For Immediate Release – Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Media Contact: Chris Wiger, Director of Public Relations, Phone: 303.871.6499, Cell: 303.489.2597, Email: chris.wiger@du.edu, Photos available.
14th Annual Holiday Carillon Concert celebrates holiday season
DENVER - The University of Denver's Lamont School of Music will celebrate the holidays with a special gift to the Denver community.
14th Annual Holiday Carillon Concert
Performed by University of Denver Carillonneur
Carol Jickling Lens on the Williams Carillon
Sunday, December 9 at 3:00pm
Seating on the Ritchie Center Lawn
Possibly the perfect holiday afternoon, the 14th Annual Holiday Carillon Concert has become a favorite holiday event in University Park and surrounding neighborhoods.
Performed on the William's Carillon by University of Denver Carillonneur Carol Jickling Lens, this season's concert will include members from the South High School choirs caroling with the bells and a live video feed from the playing cabin allowing members of the audience to see how this unique instrument is played.
The highlight of the concert is the traditional performance of Carol of the Bells.
Part of Lamont's 250 Concerts On Us series celebrating the first decade of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, this performance is free and complimentary parking is available in DU Parking Services Lot 108 at South Josephine and Buchtel.
The concert will be performed in snow or sunshine, and concertgoers are encouraged to sit on their blankets or lawn chairs near the gold Williams Bell Tower at the Ritchie Center just south of the University Boulevard exit off I-25 on Buchtel.
For more information and a complete list of concerts, master classes and events, please visit the Lamont School of Music website at www.du.edu/lamont. For updated weekly information call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412.
For Immediate Release – Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Media Contact: Chris Wiger, Director of Public Relations Phone: 303.871.6499 Cell: 303.489.2597 Email: chris.wiger@du.edu Photos available.
Lamont Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, and works by Mozart, Stravinsky and Bach
DENVER - The University of Denver's Lamont School of Music will present the Lamont Symphony Orchestra in concert featuring a performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
Lamont Symphony Orchestra conducted by Breanne Cepeda, Stephen Cepeda, Violin Soloist, Thursday, November 15, 7:30pm, June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, Part of Lamont's 250 Concerts On Us series celebrating the first decade of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, this performance is free and complimentary parking is available in the Newman Center garage. Free tickets are required.
Conductor and Music Director Lawrence Golan has invited Masters Degree Candidate Breanne Cepeda to conduct this performance including the Overture to Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks," and the Violin Concerto by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by Stephen Cepeda, violin soloist.
Studying with Dr. Lawrence Golan, Conductor Breanne Cepeda is a graduate student at the Lamont School of Music where she is the Assistant Conductor of the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre while she pursues a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting. Breanne is also in her second season as Apprentice Conductor with the Helena Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Allan R. Scott. A Montana native, she graduated from Montana State University-Bozeman where she was the Associate Conductor of the MSU Symphony.
Chilean-American violinist Stephen Cepeda began his studies at the age of seven with Daniel Reinker and later studied with some of the nation's finest violinists including Stephanie Sant' Ambriosio, Greg Mulligan, and Julius Schulman. He was selected to study with Andrzej Grabiec as a part of the Performance and Continuing Studies program at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. Stephen has appeared as concertmaster for the Bozeman Symphony and Intermountain Opera Association.
For more information and a complete list of concerts, master classes and events, please visit the Lamont School of Music website at www.du.edu/lamont. For updated weekly information call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412.
To reserve free tickets for this Lamont Symphony Orchestra performance, please contact the Newman Center Box Office online at www.NewmanTix.com, call 303.871.7720, or visit the box office in the Newman Center, open 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday – Friday, and 12noon to 4:00pm on Saturday.
Lamont Symphony Orchestra TchaikovskyViolin Concerto
Conductor and Music Director, Lawrence Golan
Conducted by Breanne Cepeda
Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 pm June Swaner Gates Concert Hall,
Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BMV 1048 J. S. Bach(1685-1750)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks" Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Violin Concerto Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Stephen Cepeda, violin soloist
I. Allegro moderato
II. Canzonetta: Andante
III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
For Immediate Release – Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Media Contact: Chris Wiger, Director of Public Relations, Phone: 303.871.6499, Cell: 303.489.2597', Email: chris.wiger@du.edu, Photos available.
