FALL: 2007
Concerts and recitals presented by Wittenberg University's Music Department, plus a few off-campus events. Krieg Hall (the music building) is at the corner of Ward Street and Woodlawn Avenue. Using these online directions, Krieg Hall is the first building on the left after turning right (west) on Ward Street. View the Spring Semester 2008 calendar.
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| Friday, Sept. 7 | Paths Crossing Paths A workshop with performers from the Yellow Springs African-American Cross Cultural Works Blues/Jazz Music Fest 07 |
Krieg Hall | 4:15 pm |
| Wednesday, Sept. 12 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Friday, Sept. 21 | Breathing for Wind Players: A Breathing Gym, with Wittenberg alum Nancy Atkins Joy (BME 81) |
Krieg Hall | 4:30 pm |
| Wednesday, Sept. 26 | Springfield Arts Council: Hairspray (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 7:30 pm |
| Friday, Sept. 28 | Wittenberg Choir Variety Show (admission charged) | Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Saturday, Sept. 29 | Wittenberg Choir Variety Show (admission charged) | Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Sunday, Sept. 30 | A Musical Celebration of the Life of Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy, Jr. | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Saturday, Oct. 6 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor, with Stephanie Chase, violin (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Sunday, Oct. 7 | Faculty Artist Recital: Stephen Siek, piano |
Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Thursday, Oct. 18 | Guest Artist Recital: Michael Gould, shakuhachi |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Saturday, Oct. 20 | String Workshop for High School Students, with Wittenberg cello and string bass professor Daniel Kazez | Krieg Hall | 1:30-3:30 pm |
| Saturday, Oct. 20 | Faculty Artist Recital: Daniel Kazez, cello With Richard York (clarinet), David Schubert (baritone), Rhea Jones-Price '10 (piano), Kay Kulma '09 (soprano), Amanda Marenchin '10 (violin), Vincent Pontius '11 (viola), and Ben Williams '10 (oboe). |
Krieg Hall | 4:00 pm |
| Sunday, Oct. 21 | Wittenberg Symphonic Band: Brandon Jones, conductor |
Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Oct. 28 | Music by university music ensembles at 7:00 pm Wittenberg Series: Choral Eucharist for the Festival of The Reformation |
Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday, Oct. 30 | Springfield Arts Council: The Ten Tenors (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 7:30 pm |
| Monday, Nov. 5 | Guest Artist Recital: Cynthia Lawing and Gloria Cook, duo-piano recital |
Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Nov. 7 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Nov. 7 | Student recital: William Mattox '08, baritone |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Friday, Nov. 9 | Faculty Artist Recital: Lawrence Pitzer, lute |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Saturday, Nov. 10 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Sunday, Nov. 11 | Joint concert: Wittenberg Singers, Joyce Wendel, conductor and Wittenberg Chamber Orchestra, Brandon Jones, conductor |
Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Monday, Nov. 12 | Wittenberg Flute Choir, Lori Akins, conductor | Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday, Nov. 13 | Mock Auditions for High School Students | Krieg Hall | 7:30-9:30 pm |
| Saturday, Nov. 17 | Senior Recital: Jennifer Gordon '08, soprano |
Krieg Hall | 7:30 pm |
| Sunday, Nov. 18 | Junior Recital: Kathryn Kulma '09, soprano, and Brien Sewell '09, bass-baritone |
Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28 | General Student Recital | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28 | Springfield Arts Council:Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 7:30 pm |
| Sunday, Dec. 2 | Wittenberg Symphonic Band, Brandon Jones, conductor: International Impressions A concert featuring music written by composers from Spain, France, Russia, Japan, and Mexico, or inspired by the cultures of these lands. | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Dec. 5 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Friday, Dec. 7 | Music by university ensembles at 7:00 pm Wittenberg Series: Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas With the Wittenberg Choir, Donald Busarow, conductor; Wittenberg Handbell Choir, Trudy Faber, conductor; Wittenberg Singers, Joyce Wendel, conductor; Wittenberg Flute Choir, Lori Akins, conductor; Wittenberg Chamber Orchestra, Brandon Jones, conductor |
Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Monday, Dec. 10 | 26th Annual Community Messiah Sing Basil Fett, conductor; with soloists Amy Lord (soprano), Carla Drye (alto), Jason Heister (tenor), and David Schubert (baritone); Trudy Faber (organ and harpsichord); instrumentalist section leaders Lesa DeBorde (violin), Cindy Krahn (violin), Patricia King (viola), and Daniel Kazez (violoncello); and the audience as chorus | Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Saturday, Dec. 15 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor, with Cynthia Roberts, violin (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
SPRING: 2008
| Sunday, Jan. 6 | German Language Epiphany Service With music performed by Donald Busarow (organ), David Schubert (baritone), Amanda Marenchin '10 (violin), and Ben Williams '10 (oboe) | Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Monday, Jan. 21 | Music Audition Day | Krieg Hall | |
| Wednesday, Jan. 30 | Masterclass: Mark Heeg (BM '84), piano With performances by student pianists Jarred Sorauf '11, Steven Wolgast '08, and Sarah Murray '10, playing music by Schubert, Prokofiev, and Schumann. |
Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Jan. 30 | Alum Recital: Mark Heeg (BM '84), piano Heeg is Assistant Professor of Piano at Eastern Mediterranean University in northern Cyprus. He has performed as a soloist in the U.S., Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Egypt, and Japan. Dr. Heeg will perform music by Schubert, Liszt, and Granados, as well as short Liszt transcriptions of works by Chopin and Schumann. |
Krieg Hall | 7:30 pm |
| Friday, Feb. 1 | Candlemas: Medieval Candlelight Vespers Service Featuring Schola Cantorum, a 14-member men's liturgical ensemble directed by Donald Busarow and Wind in the Woods, an early music ensemble (recorders, lute, crumhorn, drum) with Margaret Erin, Jenelle Allen, Deb Toy, Lawrence Pizter, Amy Vaubel, Michael Mattimore, Dan Duncan, and Charles Larkowski. This medieval service, with no music later than the 16th century, has no electricity, no organ, and is lighted only by candles. In place of a modern sermon, Wittenberg Pastor Andy Tune will read from the writings of one of the early church Fathers. Several hymns are also sung by the congregation. |
Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday, Feb. 6 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Saturday, Feb. 9 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor: Spanish Inspiration, with Pepe Romero, guitar (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Saturday, Feb. 16 | Faculty Artist Recital: Christopher Durrenberger, piano Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor and Modest Mussorgsky's, Pictures at an ExhibitionŃa composition based on a memorial exhibition for Mussorgsky's recently deceased friend Viktor Hartmann, with watercolors, stage designs, and architectural drawings (e.g., The Great Gate of Kiev: see photo to the right). |
Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Sunday, Feb. 17 | Faculty Artist Recital: Timothy Olt, tuba, with Eric Knechtges, piano "A Little Song and Dance": Transcriptions for tuba and piano covering more than 200 years of music. Works by Telemann, Sinigaglia, FaurŽ, and Marais. |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Monday, Feb. 18 | Music Audition Day | Krieg Hall | |
| Monday, Feb. 18 | Woodwind Workshop for High School Students | Krieg Hall | 7:00-9:00 pm |
| Saturday, Feb. 23 | Student Recital: David Wallingford '08, organ and Steven Wolgast '08, organ David, a senior biology major from Bellevue, Ohio, will perform J.S. Bach's chorale prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Bšellmann's Suite Gothique, and music by Buxtehude and Schroeder. Steven, a senior music major from Springfield, Ohio, will perform J.S. Bach's chorale-partita O Gott, du frommer Gott, Langlais' Suite BrŹve, and music by Mendelssohn and Pinkham. |
Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Feb. 24 | Wittenberg Symphonic Band, Brandon Jones, conductor | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Monday, Feb. 25 | Faculty Artist Recital: David Schubert, baritone, with Diane Slagle, piano The new chairperson of Wittenberg's Music Department makes his Wittenberg recital debut, with a program of art songs from the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning with Schumann's Dichterliebe (one of the greatest song cycles of the Romantic era), followed by Francis Poulenc's Le bestiaire and Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring. |
