- Oct 37:30 PMCES: The Second City 65th Anniversary ShowCES at FSU Presents The Second City in Its 65th Anniversary ShowThe Cultural Events Series at Frostburg State University will present the original, daring, sidesplitting comedy troupe ,The Second City, in its 65th Anniversary Show on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center.The performance will feature all-time favorite songs, sketches and characters written by some of the troupe’s most illustrious alumni, including Catherine O’Hara, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Amber Ruffin, Stephen Colbert, Tim Meadows, Bill Murray, Tim Robinson, Joan Rivers, Eugene Levy and Adam McKay.Since its founding in 1959, The Second City has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing a unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars. It was experimental and unconventional in its approach to theater and comedy, and early alumni like Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi launched the theatre into the international spotlight.In 1976, it launched SCTV, which has been hailed as one of the greatest sketch comedy series of all time. The two-time Emmy-winning show featured an all-star cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty and Rick Moranis.Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company and continues to produce premier talent at its locations in Chicago, Toronto and Hollywood, entertaining more than one million audience members annually.Performance tickets are $30 for adults, $27 for FSU employees and members of the military, and free for FSU students. This event is intended for audiences ages 18 and older.For more information, visit ces.frostburg.edu or call 301-687-3137.CES is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org) and receives financial support from the Allegany Arts Council and the City of Frostburg.
- Oct 47:30 PMFaculty Artist Series: Faculty Showcase RecitalFSU’s Department of Music Presents Faculty Showcase RecitalFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will present its Faculty Artist Series Faculty Showcase Recital on Friday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; click the “Join Stream” button on this page a few minutes before the recital is scheduled to begin, or any time during the recital, to view the live performance.The recital will feature the Faculty Jazz Quintet, consisting of Dr. Donny Albrecht on trumpet, Dr. Brent Weber on saxophone, Peter Lewis on bass, Tom Harrison on guitar and Dr. Mackenzie Jacob LaMont on drums. They will perform works in remembrance of Benny Golson, an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger who recently passed away.Weber will also play Paul Bonneau’s “Caprice en Forme de Valse.” As the saxophone is commonly associated with the jazz style, classical music for the instrument had always been lacking, so when Bonneau composed this piece for solo saxophone in 1950, it was well-received by performers and listeners of the genre. “Caprice en Forme de Valse,” however, was particularly acclaimed for having no accompaniment and for its flexibility to be performed on all members of the saxophone family. It contains typically French characteristics, including chromaticism and difficult technical passages.Abby Lannan, on the euphonium, accompanied by Dr. Joseph Yungen on piano, will perform “Élégie, Op. 24” (1880) by French composer Gabriel Fauré. The piece was first published and performed in public in 1883 and became an immediate success. Spanning a wide range of emotions, including pathos, delicacy, virtuosity and heroics, it features a sad and somber opening and climaxes with an intense, tempestuous central section before returning to the elegiac opening theme in C minor.Yungen will play solos on the harpsichord: “Le Vertigo” (“Vertigo”) and “La marche des Scythes” (“The March of the Scythians”) from “Premier livre de pièces de clavecin” (1746) by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer. “Premier livre de pièces de clavecin” reveals the wide range of moods and emotions of French harpsichord music in the mid-18th century. In a similar vein to French organ music of the period, the general assumption is that the music peaked in the decades around 1700. The 14 pieces of this work include the wonderfully disorienting “Rondeau Le Vertigo” and Royer’s best-known piece, “La Marche des Scythes.”For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.
