UF School of Music alumnus Matt Gender returns to the University Auditorium to accompany two short silent movies using the resources of the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ. During the silent film era (mid-1890's to the late 1920's), the theatre organist would often provide improvised musical accompaniment as patrons enjoyed the drama unfolding on the […]
Members of the University of Florida carillon studio perform on the 61-bell cast bell carillon housed in Century Tower. Feel free to bring lawn chairs, blankets (and even a light lunch!) while you enjoy the performance. Program details may be found near the base of the tower. The best listening locations are at least 100 […]
Top prize winner in the Arthur Rubinstein, Busoni and Geza Anda International Piano Competitions, the celebrated pianist Hung-Kuan Chen is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. He previously served as chair of the piano department of Shanghai Conservatory and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory as well as visiting professor at […]
Top prize winner in the Arthur Rubinstein, Busoni and Geza Anda International Piano Competitions, the celebrated pianist Hung-Kuan Chen is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. He previously served as chair of the piano department of Shanghai Conservatory and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory as well as visiting professor at […]
"Dis-located Bodies: The Puppet in the Avant-Garde Imagination"Dr. Nell Andrew, Professor and Chair of Art History, University of Georgia This talk explores Dr. Andrew's current research on the avant-garde’s playful and political mobilization of puppets, marionettes, dolls and masks in interwar Europe. Her work aims to expand the objects and methods of art history by […]
Pre-Concert Lecture at 6:45 p.m. Program Overview: Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade in A minor, Op. 33Howard's Trombone Concerto with Jemmie Robertson on Trombone Delius' Appalachia, Variations on an Old Slave Song, with Justice Yates, Baritone and UF Combined Choirs & Dr. Will Kesling
You are warmly invited to attend our next installation of the Music Studies Colloquium featuring speaker Dr. Benjamin Barson, who will present on his award winning book, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons." Talk Abstract: This talk will take my recent book Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. As a point […]
Program Overview: Delius' Appalachia, Variations on an Old Slave Song, with UF Combined Choirs and Dr. Will Kesling
Are you passionate about advances in the practice of music education? Do you love learning about music, music theory, and new approaches to teaching and creativity? If so, the online Master of Music in Music Education (MMME) program at UF may be the perfect fit for you.Learn more about this innovative program by participating in […]
The opening concert of this year's Spectrum: Faculty Chamber Music series features works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Margaret Bonds, a North American premiere by Alessio Manega, and Sergei Prokofiev's Quintet in G minor. Performers:Dr. Colleen Beucher, sopranoDr. Peter Geldrich, clarinetDr. Emily Hart, oboeDr. Jonathan Helton, saxophoneDr. Lauren Hodges, violaDr. Janna Lower, violinDr. Evan Mitchell, pianoDr. Alexander […]