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Peak Frequency Brass Quintet: Brass Works for Modern Times
February 16, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
The Peak Frequency Brass Quintet celebrates Black History Month performing compositions by Pulitzer Prize Winners Anthony Davis and George Walker, along with Regina Harris Baiocchi, Evan Williams, Florence Price, and more! Glen Whitehead, trumpet; Tim Allums, trumpet; Sarah Ford, French horn; Mark Burditt, trombone; and Jon Forshee, tuba. Glen Whitehead, trumpet; Tim Allums, trumpet; Sarah Ford, French horn; Mark Burditt, trombone and Jon Forshee, tuba.
Senior Recital: Natalie Jensen, voice
March 6, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Join mezzo-soprano Natalie Jensen as she explores the works of Samuel Barber and Clara Schumann, along with a few surprises of her own composing.
Junior Recital: Teran Hayes and Evelyn Curtis, voice
March 7, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Juniors Teran Hayes and Evelyn Curtis take us on a journey of art song, opera, and musical theatre.
Junior Recital: Sam Knopp, guitar
March 13, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Bent Frequency Duo Project: Community-Based Advocacy Through Adventurous Arts Programming Talk
March 17, 2023
Jan Baker, saxophone
Stuart Gerber, percussion
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
12:15-1:15pm
Jan Berry Baker and Stuart Gerber of Bent Frequency will discuss the requirements for running a 501c(3) non-profit organization, establishing community partnerships, leveraging grant money as well as strategies for using creative and socially-conscious programming to create and build an engaged audience. This presentation will give insight into our nearly 20-year history of building Bent Frequency into a nationally recognized new music ensemble and an important and well-respected arts organization within our community in Atlanta.
Peak FreQuency Presents: Bent Frequency Duo Project
March 18, 2023
Jan Baker, saxophone
Stuart Gerber, percussion
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Founded in 2003, Atlanta-based Bent Frequency brings the avant-garde to life through adventurous and socially conscious programming, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and community engagement. One of BF’s primary goals is championing the work of historically underrepresented composers - music by women, composers of color, and LGBTQIA+.
BF has partnered with internationally acclaimed ensembles, dance groups, and visual artists in creating unique productions ranging from traditional concerts to fully staged operatic works, to concerts on the ATL streetcar, to a band of 111 bicycle-mounted, community performers. BF’s programming, educational outreach, and community events aim to be inclusive of the diverse and dynamic communities they are a part of. Since 2018 at least 75% of our programming has featured music by composers traditionally underrepresented in classical music. Our 2022-23 season, “RESONANCE” continues this mission.
As Co-Artistic Directors of Bent Frequency, percussionist Stuart Gerber and saxophonist Jan Berry Baker are The BF Duo Project. Stuart and Jan have commissioned over 40 new works for their duo since 2013 and have given countless performances across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. They have been guest ensemble in residence at the MATA Festival in Oaxaca, Mexico, Sam Houston State University in Texas, Tage aktueller musik festival in Nuremberg, Germany, Charlotte New Music Festival, The University of Georgia, and New Music on the Point. Their debut CD, Diamorpha, is available on the Centaur Label.
This program will feature new music written specifically for Bent Frequency for saxophone, percussion, electronics, and toy instruments! Written by Elainie Lillios, Amy Williams, George Lewis, Emily Koh and UCCS faculty member, Yvonne Wu, these works draw on many sources of inspiration; from inflection through semi-structured group improvisation to sonic meditations on community aiming to create a new musical “we”; from haiku depicting scenes of moonlight on an icy river to the lines and shapes in soil caused by water erosion; from simple sounds emanating from a child’s playroom to the sonic depth of possibilities available when combining saxophone, percussion and electronics.
Peak FreQuency Presents: Peak FreQuency Brass with Hint of Lime Brass Trio
March 20, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Peak FreQuency Presents: Nostos ~ Conversations with the Dead
Music by Guest Composer Adam Greene
March 21, 2023
Shockley-Zalabak Theater
7:30pmJoin us for a varied evening of music for electric guitar, viola, and piano by San Diego composer Adam Greene, including three premieres. The performers are UCCS faculty Colin McAllister and Martha Muelheisen with special guest artist Shannon Wettstein, piano.
