Malcolm Bilson heads November music calendar

By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

Bilson heads a program of concert performances by the renowned Muir String Quartet and the UB Percussion Ensemble, Trombone Choir, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Also on the agenda are performances by clarinetist John Fullam, organist Wolfgang Rubsam, the resident Amherst Saxophone Quartet and duo-pianists Frina Arschanska and Kenwyn Boldt.

Performances will take place in Slee Concert Hall on the North Campus. Tickets may be obtained from the UB ticket office, 645-ARTS, or from any Ticketmaster outlet.

Friday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m.: Fortepiano concert by Malcolm Bilson, celebrated as much for his charm, humor, passion and wit as for his virtuosity. For Concert II of the Slee Visiting Artist Series, he will present a program of Viennese classical sonatas.

Bilson's performances on original five-octave, late 18th-century pianos, principally known as fortepianos, and on their replicas, have been the impetus for the return of the fortepiano to the concert stage. Bilson performs and teaches throughout the world and directs keyboard studies in 18th-century musical performance at Cornell University, where he is Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music.

Tickets are $10, general admission; $8, faculty, staff and alumni; $5, senior citizens; $4, students.

Friday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.: The Muir String Quartet, one of the world's finest string quartets, will present the second in the six-part Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle.

Sunday, Nov. 3, 5 p.m.: Wolfgang Rubsam, an organist known internationally for more than 100 acclaimed recordings of organ repertoire from the baroque and romantic periods, will present Concert II in the UB Organ Recital Series. Tickets are $8, general admission; $6, faculty, staff and alumni; $5, senior citizens; $2, students.

Rubsam is professor of church music and organ at Northwestern University and University Organist for Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago.

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.: Concert by the UB Wind Ensemble conducted by Assistant Professor Sarah L. McKoin. All tickets are $3.

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m.: Faculty recital by clarinetist John Fullam, lecturer in the UB Department of Music. Fullam will be accompanied in a program of clarinet quintets by violinists Frances Kaye and Richard Kay, violist Donna Lorenza and cellist Mary Artmann. Tickets are $8, general admission; $6, faculty, staff and alumni; $5, senior citizens; $2, students.

The Nov. 15 concert by Gothic Voices at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 3275 Main St., has been canceled.

Monday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m.: Concert II of the UB Resident Quartet Series by the Amherst Saxophone Quartet. Tickets are $10, general admission and $5, UB community and senior citizens.

Friday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.: The Muir String Quartet presents Concert III of the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle. Tickets are $10, general admission; $8 , faculty, staff and alumni; $5, senior citizens, $4, students.

Saturday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.: UB Percussion Ensemble conducted by Anthony Miranda. No admission charge.

Sunday, Nov. 24, 3 p.m.: Duo-pianists Frina Arschanska and Kenwyn Boldt will be accompanied by percussionist Anthony Miranda in a program featuring Béla Bartók's Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion. Tickets are $8, general admission;, $6, faculty, staff and alumni; $5, senior citizens; $2,students.

Sunday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.: Concert by the UB Trombone Choir, conducted by Richard Meyers. No admission charge.

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m.: Concert by the UB Symphonic Band conducted by Sarah L. McKoin. No admission charge.