The Department of Music presents a full schedule of in-person public performances each academic year, both free and ticketed, and many of which are also livestreamed.
Ticketed events are available for sale at the BCPA Box office website, or by stopping in person or calling the BCPA Box Office at 307-766-6666 during normal business hours (Monday -Friday, 12:00 -6:00p.m. and one hour before performances)
Each scheduled livestreamed concert will be assigned its own link below, which you may access from your computer or other device. Recorded videos will be accessible from this page as they become available.
Check out all video content, including livestreams, on UW Music's YouTube channel.
We hope you are able to join us for some or all of our performances this year!
(Check out the Fall 2023 Archive, Spring 2023 Archive, Fall 2022 Archive, Spring 2022 Archive, Fall 2021 Archive, Spring 2021 Archive, and the Fall 2020 Archive to access recent concerts and recordings.)
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UW Cello Festival, Saturday, May 4
Cello Choir Concert, 5:00 p.m.BCPA Concert Hall Festival Gala Concert, 7:30 p.m.BCPA Recital Hall The UW Cello Festival presents the Cello Choir Concert at 5:00 p.m. in the BCPA Concert Hall and the Festival Gala Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the BCPA Recital Hall on Saturday, May 4. Both performances are free and open to the public. This informative and inspiring day of community for cellists of all ages and abilities features masterclasses, lectures, technique workshops, a special playing class for adult learners, cello choirs, and a viola da gamba “petting zoo" for those interested in playing the beautiful consort of these instruments on loan to the festival from the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Distinguished guests this year include Julia Lichten and David Geber, cello faculty at the Manhattan School of Music; cellist, arranger, and conductor Douglas Moore; cellist and conductor Ryan Walker; cellist Becky Kutz Osterberg; executive director and cellist Stephanie Flores; UW alumnus and cellist Thu Vo; and artistic director, cellist, and UW Music faculty member, Beth Vanderborgh. |
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Live in Laramie presents Terrell Stafford
with Live Edge TrioMonday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. Don't miss Grammy Award-winning, NYC-based trumpeter Terrel Stafford as he joins the Live Edge Trio for ONE SET ONLY at The Collective in downtown Laramie. Grab your friends and come out for this amazing night of music from one of the best trumpet players of all time! Hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner, Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player, combining a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well-defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads. Seating for this special event is limited, so get your tickets today! Live in Laramie is a community enrichment concert series sponsored by the UW President's Office and presented by UW Jazz Studies program and Downtown Laramie.
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Blake McGee, Brooks Hafey, and James Przygocki
Sunday, January 21, 3:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE UW Faculty Emeritus Jim Przygocki (viola) and Chadron State University's Brooks Hafey (piano) join UW Clarinetist Blake McGee in a recital of music old and newby Schumann, Jacob, and Lowell Lieberman, showcasing a variety of styles and time periods. |
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Sohap Ensemble: Dusk 'til DawnSaturday, January 27, 5:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE Sohap Ensemble is thrilled to present 'Dusk 'Til Dawn," a free concert of new classical music. This performance features core ensemble members soprano Sabina Balsamo and cellist Chas Barnard, as well as guest artist, pianist Barbara Noyes. This concert explores the intricate relationship between the beauty of the human experience and the relentless march of time, in which the ensemble invites you to be present for all the small, joyful moments that could pass you by unnoticed. “Dusk Till Dawn” features unrecorded works by renowned composers Tom Cipullo, Steven Mark Kohn, and Griffin Candey, as well as fresh interpretations of pieces by Scott Gendel, Errollyn Wallen, and Valerie Capers. The performance will be complemented by text projections on stage and information about the pieces between sets, providing an immersive experience for the community. |
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Becker-Bogard Duo
Friday, February 9, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE Karen Becker, cellist, Theresa Bogard, pianist The Becker-Bogard Duo will perform works by Beethoven, Mélanie Hélène Bonis, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and George Walker. In October 2023 the Duo released their CD American Landscapes, which includes the Barber Sonata, Libby Larsen’s Juba, Atlanta composer Laurence Sherr’s Elegy and Vision for solo cello, Missouri composer Warren Gooch’s Monodies, and the Sonata by George Walker (you will hear the Walker on today’s concert). The recording, released on the Centaur label, is available for streaming on Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, and ArkivMusic. |
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Zara Lawler: The Flute On Its Feet
