2015 16
CONCERTS & EVENTS
EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING YOUNG MUSICIANS.
WHAT WILL YOU FEEL?
TIX $10 regular admission
65+ $5 senior citizen (65+) admission
CMU CMU Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Parents free* K12 K-12 Students free*
OSH Osher Members free*
For a complete list of events and advance tickets: music.cmu.edu
PITT Pitt Students, Faculty, and Staff free*
FREE Free, but ticket required
*free tickets require verification at box office.
Carnegie Music Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Philharmonic
Carl Topilow, Guest Conductor Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Andrés Cárdenes MUSIC DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAL STUDIES
The Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic is a professional training orchestra performing orchestral repertoire by masters of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as well as music by living composers.
Carnegie Music Hall Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Evan Kahn, cello Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
WED
SEP 16
Philharmonic & Chorus The President’s Concert
8:00 pm
Carnegie Music Hall
2015
TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
Carnegie Music Hall Paul Polivnick, Guest Conductor Haydn Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, Hob. I:95 William Kraft Vintage Renaissance and Beyond Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Copland Appalachian Spring Chausson Poème, Op. 25 Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36
SUN
OCT 18 2015
7:30 pm TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Guest Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Carnegie Music Hall The Student Composers’ Concert features original works composed for orchestra by School of Music students.
K12
SUN
Carnegie Mellon
2016
George Vosburgh & Thomas Thompson CO-DIRECTORS Stephen Story ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
JAN 24 7:30 pm TIX OSH
SUN
FEB 21 2016
7:30 pm TIX
Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor Poulenc Gloria Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Gershwin An American in Paris
Philharmonic & Chorus
Great Hall Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor Poulenc Gloria Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Gershwin An American in Paris
WED
2015
TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
K12
OSH
WED
MAR 2 2016
65+ CMU
PITT
DEC 9 8:00 pm
65+ CMU
PITT
TIX
Carnegie Music Hall
K12
8:00 pm
OSH
Philharmonic & Chorus
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
Carnegie Music Hall Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Greta Mutlu, violin Brahms Six Hungarian Dances Berg Violin Concerto Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
2016
8:00 pm TIX PITT OSH
65+ CMU K12
Kresge Theatre Serenade for Winds in D Minor Volans Leaping Dance Nystedt Pia Memoria Varèse Ionisation Weill Vom tod im Wald Holst Suite No. 2 in F
Carnegie Music Hall Beethoven March for Military Band No. 1 in F Major “Yorkscher March” Maslanka Traveler Turrin High Flight Hovhaness Symphony No. 7, Nanga Parvat Hindemith Symphony in B-flat
Soldiers and Sailors Willcox Jenkins American Overture for Band Husa Music for Prague 1968 W. Schuman American Hymn Barber Commando March
The School of Music produces two fully staged productions with orchestra a year as well as semi-staged opera scenes with piano.
SAT
OCT 3 2015
DEC 11
Carnegie Music Hall
12:00 pm
Winner of the 2015-16 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition Milhaud Suite française Prokofiev Ode to the End of the War
Mozart Opera Scenes
Phillip Chosky Theater Thomas W. Douglas, Conductor Crystal Manich, Stage Director This two night run of semi-staged opera scenes will feature the music of Mozart from some of his most popular operas: Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, and Don Giovanni.
THURS
OCT 29 2015
8:00 pm SAT
OCT 31 2015
OCT 10
2:00 pm
2015
TIX
4:00 pm
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
SUN
NOV 15 2015
7:30 pm TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
Phillip Chosky Theater
JAN 21-24
music by Philip Glass libretto by Allen Ginsberg
8:00 pm
Hydrogen Jukebox
Conductor TBA Gregory Lehane, Stage Director
2016
THU-SAT
2:00 pm SUN
TIX
K12
65+ CMU
PITT
OSH
K12
OSH
SAT
La Calisto
FEB 6
Alumni Concert Hall
4:00 pm
music by Francesco Cavalli libretto by Giovanni Faustini
2016
TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
FRI
2015
Thomas W. Douglas DIRECTOR OF OPERA STUDIES
The Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble utilizes a flexible instrumentation of winds, brass, and percussion to perform repertoire from standard concert band works to contemporary compositions of various instrumental combinations.
THU
APR 28
Opera Productions
Wind Ensemble
WED
APR 6 2016
8:00 pm TIX PITT OSH
65+ CMU K12
Gary Wedow, Conductor Dorothy Danner, Stage Director
APR 6-9 2016
8:00 pm TIX PITT OSH
65+ CMU K12
Carnegie Mellon University
The Carnegie Mellon
Thomas W. Douglas DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES
The Carnegie Mellon Chamber Series is a collection of concerts that brings together members of the Carnegie Mellon University Faculty and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for outstanding music-making in a small, intimate space.
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin Anne Martindale Williams, cello Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
Schubertiade
Shostakovich
The Carnegie Mellon University Chorus performs and studies a range of standard and contemporary choral literature as well as collaborates regularly with other CMU ensembles. Subsets of the Chorus include the Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and Chamber Choir. Philharmonic & Chorus
Carnegie Music Hall Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor Poulenc Gloria Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Gershwin An American in Paris
WED
DEC 9 2015
8:00 pm TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
OSH
Kresge Theatre Schubert
Fantasy in F Minor for Four-hands, D. 940
Sergey Schepkin & Sung-Im Kim, piano Schubert
“Auf dem Strom”, D. 943
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano William Caballero, horn Mark Carver, piano
Philharmonic & Chorus
Great Hall Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor
2015
William Caballero, horn Andrés Cárdenes, violin Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Lorna McGhee, flute Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano
12:00 pm
Poulenc Gloria Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Gershwin An American in Paris
Carnegie Music Hall Yan Pascal Tortelier, Guest Conductor Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Activities
DEC 2
APR 27
Daniel Nesta Curtis MUSIC DIRECTOR
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
FREE
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Kresge Theatre Thomas W. Douglas, Conductor The Carnegie Mellon University Chorus, along with a chamber orchestra, will provide a live soundtrack to Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc.
