Concert Features National Trumpet Competition Finalists
The National Trumpet Competition accepted four Grand Valley
State University students to compete in the College Solo Competition
and both Grand Valley Trumpet Ensembles will compete in the NTC
Ensemble Competition. An evening of music from the Grand Valley studio
of Professor Richard Stoelzel on Monday, March 14 will feature
students in the Grand Valley Trumpet Studio as they prepare for
competition. The Music Department Concert is at 8 p.m. in the Sherman
Van Solkema Recital Hall, in the Performing Arts Center on the
Allendale Campus. Call 331-3484 for more information.
Mon., March 14
Grand Valley State University Music Department Concert.
Percussion Ensemble and Steelband, directed by Greg Secor. 8 p.m.
Louis Armstrong Theatre, in the Performing Arts Center on the
Allendale Campus. Call 331-3484 for more information.
Perugino Performs a Pair of Concerts [Photo available]
As part of the Grand Valley State University Arts at Noon
Series, the Perugino String Quartet will appear in concert on the
Cook-DeWitt Center Stage at the Allendale Campus on March 16 at noon
and will repeat the program on March 22 at 8 p.m. in the Loosemore
Auditorium, Grand Rapids Pew Campus, 401 Fulton Street West.
The group has been the string quartet-in-residence at Grand Valley since 1997, continuing a faculty string quartet tradition that stretches back more than 25 years. Highlights of the ensemble's tenure include a 1999 performance at Lincoln Center as part of the prestigious Julliard String Quartet Seminar and the 2001 world premiere performance of Will Gay Bottje's String Quartet No. 5.
Each year the quartet performs between 10 and 15 concerts around Michigan, including summer performances with the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck and pairs of performances on Grand Valley's Allendale and Pew Grand Rapids campuses. Members of the Perugino String Quartet include violinists Eric Tanner and Diane McElfish, violist Barbara Corbato, and cellist Stacey Bosman Tanner. Call 331-3484 for more information.
Fri., March 18
Grand Valley State University Guest Artist Series: 12 noon:
AFRO-TENDO (African Praise). The group from Uganda will appear in
traditional costumed African attire performing songs and dance with
styles from differing tribal groups and areas of Africa. , Cook-DeWitt
Center, on the Allendale Campus. Call 331-3484 for more information.
Dylana Jenson Solo Recital & String Seminar [Photo available]
Eminent American violinist and Distinguished Professor of Music
at Grand Valley State University will perform on Friday, March 18 at 8
p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre, at the Performing Arts Center,
GVSU Allendale Campus as part of the Artist-Faculty Series. Robert
Byrens, director of the accompanying program at Grand Valley, will
perform with her.
Jenson recently opened the Grand Rapids Symphony's 75th season with a stunning performance of the demanding Goldmark Violin Concerto. She returns to Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2005 to perform the Goldmark with the Grand Rapids Symphony.
In addition a String Seminar with Dylana Jenson and friends will take place on Saturday, March 19 from 1-6 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre. Call 331-3484 for more information.
Sat., March 19 Michigan Science Olympiad Regional Tournament
Competitive teams from 53 area middle schools and 27 high
schools from Kent and Ottawa counties will converge on Grand Valley
State University's Allendale campus for the Region 12 Science Olympiad
Tournament. Call 331-2267 for more information and list of public
events.
Sat., March 19 Early Music Ensemble
Music on Period Instruments will be performed by Grand Valley
State University students in a variety of settings, from chamber and
solo works to accompanying quest artist Baroque trumpeter Anna
Freeman. GVSU Early Music Ensemble is directed by Pablo Mahave-Veglia
and Gregory Crowell. Concert is at 8 p.m. in the Cook-DeWitt Center,
on the Allendale Campus. Call 331-3484 for more information.
