October 2, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Its name derived from creation mythology found in Native American Folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Winner of the 2006 and 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet aesthetic with contemporary American […]
October 1, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Musicians of all types encouraged to observe, especially string players and jazz musicians. How often is it that young string students lose interest in playing simply because the musical options that are given have little relevance to their lives? The chance to improvise can be pure gold for such students. Turtle Island is fiercely dedicated […]
October 1, 2015 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Ron Stout, Los Angeles Jazz Trumpet legend. Starting fall 2015, the Jazz Barn Series, sponsored by Jim and Wendy Franzen, will experience a change. Guests will now come to the UCA to work with Jazz Students in a master class/Q&A situation. The clinics are FREE and open to the public.
September 30, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm –
Jazz Ensembles I and II Play the Music of Duke Ellington
September 29, 2015 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Frederick Teardo is director of music and organist at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to his appointment in 2012, he held a six-year tenure as associate organist at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. He is also adjunct instructor of organ at the University of Montevallo, and […]
September 28, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Margaret Miller and Timothy Burns, new collaborative faculty pianist at CSU, bring a varied program of American music with tremendous creativity and expression for both solo viola and viola with piano.
September 28, 2015 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Dave Devine, Denver guitarist and recent addition to Brian Blade Fellowship. Starting fall 2015, the Jazz Barn Series, sponsored by Jim and Wendy Franzen, will experience a change. Guests will now come to the UCA to work with Jazz Students in a master class/Q&A situation. The clinics are FREE and open to the public. UCA, Room 204
September 27, 2015 @ All Day –
September 25, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Featuring music by John Adams, Beethoven, and Dvořák, the Symphony Orchestra opens with Adams’ most charming version of minimalism, the “Chairman Dances—Foxtrot for Orchestra” from his opera Nixon in China. The concert ends with one of Dvořák’s most played works, Symphony No. 8 in G major. Rounding out the program, the ensemble is joined by […]
