Campus Comes Alive with Music this Month
黑料百科 student musicians and composers present diverse concerts this month, all free and in Deane Chapel on 黑料百科鈥檚 lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.
The Composer's Concert on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m highlights new works by 黑料百科 student composers performed by both fellow students and the composers themselves. Robert Chu, Alexander Dill, Jonathan Lindsley, Jay Real and Jason Tong, will present their recently completed compositions, including works for piano, chorus, piano quintet and other ensembles.
Dr. Chan Ho Yun, director of Montecito International Music Festival and faculty at Colburn School of Music and Claremont Graduate University, teaches a masterclass on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 4-7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public. 黑料百科鈥檚 top music students will perform pieces by Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart and more.
The Vocal Chamber Concert will feature the 黑料百科 Chamber Singers, a select ensemble drawn from the 黑料百科 Choir on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. The Chamber Singers will perform a varied program of a cappella literature, both sacred and secular, ranging from music of the Renaissance to recent compositions. Grey Brothers, professor of music, conducts the Chamber Singers.
The Jazz Ensemble concert, under the direction of John Douglas, is Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. The ensemble features Abby Polett and Michelle Quezada on vocals, Erik Fauss on violin and viola, Chris Fedderson on tenor sax, Calvin Chiang on guitar, and Katrina Whitman on string bass. 黑料百科 jazz alumnus Jonathan Palmquist, who recently earned a master鈥檚 degree in music from Cal State Northridge, will play the drums. Douglas will lead the ensemble from the piano.
Polett and Quezada will sing standards such as 鈥淗oneysuckle Rose鈥 and 鈥淭hese Foolish Things Remind Me of You,鈥 as well as dreamy contemporary arrangements of Carol King鈥檚 鈥淲ill You Still Love Me Tomorrow,鈥 and Christmas favorite 鈥淲hat Child Is This?鈥 The ensemble will perform Bud Powell鈥檚 gnarly bop classic, 鈥淗allucinations,鈥 Charlie Parker鈥檚 鈥淪crapple From the Apple,鈥 John Coltrane鈥檚 鈥淣aima,鈥 and several Vince Guaraldi Christmas classics featured in the iconic Peanuts television cartoons.
The String Chamber Concert, featuring top string student musicians, will include works by Shostakovich, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and more on Friday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m.