Krieg Hall | 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday, Feb. 27 | Springfield Arts Council: The 5 Browns (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 7:30 pm |
| Friday, Mar. 14 | Music Audition Day | Krieg Hall | |
| Friday, Mar. 14 | Wittenberg Choir, Donald Busarow, conductor Witt Choir's first concert at Wittenberg following their 2008 Spring Concert Tour (with concerts in California and Arizona). | Weaver Chapel | 8:00 pm |
| Saturday, Mar. 15 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor: Rendezvous with Russia, with Olga Kern, piano (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Sunday, Mar. 16 | Center for Musical Development: Student Recitals |
Krieg Hall | 2:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Mar. 19 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Friday, Mar. 28 | Music Audition Day | Krieg Hall | |
| Friday, Mar. 28 | General Student Recital Performances by violinists Sarah Dennett '09 and Amanda Marenchin '10, oboist Ben Williams '10, and string bassist Brittany Steinbrecher '09; with pianist Diane Slagle and cellist Daniel Kazez. | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Friday, Mar. 28 | Springfield Arts Council: Canadian Brass (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Saturday, Mar. 29 | Senior Recital: Bradley Wilson '08, tenor Bradley, a double major in music and management from New Carlisle, Ohio, will perform songs and arias in French (Lalo's "Vainement, ma bien-aimŽe"), Italian (Donaudy's 'O del mio amato ben' and Giordani's 'Lungi dal caro bene'), German (three songs by Franz Schubert), and English (Handel, Hundley, and Bernstein). |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Sunday, Mar. 30 | Student Recital: Sarah Dennett '09, violin and Amanda Marenchin '10, violin Sarah performs the American Hoedown, from Rodeo (Aaron Copland), Amanda performs the Hungarian 'Czardas' (Vittorio Monti), and the two join forces in a movement from J.S. Bach's double violin concerto. |
Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Mar. 30 | Faculty Artist Recital: Joe Hesseman, bassoon With guest artists Randall Paul, clarinet and Steven Aldredge, piano (both from Wright State University), and Springfield Symphony flutist Joan Herndon, Joe's program will include Michael Glinka's Trio PathŽtique, Henri Dutilleux's Sarabande et CortŹge, Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, and the premiere performance of Steven Aldredge's arrangement of music by Rachmaninov. |
Krieg Hall | 6:00 pm |
| Monday, Mar. 31 | Vogler Quartet (Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 59, No. 3) | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Apr. 2 | General Student Recital | Krieg Hall | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Apr. 6 | Faculty Artist Recital: Trudy Faber, organ Faber's annual Wittenberg recital will include Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Josef Rheinberger's Sonata XV in D Major, music by 20th-century composer Jeanne Demessieux, two pieces by 18th-century English women composers (to be played on the harpsichord), and Vincent Persichetti's Do Not Go Gentle, Op. 132 (played with the feet alone!; with stanzas of the Dylan Thomas 1951 poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night interspersed throughout the piece, narrated by Wittenberg Professor Emeritus J. Arthur Faber). The recital will end with Dudley Buck's exciting Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner. |
Weaver Chapel | 4:00 pm |
| Tuesday, Apr. 8 | Wittenberg Series: The Beaux Arts Trio With Menahem Pressler (piano), Daniel Hope (violin), and Antonio Meneses (cello). "Since its founding 50 years ago, the Beaux Arts Trio has become the gold standard for trios throughout the world." The Washington Post |
Weaver Chapel | 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday, Apr. 9 | Senior Recital: William Mattox '08, baritone A performance of Maurice Ravel's song cycle Don Quichotte DulcinŽe, selections from Gerald FinziŐs song cycle Earth and Air and Rain, and duets and arias from Mozart's operas Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflšte. Mattox will perform with Kay Kulma '09 and April Bennett (sopranos) and Diane Slagle (piano). |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Thursday, Apr. 10 | Chakeres Memorial Theatre | 7:30 pm | |
| Friday, Apr. 11 | Chakeres Memorial Theatre | 7:30 pm | |
| Saturday, Apr. 12 | Chakeres Memorial Theatre | 7:30 pm | |
