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
Event Program