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New Stuff

New CDs

Narong Prangcharoen – (CD 9721)

Dialogue en Francais - French Masterpieces for Horn & PianoBernhard Scully, French Horn and Joanne Minnetti, Piano (CD 9722)

Song of the Black SwanWorks Inspired by NatureAletheia Duo: Jonathan Keeble, Flute & Ann Yeung, Harp (CD 9723)

Jesus Christ Superstar – staring Paul Nicholas with the 20th Anniversary London Cast recording (CD 9720)

New Scores

Beethoven - Sextet in Eb major, Opus 71 - for 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons (M657 .B43 op.71 1950)

Holmstrand – Percussion Instrumentation Guide for Symphony Orchestras (Ref. ML128 .P23 H75 2004)

The 16-Bar Theatre Audition100 Songs Excerpted for Successful Auditions - TENOR (M1507 .S67 2003)

The 16-Bar Theatre Audition100 Songs Excerpted for Successful Auditions - BARITONE/BASS (M1507 .S68 2003)

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Helen’s Friday Staff Picks

Picks for when you just need to stick your head in the sand for a while…

Miles Davis

the Beatles

Steve Reich

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Welcome to Summer!!!

Congratulations – we finally finished! Finals are over, juries are done, papers are turned in and we are home bound! (or DC bound with an unpaid internship and part time, underpaid job)

To the seniors, the soon-to-be graduates, CONGRATULATIONS! We wish you well with your next steps.

To the juniors, the rising seniors, holy crap! One year left!

To the sophomores, the new upperclassmen, get ready for a crazy 2 years!

To the freshmen, the no-longer freshmen, congrats! You finished (and passed) your first year of college!

For those hanging around DC, I’ve compiled a list of our very fabulous DC & summer music CDs. These  all have to do with either:

  • A) local DC music culture/musicians/style
  • B) SUMMER
  • C) DC in the summer…

So ENJOY and have a GREAT SUMMER BREAK!!!!

The Beat – Go Go’s Fusion of Funk & Hip Hop (CD 3136)

for those who didn’t now, Go Go is a style of music that came out of DC. Although it’s not hugely popular around the rest of the world, it is definitely a big part of the culture here.

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (CD 5079)

because every summer needs some beach…and some boys…and some beach boys.

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (CD 3345)

great musician from D.C.

Duke Ellington - (CD 5519) More Great Hits (CD 2032) Symphony No. 1 Afro-American (CD 5820) Symphony No. 2 Song of a New Race (CD 1131)

did you know he was from D.C.? Yeah…figured, after all we do have the Duke Ellington Bridge.

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Weekend Events

Thursday, April 26th @ 8 P.M.

Linden String Quartet “Works of Beethoven, Bartók & Dvorák”

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center

Friday/Saturday April 27/28 @ 8 P.M.

AU Symphony Orchestra Concert

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center

Saturday April 28th @ 6 P.M.

Art Opening featuring art by Antonio Forte, senior

Katzen Museum, FREE

Sunday April 29th @ 8 P.M.

AU New Music Ensemble

Abramso Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center

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New Arrivals: April 24

New American masters. Vol.4 — Palisades Virtuosi (CD 9679)

Doctor Atomic Symphony — John Adams (CD 9680)

Walk, Don’t Run! — Johnny Smith (CD 9681)

The best of the Capitol masters — Les Paul with Mary Ford (CD 9682)

Turtle Dreams — Meredith Monk (CD 9683)

The Master and His Music — Chet Atkins (CD 9684)

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New Scores

Giusseppe Verdi’s Otello (full score) M1500 .V48 O8 1986

Carole King Deluxe Anthology (piano, vocal, guitar) M1630.18 .K487 C2 1990

John Cage Living Room Music (percussion & speech quartet) M485.c34 L5 1976

The Rosewood Book (30 Duets for Guitar & flute) M296 .R67 2000

Charles Ives Largo Risoluto No. 1 (for piano quintet) M512 .I8 L4 1961

Heitor Villa-Lobos Trio (for hautbois, clarinette, bassoon) M357.2 .V5 T7 2009

Francois Devienne Quartet in C (for Bassoon, violin, viola and cell) M462 .D49 op. 73 no. 1 2000

Gilbert & Sullivan for Singers (soprano) M1507 .S95 G475 2003

Aaron Copland El Salon Mexico (full score) M1003 .C778 S3 2000

The Flute Collection (10 pieces by 10 composers) M243 .F5883 2005

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Exciting Events in the Department!!!!

Tuesday, April 17th @ 7 P.M.

AU Saxophone Recital

Katzen Rm. 151 FREE

Friday/Saturday, April 20/21st @ 8 P.M.

AU Chamber Singers “Bach & Handel”

Katzen Recital Hall

Sunday, April 22nd @ 6 P.M.