Monday, February 12, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Julliard-trained flutist, dancer, and teacher Zara Lawler (also known as “The Flute on Its Feet”) will visit UW for a three-day residency February 11-13, 2024. Events include a pre-performance open rehearsal, workshops, and the public recital. Zara is the original dancing flutist; her work has spawned a small cadre of flutists who work in a similar vein. She was already known for her unique combination of these two artforms when she created her choregraphed version of Berio’s Sequenza, a piece titled Time Frame in which she performs the Sequenza while dancing in and around a moving metal frame (watch here). This had an international impact. Zara’s current work is more New York-centric, including a choreographed musical staging of works mentioned in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (in progress) and the first fully realized performance of an historically important piece by NYC composer Ezra Laderman, written for legendary dancer/choreographer Jean Erdman and an unknown solo flutist, which she is offering to premiere here at UW. Beyond her genre-defying performances, Zara is first and foremost a teacher. She is Suzuki-certified and serves as a leading authority on learning extended techniques for flutists. She also teaches an introductory version of dancing-while-playing to all instrumentalists, both as an artform in its own rite and as a tool to connect more deeply with the rhythm and expression inherent in any music that students are playing. And as a freelance flutist based in New York, she also has vast experience booking and producing shows and funding her work through a variety of sources. Says Dr. Nicole Riner, flute professor at UW and her sponsor for this visit, “Her visit will be impactful to the entire music department, by teaching creativity and expression, physical awareness and control, and entrepreneurial skills, in addition to producing an entirely unique show like nothing our students have ever seen. There is no other flute artist quite like Zara anywhere in the world.” |
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UW Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall The University of Wyoming Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band present “Revelry: A Soundtrack for the Human Experience." Conducted by Ogechi Ukazu with guest student conductors Amber Sturdevant and Logan Dominguez, the concert features the Symphonic Band playing pieces by Casey Martin, Viet Cuong, and Jennifer Jolley and UW Wind Symphony playing pieces by Ron Nelson, Joseph Turrin, John Mackey, and Omar Thomas. |
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UW Jazz Festival Concert
Monday, February 26, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Don't miss this incredible double-feature concert! Andy Wheelock brings his Whee3trio, featuring Gonzalo Teppa and Walter Gorra, to UWYO to perform alongside guitar virtuoso, Gilad Hekselman. Ben Markley's star-studded quintet ft. Kyle Swan, Steve Kovalcheck, and Wil Swindler are joined by world-renowned bassist Rodney Whitaker.
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UW Symphony Orchestra: Crouching Tiger
Thursday, February 29, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall A Grammy and Oscar winning concerto. A symphony by the dean of African-American composers. An overture by one of the greatest Italian opera composers. Have such varied and fascinating scores ever been combined into one concert? Come hear them yourself, as the UW Symphony plays their Crouching Tiger concert on February 29, at 7:30 in the Buchanan Center Concert Hall. Cellist Beth Vanderborgh will play Tan Dun’s fascinating Crouching Tiger Concerto, from the 2020 film score that was recorded by Yo-Yo Ma. Rod Garnett will return to Laramie to play the Asian flute parts. The music features an astonishing solo cello part, many ancient and traditional percussion instruments, and flute parts using exotic members of that woodwind family. It won the 2001 Academy and Grammy Awards for best film scores, and will sound both unusual yet familiar at the same time. William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 2, “Song of a New Race,” ends a trilogy of works that depict Black experiences. The music, which depicts a vision of a free Black people in an integrated America, had its premiere in 1937, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. While living in New York in the 1920s, Still was part of the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the first Black composers to have a symphony performed by a major symphony orchestra, in 1935 with the New York Philharmonic. The music of his Second Symphony is at times blues-inflected, with dance, folk, ragtime, call-and-response, and big-band jazz influences. The Overture to Verdi’s great opera La Forza del Destino will be the most traditional sounding symphonic piece on the concert. Premiered in 1862, the overture is a dramatic, intense, and ultimately triumphant curtain-raiser. The brass will have a workout, especially the trombones, as Verdi’s seething music prepares the audience for this story of doomed interracial love. Audiences should enjoy this concert for the guest musicians as much as for the music. Beth Vanderborgh, cello, Rod Garnett, traditional flutes, and David Leibowitz, guest conductor, will all share the spotlight. Cello soloist Beth Vanderborgh enjoys a rich and varied career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and pedagogue. Professor of Cello at UW, Dr. Vanderborgh is Principal Cellist of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, on the Artist-Faculty of the