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Musical Events
For the Week of Monday, April 15 

MAILED: April 10, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music and theatre arts department will present the following musical performances the week beginning Monday, April 15. All events are free and open to the public.

MONDAY, APRIL 15:

• Senior trombonists Sean Solberg, Minot, N.D., and Curt Campbell, Peshtigo, will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Junior Kristin Yost, Sisseton, S.D., and community member Judy Lies will provide accompaniment on the piano. Various works will be performed, including "Cavatine" by Camille Saint-Saens, "Manipulations" by Allen Molineux and "Scenes From a Traveling Circus" by Jose Berghmans.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16:

• Students of the National Association of Teachers of Singing will perform a recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Seven works will be performed, including Victor Herbert's "Art is Calling for Me," Stephen Flaherty's "Gliding" and "Early in the Morning" by Ned Rorem.
• The Cane Mutiny Bassoon Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The ensemble consists of the following bassoonists: Kristine Fletcher, senior lecturer of music and theatre arts; senior Stacy Kern, North St. Paul, Minn.; juniors Beth Anne Scherer, Appleton, and Kelli Hanson, Duluth, Minn.; and freshman Amy Van Maldegiam, Slinger. Senior Toby Yatso, Ashwaubenon, will play the contrabassoon. Eight works will be performed, including "Under the Lime" by Erika Foin, Sergey Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" and "Colonel Bogey March" by Kenneth Alford.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17:

• Senior clarinetist Stacy Kern, North St. Paul, Minn., will perform a recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Kristin Yost, a junior from Sisseton, S.D., will provide accompaniment on piano and junior Beth Anne Scherer, Appleton, will provide assistance on the bassoon. Various works will be performed, including pieces by Carl Maria von Weber, Robert Schumann and Alfred Reed.
• The University Brass Choir will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Rodney Hudson, associate professor of music and theatre arts, will conduct the ensemble in a variety of works from Paul Beckhelm's "Tragic March" to Orlando di Hasso's "Echo Song." The Brass Choir is composed of trumpet, trombone, horn, euphonium and tuba players interested in gaining experience in large brass ensemble literature from the Renaissance era to the most recent musical creations.

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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
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Updated: April 10, 2002