Student Senior Recitals

It’s always great to hear our students perform their Senior Recitals. They work so diligently for months and months, learning a great deal about their performance areas (and themselves!) in the process.

This weekend, on Sunday, October 26, we have two senior recitals being presented.

The first recital is soprano Michelle Hall at 3:30 p.m. Michelle is from Allegany, NY and plans to pursue a graduate degree in Vocal Performance with a concentration in Operatic Performance. The second is William Nelson, piano at 6:00 p.m. Bill is from Rural Valley, PA and hopes to begin his teaching career right after graduation.

Both events are in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium and a free and open to the public.

Saxophone – Guitar Duo to Perform

Duo Montagnard, comprised of saxophonist Joseph Murphy and guitarist Matthew Slotkin, will perform a recital on Tuesday, Oct.14, at 7:30 p.m., in Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center Auditorium. The recital is free and open to the public.

Duo Montagnard was formed in 2002 and has performed over 80 concerts in 20 states, Canada, Slovenia, Greece, and the United Kingdom. Festival performances include the Chautauqua Institution, the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, the UNC-Wilmington New Music for Guitar and Saxophone Festival, and the Alexandria Guitar Festival.

Joseph Murphy has been the saxophone professor at Mansfield University since 1987, where he has also served as department chair and director of bands.

Having received acclaim as a performer, teacher, and scholar, Matthew Slotkin is one of the most prominent young guitarists in the United States. Appearing in leading venues throughout North America and Europe, he has achieved success in solo performance, chamber music, and as a soloist with orchestra. Slotkin is the director of the guitar programs at Mansfield University and Bloomsburg University.

(Tom Schott, Clarion University Newswire, Oct. 10, 2008)

A saxophone masterclass with Dr. Murphy will be offered on Tuesday, October 14 in Room 231 of the Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center. THe masterclass is free and open to the public.

Faculty Recital-Brent Register, oboe

Thomas Eakins, The Oboe Player

It’s always a pleasure to have a faculty recital presented on campus. The students, who see the faculty principally in the classroom or directing an ensemble, get a chance to hear them perform (I don’t think they count the number of mistakes their teachers make, but you can never be sure!)

This Sunday, September 7 at 3:15 p.m. in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium, Dr. Brent Register, professor of music and Assistant Director of the Clarion University Honors Program, will be presenting an oboe recital titled “Favorite (Huff) Oboe (Puff Puff) Concerti.” The premise or the recital is the recreation of a treasured oboe recording (on LP) that Dr. Register listened to frequently as while he was as a young oboist in middle and high school. Register states

“In my quest to discover more about the oboe, I went to a local department store and, lo and behold, there was an album…of oboe music. I can distinctly the cover. It was a cartoon figure of someone playig the oboe, with puffed cheeks, and had the title “Favorite (Huff) Oboe (Puff Puff) Concerti.”I have since learned the true sense of the huffing and puffing.”

The album – and this recital – includes the Concerto for Oboe in D. minor, Op. 9, No. 2 by Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), the Concerto for Oboe in C minor by Alessandro Marcello (1684-1750), the Concerto for Oboe in G minor by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and the Concerto for Oboe in C minor by Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801).

Assisting Dr. Register will be Brian Dunn, organ, Paula Amrod, piano, and Trina Gallup, bassoon.

The concert is free and open to the public. Contact the Department of Music at 814-393-2287 for more information.