Eastern Music Festival, with the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Orchestra and is acting Principal Cello of the Pro-Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra. She also performs regularly with the Colorado Chamber Players and the Colorado Symphony, is a founding member of the acclaimed Stanislas Sextet based in Nancy, France, and tours regularly with Musica Harmonia. The Classical Voice of North Carolina described her playing as, “Impeccable musicianship, rhythmic precision, technical expertise and expansive, passionate musicianship. Gorgeous music, exquisitely performed, and I do not believe I have overdone the superlatives.” Her most recent CD, with the Stanislas Sextet, of Brahms and Dvorak sextets was recorded by Radio France and released in 2018 by the European label, Forgotten Records. The concert will be led by guest conductor David Leibowitz, the Music Director of the award-winning New York Repertory Orchestra. For many years, Mr. Leibowitz was on the conducting staff of the Rome Festival Opera (Italy), leading opera, ballet, and concert performances, and was the Orchestra Director of the Siena (Italy) Summer Music Festival. In the New York City area, he has conducted the Massapequa Philharmonic, Astoria Symphony, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Greenwich Village Orchestra, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Centre Symphony Orchestra, New York Festival Singers, Litha Orchestra, and the Music at St. Paul’s Series at Columbia University. He has also worked with the Dance Theater of Harlem. A dedicated music educator, Mr. Leibowitz has conducted the Third Street Philharmonia at the Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City, and was the Orchestra Director at the City College of New York. In 2011, Mr. Leibowitz was an award winner of the American Prize in Orchestral Conducting and the American Prize in Orchestral Programming. Emeritus Professor of Flute Rod Garnett will return to Laramie for Crouching Tiger. The music calls for Asian flutes of various sized, and Dr. Garnett’s fascination with world flutes will bring much of the music to life. His work with the traditional music ensembles “Colcannon” and “Lights Along the Shore” are fondly remembered by Laramie audiences, and we are indeed fortunate that he will return to Laramie for this concert. |
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UW Choirs: "Cowboys, Sing On!"
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Join UW Choirs, cConducted by Brian Murray, O’Neil Jones, and Emily Peterson, and featuring Alisson Garcia, Francine Cancian, and Isabella Araújo, piano and Kathryn Harding, guitar, for an evening of choral music. The concert is free and open to all, and will feature the UW Civic Chorus, 7220 Blues, Bel Canto, Festival Treble Singers, Happy Jacks, UW Singing Statesmen, Festival Tenor/Bass Singers, and UW Collegiate Chorale. The program will include selections by Ysaye Barnwell, Robert DeCormier, David N. Childs, Eric William Barnum, Ruth Moody, Robert Schumann, Jacob Narverud, Laura Farnell, Knut Nystedt, Nathaniel Dett, René Clauson, and Laura Farnell. |
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Guest Artist Recital: Sikone Spadino-Pipa, violin, Jowin Han, piano
Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE UW Music presents award-winning Italian violinist Simone Spadino Pippa with faculty pianist Jiwon Han performing a program featuring music for violin and piano by Brahms, Paganini, Shor-Pletnev, and Ravel. Spadino Pippa, hailed by Spanish composer Martinez Burgos for the “rare mixture of strength and delicacy in [his] performances,” has played as a soloist and chamber musician in prestigious concert halls all over the world. Award-winning South Korea-born pianist, conductor, and educator Jiwon Han has appeared in major concert venues around the world, performing with chamber music ensembles, as a collaborative pianist, and as an orchestral pianist in a wide range of genres. |
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Harley-Fadial Duo Recital
Monday, March 18, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall, FREE Join the critically acclaimed Harley-Fadial Duo in a concert of great English music for Violin and Piano, including Vaughan-Williams and Elgar. "Over my years with Fanfare, I’ve reviewed countless recordings of Brahms’s violin sonatas. Some I’ve panned, others I’ve praised. But I can honestly say that I’ve never heard these works played like this. John Fadial and Andrew Harley bring an interpretive vision to the music, which, in my experience, is unique and, crucially, convincing and compelling. Of the two-dozen or more versions I have of these sonatas on my shelf—a number of which I really like—I can see myself reaching for Fadial and Harley before any of the others. Urgently recommended." Jerry Dubins |
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Unheard-of Ensemble
Thursday, March 21, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE LIVESTREAM UW Music presents Unheard-of ensemble as part of a three-day residency that also includes workshops and recording sessions, the concert is free and open to all. The program will feature music by Robert McClure, NNUX, Jessica Meyer, Vicki Nguyen, and premieres of two works by UW faculty member Nicolas Chuaqui. Unheard-of will also present a free, public Composer Workshop-Performance. on March 22 at 4:00 p.m. BCPA Recital Hall Brooklyn-based Unheard-Of ensemble, Ford Fourqurean (clarinet), Matheus Souza (violin), Iva Casian-Lakoš (cello), and Daniel Anastasio (piano), is a quartet of musicians dedicated to connecting new music to communities in New York and across the United States through the development and performance of adventurous programs using technology and interactive multimedia. |
