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German trio, Carolina Choir, others vary UNC’s music lineup

CHAPEL HILL — Hear French chamber music, jazz, symphonies and many other incarnations of sound during the 2007-2008 season of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill music department.

Glee clubs, opera vocalists, wind ensembles and more will perform throughout the academic year.

The season officially kicks off with September Prelude, the Triangle’s annual Festival of Chamber Music. The collaboration among area music groups including the UNC music department features performances in Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill.

The UNC performance this year features Germany’s acclaimed Abegg Trio performing the complete Beethoven Trios for violin, cello and piano on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff, $15 for others.

Tickets for music department events in Memorial Hall are now sold at the Memorial Hall Box Office on Cameron Avenue, (919) 843-3333, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

The department, a part of the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, will host more than 100 events from September through April in Hill Hall Auditorium, Memorial Hall and other campus venues. The complete season calendar, to be updated regularly, is available at the music department Web site, http://music.unc.edu, and (919) 962-1039. Evening concerts will start at 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with some exceptions.

“Yet again, in our 2007-2008 concert series, we break new ground,” said Tim Carter, Ph.D., David G. Frey distinguished professor and music department chair. “A new song cycle by my colleague Allen Anderson is something to look forward to, as is our symphony orchestra tackling one of the most challenging pieces in the repertoire, Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie Fantastique.’

“We open up new worlds of sound with our spring 2008 Festival on the Hill, featuring the music of Latin America and including a new commission by Tana León, one of the most thrilling composers of our time.”

Fall season highlights will include:

• Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m.:“Instrument of the Tongue.” An original song cycle — a group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity — by faculty composer Allen Anderson, Ph.D., associate professor of music. The concert will feature UNC soprano Terry Rhodes, Ph.D., music professor, and pianist Jane Hawkins, a music professor at Duke University. Hyde Hall. Free.

• Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.: The Jae Sinnet Quartet with Steve Wilson. The Jamey Aebersold Visiting Jazz Artist Series welcomes guest artists Jae Sinnet, drums, and Steve Wilson, saxophone, for an evening of jazz. Hill Hall Auditorium. Free.

• Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.:The UNC Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band with Staff Sgt. Rone Sparrow, a percussionist in the U.S. Military Academy Band. The concert, which benefits scholarships for UNC music students, will include “Concerto for Solo Percussion and Concert Band,” by faculty composer Stephen Anderson. Memorial Hall, $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff, $15 for others. (919) 843-3333.

• Oct. 14, 3 p.m.: “Grieg by Three.” The department’s William S. Newman Artists Series presents three violin-piano sonatas by Edvard Grieg in the 100th anniversary year of his death. Featuring violinists Richard Luby of the UNC music faculty and guest artists Isidor Saslav and Matthew Kiefer, with pianists Tonu Kalam of the music faculty and guest artists Ann Saslav and Wonmin Kim. Hill Hall Auditorium, $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff, $15 for others. (919) 962-1039.

• Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.: “France and Romance!” UNC’s Music on the Hill series presents an evening of French Romantic chamber music for harp, saxophone, piano and strings. Featuring guest artists Laura Byrne on harp; Wonmin Kim, piano; and Matthew McClure, saxophone; Terry Rhodes, music faculty member, soprano; and members of the UNC string faculty. Memorial Hall. $10 UNC students, faculty and staff, $15 for others. (919) 843-3333.

• Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.: “This Night, This Moment.” UNC vocal ensembles the Carolina Choir and the UNC Chamber Singers present music from Schoenberg, Mozart and UNC faculty composer Allen Anderson.Hill Hall Auditorium. Free.

• Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.: The UNC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tonu Kalam, Ph.D., music professor, present Beethoven’s “Egmont”Overture; Fauré’s Suite from “Pelléas et Mélisande” and Bernstein’s Symphonic Suite from the Film“On the Waterfront.” Memorial Hall, $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff, $15 for others. (919) 843-3333.

The 2008 Carolina Jazz Festival will take place from Feb. 27 to March 1. Details will be announced early next semester.

Music department contact: Glenn McDonald, (919) 962-1039, gmm@unc.edu  
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu