Notes from the Director
Dr. Linda A. Monson
Dear Mason School of Music Family,

We are thrilled to present our Faculty Artist Series this weekend featuring the artistry of Dr. Kathryn Hearden, soprano; Dr. Amy Horn, horn; and Prof. Matthew Trkula, guitar.  We also encourage you to attend our University Singers concert this Sunday afternoon as well as our Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band Concert next Tuesday evening.  Additionally, you are invited to join us for our Baroque Dance Workshop tomorrow, our various upcoming masterclasses in clarinet, piano, and violin, and Mason's vocal jazz festival.  Our School of Music faculty and students have prepared phenomenal programs that we are excited to share with you. Your support  is deeply appreciated.

Warm regards,

Dr. Linda A. Monson
Director, School of Music
Faculty Artist Series
Our final three recitals of the series which feature School of Music faculty. Free admission.
Baroque Dance Workshop
Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess interprets, recreates, and performs Baroque theatre dance in venues all over the world as a soloist and with her dance partner Thomas Baird. Read more.
Clarinet Masterclass
Widely considered one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet, David Krakauer has been praised internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major voice in classical music. In 2015 he received a Grammy nomination in the Chamber Music/Small Ensemble category as soloist with the conductorless orchestra A Far Cry. Read more.
University Singers Concert
Sunday, March 4 | 2:30 PM | Harris Theatre

Dr. Stan Engebretson, Conductor
Bryan Stenson, Associate Conductor
Jane Moore Kaye, Collaborative Pianist
Northern Lights Concert featuring Bernstein's Chichester Psalms

Celebrate the upcoming Icelandic tour with the University Singers as they journey to Reykjavik, Iceland to present Bernstein at 100: The American Voice. Music by the great American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein will be featured, including his signature work, Chichester Psalms for choir, soloists, and chamber ensemble. Bernstein’s teacher Aaron Copland is also programmed in a processional “At the River,” describing coming together as one, that is echoed in the finale with “Let the River Run.”
Piano Masterclass
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel has been a soloist with the world's great orchestras. These have included the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, and Moscow State Symphony. Read more.
Wind Symphony &
Symphonic Band Concert
Tuesday, March 6 | 8:00 PM | Center for the Arts
Wind Symphony conducted by Prof. Mark Camphouse
Symphonic Band conducted by Profs. John Kilkenny and Denny Stokes
Preview the program
MASON SYMPHONIC BAND

Xerxes - John Mackey 
Prof. John Kilkenny, Conductor

Xylophone Rags 
of George Hamilton Green - Arr. Ssgt. Scott Nimer
Prof. Jon Bisesi, faculty xylophone soloist 

An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
Prof. John Kilkenny, Conductor

Armenian Dances - Alfred Reed
Prof. Denny Stokes, Conductor 


MASON WIND SYMPHONY

Esprit De Corps - Robert Jager
Commissioned by and for The United States Marine Band
Colonel John R. Bourgeois, conductor

Reigniere - Zachery Meier
Virginia Premiere              

Gemini for Euphonium and Horn - Anthony Di Lorenzo
Dr. Mark Jenkins, faculty euphonium soloist
Dr. Amy Horn, faculty horn soloist

Florentiner (Grand Marcia Italiana), Op. 214 - Julius Fucik
ed. Frederick Fennell
Violin Masterclass
Ilya Kaler  (born June 2, 1963) is a  Russian -born  violinist . Born and educated in  Moscow , Kaler is the only person in the world to have won Gold Medals at all three of the  International Tchaikovsky Competition s  ( Moscow , 1986); the  Sibelius  ( Helsinki , 1985); and the  Paganini  ( Genoa , 1981). Read more.
Mason Vocal Jazz Festival
Saturday, March 10

The Mason Vocal Jazz Festival is a non-competitive invitational event open to high school and college groups. Groups will perform a twenty (20) minute set followed by a clinic with our guest clinicians,  Jennifer Barnes  (University of North Texas) and  Rosana Eckert  (University of North Texas).

This festival is free and open to the public for those who want to watch performances and clinics. Contact Festival Director, Dr. Darden Purcell,  [email protected], with questions.
Music Technology Spotlight
"The opportunity to travel to Anaheim, California to attend the NAMM 2018 conference changed my life..."
Talha Mirza
BM Music Tech 2019
"My experience at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) was surreal. There were just over 100,000 people in attendance and I was among 94 college students who received the President’s Innovation Award, which afforded me travel to the conference. This allowed me to confidently present myself in an environment full of industry professionals..."
Kyotaro Terai
BM Music Tech 2018
"While the four days at the convention were mostly filled with learning experiences, I also was inspired by making new friends, meeting my favorite mixing engineer, taking pictures with my guitar heroes, and even exchanging contact information with a former CEO of a major instrument company! I am very lucky to have been a part of such great opportunity and I wish to return to NAMM next year to absorb more knowledge of cutting-edge technology."
Featured Alumni
Will Dellinger,
BM Education 2015

Congratulations to Will Dellinger who recently won a tuba job with the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight! Will studied with Prof. Andrew Hitz and Dr. Dave Porter when he was at Mason.
Andrew Flores,
BM Jazz Studies 2015

Going by the stage name of Drew Kid, Andrew is the March 2018 Strathmore Artist in Residence with concerts on March 14 & 28 and a workshop on March 21. Read more.
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