Ann Arbor Calendar of Classical Music

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<div align="center"> <p><br> </p> <img src="/2ndpagetitles/CALENDAR.gif" width="504" height="54" border="0" alt="Calendar of Events"><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="454" align="center"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Classical Music</i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" color="#660000"><i><br> </i></font><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i>Between the Kerrytown Concert House and the University Musical Society, an energized Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and dozens of smaller ensembles, Ann Arbor's classical music calendar has an opus for every taste. </i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <a name="top"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Highlights this week:</i></font></div> <div align="left"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <A HREF="#event21641"><B>Tokyo String Quartet: University Musical Society.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event21379"><B>48th Annual Conference on Organ Music: U-M School of Music.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event21516"><B>Joerg Abbing: First United Methodist Church.</B></A><P> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C6.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="6" border="0" align="top"> Monday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21366"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:45-6:15 p.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21379"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>48th Annual Conference on Organ Music</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> <i>Oct. 5-8 (different locations). </i> 4 days of recitals and organ concerts by guest musicians and U-M students and faculty. Today: German organist <b>Almut Roessler </b> plays works by Messiaen. Earlier today in Hill, <b>U-M music students </b> (4 p.m.) perform Messiaen's <i>Quartet for the End of Time. </i> Hill Auditorium. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C7.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="7" border="0" align="top"> Tuesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21419"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> <br><b>Brian Connelly</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> This Rice University piano professor performs Messiaen's <i>Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, </i> a 20-movement masterpiece regarded as the pinnacle of the virtuoso piano repertoire. In celebration of Messiaen's 100th birthday. <i>8 p.m., </i> U-M Music School Recital Hall, 1100 Baits (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21393"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:45-6:15 p.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21421"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>48th Annual Conference on Organ Music</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> <i>Oct. 5-8 (different locations). </i> 4 days of recitals and organ concerts by guest musicians and U-M students and faculty. Today: Thomas Strode directs area <b>youth </b> Today: German organist <b>Ullrich Boehme </b> plays works by Bach. Earlier today in Hill, Gaylord organist <b>Wayne Wyrembelski </b> (2 p.m.) plays works by Messiaen, and <b>U-M music students </b> (3 p.m.) play a program TBA. Also, at 12:30 p.m., U-M music professor <b>Michele Johns </b> plays a program TBA at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, 423 S. Fourth Ave. Hill Auditorium. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21418"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>Orpheus Singers</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> Jerry Blackstone directs this music-student ensemble in a program of George MacFarren's "Orpheus, with his lute," Jean Belmont's "If Music Be the Food of Love" and "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," Schubert's "Schicksalslenker" and "Jaegerchor," and Jan Zelenka's "Miserere" in C Minor. U-M Walgreen Drama Center Stamps Auditorium, 2116 Murfin, North Campus. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C8.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="8" border="0" align="top"> Wednesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21434"></a> 1:30 p.m. <br><b>"Piazzolla Perfection"</b><b>:</b> <b>Jewish Community Center Afternoon Delights.</b> Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra violinist <b>Anton Shelepov, </b> former assistant concertmaster of the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, leads his <b>Andiamo String Quartet </b> in a program of Piazzolla's <i>nuevo tango </i> compositions that incorporate elements of jazz and classical music. The program begins with dessert and socializing. JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr. (off Stone School Rd. south of Packard). $8. 971-0990.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21435"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:45-6:15 p.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21449"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>48th Annual Conference on Organ Music</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> <i>Oct. 5-8 (different locations). </i> 4 days of recitals and organ concerts by guest musicians and U-M students and faculty. Today: German organist <b>Joerg Abbing </b> (8 p.m.) plays a program TBA. Earlier today in Hill, <b>U-M music students </b> (9:30 a.m.) perform Messiaen's "La Nativite du Seigneur." Hill Auditorium. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C9.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="9" border="0" align="top"> Thursday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21457"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 12:10 p.m. <br><b>Gifts of Art</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M Hospitals.</b> <i>Every Thurs. </i> Performances and presentations by local musicians and artists. Today: a tile-making demo by Motawi Tileworks owner <b>Karim Motawi. </b> U-M Hospital lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. (off Fuller). Free. 936-ARTS.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21463"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:45-6:15 p.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C10.