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Music at Midweek

Music at Midweek: William Berger Concert Moved to Nov. 23

william-berger-headshot-2012-150x150This week’s Music at Midweek performance was to feature baritone William Berger, hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the best of our younger baritones,” on Wednesday, November 16, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Due to problems with Berger’s travel arrangements to the U.S., his performance date has been changed to Wednesday, November 23.

A compelling interpreter of song, Berger is equally at home on the operatic stage and has performed at renowned festivals, opera houses, and concert halls, including the English National Opera, Liceu Barcelona, Opera Vlaanderen, Opera de Toulon, and the Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence and Edinburgh International Festivals.

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

 

Music At Midweek Performance: Arnica String Quartet, Nov. 2

arnica-copyThis week’s Music at Midweek performance will feature the Arnica String Quartet in a free concert on Wednesday, November 2, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to all. The Arnica String Quartet is comprised of UP viola faculty and member of the Oregon Symphony, Charles Noble, violinist and Oregon Symphony member Shin-young Kwon, violinist and Oregon Symphony member Fumino Ando, and acclaimed cello soloist Heather Blackburn.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7220 or pfa@up.edu.

Music At Midweek: Denise Westby and Susan McDaniel

musicdtThe next Music at Midweek performance will feature flutist Denise Westby and pianist Susan McDaniel on Wednesday, October 12, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.

Westby is the principal flute with Sinfonia Concertante Orchestra and 5tet Woodwind Quintet. She is the flute instructor at Linfield College and is the founder of the Flute Alliance, an organization which organizes workshops and educational events with professional flutists in the Portland area.

McDaniel has been a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, and Utah Festival Opera as well 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 Linfield College, the University of Portland, and the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music at Midweek: Dan Balmer Trio, Oct. 5

danbalmer-300x300The next Music at Midweek performance takes place on Wednesday, October 5, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall, featuring the Dan Balmer Trio. The performance is free and open to all.

Dan Balmer is a jazz guitarist and UP faculty member who has long been considered one of the finest guitarists, composers, and educators in the Northwest.  From 2005 to 2009, Balmer toured with two-time Grammy winner Diane Schuur, and is hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “the model of what a contemporary guitarist should be.”

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

Music at Midweek: Stephen Lancaster, Baritone

stephen_lancaster_headshot_2013_green-copyBaritone Stephen Lancaster will perform on Wednesday September 21, in Mago Hunt Recital Hall from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. His performance, part of the Music at Midweek series, is free and open to all.

Lancaster is an associate professor of voice at the University of Notre Dame. He has been featured in venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall, Centro Cultural de Belém, Petit Palau de la Música Catalana, and Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music At Midweek

U of P

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature baritone Allen Saunders of Northern Arizona University and pianist Jeffrey Peterson of Baylor University performing music by American composers on Wednesday, March 16, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.

For more information contact Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, at 7228 or hanign@up.edu.

Music At Midweek: Portland Opera Young Artists

portlandoperafinal copyThis week’s Music at Midweek performance will feature Portland Opera Young Artists on Wednesday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all.

Portland Opera Young Artists features young singers from around the United States at the start of their professional careers singing operatic and music theater standards. All have successfully auditioned to be part of the Portland Opera and will be featured in the company’s summer season.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Music At Midweek, Feb. 24

University of Portland

This week’s Music at Midweek performance features music program faculty member Julia Hwakyu Lee on piano, presenting works of 20th Century composer George Crumb, on Wednesday, February 24, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek performances are free and open to all.

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

Music at Midweek: Tuba & Piano Recital, Feb. 17

zachariahspellmanThe next Music at Midweek performance will feature San Francisco Orchestra tuba player Zachariah Spellman and Karen Hutchinson, San-Francisco-based pianist, as they come together for a most interesting recital of repertoire for piano and tuba on Wednesday, February 17, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to all.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.