BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20070311T100000 RDATE:20070311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20071104T090000 RDATE:20071104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070312 SUMMARY:Music Department Spring 2007 DESCRIPTION:Music Department Spring 2007 Thompson Jacobs\, senior recita l Sunday\, February 18\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium Thompson Jacobs\, voc al performance major\, presents a recital of tenor repertoire including a Bach cantata with organ and Baroque ensemble\, and works from Benjamin B ritten's Winter Words\, Gabriel Fauré's Melodies\, and Hugo Wolf's Möri ke Lieder. Musical Theatre Workshop Friday\, March 16 and Saturday\, Ma rch 17\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium The musical theater workshop presents a cabaret show featuring several soloists and scenes from recent musicals . Rob Dietrich\, senior recital Friday\, April 6\, 8 p.m. Evans Audito rium For a memorable evening\, join senior Rob Dietrich for his concert "about the ethics of creation\, humanity changing itself through music\, and wonder at the fundamental nature of the universe (if\, as many of us suspect\, such a thing exists). The individual pieces involve ideas such as being on the threshold of a new reality\, feeling a primal drive to im prove the palpable fabric of life\, and telling dramatic\, riveting stori es in the future tense." Cappella Nova Friday\, April 13\, 8 p.m. Evan s Auditorium Orla McDonagh\, piano Ailbhe McDonagh\, cello Saturday\, April 14\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium Pianist Orla McDonagh is Director of the Piano Program at Lewis &\; Clark College. Originally from Dublin\ , Ireland\, McDonagh came to the U.S. to pursue piano studies at The Juil liard School in New York and Indiana University in Bloomington\, IN\, bef ore moving to Portland. With appearances in Europe\, the U.S. and Canada\ , McDonagh is an active soloist\, chamber musician and contemporary music practitioner and has a cello/piano duo with her sister\, Irish cellist A ilbhe McDonagh. On the Lewis &\; Clark campus\, McDonagh has given num erous performances\, including solo appearances with the Wind Symphony\, College Orchestra\, and Percussion Ensemble\, in addition to several facu lty recitals. She has performed with Portland contemporary groups "Third Angle" and "fEARnoMUSIC" and is a current member of the Lewis &\; Clar k College New Music Ensemble "Friends of Rain". Ailbhe McDonagh is Orla' s younger sister\, currently a masters degree student at the Eastman Scho ol of Music in Rochester NY. Ailbhe has performed all over Europe and her e in the US at Carnegie Hall\, the Yale Summer Festival in Norfolk and at the Garth Newel Chamber Sessions in Virginia. In this\, their U.S. debut \, the duo will perform the Franck Sonata and the Debussy Sonata\, as wel l as several other pieces from the piano/cello repertoire. Free and open to the general public. Festival seating. Lewis &\; Clark Wind Sympho ny Spring Concert American Expressions Sunday\, April 15\, 4 p.m. Temp leton Center Council Chamber Lewis &\; Clark College's 50-member Wind Symphony presents their Spring concert with an afternoon of American cla ssics and recent compositions for concert band. The unique musical voices of distinctly American composers such as Charles Ives\, Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein will be featured. The concert will also include works for chamber winds. David M. Becker\, Chair of the Music Department\, con duct. Free admission. No tickets necessary. Frontier Blues:A Musical Na rrative of the Columbia River Region Sunday\, April 15\, 8 p.m. Evans A uditorium Joe Seamons and Renegade Minstrels use music and visual images to present stories of the Pacific Northwest through the works of northwe st songwriters Woody Guthrie\, Hobe Kytr\, John Cunnick\, Dave Berge\, as well as those of visual artists Erik Sandgren\, Alex Morris and Alex Jac obs through the synthesis of blues and ballads\, film segments\, photogra phs and lighting design. Renegade Minstrels is an ensemble of musicians and visual artists which centers around Joe Seamons' singing and guitar p laying\, as well as the versatile musicianship of Gavin Duffy\, a compose r and performer. Frontier Blues characterizes the American musical ethos in a spirit of storytelling that is both wry and jovial. The paintings\, photographs\, and film are projected onscreen behind the musicians\; thi s visual accompaniment sets each musical narrative in a vivid atmosphere. Through shared interests and close friendship\, Renegade