Thursday March 12 7:30 pm at Morphy Hall 455 North Park Street, Madison
UW-Madison School of Music Faculty Recital: Kostas Tiliakos, oboe.
This is a free event
Friday March 13 12:15 pm at the First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison
The Noon Musicale presents . Adam Shelton, tenor, Rayna Slavova, piano
Songs of Bizet, Britten, Turina and Strauss
Friday March 13 3:30-5:30 pm at Mills Hall, 455 North Park Street, Madison
Violist Hank Dutt of the Kronos Quartet presents a master class.
This is free and open to the public
Friday March 13 7:30 pm at Farley’s House of Pianos 6522 Seybold Road, Madison
The Salon Piano Series presents pianist Marco Grieco
Cost: $35
Call: 608-271-2626
Web: salonpianoseries.org
Salon Piano Series proudly welcomes “fenomeno del pianoforte” Marco Grieco on Friday, March 13, 2015, at 7:30 pm for a performance of works from the classical and romantic eras, including Liszt’s dramatic Mephisto Waltz No. 1. The concert will be held at Farley’s House of Pianos, 6522 Seybold Road, Madison. Ellen Burmeister, Emeritus Professor of Piano, UW-Madison, will introduce the performer.
Hailing from Foggia, Italy, Marco Grieco, a rising star in the classical world, has won awards in more than 35 national and international music and piano competitions since 2008. He has performed at many notable concert halls, including the Shanghai City Theatre, La Sala Puccini at the Milan Conservatory, and St Martin-In-the-Fields in London’s Trafalgar Square. Grieco studied under the guidance of Alessandro Drago at the Umberto Giordano Music Conservatory in Foggia, and subsequently with internationally renowned pianist Pasquale Iannone.
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at salonpianoseries.org, or in person at Farley’s House of Pianos or Orange Tree Imports on Monroe Street. Tickets may also be reserved by credit or debit card by calling 271-2626. Farley’s House of Pianos is located at 6522 Seybold Road on Madison’s west side near the Beltline, and plenty of free parking is available. It is also easy to reach by bicycle or Madison Metro. A reception will follow the concert.
Salon Piano Series is a non-profit founded by Tim and Renee Farley to continue the tradition of intimate salon concerts at Farley’s House of Pianos. Please visit salonpianoseries.org for more information.
Other upcoming concerts:
Internationally acclaimed Czech pianist Martin Kasík will play on Saturday, April 18th, 2015 at 7:30 pm.
Jazz pianist Dick Hyman will perform on May 30th and 31st, 2015, at 4:00 pm both days.
Friday March 13 7:30 pm at Music Hall 925 Bascom Mall, Madison (repeated March 14, 15, 17 at 7:30 pm at the same location)
The UW-Madison University Opera, David Ronis director, presents Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with the UW Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Smith
Sung in German with English dialogue
Tickets $22 General Admission, $18 Seniors, $10 Students
Mozart’s popular, family-friendly masterpiece features some of his most sublime music. Prince Tamino, accompanied by his bird-catcher sidekick, Papageno, is charged with rescuing the daughter of the Queen of the Night from the sorcerer, Sarastro.
Saturday March 14 4 pm at Morphy Hall 455 North Park Street, Madison
Guest Artist Julie Koidin, “Choro de Lá pra Cá”
Formed in 2014 in Natal, Brazil, Choro de Lá pra Cá is comprised of Julie Koidin, Diogo Guanabara (mandolin, cavaquinho, & guitar) and Caio Padilha (guitar, voice, & rabeca – a folk violin). The trio performs their own works and arrangements, mixing various international stylistic elements into Brazilian popular music.
A native of the Chicago area, Julie Koidin is a classically trained flutist, and is an experienced soloist, studio, orchestral and chamber musician. She has appeared as soloist with the Volta Redondo Orchestra (Brazil), performed on numerous WFMT Radio broadcasts such as “Live from WFMT/Studio One” concerts and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series. In 2008 she performed Paquito D’Riveira’s “Danzon” flute concerto with the Millennium Chamber Orchestra as part of the Latino Music Festival broadcast on WFMT.
