2007 Season Schedule
2007 Immanuel & Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival Concert Calendar
May 29 – June 30, 2007
All Texas Music Festival programs and artists are subject to change.
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- Institutes
May 29 – June 22, 2007
Including “Classical Minds” Guitar Institute, High School and College Jazz Institute, High School Piano Institute, and “Floot Fire” Flute Institute - Orchestral Series Concerts
June 9 – 30, 2007
Symphony and Chamber orchestra concerts - Distinguished Artist Series Concerts
June 5 – 26, 2007
Faculty chamber music series - Student Chamber Music Concerts
Wednesdays, June 13, 20, 27, 2007
Free chamber music concerts given by TMF orchestra fellows
Institutes
“Classical Minds” Guitar Institute Concerts
(Ticket prices are (unless noted otherwise) $20 – general, $15 – students/seniors/Guitar Houston/Katy Guild/family of student participants)
Valerie Hartzell, director
- Tuesday, May 29, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall
Randall Avers and Stephen Aron - Thursday, May 31, 2007, 5:30 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall - $5
Alejandro Montiel, Kithara Duo, Jonathan Gangi - Friday, June 1, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
Duo Athena and Lucia y Valdemar Gitanerias Flamenco - Saturday, June 2, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
Richard Todd and Andrew Zohn - Sunday, June 3, 2007, 4:00 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall – FREE
Student recital
High School and College Jazz Institute
Noe Marmolejo, director
- Friday, June 15, 2007, 7:00 p.m., Moores Opera House – FREE
Student concert
High School Piano Institute
Nancy Weems, director
- Sunday, June 24, 2007, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Moores Opera House – FREE
Student concert
“Floot Fire” Flute Institute
Kimberly Clark, director
- Friday, June 22, 2007, 6:00 p.m., Moores Opera House – FREE
Student concert
ORCHESTRAL SERIES CONCERTS
(Ticket prices listed on the main page. To order tickets, please call 713-743-3313)
Saturday, June 9, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
- Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
Thursday, June 14, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
Friday, June 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, TX
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Horst Foerster, conductor/leader
- Trio NOVA, soloist (Andrzej Grabiec, violin; Stefan Reuss, cello; Joseph Werner, piano)
- Schubert Overture in D Major, D.590 “In the Italian style”
- Beethoven Concerto in C Major for violin, cello, piano and orchestra, Op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, “Italian”
Saturday, June 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Christoph Campestrini, conductor
- Robert Atherholt, oboe soloist
- Paula Page, harp soloist
- Prokofiev Suite to Lieutenant Kije
- Lutoslawski Concerto for oboe, harp, and chamber orchestra (1980)
- Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
- Melissa Givens, soprano soloist
- TMF faculty and guest performers
- Mahler Symphony No. 4 (chamber version, arr. Erwin Stein)
Friday, June 22, 2007, 8 p.m., Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition Winner, soloist
- Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
- TBA – with Competition Winner
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Thursday, June 28, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Rista Savic, conductor
- Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40
- Haydn Symphony No. 73 in D Major, “La chasse”
- Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
Saturday, June 30, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Joel Smirnoff, conductor
- Roberto Diaz, viola soloist
- Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
- Maroney Märchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures), world premiere
- Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16
Distinguished Artist Series Concerts
(Ticket prices listed on the main page. To order tickets, please call 713-743-3313)
- Tuesdays, June 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
- Chamber music and jazz with TMF faculty, guests, and the TMF Jazz Project.
Monday, June 4, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Presidential Conference Center – Texas A&M
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL JAZZ PROJECT
Noe Marmolejo, director; Yvonne Washington, vocalist
Presenting the best of big band and new jazz, this collection of Texas all-stars is a must see and hear. Featuring the incomparable vocals of Yvonne Washington.
Monday, June 11, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Presidential Conference Center – Texas A&M
Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
Trio NOVA and Karen Ritscher
Trio NOVA (Andrzej Grabiec, violin; Stefan Reuss, cello; Joseph Werner, piano) Karen Ritscher, viola
- Mozart Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
- Shostakovich Trio in E Minor, Op. 67
- Dvorak Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
Monday, June 18, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Presidential Conference Center – Texas A&M
Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
“From Bach to Borodin”
- Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Kyung Sun Lee, Lucie Robert, violin
- Matthew Dane, Rita Porfiris, viola
- Edward Arron, cello
- Christina Jennings, flute
- Randall Griffin, clarinet
- Timothy Hester, piano
- Bach Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
- Durufle Prelude, recitatif et variations
- Prokofiev Sextet, Op. 34 “Overture on Jewish Themes”
- Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Monday, June 25, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Presidential Conference Center – Texas A&M
Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Moores Opera House
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
- Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Kyung Sun Lee, Lucie Robert, violin
- Matthew Dane, viola
- Edward Arron, cello
- Eric Larson, double bass
- Christina Jennings, flute
- Anne Leek, oboe
- Randall Griffin, clarinet
- Jeff Robinson, bassoon
- Roger Kaza, french horn
- Jeffrey Cohen, piano
- Golijov Lullaby and Doina for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cellos, bass
- Dvorak Terzetto Op. 74 (for 2 violins and viola)
- Legetti Six Bagatelles for woodwind quintet
- Ravel Tzigane
- Hummel Piano Quintet, Op. 87
Student Chamber Music Concerts
(Student Chamber Music Concerts are FREE and open to the public.)
Wednesdays, June 13, 20, and 27, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Dudley Recital Hall