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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, Feb. 16. All events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Feb. 18:

• Seniors Jacob Morris, Maple Grove, Minn., and Greg Van Sickle, Pigeon Falls, will perform a joint trumpet recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Van Sickle will perform Sonate für Trumpete in B and Klavier by Paul Hindemith and Concert Etude, Op. 49 by Alexander Goedicke. Lori Cruciani will accompany Van Sickle on piano. Morris will perform Alexander Arutiunian’s Concerto for Trumpet and “Rondo for Lifey” by Leonard Bernstein. Kristin Yost will accompany Morris on piano.
• Flutist William Bennett and pianist Clifford Benson will perform a guest recital at
  7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Bennett is considered to be one of the foremost flutists performing today. He has held principal positions with the BBC Northern Orchestra, the Sadler Wells Opera Co., the London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra. The program is subject to change, but will open tentatively with “Two Hornpipes” and “Two Airs” by Henry Purcell and continue with “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from the “St. Matthew Passion” by J. S. Bach; “Romance” by Antonin Dvorak; and Introductions and Variations Op. 160 by Franz Schubert. The second half of the program will feature a sonata by Oktar Taktakishvili, one tango by Niels Gade and another by Benson, and “Jet Whistle” by Heitor Villa-Lobos. This concert is sponsored by the wind division of the UW-Eau Claire music department, the Office of Research and Development, the Academic Affairs Professional Development Program and the Brannen-Cooper Fund.

Sunday, Feb. 22:

• Dr. Phillip Ostrander, assistant professor of music and theatre arts, will present a faculty trombone recital at 2 p.m. in Gantner Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. For the first half of the concert, Ostrander will perform three compositions beginning with Partita, BWV 1013 by J. S. Bach. Beverly Soll will provide piano accompaniment. The second half of the concert will open with Dave Springfield’s arrangement of the “Alec Wilder Suite,” conducted by senior Joe Hartson, Oconomowoc. Ostrander will be joined on the trombone by seniors Keith Hilson, Eau Claire, and James Yardley, Duluth, Minn.; juniors Kenyon Scheurman, River Falls, and Colin Gilliland, Fond du Lac; and sophomore Randall Pingrey, Baraboo. Ostrander also will perform Dizzy Gillespie’s “Con Alma” and will close the concert with a composition of his own titled “Line Changes.” Sophomore Scott Currier, Brookfield, will provide piano accompaniment and Jeremy Schroeder will assist on bass.

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Judy Berthiaume, Director
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: February 4, 2004