Each season the School of Music presents the annual Signature Series featuring performances by world-renowned guest artists as well as special presentations featuring student and faculty musicians performing unique and exciting programs.
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ArtsKSU Presents: An Evening with Composer David Biedenbender
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KSU Wind Symphony | Daniel Lee, Conductor
KSU Wind Ensemble | David Kehler, Conductor
Brandon Meeks, Guest Conductor
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ArtsKSU Presents: Band of Other Brothers
ArtsKSU Series, Friday Night Spotlight Series. ArtsKSU proudly presents Band of Other Brothers. Led by renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones), this all-star jazz quintet also features Nir Felder, guitar, Felix Pastorius, bass, Chris Walters, keyboard, and Jordan Perlson, drums.
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Black History Month Festival: Moving Forward, Together
The Bailey School of Music presents "Black History Month Festival: Moving Forward, Together."
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Collage Concert
A season highlight, the Collage Concert is the signature showcase of the Bailey School of Music. This unique production features over 200 student and faculty performers in jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, opera, chamber groups, and more. Proceeds and donations from this event help make the study of music more affordable to KSU students through scholarships.
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ArtsKSU Presents: Imani Winds
ArtsKSU Series, Friday Night Spotlight Series. ArtsKSU proudly presents Imani Winds. Celebrating over two decades of music making, the twice Grammy-nominated ensemble has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations, and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
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CD Release Concert: Remembrance Music, Laurence Sherr
Program for CD Release Concert: Remembrance Music, Laurence Sherr
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Holiday Concert
Join the Bailey School of Music choirs, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble for a performance featuring holiday favorites for the whole family. This year’s concert honors a College of the Arts distinguished benefactor, Robert S. (“Bob”) Geer.
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Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival
Program for the Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival
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ArtsKSU Presents: Xavier Foley
Bassist Xavier Foley is a winner of the Sphinx Competition, the Young Concert Artists Auditions, and the Astral Artists National Auditions. He has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Sphinx, Nashville, and Atlanta symphony orchestras. Join us for this exciting performance featuring Charae Krueger, cello, Helen Kim, violin, and Eric Jenkins, piano.
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Bluebeard's Castle
ArtsKSU is proud to partner with the Atlanta Opera in a new take on Bela Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle from director Daisy Evans and conductor Stephen Higgins, together the creative force behind England’s Theatre of Sound, that is making its American debut.
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9/11 Memorial Concert
Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble Brass and Percussion David T. Kehler, conductor
Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers Samuel Miller, conductor
Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra Nathaniel F. Parker, conductorfeaturing Helen Kim, violin
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The James Carter Organ Trio
James Carter, Gerard Gibbs, and Alex White
The organ combo reigned supreme for several decades as a "meat-and-potatoes" mainstay of 50's and 60's jazz. In the hands of saxophonist James Carter, one of jazz's most sophisticated improvisers, the organ trio is elevated by Carter's virtuosic chops, the band's powerful blues-drenched style, and wide-ranging repertoire collected through the members' far-flung musical explorations. Relying heavily on inspired group interplay, the trio features the nimble yet muscular keyboard work of Detroit's rising B3 star Gerard Gibbs and the propulsive support of drummer Alex White.
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artsKSU Presents: Anat Cohen Tentet, Musical Director Oded Lev-Ari
Anat Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari
Ever charismatic, prolific, and inspired, GRAMMY-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Anat has been declared Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007 and has also been named the Top Clarinetist, Rising Star, and Jazz Artist of the Year by Downbeat Magazine. The tentet(rhythm section, horns, vibraphone, cello, and accordion) performs tunes from their recent album Happy Song which draws influence from Brazilian music and African grooves to vintage swing and touching ballads.
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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.
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Cellist Zuill Bailey with Helen Kim and the KSU Symphony Orchestra
Helen Kim, Zuill Bailey, and Nathaniel F. Parker
Cellist Zuill Bailey performs an artsKSU presents recital with Helen Kim and the KSU Symphony Orchestra.
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano and Tengku Irfan
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Spano, feature virtuoso pianist Tengku Irfan in their first KSU concert of the 2019-2020 season.
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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.
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"Hidden Treasures" featuring Song of Atlanta, Atlanta Vocal Project, SoundFX and Category 4
Signature Series: This special performance features Song of Atlanta and Atlanta Vocal Project along with SoundFX and Category 4 Quartet. These award-winning Atlanta-based a cappella vocal ensembles share their passion for harmony in their spring barbershop showcase.
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Signature Series: Andrés Cárdenes, violin with Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Andrés Cárdenes, Elizabeth Pridgen, and Helen Kim
Grammy nominated violinist, conductor, and recording artist Andrés Cárdenes has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his versatile career and masterful performances. In addition to serving as Concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony for over 20 years, Cárdenes has performed as soloist with over 100 orchestras across four continents including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, and Bavarian Radio Orchestra. Presented in cooperation with the Atlanta Chamber Players, this performance will also feature pianist and Atlanta Chamber Players Artistic Director, Elizabeth Pridgen.
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