Concertmaster of the Calgary Symphony since 2013, Diana Cohen leads an active career as a soloist, chamber musician and arts administrator. She is the founding member of Trio Terzetto and executive and co-artistic director of the ChamberFest Cleveland festival. Cohen and Roman Rabinovich will perform a program of beloved violin and piano sonatas.
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Miguel Zenón Quartet (Puerto Rico)
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Saxophonist Timothy Powell presents a classical program featuring guest artist Molly Orlando on piano and School of Music faculty members Robert DiLutis on clarinet and Sarah Frisof on flute. The repertoire includes works by Christopher Theofanidis, Tristan Keuris, Roshanne Etezady, Rodney Rogers, Jennifer Higdon, Kirk O’Riordan and School of Music composition faculty member Robert Gibson.
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Experience the soulful, syncopated sounds of jazz in these two lively concerts featuring classic tunes performed by the four jazz combos coached by Gerry Kunkel, Tom Baldwin, Mike Quinlivan and Mike Kuhl. Attend both nights—each performance features a different program. Concert repertoire coming soon.
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Rachel Barton Pine, violin & Matthew Hagle, piano (USA)
The culmination of the School of Music’s Wind Conducting Workshop, this concert will feature guest conductor H. Robert Reynolds of the Thornton Wind Ensemble and Director of Bands Emeritus at the University of Michigan. Also featuring School of Music faculty conductors Michael Votta, Jr., and Andrea Brown, the program will include Darius Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade in D minor, Op. 44, Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium and Aaron Copland’s Emblems.
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Julie Giroux: Paprikash
Ensemble Dal Niente reads new works by School of Music student composers.
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. To honor this occasion the UMD Symphony Orchestra will perform a world premiere of Maria Newman's Our Rights, and Nothing Less written in honor of Susan B. Anthony's 200th birthday and featuring Voice Professor Carmen Balthrop in the role of speaker.
Ensemble Dal Niente
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In celebration of the 250th birthday of Beethoven, Associate Professor Eric Kutz and guest artists Amir Eldan, Miko Kominami and Misha Namirovsky perform the composer’s complete works for cello and piano in this special event.
