After a month off in January, the MUTD series will pick up again in the New Year with a performance entitled Imaginative Images. On it we will present a series of remarkable works by an eclectic mix of composers from around the world, starting with American original George Antheil’s Sonata for Solo Trumpet, performed by Icelandic graduate student Rosborg Hallisdottir. Next will be Minnesotan violinist Elena Kolkrek playing Henri Vieuxtemps, virtuosic Rondino. This will be followed by Schwob faculty member, Dr. Lisa Oberlander, who will play Evan Ziporyn’s Three Impersonations for Clarinet, a fantastic piece that adapts famous melodies from a variety of cultures, and to make the sound requires extended techniques that are completely inventive. The program will conclude with Chinese graduate student Jiaqui Song performing Debussy’s magical Images, Book 2. All visual designs for this program are being created by CSU Art Department’s new assistant professor of Graphic Design, Samantha Yoo.

Reception at 5pm with wine and cheese, and 45 minute concert at 5:37pm!

Our March MUTD program, entitled Reveries, will feature performances by Schwob faculty member Dr. Henry Kramer, the L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Professor of piano. He will play Alexander Scriabin’s fiendishly difficulty Sonata No. 5, Alberto Ginastera’s Danzas Argentinas, and excerpts from Maurice Ravel’s gorgeous Le Tombeau de Couperin. We will conclude with three magical performances by the Schwob University Singers under the direction of Addison Walton. They will present Johannes Brahms’ beautiful In Stiller Nacht, and two works by Morten Lauridsen including his haunting Soneto de la Noche, and his heartfelt Sure on this Shining Night. These incredible performances will be supported by designs created by our Omnisphere Theater director and amazing visionary, Lance Tankersley.

Reception at 5 pm with wine and cheese, and 45-minute concert at 5:37pm!

The last concert of the MUTD season, Tracing Color, will be a tour de force starting with two pieces performed by Schwob Concerto Competition winner flutist Alexis Eubanks, who will present Allison Loggins-Hull’s fantastically imaginative Color Wheels (with electronic sounds) and Kazuo Fukushima’s Asian influenced Mei. Next, Schwob graduate pianist Whittker Locke will perform African -American composer William Grant-Still’s 7 Traceries, a standard in the repertoire that is both eclectic in its influences and graceful in its delivery. After this wonderful work, the award-winning Schwob Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Paul Vaillancourt will perform three pieces, starting with Owen Clayton Condon’s frenetic Fractalia, Phillip Glass’s shimmering Xingu River, and they’ll conclude with Kevin Bobo’s action-packed Swarm. Designs will be done by acclaimed guest artist Thomas Lanham.

As always, reception at 5pm with wine and cheese, and 45 minute concert at 5:37pm!