The Art of Performing Through Time

This concert will feature music spanning over 350 years, including 17th & 18th century Baroque works (performed on period instruments) by Barbara Strozzi, Telemann, Handel, & J.S. Bach;  Mozart’s “Allelujiah” and “Queen of the Night” arias, and other famous 19th & 20th Century works by Rossini, Verdi, Karg-Elert, Bruch, Strauss, & Poulenc.

“We are honored to be invited to share this concert with SUU music professors Christian Bohnenstengel, Aubrey Shirts, & Benjamin Bradshaw, and welcome this opportunity to showcase the amazing talents of some of our finest doctoral candidates,” said Pamela Jones, course professor for the doctoral performance practice seminar at the University of Utah. Jones, a pianist and harpsichordist, will be collaborating with the doctoral members of this class, including operatic vocalists Elizabeth Peters, Marilee Wilson and Holly Banfield, baroque & modern flutist Tia Jaynes, & violist Ling Yu.  Cellist & gambist Ambrynn Bowman, a member of the Early Music Ensemble at the University of Utah, will join them.

Ling Yu is already known to audiences in Cedar City.  She will perform the beautiful Romanze by Max Bruch, collaborating with SUU pianist Christian Bohnenstengel. Yu recently played this piece as a guest artist with the Orchestra of Southern Utah,  and has previously taught at SUU. Other faculty collaborations include Jones playing with SUU faculty clarinetist Aubrey Shirts in performance of Francis Poulenc’s  Clarinet Sonata, and a movement from Gioacchino Rossini’s bassoon concerto, performed by SUU faculty bassoonist Benjamin Bradshaw, accompanied by SUU staff accompanist Lydia Feild.

Michael Chikinda, Theory Area Head at the University of Utah, will deliver a pre-concert lecture on the music  from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.  Although several of the composers are already familiar to audiences, it will also be interesting to learn about some of the pieces written by the lesser known composers.