Spring concert season

The Department of Music will present a series of concerts this spring highlighting faculty and student artists and ensembles. All performances are in the Loudis Recital Hall of Amy E. du Pont Music Building, unless otherwise noted.

MARCH
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 8 P.M.

Pianist Christine Delbeau and cellist Christopher Hutton in recital.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, TIME TBA

Free public performance by the Army Blues, the U.S. Army's premier jazz ensemble, concluding the first annual University of Delaware Jazz Festival for high school and junior high school jazz bands and jazz choral groups.

APRIL

WEDNESDAY­FRIDAY, APRIL 9­11

American Music Festival presented by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. For up-to-date information about festival events, visit [www.sinfonia.net/ximu/].

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 8 P.M.

UD Faculty Jazz performs with Sinfonians Jazz Combo.

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, TIME TBA

Resident Conductor Grant Cooper and pianist Olga Kern of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra present workshops in the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The workshops are free and open to the public. Locations to be announced.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 8 P.M.

The UD Performing Arts Series presents the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Hege, music director. Conducted by Grant Cooper, the orchestra's program features soloist Olga Kern, the 2001 Van Cliburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist. For ticket information, call 831-2204 or visit [www.udel.edu/ alumni/events/pas.html].

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2 P.M.

Faculty artists Patrick Evans, baritone, and Marie Hadley Robinson, soprano, join the Schola Cantorum, directed by Paul D. Head, in performances of famous arias and opera choruses in "A Night at the Opera."

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,

APRIL 25-26, 8 P.M.

The UD Opera Workshop presents "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"--a Stephen Sondheim revue, featuring songs from Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd and more.

MAY
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2 P.M.

The annual Student Concerto/Aria Competition Winners Concert, conducted by Robert J. Streckfuss. Since 1984 the Department of Music annually has presented winning student soloists, selected by a guest panel of judges, in concert with a symphony orchestra composed of players from the major regional orchestras.

MONDAY, MAY 5, 8 P.M.

Del'Arte Wind Quintet, featuring Eileen Grycky, flute; Lloyd Shorter, oboe; Charles Salinger, clarinet; Jon Gaarder, bassoon; and Cynthia Carr, horn.

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 8 P.M.

The UD Chorale, directed by Paul D. Head, prepares for its upcoming European tour with "On the Far Horizon." The performance includes works by Josquin, Bruckner and Orban, along with a selection of American folksongs and spirituals.

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2 P.M.

The faculty series concludes when pianist Julie Nishimura is joined by Eileen Grycky, flute; Christopher Hutton, cello; and baritone Patrick Evans in a special Mother's Day concert featuring works by Philippe Gaubert and Jennifer Barker.

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 8 P.M.

The UD Chorale performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra in Mitchell Hall. For ticket information call 652-557 or 1-800-37-GRAND, or visit the Delaware Symphony online at [www.desymphony.org].

Many other concerts are scheduled during spring semester. For more information on dates, times and ticket prices for all Department of Music concerts visit [www.music.udel.edu/ public/].