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WGRE is pleased to broadcast the DePauw Music School Concerto Competition Winner's Concert with the DePauw University Orchestra! In one of the School of Music’s most anticipated events of the year, winners of the annual Concerto Competition took center stage as soloists with the DePauw University Orchestra on Sunday, April 14. We applaud their hard work and the continuing work of their teachers as we present this year’s winners: Katherine Allen ’19 ~ Ravel: Tzigane Amalia Crevani ’21 ~ Offenbach: “Les oiseaux dans la Charmille” from Les contes d’Hoffmann Abigail Foehrkolb ’21 ~ Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba (Mvt. II) Tatsuya Katsuhara ’19 ~ Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mvt. I) Connor Locke ’20 ~ Meyerbeer: “Nobles seigneurs, salut!” from Les Huguenots Amelia Smerz ’20 ~ Elgar: Cello Concerto (Mvt. IV) Lindsey Welp ’19 ~ Tomasi: Concerto for Alto Saxophone (Mvt. I) David Young ’20 ~ R. Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27, “Heimliche Aufforderun” and “Morgen!”
In this week's episode of Music for Life, Music from DePauw...Ensemble-in Residence, DecodaBurke Stanton talks to first-year music major Jacqueline Robertson about the Shostakovich symphony the orchestra recently performed...21CM director Mark Rabideau interviews classical musician author Sarah Robinson about her new book “Clubbing for Classical Musicians,” a must-read for any up-and-coming musician...we present some terrific performances from this past week...and I sit down with three members of Decoda, this year’s Ensemble-in-Residence, for a lively conversation about their innovative performances and collaborations in the changing world of classical music! SOURCES From their performance of September 20, 2015, the DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of Orcenith Smith, performs the fourth movement, Allegro non troppo, from Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47.At this week’s recital hour, Decoda members violinist Anna Elashvili, violist Nathan Schram, and cellist Caitlin Sullivan performed the first movement, Adagio - Allegro con brio, from Ludwig van Beethoven’s op. 9, no. 1 string trio.From their performance of October 7th, the DePauw Jazz Ensemble, led by Steve Snyder, performs Frank Foster’s “Four, Five, Six.”
In this week's episode of Music For Life...Band director Craig Paré and jazz director Steve Snyder come by to tell us about the programs for their ensembles' upcoming concerts...Mark ApplebaumHannah talks to percussion student Zach Jacobs about an upcoming percussion performance featuring guest composer Mark Applebaum...cellist Eric Edberg and composer Scott Perkins give us a preview of the DePauw Chamber Players' concert this week...and looking forward to our final Green Guest Artists concert, Anna Gatdula chats with Elleka Okerstrom about a 21CM collaboration between our ensemble-in-residence Fifth House and Mediterranean folk band Baladino! SOURCES From our 2015 Concerto Competition Winners' Concert of April 11, pianist Shiyu Su and the DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of professor Orcenith Smith, perform the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25. From our 2015 Concerto Competition Winners' Concert of April 11, mezzo-soprano Dana Hart and the DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of professor Orcenith Smith, perform the aria "Ah, qual gelido orror...Il padre adorato" from the opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. From our 2015 Concerto Competition Winners' Concert of April 11, clarinetist Natalia Fumero and the DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of professor Orcenith Smith, perform the Concertino for Clarinet, by Carl Maria von Weber From the Student Recital Hour of April 15, singers Ines Hayouna, Marin Tack, Kelsey Cantrell, Brittny Goon, Alaina Matthews, Erin Tolar, Elizabeth Brunell, and Laura Witte perform the Bulgarian folk song "Ergen deda." From the Student Recital Hour of April 15, clarinetist Dan Hickey, violinists Jenny Miller and Alec Barker, violist Anna Urso, and cellist Peter Kim perform Bela Bartok's "Romanian Folk Dances."
In this episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...Soprano Ann Chase with composer Roberto Sierrawith our next Living Composers Festival right around the corner, Steven Linville and Elleka Okerstrom come in to tell us about Jason Robert Brown's upcoming visit, and Hannah talks with a pair of students who have prepared some of his music to perform for him in masterclass...Anna talks with Brooke Addison about another DePauw student-conceived outreach program in our community...our Jazz Ensemble and Band directors come in to tell us about concerts they’ve prepared for this week...and, just having finished this year’s Music of the 21st Century festival, we talk with guest composer Roberto Sierra about his work and his visit to DePauw!! SOURCES From our just-concluded Music of the 21st Century Festival featuring guest composer Roberto Sierra, the DePauw Chamber Singers, under the direction of Kristina Boerger, perform Sierra's "Cantos Populares." The DePauw University Band, under the direction of Craig Paré, performs the first movement of Sierra's Sinfonia no. 3, "La Salsa," entitled "Tumbao." Concluding our episode, the DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of Orcenith Smith, perform Sierra's "Carnaval."