World Premiere highlights performance by Lamont Chorale, Lamont Men's Choir and Lamont Women's Chorus
DENVER - Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, The University of Denver's Lamont School of Music will present the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Men's Choir and Lamont Women's Chorus in the ensembles' first performances of the new season.
Part of Lamont's 250 Concerts On Us free concert series, the November 8th, 7:30pm performance is free and complimentary parking is available. June Swaner Gates Concert Hall is at University and Iliff on the University of Denver campus.
The Lamont Chorale, conducted by Catherine Sailer, will perform the world premiere of The Dream of the Cosmos, a work for double choir, piano and soprano saxophone, by Tom Splitt. British author Anne Baring commissioned the work as a recorded companion piece to her forthcoming book. The Chorale program also includes choral works by Ivan Hrusovsk´y, Antonio Lotti, Johannes Brahms, Giovanni Battista Martini, Matthew Harris,andStephen Paulus.
Making his Lamont debut as conductor of the Lamont Men's Choir is Kyle Fleming. He will conduct the choir performing works by Robert Shaw, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Jerome Kern and Francesco Sartori.
Catherine Sailer has also programmed works by Donald Patriquin, David N. Childs,Heinrich Schutz, William Mathias,Abbie Betinis and Z. Randall Stroope for the performance by the Lamont Women's Chorus.
For more information and a complete list of concerts, master classes and events, please visit the Lamont School of Music website at www.du.edu/lamont. For updated weekly information call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412.
For more information about The Dream of the Cosmos, visit...
www.tomsplitt.com http://www.annebaring.com/anbar20_bk_dreamwater_001.htm
For Immediate Release – Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Media Contact: Chris Wiger, Director of Public Relations, Phone: 303.871.6499, Cell: 303.489.2597, Email: chris.wiger@du.edu Photos available.
Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Lamont Wind Ensemble announce Season Opening programs
DENVER - The University of Denver's Lamont School of Music will present the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Lamont Wind Ensemble in opening concerts of the 2012/2013 Season celebrating the first decade of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts.
Part of Lamont's 250 Concerts On Us free concert series, both performances are free and complimentary parking is available. Free tickets are required for the Lamont Symphony Orchestra concert.
Lawrence Golan conducts the the Lamont Symphony Orchestra in an Opening Night performance on Tuesday, October 9 at 7:30pm in the Newman Center's June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. Dr. Golan has programmed Beethoven's "Fidelio Overture" conducted by Artist Diploma Conducting Student Kornel Thomas, the Colorado Premiere of Anthony Plog's "Triple Concerto" (featuring Lamont faculty members Alan Hood, trumpet; Susan McCullough, horn; and Joseph Martin, trombone), and Sibelius' "Symphony No. 2" - the composer's most famous symphony, often referred to as "the symphony of independence."
The Lamont Wind Ensemble, conducted by Joseph Martin, presents In Celebration of Our Freedom to Vote commemorating the University of Denver's hosting of the First 2012 Presidential Debate. The concert will be presented on Monday, October 15 at 7:30pm in the
Newman Center's June Swaner Gates Concert Hall. The Wind Ensemble will perform Schuman's "Chester," Frank Ticheli's "An American Elegy," the National Public Radio election theme – "Symphony in Brass" by Eric Ewazen, John William's "Liberty Fanfare" and "The Cowboys Overture," and Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" narrated by Professor Kenneth Cox.
For more information and a complete list of concerts, master classes and events, please visit the Lamont School of Music website at www.du.edu/lamont. For updated weekly information call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412.
To reserve free tickets for the Lamont Symphony Orchestra performance, please contact the Newman Center Box Office online at www.NewmanTix.com, call 303.871.7720, or visit the box office in the Newman Center, open 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday – Saturday, and 12noon to 4:00pm on Sunday.
