January 27, 1997

By Barbara McKenna

New Music Center opens doors for public performances this month

The first public performance in UCSC's new $21 million Music Center takes place this week, and more than a dozen will follow during the winter quarter. Even more are planned during the spring quarter when an inaugural concert series will be presented. The series begins April 5 and culminates in a dedication ceremony on May 22.

Below are the concerts offered this quarter. All performances take place in the center's 396-seat Recital Hall.

Wednesday, January 29
Wednesday Evening Recital: "Bells, Bangs and Whistles"
Faculty musicians Leta Miller, flute, and William Winant, percussion, perform the premiere of a work by Ralph Shapey as well as Lou Harrison's "Ariadne" for flute, percussion, and dance. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Wednesday, February 5
Wednesday Evening Recital: "Strings Attached"
Lecturer Karen Andrie, cello, and guest artists Susan C. Brown and Carol Kutsch, violin and viola, perform trios and duos by Beethoven, Kod�ly, and Fran�aix. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Sunday, February 9
"Night of the Living Composers"
The New Music Works Ensemble, under the direction of Phil Collins, will perform repertoire featuring new works by regional composers including Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Pablo E. Furman, Jon Scoville, Allen Strange, and the late George Barati. Presented by New Music Works in cooperation with the Music Department. 8 p.m. $12 ($10 seniors, $7 students).

Saturday, February 15
"Love Songs from the Court of Queen Elizabeth"
Internationally renowned early-music soprano Julianne Baird, accompanied by professor Linda Burman-Hall on harpsichord, virginal, and organ, in an evening of love songs. Bring your Valentine! Presented by Arts & Lectures, the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, and the Music Department. 8 p.m. $15 general ($12 seniors and students). Reserved seating.

Wednesday, February 19
Wednesday Evening Recital: Sirius Ensemble
This graduate student ensemble from UC San Diego performs contemporary and avant-garde music by Schoenberg, Donati, and student composers from UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Friday, February 21
Senior Recital: Sandra Castleberry, soprano
A program of art songs by Purcell, Schubert, Milhaud, and Rossini. With Michael McGushin, piano and harpsichord. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, February 26
Wednesday Evening Recital: "Twentieth-Century Chamber Music"
Faculty flutist Susan Waller and guest artists perform chamber music by Ravel, Damase, and others for flute, voice, cello, and piano. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Friday, February 28
University Orchestra & Choral Ensembles
In this orchestral and choral sampler, the Orchestra performs the Cello Concerto by Dvor�k, featuring student competition winner Hilary Clark. The combined Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will perform opera choruses from Bizet's "Carmen," plus "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" from Verdi's "Nabucco." Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students). Reserved seating.

Sunday, March 2
Senior Recital: Adeline Mueller, flute
Flutist Adeline Mueller and guest artists perform works by Messiaen, C. P. E. Bach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Prokofiev, and more. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. Free.

Monday, March 3
Empyrean Ensemble
This UC Davis contemporary chamber ensemble performs new works, including a piece by UCSC professor Hi Kyung Kim. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, March 5
Wednesday Evening Recital: "Music for Piano Duo"
Pianists Michael McGushin and Irene Herrmann perform a varied concert of works for one and two pianos including "Mother Goose Suite" by Ravel, "Four Fantasies on American Folk Songs" by Douglas Townsend (both for four hands), and pieces by Gorecki, Hovhaness, Schubert, and Cowell. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Thursday, March 6
"Orchestre Symphonique"
Conductor Nicole Paiement returns to Santa Cruz with two accomplished youth ensembles: one from Canada, the other from Robert Louis Stevenson High School in Pebble Beach. On the program: the Piano Concerto by Grieg, Borodin's Symphony No. 3, and more. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $3 at the door only.

Saturday, March 8
Jazz Ensembles
Student combos and the UCSC Little Big Band perform jazz standards and originals. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Wednesday, March 12
Wednesday Evening Recital: "Dances, Sonatas and Songs"
Visiting artist Dr. Vicki Seldon, piano, from Prairie View A & M University (Texas) will explore the intermingling of "high art" and "pop entertainment" in the works of 20th-century African American composers. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

Friday and Saturday, March 14�15
University Choral Ensembles
The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers share a program of opera choruses including excerpts from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas," Bizet's "Carmen," and from operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Barber, Copland, Argento, and more. With pianists Michael McGushin and Irene Herrmann. Presented by the Music Department. 8 p.m. $8 ($5 seniors, $3 students).

For performance information, call the UCSC Ticket Office at (408) 459-2159.

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