- Oct 77:30 PMGuest Artist Series: Jeremy Koch, SaxophoneFSU’s Department of Music Presents Saxophonist Jeremy Koch in Guest Artist Series ConcertFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will present saxophonist Jeremy Koch in a Guest Artist Series concert on Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. He will be accompanied by pianist Molly Orlando. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; click the “Join Stream” button on this page a few minutes before the recital is scheduled to begin, or any time during the recital, to view the live performance.For this concert, Koch will perform works by Jennifer Jolley, Miriama Young, Carter Pann, Max Bruch and Jerod Tate.In addition to the performance, a master class will be held at 3 p.m. in room 213 of the Performing Arts Center.Koch is a saxophonist, chamber musician, educator and arts administrator in the Washington, D.C., area. He is former principal saxophonist and section leader of the United States Air Force Band and has been a featured concert soloist on countless national tours and international conferences. As a freelance saxophonist, Koch has performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and the Kennedy Center. He regularly performs with the National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and Atlantic Reed Consort. A proponent of new music, Koch has premiered solo, saxophone quartet, reed quintet and concerto works at numerous conferences. He can be heard on countless recordings with the USAF Band.Committed to teaching, he regularly presents educational clinics, coaching and lessons to students ranging from fifth grade, high school and college to those preparing for professional auditions. He is lecturer of saxophone and chamber music at George Washington University as well as an adjunct professor of saxophone at Shepherd University and maintains a private teaching studio in Bethesda, Md.As an arts administrator, Koch was appointed the manager of Guest Artist Relations for the USAF Band and has directed collaborations with celebrated artists from across the musical spectrum. Previously, he managed, developed and curated chamber music programs for the USAF Band at the Smithsonian American History Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Archives and Kennedy Center.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.
- Oct 146:00 PMTenor-Bass Sing! RecitalFSU’s Department of Music to Host Tenor-Bass Sing! Invitational FestivalFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will host the seventh annual Tenor-Bass Sing! Invitational Festival on Monday, Oct. 14, on the FSU campus. This event, for middle- and high-school students who sing in the tenor or bass ranges, features a day of learning music together, camaraderie, a tour of campus and an evening concert. The concert, which will be held at 6 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center, is free and open to the public.The TBS Invitational Festival Choir will be joined by guest artists FSU Troubadours Tenor-Bass Choir and tenor-bass singers from community choirs.The Tenor Bass Sing Invitational Registration Form can be found at bit.ly/TBSing. There is a $15 fee for each participant, which will be billed at a later time.For more information, contact Dr. Scott Rieker, FSU choral director, at 301-687-4110 or serieker@frostburg.edu.
- Oct 187:30 PMFall Choral Concert
- Oct 197:30 PMFSU Wind Ensemble Fall Concert
- Oct 203:00 PMBrent Weber, saxophone - Faculty Recital
- Oct 227:30 PMVocal Studios Recital
- Oct 273:00 PMPiano Studio Recital
- Nov 33:00 PMAdolphe Sax Birthday Concert
- Nov 67:30 PMCES presents American Ballet Theatre Studio CompanyAscending Stars from the World of BalletABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, is made up of rising stars of the ballet world between the ages of 17 and 21. The company prepares these outstanding young dancers, who hail from all over the globe, to enter American Ballet Theatre and other leading ballet companies worldwide. Nearly 80% of current American Ballet Theatre dancers are ABT Studio Company alumni, including eight soloists and 14 principal dancers – among them Misty Copeland, Isabella Boylston and Calvin Royal III.ABT Studio Company dancers perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons alongside contemporary works. The group commissions a wide variety of choreographers to create new, custom ballets on the dancers each season, with a special focus on female choreographers.The highly mobile ABT Studio Company serves as an ambassador for American Ballet Theatre by touring to venues large and small. In recent years, the company has performed in such international cities as London, Athens, Manila, Hong Kong and St. Petersburg and at a wide variety of U.S. performing arts centers, college campuses, festivals and galas.CES is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, and receives financial support from the Allegany Arts Council and the City of Frostburg.
- Nov 87:30 PMFSU Percussion Ensemble Concert
- Nov 137:30 PMFSU Jazz Combo Concert
- Nov 147:30 PMFSU Guitar Ensemble Concert
- Nov 167:30 PMWinter Choral Concert
- Nov 173:00 PMColin Johnson, baritone - Faculty Recital
- Nov 207:30 PMFSU Wind Ensemble Winter Concert
- Nov 227:30 PMEvening of Jazz! - FSU Jazz Orchestra Concert
- Nov 243:00 PMWind Studios Recital
- Dec 17:00 PMMark Gallagher, clarinet - Faculty Recital
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