Mary Pappert School of Music 2012-2013 Events

Mary Pappert 2012-2013 Events School of Music

Pittsburgh, Pa. www.duq.edu/music Mary Pappert School of Music Contents

Symphony Orchestra...... 5 Wind Symphony and Symphony Band...... 7 Voices of Spirit...... 9 Immerse yourself in music

Pappert Men’s Chorale...... 9 Pappert Women’s Chorale...... 9 Budapest on the Bluff...... 11 Events by Date...... 12-13 Music on the Mount...... 15 Opera Workshop...... 17 Jazz Ensemble...... 19 Classic Guitar Ensemble...... 21 Jazz Guitar Ensemble...... 21 Percussion Ensemble...... 22 Electronic Ensemble...... 22 Faculty Recitals...... 23 Like us on Facebook facebook.com/mpsom Select photos courtesy of Alisa Garin Photography — 2 — A rich listening experience

Each season, Duquesne University’s Mary Pappert School of Music offers a wide array of superb musical performances. These concerts not only feature the talents of students preparing to become the stars of tomorrow, but also feature faculty performers and guest artists. From fall through spring, these musical events showcase our internationally acclaimed opera and choral programs, the Duquesne University Symphony Orchestra and the award-winning Wind Symphony, as well as a wide variety of jazz ensembles, chamber music concerts and solo recitals.

For the most up-to-date information about musical events at the Mary Pappert School of Music, call 412.396.6083, or visit www.duq.edu/musicevents.

Unparalleled performance opportunities

Duquesne’s legacy of academic excellence has been designed to prepare students for personal growth and career success. The faculty members of the Mary Pappert School of Music are equally committed to providing education of the highest quality. We take great pride in presenting students with many opportunities to share their passion and talent on stage with acclaimed performers and ensembles.

In this booklet, you will see the many performance opportunities provided to students. To learn more about launching your career in music by studying and performing at the Mary Pappert School of Music, contact us today at [email protected] or 412.396.5064.

Performance venues

As a member of an ensemble, our students take the stage at some of the best venues for music in the city, as well as on campus. The performance spaces include the historic and acoustically superb Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland as well as two locations in the School of Music: the 250-seat PNC Recital Hall and our new Pappert Center, which includes state-of-the art performing and recording facilities.

Student ensembles regularly perform in:

On Campus Off campus PNC Recital Hall Heinz Hall Dr. Thomas D. Pappert Center for Carnegie Music Hall Performance and Innovation St. Paul Cathedral Duquesne University Chapel Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall Power Center Ballroom St. Mary of the Mount Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

— 3 — www.duq.edu/music Mary Pappert School of Music Symphony Orchestra

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— 4 — School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony Band This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual correspondence.

Each mark is uniquely defined by a font, color, abstract geometric pattern, and one of a handful of texture treatments. These basic elements will be expanded into page layout (specifically contemporary ensemble in the upcoming events catalogue), and supplemented by appropriate photography and design motifs, so as to build the larger graphic look for each.

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Sunday, October 14

Symphony Orchestra Jeffrey Turner, conductor Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation The Duquesne Symphony Orchestra is central to the curriculum at the Mary Pappert School of Music. An integral feature of basic musicianship training that all instrumentalists in every degree program receive, the orchestral program helps students develop the understanding, technique and discipline required of professional orchestral musicians. Sunday, November 11 Orchestra membersClassic rehearse three Guitartimes each week and Ensemble attend classes in orchestral H. Carl Hess, conductor excerpts and orchestra repertoire for brass, percussion, woodwind and string sections. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation The Symphony Orchestra performs in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall, renowned for its architectural beauty, and in Pittsburgh’s premiere orchestral venue, Heinz Hall. In a typical school year, the Symphony Orchestra performs four to six concerts of major works from Sunday, December 9 the standard orchestral repertoire, as well as a diverse range of music from Baroque to Contemporary. Soloists with the orchestra frequently include principal players from the Concerto Competition Concert world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Jeffrey Turner, conductor Jazz Guitar Ensemble Power Center Ballroom, 8 p.m. Jeffrey Turner was named Director of Orchestral Studies in spring 2011, and serves as $10 Suggested Donation the Orchestra’s Music Director. Sunday, March 24

Jeffrey Turner, conductor Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Voices of Spirit $10 Suggested Donation

Pappert Men’s Chorale DSO will also serve as the orchestra for the Opera Workshop’s performance of Dialogues of the Carmelites on February 22 and 24, 2013 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, PA.

