The first Music at Midweek performance for the spring semester will be Tim Connell on mandolin and Eric Skye on guitar on Wednesday, January 18, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Tim and Eric will perform traditional fiddle tunes from the recent CD “June Apple.” Tim Connell has been called “A world-class Mandolinist” by Mandolin Magazine. He is one of North America’s top interpreters of Brazilian Choro music, and performs and teaches all over the country. In this concert he joins with guitarist Eric Skye to perform Bluegrass repertoire. The performance is free and open to all.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu. To see Tim and Eric performing together go to this link.
Please join performing and fine arts students and faculty for the Lyric Theater Workshop final exam, arguably the only final exam compelling enough to observers to warrant an audience. Students will perform solos from music theater and opera beginning at 4:10 p.m. on Monday, December 12. The performance will most likely last an hour. For more information contact Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, at x7228 or 
This week’s Music at Midweek performance features baritone William Berger, hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the best of our younger baritones,” on Wednesday, November 23, 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 was changed from last week.
Free tickets are now available for the Advent Concert, a performance by the University Singers and Women’s Chorale at Saint Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 3, at 8 p.m. Choral music for the Advent and Christmas seasons will be interspersed with readings and carols. The featured work is Misa Criolla, by Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez. This mid-20th century work incorporates authentic Latin American folk styles into sacred music. The music will be directed by Michael Connolly, Kathryn Briggs, and student conductors Molly Kerns and Jasmine Tsai. Tickets are free but required for admission to this popular holiday concert. Get tickets now at the performing and fine arts office in Buckley Center or by x7228.
The performing and fine arts department will present Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill from Wednesday, November 16 to Sunday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) in Mago Hunt Center Theater.
This 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.
Lyric Theater Workshop presents “Religion & Politics: A Night of Opera and Music Theater” on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to all. The event includes staged scenes from Book of Mormon, Nixon in China, Assassins, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, and more. For ADA accommodations or more information, contact the PFA office at x7228. This event is co-sponsored by performing and fine arts and the Garaventa Center.
This 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.
The 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.
The 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.