Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown Music Department is presenting its first annual Fall Faculty Recital on Sunday, October 13 at 2 p.m. in the Reiland Fine Arts Center\u2019s DeNault Auditorium. The recital, which will last for about an hour, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough we have performed as a faculty before we have some new faculty members whose talents we want to share with the community.\u00a0 We do hope to make this recital an annual event each fall \u2013 a fun way to kick off the academic year and to show our students that music making is a life-long passion!\u201d said Dr. Richard Walentine, Chair of the Music Department and Professor of Voice.<\/p>\n
Performing will be: Tayler Meier, tenor; Dr. Ken Jimenez, trumpet; Dr. Jason Kihle, marimba; Dr. Aaron McDermid, piano; Dr. Laura Lynch, French horn; Mr. John Clodfelter, piano; Dr. Richard Walentine, baritone.\u00a0 Mr. Clodfelter, in addition to performing, will serve as collaborative pianist many of the other performers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to have Mr. Clodfelter on our faculty this year.\u00a0 His breadth of experience as a collaborative pianist opens up amazing possibilities for our department.\u00a0 Also new this year is Dr. Jason Kihle who will be directing the Jazz Band and Pep Band.\u00a0 Dr. Kihle is a multi-talented percussionist and we are looking forward to some new programs under his direction,\u201d said Dr. Walentine.<\/p>\n
The Program<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The Faculty will present a diverse selection of mostly modern works from composers such as Joseph Schwantner, Henry Cowell, Lowell Liebermann, and James Beckel. But there will also be pieces by the more traditional composers, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin and Francesco Tosti.<\/p>\n The Music Department at University of Jamestown prepares students to become professional musicians, teachers of music, and life-long patrons of music. The curriculum in music is presented as an integral part of the liberal arts tradition and prepares students for professional or postgraduate study. The Music Department at University of Jamestown serves the entire college community and region.\u00a0 For more information on Fall Faculty Recital, visit\u00a0 uj.edu\/ffr<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown Music Department is presenting its first annual Fall Faculty Recital on Sunday, October 13 at 2 p.m. in the Reiland Fine Arts Center\u2019s DeNault Auditorium. The recital, which will last for about an hour, is free and open to the public. \u201cAlthough we have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181816,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181814\/revisions\/181816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}