East Carolina University School of Music - 2008-9

Tickets (where required) 252/328-4788 or 800/ECU-ARTS; information 252/328-6851 or 800/ECU-ARTS, http://www.music.ecu.edu/ or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/. See separate listing for SRAPAS, see Openings Page for theatre, and see presenter's website for student recitals. Click here for ECU's PR about John Wustman's year as Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music.

Thursday-Friday September 4-5 - Greenville
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival (in Residence at ECU): Ara Gregorian, violin, Emanuel Gruber, cello, & Robert McDonald, piano
Program: Janácek: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70/1 (“Ghost”); & Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 9/4 @ 7p & 9/5 @ 8p
$. 1-800-ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/
Friday September 12 - Greenville
ECU: Jazz at Night Series
Ball Room, Greenville Hilton Hotel, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 1-800-ECU-ARTS
Saturday September 13 - Greenville
ECU Music: Finley Woolston, narrator, & John B. O’Brien, piano
Program: An Evening of Melodrama
The Music House, 408 West Fifth Street, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free but reservations required due to limited seating: 252/328-6851
Monday September 15, Saturday September 20, & Monday September 22 - Greenville
ECU Music: John Wustman, piano (Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor)
Program: Masterclasses
ECU School of Music, Greenville. 9/15 @ 5p, 9/20 @ 1p, & 9/22 @ 5p
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday September 19 - Greenville
ECU Music: Dennis Askew, tuba
Program: Recital & masterclass
B136, A.J. Fletcher Music Center, ECU, Greenville. 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday September 25 - Greenville
ECU Music: East Carolina University Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Concert
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday September 28 - Greenville
ECU Music: Melissa Reardon, viola, & East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra
Program: Verdi: La Forza del Destino: Overture; Bartók: Viola Concerto, Op. posth.; & Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday October 2 - Greenville
EC Music: Klasinc/Loncar Guitar Duo
A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday October 3 - Greenville
ECU Music: East Carolina University Choral Scholars and Chamber Singers
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday October 7 - Greenville
ECU Music: John Kramar, baritone, & Eric Stellrecht, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday-Friday October 16-17 - Greenville
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival (Residence at ECU): Christopher Grymes, clarinet, Hagai Shaham & Ara Gregorian, violins, Nicholas Cords, viola, & Michael Kannen, cello
Program: Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E Flat, Op. 12; Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K.581; & Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor (“From My Life”)
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 10/16 @ 7p & 10/17 @ 8p
$. 1-800-ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/
Thursday-Saturday October 23-25
ECU School of Music, Daniel Bara, conductor, & John Kramar, director, with Eric Stellrecht, musical preparation
Program: Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor)
A. J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7p except 10/25 @ 2p
$15, seniors/faculty/staff $12, & students $5. 252/328-4788 or 1-800-ECU-ARTS.
Friday October 24 - Greenville
ECU Music: Jazz at Night Series
Ball Room, Greenville Hilton Hotel, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 1-800-ECU-ARTS
Monday October 27 - Greenville
US Army Tuba Euphonium 4tet
A.J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday October 28 - Greenville
ECU: Julianne Baird, soprano
A.J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Related event: 10/27: Masterclass, time t.b.a.
Wednesday October 29 - Greenville
ECU Music: Octubafest I
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday October 30 - Greenville
ECU Music: Octubafest II
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Saturday November 1 - Greenville
ECU Music: East Carolina University Chamber Singers & Symphony Orchestra
Program: Mozart: Requiem
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday November 2 - Greenville
ECU Music: Mary Burroughs, horn
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Monday November 3 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: Premiere Performances Concert
A.J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday November 4 - Greenville
Daniel Zaretsky, organ (St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Russia)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 East Fourth Street, Greenville. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Related event: 11/5: Guest lecture, 10a, St. Paul's
Tuesday November 4 - Greenville
ECU Music: Percussion Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday November 6 - Greenville
ECU Music: East Carolina University Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, & Concert Band
Program: Bandorama:
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday November 6 - Greenville
ECU Music: Ara Gregorian, violin, & Keiko Sekino, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday November 7 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: Alumni Concert
Location & time t.b.a.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday November 9 - Greenville
ECU Music: Chamber Orchestra
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday November 14 - Greenville
ECU Music: Jazz Program Concert - Jazz Ensembles-A & B, Contemporary Ensemble & Jazz Bones
Greenville Hilton Hotel, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 1-800-ECU-ARTS
Saturday November 15 - Greenville
ECU Music: Keiko Sekino, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Saturday November 15, & Monday November 17 - Greenville
ECU Music: John Wustman, piano (Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor)
Program: Masterclasses
ECU School of Music, Greenville. 11/15 @ 1p, & 11/17 @ 5p
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday November 16 - Greenville
ECU Music: University Chorale & St. Cecilia Singers
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday November 19 - Greenville
ECU Music: Percussion Players Ensemble, Chris Nappi, director
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday December 2 - Greenville
ECU Music: Choral Scholars
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday December 9 - Greenville
ECU Music: Colin Andrews, organ
Program: Messiaen: La Nativite du Seigneur (complete, on the anniversary of the composer's birth)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 401 East Fourth Street, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday-Friday January 8-9 - Greenville
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 1/8 @ 7p * 1/9 @ 8p
$. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/
Monday January 12 - Greenville
ECU Music: Henry Doskey, piano
A.J. Fletcher Music Center Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday January 23 - Greenville
ECU Music: Jazz at Night Series
Greenville Hilton Hotel Ball Room, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 800/ECU-ARTS
Sunday January 25 - Greenville
ECU Music: Barbara DeMaio Caprilli & Louise Toppin, sopranos, Richard Heard, tenor, & Pamela Howland, piano
Program: American Music
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday January 27 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: Mozart Birthday Concert
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday February 3 - Greenville
