Join us for spring . . . January Jan. 18 7:30 pm | RH
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Faculty Recital
Thomas Derthick, double bass; Patricia Shands, clarinet; John Cozza, piano; students Logan Adams and Noah Gonzales, double basses Featured works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Serge Koussevitzky, and Morton Gould
Jan. 29 9 am | RH 3601 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95211
Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition
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Photo credit: Sara Bill Photography/Karen Cubides
FEB. 26 | 9 am | FSCH
APR. 15 | 7:30 pm | FSCH
Pacific Brass Day
Pacific Wind Bands Concert featuring Kevin Day, composer-in-residence
CALENDAR OF EVENTS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC SPRING 2023
This event has been drawing exceptionally talented young pianists from around California since the 1970s.
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University Symphony Orchestra
Laura Jackson, conductor-in-residence Works by Jimmy López Bellido, Carlos Simon, and Symphony No. 1 by Florence Price
Feb. 5 10 am | RH
Pacific Piano Day
Registration is required.
Feb. 5 2:30 pm | FSCH
Guest Artist Series
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Saxophone duo concert featuring Hayato Ikegaya, saxophone; Ricardo Martinez, saxophone Featured works by Nina Shekhar, David Baker, Ronaldo Budini, Lucie Robert, and Takashi Yoshimatsu
Feb. 10 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Choir Concert
Yejee Choi, conductor Featured works by Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, Josephine Poelinitz, Paul Basler, Rick Bjella, and Kim André Arnesen
Feb. 13 7:30 pm | RH
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Honors Recital
A showcase concert of students who were selected in the Conservatory-wide Honors Recital competition
February Feb. 4 7:30 pm | FSCH
Feb. 6 7:30 pm | RH
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Friends of Chamber Music presents Dover Quartet
Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet has followed a “practically meteoric” (Strings) trajectory to become one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world. *Front cover photo: Laura Jackson, music director and conductor, Reno Philharmonic, guest conductor-in-residence, February 4, 2023 Florence Price (1887–1953), first black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra
Feb. 15 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Pacific Wind Bands
Vu Nguyen, conductor Marie A. Douglas, composer-in-residence Featured works by David Biedenbender, Valerie Coleman, Joel Puckett, and a premiere of Douglas’s Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble featuring Brittany Trotter, flute
Feb. 21 7:30 pm | RH
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Guest Artist Series Sarah Shin, flute
LEGEND FSCH | Faye Spanos Concert Hall RH | Conservatory Recital Hall VAH | Vereschagin Alumni House DUC | Don and Karen DeRosa University Center T Tickets needed | see back panel
“Aldana has the elusive ability to balance technical achievement against a rich emotional palette.” —Nate Chinen
MARIE A. DOUGLAS
2022-23 CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS
MELISSA ALDANA
SARAH SHIN
Conservatory Concert Hour featuring conservatory students Feb. 3 | RH Feb. 17 | FSCH Mar. 3 | RH
Mar. 4 7:30 pm | FSCH
Guest Artist Series
BRITTANY TROTTER
KATHERINE BERGMAN
DAVID BIEDENBENDER
Patrick PACIFIC Sheridan,JAZZ tuba, ENSEMBLE and Breathing Gym Creator; Sadie Glass, horn; Leonard Ott, trumpet; Bruce Chrisp, trombone Registration is required.
NINA SHEKHAR
JIMMY LÓPEZ BELLIDO
GEORGE WALKER
Faculty Recital
Ann Miller, violin; Vicky Wang, cello; Sonia Leong, piano; featured works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Reena Esmail, and Maurice Ravel
Brittany Trotter, flute Works by J. S. Bach, Nicole Chamberlain, George Lewis, Timothy Hagen, Sam Zagnit, and Tilmann Dehnhard
Mar. 3 7:30 pm | FSCH
PATRICK SHERIDAN
MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET
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Pacific Jazz Festival
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Pacific Opera Theatre presents Into the Woods
James Haffner, stage director Eric Dudley, music director Carl Pantle, assistant music director Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine; originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
e A. Douglas, Barbara York, Gina Gillie,
Patrick Langham, director Melissa Aldana, guest artist Grammy-nominated Chilean saxophonist joins the Pacific Jazz Ensemble
DOVER QUARTET
Pacific Wind Bands
Vu Nguyen, conductor Kevin Day, composer-in-residence Featured works by Katherine Bergman, premiere by Logan Fleece ’23—winner of Pacific Band Composition award, and Kevin Day’s Requiem for the Unarmed and Shimmering Sunshine
2:30 pm | FSCH
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Friends of Chamber Music presents Marian Anderson String Quartet
The Marian Anderson String Quartet was formed in 1989 and won the 1991 International Cleveland Quartet Competition, becoming the first African American ensemble in history to win a classical music competition. In 1993, the Marian Anderson String Quartet performed at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center as part of the 52nd presidential inaugural celebration.
