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Music + Festival 2022: Richard Strauss, George Walker, and Augusta Read Thomas 

Composition, Faculty Artists, Guest Artists, Large Ensembles, Small Ensembles Saturday October 22, 2022Sunday October 23, 2022Tuesday October 25, 2022

Venue: Fred Fox School of Music

Music + Festival 2022: Richard Strauss, George Walker, and Augusta Read Thomas 

Festival Director: Daniel Asia   

October 22, 23, 25, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday 

The 15th annual Music + Festival will present the music of Richard Strauss, George Walker, and Augusta Read Thomas. The festival will include a symposium and six concerts, featuring guest composers and speakers as well as distinguished UA faculty, students, and ensembles.  

The Music + Festival is made possible with the support of: 

Drs. Fran and Timothy Orrok

I. Michael and Beth Kasser

Michael and Laura DiChristofono

HBL CPAs

Mesch Clark Rothschild

DSW Commercial Real Estate

Classical 90.5 FM /Arizona Public Media

The Arizona Daily Star

Jim Click Automotive Group

UA Department of Africana Studies

This Music + Festival is dedicated to, and in memory of, Timothy Orrok, who along with his wife Francene, have been long time supporters of the Music + Festival over the years.

Art: Wassily Kandinsky – Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle), 1913


Symposium: Richard Strauss, George Walker, and Augusta Read Thomas

October 22, Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Symposium, Room 146, $Free

Daniel Asia, moderator; Jay Rosenblatt, Matt Mugmon, presenters; Augusta Read Thomas, guest composer

 

Concert I: “The Diva and the Direktor: Passion and Betrayal in the House of Strauss”

October 22, Saturday, 4:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $Free

 “The Diva and the Direktor: Passion and Betrayal in the House of Strauss” 

In song and in the Strauss’s own words, Welsh baritone, Jeremy Huw Williams, and pianist, Paula Fan, tell the story 

of two towering temperaments, soprano, Pauline De Ahna, and Richard Strauss, in a 

“Music and Letters Concert” celebrating the 150th 

anniversary of the composer’s birth

 

Concert II 

October 22, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $15 music.arizona.edu/tickets

Daniel Linder, piano; Timothy Kantor, violin

Gloria Orozco Dorado, clarinet; Kristin Dauphinais, mezzo-soprano; Fanya Lin, piano 

 

Concert III

October 23, Sunday, 2:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $Free

Jason Carder, trumpet; Pamela Decker, organ

Members of the Fred Fox School of Music Percussion Studio

Arizona Symphony Orchestra Winds

Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet 

Cassandra Gunn, flute; Cristian Barazal, clarinet; Gabriella Beltran, oboe

Matthew Dutczak, bassoon; Caitlynn Sandberg, horn

 

Concert IV: Large Ensemble Concert

October 23 Sunday, 4:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $15 music.arizona.edu/tickets

Arizona Symphony Orchestra, UA Wind Ensemble and Arizona & Symphonic Choirs

Jackie Glazier, clarinet & Marissa Olegario, bassoon

Handout: Concert IV handout

 

Concert V: The Amernet String Quartet

October 25 Tuesday, 7:00, Holsclaw Hall, $15 music.arizona.edu/tickets

Amernet String Quartet

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TODAY!

49th Annual President’s Concert – Arizona Symphony Orchestra
with 2022-2023 Concerto Competition winners

Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado, clarinet
Wenxin Guan, piano
Martina Portychova, mezzo-soprano
Emmy Tisdel, violin

February 5, Sunday, 3:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10 music.arizona.edu/tickets

The 49th Annual President’s Concert will feature the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and student soloists who won the highly competitive University of Arizona Concerto Competition. Featuring clarinetist Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado, performing the “Black Dog Concerto” by Scott McAllister; pianist Wenxin Guan, performing movements II and III of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 by Felix Mendelssohn; mezzo-soprano Martina Portychova, performing “Nobles Seigneurs, salut!” from Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer; and violinist Emmy Tisdel, performing movement I of the Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35 by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The students are selected from each area of the Fred Fox School of Music – strings, voice, wind and percussion, and keyboard. They represent the depth of talent at the school, shining in this performance with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Graduate students Yudai Ueda and Fátima Corona del Toro will conduct the students’ performances. The program will also include works by Myroslav Skoryk and Alexander Borodin, under the baton of Dr. Thomas Cockrell.
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