Guest Artists
The UW-Eau Claire Music and Theatre Arts Department sponsors many guest artist recitals, master classes, and lectures. See below:
Upcoming Guest Artists
Bruce Tychinski, trombone
Guest Artist Recital
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Phillips Recital Hall
Master Class
Monday, October 12, 2009, 9:00 a.m.
Phillips Recital Hall
Haas Fine Arts Center
UW-Eau Claire
All Events Free & Open to the Public
Sponsored by the Department of Music & Theatre Arts and the Band Area.
Dr. Bruce Tychinski, originally from Altoona, PA, is Assistant Professor of Trombone at The University of Southern Mississippi. At Southern Miss, Dr. Tychinski teaches applied lessons on trombone, courses in trombone literature and pedagogy, and conducts the trombone choir. Learn more about Dr. Tychinski at: http://www.usm.edu/music/index.php/faculty/tychinski/
Timothy Schorr and Mary Ellen Haupert, piano
Guest Artist Master Class
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Guest Artist Recital
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
"Dancing Four Hands - American Piano Duets by Corigliano, Gottschalk, Beach and Barber"
Haas Fine Arts Center
UW-Eau Claire
All Events Free & Open to the Public
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program, and the Department of Music & Theatre Arts.
Timothy Schorr is a strong advocate of both solo and collaborative piano literature from all musical periods. His performance credits in the United States and Europe include Carnegie Recital Hall, the Schubert Club Courtroom Concert Series, Wisconsin Public Radio, the Kunst Universität in Graz, Austria, the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, and the Edinburgh Society of Musicians in Scotland. He frequently adjudicates, presents workshops, and gives master classes throughout and has authored and edited publications for Keyboard Companion Magazine and Hal Leonard. He earned a DMA in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati and is currently Associate Professor and Music Department Chair at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Mary Ellen Haupert has extensive experience collaborating with singers and instrumentalists, including peformances with the Artaria String Quartet, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, and La Crosse Chamber Chorale. She has appeared on the Schubert Club Courtroom Concert Series, on Wisconsin Public Radio, at the Edinburgh Society of Musicians (Scotland), and at universities throughout the United States. She has studied the Taubman Technique for over ten years and has an avid interest in historical keyboard instruments and the baroque flute. She earned a Ph.D. from Washington University and is Assistant Professor of Music at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She is also Director of Music at Roncalli Newman Parish in La Crosse.
Robert Weirich, piano
Recital
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Master Class
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Haas Fine Arts Center
UW-Eau Claire
All Events Free & Open to the Public
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program, and the Department of Music & Theatre Arts.
Pianist Robert Weirich has performed in musical centers throughout the United States, including Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and at such summer festivals as Tanglewood, Ravinia and Marlboro. During the 2009-2010 season, he will perform and teach in China and Argentina, and serve as convention artist for the State Music Teacher Associations of Kansas, Wisconsin and South Carolina.
Past Guest Artists
- Michael Andrew, jazz vocalist
- David Appel, dance artist-in-residence
- Barry Blumenfeld, dance artist-in-residence
- James Brody, Alexander Technique
- Mark Carlson, euphonium
- Joe Chvala, dance choreographer
- Shelley Collins, flute and Andrea Cheeseman, clarinet
- Randolph Fromme, cello
- Janice Garrett & Dancers, dance artists-in-residence
- Matthew Gianforte, Gregory Martin, Kazuha Nakahara, piano
- David Grayson, guest lecturer
- Benny Green, piano
- Hubbard Street 2, dance
- Stanley Jordan, guitar
- Carl Lenthe, trombone
- Jazz Festival from 1967 to Present
- Leigh Kallestad, music technology in traditional teaching
- Greg Keel, saxophone
- Geoffrey Keezer, jazz pianist/composer
- Brendan Kinsella, piano
- Nathan Knutson, piano
- Kenneth Kroesche, trombone & euphonium
- Libby Larsen, composer
- Sal Lozano, saxophone
- Kevin Mahogany, jazz vocalist
- Cat Manturak, dancer/choreographer
- James Mulholland, composer & conductor
- William Chapman Nyaho, piano music of Africa
- Opera Master Class with Seth Keeton, Angie Keeton, and Jamie Andrews
- Opera Master Class with Lisa Butcher, Brian Lemke, and Jamie Andrews
- Tom Patrick of Taylor Two, dance
- Benjamin Pierce, tuba and euphonium
- Joel Puckett, composer
- Randy Sabien, jazz violinist
- Jon Sass, tuba
- John Savage, flute
- John Scherf, recording engineer
- Wayne Senior, composer
- James Sewell Ballet, dance
- Frank Sidorfsky, clarinet and basset horn
- Jim Snidero, saxophone
- Timothy Stalter, conductor
- Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord and fortepiano
- Kari Sundström, trombone
- Piotr Szewczyk, violinist/composer
- Jessica Timman, mezzo-soprano
- The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo, Carrie Vecchione, oboe/English horn and Rolf Erdahl, double bass
- The Western Michigan Brass Quintet, Western Michigan University faculty brass ensemble
- Tenly Williams, oboe
- Zeitgeist, new music ensemble
