MAY 2008 EVENTS

EVENT LOCATIONS
All Longy's 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

MAY CONCERT EVENTS

Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Modern American Music Department
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AND MAM REPERTORY ENSEMBLE
Takaaki Masuko and Charlie Kohlhase, coaches
Featuring the works of Jeffrey Kresky, Matthew Taylor, Mario Pavone, and Graham Connah.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Voice Department
DARIAN WORRELL, baritone
Undergraduate Diploma Recital
Student of Anna Gabrieli

Friday, May 2, 2008
5:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Collaborative Piano Department
OPERA REPERTOIRE
Kirsten Cairns, director
Opera scenes performed by Conservatory collaborative piano and vocal students.

Friday, May 2, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
GUAN-TING LIAO, violin
Master of Music Recital
Student of Eric Rosenblith

Friday, May 2, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Voice Department
AMERICAN ART SONG
Jane Struss, coach

Saturday, May 3, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
ELIZABETH BURKE, violin
Master of Music Recital
Student of Mark Lakirovich

Sunday, May 4, 2008
1:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Piano Department
PIANO GENERATIONS: MACDOWELL AND NEW ENGLAND COMPOSERS
Piano students of all ages perform works by Edward MacDowell and other New England composers in commemoration of the centennial of MacDowell's death.

Sunday, May 4, 2008
7:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Continuing Studies Program
LONGY CHAMBER CHORUS
Richard Larraga, conductor

Monday, May 5, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
7:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Chamber Music Department
CONSERVATORY CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Ensembles from the conservatory perform masterworks of chamber music spanning four centuries.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
ASUKA USUI, violin
Master of Music Recital
Student of Eric Rosenblith

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
8:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
CHAMBER MUSIC OF TELEMANN AND MOZART HORN QUINTET
Sonja Lindblad-Wise and Jean Rife, instructors
Early Music students and guests explore music of the High Baroque and Early Classical eras.

Friday, May 9, 2008
5:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Voice Department
ANITA MURRELL, soprano
Undergraduate Diploma Recital
Student of Robert Honeysucker

Friday, May 9, 2008
7:30 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Collaborative Piano Department
EMILY MURPHY, piano
Graduate Performance Diploma Recital
Student of Brian Moll

Friday, May 9, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Modern American Music Department
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND BRAZILIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Fernando Brandão and George Garzone, coaches
Featuring the works of Vernon Duke, John Coltrane, George Garzone, Rodrigo Botter Maio, Hermento Pascoal, Moacir Santos, Edu Lobo, and Vinicious de Morais.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Starts 9:00 AM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Preparatory Department
PREPARATORY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS DAY
Beginning String Ensemble; Kirsi Perttuli-Kehayias, director
Longy Concertino & Longy Sinfonietta; Marta Zurad, director
Longy Junior Chamber Orchestra; Vartan Aghababian, director
Singing for Young Children, Children’s Chorus; Svetlana Pailler, director

Saturday, May 10, 2008
7:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Voice Department
STUDIO RECITAL
Students of Anna Gabrieli perform in an evening of songs and arias.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
7:30 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Preparatory Department
PREPARATORY STUDIES AWARDS NIGHT
An evening of department awards, Young Performers Program certificates, and special scholarships and prizes, in celebration of Preparatory student achievements. Selected student ensembles will perform.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
8:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
String Department
JOON WON PARK, violin
Undergraduate Diploma Recital
Student of Eric Rosenblith

Sunday, May 11, 2008
3:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Voice Department
VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Sunday, May 11, 2008
7:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Early Music Department
HISTORICAL DANCE and BAROQUE TRIOS
Frances Conover Fitch, Jane Hershey, Na’ama Lion and Ken Pierce, instructors
Early Music students demonstrate their study of the music and dance of the Renaissance and Baroque eras,
as well as 18th century virtuosic instrumental trios.

Monday, May 12, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Early Music Department
ITALIAN MONODY AND THE MADRIGALS OF CACCINI, D’INDIA AND LUZZASCHI
Frances Conover Fitch and Laurie Monahan, instructors
Early Music vocalists and instrumentalists present the virtuoso embellishments, sharp dissonances, and
other secret arts of the Early Baroque era.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
7:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Piano Department
TUESDAY MUSICALE

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
VIOL MUSIC FROM THE CONTINENT
Jane Hershey, instructor
Early Music students and guests present 16th-and 17th-century viol repertoire from Italy, France, and Germany, tracing the path from ornamented madrigals through ricercari, canzoni and fantaisies to early sonatas and suites.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Composition and Theory Department
NEW MUSIC BY LONGY COMPOSERS

