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October 30, 2008

  

Fresno State offers a month of musical variety

Clendenin Brass Quintet performs at Fresno State on Nov. 16With the semester nearing its end and the holiday season beckoning, California State University’s November musical performance calendar gets crowded, creating a gift for music lovers of all tastes.

 

Here’s what’s ahead for November 2008. All events are open to the public.

  • New faculty member Anthony Radford, a baritone, performs songs by Pfitzner, Brahms, Debussy and Ives with his wife, Sarah Thrasher, and university pianist Hatem Nadim at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • The student composers recital features works by Fresno State students and performed by students at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $8 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • Continuing the tradition of inviting children to live performances, the Community Chorus Master Chorale and Coro Piccolo present Rutter’s “The Reluctant Dragon" will be performed for children at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $5 ($10 maximum per family). Performances for the general public are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $15 general, $8 students.
     

  • The Percussion Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, and $4 students.
     

  • Fresno State guitar quartets will perform chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • Flute studio and flute ensemble students of Dr. Teresa Beaman perform solos, accompanied by Nadim, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • “Fall Choral Classics” features Fresno State choirs singing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • The Clendenin Brass Quintet, the Music Department's premier brass group, performs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $5 general, $3 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • A percussion studio recital is offered at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at 7 the Concert Hall. Admission: free; seating is limited.
     

  • A saxophone studio recital is offered at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty/staff/seniors/students.
     

  • Faculty member Alan Durst performs a saxophone concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • Opera Workshop students present a program in English at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 and 3 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission: $7 general, $5 seniors and students.
     

  • String chamber ensembles perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at 7 the Concert Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.
     

  • Anne-Marie McDermott, an American pianist who won an Avery Fisher Career Development Award, performs at 3 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Concert Hall as part of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Concerts series. Admission: $18 general, $12 seniors, $5 students. Reservations are encouraged.
     

  • “A Band Spectacular” features Jazz Band “A,” the Wind Orchestra and the Bulldog Marching Band in concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Concert Hall. Admission: $6 general, $5 faculty, staff, seniors, students.

For ticket information, visit http://www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml.