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Scott Burnham holds a a M.M. in Music Composition from Yale University School of Music, and a Ph.D. in Music Theory and Analysis from Brandeis University. His scholarly interests include the history of tonal theory, problems of analysis and criticism, and 18-and 19th-century music and culture; publications reflecting these concerns have appeared in such journals as Beethoven Forum, Current Musicology, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Music Theory, Musical Quarterly, Music Theory Spectrum, and 19th-Century Music. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Humanities Center. Symphony No. 34 by W.A. Mozart
Cantata No. 40 "Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes" by J.S. Bach
"Hymne" by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy for Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra
"Verleih uns Frieden" by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy for Chorus and Orchestra
Free admission, reception to follow.
Carl Maria von Weber - Overture to Oberon
W. A. Mozart - Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Free Admission
Come hear talented Columbia students perform classical solo and chamber works in the relaxed and intimate setting of Philosophy Hall's Graduate Student Lounge.
Free admission.
Cantata No. 40 "Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes" by J.S. Bach
"Hymne" by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy for Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra
"Verleih uns Frieden" by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy for Chorus and Orchestra
Join us for an evening of fun and lively music with the Columbia Klezmer Band and Bluegrass ensemble!
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free! and open to the public.
Featuring chamber music from students in the Music Performance Program!
Ensembles include the New York Gagaku Ensemble and others.
Full list of performers TBA.
**Students in classical chamber ensembles of the Music Performance Program are required to perform in and attend at least one end of semester concert. For those involved in private classical lessons, attendance is strongly suggested and we'd love to see you there!***
This first concert of the 2007-2008 Columbia Composers concert series will feature pieces by Courtney Bryan, Carl Bettendorf, Andile Khumalo, Todd Tarantino, Eric Wubbels, and Aenon Loo.
Br=FCc(h)ke (fragmented projections) (2005/2006) --Andile Khumalo
Piano Pieces: Carnival for Unity (2003) --Courtney Bryan
IJVER (2006/7) --Eric Wubbels
Smoke and Mirrors (2006) --Todd Tarantino
Of other spaces, other skies (2007) --Aenon Loo
Untitled --Carl Bettendorf
Featuring chamber works composed by Columbia undergraduates!
Featured composers will be: Ahmet Kizilay, Stanley Snelson, Edward Poll, Josh Liebowitz, Eugene Birman, Wyatt Ford, Daniel Malinsky, Pablo Martin, and Max Zinner.
Free admission
Program:
Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C Major "Dissonance", K. 465
Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat, op. 74 "Harp"
Debussy String Quartet in G minor, op. 11
The Newton String Quartet: Emily Smith and Gabriel Lefkowitz,
violins, Izia Weyman, viola, and Jude Tedaldi, cello.
John Thompson, Gu Qin with Festivitas Artium Schola
Special performance by Zhang Hong Yan, Pipa
Made possible through a generous gift from David and Susie Sainsbury
Sponsored by Sounds of China the Center for Ethnomusicology.
Program:
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
Wedding Dance - J. Press
Free Admission!
Stravinsky Mass & Bruckner Te Deum
$10 adults, $5 students and seniors
Featuring chamber music from students in the Music Performance Program!
Ensembles include the New York Gagaku Ensemble and others.
Full list of performers TBA.
**Students in classical chamber ensembles of the Music Performance Program are required to perform in and attend at least one end of semester concert. For those involved in private classical lessons, attendance is strongly suggested and we'd love to see you there!***
Carl Maria von Weber - Overture to Oberon
W. A. Mozart - Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Free admission
Kee Yong Chong – Metamorphosis I, for harp and viola
Gerard Grisey – Vortex Temporum I and II, which Jean-Luc Herve
called the most influential composition of our generation
Fabien Levy - Small Treatise of Love and Geometry, a microtonal work
for winds, brass, and strings featuring musical techniques inspired
by ornamental patterns in Islamic visual art.
Free admission.