Her latest recordings include two Chicago Sessions Label CDs (Paulinho Garcia’s “My Very Life” and Zvonimir Tot’s “Eloquent Silence”) and Dois no Choro’s “Asa Branca” (Laughing Buddha Music) with Paulinho Garcia and guest artists Julien Labro (accordion); Linda Binder (mandolin) and Heitor Garcia (percussion). Paulinho’s “My Very Life” CD was in the finals of the 2010 Grammy Awards for “Best Latin Jazz Album.”
Julie Koidin is active internationally as both a performer and teacher. 2014 marks her 19th tour to Brazil since 1997. In Brazil she gives concerts and masterclasses on solo and chamber music literature at various universities and at international music festivals such as the Curso Internacional de Verão (Brasília); Festival Internacional de Música (Domingos Martins); and the Festival de Música International de Inverno (Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ). A specialist in Brazilian choro music, she has performed throughout Brazil and with choro legends Altamiro Carrilho and Carlos Poyares, among other greats in the style.
Other international highlights include teaching and performing at the Flöjtmani Summer Course in Arvika Sweden in August 2011 as part of her fifth Fulbright Specialist Grant. In 2010 she was a presenter at the British Flute Society convention in Manchester, England, gave concerts in Köln, Germany, and gave concerts in Vitoria, ES and Rio de Janeiro – the latter with pianist Maria Teresa Madeira and clarinetist, Paulo Sergio Santos. Her concerts in Köln were with British violinist, David Johnson (Gürzenich Orchester Köln). She and David Johnson have been performing together since 2004, and their performances include several Rio International Cello Festivals, and concerts in Germany (see “My Ensembles” tab above).
Koidin is also a Fulbright Scholar and to date has received six grants to teach U.S. solo and chamber music repertoire for flute to universities abroad. Her grants include: a 2002 and 2014-2015 Lecture/Research grants to Brazil and Specialist grants to Norway (2005); New Zealand (2006); Serbia (2008) and Sweden (2011). In June 2011 she released her first book – “Os Sorrisos do Choro” based on her 2002 Fulbright research and in 2013, the English translation, “Choro Conversations.”
Saturday March 14 7 pm (repeated 1:30 pm on Sunday 3/15) at Oakwood Village-University Woods Center for Arts and Education 6205 Mineral Point Road, Madison
The Oakwood Chamber Players present “Replay!” with guest harpist Linda Warren
Cost: $20
Call: 608-230-4316
Web: www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com
Program:
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was last performed by the Oakwood Chamber Players in 1991. This Sonata was written in 1915, and was one of Debussy’s last works before his death in 1918. Debussy initially planned this as a piece for flute, oboe and harp. He subsequently decided that the viola’s timbre would be a better combination for the flute than the oboe’s. He changed the instrumentation to flute, viola and harp, creating a more characteristic mellifluous sound that audiences associate with Debussy’s compositions.
Esquisse, a pastoral sketch for flute, horn and harp written by renowned horn player and esteemed teacher at the Paris Conservatory, Georges Barboteu (1924-2006).
The elegance and charm of Ottorino Resphighi (1879-1936) will be highlighted in three movements of the Ancient Airs and Dances. The composer’s fascination with 16th-18th Italian music resulted in compelling representation of the era in Balletto detto “Il Conte Orland”, Villanelle and Gagliarda that will be performed by a combination of winds and strings.
Schlummerlied, Op. 76 (Slumber Song) for clarinet, horn, harp by Robert Volkman (1815-1883). Volkman was a contemporary of Wagner whose inspirations were Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann.
Quartet No. 6, Op.19 in F major for bassoon, violin, viola, cello by Karl Stamitz (1745-1801). His fine compositional skills are demonstrated in the interplay between the bassoon and strings and show why he continues to be the most performed composer associated with an era of high performance standards of the ‘Mannheim School’.
The concerts are Saturday, March 14th at 7:00pm and Sunday, March 15th at 1:30pm. Both concerts will be held at the Oakwood Center for Arts and Education, 6209 Mineral Point Road.
This is the fourth of five concerts in the Oakwood Chamber Players celebratory 30th anniversary season series titled “Reprise! Looking Back Over 30 Years.” Remaining concerts include Reissue! on May 23rd and May 24th
The Oakwood Chamber Players is a group of Madison-area professional musicians who have rehearsed and performed at Oakwood Village for 30 years. Tickets are available at the door – $20 general admission, $15 seniors and $5 students. Visit www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com for more information.
