Concert 2 of the WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music features works by WSU student composers, visiting composers from around the United States.
School of Music
March 2019
Concert 3 of the WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music features performances by WSU faculty and students, playing works by WSU faculty and student composers, visiting composers from around the United States, and guest composer James Stephenson.
Concert 4 of the WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music features electronic and acoustic works by WSU faculty and student composers and visiting composers from around the United States.
Concert 5 of the WSU Festival of Contemporary Art Music includes the world premiere of WSU professor Dave Jarvis’s new work for percussion orchestra, “Wynwood Project No. 2.”
The festival will close with performances of guest composer Jim Stephenson’s “Sonata for Oboe,” performed by featured performer Keri McCarthy, and “Symphony No. 1” performed by the WSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble led by Dr. Danh Pham.
Join new WSU School of Music faculty members, Aaron Agulay, baritone and Mark Stevens, piano for an evening of Robert Schumann’s art songs.
Dr. Fraker is Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, and a member of the Tuscon Symphony Orchestra.
Audience members will be invited to participate through a series of questions before and during the concert via an internet link allowing real-time results throughout the evening. Livestream available on YouTube at WSU Pullman Music
Musicians from across Eastern and Central Washington will travel to Pullman to perform at the WSU Concert Band Festival. Dr. Luke Johnson, from MidAmerica Nazarene University will serve as Head Clinician and Guest Conductor for this year.
Eugene Mason presents his graduate composition recital: The Year of Akira.
The WSU Low Brass Collective is proud to host Dr. Danny Chapa from Stephen F. Austin State University for a guest artist recital. Dr. Chapa’s program includes Baroque and Romantic period transcriptions as well as music from the standard repertoire by Wiggins, Ito, and Sparke.
Jake Kargl, composers invites you to “Come out to catch a glimpse of the music I hear in my head.” Works that will be performed include marimba solos, electronic music, chamber music, orchestral music, and film music.
WSU Jazz Band II under the direction of Branson Bell, will present WSU Jazz Showcase. The band will perform a broad selection of big band tunes composed by Bob Mintzer, Neal Hefti, and more.
Flutist Breanna Daley and pianist Garrett Snedeker will be performing works by J.S. Bach, Poulenc, and Piazzolla.
Washington State University School of Music proudly presents Fatt Jazz featuring jazz fusion guitarist Brad Ard, and jazz fusion electric bassist Dave Snider from the WSU jazz faculty with special guest jazz drummer Dan Smith. Brad Ard and Dave Snider have created special arrangements and compositions for this concert.
Pulitzer Prize winning composer, John Luther Adams has been lauded for “melding the physical and musical worlds into a unique artistic vision that transcends stylistic boundaries.” His rarely performed work, Songbirdsongs for piccolos, percussion, and other instruments, explores the beauty of nature’s music through “translation” and “evocation” of birdsong. Along…
Ena Wang is an internationally renowned Guzheng performer and has been invited to WSU to give a demonstration of the instrument along with a performance of it the same night.
This concert is open to the public and without charge.
The Jazz Forum provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and guest artists to perform for the public in an informal setting.
Senior Garrett Snedeker will be giving his senior recital, as part of the Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy.
This concert is open to the public and without charge.
An evening of chamber music with the talented students of WSU School of Music. Livestream available on YouTube at WSU Pullman Music