Three faculty recitals to open spring concert season

Recitals by faculty members Eric Huebner, Sungmin Shin and Megan Kyle will open the Department of Music’s spring concert season.

First up is Huebner, associate professor of piano performance, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.

His program features Boulez’s Notations, 12 pieces for piano; Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7; and Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28.

Huebner has received worldwide acclaim for his performances of new and traditional music since making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. He has been the pianist of the New York Philharmonic since January 2012, and has been featured in works by Lindberg, Stravinsky, Ives, Milhaud and R. Strauss, among others.

From 2001-12, he was a member of Antares, a quartet comprised of clarinet, violin, cello and piano. He has twice been a featured recitalist at the Ojai Festival in California, has performed on the Monday Evening series in Los Angeles, at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Piano Spheres and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In New York City, he has appeared as soloist and chamber musician in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall, at Miller Theatre at Columbia University, Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Roulette and SubCulture.

At UB, he maintains a studio of graduate and undergraduate piano majors and minors, and teaches courses in 20th-century piano music and piano literature. Since fall 2014, he has been a member of the adjunct faculty of The Juilliard School, where he teaches a course in orchestral keyboard performance.

Korean American guitarist/composer Shin has made a tremendous impact on guitar students at all levels since joining the UB music faculty. He will present a classical and electric guitar program at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.

His program includes his own work “Improvisation” and “Genesee Trains,” as well as Clarice Assad’s “Dancas Nativas,” with the Eastman Guitar Quartet, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 99, with pianist Haeyeun Jeun.

An adjunct instructor of guitar performance at UB, Shin maintains a busy schedule divided between performing and teaching in a wide variety of musical settings.

As a musician, Shin finds a unique balance between his classical training and deep roots in rock and popular guitar styles, a combination that drives him to seek new modes of expression through performance, improvisation and composition.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he embraces the eclectic demands of the modern musician by performing works in a wide range of styles, including classical standards to inventive contemporary music and his own original works. A frequent collaborator with various musicians and ensembles, he is a current and founding member of the Eastman Guitar Quartet.

Kyle, adjunct professor of oboe performance, will be joined by pianist Nicholas Emmanuel for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in Lippes Concert Hall.

Her program features Eugène Bozza’s “Fantaisie Pastorale,” Jeffrey Stadelman’s “Old Sawtooth,” Czernowin’s “The last leaf” and Simon Bainbridge’s “Music for Mel and Nora.”

Kyle performs as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician throughout Western New York, tackling standard repertoire as well as new music. She currently plays second oboe in the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphoria in Syracuse, the Omaha Symphony and the New World Symphony in Miami, among others. She previously was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.

She also performs with the Buffalo-based new music ensemble Wooden Cities, and is a founding member of both the oboe/cello duo Parvenue and the Buffalo Bach Project. She teaches oboe and English horn at Houghton College and SUNY Geneseo, as well as at UB, and performs as a member of the Geneseo Wind Quintet.

Tickets for all three recitals are available through a variety of outlets at the following pricing structure:

UB faculty, staff, alumni, seniors and non-UB students

$10 plus $2 fee online at Ticketfly

$10 plus $4 fee by phone at 877-987-6487 (Ticketfly)

$14 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday)

$17 in person at the door (one hour before concert time)

General public

$15 plus $2 fee online at Ticketfly

$15 plus $4 fee by phone at 877-987-6487 (Ticketfly)

$19 in person at the Center for the Arts (noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday)

$22 in person at the door (one hour before concert time)

UB students are admitted free with ID.

For a complete listing of all concerts being presented by the Department of Music, visit the department’s website.