Saturday March 14 8 pm at Mills Hall 455 North Park Street, Madison
UW-Madison School of Music Faculty Recital presents Parry Karp, Cello with Frances Karp, piano, and Christopher Karp, piano.
Program:
Second Suite for Solo Cello, Op. 80 (1967) Benjamin Britten
Sonata in F Major for Piano and Violin, Op. 24 “Spring” (1801-2) Ludwig van Beethoven
transcribed for Piano and Cello by Parry Karp
Frances Karp, Pianist
INTERMISSION
Sonata for Solo Cello (1955) George Crumb
Sonata in G Major for Piano and Violin, Op. 96 (1812) Ludwig van Beethoven
transcribed for Piano and Cello by Parry Karp
Christopher Karp, Pianist
Pianist Frances Reiche Karp received her early musical training in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Maurice Lichtman. She attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music earning both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, studying with Jack Radunsky. Further study took her to Columbia University and the Juilliard School of Music. She has taught in Yakima, Washington; Lexington, Kentucky, and Urbana, Illinois; has been an opera coach at the University of Illinois; taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and maintained a private piano studio in Madison for many years. In addtition to 4-hand and 2 piano repertoire with her husband, and ‘cello sonatas with Parry Karp she has performed numerous chamber works with various artists throughout her career. She has been soloist with orchestras including the Hague Residentie Orchestra and the Madison Symphony. A 4 CD set, entitled a Half Century of Music making, works for 2 pianos and piano 4-hands by Howard and Frances Karp was released in 2001. A CD of the complete works for cello and piano by Ernest Bloch (performed with Parry Karp) was released in 2006 (Laurel Records).
Violinist and pianist, Christopher Karp’s extra-familial music training included violin and chamber music studies with Lorand Fenyves and Robert Koff. A physician/scientist, his research career―at Johns Hopkins University and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation―focused on understanding the mechanisms that underlie the regulation and dysregulation of inflammatory responses in infectious, allergic, genetic and metabolic diseases. He currently leads Vaccine Discovery & Translational Sciences at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Recordings include 3 CDs of the chamber music of Joel Hoffman, on Albany Records.
Cellist Parry Karp is Artist-in Residence and Professor of Chamber Music and Cello, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is director of the string chamber music program. He has been cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet for the past 39 years, the longest tenure of any member in the quartet’s 100 year history.
Parry Karp is a active solo artist, performing numerous recitals annually in the United States with pianists Howard and Frances Karp. Mr. Karp has played concerti throughout the United States and gave the first performance in Romania of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo with the National Radio Orchestra in Bucharest in 2002. He is active as a performer of new music and has performed in the premieres of dozens of works, many of which were written for him, including concerti, sonatas and chamber music. As a solo recording artist, he has recorded the solo cello works of Ernest Bloch, and works of Frank Bridge, Rebecca Clarke, Ernest Chausson, Edward Collins, Georges Enesco, John Ireland, Alberic Magnard, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Miklos Rosza, and Richard Strauss. Unearthing and performing unjustly neglected repertoire for cello is a passion of Mr. Karp’s. In recent years he has transcribed for cello many masterpieces written for other instruments. This project has included performances of all of the Duo Sonatas of Brahms, as well as compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak, Hindemith, Strauss, Schumann, Stravinsky and Szymanowski. Parry Karp performs annually in summer music festivals throughout the United States.
As cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet he has performed over 1000 concerts throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, and Japan. His discography with the group has been extensive and includes the complete string quartets of Ernest Bloch, Miklos Rosza, and Karol Szymanowski . Many of these recordings received awards from Fanfare and High Fidelity Magazines. Other composers whose string quartets or string quintets the Pro Arte Quartet has recorded during his tenure include: Beethoven, Luís de Freitas Branco, Martin Boykan, Tamar Diesendruck, Dvorak, Brian Fennelly, Andrew Imbrie, Fred Lerdahl, Walter Mays, Mendelssohn, Karol Rathaus, Samuel Rhodes, Roger Sessions, and Ralph Shapey. As a member of the Pro Arte Quartet he has recorded the Piano Quintets of Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms and Armando José Fernandes with pianist Howard Karp. Guest artists with the Pro Arte during his years have included: the Emerson Quartet, Denes Koromzay, Leon Fleischer, Sidney Harth, Nobuko Imai, Gunnar Johansen, Gilbert Kalish, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert Mann, Samuel Rhodes, Robert Silverman, Christopher Taylor, Laszlo Varga and Tamas Vasary. Gunther Schuller conducted the group in the premiere of his String Quartet Concerto which he wrote for the Pro Arte Quartet. The Pro Arte Quartet was one of five finalists (the others were the Juilliard, Tokyo, and Emerson Quartets, and the Beaux Arts Trio) for the First Annual Arturo Toscanini Award in the Chamber Music Category
Parry Karp’s chamber music discography outside of the Pro Arte Quartet includes the three piano trios of Joel Hoffman, as well as works of Britten, Fauré, Martinu, Mozart and Pierné. Mr. Karp had a visiting professorship at the University of British Columbia, and has been a visiting fellow at Princeton University. Former students of Mr. Karp’s are members of professional string quartets, major orchestras, and teachers in the United States. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mr. Karp received early training in Vienna, Austria and studied cello with Lee Duckles, David Kadarauch, Peter Farrell, Gabriel Magyar and Gabor Rejto. Inspirational chamber music teachers included Gabriel Magyar, Howard Karp, Lorand Fenyves and Zoltan Szekely.
Saturday March 14 8 pm at UW Memorial Union-Shannon Hall (Wisconsin Union Theater) 800 Langdon ST., Madison
The Kronos Quartet
Cost: $44-$28
Call: 608-265-2787
Web: www.uniontheater.wisc.edu
AWARD-WINNING INNOVATION: KRONOS QUARTET COMES TO WISCONSIN UNION THEATER
The likes of Bartok, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Inuit throat singers and The Wisconsin Union Theater have one thing in common: the Kronos Quartet, a quartet with a list of partnerships that has continued to diversify and grow in its more than 40 years of performance and collaboration. The Wisconsin Union Theater will welcome the Kronos Quartet to its Shannon Hall Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. Purchase tickets online or call the Box Office at 608-265-ARTS (2787). Tickets can also be purchased at either Vilas Hall (entrance on East Campus Mall, 821 University Avenue) or the box office in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Ticket prices are as follows. General Public: $44, $40, $28; Wisconsin Union Members & Non UW-Madison Students: $40, $36; UW-Madison Faculty & Staff: $42, $38; UW-Madison Student (with ID): $10.
The award-winning Kronos Quartet, boasting more than 50 recordings, numerous collaborations with musicians from a variety of genres and more than 800 commissioned works and arrangements, maintains its “spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience,” according to the quartet’s website.
The Kronos Quartet received the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize in 2011 and its list of accomplishments also includes a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 2004 and a “Musicians of the Year” designation by Musical America.
In addition to praise for musical arrangements and collaborations, the quartet’s work has made its way into the world of film, including Academy Award-nominated How to Survive a Plague and Dirty Wars documentaries, in addition to Mishima, Noah, The Fountain, Dracula, 21 Grams, Heat, True Stories and Requiem for a Dream films.
The Kronos Quartet has played in Carnegie Hall, London’s Barbican, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Sydney Opera House, among other concert halls, clubs and festivals around the world. The quartet also provides mentor services for up-and-coming performers and composers through workshops, master classes and other programs.
“Founded 40 years ago, the Kronos Quartet has broken the boundaries of what string quartets do, commissioning hundreds of new works that have brought jazz, tango, experimental and world music into the genre. The string quartet, based in San Francisco, has released 57 albums, sold more than 2.5 million of those recordings and has become a mentor to several generations of quartets that have followed in its innovative wake,” according to The New York Times.
These performances are presented by the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Performing Arts Committee and supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds form the state of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Media sponsor is WORT 89.9 FM.
Sunday March 15 1 pm at Capitol Lakes-Grand Hall 333 W. Main Street, Madison
The Madison Youth Choirs debts its new Intergenerational Choir.