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Italian Baroque Sonatas
Monday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE LIVESTREAM UW Music welcomes Eminent Artists-in-Residence, Augusta McKay Lodge (Baroque violin) and Hanneke van Proosdij (harpsichord), from march 24 through march 26 on teh UW campus. Public events for the residency include: SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 7:00-9:30PM, BCPA RECITAL HALL MONDAY, MARCH 25, 7:30PM, RECITAL HALL TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1:00PM, BCPA 1016 Augusta McKay Lodge is an award-winning historically informed violinist, enjoying a blossoming career as leader and soloist at a young age. Already an experienced leader in the field, McKay Lodge performs regularly as concertmaster with Les Arts Florissants and Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, and recently with Opera Fuoco at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. She has also guest directed the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players as a substitute for Richard Egarr. In the past, she has held concertmaster of Bach Akademie Charlotte, The American Classical Orchestra, and Teatro Nuovo. Hanneke van Proosdij is an award-winning music director, conductor, keyboard and recorder player, and composer. She is renowned for the elegance, virtuosity, and expressiveness of her playing. As Co-director and co-founder of the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music she has released more than 420 videos to an audience of over 120 million viewers. Hanneke performs regularly as a soloist and continuo specialist and is principal early keyboard player with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the FestspielOrchester Göttingen. She has appeared regularly with Hesperion XX, Concerto Palatino, American Bach Soloists. Concerto Köln, Chanticleer, the LA Phil, the Dallas Symphony, Gewandhaus Orchester and the Arcadian Academy. She received her solo and teaching diplomas from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where she studied recorder, harpsichord and composition. Hanneke is a cofounder of the Junior Recorder Society, now in its 23rd year, and directs, together with Rotem Gilbert, the SFEMS Recorder Workshop. She has recorded over 100 discs for Magnatune, BIS, Koch, Musica Omnia, Carus, AVIE, Accent and Delos. Hanneke teaches recorder at UC Berkeley and has been guest professor at Stanford, Oberlin, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, University of Wisconsin and the University of Vermont. |
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Zion Piano Trio
Thursday, March 28, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, FREE Join Utah's Zion Piano Trio for an evening of music for violin, cello, and piano by Debussy, Turina, and Schubert. The Zion Trio has been bringing major works from the standard repertoire for piano trio to southern Utah for several years. Violinist Paul Abegg is Professor of Music and Director of Strings and Orchestras at Utah Tech University. Originally from Hong Kong, cellist Ka-Wai Yu is also teaching at Utah Tech University and directs the string chamber music program there. Pianist Christian Bohnenstengel is from southern Germany and serves as Director of Keyboard Studies at Southern Utah University. The Zion Trio's diverse repertoire includes works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Piazzolla, Ravel, Shostakovich, and Paul Schoenfield. The trio has recently performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Orchestra of Southern Utah, and was featured at the Utah American String Teachers Association’s Midwinter Workshop. |
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Virtuoso Gems from the Piano Literature
Featuring Ksenia Nosikova, concert pianist
Sunday, April 7, 3:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall UW Music is proud to present acclaimed concert pianist Ksenia Nosikova performing “Virtuoso Gems from the Piano Literature,” Sunday, April 7, at 3:00 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the performing Arts Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to all, and will feature music by J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Clementi, Beethoven, and Liszt. Dr. Nosikova has been praised as “First rate” (Fono Forum), “Full of dramatic intensity” (International Piano), “Phenomenal instrumentalist; absorbing, dramatic, compelling, and riveting” (Fanfare Magazine), “Impressive musicianship, musically very poetic” (Boston Globe), and “Refined sensibility and exquisite pianism” (New York Concert Reviews). A graduate of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and University of Colorado, Nosikova currently serves as a Professor and Chair of Piano Department at the University of Iowa and a member of the artist faculties of Wiener MusikSeminar International Master Classes (Austria). She is a member of the American Liszt Society’s National Board of Directors and Artistic Director of the “Key Change: Piano Revolutionaries” and “Piano Sundays at Old Capitol” Concert Series. Nosikova is a Steinway Artist and 2021 and 2022 Steinway Teacher Hall of Fame inductee. |
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A Musical Voyage from Seville to Beirut
