APRIL 2006
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
Musicology Symposium: Intersections of Opera and Film
Four leading musicologists speak on the fascinating relationships between opera and film, including the status of the voice, the role of operatic elements in film, and the influence of cinema on live opera.
Featured films are Callas Forever and the Godfather trilogy, and the operas Quiet Place and Cavalleria rusticana. The speakers include the following: Jeongwon Joe, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Michal Grover-Friedlander, Tel Aviv University; Marcia J. Citron, Shepherd School of Music; and Helen M. Greenwald, New England Conservatory of Music.
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 1133, Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Co-sponsor: Center for the Study of Cultures at Rice University.
Related film screenings, introduced by speakers, Rice Media Center, 7:30 p.m. Callas Forever (March 30), The Godfather (March 31).
$6 admission fee per film ($5 for Rice faculty, staff and students).
Master's Recital
Ellen Gartner, viola
Music of Hindemith and Bach.
10:30 a.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Colin Wise, trombone
Music of Dan Aldag, Egil Hovland, Jean-François Michel, and Benedetto Marcello.
12:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Senior Recital
Ariella Perlman, flute
Music of Bach, Messiaen, Reinecke, Madeleine Dring, and Elizabeth Brown.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Patrick Moore, cello
Music of Dutilleux, Beethoven, Bach, and Chopin.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Senior Recital
Jennifer Humphreys, cello
Music of Schubert, Britten, and Prokofiev.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Junior Recital
May Lee, organist
Music of Mendelssohn, Frescobaldi, Bach, Hindemith, Alain, and Mulet.
Both performances at 7:30 p.m. Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
Junior Recital
John Meier, organist
Program: Messiaen - Les Corps Glorieux (Sept Visions Brèves de la Vie des Ressuscités).
Sunday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
Master's Recital
Elizabeth Charles, viola
Music of Bach, Shostakovich, and Hindemith.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Junior Recital
Kira Austin-Young, mezzo-soprano
Music of Handel, Britten, Mendelssohn, and de Falla.
5:45 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Campanile Orchestra
Daniel Myssyk, conductor
Program: Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande; and Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 “Reformation.”
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Master's Recital
Rian Craypo, bassoon
Music of Françaix, Geminiani, Paquito D'Rivera, and Sean Craypo.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Master's Recital
Valerie Rogotzke, mezzo-soprano
Music of Debussy, Mahler, Nordheim, and Elgar.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program
Master class with pianist Sohyoung Park.
7:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Master's Recital
Marie-Michel Beauparlant, cello
Music of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5
Chamber Music for Winds
featuring Shepherd School students.
Music of Taffanel, Mozart, and Veress.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
Houston Friends of Music
Eroica Trio
Program: Haydn - Keyboard Trio in G Major, H. 15/25 “Gypsy Trio”; Cassadó - Piano Trio in C Major; and Smetana - Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15.
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Admission (reserved seating): $19-$60. For tickets call 713-348-5400.
Limited number of complimentary tickets for Rice faculty, staff, and students.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
Guest Artist Master Class and Recital
Stephen Williamson, principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Recital will include music of Poulenc, Cahuzac, Chausson, and Verdi.
2:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
MONDAY, APRIL 10
Master's Recital
Tiantian Liang, piano
Music of Schubert and Carter.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Rice Chorale
Shepherd Singers
Thomas Jaber, conductor
Eric Esparza, conductor
Program: Carissimi - Jephte; and Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339.
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Class Recital
Violin students of Kathleen Winkler.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
Class Recital
Violin students of Sergiu Luca.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Master's Recital
Joshua Boulton, cello
Music of Chopin and Tchaikovsky.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
Doctoral Recital
Michael Esch, piano
Program: Bach - French Suite in G Major, BWV 816; Beethoven - Sonata in D Major, Op. 28 “Pastorale”; Gougeon - Deux Études de Sonorite (1974); and Liszt - Ballade in B Minor.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Junior Recital
Lucia Atkinson, violin
Music of Mozart and Wieniawski.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
Master's Recital
Jay Tilton, cello
Music of Beethoven and Crumb.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble
Richard Brown, director
“A Potpourri of International Flavors”
Program: Marc Satterwhite - Four Postcards from Ancient Nihon (Japanese); Bob Becker - Mudra (Indian drumming); Lee Hartman - Habanera Rítmico (Cuban); Gui-Sook Lee - Refrain (Korean); István Márta - Doll's House Story (Polish); James Holt - Tao (Chinese); Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Mandolins (Italian); and Rimsky-Korsokov - The Flight of the Bumble Bee (Russian).