Adam Greene (b. 1970) is a composer and writer whose creative work references interests in literature, linguistics, and cognitive science in music that explores multiplicity, fragility, and instability, often through intensive examination of instrumental practice. He has received grants and awards from The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard, ASCAP, NACUSA, The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), The American Music Center, and The American Composers Forum. His music has been played by the San Diego Symphony, SONOR, NOISE Ensemble, the Formalist Quartet, Speculum Musicae, and Ensemble Resonanz, and counts his work with several soloists as particularly critical in developing his approach to instrumental writing. He has participated in several festivals and residency programs that have featured his works, such as UCROSS, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the soundON Festival of Modern Music, the International Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Darmstadt), the Composers Conference at Wellesley, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance (at the New England Conservatory of Music), and the Long Beach Summer Arts program. His compositions appear on recordings from Aucourant Records and Chen Li Music. adamgreene.net.
Guest artist bio: Pianist Shannon Wettstein invites audiences to hear connections between daring new music and historical masterworks. About why she makes music, “For me, it’s about taking risks—I I love taking audiences along with me into unknown territory.” With over 400 premieres, Shannon has performed at Lincoln Center, at Boston’s Gardner Museum, at the Ft. Worth Modern Art Museum, and Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego. Steve Smith of the New York Times wrote that her performance at The Stone was “full of subtleties no recording could catch...a reminder of why we attend concerts.” Shannon is a professor of piano at St. Cloud State University and host of Dr. Avant-Garde, a podcast about moving the art of music forward in the 21st century. Find information about Shannon’s recordings of works by Xenakis, Anthony Davis, Chopin, and others. shannonwettstein.com.
Junior Recital: Skye Maldonado and Christopher Swanson, composition
March 22, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Peak FreQuency Presents: Army Brass Quintet
March 24, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Junior Recital: Hope Tuin, piano and Taeron Waring, composition
April 4, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Peak FreQuency Presents: Breath/Carries/Ritual
April 5, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Join us for the premiere of this unique concert-length interdisciplinary performance. Conceived by Yvonne Wu and co-devised by all three performers, Breath/Carries/Ritual explores personal answers to the question "What do you carry?" through movement, sound, and fragments of storytelling, all grounded in the body and breath. Ayako Kato, dancer/choreographer; Jennifer Torrence, performer/percussionist; and Yiheng Yvonne Wu, composer/performer. Brought to you by UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the CU President's Fund for the Humanities.
Senior Recital: Aidan Rooney, piano
April 7, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Symphony 21: UCCS Symphony Orchestra
April 12, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Junior Recital: Kevin Luc and Ricardo Toves, composition
April 18, 2023
Margot Lane Studio
7:30pm
University Choir
April 19, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Join us as we delve into the world of musical theatre, exploring heroes and villains, familiar storylines….and a few surprises. We will be featuring excerpts from a new work by composition student Aaron Gohlke, titled “Red Maiden”.
Junior Recital: Michael Miller and Laura Stephens, guitar
April 20, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Senior Recital: Oscar Mata, saxophone
April 22, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Senior Recital: Steven Vertucci, voice
April 24, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Jazz Ensemble
April 25, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Symphony 21: UCCS Symphony Orchestra
April 26, 2023
Shockley-Zalabak Theater
7:30pm
Senior Recital, Chayanne Rodriguez, voice
May 1, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Senior Recital: Walker Essinger, piano
May 2, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Creative Music Ensemble
May 3, 2023
Chapman Foundations Recital Hall
7:30pm
Junior Recital: Lonnie Thompson, guitar
May 4, 2023
Margot Lane Studio
7:30pm
Advanced Computer Music: 100 Years of MIDI!
May 5, 2023
Margot Lane Studio
7:30pm
Come join the musicians of MUS3200, Advanced Computer Music for a sonic kaleidoscope of original electroacoustic and multimedia works. Featuring a spectrum of cutting edge as well as vintage sound design techniques, this concert features works ranging from immersive ambient worlds to real-time interactive experiences and beyond. And way beyond MIDI...!