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
5:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Voice Department
JENNIFER NORMAN, soprano
Master of Music Recital
Student of Karyl Ryczek

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Dalcroze Department
YU HSUN CHO, soprano and piano
Master of Music Recital
Student of Lisa Parker

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Woodwind and Brass Department
HEIDI BEAN, flute
Master of Music Recital
Student of Julie Scolnik

Tuesday, May 15, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
String Department
BAYR LUKOMYANSKY, violin
Student of Roman Totenberg

Thursday, May 15, 2008
8:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Woodwind and Brass Department
JOANNA SZU, flute
Master of Music Recital
Student of Julie Scolnik

Friday, May 16, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
CONSERVATORY HONORS CONCERT
Solo and chamber performances by winners of Longy’s Honors Competition.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Starts 9:00 AM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Preparatory Department
PREPARATORY END-OF-SEMESTER CONCERTS
A full day of concerts celebrating the hard work, dedication, and talent of Preparatory students. Preparatory chamber music, piano duo, and wind ensembles will be featured among others.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
LONGY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Federico Cortese, guest conductor
Featuring winners of the 2008 Concerto Competition and a new work by a Longy student composer.
Timothy Dusenbury: January Prelude (2008)        
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35
     Kai-Ching Chang, piano
Mahler (arr. Schoenberg): Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
     Darian Worrell, baritone
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”), K. 297

Sunday, May 18, 2008
2:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
CONSERVATORY COMMENCEMENT

Monday, May 19, 2008
2:30 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Woodwind and Brass Department
GILBERTO CRUZ, trombone
Student of Norman Bolter

Monday, May 19, 2008
5:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Voice Department
CATHERINE SUMMER SCHWEITZER, soprano
Master of Music Recital
Student of Jayne West

Monday, May 19, 2008
5:30 PM / Recital Room N-1
Preparatory Department
STUDIO RECITAL
Preparatory students of oboist Benjamin Fox perform.

Monday, May 19, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Modern American Music Department
TONY SCHIESS, guitar
Master of Music Recital
Student of Joe Morris, David Patterson, and Charles Banacos

Monday, May 19, 2008
8:00 PM / Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Piano Department
PATRICK BOYLE, piano
Master of Music Recital
Student of Sandra Hebert

Monday, May 19, 2008
8:00 PM / Recital Room N-1
Woodwind and Brass Department
LINGZHI KONG, saxophone
Graduate Performance Diploma Recital
Student of Kenneth Radnofsky

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
JENAE KESSLER, violin
Undergraduate Diploma Recital
Student of Janet Packer

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Continuing Studies Program
COHEN CONTINUING STUDIES RECITAL
Instrumentalists, singers, and chamber ensembles present repertory from all eras.
This recital series is made possible by a generous bequest from Jonathan and Louise Alden Cohen.

Thursday, May 22, 2008, 1st Year Master of Music
Early Music Department
7:00 PM / First Church Congregational, Sanctuary (11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
TRACY COWART, mezzo-soprano (student of Laurie Monahan)
Chaconaglia: Featuring works by Sances, Monteverdi, Ferrari, Strozzi, Buxtehude, and J.C. Bach. 

With Akiko Saito (organ & harpsichord), Salome Sandoval-McNutt (soprano, lute, guitar), Coutney Curtis (soprano), Peter Cama-Lexk and Karen Burciaga (violins), Rachel Cama-Lexk and Zoe Weiss (viols), and Seungok Lee (harpsichord)

Friday, May 23, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
JIE YANG, violin
Graduate Performance Diploma Recital
Student of Janet Packer

Sunday, May 25, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Department
JUNG AH LEE, cello
Graduate Performance Diploma Recital
Student of Ronald Lowry

Thursday, May 29, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
PIANO DUO CONCERT
Featuring Longy faculty member Lyubov Shlain, piano with guest pianists Veda Kogan and Maxim Lubarsky performing works by Brahms, Debussy, Saint-Saёns, Arensky, and Johann Christian Bach.

Friday, May 30, 2008
8:00 PM / Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
VANESSA BREAULT MULVEY, flute
AND MICHELLE SHOEMAKER, clarinet
Longy faculty artists Vanessa Breault Mulvey and Michelle Shoemaker present their annual recital with guest pianist Barbara Lieurance.
ETEZADY: Bright Angel (World premiere; commissioned by the Clarinetists' Commissioning Consortium)
HEISS: Whimsies for Flute and Piano
IBERT: Aria for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

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