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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 |
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Here's what's going on 'On Campus' at the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University.
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UNC
CHAMBER MUSIC
Ursa Camerata, a group made up of faculty from the University of Northern Colorado, will perform “Gems of Chamber Music” at the Union Colony Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12.
The program will include Mozart’s “Quintet for Piano and Winds.” Mozart is credited as saying it was the best work ever composed.
Also on the program is a short work by Kenji Bunch, selected as a “Composer to Watch” by the New York Times. It includes the unusual combination of clarinet, viola and piano.
Tickets are $18 for the public and $8 for students. Call 356.5000 or go to www.ucstars.com. The UCCC box office, 701 10th Ave. in Greeley, is open until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 4 p.m. Saturday.
OPERA AND LITERATURE
“Little Women,” the novel on nearly every high school and college reading list, is an opera, too.
That’s right. You can listen to arias about Louisa May Alcott’s post-Civil War characters.
UNC Opera Theatre’s production of “Little Women” will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-17 at Langworthy Theatre in Frasier Hall on campus.
Tickets are $18 for the public and $9 for students. Call 351.2200.
Originally commissioned by the Houston Grad Opera a decade ago, the piece has played in opera houses and universities throughout the country. It was most recently performed in Colorado in 2001 by the Central City Opera.
The Greeley production by Brian Clay Luedloff, UNC director of opera theater, features sets by James Dykstra, costumes by Anne Toewe and Patricia Cleary, and lighting by Kirk Starks. Julian Gomez-Giraldo, associate director of choral activities, will direct the professional orchestra.
“‘Little Women’ features some of the most beautiful and evocative music I’ve heard in contemporary opera,” Luedloff said. “The score is full of humor, humanity and poignancy.”
Other events:
Symphony Supreme
Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 9
Monfort Concert Hall, UCCC, 701 10th ave.
Tickets: 356.5000
University Bands
7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 13
Monfort Concert Hall
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CSU
For tickets go to the campus box office at Lory Student Center, call 491.4TIX or go online to www.csutix.com
JAZZ IT UP
Both students and professors will show their composing and improvisational chops during the Jazz Combos fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. The concert is at Griffin Concert Hall of the University Center for the arts, 1400 Remington St.
Tickets are $10 for the public, $5 for CSU students.
The concert features arrangements by two graduate students and combo members: an arrangement of Thelonius Monk’s “Round Midnight” by Geoff Pennington, and an arrangement of Monk’s “Misterioso” by Mark Manges. Ramon Ricker, Jim McNelly and Peter Sommer also will contribute.
THE OPERA IS ON
Colorado State Opera Theatre presents “Cantare e dolci” (Songs and Sweets) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10.
It’s the theater’s annual fundraiser. There will be a silent auction at 6:30 p.m. The performance is at Griffin Concert Hall.
Students will sing arias from Verdi’s “Falstaff,” Puccini’s “La Bohéme,” Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte,” Gounod’s “Romeo et Juiliette” and other favorites. Faculty and alumni will perform after intermission.
Tickets are $25 for the public, $10 for students.
SOUNDS NEAR THE SEA
Get a taste of the Caribbean, mon, at the Steel Drum Ensemble’s concert. Members will use the instruments of Trinidad and Tobago to play some traditional calypso tunes.
The show is 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at Griffin Concert Hall.
The steel band is in its ninth year.
Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for students.
VIOLA! IT'S THE VIOLA
Faculty member Margaret Miller will play the viola in the university’s next installment of the Virtuoso Concert Series.
She will perform pieces from Delius, Persichetti and Brahms, and will be accompanied by Sara McDaniel on the piano.
The performance is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at Griffin Concert Hall.
Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for students.
SAX & ORGAN
The organ and saxophone may sound like an odd combination, but CSU faculty members Peter Sommer and Joel Bacon have become audience favorites.
The duo, with Sommer on sax and Bacon on organ and piano, will perform Piet Swert’s “Klonos,” William Bolcom’s “Lilith,” and Paul Creston’s rarely heard “Rapsodie for Saxophone and Organ.”
The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 in Casavant Concert Hall, second floor of the music building on Oval Drive.
Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for students.
STUDENTS HONORED
The Student Chamber Music Showcase features the best woodwind, string and brass students at the school.
The showcase is an honor for the students who are chosen.
The performance is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Griffin Concert Hall. It is free.
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