ECU Music: Sara Laimon, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday February 5 - Greenville
ECU Percussion Ensemble, Jonathan Wacker, director
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday February 6 - Greenville
ECU Music: Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble A
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday February 8 - Greenville
ECU Music: St. Cecilia & Choral Scholars
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday February 10 - Greenville
Ara Gregorian, violin, & East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra
Program: Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F. Op. 46/4; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47; & Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E flat, H.I:99
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Saturday February 14 - Greenville
ECU Music: Motown Review
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 800/ECU-ARTS
Sunday February 15 - Greenville
ECU Music: Bath Duo (Joanne Bath, violin, & Charles Bath, piano)
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday February 17 - Greenville
ECU Music: Symphonic Band, Concert Band
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday February 18 - Greenville
ECU Percussion Players Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday February 20 - Greenville
S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series: Nathan Gunn, baritone, & John Wustman, piano
Program: Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville, 7:30 p.m.
$20. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/srapas/
Friday February 20 - Greenville
ECU Music: Jazz at Night Series
Greenville Hilton Hotel Ball Room, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 800/ECU-ARTS
Sunday February 22 - Greenville
ECU Music: University Chorale
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday-Sunday February 25 - March 1 - Greenville
ECU Music: New Music Festival
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. Time(s) t.b.a.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday February 25 - Greenville
ECU Music: Christopher Grymes, clarinet
Starlight Cafe, Greenville. 9:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday February 26 - Greenville
ECU Chamber Singers, Daniel Bara, director
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 800/ECU-ARTS
Friday February 27 - Greenville
ECU NewMusic Camerata
Location t.b.a. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday February 27 - Greenville
ECU Music: Daedalus Quartet
Location t.b.a., 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Saturday February 28 - Greenville
ECU NewMusic Camerata
Location t.b.a. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Saturday February 28 - Greenville
ECU Music: Pulsoptional
Location t.b.a. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday March 1 - Greenville
East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra
Program incudes Mark Faris: new work (premiere)
AJ Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday-Friday March 4-6 - Greenville
ECU Music, John Kramar, director
Program: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (in Ital.)
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7p except 3/6 @ 2p & 7p
$. 252/328-4788 or 800/ECU-ARTS
Monday March 16 - Greenville
ECU Music: John Wustman, piano (Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor)
Program: Masterclass
ECU School of Music, Greenville. 5:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday March 19 - Greenville
ECU Music: Uzee Brown, clinician
Program: Masterclass: Art of the Spiritual
Greenville location t.b.a. 4:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday-Friday March 19-20 - Greenville
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3/19 @ 7p & 3/20 @ 8p
$. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/
Saturday March 21 - Greenville
ECU Music: Rebecca Pennys, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday-Monday March 22-23 - Greenville
ECU Music. Vocalists t.b.a. & John Wustman, piano
Program: Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3/22 @ 3p & 3/24 @ 7p
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday March 24 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: Premiere Performances t.b.a.
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday March 27 - Greenville
ECU Music: Chamber Singers Concert
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday March 27 - Greenville
ECU Music; Jazz at Night Series
Greenville Hilton Hotel Ball Room, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
$. 800/ECU-ARTS
Saturday March 28 - Greenville
ECU Music: High School Singers Symposium
Program: Final Concert
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 4:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday April 1 - Greenville
ECU Percussion Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Friday April 3 - Greenville
ECU Music: Adam Frey, euphonium
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday April 5 - Greenville
ECU Music: Duo-Sole Nero (Jessica Johnson, piano, & Anthony E. Di Sanza, percussion)
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Monday April 6 - Greenville
ECU Jazz Ensemble Concert
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday April 7 - Greenville
ECU Music: Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday April 8 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: Premiere Performances t.b.a.
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday April 9 - Greenville
ECU Music: Gary Smart, piano
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Monday April 13 - Greenville
ECU Music: Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Wednesday April 15 - Greenville
ECU Percussion Players Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 8:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday April 16 - Greenville
ECU Music: Zamba Yawar, ECU Afro-Andean Music Ensemble
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday-Saturday April 16-18 - Greenville
2009 Billy Taylor Jazz Festival
4/16: Jazz Bones, 8p, Glennon’s Greenville Hilton, Greenville;
4/16: BTJF Jazz Educators Jam Session with ECU Jazz Combos, 10p, Greenville Hilton Glennons Club Stage, Greenville;
4/17: BTJF ECU Jazz Ensemble (A) with special guests, 8p, Greenville Convention Center Main Stage, Greenville, $;
4/1: Jazz Festival Gala Concert, time t.b.a. Greenville Convention Center Main Stage, Greenville, $.
Free except as noted. 252/328-6851
Sunday April 19 - Greenville
ECU Music
Program: String Chamber Music
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday April 19 - Greenville
ECU Music: Maurice Clerc, organ
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 East Fourth Street, Greenville, NC, 5:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Tuesday April 21 - Greenville
ECU Music: University Chorale
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 7:00
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday April 26 - Greenville
East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra
Program: Borodin-Glazunov: Prince Igor: Overture; Winner of the 2008-2009 ECU Concerto Competition; & Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Wright Auditorium, ECU, Greenville. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Sunday April 26 - Greenville
ECU Music: Chamber Singers
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 252/328-6851
Thursday-Friday April 30 - May 1 - Greenville
Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, ECU, Greenville. 4/30 @ 7p & 5/1 @ 8p
$. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ecu.edu/music/fourseasons/
Press Release: Wustman to come to ECU SOM. Date: 7/3/08, updated 9/8/08:

