{"id":118313,"date":"2016-10-21T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu?p=118313&preview=true&preview_id=118313"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:54:09","slug":"new-program-play-regional-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/10\/new-program-play-regional-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"New Program to Play Out at Regional Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

An integral part of student life on the main Storrs campus of UConn is the wide array of performances made available through the School of Fine Arts. A new program will now extend that reach to UConn\u2019s regional campuses.<\/p>\n

The Ensemble-in-Residence Program, funded by a Provost\u2019s Academic Plan Grant, launches this month with performances by the Symphony Orchestra in Stamford and, in November, by the Collegium Musicium and Chamber Singers at Avery Point and the Jazz Ensemble in Hartford. Another program in Waterbury is now being planned. All performances will be offered free of charge.<\/p>\n

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The UConn Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Harvey Felder, performs at von der Mehden Recital Hall on Oct. 20. Next week, the orchestra will launch a series of performances at regional campuses by various music ensembles with a performance in Stamford. (Garrett Spahn\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEvery UConn student is a School of Fine Arts student, since the arts should be a part of every student’s experience,\u201d says Anne D\u2019Alleva, dean of the School of Fine Arts. \u201cThe Ensemble-in-Residence program makes the unique experience of attending a concert performed by fellow UConn students available to everyone, and shares the ensemble traditions of the Department of Music with our regional campuses and communities across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first concert will occur on Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, with the UConn Symphony Orchestra conducted by Harvey Felder, associate professor of music and director of orchestral studies. The program will include Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cViolin Concerto, Op. 35 in D major,\u201d Schubert\u2019s \u201cUnfinished\u201d Symphony, \u201cCoronation March from The Prophet\u201d<\/em> by Giacomo Meyerbeer, and \u201cUnited Artists for Orchestra\u201d<\/em> by UConn composer Kenneth Fuchs. The featured soloist is Solomiya Ivakhiv, assistant professor of violin and viola and coordinator of strings at UConn.<\/p>\n

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Every UConn student is a School of Fine Arts student, since the arts should be a part of every student’s experience. — Anne D'Alleva<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The program at the Avery Point campus on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. in the campus auditorium will feature the Collegium Musicum conducted by Eric Rice, head of the Department of Music and director of the ensemble, and the Chamber Singers conducted by Jamie Spillane, associate professor of music and director of Choral Studies. The performance will include Thomas Tallis\u2019s 40-part motet \u201cSpem in Alium,\u201d<\/em> Queen\u2019s \u201cSomebody to Love\u201d<\/em> by Freddie Mercury, and music by Heinrich Sch\u00fctz. At the end of the program, the UConn choirs will be joined by students from local high schools.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., the internationally renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts will perform with the Jazz Ensemble in the auditorium of the Hartford campus. Oatts has performed with Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mel Torm\u00e9, and recorded with Luther Vandross and James Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is outreach directed at the students, faculty, and the communities where our regional campuses live,\u201d says Alain Frogley, professor of music history and associate dean of graduate studies, research, and creative practices in the School of Fine Arts, who is leading the implementation of the program. \u201cIt will include high schools, educational groups, arts groups, and the general public.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conductor Harvey Felder leads the UConn Symphony Orchestra in a performance at von der Meden Recital Hall. (Garrett Spahn\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He says the program will draw from UConn\u2019s 14 student ensembles, that also include the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Women\u2019s Choir, Marching Band, and Concert Choir. The ensembles are high-caliber musical groups that have performed recently at Carnegie Hall and the Ukrainian Institute in New York City; gone on international tour in Ireland and Germany; and garnered prestigious national awards and reviews for their recordings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the ensembles are based in the Department of Music, most of our ensembles have non-[music] major students in them. They are very important to those groups,\u201d says Frogley. \u201cIt\u2019s not just showcasing music talent, but the efforts of students across the campus in those ensembles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the program, a major ensemble performing in Storrs will be designated as \u201cin residence\u201d for a specific regional campus. The ensemble then will perform the same program at the regional campus, accompanied by creative programming such as a conductor talk, pre-concert lecture, open rehearsal, or a shared meal for the student musicians and select regional campus students. One concert per year will include outreach to area high schools and an opportunity for high school music students to perform and interact with the UConn ensemble.<\/p>\n

The Ensemble-in-Residence program will also provide\u00a0practical experience for a graduate assistant in the Arts Administration curriculum, currently MFA student Caitlin Healy. The assistant is responsible for organizing each event as they would for a professional venue, including creating and scheduling programming, taking care of all related logistics, working with area high schools, and coordinating workshops, rehearsals, and other events for the designated concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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