Music

Washington University hosts dozens of concerts each semester, ranging from student and faculty recitals to special appearances by local and nationally renowned artists. Highlights include Edison Theatre's premiere OVATIONS! Series; the Thursday-night Jazz at Holmes Series; the student-run Gargoyle rock club; the annual Washington University Opera; and numerous a cappella ensembles, including The Amateurs, The Greenleafs, More Fools Than Wise, The Mosaic Whispers and The Pikers.

Meanwhile, Department of Music faculty represent virtually every area of concentration within the field of music. Composers, theorists, historians and performers work together to provide course offerings and musical events of the broadest possible interest. Many of the instrumental instructors are musicians from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, including a number of first-chair players.

Faculty Experts:

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Gerald L. Early Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters Gerald L. Early Download Early is a noted essayist and American culture critic. A professor of English, of African & African American studies and of American culture studies, all in Arts & Sciences, Early is the author of several books, including The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American ... Expertise: American literature, African-American culture 1940-1960, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz music, prizefighting, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5576 / glearly@wustl.edu

Hugh Macdonald Avis Blewett Professor of Music Hugh MacDonald Download Macdonald is a renowned expert on the music of Hector Berlioz and has published extensively on the works of the French Romantic composer. He is well-known for translating operas into English from German, French and Italian and regularly presents pre-concert talks at Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra performances ... Expertise: 19th century composers, Berlioz, French music, Mozart, opera Direct contact: (314) 935-5519 / hjmacdon@artsci.wustl.edu

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News Stories & Tip Sheets:

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Music for Sarah Bernhardt Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Nov. 22 Nov. 11, 2009 -- Sarah Bernhardt In a career spanning more than 50 years, the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) emerged as one of the most celebrated women of her day, known for a signature acting style based on grand, theatrical gestures and a famously melodious voice. On Nov. 22 the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will highlight a series of rarely heard works originally composed for "The Divine Sarah," who commissioned and revived dozens of musical scores to accompany her plays.

Brass Tacks Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony in concert Nov. 20 Nov. 10, 2009 -- Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony Download The Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony are one of the nation's leading brass chamber ensembles, dedicated to elevating the status of the trombone quartet and to expanding the trombone quartet repertoire. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, the group will present a free concert at Washington University, with a program spanning four centuries.

Liederabend Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva in concert Oct. 18 Oct. 8, 2009 -- Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Graham Chapel. Literally translated as "evening of song," Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include examples by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.

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Harmony 101 The Wall Street Journal April 24, 2009 -- John Jurgensen writes about pop pianist Ben Folds, who recruited college singers for a new album of a cappella songs. WUSTL has two groups on the album.

Ben Folds's Perfect Pitch The Chronicle of Higher Education March 11, 2009 -- Singer-songwriter Ben Folds sounded a call last fall to collegiate vocal groups everywhere that he was making an album of a cappella versions of his music to be performed by the best university groups he could find. WUSTL's Amateurs and Mosaic Whispers are in the 14 selected. The album will benefit VH1's Save the Music Foundation, which seeks to return instrumental-music education to schools.

The day the music died The Wall Street Journal July 20, 2007 -- Article looks at the devastating effect the 1967 Detroit riot had on black economic development and its entrepreneurial gem, Motown Records. It plunged the city into a four-decade economic decline that is only now beginning to turn around. WUSTL professor Gerald Early, author of One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture, is one of the experts commenting on the events of that time.

More News:

Borgia Infami
New York City Opera debuts new work by campus composer
April 25, 2003 - The New York City Opera will debut Harold Blumenfeld's recently completed Borgia Infami as part of its VOX 2003 showcase of new operatic works by American composers. Blumenfeld, professor emeritus of music in Arts & Sciences, began Borgia Infami during a 1998 residency at the Bogliasco Foundation's Centro Studi Ligure, near Genoa, Italy, and completed work in St. Louis in 2002.

Washington University Opera goes Broadway
'Most Happy Fella' at Saint Louis Art Musuem March 21-22
March 3, 2003 - The Washington University Opera will present Frank Loesser's legendarily ambitious Broadway musical The Most Happy Fella at 7 p.m. March 21-22 in the Saint Louis Art Museum auditorium. Set in 1927, the story opens in a San Francisco restaurant where the beautiful young waitress Rosabella (played by Karen Hetzler, a master's candidate in vocal performance) has just received a written proposal of marriage from Tony Esposito (senior Scott Levin), a shy yet good-hearted Italian vintner from the Napa Valley.