Cost: Free
Call: 608-238-7464
Web: www.madisonyouthchoirs.org
Email: info@madisonyouthchoirs.org
Madison Youth Choirs (MYC) was recently honored to receive a generous $30,000 grant from the Madison Community Foundation, further strengthening MYC’s continued efforts to break down barriers to arts participation.
This significant gift has launched a two-year capacity and community building project focused on expanding choral outreach programs to hundreds of singers who have previously been underrepresented in the arts. The grant has enabled MYC to extend the impact of a successful in-school choir program, developed in collaboration with Madison Metropolitan School District, at Lincoln, Chavez, and Nuestro Mundo elementary schools, where the majority of participants come from low-income backgrounds and have previously had few opportunities to share their voices through performance. The choirs serve over 200 children who rehearse weekly during recess, and prepare diverse repertoire for concerts in their schools and on tour throughout the community. The program is set to expand to additional Madison elementary schools in September 2015.
The grant has also enabled MYC to offer choral enrichment programs at the Lussier Community Education Center and create a new intergenerational choir program at Capitol Lakes Retirement Community, allowing senior citizens and teenage MYC members a rare opportunity for artistic collaboration.
Directed by Lisa Kjentvet, MYC’s Education and Outreach Coordinator (a new position created through the grant) the intergenerational choir will give its debut performance on Sunday, March 15, 1pm in Capitol Lakes’ Grand Hall, 333 W. Main St., Madison. The concert is free and open to the public, and will close with an arrangement of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young.”
ABOUT THE MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (MYC)
Recognized as an innovator in youth choral music education, Madison Youth Choirs (MYC) welcomes singers of all ability levels, annually serving more than 500 young people, ages 7-18, in 11 single-gender choirs. Our singers explore the history, context and heart of the music, becoming “expert noticers,” using music as a lens to discover the world.Through a variety of high-quality community outreach programs and performance opportunities, MYC strives to make the benefits of arts participation accessible to all.
For further information:
Madison Youth Choirs info@madisonyouthchoirs.org, (608) 238-7464
Sunday March 15 2 pm at the Rhapsody Arts Center 1031 North Edge Tr., Verona
The Rhapsody Arts Center presents a faculty recital featuring teacher/student duets
Members of the faculty including Chris Collins, Julie Stalheim, Amber Bruns, and Leo Van Asten will be joined by their students in a performance of musical duets. This event is free to the public and will take place at Rhapsody Arts Center, which is located at 1031 North Edge Trail in Verona.
Rhapsody Arts Center is a comprehensive community arts school serving the Verona and West Madison areas. Private lessons in piano, strings, percussion, flute, voice and guitar are also available. Group music classes include early
childhood music, beginning piano, beginning guitar and violin/viola ensemble.
Rhapsody is proud to present the 2014-2015 Faculty Concert Series. Instructors donate their time and talents for these recitals to give their students and the community a wide variety of listening experiences. Performing makes us better teachers, players, and listeners. Listening makes us better musicians!
Upcoming Faculty Recitals: (all held at 2pm)
March 15th: Teacher/Student Duets
April 19th: Original Compositions/Music Inspired by Literature
Rhapsody Arts Center is currently celebrating its 15th year.
Monday March 16 8:30 pm at High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington, Madison
UW-Madison School of Music Professor of Trombone Mark Metzler and Sinister Resonance CD release party.
$10 cover charge
Mark Hetzler and his band, Sinister Resonance, will celebrate their new Summit Records CD, “They Said….” with a concert at the High Noon Saloon. Sinister Resonance is Mark Hetzler, trombone and electronics; Vincent Fuh, piano; Nick Moran, bass; Todd Hammes, drums/percussion.
This recording features original compositions by Mark Hetzler and Todd Hammes, as well asarrangements of rock, classical and experimental electro-acoustic styles.
The show will also feature Madison groups Nuggernaut and Fringe Character. Sinister Resonance will be joined on one tune by the UW-Madison Low Brass Ensemble, featuring members of the Trombone and Tuba/Euphonium studios and co-directed by Tuba Prof. Tom Curry.
Wednesday March 18 Noon at Luther Memorial Church 1021 University Avenue, Madison
Free organ concert featuring organist Bruce Bengston