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Flute and percussion duo Due East to perform at BGSU

composition, events, MACCM

Due East, a flute and percussion duo, will perform two concerts of new works on Tuesday, November 29 at the Clazel Theatre (127 N Main St., downtown Bowling Green; suggested donation $2-5) and Wednesday, November 30 (Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center; free and open to the public). Both concerts, part of the Music at the Forefront concert series sponsored by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, begin at 8 p.m. Their programs include compositions by Michel Galante, Jeff Herriott, Bernhard Lang, David Lang, Alexandre Lunsqui, Alejandro Vinao, Chester Udell and others, including multimedia works with video by John Supko and Greg Beyer. Many of the works performed will feature the berimbau, a stringed Brazilian percussion instrument rarely found in contemporary classical music.
Due East (Erin Lesser, flutes and Greg Beyer, percussion) actively promotes new music and seeks to expand the flute and percussion duo genre through frequent commissions and premieres. The duo has performed in China, Brazil, Europe, Canada and the USA at venues such as the Beijing Modern Music Festival, the Warsaw Crossdrumming Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts and the SEAMUS conference. Due East has given multiple performances at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention and has won first prize in the 2008 National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition. Their first recording, Simultaneous Worlds, is available on Albany Records and, in November 2011, New Amsterdam Records will release drawn only once, a multi-media CD/DVD.
Due East has performed Alex Mincek’s Double Concerto with The Knights (Bargemusic, New York City), as well as with the Northern Illinois University New Music Ensemble. The duo has on multiple occasions been ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music School and Festival. For more information, please visit www.dueeast.net.
Music at the Forefront is an annual concert series featuring performances by accomplished and innovative performers of contemporary music. For more information contact the center at 419-372-2685 or email kdoles@bgsu.edu.

Nicole Biggs performs in Israel

events, faculty news, keyboard

Nicole Biggs, assistant professor of class piano, performed in Israel Oct. 21- Oct. 31.  Her performances included two solo piano recitals and a collaborative recital with string players from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Works by by Philip Glass, Howard Ferguson, and Franz Liszt were featured in the solo recitals. The collaborative recital featured the Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor and the Mendelssohn Piano Quartet in B Minor, and was performed with Saida Bar Lev, Zvi Carmel, and Hillel Zori. Nicole performed at the Tiberias Conservatory (in Tiberias), the Felicja Blumenthal Music Center in Tel Aviv, and the Mormon University in Jerusalem. The Tiberias and Jerusalem concerts were sold out.

 

The Jewish Agency for Israel, Partnership2gether, and the Oklahoma Israel Exchange sponsored the concert tour.

Oboist Jacqueline Leclair to perform with Ensemble Signal

events, faculty news

Jacqueline Leclair, Assistant Professor of Oboe, will perform with the chamber orchestra Ensemble Signal, conducted by Brad Lubman, on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 6:30pm.  The concert is a memorial for the recently deceased great Polish composer, Henryk Gorecki.  The concert is at le Poisson Rouge in New York, NY.  Please see http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/artist/3950 for more information.

The Marriage of Figaro’ comes to BGSU stage

events, voice

Bowling Green Opera Theater brings “The Marriage of Figaro” to the stage for two performances, Nov. 4 and 6, in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center at Bowling Green State University.

The crown jewel of 18th century comic opera, with music by W. A. Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, “Figaro” features some of the most beloved melodies in all opera. This once-controversial bedroom comedy explores the myriad nuances of wit, passion, neglect, hope, lust and true love. The experiences of both the noble and servant classes are considered, resulting in a collection of characters altogether human.

Continuing where “The Barber of Seville” left off, Count Almaviva has grown weary of his bride and sets his sights on his valet Figaro’s fiancée, the chambermaid Susanna. The young page Cherubino, who’s just beginning to feel the pangs of love, has his sights set on the Countess, or anyone else who might give him her attentions. Figaro merely desires a successful wedding day, unspoiled by the Count’s affections for his bride-to-be. Through a series of schemes, missteps and mistaken identities, an amorous evening rendezvous ultimately gives way to balance and redemption.

A collaboration between the BGSU Department of Theatre and Film and College of Musical Arts, the production features stage direction by Sean Cooper; musical direction by Emily Freeman Brown, musical preparation by Kevin Bylsma, scenic design by Kelly Mangan, costume design by Margaret McCubbin, and lighting design by Keith Hofacker.

BGSU students in lead roles include Stephen Maus of El Paso, Texas, as Figaro, Brianna Sosenheimer of Fort Wayne, Ind., as Susanna, Elizabeth Pearse of LaCrosse, Wis., as Countess Almaviva, Errin Brooks of Detroit as Count Almaviva, and Christine Amon of Grand Rapids, Mich., as Cherubino. The Bowling Green Philharmonia and vocal music students fill out the cast.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students, or $15 and $12, respectively, the day of the performance. Call the College of Musical Arts box office at 419-372-8171 to reserve or email musictickets@bgsu.edu.