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Musical Events
For the Week of Dec. 2

MAILED: Nov. 25, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE —The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music and theatre arts department will present the following musical performances the week beginning Monday, Dec. 2. All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Dec. 3:

• Clarinet Quartet and Saxophone Quartet will present a joint student recital at 7:30 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. 4 More Clarinets, a group comprised of senior Emily Perrault, Hastings, Minn.; sophomore Kristin Bar, Stoughton; senior Laura Miller, Eden Prairie, Minn.; and senior Stacy Kern, North St. Paul, Minn., will perform the first portion of the concert. Their performance will begin with “Scherzo” from Tschaikowsky’s Fourth Symphony. The ensemble also will perform “Summer Etching” by F.H. McKay; “French Suite” by Yvonne Desportes; “Air on a G String” from Orchestral Suite No. 3 by J.S. Bach; and “Canzonetta,” by F. Mendelssohn. BisQuick Saxophone Quartet, comprised of juniors Branden Atherton, Waukesha, on soprano and alto saxophone, and Paul Wratkowski, Burnsville, Minn., on baritone saxophone, and sophomores Jonathan Juedes, New London, and Andrew Lester, Eau Claire, both on alto saxophone, will perform the second half of the program, beginning with “Londonderry Air.” J.S. Bach’s Toccata in D minor, “Le Vol Du Bourdon,” composed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Marcel Mule, and “When the Saints Go Marching In,” arranged by Lennie Niehaus, also will be performed.
• Karen Wilber, Blair, will present a senior piano recital at 5 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The senior music major will begin the concert with J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860. The performance also will include Fantasy in C major, D. 760, or “Wanderer” by Franz Schubert; “Sarcasms, Op. 17” by Sergei Prokofiev; and Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 by Frédéric Chopin.

Wednesday, Dec. 4:

• Janine Lamb, Ridgeland, will present a senior soprano recital at 5 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The senior comprehensive music major will begin the concert with “Ständchen” by Richard Strauss. The performance also will include “Gesang Weylas” by Hugo Wolf; “Schlagende Herzen” by Richard Strauss; and Mozart’s “Ach, ich fühl’s” from “Die Zauberflöte.” Lamb will be accompanied during the performance by Beverly Soll and assisted by senior Jennifer Weber, Menomonie, and sophomore Christine Schweikert, Coon Rapids, Minn.
• Dr. Timothy Lane, associate professor of music, and professors of music Ivar Lunde Jr., and Nanette Lunde, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. Lane on wooden flute, I. Lunde on oboe d’amore and N. Lunde on harpsichord will begin the concert with Sonata for Querflote by Johann Phillip Kirnberger. The performance also will include Sonata in A minor Wq 128/H.555 by Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach; Sonata in D major BMV 1028 by Johann Sebastian Bach; and Sonata No. 2 in E minor by Jean-Marie Leclair.

Thursday, Dec. 5:

• Graydon Peterson, Cedar, Minn., and Vincent Rose, Farmington, Minn., will present a joint student composition recital at 5 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center.
• Jazz Pedagogy Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble IV 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, directs both groups. Jazz Pedagogy Ensemble, with student conductors, Sarah Minette, Whitewater, and Jared Ziegler, Menomonie, will begin the concert with “Groovin’ Hard” by Don Menza, featuring Derek Breen on alto saxaphone and junior Jake Morris, Maple Grove, Minn., on trumpet. The performance also will include “Whisper Not” by Benny Green, “Sunny Moon for Two” by Sonny Rollins, “Cabeza de Carne” by Matt Harris, and “Peel Me a Grape,” composed by Dave Frishberg and arranged by George Stone, featuring freshman Cora Pitt, East Bethel, Minn., and freshman Nikki Otten, Maple Grove, Minn. Jazz Ensemble IV, with student conductor Sean Solberg, Minot, N.D., will begin their performance with Freddy Green’s “Corner Pocket,” featuring freshmen Rob Bohnert, Mauston, on tenor saxophone, and Dave Newburg, Oconomowoc, and Sean Frohmader, Mauston, on trumpet. The program also will include “Good-bye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus, featuring Bohnert on tenor saxophone, and Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady,” featuring junior Ryan Cavis, Hastings, Minn., on trumpet, and sophomore Becky Yoose, Lancaster, on trombone.

Friday, Dec. 6:

• Jared Ziegler, Menomonie, will present a senior saxophone 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 “Prelude, Cadence Et Finale” by Alfred Desenclos. Ziegler also will perform “Concerto” by Ingolf Dahl; “Fantasia” by Heitor Villa-Lobos; “Wings” by Joan Tower; and Tom Bourcier’s “I Saw Elvis.” Senior Vincent Rose, Farmington, Minn., will assist Ziegler in “I Saw Elvis.” Community member Judy Lies will accompany Ziegler during the concert.

Saturday, Dec. 7:

• Aly Hudock, Green Bay, and Kate Brown, Waupaca, will present a senior dance recital at 7:30 p.m. in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The program will include eight original dances choreographed by Hudock and Brown. Both are senior dance minors. Hudock is a biology major and Brown is a sociology major.

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Updated: November 25, 2002