Caine Performance Hall – Cache Valley Information

USU Guitar Students Give Spring Concert in Caine Performance Hall

ALE — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:40:59 +0000

LOGAN — The annual spring Guitar Ensembles concert is Monday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall on the Utah State University campus. The concert honors retired professor Mike Christiansen, founder of the guitar program at USU, and features sets by four different guitar ensembles and a guitar trio.

The first electric guitar group, coached by Drew Rogers, will play Ashokan Farewell, a piece by Jay Ungar, as well as renditions of Van Morrison’s Moondance and The Beatles’ Day Tripper. The next electric ensemble, coached by Corey Christiansen, will perform a variety of jazz standards, including the Oliver Nelson tunes Yearnin’ and Stolen Moments.

The guitar trio, also coached by Corey Christiansen, will perform a variety of student arrangements from the standard jazz repertoire, as well as Guardian Angel, an Al Di Miola piece from the album “Friday Night in San Francisco.”

Austin Weyland’s acoustic guitar ensemble will be playing Coleur Milonga by Thierry Tisserand, Irish Folk Melody by Jeremy Sparks and Lennon/McCartney’s Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

Mike Christiansen was the director of the guitar program for 39 years. He has received a number of accolades including the 2006 ASTA Utah Chapter Collegiate Educator of the Year Award and the U.S. Carnegie Professor of the Year in 2012. He is a widely respected clinician, performer and teacher, and keeps a busy schedule working with students and music departments around the world. He also stays busy performing as a soloist, sideman or band leader. Currently, Mike maintains his busy schedule of performing and teaching and works as director of curriculum for Consonus Music.

Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, visit the CCA Box Office located in room L-101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or go online at cca.usu.edu.

Make a Joyful Noise!

Lee Everton — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 23:00:41 +0000

LOGAN – Utah State University choirs present their final concert of the year, “Make a Joyful Noise,” on Thursday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall.
“Make a Joyful Noise” will feature a variety of choral favorites, including selections from Morten Lauridsen’s Madrigali and Dirait-on, Mack Wilberg’s Dances to Life and a tribute to the music of George Gershwin.
“Don’t miss a unique multimedia presentation of Michael McGlynn’s Media Vita,” Cory Evans, director of the choral program and professor in the Caine College of the Arts (CCA) said. “The presentation includes an interactive performance featuring the combined choirs and audio/video soundscape. The evening will end with a spirited version of Joseph Joubert’s gospel hit, How Excellent is Thy Name.”
It will be an eclectic evening of great choral music that’s not to be missed, Evans said.
Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information, visit the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or go online to arts.usu.edu today.

Fry Street Quartet to Perform Haydn, Beethoven and Bartók

Lee Everton — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:05:38 +0000

LOGAN – The Fry Street Quartet (FSQ), the Caine College of the Arts’ resident string quartet, will perform Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall at Utah State University.
“While in many ways this first looks like a very traditional string quartet concert, one element is a bit unexpected, which is the order of the program,” Anne Francis Bayless, cellist in the FSQ and associate professor in the Caine College of the Arts, said. “Audiences would usually hear a Bartók quartet in the middle of the traditional ‘sandwich’ of Haydn and Beethoven, but on this program we place one of the shortest of Beethoven’s entire oeuvre of string quartets, his Op. 95, right in the middle of our program.”
This quartet was written during his middle period, which was notable for the ways in which he expanded form greatly; in other words, his middle period quartets were generally much longer than any he had written previously, Francis Bayless said.
The Op. 95 quartet, nicknamed the “Serioso,” went directly against that grain and is a marvel of compactness.
“Anchoring the second half of the program is the sixth quartet of Béla Bartók,” Francis Bayless said. “Written not long before his own death, its composition followed the death of his mother and the outbreak of World War II, both of which affected the composer greatly. He fled Hungary for the United States in 1940, and his String Quartet No. 6 was premiered in New York in 1941. Each movement of the quartet begins with a slow introduction marked mesto, which means ‘sadly.’ It is one of the great masterpieces of the string quartet literature, and we’re thrilled to present it to our Logan audience.”
This season and next, the FSQ will present the six quartets of Bartok alongside the six Op. 76 quartets of Haydn on the NOVA Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City.
Fry Street and Friends is at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall Friady, Feb. 17. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors/youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022, or go online to cca.usu.edu.

