The Swing Set
Apr
16
12:00 PM12:00

The Swing Set

Join me for an evening of jazz and jazz inspired compositions. This program will showcase a small snippet of the clarinet's evolution from the hottest solo instrument of jazz to one of the most popular instruments of modern instrumental music. Compositions by Paquito D'Rivera-- inspired by the boogie woogie and swing styles of Benny Goodman--and Peter Winkler's set of ragtime pieces demonstrate that swing is still alive and well in modern clarinet composition. Eric Dolphy's famed God Bless the Child unbridles the Bass Clarinet before we finally turn back the clock to the golden age of swing. The final portion of the set is the "Blowage" Big Band and Strings, featuring the music of none other than "King of the Clarinet" Artie Shaw!

 

Program;

Clarinet Bouquet, Peter Winkler 

The Cape Cod Files, Paquito D’Rivera

God Bless The Child, Eric Dolphy

~short break~

The Blowage Big Band & Strings 

Moonglow

Traffic Jam

Any Old Time

Concerto For Clarinet

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The Swing Set
Apr
12
7:00 PM19:00

The Swing Set

Join me for an evening of jazz and jazz inspired compositions. This program will showcase a small snippet of the clarinet's evolution from the hottest solo instrument of jazz to one of the most popular instruments of modern instrumental music. Compositions by Paquito D'Rivera-- inspired by the boogie woogie and swing styles of Benny Goodman--and Peter Winkler's set of ragtime pieces demonstrate that swing is still alive and well in modern clarinet composition. Eric Dolphy's famed God Bless the Child unbridles the Bass Clarinet before we finally turn back the clock to the golden age of swing. The final portion of the set is the "Blowage" Big Band and Strings, featuring the music of none other than "King of the Clarinet" Artie Shaw!

 

Program;

Clarinet Bouquet, Peter Winkler

The Cape Cod Files, Paquito D’Rivera

God Bless The Child, Eric Dolphy

~short break~

The Blowage Big Band & Strings 

Moonglow

Traffic Jam

Any Old Time

Concerto For Clarinet

 

 

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Music for 18
Mar
8
8:00 PM20:00

Music for 18

One of the country’s finest collegiate contemporary music ensembles performs Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, the piece that shaped minimalism. The evening will feature constant hypnotic pulses, human breath pulses and 11 chords in a continuous hour-long performance. 

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Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Feb
24
8:00 PM20:00

Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra

The SBSO presents an Orpheus-style concert performed without a conductor.

 Program:

Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra

Magnus Lindberg, Clarinet Concerto *featuring Carina Canonico, winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition (Conducted by Alan R. Kay)

 Ginastera, Variaciones Concertantes

Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.

Tickets: $35 General/$25 Seniors/$15 Students,
Children and Friends of Staller • MS

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Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Dec
9
8:00 PM20:00

Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra

This concert will benefit Stony Brook Opera and features dramatic soprano Christine Goerke — Metropolitan Opera star and Stony Brook alumna — with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. “Christine Goerke is the greatest Brünnhilde of our time.” — Opera News
Program: Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture; Elisabeth’s Aria “Dich teure Halle” from Tannhäuser; Strauss, “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome; Wagner, Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung. Conducted by Timothy Long. Free pre-concert lecture with David Lawton at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.


Tickets: $35 General/$25 Seniors/$15 Students,
Children and Friends of Staller • MS

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Starry Nights
Nov
21
8:00 PM20:00

Starry Nights

"The stars of the music world come out for Staller Center’s Starry Nights, with musicians who you’d otherwise find at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, or in a London or Paris world class concert hall. Musicians come together for an evening of magnificent music, with Artistic Director and cellist Colin Carr planning programs that have become a favorite, known for the mixing of music you won’t hear anywhere else."

Program:

Ludwig Thuille Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op.6
Miles Massicotte, piano; Carol Wincenc, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Alan Kay, clarinet; David Jolley, horn; Frank Morelli, bassoon


Jazz Selections
Ray Anderson, trombone; Raissa Fahlman, clarinet; Justin Smiley, trumpet; Michael Joviale, piano; Keenan Zach, bass; Chris Bill, drums


Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major op 81
Shir Semmel, piano; Hagai Shaham, violin; Jaram Kim, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Colin Carr, cello

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New Music and Chamber Jazz at Spectrum
Nov
18
8:30 PM20:30

New Music and Chamber Jazz at Spectrum

"Using elements of Classical composition, drawing on a variety of styles, and infusing improvisational performance practices, Chamber Jazz blurs the line between Classical and Jazz, creating an exciting and avant-garde music experience."


Featuring:

Raissa Fahlman, clarinet
Glenda Bates, oboe and composition
Eldad Tarmu, vibraphone and composition
Mira Magrill, flute

Additional compositions by Mazdak Khamda (California) and Miles Davis (Legend)

Suggested Donation $20

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Expressive Americas
Nov
9
3:00 PM15:00

Expressive Americas

Please join me and these super talented special guests for my second DMA Recital: "Expressive Americas" This program showcases a variety of different styles and genres from both North and Latin American composers. The concert will feature a brand new piece by Flannery Cunningham, a selection of music by Paquito D'Rivera, a Puerto Rican folkloric duo by Luis Sanz González, as well as a Klezmery trio by Paul Schoenfield. 

I will be joined by the super talented Alison Rowe (cello), Michael Joviala(piano), Angela M. Santiago (bassoon), Hoorig Poochikian (violin), and Emely Phelps (piano). 

Reception to follow!

Program: 
Conversacion Campesina, Luis Sanz
Invitacion al Danzon, Paquito D'Rivera
Ladies in White, Paquito D'Rivera
The Cape Cod Files, Paquito D'Rivera

~intermission~

We are the same as we always have been, Flannery Cunningham
Trio, Paul Schoenfield

Hope to see many of you there!! :)

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Penn Sound Collective
Nov
3
8:00 PM20:00

Penn Sound Collective

"PSC presents six new tunes for your grooving pleasure."

Set List:

Daedalus Quartet
"(this is not an) Etch-a-Sketch" - Kevin Laskey
"String Quartet, II. No. 305" - Nathan Courtright

So Much Hot Air
"don't be so overly dramatic, chuck" - Baldwin Giang

Raissa Fahlman
"We are the same as we have always been" -Flannery Cunningham

Daedalus Quartet
"Breath I" - Jacob Walls
"lens flare from Alpha Centauri" -Joshua Hey

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Apr
13
8:00 PM20:00

Contemporary Chamber Players: "Carte blanche"

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The Contemporary Chamber Players has been heard in performance at a variety of venues and with many other groups:
Continuum, New Millennium, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Argento and Bang on a Can, to name a few. In this concert, Stony Brook student performers curate their own program of contemporary music.

Program:
Philippe Manoury: Le Livre des Claviers, II. Duo de marimbas
Lukas Foss: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Kenji Bunch: Changes of Phase
Kaija Saariaho: Petals
Christopher Cerrone: How to Breathe Underwater
Taylor Ackley: Graphic Composition No. 1: Sonata

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