MARCH 2009 EVENTS

EVENT LOCATIONS
All Longy's event locations are accessible to physically challenged individuals

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall: 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Wolfinsohn Recital Room: 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Recital Room N1: 33 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
First Church: 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

GENERAL LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INFORMATION: (617) 876-0956 ext. 1500

MARCH CONCERT EVENTS

Tuesday, March 3, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Composition Department
New Music by Longy Composers

Tuesday, March 3, 7pm
The Wolfinsohn Recital Room
Piano Department
Tuesday Musicale

Tuesday, March 3, 8pm

Recital Room N1

Student Recital

SKY Trio

Works by Rhim, Beethoven and Schubert

Thursday, March 5, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music’s
Conservatory Showcase

Friday, March 6th, 7:30pm
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square
Longy at the Regattabar
“March Musical Madness”
Come to this popular jazz club for a wildly eclectic evening of “March Musical Madness.” Features Longy Alumni with “crazy” performance schedules worldwide. Conservatory students about to “dive off the deep end” into their music careers, and spectacular Preparatory students who at a young age are already “mad for music.”

Featuring works by Ronn Fontana, Bela Bartok, Tony Solitro, Frank Bridge, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni, Salverio Mercadante, Kurt Weill and George Gershwin.
Tickets: $20
www.regattabarjazz.com
617-395-7757

Saturday, March 7, 8pm

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall

Longy Welcomes

The Composers / Pianists Concert Series

This concert will explore the longstanding connection between composers and the piano, an instrument with a diverse and expansive repertoire; the composer/pianists involved in this concert series each bring a unique and creative approach to writing for the instrument.  The works selected combine in unexpected ways for the listener, yielding a concert going experience that is surprising, yet cohesive. 

Timothy Andres - How can I live in your world of ideas?

Aaron Berkowitz - Tony Said He Saw Birds Flying

Istvan B'Racz - Pronounce All Numbers (for piano and electronics)

Douglas Fisk - Variations for Piano

Yuan-Chen Li – Cat’s Romp

Adam Roberts - Shards, Lines, Gongs

Bert Van Herck – Just a Note; Ikuma

Ryan Vigil - [Untitled] (2004)

Tickets are available at the door for $15 ($10 for students)

Sunday, March 8, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Ludmilla Lifson / Eda Shlyam Piano Duo
Pieces by Rachmaninoff, Belov, Schnitke, Korchmar and Guastavino

Sunday, March 8, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
A Far Cry: Folklore
Boston’s proudly un-conducted chamber orchestra presents a program referencing folk music from different parts of the world. From the sexy tangos of Argentina to the exhilarating dances of Romania, A Far Cry will be right at home with this high-energy, high-emotion music.

Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra, Sz. 68, BB 76

Holst: St Paul's Suite, op 29/2

Piazzolla: Tangos No. 1 and No. 2

Dvorak: Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major, op. 22.

For tickets and more information please visit - www.afarcry.org

Monday, March 9, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
String Generations Concert

Tuesday, March 10, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Tsai-lan Chen, piano

Wednesday, March 11, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Mathew Taylor, Modern American Music

Friday, March 13, 7:30pm
First Church's Jewitt Hall

11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
Graduating Artist Diploma Student Recital
Dennis Shafer, saxophone

"YES WE CAN!" : Five world Premieres

Dennis Shafer proudly presents composers Claudio Gabriele, Paul Klein, David Krebs, Julie Case and Anthony Solitro in a wild end-of year extravaganza featuring some of the most open-minded, fresh visual and performing artists of our time.  

Featuring: The VOX 4 String Quartet, Shafer Saxophone Quartet, Sounds in Bloom, Dr. T, and more.

Friday, March 13, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
PALS Voices Concert 2009

Music for Children's voices and Benjamin Britten's Children's Crusade. op. 82

Pre-Concert Panel at 7pm

Tickets: $30

Call PALS to order tickets - 617-264-7257

www.palschildrenschorus.org

Saturday, March 14, 7pm

Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
Constantine Finehouse

Sunday, March 15, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Shizue Sano, piano
Jongen: 2 Pieces for piano, Opus 33
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Opus 101
Guastavino: Cantilena No. 5: Abelarda Olmos
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Opus 35

Tuesday, March 17, 7:30pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital

Voyage A Paris: An Evening of French Music

Miriam Eckelhoefer, cello

Venessa Holroyd, flute

Kathleen Flynn, soprano

Yukiko Sekino, piano

Debussy: Syrinx for flute solo

Debussy Sonata for cello and piano in D minor

Poulenc: Banalites

Durufle: Prelude, Recitatif et Varitations, op. 3 for flute, cello and piano

Boulanger: Two Songs

Boulanger: Pieces for Cello & Piano

Roussel: Deux Poemes de Ronsard

Ravel: Chansons Madecasses

Friday, March 20, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
George Dunnebeck

Saturday, March 21, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
Pro Musicis

Tanya Gabrielian, piano

Schnittke: Sonata No. 2

Glinka-Balakirev: The Lark

Mansurian: Nostalgia

Bartok: Out of Doors

Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.845

Tickets: $20

www.BoxTix.org or 1-800-310-3211

Sunday, March 22, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Shaylor Lindsay, piano

Sunday, March 22, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Sonja Lindblad, recorder

Monday, March 23, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Christopher Carson, piano

Tuesday, March 24, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Faculty Artist Recital
Revelia Duo
Vanessa Breault Mulvey, flute, and Michelle N. Shoemaker, clarinet
with pianist Barbara Lieurance and percussionist Aaron Trant
Works by Phillip Bimstein, Marti Epstein, Roshanne Etezady, N.Resanovic, and others.

Wednesday, March 25, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Modern American Music  
and
Composition Department
Collaborative Concert

Thursday, March 26th, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Hall
Visiting Artists in Chamber Music at Longy
Pacifica Quartet
Mendelssohn: Capriccio op.81
Mendelssohn: op. 44, 2 in e minor
Dvorak: Viola Quintet op. 97 in E flat Major with Roger Tapping, viola
This “Ensemble of the Year” (2009 Musical America) also has captured a 2009 Grammy nomination – and they visit Longy four times a year, showing our students how to achieve extraordinary heights in ensemble coaching and performance.
Tickets: $35 general / $25 seniors, students
Purchase tickets online from MKTix.com
or call 617-876-0956

Friday, March 27, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Amy Scheid, soprano

Sunday, March 29, 3pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy Welcomes
American Classics

Sunday, March 29, 7pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Dalcroze Department
Faculty and Conservatory Showcase

Monday, March 30, 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Graduating Student Recital
Richard Foo, piano

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