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Promotional Posters
Jazz Ensemble/Vocal Jazz - Feb. 21 and 28, 2008 (PDF)
Stewart Undem/Music Tuesdays - March 4, 2008 (PDF)
Robert Kyle/Showcase - March 11, 2008 (PDF)
Opera Workshop - March 15 and 16 (PDF)
Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds - April 11, 2008 (PDF)
U.S. Army Jazz Septet - April 15, 2008 (PDF)
Chamber Singers at Big Bear Performing Arts Center - May 3, 2008 (PDF)
Press Releases
Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds featuring composer Carolyn Bremer - Feb. 8, 2008
Music Tuesdays (Winter) - New free noon concert series - Feb. 26 & Mar. 4, 2008
Robert Kyle Brazilian Project (Showcase Event) - Mar. 11, 2008
Opera Workshop - Mar. 15 and 16, 2008
Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds - April 11, 2008
U.S. Army Jazz Septet - April 15, 2008
Arthur Moorefield Memorial Recital - April 22 and May 7, 2008
PRESS RELEASES
LATIN/BRAZILIAN MUSIC TO BE FEATURED IN CSUSB’S LATEST MUSIC SHOWCASE CONCERT
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif – Cal State San Bernardino’s newest Music Showcase series will continue in March with the energetic music of The Robert Kyle Latin/Brazilian Project.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on March 11 in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts building. Tickets are $16 for General Admission, $12 for Seniors/Staff/Faculty/Alumni Association Members and $10 for Students.
Robert Kyle is a seasoned jazz saxophonist and flutist. In his latest musical creation, The Robert Kyle Brazilian Project, Kyle has teamed up with musicians from around the world to play a mix of contemporary and classic Brazilian music including instrumental & vocal bossa nova, samba and Brazilian Jazz. The group will combine the magical & rhythmic sounds of Brazil, with the lush instrumental colors of Jazz, and will include vocals in both English and Portuguese, using Kyle’s own renowned instrumental artistry to create an exciting, energetic performance.
For more information on The Robert Kyle Latin/Brazilian Project visit Robert Kyle’s web site at http://www.robertkyle.com.
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For more information on this event or events sponsored by the Music Department at Cal State San Bernarino, visit http://music.csusb.edu, e-mail musicboxoffice@csusb.edu or call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516
Robert Kyle/Showcase - March 11, 2008 (PDF)
CSUSB MUSIC DEPARTMENT PRESENTS TWO NIGHT OPERA WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif – This Spring quarter the Music Department is proud to present its third annual Opera Workshop performance.
The performance will be held on March 15 at 7:30 p.m. and March 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts building. Tickets are $10 for General Admission, $8 for Seniors/Staff/Faculty/Alumni Association Members and $5 for Students.
This quarter the Opera Workshop has undergone a transformation as the Music Department’s newest faculty voice instructor, Dr. Stacey Fraser, has used her professional stage experience to mold each scene. The Opera Workshop ensemble, comprised of music and theater students, has been working throughout the quarter to produce an array of scenes from such popular operas and musicals as: Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, and many more. With a variety of unique sets and costumes, this eclectic performance will be of interest to any fan of music or theater.
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For more information on this event or events sponsored by the Music Department at Cal State San Bernarino, visit http://music.csusb.edu, e-mail musicboxoffice@csusb.edu or call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516.
Photo - Opera Workshop 2007
Photo - Opera Workshop 2007
CAL-STATE, SAN BERNARDINO CONTINUES FREE “MUSIC TUESDAYS” SERIES THIS WINTER WITH FACULTY TROMBONIST
This Winter quarter the Cal-State San Bernardino Music Department will hold a free noon performance as part of a new Music Tuesdays series.
Like all Music Tuesdays concerts, this performance will take place on a Tuesday at noon in the CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall and admission is free. This quarter’s Music Tuesdays concert is on March 4, 2008 and will showcase Cal-State’s own faculty instructor, trombonist Stewart Undem.
Trombonist Stewart Undem has been teaching brass at Cal-State San Bernardino for four years. He has been performing as a professional musician in Southern California since 1969 and in addition to performing live, he has recorded for well-known artists and production companies, such as, Warner Brothers Studios, Helen Reddy, The Ventures, and David Clydesdale Christian Music recordings.