Apr. 16 2:30 pm | FSCH
Apr. 6 7:30 pm | RH
Student-led contemporary chamber music ensemble
Apr. 30 7:30 pm | FSCH
Mariné Ter-Kazaryan, vocalist
Apr. 17 7:30 pm | RH
Daniel Ebbers, tenor Carl Pantle, piano Featuring works by Aaron Copland
Apr. 7 9:00 am | FSCH
Featuring Conservatory students
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Guest Artist Series
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Pacific Music Business Conference
Leslie Ann Jones, Grammy-winning recording engineer, and director of music at the world-famous Skywalker Sound recording studio will be the artist-in-residence, working with Conservatory of Music students in recording and mixing the week of April 3–7, and will be the keynote speaker on April 7.
Apr. 11 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Pacific Percussion Ensemble
Jonathan Latta, director Featured works by Pacific student composers and by Orlando Jacinto Garcia in collaboration with Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Apr. 14 7:30 pm | RH
Faculty Recital
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28/78 New Music Ensemble
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Virginia Kelsey, mezzo-soprano Carl Pantle, piano; featured works by Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, and more
JOEL PUCKETT
Apr. 30
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Patrick Langham, director Glenn Zaleski, pianist
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Mar. 30, 31, Apr. 1 7:30 pm | FSCH Apr. 2 2:30 pm | FSCH T T
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Pacific Jazz Ensemble
Trio 180
March Mar. 1 7:30 pm | RH
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Faculty Recital
Mar. 23 7:30 pm | RH
Students from the Pacific Horn Studio Featured works by Marie A. Douglas, Barbara York, Gina Gillie, and more
Apr. 5 7:30 pm | FSCH
Sadie Glass, natural and modern horn; Patricia Grimm, piano; student Braydon Ross, horn Featured works by James Naigus, Gina Gillie, Ignaz Moscheles, and Franz Danzi
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Pacific Brass Day
Mar. 7 7:30 pm | RH
Apr. 15 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Pacific Horn Studio Recital
Patrick Langham, director Melissa Aldana, guest artist Performance with Pacific Jazz Ambassadors
Frank Wiens, piano Featured works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, George Walker, and Frédéric Chopin
Feb. 26 9:00 am | FSCH
Apr. 3 7:30 pm | RH
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Pacific Jazz Festivalival
12:30 pm | Free T
FRANK WIENS
MARINÉ TER-KAZARYAN
HAYATO IKEGAYA
April
Mar. 31 | RH Apr. 14 | RH Apr. 28 | RH
Feb. 24 7:30 pm | FSCH
LESLIE ANN JONES
Pacific Varied Ensembles Recital I
Yejee Choi, conductor Pacific Choirs will be joined by the Alumni Choir in the performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, op. 48 and Cantique de Jean Racine.
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May 1 7:30 pm | RH
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Pacific Varied Ensembles Recital III Featuring Conservatory students
May 2 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Pacific Varied Ensembles Recital II
An evening of new music written by Pacific’s composition students
Apr. 29 7:30 pm | FSCH
May 6 2:00 pm | FSCH
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Nicolas Waldvogel, conductor Winners of the Concerto Competition Brylan Finley, mezzo-soprano; Ealaph Tabbaa, bassoon; Braydon Ross, horn; featured works by Unsuk Chin, Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, Léo Delibes, and Reinhold Glière
Pacific Jazz Ensemble featuring Glenn Zaleski
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Pacific Composers
University Symphony Orchestra
“His playing is something to behold.” —Jazz Journal
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Choir Concert
Apr. 24 7:30 pm | RH
MAR. 30, 31 | APR. 1 | 7:30 pm | FSCH APR. 2 | 2:30 PM | FSCH
Faculty Recital
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Apr. 23 5:00 pm | Cathedral of Annunciation
Pacific Opera Theatre presents Into the Woods
APR. 5 | 7:30 pm | FSCH
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Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet and Friends 50th Anniversary Celebration
Brittany Trotter, flute; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Patricia Shands, clarinet; Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon; Sadie Glass, horn; with Ricardo Martinez, saxophone Joined by emeritus faculty, alumni, and current Pacific students
Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet and Friends 50th Year Anniversary Celebration MAY 6 | 2 pm | FSCH