Carnegie Mellon University
Alumni Concert Hall
SUN
OCT 11
Katz Auditorium
2015
NOV 23 2015
7:30 pm TIX
65+ CMU
PITT
K12
TUE
APR 26 2016
8:00 pm
SUN
NOV 22
SAT
SAT
Kresge Theatre
FEB 20
APR 23
8:00 pm
8:00 pm
2016
FREE
2016
Carnegie Mellon University
Schumann
Baroque Ensemble
Poulenc
Stephen Schultz DIRECTOR The Carnegie Mellon Baroque Ensemble is dedicated to the playing of 18th century music on modern instruments while remaining true to the concepts of a historically informed performance practice.
La Belle Musique
Kresge Theatre Alberto Almarza, flute Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola Cyrus Forough, violin Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp David Premo, cello Sergey Schepkin, piano
TUE
FEB 2
Alumni Concert Hall
7:30 pm
Jazz Orchestra Eric DeFade DIRECTOR
Piano Trio in A Minor
Fauré
Piano Quartet No.1 in C Minor
Andrés Cárdenes, violin David Harding, viola Christopher Wu, violin Anne Martindale Williams, cello with CMU Honors Quartet Shostakovich
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Enescu
String Octet in C Major, Op. 7
NOV 8
APR 17
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
2016
TUE
MAR 29 2016
7:30 pm FREE
Carnegie Mellon University
University Jazz Choir Betsy Lawrence DIRECTOR The Carnegie Mellon University Jazz Choir performs a variety of traditional jazz music as well as bebop, blues, and popular music.
The Segâh Festival of Persian and Turkish Music The Segâh Festival is a joint project between the Center for Iranian Music, the School of Music, and the Turkish Students Organization at Carnegie Mellon University. The Festival will feature concerts of contemporary Persian and Turkish music as well as lectures and workshops.
THU
NOV 19 2015
8:00 pm
2016
Competitions Baroque Ensemble Concerto Competition SUN | OCT 25, 2015 | 5:00 PM
Alumni Concert Hall
Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition TUES | NOV 24, 2015 | 5:00 PM
Alumni Concert Hall
Kresge Theatre
Carnegie Music Hall
JAN 14-16
SAT | FEB 13, 2016 | 5:00 PM (Preliminary Round) SUN | FEB 14, 2016 | 6:00 PM (Final Round)
The Carnegie Mellon University Jazz Orchestra explores a variety of jazz genres, from traditional swing to current trends in jazz fusion and jazz chamber music, while also performing jazz classics in a big band style.
Kresge Theatre
2016
Concerto Competition
Carnegie Mellon University
Ravel
Kresge Theatre
SUN
2015
FREE
Sonata for Viola, Flute and Harp
Pieces of Eight
SUN
2016
Debussy
WED
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Franck
WED
2015
2015
7:30 pm
MON
Sonata for Flute and Piano
OSH
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Mellon Institute Auditorium
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
The Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary Ensemble performs music composed in the last twenty years in concerts that feature multidisciplinary collaboration, technology, improvisation, and theatrical elements.
3 Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
2016
The Carnegie Mellon University Guitar Ensemble presents creatively expressive performances of duos, trios, quartets, and larger ensemble music from every major Western music style period.
FREE
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Beethoven
FEB 21
7:30 pm
James Ferla DIRECTOR
2016
Contemporary Ensemble
2015
Sonata for Horn and Piano in F Major, Op. 17
SUN
Guitar Ensemble
7:30 pm
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major
Philharmonic & Chorus
MAY 10
OCT 26
Jennifer Orchard, violin David Harding, viola David Premo, cello Micah Howard, double bass Luz Manriquez, piano
Kresge Theatre
Kresge Theatre
Carnegie Mellon University
Tchaikovsky
Schubert
FRI
DEC 11
MON
“Trout” Quintet in A Major, D. 667
Brilliant Duos
TUE
Bolshoi Trios
Chamber Series
Chorus
APR 21 2016
8:00 pm PITT OSH
APR 19-20, 2016 | 6:00 PM
Kresge Theatre
THU
TIX
Rembacher Competition
65+ CMU K12
Silberman Chamber Music Competition
SUN | APR 24, 2016 | 6:30 PM
Kresge Theatre
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THE PRESIDENT’S CONCERT
SUN
FEB 21 2016
7:30 pm
Carnegie Music Hall
For a complete list of events and advance tickets:
music.cmu.edu General questions? Call the Carnegie Mellon School of Music Concert Line at 412-268-2383. Text “MUSIC” to 67463 to receive email updates from us.
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Chosky Theater
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Visit music.cmu.edu for other venue information and directions.
Carnegie Music Hall
Alumni Concert Hall
Chosky Theater
(Carnegie Museums and Library)
(CMU College of Fine Arts)
(CMU Purnell Center for the Arts)
Soldiers and Sailors Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
4141 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Mellon Institute Auditorium
Katz Theatre
Kresge Theatre
Great Hall
(CMU College of Fine Arts)
(CMU College of Fine Arts)
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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@CMUmusic
Information subject to change. All venues are handicap accessible.
(Mellon Institute)
Robinson Building Jewish Community Center
4500 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
5738 Darlington Rd Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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