January 5, 2007
The Frost School of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra to Present Educational Activities
JANUARY 16 – 26, 2007 AT UM’S CORAL GABLES CAMPUS
Coral Gables, FL – The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music will partner with The Cleveland Orchestra in presenting master classes, seminars and special music performances during the orchestra’s inaugural two-week residency in Miami. These educational programs are an important part of both organizations’ commitment to nurture the development of the next generation of musicians. All events taking place at the Frost School of Music, located on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus, are free and open to the public.
As part of this exciting new partnership with the Frost School of Music, Cleveland Orchestra musicians will conduct new-music reading sessions, which will afford Frost School of Music composition students the unique opportunity to hear their works played by some of the world’s most accomplished professional musicians.
The Frost School of Music’s Maurice Gusman Concert Hall is located at 1314 Miller Drive. The Victor Clarke Recital Hall in the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Broby Hall, Fillmore Hall, Nancy Green Hall, Pick Music Building, and Volpe classrooms are located at 5501 San Amaro Drive. For more information on campus events, please contact (305) 284-2241 or visit www.music.miami.edu.
Additionally, as part of The Cleveland Orchestra’s series of concerts at Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, more than 50 members of the University of Miami Frost Chorale will join the Master Chorale of South Florida in the Orchestra’s performances of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 on January 19 and 20, 2007. Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Professor and Program Director of Choral Studies at the University of Miami, directs both the Master Chorale of South Florida and the University of Miami Frost Chorale. For more information on The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami concert series and to purchase tickets, please visit the Carnival Center’s website at www.carnivalcenter.org or call the Carnival Center box office at (305) 949-6722.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA EVENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI*
Tuesday, January 16
8:00 am – 9:15 am, Broby Hall
Robert Porco, The Cleveland Orchestra’s Director of Choruses presents Graduate Choral Conducting Seminar
Wednesday, January 17
10:00 am – 11:55 am, Gusman Concert Hall
Andrew Grams, The Cleveland Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor, to observe Frost Music School student Chung Park conduct orchestra rehearsal
Thursday, January 18
8:00 am – 9:15 am, Broby Hall
Robert Porco presents Graduate Choral Conducting Seminar
9:30 am, Clarke Recital Hall
Frank Rosenwein presents oboe master class
5:00 pm, Fillmore Hall
Yasuhito Sugiyama presents tuba master class
Friday, January 19
9:00 am, Pick Music Building 111
Robert Porco presents Graduate Choral Literature Seminar
12:20 pm, Victor Clarke Recital Hall
Soprano Measha Brueggergosman presents master class
Monday, January 22
9:10 am –11:00 am, Volpe 106
Kevin Switalski presents double bass master class
5:00 pm, Fillmore Hall
Jesse McCormick presents horn master class
6:30 pm, Volpe 101
Mary Kay Fink presents piccolo master class
6:30 pm, Volpe 103
Dan Gilbert presents clarinet master class
6:30 pm, Nancy Green Hall
Paul Yancich presents percussion master class
7:00 pm, Fillmore Hall
Stephen Witser presents trombone master class
Wednesday, January 24
9:05 am – 9:55 am, Clarke Recital Hall
The Cleveland Orchestra presents Orchestral Management Seminar: Jonathan Martin, General Manager; Frank Dans, Artistic Administrator; Sandi Macdonald, Director of Marketing and Public Relations; and Carol Lee Lott, Orchestra Personnel Manager
12:15 pm, Volpe 107
Lisa Geber presents harp master class
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm, Gusman Concert Hall
Betty Camus to coach undergraduate woodwind quintet
1:25 pm – 2:25 pm, Volpe 101
Lisa Boyko presents viola master class
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm, Maurice Gusman Concert Hall
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra to perform readings of Frost School of Music student compositions
6:30 pm, Nancy Green Hall
Marc Damoulakis presents percussion master class
8:30 pm, Nancy Green Hall
Robert Sullivan presents trumpet master class
Friday, January 26
2:30 pm – 3:34 pm, Broby Hall
Richard Weiss presents cello master class
3:35 pm – 5:00 pm, Clarke Recital Hall
William Preucil presents violin master class
*Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first served basis.
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