Sing!

Lee Everton — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:05:40 +0000

LOGAN – The combined choirs of the USU Music Department present SING!, an evening of eclectic choral music, on Wednesday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall.
The concert features a variety of choral favorites, including the music of Eric Whitacre, Benjamin Britten, Michael McGlynn and more.
“Concert highlights include a combined performance of Gospel Magnificat by Robert Ray, a rockin’ gospel version of the traditional Magnificat text setting, and the USU Chamber Singers will be accompanied by interactive video presentations,” Cory Evans, director of the choral program and professor in the Caine College of the Arts, said. “Don’t miss the first choral performance of 2017!”
Tickets for Sing! are $10 adults, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For tickets or more information, visit the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or go online to cca.usu.edu today.

Fry Street and Friends Take Stage at Utah State University

Lee Everton — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:42:17 +0000

Utah Symphony Orchestra Musicians join concert Nov. 15

LOGAN — The Fry Street Quartet, Utah State University’s string quartet in residence, will perform with three guest artists Tuesday, Nov. 15. Joining the quartet are Brant Bayless, Jason Hardink and Kathryn Eberle. Concert time is at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall on USU’s Logan campus.

Utah Symphony principal violist Brant Bayless came to Utah after completing his studies in New York City. Since joining the Utah Symphony in 2001, Bayless has immersed himself in the vibrant musical community of Salt Lake City. From his regular performances on the NOVA and Intermezzo chamber music series to a teaching post at Westminster College, he remains committed to his art even when he isn’t on stage at Abravanel Hall.

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Violinist Kathryn Eberle is the associate concertmaster of the Utah Symphony. She was previously a violinist with the St. Louis Symphony and served as guest concertmaster with the Richard and Omaha Symphonies. She served extensively as concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, including the ensemble’s tour of China. Eberle most recently performed all of the Beethoven Violin Sonatas with pianist Jason Hardink on the NOVA Chamber Music Series in Salt Lake City.

Jason Hardink, principal symphony keyboard in the Utah Symphony and artistic director of the NOVA Chamber Music Series, performs a wide-ranging repertoire of music by living composers and works of the historical canon. His leadership of the NOVA Chamber Music Series has created a dynamic environment through which audience and performers experience music both new and old.

“Fry Street and Friends” is presented by the Caine College of the Arts at USU.

Tickets for the Nov. 15 concert are $10 adults, $8 seniors/youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022, or see the college’s website (cca.usu.edu).

Second Annual ‘Muses’ Concert is Here

Lee Everton — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:57:00 +0000

USU Music Therapy Students Perform and Show how Music is used in the Discipline

LOGAN — Many creative people have muses ― the goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts. Students in Utah State University’s music therapy program have gathered their muses for a concert and will present “Muses” Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Caine Performance Hall on USU’s Logan campus. Concert time is 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to everyone.

“The Muses concert features the music therapy students performing on a wide variety of instruments and in a variety of music styles,” said Letha Winger, clinical instructor of music therapy in the Caine College of the Arts. “In addition, the concert is designed to give audience members an introduction to how music therapists use music in clinical situations to provide healing, relief, rehabilitation and growth in others.”

The concert features multiple students in the music therapy program, ranging from freshmen to seniors.

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“Though music therapy is an evidence-based, allied health profession, the concert is titled ‘Muses’ to represent the inspiration we have all felt with music,” Winger said. “Both that which we embrace for ourselves and that which we give to others.”

While “Muses” is free and open to the public, donations to the program are accepted. For more information, visit the CCA Box Office in room L-101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or see the college’s website (cca.usu.edu).