October 4 – Faculty recital by David Heller, organ. Professor
Heller will perform a recital featuring Choral No. 3 in A Minor
by Franck, Toccata and Fugue in F Major by Bach, and Dieu
est Simple by Messiaen. The program will also include Prelude
and Fugue on the Name of Alain by Marcel Duruflé, recognizing
the 100th anniversary of Durufle’s birth, and the first
complete performance of a new work, Covenants, by Austin Composer
Jeffrey Nytch. Margarite B. Parker Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
October 6 – Concert by the Composer Alliance of San Antonio
(CASA). The concert will feature premiere performances of works by
CASA members including "Five Musings from the Past" for
soprano and piano by Elisenda Fabregas, a brass quintet by Ken Metz,
and a woodwind quintet by William Ross. The concert will also include
earlier works by San Antonio composers David Heuser, Timothy Kramer,
and Misook Kim. Performers on the concert include the Olmos Ensemble,
flutist Jean Robinson, soprano Rachel Rosales, and others. Ruth Taylor
Concert Hall, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
October 9 – Faculty Recital by Jan Roller, trumpet. The recital
will also feature Professor Carolyn True on piano. Ruth Taylor Concert
Hall, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
October 19 – Stieren Arts Enrichment Series presentation,
“Franz Schubert, Linden Trees, and German National Identity: A Song
as Subject of History.” Professor Reinhold Brinkmann from Harvard
University will speak on Winterreise, a song cycle by Schubert
in honor of the 175th anniversary of the work. Ruth Taylor Concert
Hall, 7 p.m. Admission is free.
October 20 – Stieren Arts Enrichment Series concert. The
concert will feature a performance of the entire Winterreise song
cycle by Franz Schubert, in honor of its 175th anniversary.
Winterreise will be performed by Julianne Baird, soprano, and
Andrew Willis, fortepiano. Ruth Taylor Concert Hall, 3 p.m. Admission
is free.
October 29 – SOLI Chamber Ensemble, 8 p.m. in the Ruth Taylor
Concert Hall. Admission is $10.
All events are subject to change. For more information or to confirm
date and time of performances, call the music department at (210) 999-8211.
