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April abounds with concerts, recitals by UNC musicians

CHAPEL HILL -- Music lovers have a feast before them this month as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill music department presents an abundance of concerts to close the academic year.

Choral groups, concert and jazz bands, percussion and wind ensembles and more will perform, mostly in Hill and Person halls, just off East Franklin Street. Most concerts will be free; all will be directed by UNC music faculty members and open to the public.

"April is indeed a busy month for student and faculty performers in the music department," said James Ketch, professor and department chair. "The public is cordially invited to attend the many student recitals, faculty concerts and ensemble programs as we complete this very successful 2001-2002 academic year. A quick glimpse at our concert offerings will reveal music appealing to many tastes."

Among the concerts will be Sunday’s (April 7) "Lessons We’ve Learned" by Lighter Shade of Blue, an auditioned, 14-voice mixed ensemble that studies and performs popular music, from blues and Motown to country and western. Directed by clinical associate professor Dr. Daniel Huff, the group will perform music theater and popular tunes including "Jump, Jive and Wail" and "Yakety Yak." The concert will be performed twice, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Tickets will be $4 at the door. Dancers welcome.

For a different style of singing, consider a free April 14 concert of music by Brahms, Rheinberger and Schumann by the Carolina Choir and the UNC Chamber Singers, directed by professor Susan Klebanow and accompanied by professor Dr. Thomas Warburton on organ. The groups also will perform Finzi’s "Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice."

The 80-member choir performs the finest in choral literature, ranging from a cappella music of all periods to the choral/orchestral masterworks. The chamber singers, an ensemble of 25, performs vocal chamber music of different styles, emphasizing Renaissance, Baroque and 20th-century music.

The department’s jazz studies program will end its busy season with the last installment in this year’s Jamey Aebersold Visiting Jazz Artists Series. Aebersold, a professional saxophonist and jazz educator, gave the department funding to bring to campus four visiting artists per year for two years (through 2002-2003).

Aebersold will visit UNC on April 29 and 30 to rehearse with student musicians, teach a jazz improvisation class and perform with the UNC Jazz Bands, directed by Ketch and John V. Brown. Selections will include Phil Woods’ "Samba Dubois," Don Sebesky’s "Sadly" and Hank Mobley’s "Take Your Pick."

Also at the concert, this year’s Fred and Gail Fearing Prizes in Jazz will be awarded to students who have made significant contributions to the jazz program.

On April 18, associate professor Lynn Glassock will direct the percussion ensemble in selections by composers ranging from Renaissance-era William Byrd to the Dave Matthews Band. Pieces by Glassock, an award-winning composer, also will be played.

Guest percussionists from Athens Drive High School in Raleigh will join the show. The ensemble draws upon a large family of pitched and non-pitched instruments; the number of players and amount of equipment varies from piece to piece.

Other major attractions will include the opera "From the Towers of the Moon" on April 19 and 20 and "Celebrating Stravinsky: A Festival on the Hill" April 26 and 27 [featured in earlier news releases].

All of the above are only a few of the treats coming up in the department. Times, places and additional events are listed below. Events are free unless otherwise listed. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/music/concerts.html or call (919) 962-1039.

April 7, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Lighter Shade of Blue. "Lessons We’ve Learned." Show choir program of music theater and popular tunes, including "Jump, Jive and Wail" and "Yakety Yak." Tickets $4, from group members or at the door.

April 7, 3 p.m. Hill Hall Auditorium. Elizabeth Holland Tomlin, Faculty Piano Recital. Music of Johannes Brahms and Clara and Robert Schumann.

April 9, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute, and Sean Gallagher, piano. Faculty Recital. Music of Hüe, Schwantner, Prokofiev, Rietz and Schocker.

April 11, 8 p.m. Person. Consort of Viols. "Dances and Devotions: 17th-Century House Music for Viols, Violins and Voices."

April 14, 2 p.m. Person. Guitar Ensemble. Music for guitar quartet, guitar duos, flute and guitar and violin and guitar. Music by Villa-Lobos, Mussorgsky, Manuel Ponce and student compositions.

April 14, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Chamber Singers and Carolina Choir. Susan Klebanow, conductor, Thomas Warburton, guest organist. Music of Brahms, Rheinberger, Schumann and Finzi’s "Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice."

April 16, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Brass Chamber Ensembles. Mike Kris, director. Mixed ensembles performing the music of Bach, Poulenc, Dondeyne, Uber and others.