Minstrels conti nue to develop series of musical and visual programs exploring relationsh ips between America's music\, stories\, images and culture. Future projec ts include Mississippi Delta News\, Bob Dylan's Blues\, and Poor Valley's Core. Lewis &\; Clark Jazz Night Tuesday\, April 17\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium Composition Major's Recital Thursday\, April 19\, 8 p.m. E vans Auditorium A concert of newly written chamber works by Lewis &\; Clark student composers played by Lewis &\; Clark students and facult y. Gavin Duffy Friday\, April 20\, 8 p.m. Agnes Flanagan Chapel Gavin Duffy's senior composition recital will take place in the Chapel\, with its warm acoustics and big\, beautiful organ. The performance will includ e a string quartet in four movements inspired by his experiences living i n Oregon\, several compositions for choir\, and the finale– a large pie ce for organ\, choir\, and soloists\, with text from Rilke\, Goethe\, and the Psalms. James Brown Saturday\, April 21\, 7 p.m. Evans Auditorium Attention music fans! Lewis &\; Clark's own James Brown will be perf orming live in concert! His senior recital includes standards of repertoi re for marimba and mixed percussion\, as well as some jazz to round out t he night. A good time is guaranteed for all who attend\, and it shall cer tainly be an experience that will be branded into your hearts and minds f orever! Lewis &\; Clark World Music Concert Sunday\, April 22\, 2 p. m. Location TBA Lewis &\; Clark Orchestra Sunday\, April 22\, 8 p.m . ** VENUE CHANGE**Evans Auditorium Lewis &\; Clark Electronic Music Concert Thursday\, April 26\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium OSAA / OMEA Sta te Solo Contest Saturday\, April 28. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Evans Music Center a nd multiple locations Lewis &\; Clark College hosts the Oregon School Activities Association / Oregon Music Educators Association's 40th Annua l State Solo Contest on April 28. Over 400 of Oregon's most accomplished high school musicians will compete in 30 divisions of voice and instrumen tal solo performance. All performances are open to the public and an awar ds ceremony in Agnes Flanagan Chapel will conclude the day. Admission to all sessions is free. Sponsored by U.S. Bank and Les Schwab Tires. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Music Department Spring 2007
Thompson Jacobs\, senior recital
Sunday\, February 18\, 8 p.m.<
br /> Evans Auditorium
Thompson Jacobs\, vocal performance
major\, presents a recital of tenor repertoire including a Bach cantata w
ith organ and Baroque ensemble\, and works from Benjamin Britten's Winter
Words\, Gabriel Fauré's Melodies\, and Hugo Wolf's Mörike Lieder.
Musical Theatre Workshop
Friday\, March 16 and Saturday\,
March 17\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
The musical theat
er workshop presents a cabaret show featuring several soloists and scenes
from recent musicals.
Rob Dietrich\, senior recital
Friday\, April 6\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
For a memo
rable evening\, join senior Rob Dietrich for his concert "about the ethic
s of creation\, humanity changing itself through music\, and wonder at th
e fundamental nature of the universe (if\, as many of us suspect\, such a
thing exists). The individual pieces involve ideas such as being on the
threshold of a new reality\, feeling a primal drive to improve the palpab
le fabric of life\, and telling dramatic\, riveting stories in the future
tense."
Cappella Nova
Friday\, April 13\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
Orla McDonagh\, piano
Ailbhe McD
onagh\, cello
Saturday\, April 14\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
Pianist Orla McDonagh is Director of the Piano Program at L
ewis &\; Clark College. Originally from Dublin\, Ireland\, McDonagh ca
me to the U.S. to pursue piano studies at The Juilliard School in New Yor
k and Indiana University in Bloomington\, IN\, before moving to Portland.
With appearances in Europe\, the U.S. and Canada\, McDonagh is an active
soloist\, chamber musician and contemporary music practitioner and has a
cello/piano duo with her sister\, Irish cellist Ailbhe McDonagh. On the
Lewis &\; Clark campus\, McDonagh has given numerous performances\, in
cluding solo appearances with the Wind Symphony\, College Orchestra\, and
Percussion Ensemble\, in addition to several faculty recitals. She has p
erformed with Portland contemporary groups "Third Angle" and "fEARnoMUSIC
" and is a current member of the Lewis &\; Clark College New Music Ens
emble "Friends of Rain".
