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Brown Bag Concert
Bring your picnic lunch and a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the sounds of Willis Delony and the Southeastern Jazz Ensemble as Fanfare 1997 debuts with a jazzy lunchtime community concert in Hammond's downtown Cate Square.
Sept. 26, noon, Cate Square, Hammond.
Free.Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Hammond's churches host a Sunday afternoon series designed to delight classical music fans. The First Christian Church (305 E. Charles) presents Baton Rouge's only independent chamber orchestra, the Louisiana Sinfonietta, directed and conducted by composer Dinos Constantinides on Sept. 28. The popular and acclaimed Centenary Choir will be the guest of the First United Methodist Church (2200 Rue Denise) on Oct. 5. New Orleans' Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale will perform Oct. 19 at the First Baptist Church (401 W. Morris).
All Music For a Sunday Afternoon concerts are at 3pm. Free.
Eletfa Ensemble of New York
Dedicated to preserving the musical roots of their ancestry, the young Hungarian-American musicians of the Eletfa Ensemble of New York, one of the leading Hungarian folk music groups in North America, performs the exotic and exciting village music and songs of Hungary and Transylvania on rare, authentic folk instruments.
Oct. 2, 2pm, Music Recital Hall, SLU.
Free.SLU Opera/Music Theatre
Cosi fan tutte
SLU Opera-Music Theatre Workshop stages Mozart's comic opera Cosi fan tutte which poses and answers the ever-popular question, "Are women faithful in romance?" A cast of young professional singers will guide you through many hilarious and intriguing scenes to present Mozart's charming music and entertaining plot. The production, performed in English with full orchestra, will star Diane Pulte, Kay Wainwright Schepker, Stephen Rushing, Cedric Bridges, Sandy Kelly and Leon Turner with stage direction by Larry Gray and musical direction by Scharmal Schrock.
Oct.2 and 4: 7:30pm, Pottle Music
Building Auditorium, SLU $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens,
SLU Faculty and Staff. SLU students free with I.D.I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra
I Musici de Montreal's core of 14 artists, under the inspired and ardent direction of cellist Yuli Turovsky, lend their musical talents to a wide spectrum of chamber repertoire, from Baroque to 20th- century works. The chamber orchstra performs 100 performances every year in the world's major concert halls and, since its beginnings in 1983, has recorded more than 30 compact discs. International critics have named I Muisici de Montreal one of the best chamber orchestras in the world. Wherever it appears, critics and audiences alike are captivated by this youthful ensemble--with its precision, cohesion, expressiveness, assurance and flair.
Oct. 7, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $10 general admission, $8 seniors/SLU
faculty & staff/all studentsZhao Rongchun
Zhao Rongchun has been called "a Chinese Itzhak Perlman." He is master of the Erhu, a more than 1000-year-old traditional Chinese stringed instrument that today is China's answer to the West's violin. Zhao Rongchun is not only a master of traditional Chinese music, but also dazzles and moves his listeners with his own transcriptions of virtuoso violin solos and haunting American ballads."To hear this superb musician play the erhu is to be thrust into a new and exciting musical world," the critics rave.
Oct. 9, 2pm, Music Recital Hall, SLU.
Free.Margaret Lattimore
A recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program, mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore has been acclaimed for performances at the Metropolitan Opera and at theaters throughout the United States. New York Magazine called her, "a 24-year-old mezzo-soprano who sings with a beautifully textured burned-caramel voice, an unclouded two and-one-half-octave range, an agile technique and an infectious musical sparkle. Remember the name."
Oct. 13, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $8 general admission, $6 senior
citizens/SLU faculty & staff/all studentsThe McLean Mix
Can high-tech electronics and the natural realm get along together? Yes, enchantingly, in the music of composers-performers Barton and Priscilla McLean the McLean Mix. In "Music About and From the Wilderness," the classically-trained composers blend the sights and sounds of the tropical rainforest with the experimental computer and electronic music techniques. To gather their natural sources, the couple has travelled all over the globe. The result is a virtuoso and evocative performance that combines the music of voices, flutes and other instruments with powerful slides and videos from their exhibitions.
Oct. 14, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $8 general admission, $6 senior
citizens/SLU faculty & staff/all studentsHappy Birthday, Ragtime!
Eastman School of Music professor and classical, jazz and ragtime pianist Tony Caramia, 1996 Artist-in-Residence at the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, presents "Happy Birthday Ragtime! 100 Years of Nimble Fingered Syncopations."
