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School of Music Concert Programs

Below is a collection of programs from the Kennesaw State University School of Music.

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Non-degree Recital: Sofia Friederwitzer, trumpet and Laurenz Oriondo, tuba

Sofia Friederwitzer, Laurenz Oriondo, Eric Jenkins, Jack Brooker, Johnny Stewart, and Victoria Shrote

This recital is presented while pursuing the degrees of Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Music Minor. Ms. Friederwitzer studies trumpet with Douglas Lindsey. Mr. Oriondo studies tuba with Paul Dickinson.
KSU Chorale, Chamber Singers and KSU Symphony Orchestra

Jana Young, Heather Witt, Todd Wedge, Oral Moses, and Sherri N. Barrett

The KSU School of Music presents a special performance featuring the KSU Symphony Orchestra, led by Director of Orchestral Studies Dr. Nathaniel Parker, and KSU Chamber Singers and University Chorale led by Dr. Leslie Blackwell, Director of Choral Activities. The program concludes with a performance of Mozart's Requiem (K. 626) and will also include additional works performed during the first half: Ola Gjeilo's "The Rose" performed by KSU Chamber Singers and Chorale and Michael Daugherty's "Red Cape Tango" performed by KSU Symphony Orchestra.
Jazz Combos

KSU Jazz Combos perform a variety of standards and hits by jazz greats and more. This performance is held in the Onyx Theater of the Wilson Annex building.
Mixed Chamber Ensembles present Suppressed Music of the Holocaust

Laurence Sherr

This special performance features chamber music written by composers who were suppressed during the Holocaust. Many of these composers fled Germany and the countries it occupied, and others were imprisoned and murdered. The concert is performed by students in the KSU Mixed Chamber Ensembles course in collaboration with the Music and the Holocaust course.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Peter Oundjian, Conductor and Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

Benjamin Grosvenor

Led by conductor Peter Oundjian, the Atlanta Symphony serves up a feast of orchestral indulgence. First, the "utterly astounding" (The Piano Files) Benjamin Grosvenor performs Johannes Brahms's barnstorming Piano Concerto No. 1. The performance concludes with Strauss' mind-blowing Also sprach Zarathustra. Used as the opening theme in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Strauss' tone poem was written "to convey in music an idea of the evolution of the human race from its origin…," and is perfectly at home in this epic cinematic context.
Steinway Spectacular 2019

David Coucheron and Indra Thomas

The KSU School of Music, an All-Steinway School, showcases its talented piano faculty and fleet of Steinway pianos in this special program featuring special guest artists David Coucheron, violinist and Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Indra Thomas, soprano and Metropolitan Opera star. Performance includes KSU piano faculty members Robert Henry, Julie Coucheron, Judith Cole, Tyrone Jackson, and Huu Mai.
Faculty Jazz Parliament

KSU Faculty Jazz Parliament highlights the members of the School of Music's talented jazz faculty. This special performance features the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astor Piazzolla and will include vocalist Karla Harris, Sam Skelton and Luke Weathington on reeds, Rob Opitz on trumpet, Wes Funderburk on trombone, Trey Wright on guitar, Tyrone Jackson on piano, Marc Miller on bass, and Justin Chesarek on drums.
Junior Recital: Melissa Ake, violin

Melissa Ake

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Ms. Ake studies violin with Helen Kim.
Voice Honors Recital

Eric Jenkins

The KSU voice area presents a special performances featuring voice students performing works by a variety of notable vocal composers. This recital is an auditioned-based performance opportunity for students to show off their most impressive songs and arias. Advanced students earn the opportunity to work on their repertoire with world renowned, and the most recorded classical vocalist in history, Jennifer Larmore. Program includes works by Beethoven, Handel, Ravel, Mozart, Bernstein, and many more.
Year of Morocco presents Innov Gnawa

This very special performance features Innov Gnawa, a GRAMMY-nominated musical collective dedicated to exploring Morocco's Gnawa music tradition. Often called "the Moroccan Blues," Gnawa music is the ritual trance music of Morocco's black communities and has a distinctive raw and hypnotic power played by an array of unique instruments. Formed by Moroccan expats and master Gnawa musicians, Innov Gnawa is based in New York City and has been making a big splash playing the city's most prestigious rooms including Lincoln Center, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, and the storied backroom at Brooklyn's Barbès. Presented as part of KSU's Year of Morocco, this event is a collaboration between the KSU School of Music and KSU's Division of Global Affairs.
Jazz Ensemble III and Vocal Jazz Combo

Brian Reid

This KSU School of Music performance features the Vocal Jazz Combo led by Karla Harris, Artist-in-Residence in Vocal Jazz, and Jazz Ensemble III led by Rob Opitz, Artist in Residence and Part-Time Instructor of Jazz Trumpet.
Faculty Recital: Helen Kim, violin and Robert Henry, piano

Helen Kim and Robert Henry

This KSU faculty recital features Professor of Violin, Helen Kim, with Coordinator of Piano Studies and Assistant Professor of Piano, Dr. Robert Henry, featuring works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev, Erich Korngold, Jean Marie LeClair, and Max Richter.
Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble

Trey Harris

The KSU School of Music presents KSU Wind Ensemble, led by Director of Bands Dr. David Kehler, and KSU Wind Symphony, led by Associate Director of Bands Dr. Debra Traficante. Wind Ensemble performs works by Gustav Holst, David Biedenbender, and the Georgia premiere of Michael Shapiro's "'Ol Mississippi Sings the Blues." KSU Wind Symphony performs works by Peter Mennin, Ryan George, Percy Aldridge Grainger, and Michael Markowski.
Opera Theater, "American Dreamers"

