The Duke University Department of Music presents a variety of public events each semester, including concerts, recitals, lectures, and master classes with world-renowned artists.
1. DUKE CHORALE “ARCH SING”
Thursday,Aug.28,8:30 pm — Arch at Blackwell Hall,51 Brodie Gym Dr.
Outdoor performance of varied repertoire
Rodney Wynkoop, director
LECTURE SERIES IN MUSICOLOGY
Friday, Aug. 29, 4 pm — Biddle Music Building, Room 101
Jeremy Begbie (Duke Divinity School)
DUKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: POPS CONCERT
Sunday, Aug. 31, 6 pm — East Campus Main Quad
Harry Davidson,music director
Rain Location: Baldwin Auditorium
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
LECTURE: WOODWINDS OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTIONS (DUMIC)
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 4 pm — Biddle Music Building, Fountain Area
Albert Rice (Curator,FiskeMuseum,Claremont College,1986-2008)
LECTURE SERIES IN MUSICOLOGY
Thursday,Sept.11,3:30 pm — Library Seminar Rm.,Biddle Music Bldg.
Lawrence Kramer (Fordham University)
FACULTY & STUDENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Saturday, Sept. 13, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
The Ciompi Quartet,John Brown,Rebecca Troxler,Andrew
Bonner,Rachael Elliott,Jimmy Gilmore,Don Eagle,
Bo Newsome and others,with guest artist Olivier Cavé (piano)
and conductors Harry Davidson and Verena Mösenbichler-
Bryant,present works by Stravinsky,Bartók and Mozart.
$10 general admission, students FREE / 919-684-4444
JOHN BROWN JAZZ QUINTET
Friday, Sept. 19, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Admission charged / 919-684-4444
CIOMPI QUARTET WITH AWADAGIN PRATT, PIANO
Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Haydn:String Quartet in B-flat Major,op. 50,no. 1
Beethoven:String Quartet in F Minor,op. 95 (“Serioso”)
Brahms:Piano Quintet in F Minor,op. 34
$25 general admission, $15 age 30 & under, $10 Duke students
Presented by Duke Performances
MUSIC OF C.P.E. BACH
Friday, Sept. 26, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
RebeccaTroxler,flute;John Pruett,viola;Barbara Krumdieck,
cello;and AndrewWillis,fortepiano,present quartets for flute,
viola,cello,and fortepiano celebrating the 300th anniversary of
the composer’s birth.
DUKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Harry Davidson, music director
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in B minor,Wq 182 No. 5
Anatoly Liadov: Eight Russian Folksongs, Op. 58
W.A. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191
with Rachael Elliott
Igor Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de Feu, (“Firebird”) Suite
DUKE WIND SYMPHONY
Thursday, Oct. 2, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, director
Mother Earth: Works inspired by nature, earth, and life
David Maslanka: Mother Earth, John Mackey: Sheltering Sky,
Claude Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral, Frank Ticheli: Earth
Song, and more.
ELIZABETH LINNARTZ, SOPRANO
DEBORAH HOLLIS, PIANO
Friday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Short and Sweet: Songs of Germany, Italy, France & Argentina
SUSAN DUNN, SOPRANO; DAVID HEID, PIANO
Saturday, Oct. 4, 8 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
DERISON DUARTE, PIANO
Sunday, Oct. 5, 3 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Works of Beethoven
DUKE UNIVERSITY STRING SCHOOL
Saturday, Oct. 11 — Baldwin Auditorium
Stephanie Swisher, interim director
3 pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I
7 pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra
WIND INSTRUMENT MASTER CLASS WITH
HELIAND CONSORT
Thursday, Oct. 16, 5 pm — Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building
HELIAND CONSORT
Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet; Rachael Elliott, bassoon;
Cynthia Huard, piano; and the Duke Bassoon Band
present Beethoven, Bruch & Beyond
ORGAN RECITAL: DAVID HELLER
Sunday, Oct. 19, 5 pm — Duke Chapel
Aeolian organ
Presented by Duke Chapel Music
JAZZ PIANO MASTER CLASS WITH ARTURO O’FARRILL
Thursday, Oct. 23, 4 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
LECTURE SERIES IN MUSICOLOGY
Friday, Oct. 24, 4 pm — Biddle Music Building, Room 101
Benjamin Levy (University of California,Santa Barbara)
FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT I
DUKE DJEMBE ENSEMBLE — Bradley Simmons, director
DUKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE — John Brown, director
Friday, Oct. 24, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Featuring guest artist Arturo O’Farrill, pianist/composer
$10 general admission, students FREE / 919-684-4444
FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT II
DUKE CHORALE — Rodney Wynkoop, dir.
DUKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — Harry Davidson,music dir.
DUKE WIND SYMPHONY — Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir.
Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 pm — Duke Chapel
$10 general admission, students FREE / 919-684-4444
Duke University Department of Music
Events Calendar Fall 2014
Admission is free to the following events unless otherwise indicated.
For tickets, call (919) 684-4444 or visit tickets.duke.edu. All events subject to change.
photo: Megan Morr
2. DECEMBER
PARKING FOR BALDWIN AUDITORIUM
Baldwin Auditorium is located on Duke University’s East Campus
at the intersection of Onslow Street and West Markham Avenue.
