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EAU CLAIRE - The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music and theatre arts department will present the following musical performances the week beginning Monday, April 28. All events are free and open to the public.

Monday, April 28:

• Soprano Christina Burgess, Wausau, and mezzo-soprano Sarah Eichen, Burnsville, will present a joint student recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Burgess and Eichen are senior comprehensive music majors. Burgess will begin the recital with "La Grimas Mias" by Miguel Marques. She also will perform "By Strauss," with music by George Gershwin and text by Ira Gershwin, and "100 Easy Ways" from "Wonderful Town," with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Eichen will perform "Were You There," arranged by H.T. Burleigh; "Let Us Break Bread Together," arranged by Moses Hogan; and "Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen," arranged by Burleigh. Burgess and Eichen will conclude the program with "I Still Believe" by Claude-Michel Schonberg from "Miss Saigon."
• Seniors Sean Hanson, Duluth, Minn., and Brian Thorstad, Hastings, Minn., will present a joint student trumpet recital at 7:30 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Thorstad will begin the recital with Eugene Bozza'a Caprice for Trumpet and Piano, and Hanson will continue with Concerto for Trumpet by Eric Ewazen. Thorstad will finish the first half of the recital with Pastorale for Trumpet and Bass Trombone, with James Yardley performing on bass trombone. In the second half, Paula Meier on trumpet will assist Hanson on "Du Style" by Theo Charlier, and both performers will finish the concert with Concerto for Two Trumpets in Bb Major by Vivaldi. Andrei Strizek and Judy Lies will provide piano accompaniment.

Tuesday, April 29:

• Kara Sorensen, Duluth, Minn., will present a student flute recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Sorensen, a sophomore comprehensive music major, will perform four pieces: J.S. Bach's Sonata in G minor; "Three Romances," Op. 94, by Robert Schumann; Sonatine for two flutes by Paul Hindemith; and Aaron Copland's Duo for Flute and Piano. Beverly Soll will assist Sorensen on piano.
• John Brobst, St. Cloud, Minn., will present a senior double bass recital at 7:30 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Brobst, a senior comprehensive music major, will perform six pieces, including Concerto in G by Serge Koussevitzky, "Prayer" by Ernest Bloch and Domenico Dragonetti's Concerto in G. Yukiko Fujimura will assist on piano.
• Jazz Ensemble IV and Jazz Pedagogy Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Robert Baca, associate professor of music conducts both ensembles.

Wednesday, April 30:

• Andrew Dziuk, Hastings, Minn., will present a senior trumpet recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The senior comprehensive music major will begin the program with Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe, No. 1 by Joseph Haydn. Dziuk also will perform "Mattinata" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, "Caprice," Op. 47 by Eugene Bozza and "Toccata" by Giambattista Martini. Senior Andrei Strizek, Sun Prairie, will accompany Dziuk on piano.

Friday, May 2:

• Senior Nate Medsker, Eau Claire, on bass trombone, and senior Sean Solberg, Minot, N.D., on tenor trombone, will present a joint student recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The recital will begin with Medsker performing Concerto No. 1 by Alexei Lebedev. Medsker also will perform "Sonatina" by Halsey Stevens and Sonata No. 5 by Johann Ernst Galliard. Solberg will perform "Parable, Op. 133" by Vincent Persichetti and "Concertino" by Lars-Erik Larsson. The recital will conclude with Solberg, Medsker, senior Joe Hartson, Oconomowoc, and junior Pat Bents, Eagan, Minn., performing "Czardas," composed by Vittorio Monti and arranged by Mark Reift. Medsker and Solberg will be assisted by senior Kristin Yost, Sisseton, S.D., and community member Elaine Mann on piano and Hartson and Bents on tenor trombone. Medsker is a music major and Solberg is a comprehensive music major.

Sunday, May 4:

• Rodney Hudson, associate professor of music, and Andrew Parks, associate lecturer, will present a joint faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Parks, on horn, and Hudson, on trombone, will begin the performance with Beethoven's Sonata in F for Horn and Piano, Op. 17. The recital will continue with Concerto pour Trombone et Orchestre by Henri Tomasi, Four Sketches for Solo Horn and Piano by David Uber, "Romance for Trombone and Piano" by Carl Maria von Weber and "Recreation pour Trompette, Cor, Trombone et Piano" by Pierre Gabaye. Parks and Hudson will be accompanied by Beverly Soll and assisted by Robert Baca, associate professor of music, on trumpet.
• Percussion Ensemble will present a concert at 5 p.m. in Gantner concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The concert will begin with "Forest Rain" by Niel DePonte. The ensemble, directed by Jeffery Crowell, assistant professor of music, will continue with "Ogoun Badagris" by Christopher Rouse; "Hand Dance" by David Friedman; and "Nanafushi," composed by Naito Tetsuro and arranged by Crowell. Percussion Ensemble will conclude the performance with "County Clare," arranged by David Steinquest; "Trio Per Uno" by Nebojsa Zivikovic; and "Tribeca Sunflower" by Julie Spencer.

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Judy Berthiaume, Director
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
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(715) 836-4741
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Updated: April 28, 2003