Featuring guest artist Christine Honein, sopranoTuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, free UW Music presents guest artists Christine Honein, soprano, and Jeremy Page, piano, performing “A Musical Voyage from the Seville to Beirutl". The program will feature art songs by Mediterranean composers including Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Joaquìn Nin, Eduard Toldrà, Isaac Albéniz, Richard Pearson Thomas, Wajdi Abou Diab, Iyad Kanaan, Iyad Kanaan Praised for her vocal clarity, crystalline coloratura, and abundant musicality, Lebanese-American soprano Christine Honein has been featured on stages in the United States and the Middle East performing concert work as well as opera. Pianist Jeremy Reger is currently a vocal coach and the Head of Music Staff and the Choir Master of Eklund Opera at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is also the music director and coach for CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW). In addition to his duties at the university, Dr. Reger maintains a busy performing schedule. |
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UWSO: Concertmaster Fund Recital
Featuring Giovanna Volpi, violinThursday, April 11, 7:00 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Symphony audiences are used to this ritual: the houselights dim, and out walks the concertmaster. They tune the orchestra, and the concert begins. But unless the orchestra plays something with concertmaster solos, we seldom get to hear them alone. That is about the change. On Thursday, April 11, at 7:00 p.m. the UWSO will continue its tradition of showcasing wonderfully talented concertmasters as soloists. The annual Concertmaster Fund Recital will be presented in the Buchanan Center Recital Hall, followed by a reception for all ticket-holders. It will be your opportunity to chat with the soloists and other supporters of classical music. Wonderful music, wonderful food, wonderful company, what more can you ask? UW Symphony concertmaster Giovanna Volpi will be joined by pianist Augusto Barbieri in works by Debussy, Ravel, and de Falla. Cellist Jaxon Cox, violist Bryce Allen, and violinist Michael Vitanza will join Ms. Volpi in Schumann’s String Quartet No. 3. This quartet just played this piece on the UWSO’s tour concerts in France and Spain. This event will be in our beautiful Recital Hall, so seating is limited. Order your special tickets now. Musically, this will show you the very best UW has to offer, and is an incredibly good cause as well. Tickets for this special fund-raising event are $40.00. University funding for our Concertmaster Fellowship has dwindled over the years, so this event is designed to strengthen the endowment that funds our Moore Concertmaster Fellowships. It’s an excellent cause. We sincerely hope many of you can attend. |
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UW Percussion Festival Featured ConcertFeaturing Joe Moore II and Von HansenFriday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Directed by Christian De La Torre and Dr. Andy Wheelock Join the UWYO Percussion Ensemble with special guests Joe Moore III and Von Hansen, as they perform incredibly exciting new works for percussion ensemble.
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Ari Hoenig Trio
Sunday, April 14, 7:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, Free UW Jazz Studies is proud to present the Ari Hoenig Trio, Gadi Lehavi, piano; Ben Tiberio bass; and Ari Hoenig, drums. Ari Hoenig is a jazz drummer, composer, and educator known for his unusual and intense approach to drumming emphasizing complex rhythms in direct harmony with other group members. Ari is widely noted particularly for his drumming not being relegated to just keeping tempo, or being a side issue to the music he plays in, but rather for elevating drumming as an indispensable part of the performance. "Ari Hoenig combines jaw-dropping intensity, phenomenal technique, and visionary perspective,
making him a major force in jazz's evolution through the 21st century" — Rick Mason Minneapolis/St Paul City Pages "From the physical mayhem of Ari Hoenig’s drumming — limbs flailing, face contorted in agonized delight — comes music of unsurpassed depth and control." - David Adler-Philadelphia Weekly "Ari Hoenig is one of the most maniacally obsessive, spasmodic and musical drummers in jazz." — JAZZ TIMES “Rhythm is a contact sport for Ari Hoenig” — Nate Chinen, NEW YORK TIMES "Ari Hoenig is a Magician!" — BATTEUR MAGAZINE "Ari Hoenig, a disconcerting phenomenon of the drums" — JAZZMAN MAGAZINE" |
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Front Range Chamber Players
Theremin: Hollywood to Colorado
Monday, April 15, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall With Lara Wickes, theremin; Nicholas Tisherman, oboe; Theresa Bogard, piano; Erik Peterson and Ron Francois, violins; Philip Stevens, viola; Joseph Howe, cello In a program of music including: Ludwig BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, op. 74 “Harp” in E flat Major Camille SAINT-SAENS: Sonata for Oboe and Piano Bohslav MARTINU: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, Piano and String Quartet
FEATURED PERFORMER Oboist Lara Wickes learned about the theremin as a high school student in Corvallis, Oregon. Following
up on a recommendation at a local video store, she watched the documentary Theremin,
An Electronic Odyssey, with her parents. She was intrigued by the instrument. That
December, she found an unusual box under her Christmas tree. It was a theremin.
