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Concerts & Events: Concert Calendar

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APRIL 2010 EVENTS

EVENT LOCATIONS
All Longy event locations are accessible to physically challenged individuals.

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall: 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Wolfinsohn Recital Room: 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Recital Room N1: 33 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
First Church: 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

GENERAL LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INFORMATION: (617) 876-0956 ext. 1500


APRIL CONCERT EVENTS

Friday, April 2, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Emilia Salazar, flute

Saturday, April 3, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
A Concert Celebrating Peter Cassino's 70th Birthday.

This concert features new music from both the African American and European musicals traditions.
Performers include saxophonists Stan Strickland and Charlie Kohlhase, bassist Joe Morris, drummer Luther Gray and pianist Peter Cassino, pianist Deborah Yardley Beers and the Vortex Other Dimension new music ensemble with clarinetist Todd Brunel, Flutist Matt Samolis, cellist Rob Bethel and soprano Sara Bielanski.

Sunday, April 4, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam, piano
"Immortals Forever..."

G. F. Handel: Suite in C minor
W. A. Mozart: Sonata in D Major
C. Reinecke: Impromptu, Op. 66
F. Schubert: Andantino Varie, Op. 84
F. Chopin: Rondo, Op. 73
A. Chasins: Carmen Fantasy

Sunday, April 4, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Preparatory and Continuing Studies Department presents
Concert Tour of Italy Fundraising Concert

Please join us for a fundraising concert to support Longy Chamber Ensembles concert tour of Italy in Pietrasante and Lucca, April 2010.
Works of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorák, Brahms and Debussy.

Tuesday, April 6, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Alice Wilkinson, piano

Works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and the premier of a new work, "Tryptich" by Boston composer, Diane Goolkasian Rahbee, in memory of Edward Wilkinson.

Tuesday, April 6, 8pm
Recital Room N1
Longy's Composition Department presents
Wired for Sound

Wednesday, April 7, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Hsin-Chieh Lin, collaborative piano

Thursday, April, 8, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Salome Sandoval-McNutt, voice

Friday, April 9, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Brightin Schlumpf, viola

Saturday, April 10, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
Constantine Finehouse, piano

Free Concert of Post-Romantic Works by Tony Schemmer for Piano, Strings, Winds and Percussion
Premiere of Grand Bersurka in F sharp minor for piano
Contact: 781-962-8921 or www.cfinehouse.com

Sunday, April 11, 2pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Family Series
Hourglass – Musical Time Machine:

Vocalists Cristi Catt and Daniela Tosic, guitarist Tom Noren, string wizard Andy Blickenderfer, and percussionist Taki Masuko. Join HourGlass for a whirlwind tour to the Middle Ages and back with stops in France, Portugal, Spain, and Brazil. Along the way, the audience gets a first-hand look at how HourGlass creates new music, drawn from past and present styles, cultures and experiences. Hear new pieces born from medieval love songs, bossa nova, or even suggestions from the audience! Fun for the whole family!
Tickets: $10 General Admission / $5 Students and Seniors
Purchase Tickets

Sunday, April 11, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Dalcroze Eurhythmics Department presents
Conservatory Showcase

Monday, April 12, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
Student Ensembles

Tuesday, April 13, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
Student Ensembles

Wednesday, April 14, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Composition Department presents
Longitude

Wednesday, April 14, 8pm
Recital Room N1
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
Student Ensembles

Thursday, April 15, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
Student Ensembles

Friday, April 16, 7:30pm
Recital Room N1
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
Student Concert Series

Friday, April 16, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concet Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Joshua Pelkey, tenor

Saturday, April 17, 7pm
Recital Room N1
Longy Welcomes
Sarah Reynolds, mezzo-soprano

William Merrill, piano
Songs by Bowles, Bolcom, Gershwin and Weill

Saturday, April 17, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Megan Bisceglia, soprano

Sunday, April 18, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
American Classics

Yip! Yip! Yaphank!
A concert performance of Irving Berlin’s World War I soldier show, in its first modern revival.
Tickets: $20 General Admission / $15 Students and Seniors

Sunday, April 18, 7:30pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Collaborative Piano Department presents
Art Song Repertoire

Monday, April 19, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Rebecca Shaw, cello

Friday, April 23, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Opera Department and the Longy Chamber Orchestra present
Opera Extravaganza

5 operas by internationally acclaimed composer Nancy Van de Vate of Vienna, Founder and President of the Vienna Modern Masters Recording Company
“Where the Cross is Made,” based on a play by Eugene O’Neill and dedicated to Donna Roll. This opera won the National Chamber Opera Award in 2008.
“Venal Vera,” a musical theater piece
“In the Shadow of the Glen,” a libretto based on the play by John Millington Synge
“Night in the Royal Ontario Museum,” a theater piece
“Cocaine Lil,” a theater piece
Reserve Tickets

Saturday, April 24, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Opera Department and the Longy Chamber Orchestra present
Opera Extravaganza

5 operas by internationally acclaimed composer Nancy Van de Vate of Vienna, Founder and President of the Vienna Modern Masters Recording Company
“Where the Cross is Made,” based on a play by Eugene O’Neill and dedicated to Donna Roll. This opera won the National Chamber Opera Award in 2008.
“Venal Vera,” a musical theater piece
“In the Shadow of the Glen,” a libretto based on the play by John Millington Synge
“Night in the Royal Ontario Museum,” a theater piece
“Cocaine Lil,” a theater piece
Reserve Tickets

Sunday, April 25, 2pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
Pro Musicis

Jessica Zhou, harp, principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mariko Anraku, harp, associate principal, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Nancy Allen, harp, principal, New York Philharmonic
Tickets: $20 General Admission / $15 Students and Seniors
To order tickets online visit http://www.bostix.org or call 1-800-310-3211

Sunday, April 25, 3pm
Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Longy Welcomes
Kaleidoscope New Music

Sunday, April 25, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Grace Allendorf, mezzo-soprano

Monday, April 26, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Chamber Ensembles

Tuesday, April 27, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Chamber Ensembles

Wednesday, April 28, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy's Chamber Ensembles

Thursday, April 29, 2010, 7:30pm
Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square - One Bennett Street, Cambridge
Longy at the Regattabar
Games and Gershwin

Let the musical games begin – high-energy classical music in a jazzbar setting! Longy's world-class artists transform feats of virtuosity into fanciful fun.
Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages," violist Dimitri Murrath
Gershwin: "Three Preludes," cellist Ying-Jun Wei, pianist Diane Lim
Kodály: "Epigrams," double bassist Thomas Van Dyck, pianist Brian Moll
Bottesini: "Bass Concerto," Thomas Van Dyck, Brian Moll
Weill: Song selections with baritone Anton Belov
Piazzola: "Liber Tango," Longy Wind Quintet
Tickets: General Admission $20. Reservations recommended
www.regattabarjazz.com 617.395.7757

Thursday, April 29, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Lilit Hartunian, violin

Friday, April 30, 8pm POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2010
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Visting Artists in Chamber Music
Pacifica Quartet

Competition Concert
Simin Ganatra, violin
Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello

 

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