Doubleheader of Concerts at DePauw April 14
April 8, 2004
April 8, 2004, Greencastle, Ind. - The
DePauw School of Music will offer performances by two
music ensembles on Wednesday, April 14 in the
Performing Arts Center. The University Chamber
Singers will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital
Hall, followed by the University Jazz Ensemble at 8:30
p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Both concerts are free and
open to the public.
The University Chamber Singers Spring Concert will
open with a set of sacred works by composers from
three European nations: Germany (represented by
Heinrich Schütz), England (William Byrd), and Italy
(Lodovico Viadana). DePauw University Organist Carla
Edwards and student cellist Jennifer Wingert will join
the choir on these pieces.
Additional selections include three nocturnes by
German Romantic composers Johannes Brahms and Brahms's
close friend and student, Heinrich von Herzogenberg,
and a collection of American and Canadian folksongs
including the beloved Appalachian melody, 
Black is
the Color of My True Love's Hair. Joining the
choir on several numbers will be piano major Sarah
Masterson.
Conducted by Robert Gehrenbeck, the Chambers Singers
are 18 singers drawn from various majors
throughout the DePauw student community.
The DePauw Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert will
feature music associated with Duke Ellington
(Launching Pad), Stan Kenton
(Decoupage), Thad Jones (US), Bob
Mintzer (El Caborojeno and Truth), Art
Blakey (Moanin'), and Charles Mingus
(Moanin'). Other selections include a Mark
Taylor arrangement of the standard composition
After You've Gone, The Prez by Matt
Harris, 
and Hip N'Cool, an original composition
by Les Hooper.
Guest soloist for the concert will be Bill Sears,
director of jazz studies at the Interlochen Arts
Academy since 1987. The department is recognized as
one of the top jazz programs in the country. A
saxophonist, Sears background also includes an active
career as a free lance musician and teacher at the
American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He has
toured the US and Europe with the Ray Charles band and
shared the stage with, among other, jazz luminaries
Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Art Farmer, Geoff
Keezer, Rick Margitza and the saxophonist Bill Evans.
An active performer, Bill has two recent recordings,
Chasin' The Goal with fellow tenor great Rick
Margitza, and With One Accord, his latest CD
with his current 7 piece group, the Arts Center Jazz
Collective. Having great respect 
for the heritage of
the tenor saxophone, Sears' playing encompasses the
entire spectrum of this tradition from lush ballads
reminiscent of the great swing and bebop masters to
the searing intensity of today's music.
Under the direction of Randy Salman (seen at right), this last jazz concert for the academic year will honor graduating seniors Greg Beaman (trumpet), Dante Marinelli (trumpet), Kim Barfield (trumpet), Rebecca Hodson (tenor saxophone), Wil Myers (alto saxophone), and Darren Eblovi (piano). For more information, contact the School of Music at (765)658-6732 or click here. Back