Her father used the then primitive internet to find a kit and built the theremin as
a gift for Lara. |
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A Rhythmic World: Brazilian Percussion ConcertFeaturing Jorge AlabeThursday, April 18, 6:00 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Directed by Dr. Andy Wheelock Join the UWYO Samba Bateriá as they perform alongside of Brazilian master drummer, Jorge Alabe. This concert will see the UWYO Percussion Studio join forces with local secondary schools and the Laramie community. In conjunction with the concert, two free community dance and percussion workshops will be held Wednesday, April 17, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and Thursday, April 18, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Those interested in participating should contact Andrew Wheelock at awheeloc@uwyo.edu for more information. Master drummer Jorge Alabê grew up in Rio de Janeiro immersed in the rich musical culture of Brazil, becoming a master in samba percussion as well as in the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition of candomblé. He is an “Alabê” connected with the oldest candomblé house established in Brazil, Casa Branca; the title “Alabê” indicates that Jorge has attained the highest level in drumming and leading of rituals in the candomblé religion and signifies deep experience and authority. Jorge’s deep history and skill developed as he grew up playing Afro-Brazilian and samba rhythms in Rio, and has taken him around the world as the director of percussion with the legendary performing company Oba Oba. He has played percussion with the highest-level samba groups in Rio and also served as the rhythm director of Minas Gerais Samba School in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Jorge has performed in recordings with Brazilian stars Milton Nascimento and Martinho da Vila, and appeared on Globo TV in Brazil during 1978–1980 on the entertainment program Brasil Pandeiro. Jorge is an acknowledged percussion master and a popular and dedicated performer and teacher now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Øystein Baadsvik, tubawith Theresa Bogard, pianoSunday, April 21, 3:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, free Praised as “…the most remarkable tuba player I have ever heard,” (Barry Tuckwell, legendary hornist), Baadsvik is internationally known for his virtuoso technique and extraordinary musicality as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. In 1991, Øystein was awarded a two-year grant to support his musical endeavors by the Norwegian state. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2006, performing works recorded on his CD, “Danzas,” on the BIS label. With over five million views on YouTube, Baadsvik is sought after worldwide, having performed as a soloist with many renowned orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Taipei National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Orchestra Victoria of Melbourne, Warsaw Philharmonic, Polish Radio Orchestra, Gdansk Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Sweden’s Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, and the Singapore Philharmonic. Driven by the joy of musical exploration, Baadsvik has premiered over 50 solo works and expanded the tuba repertoire with his own compositions. In 2017, he gave the first TEDx Talk about the tuba. |
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The Stellar BrassMonday, April 22, 5:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, free Described by the International Trumpet Guild as "an ensemble full of variety, panache and virtuosity," Stellar Brass is an original and innovative brass quintet performing a broad range of eclectic, musical styles. They are dedicated to providing unwavering support for the training of the Air Force Academy Cadets, and to the unique telling of the Air Force story nationwide. Stellar Brass has represented the United States Air Force as musical ambassadors through internationally distributed audio and video recordings and broadcasts, and are nationally recognized and respected as clinicians, presenting university, college, and high school master classes. |
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Jazz Combo ShowcaseThursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall Directed by Andy Wheelock, Seth Lewis, and Ryan Fourt The UWYO Jazz Combos take to the stage to perform jazz standards, arrangements, and original works. |
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Wyoming Jazz Ensemble and Ensemble II
Thursday, April 25, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Directed by Andy Wheelock and Ogechi Ukazu The UW Jazz Studies program presents “Spring Swing,” featuring Jazz Ensemble II and the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, on Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. The ensembles will perform an incredible evening of Big Band repertoire, including everything from swing to salsa, that is sure to make you want to dance. Jazz Ensemble II, directed by Ogechi Ukazu, will offer a selection of tunes from Bill Holman, Gerald Wilson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frederick Loewe, Wayne Shorter, and Al Cohn. The Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, directed by Andy Wheelock, will perform “2-3’s Adventure” by Carlos Henriquez; “Afro-Blue” by Mongo Santamaria; “Blue Muchacho” by Joe Gallardo, and “Squatty Roo,” by Johnny Hodges (arr John Clayton).