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Class Recital
Violin students of Kenneth Goldsmith.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
Master's Recital
Angela Mortellaro, soprano
Music of Vivaldi, Barber, and Villa-Lobos.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Kailas String Quartet
Jory Fankuchen, violin
Stephanie Fong, violin
J.T. Posadas, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Program: Mozart - Quartet in G Major, K. 387; Britten - Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36; and Brahms - Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
Class Recital
Collaborative piano students of Jeanne Kiermann.
10:00 a.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Aubrey Foard, tuba
Music of Handel, Persichetti, Wagner, and John Williams.
10:30 a.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Master's Recital
Hana Morford, viola
Music of Bach, Hindemith, and Britten.
12:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Grant Gould, percussion
Music of J.R. Paredes, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, and Joseph Schwantner.
1:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
Master's Recital
Michael Brown, bass trombone
Music of Daniel Schnyder, Stjepan Sulek, Tomaso Albinoni, and Roger Kellaway.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Class Recital
featuring freshman and sophomore double bass students of Paul Ellison.
3:30 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
Master's Recital
Amanda Conley, soprano
Music of Rossini, Fauré, Schumann, and Argento.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Senior Recital
Michael Accinno, tenor
Music of Telemann, Beethoven, Donaudy, Poulenc, and Corigliano.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
MONDAY, APRIL 17
Master's Recital
Lindsay Boulware, soprano
Music of Vivaldi, Mahler, Milhaud, and Hugo Wolf.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Master’s Recital
Sarah Wilson, cello
Music of Bach and Tchaikovsky.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Christopher Burns, trombone
Music of Bozza, Defaye, Marcello, and Ewazen.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Pei-Ju Wu, violin
Music of Beethoven, Arvo Pärt, Ysaÿe, and Ravel.
8:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
Master's Recital
Andrew Dunn, cello
Music of Couperin, Lutoslawski, Beethoven, Webern, and Bach.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Junior Recital
David Mansouri, violin
Music of Mozart, Franck, and Bazzini.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Kristen Bruya, double bass
Music of Koussevitzky, Anderson, Rachmaninoff, and Telemann.
8:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
Class Recital
Piano students of Jon Kimura Parker.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Chamber Music for Winds
featuring Shepherd School students.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Class Recital
Cello students of Norman Fischer.
8:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
THURSDAY, APRIL 20
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
Doctoral Recital
Paul Butt, organist
Program: Buxtehude - Ciacona BuxWV 160; Bach - Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532; Vierne - Naïades, Op. 55; Messiaen - Les Bergers and Desseins Éternels from La Nativité du Seigneur; and Healey Willan - Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue.
Both performances at 7:30 p.m.
Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ
THURSDAY, APRIL 20
Junior Recital
Kaoru Suzuki, violin
Music of Beethoven, Crumb, Ysaÿe, and Sarasate.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Junior Recital
Jennifer Reid, bassoon
Music of Vivaldi, Hindemith, Paul Jeanjean, and Sean Craypo.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Senior Recital
Francisco Castillo Trigueros, composer
Works for string quartet, for solo piano, for guitar, and more.
8:30 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
Master's Recital
Eliezer Jaúregui Arrazate, organist
Music of Bruhns, Pachelbel, Bach, Mendelssohn, Alain, and Vierne.
Friday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 23, at 5:00 p.m.
Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
Master's Recital
Hannah Nelson, soprano
Music of Bach, Vaughan Williams, Strauss, and Lili Boulanger.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Barry Robinson, bass-baritone
Music of Handel, Schubert, Ives, and Ravel.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Junior Recital
Gregory Kramer, cello
Music Haydn, Franck, and Bloch.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Molly Emerman, violin
Music of Franck, Mozart, and Enesco.
8:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
Chamber Music Festival: Spotlight on Mozart, Shostakovich, and Friends
Duncan Recital Hall, Free Admission
2006 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart and the 100th
anniversary of the birth of Shostakovich. We celebrate these two musical giants and others with an entire day of chamber music -- six concerts performed by the gifted students of the Shepherd School of Music:
Concert 1 – 10:00 a.m.
All-Mozart Program
String Quartet No.15 in D Minor, K. 421
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452
Concert 2 – 12:00 noon
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 493
Dvorak – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87 (mvmts. 1 and 2)
Prokofiev – Quintet in G Minor for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and
Double Bass, Op. 39
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Concert 3 – 2:00 p.m.
