Hays, Susan McDaniel
This week’s Music at Midweek performance features Rebecca Hays, soprano, accompanied by Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, on piano on Wednesday, September 26, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.
Hays is an award-winning opera singer who has received the prestigious Gerda Lissner Foundation Award twice. She has performed around the world in Europe and venues across the United States. She is a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University, and her repertoire includes “Carmen,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “The Magic Flute,” “La Bohème,” and many others.
Susan McDaniel has appeared widely as a soloist and chamber musician, including recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. She has been the resident pianist on All Classical’s Thursdays@Three live radio broadcast, a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera, and has worked as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera (Seattle), and Puget Sound Concert Opera. She teaches and accompanies at the University of Portland and Linfield College.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek Performances for Fall 2018
Music at Midweek performances have been scheduled for the Fall 2018 semester, and will feature the following artists:
- Sept. 19 – Con Grazia Winds
- Sept. 26 – Rebecca Hays, soprano and Susan McDaniel, piano
- Oct. 3 – Andreas Klein, piano
- Oct. 10 – Student Performers
- Oct. 24 – Trevor New, viola
- Oct. 31 – Donnie Norton, saxophone
- Nov. 7 – Student Performers
- Nov. 14 – Student Performers
- Nov. 28 – Student Performers
- Dec. 5 – Chamber Music Recital – Student Performers
Performances take place on Wednesdays starting at 12:30 p.m. in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall and are free and open to all.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek for Sept. 5: Portlandia Brass Ensemble
The first Music at Midweek performance of the 2018-2019 school year will take place on Wednesday, September 5, from 12:30 to 1:30, in Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Musical guests will be Portlandia Brass Ensemble, whose members first met while playing in area ensembles including Salem Symphony, Vancouver USA Singers, Oregon Mahler Festival, and Rose City Trombones. Find out more at this link.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek: Student Performers, March 28
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature music students on Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. It is free and open to all. Student performers will be Kay Smith, clarinet; Luke McCartney, guitar; and Natalie Werner, mezzo-soprano.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek, Student Performers: March 21
The next Music at Midweek will feature student musical performances on Wednesday, March 21, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The event is free and all are welcome. Performers will include Thomas Curran, baritone; Mike Cleary, bass; David Rodgers, bassoon; Alissa Henderson, soprano; and Nicolai Bajanov, piano.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek: “Angels of the Amazon,” Feb. 28
The next Music at Midweek features the opera “Angel of the Amazon,” written by Evan Mack, the story of Sr. Dorothy Stang, a nun from Ohio who worked with the poor for 40 years. On February 12, 2005, at the age of 73, she was murdered-by-hire for her works as she recited the beatitudes in prayer. This performance is sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Music at Midweek takes place on Wednesday, February 28, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall, and is free and open to all. (Image courtesy Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.)
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.