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View the CSUSB music Department calendar online to stay updated on all of the CSUSB Music Tuesdays performances for the year at http://music.csusb.edu/calendar. For more information call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516.
Stewart Undem photo (PDF)
Stewart Undem/Music Tuesdays Flyer- March 4, 2008 (PDF)
CSUSB MUSIC TO HOST COMPOSER CAROLYN BREMER AS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8
The American composer Carolyn Bremer will be an artist-in-residence at CSUSB next Friday, February 8, 2008, as the CSUSB Symphonic Band & Chamber Winds perform two of her pieces, featuring a performance of Early Light and the West Coast premiere of her new work Malibu Danbury.
Carolyn Bremer has risen to national and international prominence as a composer “driven by hobgoblins of modernist cant.” Her most often performed works are for wind ensemble and for chamber groups with computer-projected text. Her works have been performed in Carnegie Hall, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and throughout the U.S. She has been commissioned and her music recorded extensively. She has been the recipient of grants from Meet The Composer and the American Music Center. She has been on the faculty of CSU-Long Beach since 2001.
As part of her residency at CSUSB, Dr. Bremer will meet with student composers to discuss the art and craft of musical composition (and look at student works); she will collaborate in rehearsals of her music with the CSUSB Symphonic Band & Chamber Winds, under the direction of Jeffrey Boeckman; and finally she will attend the CSUSB Bands concert on Friday evening, 2/8/08 at 7:30pm, to introduce her works to the audience.
Early Light, a paean to baseball, was composed in 1995 for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and later rescored for wind band. The work has become immensely popular, receiving numerous performances and recordings. Her new chamber piece Malibu Danbury is scored for chamber ensemble and computer-projected slide show; the work is a driving conflation of influences, ranging from the surf music of Dick Dale to the music of Charles Ives.
All of these events are open to the public, and the University community is encouraged to attend the composition master class, the open rehearsals, and of course the evening concert.
12p Composition master class – PA 223
1:30p Rehearsal on Early Light – PA Recital Hall
4p Rehearsal on Malibu Danbury – PA Recital Hall
7:30p CSUSB Bands in concert – PA Recital Hall
Jeffrey Boeckman and the Department of Music are deeply grateful for the support of the Intellectual Life and Visiting Scholars Committee for their financial assistance in making this residency possible.
Composer’s Biography:
Carolyn Bremer has been dubbed a composer "driven by hobgoblins of post modernist cant." Bremer came to composition on the heels of intensive training as an orchestral bassist. Her catalogue contains works based on feminist symbolism (Athene), baseball (Early Light), and postmodern theory (Adventures in Hyperreality).
In recent years, Bremer has had performances of her works at Carnegie Hall; in Germany, Norway, and Sweden; and for the gala 150th anniversary concert at WestPoint. Her consortium-commissions include Symphony for Wind Band, premiered by Ray Cramer at Indiana University and Returns of the Day, premiered by Thomas Dvorak at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. CDs released since Spring 2002 include the El Paso Wind Symphony on Summit Records, the Heritage of American Band of the US Air Force, the Towson University Symphonic Band, and the Monarch Brass Ensemble. Bremer was guest composer for the California All-State Honor Band, Technology Initiative Conference at Collin County College in Dallas, Texas; the Women Band Directors International Conference in San Diego; and composer-in-residence at Mansfield University.
Bremer has received grants from Meet The Composer, the American Music Center, the Kirkpatrick Foundation, and the FIPSE program at the US Department of Education, and a Dissertation Fellowship from the Regents of the University of California. Bremer studied at the Eastman School of Music, CalArts, and received the Ph.D. in composition from UCSB. She was Chair of Composition at the University of Oklahoma from 1991-2000 where she held the Sandra and Brian O'Brien Presidential Professorship. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at California State University Long Beach.
Artist’s statement:
“I am exploring the intersections of many fields -- of music and photography; creativity and meaning; of postmodern thought; of hybrid forms (music composition/photograph); of language as adjudicator of creative activity; of technology as the driver or slave for change. At the crux is this question: how do I meld the various influences and ideas I have into a new piece?”
Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds - Feb. 8, 2008 (PDF)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CSUSB BANDS FEATURE TWO FACULTY SOLOISTS IN FIRST CONCERT OF THE QUARTER
The CSUSB Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds will start off the Spring 08 concert season with 20th century music featuring 2 faculty soloists and the Serrano High School Wind Ensemble.
San Bernardino, Ca April 4, 2008 -- From Jazz Suites to Marimba concertos, the first concert of the Spring quarter at Cal State San Bernardino will be anything but dull. The CSUSB Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds concert will be held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at 7:30pm in the CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall. Tickets for the performance are $10 General/$8 Senior, Staff, Faculty/$5 Students.
Dr. Stacey Fraser (soprano) and Dr. Todd Johnson (marimba) will join the CSUSB Bands as they perform an array of unique 20th century pieces. Some composers included on the night's program are David Maslanka, Dimitri Shostakovich, Carl Reinecke and many more. Cal State has also invited the Serrano High School Wind Ensemble to join the program for the night.
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For more information on this event or events sponsored by the Music Department at Cal State San Bernarino, visit http://music.csusb.edu, e-mail musicboxoffice@csusb.edu or call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516. Tickets can be purchased online at http://zaptix.com or during business hours in the Performing Arts Box Office.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S. ARMY BLUES JAZZ BAND TO PLAY AT CAL-STATE, SAN BERNARDINO
The U.S. Army Jazz Septet from Washington D.C. will perform and hold auditions at Cal State, San Bernardino this Spring.
San Bernardino, Ca April 4, 2008 -- The U.S. Army Jazz Septet is coming all the way from the nation's capitol to perform at Cal-State, San Bernardino on April 15, 2008. The Septet will be performing a 7:30 p.m. concert in the Performing Arts Recital Hall. From 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in PA 127, Army Band officials will be giving information and holding walk-in auditions for those who are interested in joining any U.S. Army Band. At 4 p.m. the U.S. Army Jazz Septet will have a "Jam Session" with Cal State's own Jazz Ensemble in the PA Recital Hall. All events for the day are free of charge and open to the public.
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More information about the U.S. Army Bands can be found at http://usarmybands.com. For more information on this event or events sponsored by the Music Department at Cal State San Bernarino, visit http://music.csusb.edu, e-mail musicboxoffice@csusb.edu or call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516. Tickets can be purchased online at http://zaptix.com or during business hours in the Performing Arts Box Office.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANNUAL ARTHUR MOOREFIELD MEMORIAL RECITAL AND TEASER COMING THIS SPRING TO CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO
CSUSB Faculty will perform an eclectic mix of pieces at the annual Arthur Moorefield scholarship fundraiser and Memorial Recital.
San Bernardino, Ca April 7, 2008 -- This Spring quarter, Cal State’s own faculty will join together to perform the well-known yet unconventional Façade by William Walton, a piece for small ensemble and narration. The performance, which will take place in the CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall on May 7, will begin at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $10 General/$8 Senior, Staff, Faculty/$5 Students.
The performers will also be playing a variety of other selections for the night, including a piece by local Japanese composer Koji Nakano. Can't make the Moorefield Memorial Recital? All are invited to attend the teaser recital to get a taste of what is in store for the anticipated Moorefield Memorial Recital. This preview concert will be part of CSUSB's Music Tuesdays Series and will take place on April 22 at 12:00 p.m. in the CSUSB Performing Arts Recital Hall. Admission for this concert is free.
This annual concert is in memory of former CSUSB faculty Arthur Moorefield. Proceeds from the Arthur Moorefield Memorial Concert will go towards the Arthur A. Moorefield Memorial Scholarship for CSUSB Music majors.
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For more information on this event or events sponsored by the Music Department at Cal State San Bernarino, visit http://music.csusb.edu, e-mail musicboxoffice@csusb.edu or call the Music Department Box Office at (909)537-7516. Tickets can be purchased online at http://zaptix.com or during business hours in the Performing Arts Box Office.
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