Mozart – Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 (mvmt. 1)
Brahms – Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, and Viola, Op. 91
Frank Bridge – Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, and Piano
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Schubert – Octet in F Major, D. 803 (mvmts. 5 and 6)
Concert 4 – 4:00 p.m.
Shostakovich – String Quartet No 7 in F-sharp Major, Op. 108
Bartók – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17
Mozart – String Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428
Dvorak – Piano Trio No.4 in E-Minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
Concert 5 – 6:00 p.m.
Mozart – Quartet in D Major for Flute and Strings, K. 285
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola and Two Cellos, Op. 36
Glanert – 4 Quartette fur Kontrabasse
Shostakovich – String Quartet No 3 in F Major, Op. 73
Andrew Norman – Gran Turismo for Eight Virtuoso Violinists
Concert 6 – 8:00 p.m.
Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D Minor, Op. 87
(arranged for trombone quartet)
Mozart – Fantasia for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608
(transcribed for wind quintet)
Mozart – Fantasia for Wind Quintet K. 594
Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
Master's Recital
Richard Quantz, viola
Music of Brahms, Mozart, and Bach.
12:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Junior Recital
Andrea Leyton-Mange, soprano
Music of Bach, Schumann, Granados, and Poulenc.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Class Recital
Piano students of Jeanne Kierman.
4:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
Master's Recital
Whitney Bullock, viola
Music of Brahms, Enesco, and Vieuxtemps.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Brian Viliunas, clarinet
Music of Martinu, Mozart, and Joseph Horovitz.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
MONDAY, APRIL 24
Class Recital
Piano students of Robert Roux.
12:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master’s Recital
Youngha Guk, piano
Music of Mozart, Chopin, and Messiaen.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Junior Recital
Kenneth Li, piano
Music of Bach, Chopin, and Liszt.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Master’s Recital
Colm Estridge, baritone
Music of Handel, Schumann, Chabrier, and Lilburn.
5:45 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Aaron McFarlane, violin
Music of Beethoven, Debussy, and Shostakovich.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
TUESDAY, APRIL 25
Master's Recital
Earecka Tragenza, harp
Music of Bach, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Hindemith, and Salzedo.
12:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Mary Boland, violin
Music of Pärt, Ysaÿe, and Corigliano.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Houston Friends of Music
American String Quartet
with James Dunham, viola and Norman Fischer, cello
Program: Mozart - Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589 “Prussian”; Danielpour Quartet No. 2 “Shadow Dances”; and Brahms - Sextet in G Major for Strings, Op. 36 “Agathe.”
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Admission (reserved seating): $19-$52. For tickets call 713-348-5400. Limited number of complimentary tickets for Rice faculty, staff, and students.
Master's Recital
Colm Estridge, baritone
Music of Handel, Schumann, Chabrier, and Lilburn.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
MOVED to Monday, April 24th at 5:45 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
Doctoral Lecture-Recital
James Hall, tenor
Program: Songs of Giuseppe Verdi.
12:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master's Recital
Raines Taylor, baritone
Music of Ligeti, Guastavino, Wolf, and Telemann.
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Master’s Recital
Michael Selover, trombone
8:00 p.m., Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
CANCELLED
Master's Recital
Sean Bayntun, piano
Music of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Adams.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
THURSDAY, APRIL 27
Doctoral Lecture-Recital
Erik Behr, oboe
Program: Britten - Metamorphoses, Op. 49.
12:15 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
CANCELLED
Doctoral Lecture-Recital
Cameron Smith, piano
Program: Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Doctoral Recital
Ying Zhang, piano
Program: Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor
5:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Program: Philip Miller - Invocatio (Paul Kim, conductor); Schoenberg -
Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspiel-szene (Accompaniment to a cinematographic scene), Op. 34; and Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastorale.”
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra - Rice Chorale
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Program: Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (with Shepherd School
vocal soloists).
8:00 p.m., Stude Concert Hall
Admission (reserved seating): $10.00; students and senior citizens
$8.00. For tickets call 713-348-8000.
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
Student Recital
Thomas Lee, piano
Music of Schumann, Liszt, and Beethoven.
3:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
Student Recital
Ben Laude, piano
Program: Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870; Beethoven - Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"; Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Student Recital
Karen Jeng, piano
Music of Chopin, Prokofiev, and Mozart.
8:00 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
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