Feb
10
7:30 PM19:30

Mountaintop Masterpieces by Perry and Brahms with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra

  • Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center (map)
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One of the most sought-after musicians of our generation, three-time GRAMMY® nominated violinist Curtis Stewart, makes his JSO debut performing Julia Perry’s long-neglected yet strikingly beautiful violin concerto. Also experience an early choral work from Perry, Ye Who Seek the Truth, and on the second half, Brahms’s future-looking and culminating achievement of symphonic form, his Symphony No. 4 in E Minor.

I will be playing tenor saxophone on the Julia Perry concerto

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Feb
12
7:30 PM19:30

The Great American Songbook: Charles Wesley Evans is All About Love with the Johnstown Symphony

  • Walter P. Carter Center, 450 Schoolhouse Road Johnstown, PA, 15904 United States (map)
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The program features many selections about love, from a swing-centered big band first half to Sinatra favorites such as “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way,” and “The Lady is a Tramp.” Slowing it down a little, the lush symphony POPS orchestra will perform “Lara’s Theme,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” and “The Way You Look Tonight,” The audience will find themselves humming along to familiar tune after familiar tune during this light-hearted romantic night out with the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra. In order to allow patrons plenty of time to patronize area restaurants, the JSO is pausing the pre-concert conversation series “An Invitation to the Music with James Blachly,” but will continue the new tradition of welcoming the audience with music in the lobby before the concert.

Featured vocalist Charles Wesley Evans has received high praise for his performances across the country. The New York Times calls him "An elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone.” Combined with his screen idol good looks and outstanding stage presence, this will be an evening to remember.

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Apr
12
8:00 PM20:00

DMA Recital 3: iv|ev

A program of music and poetry that explores the complex worlds of introversion and extroversion and what goes on in between.

Music by Mark Andre, Dave Reminick, Anthony Donofrio, Erin Rogers and Alex Mincek.

Poetry by Kazim Ali, Amy Alvarez, Camille Rankin and more.

Poetry will be read by the one and only, Amy Alvarez.

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Mar
18
5:00 PM17:00

Guest Artist Recital

  • University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center (map)
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I will be performing some of my favorite works written after 2000 by composers such as Besingrand, Fujikura, Jodlowski, Labadie, and Zoulek.

Please join me before the performance for an open discussion about life as a saxophonist, graduate student, chamber music, and whatever may come to mind.

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