AU Little Big Band “What a Novel Idea!”

Katzen Recital Hall

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New Stuff

New Scores to the Music Library:

First 2 very LARGE and very EXCITING scores:

Vox Balaenae For Three Masked Players  by George Crumb for electric flute, electric cello, electric piano (M 322 .C88 V6 1972)

Symphony No. 4 by Charles Ives – score and CD (M 3 .I94 S94 2011)

Others scores

Trio in G Major – for 2 flutes and basso continue - J.C. Bach (M317 .B33 T7 G major 2009)

Quintet Op. 43for flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn & bassoon – Carl Nielsen (M557 .N54 op. 43 2004)

Woodwind Quintet - for bassoon, oboe, horn in f, flute and clarinet in a – Gunther Schuller (M557 . S468 Q59 1968)

Concerto in C minor – for oboe, violin, strings & basso continuo – Bach (M1141 .B33 BWV 1060 2009)

Contrastsfor violin, clarinet & piano - Béla Bartók (M 322 .B3 C6 2002)

Werke fur Klavier zu vier Handen - Beethoven – Henle edition (M3 .B44 v.VII/1 Suppl.)

Kadenzen zu KlavierkonzertenBeethoven – Henle edition (M3 .B44 v.VII/7 Suppl.)

Concerto - arranged for oboe and piano – by Cimaros, arranged by Arthur Benjamin (M 1123 .C563 C6 1995)

Trio in Eb Major, Op. 38 - for clarinet, cello & piano – Beethoven (M 322 .B4 op.38 1988)

Trio C major Op. 87 - for 2 oboes & english horn -Beethoven (M357.2 .B4 op.87 2009)

Trio in a minor, Op. 114 - for piano, clarinet, violincello – Brahms (M322 .B8 op.114 1979)

Serenade op. 25 - for flute, violin & viola – Beethoven (M362 .B4 op.25 2008)

Die kleine Kammermusik - Six Partitas for Violin & Basso ContinuoTelemann (M220 .T45 K6 2006)

Phantasy op. 2 - for oboe, violin, viola & cello - Benjamin Britten (M462 .B75 P43 1935)

Quintet - for clarinet, 2 violas and 2 cellos – David Diamond (M562 .D536 Q5 1957)

Quintette no. 1 - for flute, oboe, clarinet, basson & horn – Jean Francaix (M557 .F73 no. 1 1990)

Quintet, Op. 39 - for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola & double bass – Serge Prokofieff (M562 .P85 op.39 1990)

Trio K. 498 - for piano, clarinet, viola – Mozart (M322 .M69 K.498 2008)

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Happenings this Weekend

American University Symphony Orchestra presents: 
Heaven, Hell, and the World in Between with Britten, von Bingen, Theofanidis and Dvorak 
Saturday, March 3rd at 8 P.M. 
Sunday, March 4th at 3 P.M.

Washington Performing Arts Society presents:
What Makes it Great?
with Rob Kapilow, Zuill Bailey (cello) and our very own Yuliya Gorenman (piano)
Sunday, March 4th at 6 P.M.
Sixth & I Synagogue
601 I Street NW

Piano Recital with Matt Van Hoose Sunday, March 4th at 7:30 PM
Riderwood Village Chapel
3110 Gracefield Rd, Silver Spring MD


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Nobue’s Staff Picks

Concerto for Orchestra by Lutoslawski (CD 5201):

When you hear “Concerto for Orchestra,” most people think of the one by Bartok. Personally, this one by Lutoslawski is my favorite although I still love the one by Bartok. The melody in the lower strings at the beginning reminds me of the opening of Resurrection Symphony (#2) by Mahler a bit. This piece should be played more often! If you have not heard it already, you must. Really cool piece.

Michael Torke’s Color Music (CD 1373):

You want to hear colors in music? Torke’s got the colors. When I was in graduate school, I had a chance to play Ecstatic Orange which is on this CD. The piece sounded very NEW to me at that time, and I wasn’t sure what to think of it, but as you listen to it, it becomes addictive. There are some minimalistic elements, but nothing like Steve Reich or Philip Glass. You will definitely hear colors or colours or however you want to spell it.

Janacek, Hindemith, Prokofiev (CD 5620):

Janacek is one of my favorite composers. Sinfonietta may be played almost too often, but it is still one of my faves. The bestselling “1Q84” by Hikaru Murakami mentions this piece at the beginning of the book. There are a lot of good and exciting parts for brass and percussion. What more can you ask for?

Abbey Road by Beatles (CD 5122):

Among the many albums the Beatles released, this album has two of my favorite songs: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Octopus’s Garden. It is almost not right to say that the song makes me happy because Maxwell is killing people in the song. I wonder why the song sounds so happy… About Octopus’s Garden, who doesn’t want to visit an Octopus’s Garden?

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