They will also be featured on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Music of the Spirit festival on April 23, 2013 at Heinz Hall.

— 5 — Pappert Women’s Chorale www.duq.edu/music

Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

Triano Woodwind Quintet

Music on the Mount

Jazz Ensemble Mary Pappert — 6 — School of Music Wind Symphony & Symphony Band

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— 6 — School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Thursday, September 20 This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish Robert Cameron, conductor each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual The Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Robert C. Cameron, has received $10 Suggested Donation correspondence. national attention through its performances at the Eastern Division College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conference in New Hampshire and the Each mark is uniquely defined by a font, color, abstract Golden Anniversary CBDNA national convention in Kansas City. Guest artists Sunday, October 21 geometric pattern, and one of a handful of texture treatments. and conductors have included H. Robert Reynolds, Brian Bowman, Allen Vizutti, Robert Cameron, conductor These basic elements will be expanded into page layout (specifically Norman Dellocontemporary Joio, Donald Sinta, Larry Rachleff, Eugene Corporon,ensemble Stanley DeRusha, James Walker and many others. Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. in the upcoming events catalogue), and supplemented by appropriate $10 Suggested Donation photography and design motifs, so as to build the larger graphic Using a pool of players, the ensemble performs music ranging from works look for each. requiring as few as eight to as many as 45 musicians. Flexible instrumentation provides members with a variety of responsibilities, challenges and playing Thursday, February 7 Rev.1: 7-19-10 experiences. Robert Cameron, conductor ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation

Sunday, March 17

Robert Cameron, conductor Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Symphony Orchestra $10 Suggested Donation

Wednesday, April 17

Wind Symphony Chamber Concert Robert Cameron, conductor PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Classic Guitar Ensemble Free Admission

— 7 — Jazz Guitar Ensemble www.duq.edu/music

Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

Triano Woodwind Quintet

Music on the Mount

Jazz Ensemble Mary Pappert School of Music Choral Ensembles

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Music of the Spirit Festival Featuring Duquesne’s Choirs Saturday, April 20 Tuesday, April 23 Thursday, April 25 & Sunday, April 28 A Singing City Celebrating the Next Generation Duquesne University Choirs Duquesne University Choirs and Jewish Music Festival Peterson Events Center, 7:30 p.m. Symphony Orchestra Pappert Women’s Chorale Heinz Hall, 7:30 p.m. Location and time TBA For more information visit www.duq.edu/musicevents

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Jazz Guitar Ensemble Saturday, October 27 Voices of Spirit Duquesne University Combined Choir Concert Christine Jordanoff, director Duquesne University’sJazz Voices Guitar of Spirit consists Ensemble of 28 of the finest singers on campus, who Duquesne University Chapel, 8 p.m. are dedicated to the study and performance of choral music at the highest level. They $10 Suggested Donation sing a challenging repertoire, from Renaissance masses and motets to opera choruses, jazz, popular standards, folk and contemporary art music. The Voices are equally adept at singing a cappella as well as with piano, jazz ensemble or orchestral instruments. Sunday, December 2 They performVoicesPappert a variety of concerts throughoutof Men’s Spirit the region andChorale across the state, and have represented Duquesne on a performing tour of Eastern Europe, including concerts in O Come All Ye Faithful Vienna, Prague and Budapest. Christine Jordanoff, director St. Paul Cathedral, 3 p.m. Voices of Spirit Free Admission Pappert Women’s Men’s Chorale Chorale Friday, March 15 In Memoriam I The Duquesne University Pappert Men’s Chorale is comprised of approximately 40 Christine Jordanoff, director men from within the music school as well as from other schools of the University. Their Pappert Men’s Chorale St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 7 p.m. repertoire ranges from early Gregorian chant and Renaissance motets through modern $10 Suggested Donation popular music and jazz standards. From time to time, they combine with the Women’s Chorale and VoicesPappert of Spirit to perform Women’s works composed for Choralelarger choruses. Opera Workshop Friday, March 22 In Memoriam II Christine Jordanoff, director Pappert Women’s Chorale St. James Parish—Sewickley, 7 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation The Duquesne University Pappert Women’s Chorale is comprised of approximately 35 women. As with the Men’s Chorale, these students are pooled not onlyOperaPercussion from within the Workshop music school, but from other Ensemble disciplines and degree programs. Their repertoire ranges from classical and folk music, sung in a variety of languages, through modern popular music and jazz standards. The Women’s Chorale performs both independently and as a largeOpera ensemble with Duquesne’sWorkshop other choral groups. TrianoPercussion Woodwind Ensemble Quintet Percussion Ensemble — 9 — www.duq.edu/music MusicTriano Woodwindon the Mount Quintet Triano Woodwind Quintet

