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A Musical Tour with Collegiate Chorale
A musical tour of the 20th century and the world highlights the spring concert of the Collegiate Chorale.
The concert will begin at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 30 in Minsky Recital Hall. Directing the group is Beth Clark, a graduate student in music education.
The first half of the program will focus on 20th-century works, including Daniel Pinkham's Wedding Cantata, Saul by Frank Pooler, Sing Me to Heaven by Daniel Gawthrop and Ching-A-Ring Chaw by Aaron Copland.
The international fare in the second half of the program includes songs from Newfoundland, England, Japan and Africa.
Percussion in a New Millennium
Sounds of modern life in the machine age will fill the hall during the spring concert of the 14-member Percussion Ensemble, directed by Professor of Music Stuart Marrs.
The 7:30 p.m. concert Tuesday, May 2 in the Minsky Recital Hall, begins with Edgard Varèse's Ionisation (1931-), a landmark composition written for 13 players utilizing 40 percussion instruments. Also on the program is Edmund Cionek's Percussion Symphony (Rituals for a New Millennium), a piece written in four movements; Russell Peck's Lift-Off, described as a "musical juggling act"; and La Bajada de Maza by Ramón Ramírez.
Marimba Spiritual by Minoru Miki will be highlighted by a marimba solo by Bryan Cook.
The Jazz of Student Soloists
The Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform a blend of contemporary and classical pieces in a concert Thursday, May 4.
The 7:30 p.m. concert in the Minsky Recital Hall will be directed by Karel Lidral, associate professor of music.
The ensemble will perform a number of pieces that allow for improvisation. The Chopper by John Fedchock will feature solos by students Johanne LePage on baritone saxophone, Trevor Marcho on trumpet and Dan Labonte on the trombone. Herbie Hancock's Dauphin Dance will feature Chris Strange on alto saxophone, Zach Lampron on trombone and Bryan Cook on drums.
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, the first of two tunes by Charlie Mingus, will feature Mike Scarpone on the tenor saxophone. Dizzy Gillespie's Groovin' High will show off the talents of Cook, the saxophone section and guitarist John Johnston.
Jungle Gym by Matt Harris will have solos by Luke Bouchard on trumpet, Tim Hart on tenor saxophone, Johnson and Cook. Pianist Becky Borja will solo in Neil Hefti's The Kid from Red Bank. Dominic Spera's Krystyn and Kandace at the Mall will feature solos by Strange, Scarpone and Borja.
The Jazz Combo will perform such Frank Mantooth arrangements as The Birth of the Blues, Bluesette, and Body and Soul.
The Dances of Spring
Student and faculty choreography will be showcased in the Spring Dance Concerts Friday-Saturday, May 5-6.
Performances begin at 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium.
A modern dance piece choreographed and performed by students Angie Gorneau and Rei Tresler will kick off the show. They are followed by two solos: a traditional ballet piece performed by junior Samantha Lott and a modern dance by sophomore Alanna Hounsell.
Members of the UMaine Dance Club will take the stage for a piece choreographed and performed by the members, Silent All These Years.
In addition to other student performances, faculty member Sid Dyjek will take the stage with his introductory modern dance class for a piece with an underwater theme. Dance Instructor Ann Ross also will perform with her intermediate modern dance class.
War Requiem Comes to Hutchins
The University of Maine Singers and the Oratorio Society will join the St. John's Episcopal Church Youth Choir and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra for two performances of Benjamin's Britten's War Requiem.
Concerts will be Saturday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m., Hutchins Concert Hall.
The large-scale work is a statement of the destructive nature of war and a tribute to the heroism, courage and suffering of all it has touched. War Requiem is based on poems written by an English soldier, a pacifist, who was killed in battle. The poems are combined with a traditional Latin requiem mass for the dead.
The choral groups will join the 95-member Bangor Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists Brad Diamond, Philip Cutlip and Bonnie Scarpelli.