Oct. 16, 2pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU. Free.Tony Caramia and Willis Delony
Jazz and ratime piano virtuoso Tony Caramia teams up with Southeastern's own acclaimed jazz and classical pianist Willis Delony for a dynamic and dazzling two-piano concert, "Eighteen Feet of Jazz Piano and the Great American Songbook."
Oct. 16, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU. Free.Ruth Falcon
Soprano Ruth Falcon, a frequent soloist with the New Orleans Opera and one of the most prominent voice teachers in New York City, presents a masterclass for Southeastern voice students. The general public is welcome to attend.
Oct. 20, 3pm, Music Recital Hall, SLU.
Free.Spoleto USA Chamber Music
Pianist Charles Wadsworth, artistic director of Spoleto/USA Chamber Music, capped his distinguished career as a champion of chamber music when he received the 1997 Chamber Music America Award. Founder and director for 20 years of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he appears as pianist and host with the acclaimed Spoleto/USA chamber music series, which he also founded. His insightful, witty commentaries accompany the Spoleto/USA Chamber Music quintet's performances performances that can turn anyone on to the beauty of chamber music.
Oct. 20, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $10 general admission, $8 senior
citizens/SLU faculty & staff/all studentsSLU Chamber Winds Ensemble
The 11 members of Southeastern's premiere instrumental ensemble perform an enchanting program featuring special adaptions of classical, popular and novelty music.
Oct. 21, 2pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU. Free.Moscow Boys Choir
Founded in 1957, the Moscow Boys Choir's careful blend of heavenly soprano voices with the rich resonance of bass and baritone has a distinctly Russian flavor. Directed by Ninel Kamburg, the hand selected choir has enchanted audiences throughout the world with appearances at Poland's International Festival of Boys Choirs, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and tours throughout Europe and the United States. The young singers' magical repertoire includes Soviety and American folk songs, Russian and European classics and works by contemporary composers.
Oct. 21, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $8 general admission, $6 senior
citizens/SLU faculty & staff/all studentsMonroe Powell & The Platters
Pony tails and letter sweaters, flat-top haircuts, Friday night sock hops and the Platters. The fashion fads of the Fifties are gone, but the Platters are still in style. Super stars when rock and roll was new, their chart-topping hits "Only You," "The Great Pretender," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" still wow capacity crowds around the world. Anchored by Monroe Powell, the legendary quintet's lead singer for more than two decades, the Platters's unique sound earns the accolades of audiences everywhere.
Oct. 22, 7:30pm, Ponchatoula High
School, Hwy. 22, Ponchatoula, La. $12 general admissionMimi Zweig String Festival
The Southeastern Louisiana University String Academy and Community Music School sponsor a day-long festival for young violinists, violists, cellists and their teachers and parents featuring music educator Mimi Zweig, director of the Indiana University Young Violinists Program and Summer String Academy and the String Academy of Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Oct. 25, 9am-4pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $10 per participantThe Louisiana Philharmonic
Picnic-n-Pops
Under the baton of guest conductor Bill Grimes, associate dean of the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Music, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will treat audiences to some of its best-loved favorites from Dvorak to Sibelius to Wagner. Joining the symphony for masterpieces of American popular song will be talented vocalists Leah Chase, soprano, and Phillip Manuel, baritone, performing works by Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Duke Ellington.
Oct. 26, 7:30pm (doors open 5pm),
University Center, SLU $5 general admission (students under 12
free, if accompanied by adult)The Moses Hogan Chorale
Internationally acclaimed as "one of the finest African-American choirs," the New Orleans-based Moses Hogan Chorale fuses all the elements of the African-American choral tradition: classical, spirituals, gospel, jazz and blues. The chorale has won acclaim for its performances at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and with the National Symphony and San Francisco Symphony. "I have always had a love for the voice; there is no more natural form of musical expression," says Hogan.
Oct. 28, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens,
$6 SLU faculty & staff/all studentsThe Moscow Piano Trio
The Moscow Piano Trio, founded in 1968 at the Moscow Conservatory, "belongs to the world elite of chamber ensembles," the critics say. Its members Alexander Bonduriansky, piano; Vladimir Ivanov, violin, and Mikhail Utkin, cello -- have been awarded their country's highest cultural honors, "Artists of the People of Russia," and tour extensively throughout Europe, performing with symphony orchestras and at musical festivals in more than 300 cities. Their Fanfare concert marks their American debut and will feature works by Haydn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Rachmaninov.
Oct. 29, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU $12 general admission, $10 senior
citizens, $6 SLU faculty & staff/all students.SLU Music Faculty Gala
Southeastern faculty musicians combine their talents for a special evening of classics and jazz.
Oct. 30, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building
Auditorium, SLU. Free.