JazzMusic Ensemble on the Mount Music on the Mount Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble Mary Pappert School of Music All Steinway School

The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University has 68 Steinway pianos, the instrument of choice for concert pianists around the world. All music majors practice and perform on Duquesne’s beautiful Steinway pianos. The pianos are located in the School’s performance halls and rehearsal rooms as well as its teaching and practice studios.

— 10 — Monday, November 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - “Dominantly Dohnányi” Budapest Ern ˝o von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in C Minor, op. 1 2012-2013 SEASON Sextet in C Major, op. 37 on the Harp Concertino, op. 45 David Allen Wehr Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano Artistic Director Bluff There will be no pre-concert event. Five concerts of music on a Hungarian theme: music by the great Hungarian composers Bartók, Liszt, Performers: Dohnányi and Kodály, along with music inspired by Hungarian and Gypsy folk music by Haydn, Schubert, Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty: Brahms, Weber and Ravel. Duquesne University faculty and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony will be David Allen Wehr, Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair • Charles Stegeman, Violin, Concertmaster, Pittsburgh joined by internationally-renowned guest artists. Opera Orchestra, Chair of Strings • Rachel Stegeman, Violin, Concertmaster, Wheeling Symphony • Marylène Gingras-Roy, Viola, PSO • Ron Samuels, Clarinet, PSO • Zachary Smith, Assistant Principal Horn, PSO • Gretchen All concerts are located in the PNC Recital Hall. $10 suggested donation. Van Hoesen, Principal Harp, PSO Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 3 p.m. - “Fife and Drums” Guest Artists: Randolph Kelly, Principal Viola, PSO Ferenc Farkas: Old Hungarian Dances for Woodwind Quintet David Premo, Associate Principal Cello, PSO Franz Doppler: Hungarian Fantasy for Two Flutes and Piano, op. 35 Antal Doráti: Pieces for Solo Oboe Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 3 p.m. - “String Theory” Pedro Iturralde: Pequena Czarda for Saxophone and Piano Karl Maria von Weber: Hungarian Rondo for Bassoon and Piano Zoltan Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Adagio for Double Bass and Piano Franz Josef Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. 25 “Gypsy Rondo” Pre-concert event at 2:30 p.m.: Dr. Benjamin Binder, Assistant Professor of Musicianship, season overview Ern ˝o von Dohnányi: Sonata in C-Sharp Minor for Violin and Piano, op. 21 Performers: Béla Bartók: Six Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Piano Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty: Maurice Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Piano David Allen Wehr, Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair • Damian Bursill-Hall, Co-Principal Flute, PSO • Jennifer Pre-concert event at 2:30 p.m.: Brahms “Gypsy Songs” performed by bass-baritone Guenko Guechev, Chair of Voice, Conner, Flute, PSO • Rhian Kenny, Principal Piccolo, PSO • James Gorton, former Co-Principal Oboe, PSO • Scott Bell, mezzo-soprano Xiu-ru Liu, Adjunct Professor, and pianist David Allen Wehr Oboe, PSO • Jack Howell, Principal Clarinet, Wheeling Symphony • Philip Pandolfi, Bassoon, PSO • James Houlik, Professor of Saxophone and Chair of Winds • Zachary Smith, Assistant Principal Horn, PSO • Edward Stephan, Chair of Performers: Percussion, Principal Timpani, PSO • Andrew Reamer, Principal Percussion, PSO Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty: David Allen Wehr, Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair • Charles Stegeman, Violin, Concertmaster, Pittsburgh Guest Artists: Opera Orchestra, Chair of Strings • Adam Liu, Assistant Principal Cello, PSO • Jeffrey Turner, Principal Bass, PSO Cynthia Raim, Piano, international concert artist • David Sogg, Co-Principal Bassoon, PSO Guest Artist: Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 3 p.m. - “Purely Piano” Noah Bendix-Balgley, Violin, Concertmaster, PSO