John Wustman named the 08-09 Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at ECU School of Music

(Greenville, NC) - The East Carolina University School of Music is delighted to announce that John Wustman, acclaimed collaborative pianist and educator, has been named the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music for the 2008–2009 academic year.

Wustman’s biography is a veritable history of singers and singing. Early in his career, he was accompanist for the famed Robert Shaw Chorale. Since, he has appeared in the leading concert halls on five continents and with some of the world’s greatest singers, including Luciano Pavarotti, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Birgit Nilsson, Régine Crespin, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Carlo Bergonzi and a host of others. A highlight in an already brilliant career was a series of televised recitals with Pavarotti, including the first recital from the Metropolitan Opera House in 1978.

Wustman’s discography features recordings with Crespin, Bergonzi, Bridget Fassbaender and the “Live from Carnegie Hall” recital with Pavarotti. His recording of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Irina Arkhipova won the Grand Prix du Disque.

He received the World of Song Award from the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in 2007.

Wustman will be in residence at the ECU School of Music four times during the 2008–2009 academic year — September 15–27, November 11–23, February 16–24 and March 16–23. He will coach ECU School of Music applied voice majors and perform weekly seminars with voice majors and accompanists while in residence.

Wustman will perform a public recital of Spanisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf with the ECU School of Music vocal studies faculty in March. In addition to this two-part Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor recital, he will join Metropolitan Opera baritone Nathan Gunn on February 20 in a public performance of Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, based on poems by Wilhelm Müller, as part of the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series....