Nazareth College Music Departments presents October 2016 Ensemble and Faculty/Guest Artist Recital Series

ROCHESTER, NY (09/27/2016)(readMedia)-- The Nazareth College Music Department presents its annual ensemble and faculty/guest artist recital series. Each performance is free and open to the public.

Visit naz.edu/arts-center/newsroom/ for photos. Artists are available for advance phone interviews.

The department's events for October are as follows:

October 2, 2016 at 3pm, Wilmot Hall

Wilmont Brass Quintet and Friends

Wilmont Brass Quintet and Friends features Brett Long and Jared Chase, trumpets; Colleen Wolf, French horn; Steven Zugelder, trombone; and Jeremy Stoner, tuba. The Wilmot Brass Quintet performs two major brass sextet chamber works for brass quintet: Ingolf Dahl's Music for Brass Instruments, a distinctly American work incorporating multiple musical styles, and Oskar Böhme's Trumpet Sextet.

October 8, 2016 at 1:30pm, Wilmot Hall

MTNA/NYSMTA Commissioned Composer 2016

This is the world premiere performance of the new work by Nazareth College Music Department faculty Dr. Octabio Vazquez, and will occur during the NYS Music Teachers Association's Conference at Nazareth. The performance of his piece for alto saxophone and piano will feature faculty Saxophonist Dr. Chisato Eda Marling and faculty pianist Dr. Sarah Rhee-Tirre. This work was commissioned by NYSMTA in conjunction with the Music Teachers National Association as part of the national Commissioned Composers program. Dr. Vazquez will speak about the gestation of his new work and take questions after the performance.

October 8, 2016 at 5:30pm, Wilmot Hall

Faculty Recital: Jacob Ertl

Jacob Ertl, pianist and faculty member will perform as the featured guest artist of the NYS Music Teachers Association's Conference at Nazareth. He will perform music by Ravel, Rzewski, Albinez, and Stravinsky/Agosti.

October 15, 2016 at 7:30pm, Wilmot Hall

Raymond Shiner Jazz Award Big Band

The Raymond Shiner Jazz Award Big Band, conducted by Steve Frank, will be joined by guest artist, Joe Carello (alto saxophone). Donations will be accepted to the Raymond Shiner Jazz Award for Nazareth College music majors with talent and motivation in the area of jazz.

October 16, 2016 at 3pm, Wilmot Hall

Guest Recital: Richard Becker

Richard Becker, pianist and guest artist from the University of Richmond will perform three of his own pieces and the complete Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28 of Chopin.

October 21, 2016 at 7:30pm, Wilmot Hall

On Rocks, Radios, and Reversed Roles: Music for Tenor and Clarinet

Faculty members Matthew Valverde, tenor, and Tiffany Valvo, clarinet, join Eastman vocal coach Ksenia Leletkina, piano for a performance with a twist. The three will perform works by Schubert, Cooke, Kalliwoda, and Salazar that were originally set for soprano, clarinet, and piano have been re-cast for tenor.

October 23, 2016 at 3pm, Wilmot Hall

Guitar Celebration

Petar Kodzas, guitar faculty member will perform works by Bach, Giuliani, Tarrega, Torroba, Lauro, and Gnattali. This is a celebration of important milestones in the history of guitar in a program that resembles sections of various musical forms.

October 25, 2016 at 7:30pm, Linehan Chapel

The Heart of Europe

Il Giardino d'Amore Baroque Orchestra offers a program in celebration of the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland. This is the third visit to Rochester by this acclaimed Baroque orchestra. This concert is co-sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester.

October 29, 2016 at 4pm, Wilmot Hall

Guest Recital: Herbert Smith

Join trumpeter Herbert Smith for a concert as part of the Nazareth College Brass Day. Herb has been in the Rochester Philharmonic for over 18 years and has performed in Carnegie Hall with the Rochester Philharmonic as well as a soloist on a recital in Carnegie, the year 2008. He regularly plays with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chitaqua Institute Symphony Orchestra and the Portland Maine Symphony, as well as being a soloist, and chamber musician around the greater Rochester Area.

October 30, 2016 at 3pm, Wilmot Hall

"Loose Change"Jazz Combos

Join the Nazareth College Jazz Combos for their fall performance.

TICKETS

All events are free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

The Nazareth College Music Department integrates intensive studies in music (musicianship and performance), with professional programs and the liberal arts, for a truly unique experience that prepares students for careers in music and equips them with the skills to share the art of music in a variety of capacities.

Each degree program is designed to prepare students not only for careers within the various degree areas, but also for exciting endeavors that will perpetuate and sustain the art of music in local and global communities.

The department is a vibrant community of musicians focused on the art of music, the professional domains of knowledge within the musical career areas, and the relationship of these areas to the liberal arts. For more information, visit: www.naz.edu/music.

ABOUT NAZARETH COLLEGE

Nazareth College's academic strengths cross an unusually broad spectrum of 60 majors, including education, health and human services, management, the fine arts, music, theater, math and science, foreign languages, and the liberal arts. The coeducational, religiously independent, classic campus in a charming suburb of Rochester, N.Y. challenges and supports 2,000 undergrads and 800 graduate students. Nazareth is recognized nationally for its Fulbright global student scholars and commitment to civic engagement. Rigorous programs, an uncommon core, experiential learning, career skills, and a global focus prepare graduates for not just one job, but for their life's work.

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