| Sunday, Apr. 13 | Urinetown, by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann A joint production of the Music Department and the Department of Theatre and Dance; Steven Reynolds, director; Susan Carlock, music director. | Chakeres Memorial Theatre | 2:00 pm |
| Saturday, Apr. 12 | Wittenberg Handbell Choir, Trudy Faber, conductor Fourteen ringers will play five octaves of bells made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company, making bells for well over 500 years, including London's Big Ben and Philadelphia's Liberty Bell). The program includes a setting of the hymn All Creatures of Our God and King and excerpts from Phantom of the Opera. Oboist David Hearne '10 will perform with the group in several pieces. | Weaver Chapel | 4:00 pm |
| Monday, Apr. 14 | Flute Choir Concert, Lori Akins, conductor | Krieg Hall | 8:00 pm |
| Saturday, Apr. 19 | Joint concert: Wittenberg Singers, Susan Musselman, conductor and Wittenberg Chamber Orchestra, Brandon Jones, conductor Wittenberg Singers will perform music by Robert A. Harris, Felix Mendelssohn, Morten Lauridsen, RenŽ Clausen, Manning Sherwin, and Mangwani Mpulele (arranged by Robert DeCormier). The Chamber Orchestra will perform music by J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, David Holsinger, and Norman Leyden, as well as a cello concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, with soloist Daniel Kazez. |
Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Apr. 20 | Faculty Memorial Concert: Wittenberg Choir, Donald Busarow, conductor Commemorating the passing of Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy, Jr. (Associate Professor of Music) and Pam Evans Smith '82 (women's basketball Head Coach and Associate Director of Athletics). The Choir will perform four movements from Johannes BrahmsŐ German Requiem (with soloist Susan Musselman), Rupert Lang's Kontakion, and Donald Busarow's Nunc Dimittis. |
Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Apr. 23 | Guest concert: Yuzuriha; sponsored by East Asian Studies and the Music Department Yuzuriha is a four-member taiko group from Kanazawa, Japan (Ishikawa prefecture) that performs traditional pieces, original arrangements, and original works. Their primary instruments are three types of drums: nagado, oke-taiko, and shime-taiko. Other instruments used by Yuzuriha include the shinobue (a Japanese transverse flute) and shamisen (a three-stringed instrument played with a plectrum). |
Krieg Hall | 7:00 pm |
| Friday, Apr. 25 | Composition Recital Music by Wittenberg student composers Allie Daniels '08, Will Mattox '08, Greg McCoach '08, and Steven Wolgast '08, with works for four-hand piano, string quartet, organ, and string duo, as well as two choral pieces, to be sung by the Wittenberg Choir. | Weaver Chapel | 7:00 pm |
| Sunday, Apr. 27 | Wittenberg Symphonic Band, Brandon Jones, conductor A concert entitled "Wind Band Classics," with music by Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger, William Walton, and John Barnes Chance, as well as the world premiere of music by senior Wittenberg music composition major Greg McCoach '08. | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Sunday, Apr, 27 | Springfield Arts Council: Gypsy: A Musical Fable (admission charged) |
Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 7:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Apr. 30 | General Student Recital | Weaver Chapel | 3:00 pm |
| Saturday, May 3 | Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor (admission charged) | Kuss Auditorium, Clark State P.A.C. | 8:00 pm |
| Tuesday, May 6 | Piano Workshop for High School Students, with Wittenberg piano professor Christopher Durrenberger | Krieg Hall | 7:00-9:00 pm |
The Music Department presents a variety of performances by students, faculty, and guest artists. The Wittenberg Series presents major events that are free and open to the public. Recent years have included such internationally renowned artists as the Beaux Arts Trio, Empire Brass, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bach Choir of Berlin, Guarneri Quartet, Chicago Symphony Winds, Waverly Consort, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Emerson String Quartet, King's Singers, Kronos String Quartet, Gregg Smith Singers, and pianist Emanuel Ax. Students can also enjoy an impressive array of off-campus concerts, including those presented by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Arts Council.
For further information:
-- Wittenberg Music Department: 937-327-7341.
-- Springfield Arts Council: 937-324-2712.
-- Springfield Symphony Orchestra: 937-325-8100.
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