University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

By SUE WUETCHER

Published: April 1, 2009

The Slee Sinfonietta, UB’s professional chamber orchestra-in-residence led by Argentina-born conductor and composer Christian Baldini, will perform a program made up entirely of works by UB composers—past and present—during a concert at 8 p.m. April 7 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.

Other upcoming concerts to be presented by the Department of Music include performances by a trio from the music faculty at the University of South Carolina and acclaimed organist Jon Gillock.

The program for the Slee Sinfonietta concert, co-sponsored by the music department and the Robert G. and Carol L. Morris Center for 21st Century Music, will feature “The Winds of Winter” (2005) by Derek Charke, “Eventyr” (1998) by Jeffrey Stadelman and “down/among the altitudes” (2006) by Evan Johnson.

Prior to the concert, three composer workshop sessions will be held on April 6, each focusing on a different composer. The sessions, which will be free and open to the public, will highlight the works of graduate student composers David Hanner (10 a.m.), Christian Baldini (2 p.m.) and Trevor Bjorklund (6 p.m.). All will be held in Lippes Concert Hall.

Advance tickets for the concert are $12 for general admission, $9 for UB faculty/staff/alumni and senior citizens, and $5 for students. Tickets purchased at the door are $20, $15 and $8.

The trio from the University of South Carolina—soprano Tina Milhorn Stallard, clarinetist Joseph Eller, and pianist Lynn Kompass—will present a free recital at 3 p.m. April 5 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.

The program will include works by Bach, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Janáček, Rorem and Hoiby.

The Department of Music will join with the Buffalo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists to present organist Jon Gillock in an evening of music from the French spiritual repertoire at 8 p.m. April 3 in Lippes Concert Hall.

Gillock’s program will include works by César Franck, Louis V. Césarierne, Charles Tournemire, Olivier Messiaen and Louis Vierne.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students.

Tickets for all Department of Music concerts can be purchased at the Slee Hall box office, the Center for the Arts box office and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com.

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