Franz (Ferenc) Liszt: Sonata in B Minor Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 3 p.m. - “Hungarian Harmonies” Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (two-piano version) Valse oubliée #1 Franz Schubert: Divertissement à la Hongroise for Piano Duet Liebesträume #3 Zoltan Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 Funérailles Johannes Brahms: Selected Hungarian Dances for Piano Duet Dedication (after Schumann) Piano Quartet #1 in G Minor, op. 25 “Alla Zingarese” Sposalizio Pre-concert event at 2:30 p.m.: Rebecca Rollett, Adjunct Professor, playing Hungarian harpsichord music Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Song, op. 21#2 Franz Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B Minor Performers: Béla Bartók: Allegro barbaro Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty: David Allen Wehr, Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair • Marylène Gingras-Roy, Viola, PSO Pre-concert event 2:30 p.m.: Kodály presentation by Christine Jordanoff, Professor and Director of Choral Activities Guest Artists: Performers: Cynthia Raim, Piano, international concert artist • Andrés Cárdenes, Violin, former Concertmaster, PSO • Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty: Anne Martindale Williams, Principal Cello, PSO David Allen Wehr, Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair • Natasha Snitkovsky, Piano, Artistic Director, City Music Center

Guest Artist: — 11 — Barbara Nissman, Piano, international concert artist www.duq.edu/budapest Mary Pappert School of Music Events By Date

Admission to most events $10 suggested donation. Events noted with an asterisk* are free admission

September January Sunday, September 9 Thursday, November 8 Sunday, January 6 Tuesday, March 26* Budapest on the Bluff Concert Series Jazz Ensemble Budapest on the Bluff Concert Series Percussion Ensemble Fife and Drums Jazz Goes to the Movies String Theory Eliseo Rael, director David Allen Wehr, piano Mike Tomaro, director David Allen Wehr, piano Pappert Center, 8 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m.

