Unless otherwise noted, admission is free. Events are held at Wittenberg University: in Krieg Hall or Weaver Chapel or Springfield Center for the Arts.
Sunday, Jan. 20, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Christopher Durrenberger, piano
Faculty Artist Lecture-Recital on American Piano Music, with music by John Cage, Aaron Copland, and George Gershwin.
Monday, Jan. 21, Krieg Hall
Music Scholarship Auditions
Saturday, Feb. 2, Krieg Hall
Music Scholarship Auditions
Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Candlemas: Medieval Candlelight Vespers Service
Pre-service music at 7:15 p.m., with Wind in the Woods (Dan Duncan, Lawrence Pitzer, Michael Mattimore, Margaret Erin, Jenelle Allen, Amy Vaubel) and Schola Cantorum (directed by David Weimer).
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
General Student Recital
Kristina Sharpe ’13 (piano), Caitlin Green ’15 (cello), and Peiqian Li ’13 (violin).
Monday, Feb. 18, Krieg Hall
Music Scholarship Auditions
Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Wittenberg Symphonic Band
Brandon Jones, conductor
“Songs and Dances”: Music by Eric Ewazen, David Gillingham, John Barnes Chance, John Mackey, and Alberto Ginastera, arr. by David John.
Saturday, Feb. 23, Krieg Hall
Music Scholarship Auditions
Wednesday, Mar. 13, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
General Student Recital
Kristina Sharpe ’13 (piano), Elaina Vimmerstedt ’16 (mezzo soprano), Danielle O’Neill ’14 (mezzo-soprano), Joy Carter ’15 (soprano), Sara Zinn ’15 (mezzo soprano), Nikki Lambert ’15 (flute), Christopher Butler ’15 (tenor), and Isabell Fig ’16 (clarinet).
Friday, Mar. 15, Krieg Hall
Music Scholarship Auditions
Friday, Mar. 15, 4:30 pm, Krieg Hall
Kirill Gliadkovsky, piano
Guest Artist Masterclass
Sunday, Mar. 17, 4:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Kirill Gliadkovsky, piano
Guest Artist Recital, with Christopher Durrenberger, piano. Music by Mozart and Brahms, and Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, with narration by Ben Holbrook ’14.
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 4:00 pm, Krieg Hall, Room 100
Masterclass: American Brass Quintet
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Wittenberg Series concert: American Brass Quintet
Saturday, Mar. 23, 3:00 pm, Weaver Chapel
Women’s History Month: “Women in the Arts”
Wittenberg Singers (Adam Con, conductor), Flute Choir (Lori Akins, conductor), DCDC2 (the repertory-training ensemble of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company) performing For Common Threads, and Women in Power (a Wittenberg student group) performing excerpts from Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.
Tuesday, Mar. 26, 8:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Betsey Hofeldt, violin
Faculty Artist Recital, with Mark Hofeldt, cello and Stephen Phillips, piano. Music by Beethoven, Martinů, and Dvořák.
Wednesday, Apr. 3, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
General Student Recital
Tyler Bly ’15 (trumpet), Katie Lyle ’15 and Niki Lambert ’15 (flute duo), Emily Rayens ’16 (flute), Peiqian Li ’13 (violin), Zoe Thompson ’14 (soprano), Skylar Folkens ’15 (mezzo-soprano), Sean McCullough ’15, (baritone), Bethany MacMillan ’15 (mezzo-soprano), Kristina Sharpe ’13 (piano), and Olivia Guetle ’13, (cello). With Diane Slagle, piano accompanist.
Friday, Apr. 5, 8:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Andrew Bowen ’14, baritone
Senior Recital
Music by Schubert, Schubart, Stolberg-Stolberg, Schumann, Eichendorff, Rochlitz, Handel, Haym, Durante, Caccini, and Guarini. Assisted by Diane Slagle, piano.
Saturday, Apr. 6, 3:00 pm, Weaver Chapel
Wittenberg Choir and Wittenberg Singers
Adam Con, conductor. Assisted by Diane Slagle, piano.
Music by Casals, Mendelssohn, Caldwell & Ivory, Clausen, McCarthy, Forrest, Edenroth, and arr. by Telfer, Harris, Con, and Christiansen.
