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| Michelle Collar plays “Four Etudes for Violincello” by Bohuslav Martinu during last year's Music Hour Showcase. |
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| Saxaphone players Steve Marrero and Nicholas Whitley perform with the Cal Poly Soul Music Ensemble during a lunchtime concert in the University Quad. |
This spring, the Music department will present a lineup of 18 on-campus performances featuring faculty, staff, students and guest artists from a wide range of musical genres.
The Acoustic Jazz Quartet will perform on saxophone, guitar, drums and acoustic bass on April 28. Zac Matthews, the Music department's studio bass instructor and a member of the quartet, is coordinating the concert. Professor Susan Burns will direct a theatre workshop, “Then and Now,” on May 13 & 14, presenting opera scenes and ensembles from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries along with current Broadway musicals.
Other events this season include:
- April 15 — Faculty Recital of works by Beethoven, Ewazen and Doppler will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall (Building 24, Room 191). Tickets are $7.
- April 21 — Spring Showcase, a free hour of live music, will be at noon in the Music Recital Hall. Free.
- April 22 — A piano recital by professor Jim McKinney will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Free.
- April 23 — Uros Dojcinovic, internationally renowned Yugoslavian guitarist, will perform at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- April 28 — The Acoustic Jazz Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Features David Sills on saxophone, Jamie Findlay on guitars, professor Zac Matthews on acoustic bass and Dean Koba on drums. Tickets are $7.
- April 30 — “An Eclectic Evening” with lecturer Lori Huff and friends will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 13 & 14 — Theatre Workshop “Then and Now,” directed by professor Susan Burns, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. The workshop will present Opera Scenes and Ensembles from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries along with current Broadway Musicals. Tickets are $7.
- May 20 — Music faculty Peter Yates and Matthew Elgart will perform a guitar duo at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 23 — Digital Music Series, directed by professor emeritus Stan Gibb, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 24 — Cal Poly Pomona String Ensemble, directed by lecturer Kay Pech, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 25 — Cal Poly Pomona Concert Band, directed by lecturer Buddy Clements, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 26 — Cal Poly Pomona Salsa Ensemble, directed by lecturer Gustavo Gil, will be at noon in the University Quad. Free.
- May 26 — University Concert Choir and Kellogg Chamber Singers “Just for Laughs”, directed by Music department chair Iris Levine, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 27 — The Latin Jazz Guitar Trio, featuring performances on guitar, violin and percussion, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- May 31 — Kellogg Percussion Ensemble, directed by lecturer Bill Schlitt, will be at noon on the Music Recital Hall landing. Free.
- June 2 — Trumpeter Clay Jenkins will serve as the featured artist in a performance by the Cal Poly Pomona Jazz Band, directed by assistant professor Dave Kopplin, at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- June 3 — Cal Poly Pomona Guitar Ensemble, directed by Peter Yates, will be at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
- June 4 — Cal Poly Pomona Gospel Choir, directed by lecturer Bobby Laird, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $7.
For more information about music events, call Teresa Kelly at (909) 869-3554.