Join KSU Opera Theater for American Dreamers, a special evening of 20th-century one-act operas by three masterful American composers. In Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, we discover that although these 1950’s neighbors share a game of bridge, their deepest yearnings are for fantasies far beyond the card table. Seymour Barab’s A Game of Chance reveals that you must be careful what you wish for. Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti opens up the doors on a not-so-perfect suburban home.
Women's Choir with Lost Mountain Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Choruses

Sean Thrower, Lorin Green, and Brenda Brent

The KSU Women's Choir, directed by Dr. Alison Mann, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education, and the Lost Mountain Middle School Choruses present a performance titled "I Carry Your Heart With Me."
Non-degree Recital: Teresa Sheppard, harp

Teresa Sheppard and Eric Jenkins

This recital is presented while pursuing the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Ms. Sheppard studies harp with Elisabeth Remy Johnson.
Faculty Recital: Christina Smith, flute and Robert Henry, piano

Christina Smith and Robert Henry

This KSU faculty recital features Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Principal Flute and KSU Artist-in-Residence, Christina Smith with Coordinator of Piano Studies and Assistant Professor of Piano, Dr. Robert Henry.
Jazz Ensembles

Kristin Houston and Rebecca Miller

This concert features performances by KSU Jazz Ensemble I led by Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton, and KSU Jazz Ensemble II led by Wes Funderburk, Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Studies and Jazz Trombone. Featured is music by saxophonist Bob Mintzer and more. Bob Mintzer is a twenty-eight-year member of the Grammy award winning Yellowjackets who also leads a Grammy winning Big Band, travels with his own quartet, and plays with numerous bands globally. Bob writes for orchestra, concert band, and big band and has over three hundred charts to his credit.
Philharmonic and University Band Spring Concert

This performance features KSU Philharmonic, led by Assistant Professor of Music Education Dr. Nancy Conley, and KSU University Band, led by Assistant Director of Bands Dr. Trey Harris. KSU Philharmonic will perform works by Ernesto Lecuona, J. S. Bach, Karl Jenkins, and Camille Saint-Saëns. KSU University Band will perform works by Morton Gould, J. S. Bach, Leroy Anderson, Michael Markowski, and Henry Fillmore.
Faculty Recital: Twentieth-Century Songs of the British Isles

Jana Young, Todd Wedge, Nathan Munson, John Warren, Eric Jenkins, and Edward Eanes

The talented members of the KSU voice faculty present an evening of 20th-century art songs of the British Isles featuring works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Cooke, and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs. This performance includes soprano Jana Young, tenors Todd Wedge and Nathan Munson, clarinetist John Warren, pianist Eric Jenkins, and commentary by Dr. Edward Eanes, KSU professor of music history.
Faculty Recital: Justin Chesarek, drum set

Justin Chesarek, Kati Stewart, Patrick Arthur, and Marc Miller

Drummer Justin Chesarek lends a new perspective to familiar American songwriting ranging from gospel spirituals to pop songs, plus original material by Chesarek. The band, featuring faculty bassist Marc Miller, guitarist Patrick Arthur, and vocalist Kati Stewart, will introduce the jazz element of improvisation to songs where it did not previously exist and bridge the gap between contemporary songwriting and traditional jazz. Songs to include "Friendship" (Pops Staples), "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" (The Beatles), "Lo and Behold" (James Taylor), and more.
Symphony Orchestra presents Homage

This performance features the KSU Symphony Orchestra led by Nathaniel F. Parker, Director of Orchestral String Studies. Performance includes Osvaldo Golijov's Last Round, Silvestre Revueltas' Homage to Federico García Lorca, and Georges Bizet's Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from the opera Carmen.
Faculty Chamber Players

Helen Kim, Kenn Wagner, Catherine Lynn, Charae Krueger, and Robert Henry

The KSU Faculty Chamber Players feature various groupings of talented KSU School of Music faculty members and guest artists performing a wide variety of repertoire for strings, woodwinds, piano and more. This performance will include violinists Helen Kim and Kenn Wagner, violist Catherine Lynn, cellist Charae Krueger, and pianist Robert Henry performing Mozart's Divertimento In E-Flat Major (K. 563) and Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat Major (Op. 44).
Collage 2019

Heather Witt, Sean Thrower, Elizaveta Sukhai, Christopher Bowers, Andrew Yi, Robert Henry, Julie Coucheron, Huu Mai, Todd Wedge, Andrew Creech, Kayleen Justus, Helen Kim, Sherri N. Barrett, and Brenda Brent

An exciting highlight each season, Collage is the signature production of the School of Music and a major fundraising event for supporting scholarships for music students. This special performance features over 200 student and faculty performers and includes jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, and opera selections for soloists, chamber groups, and ensembles. Special lighting effects and stage design combine with the diverse and exciting program presented as rapid-fire, flowing vignettes to create a truly unique performance.
Wind Ensemble with Guest Composer Andrew Boss and Charae Krueger, cello

Andrew Boss and Charae Krueger

This performance features KSU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Director of Bands Dr. David Kehler, with visiting guest composer Andrew Boss. The program will include works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Michael Daugherty, and the Georgia premiere of Boss' Toward the Hour Arises First Light featuring KSU faculty cello soloist Charae Krueger.