Friday, Apr. 12, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Liberal Arts in Action: Music Department Showcase
Wittenberg Choir — Adam Con, conductor
Wittenberg Singers — Adam Con, conductor
Flute Choir — Lori Akins, conductor
Symphonic Band Concert — Brandon Jones, conductor
Chamber Orchestra — Brandon Jones, conductor
Handbell Choir — Trudy Faber, director
Faculty trio — Richard York (clarinet), Daniel Kazez (cello), Christopher Durrenberger (piano)
Faculty-alumnus oboe duet — Lisa Grove and Ben Williams ’10 BME
Saturday, Apr. 13, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
David Schubert, baritone
Faculty Artist Recital
Music by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Duparc, and Finzi. Assisted by Diane Slagle (piano), Paul Schubert (cello), and Lexi Crisp ’15 (violin).
Sunday, Apr. 14, 4:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Caity Valley ’13, mezzo-soprano
Senior Recital
Music by Dowland, Boleyn, Mozart, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Ives, Fauré, and Niles; and songs arr. by Britten, Burleigh, Tate, and Chilcott. Assisted by Diane Slagle, piano.
Wednesday, Apr. 17, 8:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Peiqian Li ’13, violin
Student Recital
Music by Vivaldi (arr. Respighi), Massenet, Beethoven, and Bériot. Assisted by Diane Slagle, piano.
Friday, Apr. 19, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Handbell Choir (Trudy Faber, director)
Chamber Orchestra (Brandon Jones, conductor). Music by Mozart, Britten, Whitacre, and Dvořák.
Saturday, Apr. 20, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Charles Grogan, piano
Faculty Artist Recital
“East and West”: Music by Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Khachaturian, Takemitsu, Cowell, and Glass.
Saturday, Apr. 20, 7:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Opera Studio
Susan Musselman, director
Sunday, Apr. 21, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Kristina Sharpe ’13, piano
Senior Recital
Music by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Gershwin.
Sunday, Apr. 21, 7:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Faculty Artist Lecture
Lawrence (Skip) Pitzer, guitar
With Christina Darding, guitar. Music by Antonio Lauro, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Ferdinand Carulli.
Monday, Apr. 22, 7:30 pm, Krieg Hall
Flute Choir
Lori Akins, director
Music by Kelly Drouillard, Anne McGinty, Henry Purcell, Ian Clarke, Arcangelo Corelli, and Catherine McMichael.
Wednesday, Apr. 24, 3:00 pm, Weaver Chapel
General Student Recital
Laura Locher ’14 (piano), Katie Lyle ’15 (flute), Jackie Burdwood ’16 (tenor ocarina), and Doreen Hipp ’14 (organ).
Friday, Apr. 26, 7:30 pm, Weaver Chapel
Symphonic Band
Brandon Jones, conductor
“American Soundscapes”: Music by Joseph Willcox Jenkins, Steven Bryant, Frank Ticheli, and H. Owen Reed.
Saturday, Apr. 27, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Young talent: Paul Schubert, cello
Music by Boccherini, Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Schumann, and Summers.
Sunday, Apr. 28, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Olivia Guetle ’13, cello
Senior Recital
Music by Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Saint-Saëns. Assisted by Diane Slagle, piano.
Wednesday, May 1, 3:00 pm, Krieg Hall
General Student Recital
Brett Hall ’16 (baritone), Bethany MacMillan ’15 (mezzo-soprano), Chris Butler ’15 (tenor), Hannah Hatch ’16 (soprano), Nicole Perry ’14 (viola), Kristina Sharpe ’13 (piano), Peiqian Li ’13 (violin), Olivia Guetle ’13 (cello), Heepke Wendroth ’13 (piano), and Christopher Durrenberger (piano). And Presentation of Departmental Awards, to Alicen Tisch ’15 and Heepke Wendroth ’13.
Wednesday, May 1, 7:30 pm, Krieg Hall
Jazz Band
Adam McCord, director
Guest artist: composer/arranger Kris Berg.
Friday, May 3, 7:00 pm, Krieg Hall
Piano Night 2013
With Christopher Durrenberger
For further information, please contact:
Melanie Kern, Music Department Assistant
kernm1@wittenberg.edu
tel: 937-327-7341
