Musical Events For the Week of Nov. 25

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Musical Events
For the Week of Nov. 25

MAILED: Nov. 15, 2002

EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music and theatre arts department will present the following musical performances the week beginning Monday, Nov. 25. All events are free and open to the public.
Monday, Nov. 25:

Yukiko Fujimura, Kanagawa, Japan, will present a student piano recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The sophomore comprehensive music major will begin the program with “French Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Fujimura also will perform “Sonata Op. 57 in F minor ‘Appassionata’” by Ludwig van Beethoven and “Variations Serieuses Op. 54” by Felix Mendelssohn.

Tuesday, Nov. 26:

Voice Ensemble will present a concert at 5 p.m. in the Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The ensemble, featuring eight advanced students grouped in duos, trios and quartets, will perform compositions by Rameau, Haydn, J. S. Bach, John Corigliano and others. Directed by Dr. Kathryn Proctor-Duax, professor of music, Voice Ensemble is comprised of sopranos Jacqueline Cobian, a senior from River Falls, junior Amanda De Pons, New Berlin, and junior Kendra Sampson, Cottage Grove, Minn.; mezzo-sopranos Christine Schweikert, a sophomore from Coon Rapids, Minn., and senior Jennifer Weber, Menomonie; tenors Justin Lundberg, a junior from Eau Claire, and junior Michael Rambo, Altoona; and baritone Jesus Martinez Jr., a junior from Eau Claire. Assistance will be provided by alumna pianist Sara Paar; violinist Nathan Abuan, a junior from Shoreview, Minn.; flutist Heidi Olsen, a senior from Green Bay; and cellist Loni Schiel, a senior from East Troy.

Tuba and Trombone Ensembles will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. BASSically BRASS, directed by Jerry Young, professor of music, will perform four works, beginning with “Beautiful Saviour,” arranged by F. Melius Christiansen, and concluding with “A Medley of the Third Kind,” arranged by K.B. Nikto. Senior Tamara Plath, New Berlin, will be featured as euphonium soloist for “Exhibitions” by David Uber. The Trombone Choir, directed by Rodney Hudson, associate professor of music, will continue the concert after an intermission.

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Updated: November 14, 2002