Lamont Symphony Orchestra Opening Night
Conducted by Lawrence Golan
Tuesday, October 9, 7:30 pm June Swaner Gates Concert Hall
Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) "Overture to the Opera Fidelio Op. 72" (1814)
Conducted by Artist Diploma Conducting Student, Kornel Thomas, making his LSO debut
Anthony Plog (born November 13, 1947 -*) Triple Concerto trumpet, horn, trombone and symphony orchestra (1995) (Colorado premiere)
Alan Hood, trumpet; Susan McCullough, horn; Joseph Martin, trombone
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43 (1902)
Lamont Wind Ensemble In Celebration of Our Freedom to Vote
Conducted by Joseph Martin
Monday, October 15, 7:30 pm June Swaner Gates Concert Hall
Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Liberty Fanfare (1986) John Williams (b 1932)/ Bocook, arr.
Chester (1956) William Schuman (1910-1992)
An American Elegy (2000) Frank Ticheli (b 1958)
Symphony in Brass (1991) Eric Ewazen (b 1954)
III. Allegro Vivace
Lincoln Portrait (1942) Aaron Copland (1900-1990)/ Beeler trans.
Kenneth Cox, narrator
The Cowboys Overture (1972) John Williams (b 1932)/ Bocook, arr.
For Immediate Release – Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 Media Contact: Chris Wiger, Director of Public Relations Phone: 303.871.6499 Cell: 303.489.2597 Email: chris.wiger@du.edu Photos available.
Lamont School of Music celebrates the Newman Center for the Performing Arts' first decade with guest artists, operas and 250 Concerts On Us.
DENVER - The University of Denver's Lamont School of Music will join the tenth anniversary celebration of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts with 250 Concerts On Us – 250 concerts that are absolutely free, many not requiring tickets. The anniversary season will also present operas, special guest artist performances and faculty recitals.
Highlighting 250 Concerts On Us are the Lamont Symphony Orchestra (free ticket required) on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30pm and Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm; big band Jazz Nights on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 7:30pm and Monday, Nov. 5 at 7:30pm; the Lamont Wind Ensemble on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30pm; the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Men's Choir and Lamont Women's Chorus on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm; Lamont Steel Drum Ensemble (free ticket required) on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7:30pm; and Flo's Underground jazz concerts throughout the fall. A holiday tradition returns with the 14th Annual Holiday Carillon Concert on the lawn at the Ritchie Center on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3:00pm.
Lamont Director Nancy Cochran and Opera Theatre Director Kenneth Cox recently announced production of Englebert Humperdinck's fairy tale opera Hansel & Gretel, November 1-4, and Carlisle Floyd's moving and relevant opera Susannah, April 18-21, 2013. Reserved seats in the June Swaner Gates Concert Hall range in price from $11 to $30.
Opening the Guest Artist and Faculty Recital season are Canadians Alan Klaus, trumpet and Daniel Fung, piano on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 7:30pm; the Haitian band Ti-Coca and Wanga-Nègès on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7:30pm; and Kickin' it up with Cathy & Kate: A Broadway Blast featuring faculty sopranos Cathy Kasch and Kate Emerich on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7:30pm. All three performances are in Hamilton Recital Hall and are introducing lower $10 ticket prices in celebration of the tenth anniversary. Performing later this fall will be Pakistani musicians Zeb & Haniya; organist Dongho Lee; North Indian classical musicians Pandit Rajeev Taranath and Sri Abhiman Kaushal; pianist Anton Nel; the DU Jazz Faculty Combo; violinist Cyrus Forough, violin; The Playground – a contemporary music ensemble; and faculty cellist Richard Slavich and pianist Theodor Lichtmann.
For more information and a complete list of concerts, master classes and events, please visit the Lamont School of Music website at www.du.edu/lamont. For updated weekly information call the Concert Line at 303.871.6412.
To purchase tickets or reserve free tickets, please contact the Newman Center Box Office online at www.NewmanTix.com, call 303.871.7720, or visit the box office in the Newman Center, open 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday – Saturday, and 12noon to 4:00pm on Sunday.
For more updated information please visit our web calendar.
Call our Concert Line at 303.871.6412 for a weekly list of events.
For ticket information visit the Newman Center Box Office online or call 303.871.7720
The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts is located on the University of Denver campus at 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208
