FEBRUARY 2009 EVENTS

Sunday, February 1 at 5pm

M.M. Recital: Evelyn Lee, flute

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Tuesday, February 3 at noon

February Brown Bag Concert

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Friday, February 6 at 8pm

Penderecki String Quartet

Jeremy Bell and Jerzy Kaplanek, violins
Christine Valjk, viola; Simon Fryer, cello
Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Advance: $12/$9/$5
Day of: $20/$15/$8

PROGRAM:

Beethoven
Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ("Serioso")
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6

Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

The Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle is made possible, in part, by the generosity of the late Frederick and Alice Slee.

Tuesday, February 10 at 12pm

Informance with Amanda Majeski, soprano

Baird Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Thursday, February 12 at 8pm

"Rated X": A Recital of Premieres

Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Stephen Gosling, piano

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
$5; Free to UB students with valid ID

PROGRAM:

Paolo Cavallone: (Dis)tensioni (2008)
Jason Eckardt: Rendition (2006)
David Felder: Untitled (2008)
Eric Moe: Grand Prismatic (2007)
James Primosch: Times like These (2008)
Steve Ricks: Amygala (2008)
Harvey Sollberger: Nemesis (2008)

Presented by the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music

Friday, February 13 at 11am

Contemporary Performance Techniques Master class with Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free and open to the public

Friday, February 13 at 8pm

Amanda Majeski, soprano

Slee/Visiting Artist Series
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Advance: $12/$9/$5
Day of: $20/$15/$8

Program will be announced at a later date.

The Slee/Visiting Artist Series is made possible, in part, by the generosity of the late Frederick and Alice Slee.

Presented with support from the Marilyn Horne Foundation

Sunday, February 15 at 3pm

M.M. Recital: Amanda DeBoer, soprano

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Tuesday, February 17 at 8pm

M.M. Recital: Sarah Finer, clarinet

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Thursday, February 19 at 8pm

Alexander Hurd, baritone
Alison d'Amato, piano

Faculty Recital
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
$5; Free to UB students with valid ID

PROGRAM:

Schubert: Lieder to texts by Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
Schumann: Five Lieder, Op. 40
Wolf: Lieder to texts by Eduard Mšrike

Zemlinsky: Forgotten Lieder
Eisler: Lieder from the Hollywood Songbook
Mahler: Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Friday, February 20 at 8pm

M.M. Recital: Xiaohan (Marissa) Wu, soprano

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Saturday, February 21 at 3pm

Junior Recital: Sara Lynn Ianni, soprano
Aaron Campbell, baritone

Baird Recital Hall
Free

Sunday, February 22 at 8pm

Mus.B. Recital: Kofi Hayford, bass

Baird Recital Hall
Free

Tuesday, February 24 at 8pm

Junior Recital: Andrew Borkowski, cello
Robert Fullex, percussion

Baird Recital Hall
Free

Wednesday, February 25 at 8pm

UB Symphony

Christian Baldini, conductor
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free

Friday, February 27 at 8pm

Arditti String Quartet

Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan, violins
Ralf Ehlers, viola; Lucas Fels, cello

Slee/Visiting Artist Series
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Advance: $12/$9/$5
Day of: $20/$15/$8

PROGRAM:

Elliott Carter: String Quartet No. 5 (1995)
David Felder: Stuck-stücke (2007)
Hilda Paredes: String Quartet No. 2 "Cuerdas del destino" (2008)
Brian Ferneyhough: Dum Transisset I-IV (2006)
James Clarke: String Quartet (2003)

Four of the composers will be present at the concert: Brian Ferneyhough, Hilda Paredes (wife of Irvine Arditti), David Felder and James Clarke, and will give a talk before the concert beginning at 7:15pm.

The Slee/Visiting Artist Series is made possible, in part, by the generosity of the late Frederick and Alice Slee.

Presented with support from The Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music and the Birge-Cary Chair in Composition

Saturday, February 28 at 11am

Composer workshop session with the Arditti String Quartet

Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Free and open to the public