Parking 1 & 2 (Bivins/Biddle) — provide principal parking for Baldwin Auditorium.These
lots are accessible via the campus entrance located at the intersection of West Markham
Ave. and Sedgefield St.
Parking 3 (Brown/Bishops) — provides accessible and additional general parking. The
entrance to the lot is at the intersection of North Buchanan Blvd. and Dacian Avenue.
Parking 4 (Asbury Church) — located at the intersection of West Markham Ave. and
Sedgefield St.
Patrons may also consider parking on the many side streets near Baldwin Auditorium.
CIOMPI QUARTET WITH AMERNET STRING QUARTET
Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11
Carl Schimmel: Premiere of a new octet for strings
Shostakovich:Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11
$25 general admission, $15 age 30 & under, $10 Duke students
Presented by Duke Performances
VOICE MASTER CLASS WITH ROBERT WELLS, BARITONE
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 5 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
CHAMBER MUSIC MASTER CLASS WITH
HORSZOWSKI TRIO
Friday, Nov. 7, 5 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Presented in association with Duke Performances
DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Sunday, Nov. 9, 4 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Program includes Steve Reich: Double Sextet and Stephen
Jaffe: Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2)
Presented by Encounters: with the music of our time.The Da Capo Chamber
Players residency continues on Nov. 10 with recordings of works by Benjamin
Daniels, D. Edward Davis, Scott Lee, and Sid Richardson.
ORGAN RECITAL: STEPHEN SCHNURR (Alumni Series)
Sunday, Nov. 9, 5 pm — Duke Chapel
Aeolian organ
Presented by Duke Chapel Music
DUKE CHORALE VETERANS DAY CONCERT
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 8 pm — Duke Chapel
Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and other choral works; Christopher
Jacobson, organist; Rodney Wynkoop, director
PIANO MASTER CLASS WITH CLARA YANG
Thursday, Nov. 13, 5 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
CLARA YANG, piano
Friday, Nov. 14, 8 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Works by Chopin, Schumann, Muczynski, Andres, & Phil Young
DUKE OPERA WORKSHOP & DUKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Swing! Swing! Swing!
Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Sunday, Nov. 16, 3 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
SusanDunnandJohnBrown,directors
$10 general admission, $5 senior citizens, students free
919-684-4444
HSIAO-MEI KU, VIOLIN; GABRIEL RICHARD, VIOLIN
Sunday, Nov. 16, 8 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, de Beriot, and others
yMUSIC RESIDENCY #1
Monday, Nov. 17 — Tuesday, Nov. 18
New York's yMusic returns for readings and rehearsals by
Duke graduate composers Ben Daniels, Eren Gumrukcuoglu,
Sarah Curzi, Jamie Keesecker,Vladimir Smirnov,Yahn Wagner.
Co-sponsored by Duke Performances & the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.
VIOLIN MASTER CLASS WITH GABRIEL RICHARD
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 5 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
DUKE WIND SYMPHONY WITH FRANK TICHELI
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, director
Featuring guest composer/conductor Frank Ticheli.
The North Carolina School of Science & Math Wind Ensemble,
directed by Phillip Riggs, will join the Duke Wind Symphony
in presenting Ticheli's Blue Shades, Vesuvius, and others.
$10 general admission, students FREE / 919-684-4444
COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS WITH FRANK TICHELI
Thursday, Nov. 20,Time TBA — Location TBA
DUKE DJEMBE AND AFRO-CUBAN ENSEMBLES
Friday, Nov. 21, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
BradleySimmons,director,withguest artist FelixSanabria
[dnme] DUKE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Saturday, Nov. 22, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
BenjaminDaniels,director
NOVEMBER
DUKE CHORALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7 pm — Duke Chapel
Rodney Wynkoop, director; with seasonal music on the
carillon and for organ at 6:30 pm.
Admission:onenon-perishablefooditemforneedyfamiliesinDurham
DUKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
Harry Davidson,music director
Celebrating the Music of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in the
150th anniversary year of his birth.
Tod undVerklärung (Death andTransfiguration),Op.24;
Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) w/ soprano Dina Kuznetsova;
Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts) with Dina Kuznetsova,Samantha
Gossard,and SusanWilliams
JAZZ MASTER CLASS WITH TODD BASHORE
Thursday, Dec. 4, 4 pm — Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL
Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 pm — Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Undergraduates perform chamber music from the 18th-21st
centuries for string quartet,piano trio,saxophone quartet,
vocal duet,and other combinations.
DUKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Friday, Dec. 5, 8 pm — Baldwin Auditorium
John Brown, director
With guest artist & Duke alumnus Todd Bashore, saxophone
$10 general admission, $5 senior citizens, students free
919-684-4444
DUKE CHAPEL CHOIR
HANDEL: MESSIAH
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 pm — Duke Chapel
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2 pm — Duke Chapel
Sunday, Dec. 7, 3 pm — Duke Chapel
Rodney Wynkoop, director
Admission charged / 919-684-4444
Presented by Duke Chapel Music
DUKE UNIVERSITY STRING SCHOOL
Sunday, Dec. 7 — Baldwin Auditorium
Stephanie Swisher, interim director
3 pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I
4 pm: Chamber Music Groups
7 pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra
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