Thursday, September 20 Sunday, November 11 Sunday, January 20* April Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Symphony Orchestra Music on the Mount Tuesday, April 9 Robert Cameron, conductor H. Carl Hess, conductor Jazz Chamber Groups Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. Sean Jones, director Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Workshop St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. Mike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Sunday, September 23* Sunday, November 11* Thursday, January 31 Music on the Mount Ann Labounsky, organ Friday, April 12 DeBroff String Quartet First Lutheran Church, Grant Street, 4 p.m. Jazz Ensemble Charles Stegeman, director Mike Tomaro, director Opera Workshop Broadway Cabaret St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. Monday, November 12* Guest soloist Mark Shilansky, piano Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Guenko Guechev, director Jazz Guitar Ensemble PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. October Mark Koch & Kenneth Karsh, directors Pappert Center, 8 p.m. February Monday, April 15* Tuesday, October 2 Jazz Guitar Ensemble Faculty Recital Wednesday, November 14* Tuesday, February 5 Mark Koch & Kenneth Karsh, directors Adam Liu, cello Electronic Ensemble Faculty Recital Pappert Center, 8 p.m. David Allen Wehr, piano Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors Adam Liu, cello PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. David Allen Wehr, piano Wednesday, April 17* Rachel Stegeman, violin PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Wind Symphony Chamber Concert Thursday, October 4 Sunday, November 18* Robert Cameron, conductor Jazz Ensemble Music on the Mount PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. In Memory of Reverend Joseph A. Verardi Triano Woodwind Quintet Thursday, February 7 Mike Tomaro, director James Houlik, director Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Wednesday, April 17* Pappert Center, 8 p.m. St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. Robert Cameron, conductor Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Electronic Ensemble Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors Friday, October 5 Monday, November 26 Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Opera Workshop Budapest on the Bluff Concert Series Sunday, February 10 Aria Night Dominantly Dohnányi Budapest on the Bluff Concert Series Saturday, April 20 Guenko Guechev, director David Allen Wehr, piano Hungarian Harmonies PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. David Allen Wehr, piano A Singing City PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Combined Choirs Peterson Events Center, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 11* Tuesday, November 27 Friday, February 22 & Monday, April 22 Student Composers Concert Jazz Chamber Groups Sunday, February 24 Jazz Chamber Groups Lynn Purse, director Sean Jones, director Opera Workshop Sean Jones, director Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Dialogues of the Carmelites Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Guenko Guechev, director Sunday, October 14 Thursday, November 29 Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, Tuesday, April 23 8 p.m./2 p.m. Symphony Orchestra A Holiday Postcard: A Concert Benefitting Celebrating the Next Generation Jeffrey Turner, conductor Pancreatic Cancer Research Combined Choirs and Symphony Orchestra Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Presented by Mike Tomaro and Friends March Heinz Hall, 7:30 p.m. Power Center Ballroom, 8 p.m. Monday, October 15* All proceeds will be donated to the Pancreatic Thursday, March 14 Thursday, April 25 & Cancer Action Network Guest Artist Bass Lecture/Recital Jazz Ensemble Sunday, April 28 Andy Kohn, bass The Music of The Beatles Jewish Music Festival PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. December Mike Tomaro, director Pappert Women’s Chorale Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Location and Time TBA Sunday, October 21 Sunday, December 2* Budapest on the Bluff Concert Series O Come All Ye Faithful Friday, March 15 Purely Piano Christine Jordanoff, director In Memoriam I David Allen Wehr, piano St. Paul Cathedral, 3 p.m. Christine Jordanoff, director PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 7 p.m. Monday, December 3* Sunday, October 21 Classic Guitar Ensemble Sunday, March 17 Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Micheal Chapman, director Wind Symphony & Symphony Band Robert Cameron, conductor PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Robert Cameron, conductor Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 4 Saturday, October 27 Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Workshop Thursday, March 21* Combined Choir Concert Mike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors NOW Ensemble Christine Jordanoff, director Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Duquesne University Chapel, 8 p.m. Thursday, December 6 Friday, March 22 Sunday, October 28 Fourth River Music Project In Memoriam II Faculty Recital Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Christine Jordanoff, director Kenneth Burky, piano St. James Parish—Sewickley, 7 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Sunday, December 9 Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Sunday, March 24 November Jeffrey Turner, conductor Symphony Orchestra Power Center Ballroom, 8 p.m. Jeffrey Turner, conductor Tuesday, November 6* Carnegie Music Hall—Oakland, 8 p.m. Percussion Ensemble Sunday, December 16* Eliseo Rael, director Music on the Mount Monday, March 25* Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Christmas Brass Classic Guitar Ensemble H. Carl Hess, director Michael Chapman, director St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m.

Events subject to change. Please visit www.duq.edu/musicevents for the most up-to-date information.

www.duq.edu/music Mary Pappert School of Music Music on the Mount

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— 14 — School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony Band This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual correspondence.

Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE

Symphony Orchestra

Classic Guitar Ensemble

Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

Triano Woodwind Quintet

Sunday, September 23

Music on the Mount DeBroff String Quartet Charles Stegeman, director This popular series of free chamber music concerts takes place at St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. St. Mary of the Mount Parish on Mt. Washington. It affords music students Free Admission a community outreach opportunity while providing the community with enjoyable music of the highest quality. Sunday, November 18 The performancesJazz are organized Ensemble by Director of Choral Organizations Christine Jordanoff with the assistance of the Rev. Michael J. Stumpf, Triano Woodwind Quintet pastor of St. Mary of the Mount, and the parish’s Director of Liturgical James Houlik, director Music, Amanda Plazek, a recent graduate of the University’s organ St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. performance program. Free Admission

Sunday, December 16

Christmas Brass H. Carl Hess, director St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. Free Admission

Sunday, January 20

Jazz Chamber Groups Sean Jones, director St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington, 3 p.m. Free Admission

— 15 — www.duq.edu/music Mary Pappert School of Music Opera Workshop

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— 16 — School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony Band This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual correspondence.

Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE

Symphony Orchestra

Classic Guitar Ensemble

Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop

The Duquesne University Opera Workshop, under the direction of Guenko Guechev, is a training and performing ensemble open to undergraduate and graduate voice students. Each year the Opera Workshop presents a fully staged production, a performance of selected scenes and programs of arias and outreach performances in the community, including their “Opera in the PercussionAisles” series at the Giant Eagle Market District Ensemble in Robinson Township. Recent Opera Workshop productions have included Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, Benjamin Lees’ Medea in Corinth, Wolf-Ferrari’s The Inquisitive Women, Rossini’s La Scala di Seta, Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, Puccini's Soeur Angelica and Gianni Schicci and Adamo's Little Women. Friday, OctoberTriano 5 Woodwind Quintet Aria Night Guenko Guechev, director PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation

Friday, FebruaryMusic 22 &on the Mount Sunday, February 24

Dialogues of the Carmelites Guenko Guechev, director Featuring Duquesne Symphony Orchestra H. Carl Hess, conductor Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, 8 p.m./2 p.m. $10 SuggestedJazz Donation Ensemble

Friday, April 12

Broadway Cabaret Guenko Guechev, director PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation

— 17 — www.duq.edu/music Mary Pappert School of Music Jazz Ensemble

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Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE

Symphony Orchestra

Classic Guitar Ensemble

Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

Triano Woodwind Quintet

Music on the Mount

Jazz Ensemble

Duquesne University receives national acclaim for its jazz program. The Duquesne University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mike Tomaro, has been a principal performing group for many years. Guest soloists have included a long list of jazz luminaries, including Mike Stern, David Leibman, Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Claudio Roditi, Slide Hampton and Phil Woods. The band enjoys an active schedule that includes concerts on campus as Thursday, October 4 Thursday, January 31 well as at local schools and community events. Ensemble In Memory of Reverend Joseph A. Verardi Mike Tomaro, director experiences include performing in big band and jazz Mike Tomaro, director Guest soloist Mark Shilansky, piano chamber groups. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation $10 Suggested Donation

Thursday, November 8 Thursday, March 14

Jazz Goes to the Movies The Music of The Beatles Mike Tomaro, director Mike Tomaro, director Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation $10 Suggested Donation

Tuesday, November 27 Tuesday, April 9

Jazz Chamber Groups Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Workshop Sean Jones, director Mike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation $10 Suggested Donation

Tuesday, December 4 Monday, April 22

Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Workshop Jazz Chamber Groups Mike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors Sean Jones, director Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation $10 Suggested Donation

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School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Each mark is uniquely defined by a font, color, abstract geometricWind pattern, and Symphony one of a handful of texture& Symphony treatments. Band contemporary ensemble This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish These basic elements will be expanded into page layout (specifically each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining in the upcoming events catalogue), and supplemented by appropriate an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual photography and design motifs, so as to build the larger graphic correspondence. look for each.

Each mark is uniquely defined by a font, color, abstract Rev.1: 7-19-10 geometric pattern, and one of a handful of texture treatments. ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE These basic elements will be expanded into page layout (specifically contemporary ensemble in the upcoming events catalogue), and supplemented by appropriate photography and design motifs, so as to build the larger graphic look for each.

Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra Classic Guitar Ensemble

Classic Guitar Ensemble Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Monday, December 3 Monday, November 12

Michael Chapman, director Mark Koch and Kenneth Karsh, directors PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Free AdmissionJazz Guitar Ensemble Free AdmissionVoices of Spirit Monday, March 25 Monday, April 15

Michael Chapman, director Mark Koch and Kenneth Karsh, directors PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Free Admission Free Admission

Duquesne University’s guitar ensembles offer students a chance to perform exciting guitar repertoire in two distinctPappert styles: classic guitar, Men’s Chorale under the directionVoices of Michael Chapman, of andSpirit jazz guitar, under the direction of Mark Koch and Kenneth Karsh. The classic ensemble performs music from all styles of the 400 years of classic guitar development. The jazz guitar ensemble performs arrangements in the traditional jazz and jazz-fusion styles with a rhythm section. Students are encouraged to submit their own arrangements, which are performed each semester. Both ensembles have gained regional and national attention, with featured performances at local jazz venues and conventions as well as at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall and the Tri-State Guitar’s Finest Hour recitals. Pappert Men’s Chorale Pappert Women’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

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Percussion Ensemble Triano Woodwind Quintet

Triano Woodwind Quintet Music on the Mount

Music on the Mount Jazz Ensemble

Jazz Ensemble School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony Band This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual correspondence.

Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE

Symphony Orchestra

Classic Guitar Ensemble

Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop Mary Pappert Percussion & Electronic Ensembles School of Music

School of Music Ensemble Identity Elements (6/22/10) Wind Symphony & Symphony BandTuesday, November 6 This set of graphic identities is meant to uniquely distinguish Percussion Ensemble each ensemble within the School of Music while still maintaining Eliseo Rael, director an overall consistency of elements and a unified visual Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Free Admission correspondence. All percussion majors gain experience by performing during the academic year in the Duquesne University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Eliseo Rael. Works performed Each mark is uniquely defined by a font, color, abstract are selected from traditional, contemporary, pop and jazz styles and include world geometric pattern, and one of a handful of texture treatments. and regional premieres. Emphasis is placed on works for mallet ensemble, which Tuesday, March 26 are included incontemporary every concert. The Percussion Ensemble performs ensemble on campus each These basic elements will be expanded into page layout (specifically Eliseo Rael, director semester, frequentlyTriano with well-known Woodwind guest soloists. Quintet in the upcoming events catalogue), and supplemented by appropriate Pappert Center, 8 p.m. photography and design motifs, so as to build the larger graphic Free Admission look for each.

Rev.1: 7-19-10 ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE Wednesday, November 14 Music on the Mount Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Showcasing an eclectic mix of contemporary, classical and jazz-fusion material, Free Admission students perform on a variety of electronic instruments, including keyboards, electric violin and cello, wind and guitar controllers, electric bass and electronic mallet and percussion kits. Under the direction of Lynn Purse and Kenneth Karsh, students in Thursday, December 6 the Electronic Ensemble have the opportunity to compose music and perform each other’s own originalSymphony compositions. Orchestra Fourth River Music Project Jazz Ensemble Pappert Center, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation

Wednesday, April 17

Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors Pappert Center, 8 p.m. Classic Guitar Ensemble Free Admission

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Voices of Spirit

Pappert Men’s Chorale

Pappert Women’s Chorale

Opera Workshop

Percussion Ensemble

Triano Woodwind Quintet

Music on the Mount

Jazz Ensemble Mary Pappert School of Music Faculty & Guest Artist Recitals

These special recitals are a showcase for the renowned classical, jazz, opera and sacred music performers who make up the faculty and friends of the Mary Pappert School of Music.

Tuesday, October 2 Sunday, October 28 Thursday, March 21

Adam Liu, cello Kenneth Burky, piano NOW Ensemble David Allen Wehr, piano PNC Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Pappert Center, 8 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation Free Admission $10 Suggested Donation

Tuesday, February 5 Monday, October 15 Adam Liu, cello Guest Artist Bass Lecture/Recital David Allen Wehr, piano Andy Kohn, bass Rachel Stegeman, violin PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. PNC Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Free Admission $10 Suggested Donation

A Concert Benefitting APancreatic Holiday Cancer Postcard:Research Thursday, November 29

Presented by Mike Tomaro and Friends Power Center Ballroom, 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation All proceeds will be donated to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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