 Musical-comedy legend Carol Channing will perform
One of Broadway’s enduring performers, Carol Channing, will visit the campus to perform and to share her experiences and expertise with Fresno State and University High School students. Channing’s performance is scheduled at 2 p.m. April 14 in the Arena Theatre with proceeds included in the scholarship she plans to establish for theatre arts students. Click here for details.
 April music schedule jam packed
Fresno State’s music venues are booked solid throughout the month, with a broad variety of performances that includes an oboe concert by new faculty member Krista Riggs at 8 p.m. April 12 in the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Program highlights are Mexican composer Mario Lavista’s work for oboe and eight wine glasses and a preview of American composer Jason Bahr’s (photo, left) new piece for English horn. Student groups are in the spotlight, too, with performances by piano and oboe majors, the Clendenin Brass Quintet, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Gospel Choir and President’s Quintet. Click here for details.
Guitar music in the spotlight
Performances on four consecutive days will provide fans of guitar music a feast of different genres beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 13 in the Wahlberg Recital Hall with Mike Taylor and Jazz Bands A and B. Joseph Vaughn Williams and David Schramm will play a program of guitar chamber music April 14 and Guitar Panorama, featuring Fresno Flamenco artists, will be center stage in the Wahlberg Recital Hall on April 15. For more information and tickets, call 278.2654. Click here for details.
 Piano and winds share Chamber Festival bill
The Fresno Chamber Music Festival, a special presentation of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series, will feature local pianists and members of the California Woodwind Quintet. Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Thuille and Poulenc (photo) are on the program, which begins at 8 p.m. April 13 in the Concert Hall. Click here for details and ticket information.
Experimental company performs ‘Speed the Plow’
David Mamet’s play, “Speed the Plow,” will be performed five times in three days by the Experimental Theatre Company in Lab School 101. Brandon Lindner is directing the performances at 5 and 8 p.m. April 20, 2 and 8 p.m. April 21 and 2 p.m. April 22. Click here for details.
Short operas will be performed
Two complete one-act operas –“Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters” by Ned Rorem (text by Gertrude Stein) and “Gianni Schicchi” by Giacomo Puccini – will be performed in the Fresno Opera Workshop. The event is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. April 21 and 3 p.m. April 22 in the Concert Hall. For tickets, call 278.2654.
 Whose tune is it anyway?
Music professor Michael Caldwell will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in the Concert Hall with award-winning Seattle composer and pianist, David Paul Mesler, to celebrate the release of their CD, “The Balladeer.” The concert will include audience participation to guide the performance primarily of improvised music. Click here for details.
Stravinsky works top Orpheus concert
“Rare Gems,” the third program of this 29th season for Orpheus, will offer little-know chamber music masterpieces. The concert, which will feature Igor Stravinsky’s “Three Fantasias for Viols” and “Septet,” begins at 8 p.m. April 28 in the Wahlberg Recital Hall. There is no admission charge. For more information, call 277.8784.
The very newest music
If you just have to be the first one on your block to hear the newest music, you’re a candidate to attend the Student Composers Recital at 7:30 p.m. April 30. Student composition majors’ efforts will be performed in the Wahlberg Recital Hall. Click here for details.
 Fresno State group plays Antioch Jazz Fest
A jazz quartet from Fresno State will perform May 5 at the Antioch Collegiate Jazz Festival, among the groups in a program highlighted by A Christian McBride Experience. The noncompetitive event puts small ensembles in the spotlight rather than the bigger bands that play in most collegiate festivals. Tickets ($15 to $35) are on sale for the festival, which begins at 1 p.m. in the historic El Campanil Theatre in downtown Antioch. Click here for details.
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