Music Mosaic
The UW-Whitewater Music Faculty and Staff have joined forces to bring the campus, community and alumni "Music Mosaics." This series benefits the Music Department's Scholarship Fund, which allows the department to recognize students for their musical talents and academic excellence. There is a wide variety of events to chose from each one featuring the many talents of the Music Department's faculty and staff.
Season Ticket Prices:
General Admission $28, Over 65, $24 and UW-W Students w/ID & Under 18 $12
Single Ticket Prices:
General Admission $7, Over 65, $6 and UW-W Students w/ID & Under 18 $3
All events are in the Light Recital Hall
2011-12 Music Mosaics Season
Piano Dedication Concert
Myung Hee Chung and Karen Boe, piano
September 18, 2011 - 7:30 pm (Reception - 6:30 pm) - Light Recital Hall
In the Spring of 2011, UW-Whitewater acquired over 30 new Steinway and Boston pianos for its practice rooms, rehearsal spaces, and the recital hall. This event marks the official debut of our magnificent new Steinway D concert grand, an instrument that will be featured in programs here for decades to come. Chung and Boe will perform a varied program that showcases the remarkable warmth, flexibility, and powerful sound of this instrument, with works by Liszt and Debussy, and culminating in the virtuosic "four hands" version of Stravinsky's landmark Rite of Spring.
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Opera Gems
Brian Leeper, Julie Cross, Brygida Bziukiewicz-Kulig and Friends
October 4, 2011 - 7:30 pm - Light Recital Hall
A night at the opera! Join UW-Whitewater's vocal faculty for an evening of passion, drama, and great singing. Many of opera's greatest moments are when two or more characters sing together-whether united in love, or at cross-purposes. Brian Leeper, Julie Cross, Brygida Bziukiewicz-Kulig and special guests will present an evening of opera's great ensembles.
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Bach Suite Cycle
Benjamin Whitcomb
November 13, 2011 - 7:30 pm - Light Recital Hall
Bach's six suites for unaccompanied cello are by far the most important Baroque works for the cello, and have influenced generations of cellists and composers. Written while Bach was a court musician in the provincial city of Cöthen, they are in the traditional form of dance suites: each a series of popular dances, headed by a free prelude. But there was nothing conventional about Bach's music, which calls for virtuosity and expressive playing, and which frequently evokes subtle counterpoint within a single line! This program is a rare chance to hear all six suites in a single program.
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Whitewater Piano Trio
Leanne League, violin; Benjamin Whitcomb, cello; and Myung Hee Chung, piano
February 7, 2012 - 7:30 pm - Light Recital Hall
The Whitewater Piano Trio presents a pair of masterworks for violin, cello, and piano. The Trio in B minor, Op. 8 was one of the works with which a 21-year-old Brahms made a resounding impact on the musical scene-and Brahms himself thought enough of the work that he came back to revise it nearly 40 years later. Beethoven also wrote piano trios as a very young man but Op.70, No.2 of 1809 heard here is the work of a mature composer, writing during the most prolific period of his career.
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Whitewater Brass Quintet
Frank Hanson and Jeffrey Wohlbach, trumpets; Linda Kimball, horn; Michael Dugan, trombone; and John Tuinstra, tuba
March 4, 2012 - 7:30 pm - Light Recital Hall
The Whitewater Brass Quintet has been a resident faculty ensemble for over a quarter of a century. Their programs have included transcriptions and modern works for brass quintet. But this enjoyable program focuses on works from the "lighter side"-American popular music, with arrangements of Broadway show tunes and Jazz standards.
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Chamber Music for Strings & Winds
Robin Fellows, flute; Christian Ellenwood, clarinet; Leanne League, violin; Christopher Dozoryst, viola; and Benjamin Whitcomb, cello
April 3, 2012 - 7:30 pm - Light Recital Hall
This concluding program features a works for mixed ensembles, Max Reger's Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op.141a, one of this Romantic composer's final works, and one which reaches back to the style of Beethoven. Mozart's Flute Quartet in C Major, K385b is one of a series of chamber works for flute and strings Mozart composed while still a young man. While this was written on commission for a talented amateur flutist, it is an inspired and vivacious piece that presents wonderful musical moments for all four players.