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COWBOYLAND
Ft. The Playground Ensemble Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall Join UW Music for a Live Electronic Music concert of music created by UW students and members of Denver's innovative Playground Ensemble. This FREE concert is geared towards all ages, from 4 years on and up. The Playground Ensemble, in Residence at Metro State University of Denver, is the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier new music group of professional musicians, composers, educators and fans dedicated to presenting chamber music as a living art form. In addition to concert seasons that feature the work of recognized composers, the ensemble works to cultivate a thriving local composition community. With exciting outreach programs like the innovative Young Composers Playground the ensemble shows young people that classical music is vibrant, adventurous and relevant. It aims to inspire audiences not only to listen, but to create! The residency of The Playground Ensemble for this concert and associated workshops has been made possible by support from the Wyoming Excellence Fund. |
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Piano Music of Latin America
Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall, free Featuring Brazilian pianist Lúcia Barrenechea Join UW Music in welcoming guest pianist Lúcia Barrenechea for a program of music featuring Latin American composers. Barrenechea teaches at UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and has taught for several prestigious music festivals in Brazil, including Villa-Lobos Festival in Rio de Janeiro and the International Summer Festival in Brasilia. As a soloist, Barrenechea has performed with several Brazilian orchestras. As a chamber pianist, she has performed with many prominent musicians, both in Brazil and abroad, and recorded a wide range of chamber music repertoire. She and her husband, flutist Sergio Barrenechea, perform as Duo Barrenechea, and released recordings in 2008, 2011, and 2015. |
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UW Wind Symphony: Wine Dark Sea
Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Spanning a diverse palette of musical styles and genres, from ancient to now, John Mackey's seminal 2014 work "Wine-Dark Sea" take its title and structure from Homer's "Odyssey", with each of the three movements an ancapsulation of the pivotal moments of Odysseus' travels.
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7220 Blues and Happy Jacks
Sunday, April 28, 3:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall The University of Wyoming Choirs present the Happy Jacks and 7220 Blues in concert on April 28 at 3:00 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Recital Hall. The Happy Jacks will perform “Sing My Child” by Sarah Quartel; “In My Life” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Zegree); “Time” by Jennifer Lucy Cook; “That Lonesome Road” by James Taylor and Don Grolnick (arr. Shaw); and “My Girl” by “Smokey” Robison and Ronald White (arr. Campbell). The 7220 Blues will perform “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin (arr. Rutherford); “Caravan” by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Juan Tirol (arr. Rutherford); and “Meditation” by Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Hayes). |
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Stanislas Sextet
Monday, April 29, 7:00 p.m., BCPA Recital Hall Join the Stanislas Sextet, featuring Laurent Causse, Violin/Viola, Rémy Chopinez, Violin, John Fadial, Violin/Viola, Paul Fenton, Viola, Jean de Spengler, Cello, and Beth Vanderborgh, Cello for a free, public program of music by Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, and Antonín Dvořák. The Stanislas Sextet associates the members of the Stanislas Quartet and two American musiciens, the violonist and viola player, John Fadial, and the cellist Beth Vanderborgh. They met in Nancy in 1994 and decided to explore together the magnificent repertoire for string sextets. In 1996 they gave their first concert in the Salle Poirel in Nancy, followed by a tour of America, which took them successively to West Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and finally Washington, where their interpretation of the first sextet of Brahms was particularly appreciated by the critic of the Washington Post. Since then the Stanislas Sextet has regularly performed on both sides of the Atlantic, with undeniable success. Between 1997 and 2000 it led the French-American Academy of Strings, which takes place successively in Mirecourt, the cradle of French string instrument fabrication, and the University of West Virginia. In October 2006, the Stanislas Sextet was invited in residence at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, where master-classes alternated with concerts in Greensboro and in other towns in North Carolina. The concert given in the Fine Arts Museum of North Carolina in Raleigh, capital of the State, resulted in an enthusiastic article in Classical Voice. In 2012, they were invited to give some concerts and masterclasses at the University of Wyoming , where John and Beth are now professors. The Stanislas Sextet has celebrated his 20th anniversary in 2016 in France, giving several concerts in Nancy and in Lorraine, and some masteclasses at the Conservatoire. Forgotten Records released at this occasion a CD presenting the string sextet by Dvorak and Verklärte Nacht by Schönberg, recorded live salle Poirel in March and May 2016. |
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UW Symphonic and Community Band
