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Cultural Programs
Dept. 3951
1000 E. University Ave.
Fine Arts Bldg., Room 229
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766.5139
Fax: (307) 766.2560
Email: janelle@uwyo.edu
Dept. 3951
1000 E. University Ave.
Fine Arts Bldg., Room 229
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766.5139
Fax: (307) 766.2560
Email: janelle@uwyo.edu
Fall 2012 Schedule
SEPTEMBER 21
Pacifica String Quartet
Fine Arts Concert Hall
We are happy to bring back the Pacifica, winners of an Avery Fischer Career Grant award and Musical America’s 2009 Ensemble of the Year, the same year it won a Grammy for “Best Chamber Music Performance,” and a few years after London’s Gramophone magazine put the Pacifica on its cover and called it “one of the five quartets you should know about” (it was the only American quartet on the list). When we first booked Pacifica, it was quartet-in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; then, quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (succeeding the famed Guarneri), at the University of Illinois, and at the University of Chicago, a brilliant quartet, both in its playing, and its ability to be in residence simultaneously in 3 different cities.
General Public $20 / Students & Seniors $17
OCTOBER 6
Gabriela Martinez, piano 
Fine Arts Concert Hall
“She is incredible, she is enormously talented, she is simply a genius.”—Gustavo Dudamel
Usually, when semi-finalists of the Van Cliburn competition go out on their own, the first step is to sign up with a manager. Gabriela Martinez didn’t do that. She didn’t have to. She had plenty of work, because people kept calling her up and asking her to play. What people? Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, James Gaffigan, Andrew Manze, and then, when Leon Fleischer cancelled at the Ravinia Festival, Itzhak Perlman asked Martinez to step in. Good start. And she’s just 22. Praised for her “Rubenstein touch” (Concerto Net), lauded as “compelling, elegant, and incisive” (New York Times), Martinez will also perform Gershwin’s Concerto in F on October 4th with Michael Griffith and the UW Symphony Orchestra.
General Public $20 / Students & Seniors $17
http://www.gabrielamartinezpiano.com/
OCTOBER 26
Time For Three
Fine Arts Concert Hall
“Is it bluegrass or country, jazz improvisation or some new kind of classical? One thing’s for certain. It’s fabulous”—Albany Times Union
Time for Three describes itself as “a classically trained garage band,” which, admittedly, is an oxymoron (like legal ethics, military intelligence, jumbo shrimp, etc.), two violinists and a double bassist, who play in that contemporary genre that has no name (think Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Béla Fleck, Chris Thiele). And TfT has engagements as diverse as its music, from Club Yoshi in San Francisco, to the Philadelphia Orchestra‘s subscription series, from residencies at the Kennedy Center, to Christoph Eschenbach’s birthday concert at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, climaxing, of course, it the Fine Arts Concert Hall in Laramie.
General Public $24 / Students & Seniors $20
NOVEMBER 11
Quatuor Ebène, jazz
Fine Arts Concert Hall
From Paris, although in America, thanks to our disdain for fussy French accents, it is generally known the Ebene Quartet, Ebène plays both classical music, and jazz, and is perhaps best described as another Turtle Island String Quartet, except the musicians drink bordeaux rather than beer, and they play in French. Its Ravel, Debussy, and Faure CD (whoops, sorry: Fauré) won “Recording of the Year” from Gramophone and five-star ratings from both BBC Music Magazine and the Sunday Times; next, The Strad named Ebène’s Haydn CD “Album of the Month.” Then, the quartet released a jazz CD, which immediately hit the top of the charts. For us, the quartet will be playing jazz, and being French, will play it with elan (ok, ok, élan).
General Public $20 / Students & Seniors $17
NOVEMBER 30
Bonus Holiday Concert
Fine Arts Concert Hall
No surprise to us, because we know who they are, and we’ll let you know later on. We’ll give you a hint. They have been here before, and the house was packed. After the concert, it took about forty-five minutes for them to sign autographs. Could be there were lots of people in line. Or could be that it took them a really long time to write their names. Guess.
General Public $12 / Students & Seniors $12
All Performances Begin at 7:30 PM
Please Contact the Fine Arts Box Office for Individual or Season Tickets (307-766-6666)
Sponsors
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University of Wyoming Cultural Programs is a division of the College of Arts & Sciences, assisting the College in its broad educational mission by presenting a rich, balanced program of music, theater, and dance, featuring performances by artists of national and international distinction. |
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The Surprise Holiday and River North Dance Chicago performances and residencies are sponsored, in part, by a grant from the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). |
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The Eldar Djangirov concert is cosponsored by UW's American Studies Department as part of its commitment to educating the community about the great variety and diversity of American art and culture. |
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The Holiday Performance by Surprise Guests concert is cosponsored by the Laramie Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center. |
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The NOTA concert is cosponsored by Friday Night Fever. |
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The Time for Three concert is cosponsored by Student Activities Council. |
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The UW Cultural Programs performance series is generously supported by the office of the President at the University of Wyoming. |
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The Quatour Ebene concert is cosponsored by D&L Music. |
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