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Music News
May 14, 2012

STUDENT RECITALS

  • If it's spring, you know it is time for student recitals! You can find a complete and up-to-date list of upcoming student recitals at our Student Recitals page.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Throughout the 2011-2012 school year, the PSU Department of Music will celebrate the music of France with Focus 2012: The French Connection.

EVENTS THIS WEEK:

  • PSU Jazz Combo Night
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Monday, May 14
    Time: 7 - 9 PM

  • PSU Brass & Trumpet Ensembles
    Melissa Robinson &
    David Bamonte, directors
    Featuring works by Wagner,
    Bruckner, Altenberg, Schubert
    The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Avenue)
    Date: Wednesday, May 16
    Time: Noon
    Cost: FREE

  • PSU Opera Program
    Faturing a French Baroque opera scene
    Performance Attendance Recital Series
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Thursday, May 17
    Time: 12 Noon
    Cost: FREE

  • Portland Piano Club
    "French From Scratch"
    Featuring PSU students & faculty pianists, also video documentaries about the performed works.
    Refreshments will be served.
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Saturday, May 19
    Time: 12 Noon
    Cost: FREE (donations accepted)

  • PSU Chamber Choir
    "Special Benefit"
    Works by Brahms, Bruckner, Gesualdo, Ginastera, Rachmaninoff, Verdi,
    Tormis & Esenvalds
    Also popular and folk selections
    from Russia & America
    Concert will support Chamber Choir's
    outreach & scholarship efforts
    St. Stephen's Catholic Church
    (1112 SE 41st Avenue)
    Date: Sunday, May 20
    Time: 4 PM
    Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets or at the door

NEXT WEEK:

  • Persian Suite
    Music by George Colligan
    Featuring PSU student musicians
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Monday, May 21
    Time: 7 - 9 PM

  • PSU Composition Area
    Featuring original works by
    PSU composition students
    Performance Attendance Recital Series
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Thursday, May 24
    Time: 12 Noon
    Cost: FREE

UPCOMING:

  • PSU Jazz Area
    Faturing Kerry Politzer Quartet
    Guest artist: George Colligan
    Performance Attendance Recital Series
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Thursday, May 31
    Time: 12 Noon
    Cost: FREE

  • Chamber Choir, Man Choir,
    Vox Femina & University Choir

    "Global Rhythms PDX"
    With special guest Indian percussionists
    Srinivas Krishnan and Kiran Pathakota
    Featuring classical and Bollywood music
    from India, Voodoo music from Haiti,
    folk music from Georgia, and American
    Spirituals and Gospel Music
    First United Methodist Church
    (1838 SW Jefferson Avenue)
    Dates: Friday, June 1 (8 PM) &
    Sunday, June 3 (4 PM)
    Tickets: PSU Box Office or at the door

  • Susan Chan Piano Recital
    "Echoes of China"
    Concert will feature works by Doming Lam, Alexina Louie & Tan Dun
    Will also feature the Northwest premiere of Pianobells by Pulitzer-prize winning Chinese American composer Zhou Long
    Lincoln Performance Hall, Room 175
    Date: Sunday, June 3
    Time: 4 PM
    Cost: Adults $22, Students $9
    PSU Students Free with ID
    Tickets available at the PSU Box Office
    or at the door

  • Jazz Night:
    Large Ensembles from the
    PSU Jazz Area

    Music by George Colligan
    Featuring PSU student musicians
    Lincoln Performance Hall, Room 175
    Date: Monday, June 4
    Time: 7 PM

  • Convocation
    A year-end gathering of music majors
    Performance Attendance Recital Series
    Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75
    Date: Thursday, June 7
    Time: 12 Noon
    Cost: FREE

  • Kabuki Play & Taiko Concert
    "Drama! Dance! Drums!"
    Featuring PSU students in a full-costume drama & debut of the PSU Taiko Ensemble
    Prof. Laurence Kominz &
    Prof. Wynn Kiyama, directors
    Lincoln Performance Hall, Room 175
    Date: Sunday, June 10
    Time: 7 PM
    Tickets: General Admission $12, Seniors $10, Students $8
    More Information
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