Monday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall, Free The University of Wyoming Symphonic Band and the Community Band present their spring concert on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Opening the concert will be the Community Band, performing “Solstice Dance” by Jack Wilds; “Dragonfly” by Katahj Copley; and “The Bonsai Tree” by Julie Giroux. The ensemble is conducted by Ogechi Ukazu, Robert Belser, and Amber Sturdevant The second half will feature the Symphonic Band performing “Sunshine” by Katahj Copley, “Life Painting” by Aaron Perrine, and “Of Sailors and Whales” by W. Francis McBeth, narrated by Eric Sieger. The ensemble is conducted by Ogechi Ukazu, Logan Dominguez, and Amber Sturdevant. The University of Wyoming Symphonic Band performs the finest in symphonic band repertory. The Community Band is open to all area residents for their musical enjoyment, and also provides the opportunity for musicians to play secondary instruments and advanced conducting students to conduct. University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel and Dr. Gabrielle Allen invite all patrons to a reception immediately following the performance to celebrate the work of the fine and performing arts units this academic year, as well as the talented musicians in these ensembles. |
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UWSO: The Mozart Requiem
Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., BCPA Concert Hall Conducted by Dr. Michael Griffith Conductor’s Corner: The Mozart Requiem In Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, the trumpet intones “The Perennial Question of Existence,” while the flutes hunt for “The Invisible Answer.” With that search, the UW Symphony sets off on its May 2 concert, at 7:30 in the Buchanan Center Concert Hall. Many have asked what happens as we are about to shuffle off this mortal coil. Artists of all kinds – visual, poetic, dramatic, and musical – have explored the issue, from their own vantage point. The UWSO show what five composers have set down in this mystery. Following the Ives, baritone Erik Erlandson will join the orchestra for one of the greatest of all German lieder. In Erlkönig, the poem traces the story of a father and son, riding horseback swiftly through a dark and misty night. The little boy fears that a mysterious creature is threatening him, wants to capture him and take him off to his castle. By the time the disbelieving father reaches home, the little boy is gone. The poem is by Goethe, the music by Schubert (orchestrated by Alfred Luck). In the most dramatic four minutes ever composed, Schubert tells the story, builds the fear, and ends the plot. It’s the quintessential example of 19th Century Romanticism’s fascination with the supernatural. Verdi’s Addio del passato from La Traviata is in an entirely different mood. Violetta fears that her illness will soon end her life. She looks back wistfully at her loves, and her joys, and begs God to pardon and accept her. It’s one of the most beautiful scenes in all of opera, sad, yes, but also incredibly hopeful. Soprano Sabina Balsamo will bring her lovely voice to the score. But as human beings, we can defy all risks, and act in the most heroic manner possible, can we not? During Covid’s worst moments, hospital workers stood their ground, treating gravely ill patients at the risk of their own lives. And neighbors responded: as hospital shifts ended, nearby residents took to their windows and doorways, cheering, whistling, and stomping for these medical heroes. Composer Valerie Coleman celebrated this daily scene in Seven O’Clock Shout. She wrote, “To me, Seven O’Clock Shout is a declaration of our survival. It is something that allows us our agency to take back the kindness that is in our hearts and the emotions that cause us such turmoil. … We cheer on the essential workers with a primal and fierce urgency to let them know that we stand with them and each other.” Commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2020, Seven O’Clock Shout will end the first half of the concert in the most joyful, celebratory manner possible. Most religious institutions offer guidance and hope regarding death and the afterlife, of course. The Roman Catholic Requiem has existed for centuries, and the Latin words (plus a little Greek) have been set by composers for all that time. Perhaps the most famous is that by Mozart. If you know the film Amadeus, you remember that Mozart was himself dying as he composed it. Stories surrounding the commission abound, but the truth is simpler: Mozart was asked by an acquaintance and fellow Freemason, Count Franz Graf von Walsegg-Stuppach, after he lost his wife to illness that year. Mozart was essentially a dramatist, I believe. Once cannot approach his Requiem without knowing that he was the composer of the final scene of Don Giovanni, of the Countess’ aria in Marriage of Figaro, and of the Queen of the Night’s two arias in The Magic Flute. Those words paint emotions, and Mozart saw his task as conveying those emotions through sound. The same is true in the Requiem. The drama of the Dies irae (Day of Wrath), or the hope of Benedictus (Blessed), are evident to all who hear the music, regardless of their faith. To help our audience understand the relation between the words and the sound, I have asked Peter Parolin, Dean of UW’s Honors College, to act as a narrator for the Requiem. Few of you know Latin, and printed translations are hard to follow in a darkened hall. Dr. Parolin will give you brief translations of each section right before we perform it. That way you will know exactly what is being sung, and why Mozart chose that sound for those words, as the performance proceeds. Our soloists are Soprano Sabina Balsamo and baritone Erik Erlandson, both of the UW voice faculty; graduate vocal performance major, mezzo-soprano Amanda Silva; and guest tenor Nathan Snyder. The UW Collegiate Chorale, Bel Canto Singers, Singing Statesmen, and Civic Chorus are being prepared by Dr. Brian C. Murray and Dr. O’Neil Jones, conductors. Dr. Alice Chuaqui Baldwin will play the organ continuo part. The Mozart Requiem is one of the truly great works of the musical repertoire. Do not miss this opportunity to hear a stunning performance of it. For tickets, call 766-6666, visit the Buchanan Center Box Office, or go here, https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984. Michael Griffith |
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