University of Utah musicians perform at SUU
By Ashley Pollock
Southern Utah University music faculty members will join forces with the University of Utah music faculty and doctoral students in a collaborative concert on March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in SUU’s Thorley Recital Hall. The performance is free, and the public is invited. This concert will feature music spanning over 350 years, including 17th and 18th Century Baroque works, performed on period instruments, by Barbara Strozzi, Telemann, Handel, and J.S. Bach; Mozart’s “Allelujiah” and “Queen of the Night” arias; and other famous 19th and 20th Century works by Rossini, Verdi, Karg-Elert, Bruch, Strauss, and Poulenc.
“We are honored to be invited to share this concert with SUU music professors Christian Bohnenstengel, Aubrey Shirts, and Benjamin Bradshaw, and welcome this opportunity to showcase the amazing talents of some of our finest doctoral candidates,” said Pamela Jones, course professor for the doctoral performance practice seminar at the University of Utah. Jones, a pianist, and harpsichordist will collaborate with the doctoral members of this class, including flautist Tia Jaynes, violist Ling Yu, and operatic vocalists Elizabeth Peters, Marilee Wilson, and Holly Banfield. Cellist and gambist Ambrynn Bowman, a member of the Early Music Ensemble at the University of Utah, will join them.
Yu is already known to audiences in Cedar City. She will perform the beautiful “Romanze” by Max Bruch, collaborating with Bohnenstengel. Yu recently played this piece as a guest artist with the Orchestra of Southern Utah and has previously taught at SUU. Other faculty collaborations include Jones playing with SUU faculty clarinetist Aubrey Shirts in performance of Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano and a movement from Gioacchino Rossini’s bassoon concerto, performed by SUU faculty bassoonist Benjamin Bradshaw and accompanied by SUU staff accompanist Lydia Feild.
Michael Chikinda, a theory area head at the University of Utah, will deliver a pre-concert lecture on the music from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Although several of the composers are already familiar to audiences, it will also be interesting to learn about some of the pieces written by lesser-known composers.
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