Music For Life

In this week's episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...
Orlando Cela, '97 Choir director Kristina Boerger comes in to tell us about a divine choir concert...
with the string chamber music class about to give its semester-end performance, Anna talks to a piano trio that's getting ready to knock our socks off...
picking up from last week, we present the conclusion of my conversation with Green Guest Artist Maya Beiser...
and we have a special visit with 1997 DePauw graduate, flutist and conductor Orlando Cela, back on campus with a pair of performances and some stellar advice for our 21st Century Musicians!
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From a concert of March 15, 2015, Kristina Boerger leads first the DePauw University Chorus in a performance of Cesar Alejandro Carrillo's "Ave Maria," and then the DePauw Chamber Singers, with soloist Sara Blanton, in a performance of Stephen Chatman's "Prairie Lullaby" and "Chickadee."
From the Faculty Select Series concert of April 8, 2015, School of Music Alumnus flutist Orlando Cela performs Eric Chasalow's "Over the Edge."
From their concert of March 16, 2015, the DePauw Faculty Woodwind Ensemble (Anne Reynolds, Flute; Leonid Sirotkin, Oboe; Randy Salman, Clarinet; Kara Stolle, Bassoon; Robert Danforth, Horn; and student Daniel Hickey, Bass Clarinet) perform the third and fourth movements from Leos Janacek's "Mladi."
From their concert of March 8, 2015, the DePauw University Band, under the direction of Craig Paré, perform Ralph Vaughan-Williams' "Toccata Marziale."

In this week's episode of Music for Life, Music from DePauw, our last before DePauw's Thanksgiving break...
Orcenith Smith stops in to update us on a very special DePauw Orchestra tradition...
Holiday Gala - 2014 with the chamber music class performances coming up, Eric Edberg comes by to talk about what that's going to involve...
Hannah talks to some of her Opera Scenes classmates about their upcoming recital...
and we talk to several of our ensemble directors about our Fifth Annual Holiday Gala, coming up in just a couple of weeks!
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From their concert of November 18, 2015, the DePauw Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steven Snyder, performs Bob Mintzer's March Majestic.
From the Student Recital Hour of November 18, 2015, pianist Shiyu Su performs the first movement, Allegro moderato, from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sonata for Piano no. 10 in C major, K. 330.
From the Student Recital Hour of November 18, 2015, pianist Eric Heaton performs the first and fifth of Johannes Brahms' Sechs Klavierstucke, op. 118.

This week, on Music for Life, Music from DePauw...
Timothy McAllister professor Steve Snyder and junior Drew Casey come in for a friendly chat about the next Jazz Ensemble concert...
professor Bonnie Whiting comes in to tell me about what the Percussion Ensemble has planned for their performance this week...
Hannah talks with seniors Catherine Anderson-Quinones and Lance Orta and junior Dallas Gray about their upcoming recitals...
and sax professor Scotty Stepp tells us what to look forward to from Faculty Select Series guest Timothy McAllister this weekend!
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From this week's Student Recital Hour, cellist Peter Lockman and pianist Tony Weinstein perform the first movement, Allegretto, from Dmitri Shostakovich's first cello concerto, op. 107.
Also from this week's recital hour, tenor saxophonist Spencer Schillerstrom and pianist Steve Snyder perform Schillerstrom's piece "Suspended" and Bill Evans' arrangement of Henry Mancini's "The Days of Wine and Roses."
From the Faculty Select Series concert of November 9th, 2015, guest fortepianist Leslie Tung performs Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonata op. 27, no. 2, the "Moonlight."

In this episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...
Maya Beiser
Matt Skiba catches up with some of the winners of our annual Concerto Competition, whose concert is right around the corner...
Anna Gatdula chats with some students about our next Green Guest Artists concert —the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with guest pianist Alice Sara Ott...
I welcome back our former dean, professor Amy Lynn Barber, for a concert honoring her years of service to DePauw featuring former students and colleagues...
and we present the first part of a wide ranging interview with Green Guest Artist Maya Beiser, who shared a wealth of good advice with our 21st Century Musicians during her visit to DePauw!
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From the "Percussive Celebration" honoring Professor Amy Barber, here are cellist Ruth Marshall and percussionists Amy Lynn Barber, Dave Dwinell, Heather Sloan, and Bonnie Whiting performing the third movement, "Dying like the soft breath of butterflies," from the piece "Dueling with time, bartering for minutes of existence," composed by Carlos Carillo Cotto.
From the Student Recital Hour of Wednesday, March 18th, 2015, DePauw alum Josiah Rushing performs "Loops IV," by Phillipe Hurel.
From the Student Recital Hour of Wednesday, March 18th, 2015, DePauw alum Patrick Speranza performs "She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket," by Kevin Volans.

In this episode... our last before our Spring Recess...
Elleka talks to members of Fifth House, our ensemble-in-residence, who are back on campus for more work with our students...
Jason Robert Brown at DePauw with the end of the semester approaching, we hear from several students who are have upcoming junior and senior recitals, including our very own Anna Gatdula...
and right on the heels of our Living Composers Festival featuring guest composer Jason Robert Brown, Hannah talks with a pair of students who had the opportunity to sing for Jason in a masterclass...
and I sit down with him to talk about his terrific performance here and the good advice he has for 21st century musicians! SOURCES
From her Faculty Select Series recital on March 10th, pianist Darcy McCoy performs Claude Debussy's "La soiree dans grenade," from "Estampes."
From their concert of March 8th, Craig Paré directs the DePauw University Band in a performance of Philip Sparke's "Overture for Woodwinds."
From their appearance at the March 11th recital hour, here are Fifth House flutist Melissa Snoza, clarinetist Jenny Woodrum, and bassoonist Eric Heidbreder playing Jared Miller's piece "Happiness."
From the Student Cabaret performance on March 7th during last week's Living Composers Festival, soprano Angel Riley. baritone Derrick Truby, and pianist Jennifer Peacock perform "A-rumblin' and a-rollin'" from Jason Robert Brown's "Parade."
From the horn studio concert of March 11th, Horn Professor Rob Danforth performs the third movement, Allegro, from Richard Strauss' Concerto no. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 11.