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Busy schedule for
varied musical tastes
February is a busy month for
Fresno State’s music venues with entire days devoted to
workshops for brass, double reeds, saxophone and percussion
in addition to recitals and performances. For further
information, call 278.2654.
Click here for a detailed schedule |
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Recital features Atlanta, San Francisco symphony principals |
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Jonathan
Dlouhy, principal oboe with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
and Steven Paulson, principal bassoon with the San Francisco
Symphony will be featured in a recital Feb. 20 that ends
Double Reed Day at Fresno State The event, in its
10th,
is devoted to oboe and bassoon players of all ages and
abilities, who come from all over California to participate
in a day of workshops with accomplished players such as
Dlouhy and Paulson. to learning new techniques and honing
skills, begins at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall.
Tickets
to the recital cost $10 for general admission;’ $5 for
faculty, staff, seniors and students. |
Jonathon Dlouhy |
Steven Paulson |
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Campus hosts day-long percussion
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Fresno State will host a day of workshops and other opportunities
for percussionists of various abilities to learn more about
their passion on Feb. 25.
The day
culminates in a concert featuring Christopher Deane, a
marimba player who has played with numerous orchestras and
is an assistant professor in percussion at the University of
North Texas, and Randy Gloss, a hand percussionist who has
lectured and performed in North and South American, Europe
and Asia.
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Mihaela Ursuleasa takes
Keyboard Concert spotlight |
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Romanian
pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa will play a program of works by
Beethoven, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff at the next Philip
Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert on Feb. 24 at Fresno State.
Ursuleasa’s emotional depth and technical expertise have won
raves from critics throughout Europe and in the United
States. Although just 27, Ursuleasa brings a lyrical talent
of a musician with much more experience.
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Armenian Film Festival explores ethnic
identity
 The
Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program
are co-sponsors of the seventh Armenian Film Festival
beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Industrial Technology
Building, Room 101. The featured film is "My Son Shall Be
Armenian," directed by Hagop Goudsouzian, which explores
Armenian identity. The film depicts Goudsouzian and five
fellow Montreal men and women of Armenian descent on a trip
to Armenia in search of survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
Several other short films – some in English, some in
Armenian and all directed and produced by a new generation
of Armenian filmmakers -- are on the program. After each,
there will be time for discussion. Admission is free, in
part because of support from the University Student Union
Diversity Awareness Program. Parking restrictions in Lots K,
L and Q will be relaxed after 6:30 that evening. More
details about the program are available by calling 278.2669.
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