Join Wesley Ferreira, clarinet & Daniel Fung, piano, for a digitally driven recital you are bound to remember
The Virtuoso Series at Colorado State University continues in March with a special interactive performance from CSU’s renowned recital clarinetist Wesley Ferreira, and guest New York pianist Daniel Fung. The digitally driven recital takes place on Monday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts, located at 1400 Remington St.
Tickets are $7 for CSU students, $1 for youth (under 18), and $12 for the public. Tickets are available at the University Center for the Arts (UCA) ticket office in the UCA lobby Monday through Friday, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
The Virtuoso Series at Colorado State University seeks to showcase CSU’s music faculty performance talent and continues this trend with this special performance from Ferreira.
The performance features the winning repertoire selections that were voted upon by the public on Ferreira’s website, including everything from classics like Brahm’s Clarinet Sonata No.2, to contemporary compositions like McAllister’s Bling, Bling. The performance explores the constant presence of the clarinet in composition and its presence in the current digital age of music.
About Wesley Ferreira
One of the prominent clarinetists of his generation, Wesley Ferreira has been praised by critics for his “beautiful tone” and “technical prowess” (The Clarinet) as well as his “remarkable sensitivity” (CAML Review). Fanfare Magazine notes, Ferreira is “clearly a major talent.” Ferreira currently leads an active and diverse career performing worldwide as soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, and as an engaging adjudicator and clinician, who is equally at ease performing the masterworks as well as contemporary pieces. He has been featured soloist with numerous wind bands and orchestras in North America and Europe, and has been broadcast nationally on both Canadian and Australian Broadcasting Corporations. wesleyferreira.com
About Daniel Fung
Canadian pianist Daniel Fung is an active performer as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist. Performance highlights include concerts with the Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton Symphonies, and he has taken major prizes at the National Music Festival and Shean Competitions. He is an alumnus of the Académie Musicale Internationale “Barbara Krakauer,” Mozarteum Sommerakademie, and Music Academy of the West. juilliardinaiken.com
The University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University provides an enriched venue in which the study and practice of Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre are nurtured and sustained by building the skills and knowledge needed by future generations of arts professionals to become contributors to the essential vitality of our culture and society.
For more information, visit UCA.Colostate.edu.