Ailbhe McDonagh is Orla's younger s
ister\, currently a masters degree student at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester NY. Ailbhe has performed all over Europe and here in the US
at Carnegie Hall\, the Yale Summer Festival in Norfolk and at the Garth
Newel Chamber Sessions in Virginia. In this\, their U.S. debut\, the duo
will perform the Franck Sonata and the Debussy Sonata\, as well as severa
l other pieces from the piano/cello repertoire.
Free and ope
n to the general public. Festival seating.
Lewis &\; Clar
k Wind Symphony Spring Concert
American Expressions
Sunday\
, April 15\, 4 p.m.
Templeton Center Council Chamber
Lewis &\; Clark College's 50-member Wind Symphony presents their Sprin
g concert with an afternoon of American classics and recent compositions
for concert band. The unique musical voices of distinctly American compos
ers such as Charles Ives\, Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein will be fea
tured. The concert will also include works for chamber winds.
David M. Becker\, Chair of the Music Department\, conduct.
Free admission. No tickets necessary.
Frontier Blues:A Musi
cal Narrative of the Columbia River Region
Sunday\, April 15\, 8 p
.m.
Evans Auditorium
Joe Seamons and Renegade Minstre
ls use music and visual images to present stories of the Pacific Northwes
t through the works of northwest songwriters Woody Guthrie\, Hobe Kytr\,
John Cunnick\, Dave Berge\, as well as those of visual artists Erik Sandg
ren\, Alex Morris and Alex Jacobs through the synthesis of blues and ball
ads\, film segments\, photographs and lighting design.
Reneg
ade Minstrels is an ensemble of musicians and visual artists which center
s around Joe Seamons' singing and guitar playing\, as well as the versati
le musicianship of Gavin Duffy\, a composer and performer.
F
rontier Blues characterizes the American musical ethos in a spirit of sto
rytelling that is both wry and jovial. The paintings\, photographs\, and
film are projected onscreen behind the musicians\; this visual accompanim
ent sets each musical narrative in a vivid atmosphere. Through shared int
erests and close friendship\, Renegade Minstrels continue to develop seri
es of musical and visual programs exploring relationships between America
's music\, stories\, images and culture. Future projects include Mississi
ppi Delta News\, Bob Dylan's Blues\, and Poor Valley's Core.
Lewis &\; Clark Jazz Night
Tuesday\, April 17\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
Composition Major's Recital
Thursday
\, April 19\, 8 p.m.
Evans Auditorium
A concert of ne
wly written chamber works by Lewis &\; Clark student composers played
by Lewis &\; Clark students and faculty.
Gavin Duffy
Friday\, April 20\, 8 p.m.
Agnes Flanagan Chapel
G
avin Duffy's senior composition recital will take place in the Chapel\, w
ith its warm acoustics and big\, beautiful organ. The performance will in
clude a string quartet in four movements inspired by his experiences livi
ng in Oregon\, several compositions for choir\, and the finale– a large
piece for organ\, choir\, and soloists\, with text from Rilke\, Goethe\,
and the Psalms.
James Brown
Saturday\, April 21\, 7
p.m.
Evans Auditorium
Attention music fans! Lewis &am
p\; Clark's own James Brown will be performing live in concert! His senio
r recital includes standards of repertoire for marimba and mixed percussi
on\, as well as some jazz to round out the night. A good time is guarante
ed for all who attend\, and it shall certainly be an experience that will
be branded into your hearts and minds forever!
Lewis &\;
Clark World Music Concert
Sunday\, April 22\, 2 p.m.
Locat
ion TBA
Lewis &\; Clark Orchestra
Sunday\, April 2
2\, 8 p.m.
** VENUE CHANGE**Evans Auditorium
Lewis &a
mp\; Clark Electronic Music Concert
Thursday\, April 26\, 8 p.m. Evans Auditorium
OSAA / OMEA State Solo Contest
Saturday\, April 28. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Evans Music Center and multipl
e locations
Lewis &\; Clark College hosts the Oregon Scho
ol Activities Association / Oregon Music Educators Association's 40th Ann
ual State Solo Contest on April 28. Over 400 of Oregon's most accomplishe
d high school musicians will compete in 30 divisions of voice and instrum
ental solo performance. All performances are open to the public and an aw
ards ceremony in Agnes Flanagan Chapel will conclude the day.
Admission to all sessions is free. Sponsored by U.S. Bank and Les Schwa
b Tires.