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Department of Music Events – October 18-24, 2010
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Trumpeter Seelan Manickam to Perform

The Department of Music is pleased to welcome trumpet artist Seelam Manickam to campus 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 24, 2010 in a performance of the Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble by Robert J. Bradshaw.

UPDATE: In conjunction with his visit, Seelan Manickam will give a Masterclass on Saturday, October 23 at 9 a.m. in Room 231 of the Marwick-Boyd Fine Arts Center. All are invited to this free event.

Seelan Manickam began his musical studies on the trumpet at the age of ten. Seelan received his Bachelors of Music at the University of Victoria where he studied with Louis Ranger. He has also finished his Graduate work in trumpet performance at The Boston Conservatory where he studied with Steven Emery. Additional studies have been with Jens Lindemann of the Canadian Brass and Charles Schlueter, principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony.

As a top prizewinner of several solo competitions, Manickam has appeared as a frequent soloist with the Boston Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge Choral Society, South Coast Community Chorale and most recently The University of Massachusetts Orchestra.

Other professional experience has included playing principal trumpet with The Indian Hill Symphony, New Hampshire Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, Thayer Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Taipei Sinfionetta and Cape Ann Symphony. A founding member of the award winning Bala Brass Quintet, Manickam has toured the globe appearing in Japan, Canada and Thailand. His keen interest in contemporary music, has led Manickam to be instrumental in the commissioning and performance of numerous chamber and solo works for brass. He has been a featured artist at several conferences including the International Trumpet Guild Conference and the New York Brass Conference. His debut solo CD will be released this spring on the Beauport Classics Label and will contain several new works for trumpet.

An advocate of music education, Manickam has given master classes and clinics at the nation’s top conservatories and schools, including the University of Connecticut, SUNY-Purchase, Shenandoah Conservatory, Wisconsin Lutheran College, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Bridgewater State College, Salem State College and Phillips Academy.

In addition to performing with Bala, Manickam is the Music Director at St. John’s Preparatory School and is currently on faculty at The University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a Sonaré Performing Artist and performs on the Sonaré Bb and C trumpets.

The performance is part of the annual Fall Wind Ensemble concert, and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 814-393-2287.

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Symphony Orchestra – Wind Ensemble Concert

The Department of Music will present both the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Marian Dura and the Wind Ensemble directed by Dr. Hubert Toney, Jr. in  concert on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the Marwick-Boyd Auditoirum. The afternoon’s concert will begin with the Symphony Orchestra performing Overture to Zampa by L.J. Ferdinand Herold, Leroy Anderson’s famous work The Typewriter, Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla by Mikhail Glinka, and conclude with Geroge Bizet’s Suite No. 1 from Carmen.

The second half of the performance features the Wind Ensemble in a concert titled “Fortress of the Rose.” Opening, the Wind Ensemble will perform Fanfare from La Péri by Paul Dukas, followed by Moderato quasi Marci from Serenade in D minor, op. 44 by Antonin Dvorak. Mark Camphouse’s A Movement for Rosa and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Rhosymedre follow. The afternoon’s concert concludes with Fortress of the Rose by Reber Clark.

The concert is FREE and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 814-393-2287.