April 18, 8 p.m. Hill Hall Room 107. Percussion Ensemble. Lynn Glassock, director. A wide variety of selections ranging from Renaissance-era composer William Byrd to the Dave Matthews Band. Pieces by Lynn Glassock, the group’s director, will also be featured. With guest percussionists from Raleigh’s Athens Drive High School.

April 19 and 20, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. UNC Opera Workshop, UNC Chamber Orchestra, "From the Towers of the Moon." Tickets: $12 adult, $10 senior citizen, $4 student at 104 Hill Hall and at the door if still available.

April 21, 3 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs. Works by Gustav Holst, Johann Hasse and Gwyneth Walker.

April 23, 8 p.m. Person. University Chamber Players. Donald L. Oehler, director. Trios combining strings, wind instruments and voice by Brahms, Schubert and Weber.

April 25, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Wind Ensemble. Michael Votta, director.

April 26 and 27: "Celebrating Stravinsky: A Festival on the Hill," honoring the Russian-born composer. Benefit concert for the department’s scholarship fund, 8 p.m. April 26, Hill Hall auditorium. Music faculty members will conduct three of the department’s performing groups, featuring faculty and about 200 undergraduates. Tickets are $15 public, $10 seniors and $5 students at the Carolina Union box office. April 27: Academic symposium from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Person; chamber music, 8 p.m. in Hill, small groups will perform selections including "Octet for Winds," "Dumbarton Oaks Concerto" and "Three Shakespeare Songs."

April 28, 3 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Concert Band and University Band. Music by Shostakovich, Grainger, Ticheli and Ewazen.

April 28, 5 p.m. Person. Carolina Wind Quintet. Romantic-era wind quintets by Briccialdi, Laurischkus and Klughardt.

April 30, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Guest artist and alto saxophonist Jamey Aebersold with the UNC Jazz Band and the UNC Jazz Lab Band.

April 3, 6 p.m. Person. Carmund White, senior voice recital.

April 6, 4 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Kathleen Budny, junior clarinet recital.

April 6, 7 p.m. Person. Kelly Burke, senior composition recital.

April 7, 1 p.m. Person. Katherine Hughes, sophomore voice recital.

April 7, 5:30 p.m. Person. Sara Oettinger and Kate Amerikaner, joint voice recital.

April 10, 7:30 p.m. Person. Leigh Kite, senior voice recital.

April 12, 6 p.m. Person. Jennie Cox, senior clarinet recital.

April 13, noon Person. Christen Sible, senior voice recital.

April 13, 2 p.m. Person. Brooke Palmer, senior voice recital.

April 13, 4 p.m. Person. Dan Colston, senior violin recital.

April 13, 6 p.m. Person. Rosemary Rohrman, junior voice recital.

April 13, 8 p.m. Person. Ariella Gilman, senior euphonium recital.

April 14, 5 p.m. Person. Tara Schwab, senior flute recital.

April 19, 5 p.m. Person. Jenny Glace, sophomore flute recital.

April 20, Noon. Person. Wendy Spitzer, senior oboe recital.

April 20, 2 p.m. Person. Carrie Huff, junior voice recital.

April 20, 4 p.m. Person. Kara Petteway, senior flute recital.

April 20, 6 p.m. Person. Hillary Vaden, senior cello recital.

April 21, 1 p.m. Person. Charles Smith, sophomore trombone recital.

April 21, 3 p.m. Person. Betty Wishart, piano studio recital.

April 21, 5 p.m. Person. John Daniels, senior trombone recital.

April 21, 7 p.m. Person. Katie Zimmerman and Meredith Gaylord, violin recital.

April 22, 6 p.m. Hill Hall Room 107. Sara Snyder, sophomore trumpet recital.

April 26, 5 p.m. Person. Kara Eaton, junior violin recital.

April 27, Noon. Hill Auditorium. Michelle Huang, senior piano recital.

April 27, 2 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Johanna Kislik, senior violin recital.

April 28, 1 p.m. Person. Jee-Yeon Ahn, freshman violin recital.

April 28, 2 p.m. Person. Betty Wishart, studio recital for seniors.

April 28, 5 p.m. 107 Hill. Andrew Hummer, junior percussion recital.

April 28, 7 p.m. Person. Ashley Kerr, sophomore voice recital.

April 28, 9 p.m. Person. Ellie Bentler, freshman violin recital.

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Contact: Michael Rowlett, (919) 962-1039