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="10" border="0" align="top"> Friday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21515"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> <br><b>Logan Skelton</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> This U-M piano professor accompanies baritone <b>Steven Lusmann </b> and soprano <b>Jennifer Goltz </b> in a program of Skelton's songs highlighted by the world premiere of <i>Dickinson Songs Book 2, </i> a setting of Emily Dickinson poems. Also, <i>Ohr Songs, </i> a suite of 15 songs and 3 piano interludes set to texts by ceramics artist George Ohr. <i>8 p.m., </i> U-M Music School Recital Hall, 1100 Baits (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21497"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:45-6:15 p.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21514"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band</b><b>:</b> <b>EMU Music Department.</b> New EMU bands director Mary Schneider and associate director John Zastoupil conduct these 2 music-student ensembles in a program highlighted by the regional premiere of Boston composer Kathryn Salfelder's neo-Renaissance piece <i>Cathedrals. </i> Also, Holst's monumental Suite in E-flat, and works by Britten, David Maslanka, and Morten Lauridsen. Pease Auditorium, EMU campus, W. Cross at College Place, Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2282.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21516"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>Joerg Abbing</b><b>:</b> <b>First United Methodist Church.</b> This German organist performs works by Rossi, Pachelbel, Martini, Schumann, and Messiaen. First United Methodist Church, State St. at Huron. Free. 662-4536.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C11.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="11" border="0" align="top"> Saturday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21529"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8-10 a.m. <br><b>Michigan Marching Band Practice.</b> <i>Every Mon.-Sat. except Oct. 18, 20, & 21. </i> The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21531"></a> 9 a.m. <br><b>Regional Marching Band Competition</b><b>:</b> <b>Bands of America.</b> More than 30 high school marching bands from throughout the Midwest compete for the regional championship. Also, a guest performance by the EMU Marching Band. (prelims) & 7:30 p.m. (finals) tentative starting times, EMU Rynearson Stadium, N. Hewitt Rd. at N. Huron River Dr., Ypsilanti. Tickets $19 per show & $30 for both shows in advance and at the door. Confirmed starting times to be posted at bands.org. 487-2282.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21570"></a> 8 p.m. <br><b>Vivo Sinfonietta</b><b>:</b> <b>University Lutheran Chapel Common Cup.</b> Brett Luginbill conducts this local chamber ensemble in Bach's Concerto for Orchestra in D Major, Dvorak's Serenade for Strings in E Major, and Beethoven's Symphony no. 1 in C Major. Common Cup (lower level), 1511 Washtenaw. $15 (students, $10). 971-0550, 327-6914.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21569"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>"Beethoven: The Sonata Obsession"</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> <i>Oct. 5, 11, & 12 (different programs). </i> U-M music students perform the 12th, 13th, & 14th in a 2-year series of concerts featuring Beethoven's complete sonatas. The programs begin with a talk by U-M music school associate dean Steven Whiting. Today's program, "Sonata Eroica," features piano sonatas op. 53, 54, & 57 played by Nozomi Marusawa, Noel McRobbie, and Aya Yamamoto. U-M Walgreen Drama Center Stamps Auditorium, 2116 Murfin, North Campus. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21568"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 8 p.m. <br><b>Matthew Ardizzone</b><b>:</b> <b>EMU Music Department.</b> This award-winning local guitarist performs a program of favorite pieces by Spanish and Latin American composers. EMU Alexander Recital Hall, Lowell at E. Circle Dr., Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2255.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C12.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="12" border="0" align="top"> Sunday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">October, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event21634"></a> 4 p.m. (doors open at 3:30 p.m.). <br><b>"Sprezzatura!"</b><b>:</b> <b>Academy of Early Music.</b> The internationally recognized local early-music quartet <b>La Gente d'Orfeo </b> performs works by 17th-century Italian and German composers, including Frescobaldi, Buchner, Biber, Rovetta, Weckmann, Rosenmueller, Sweelinck, Marini, Cima, Picci, and Castello. Members are violinist Daniel Foster, cornettist Kiri Tollaksen, viola da gambist and cellist Debra Lonergan, and keyboardist Martha Folts on virginal and organ. Community of Christ Church, 520 W. Jefferson St. Tickets $15 (seniors, $12; students, $5) at the door only. 665-5758.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21621"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 2 p.m. <br><b>"Beethoven: The Sonata Obsession"</b><b>:</b> <b>U-M School of Music.</b> <i>Oct. 5, 11, & 12 (different programs). </i> U-M music students perform the 12th, 13th, & 14th in a 2-year series of concerts featuring Beethoven's complete sonatas. The programs begin with a talk by U-M music school associate dean Steven Whiting. Today's program, "To a Fare-Thee-Well," features piano sonatas op. 78, 79, & 81 played by Margaret Yi, Darina Molkina, and Heeseung Jang. U-M Walgreen Drama Center Stamps Auditorium, 2116 Murfin, North Campus. Free. 764-0594.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event21633"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4 p.m. <br><b>EMU Symphony Orchestra</b><b>:</b> <b>EMU Music Department.</b> Kevin Miller directs this music-student ensemble in the Overture to Rossini's <i>L'Italiana in Algeri, </i> "Elsa`s Procession to the Cathedral" from Wagner's <i>Lohengrin, </i> the Prelude to Debussy's <i>Afternoon of a Faun, </i> the Polonaise from Tchaikovsky's <i>Eugene Onegin, </i> and Spanish dances by Moncayo, Marquez, and Ginastera. Pease Auditorium, EMU campus, W. Cross at College Place, Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2282.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event21641"></a> 7 p.m. <br><b>Tokyo String Quartet</b><b>:</b> <b>University Musical Society.</b> Widely considered one of the world's best chamber ensembles, this quartet is known for its technical refinement, fiery intensity, and consummate phrasing. The group is also noted for the quality of its instruments, a set made by Stradivari and once owned by Paganini. Tonight, it is joined by world-renowned clarinetist <b>Sabine Meyer </b> to perform Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B Minor. Also, Beethoven's Quartet in A Major and Bartok's Quartet No. 5. Rackham Auditorium. Tickets $22-$46 in advance at the Michigan League and (if available) at the door. 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