Francis Marion University Performance Highlights 2012-2013

FMU Artist Series / Burns Memorial Recital
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 7:30 pm
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center

The Andrée Expedition by Dominick Argento
Robert Tudor, baritone and Susan Slingland, piano

As a boy, Argento dreamed of becoming an aviator.

Much later, the story of Salomon Andrée's doomed North Pole expedition inspired him to embark on his most ambitious song cycle.

Andrée, Strindberg and Frænkel began their North Pole expedition on July 11, 1897; 33 years later their bodies were discovered and returned to Sweden.

Argento took the text for this song cycle mainly from their diaries and notebooks.

Robert Tudor brings projected images of the expedition to the stage as Susan Slingland joins him to present this remarkable work.

Praised by The Washington Post for his “powerful singing voice” and “notable acting skills,” Robert W. Tudor has performed opera, musical theatre, cabaret, and concert works throughout the United States. Roles have included Papageno in The Magic Flute, The Lecturer in Dominick Argento’s monodramatic opera A Waterbird Talk, Freddy in My Fair Lady and Murdoch in Titanic – A New Musical. Other productions include Follies, Iolanthe, The Fantastics and Gianni Schicchi. Concert works include the Requiems of Fauré and Duruflé, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’s Mass in G and Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio. Robert is a regular guest artist with the Montana Early Music Festival and artist and instructor at the annual Helena Choral Festival in Montana. Last year, Robert joined celebrated soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, pianist Betty Bullock and bassist David Jernigan for the first in a series of national concert engagements featuring classics from Broadway.

THE DAVID MARSHALL AND CATHERINE KOGER BURNS MEMORIAL RECITAL SERIES

    David Marshall Burns, Jr., and Catherine Koger Burns, natives of Charleston, South Carolina, were married and moved to Florence in 1933 where they became actively involved in civic activities and the arts. The Bums Recital Series was established in 1989 by Catherine Burns in memory of her husband and, upon her death in 1995, the Series was renamed the David Marshall and Catherine Koger Burns Memorial Recital Series.
    Mr. Burns was a graduate of the Medical University School of Pharmacy, with a post-graduate degree in pharmaceutical chemistry. Mr. Burns was chief pharmacist at Roper Hospital in Charleston until 1933 when he became Medical Service Representative for Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, and moved to Florence.
    He was a member of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association as well as the Traveling Men's Organization. He served on the Board of Health of Florence and was Chairman of the Salvation Army Board. He was a member of the Board of Stewards of Central Methodist Church. He was volunteer instructor of pharmacology at McLeod's Nursing School and was twice chosen by the nurses as outstanding teacher.
    Mr. Burns was a member of the Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America, Inc., an organization dedicated to the support of a hospital in Kansas which treats children with speech and hearing defects.
    He was a member of The Graduates, a Quartet which performed at various affairs including Art's Alive at Francis Marion University. He was honored by the local chapter in 1973 and again in 1984 when he was chosen Barbershopper of the Year. His hobby was antique clock collecting and repair. His collection of about 250 clocks went to a museum in North Carolina. After his retirement from Eli Lilly, Mr. Bums worked part-time at Dixon's Drug Store on Dargan Street.
    Catherine Koger Bums was a graduate of Memminger High School in Charleston and later earned degrees in Music and English at Coker College in Hartsville. A talented actress, she later took post graduate work at the University of North Carolina and studied drama at the Bennett School, Millbrook, New York. After a brief attempt to make a New York career in the theater, Mrs. Bums returned to South Carolina and taught piano in Midland, South Carolina, under the supervision of her cousin, Nell Mellichamp. Soon thereafter in 1933, she was married to David Marshall Burns of Charleston.
    In Florence, Mrs. Burns continued to perform as a regular with the Florence Little Theatre and played several leading roles in radio dramas produced by WIS, Columbia, and WCSC, Charleston. As a frequent reader at her Sorosis Literary Club, Mrs. Burns became regionally recognized as an interpreter of the poetry of Dubose Heywood, Harvey Alien, and others. For many years Mrs. Burns performed dramatic readings and narrations at Christmas and Easter Holidays at Central United Methodist Church and Timrod Park. Probably, however, the most satisfaction she ever derived from the use of her talents was when she was "The Story Lady" and read classic stories to the children at the Florence Public Library. This cherished activity was resumed in her adopted hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, where she lived until her death in March 1995. This recital series is a tribute to David and Catherine Burns and their valuable contributions to the enhancement of the arts in the Pee Dee.

FMU Artist Series
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 7:30 pm
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center

Enrico Elisi, piano

Enrico Elisi regularly performs to acclaim throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, with recent engagements in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, and China. He has appeared with orchestras in Italy, Portugal, and the U.S. In 2007, he debuted as soloist/conductor with the Green Valley Festival Chamber Orchestra (Las Vegas), a festival that he co-founded and directed. Mr. Elisi has also appeared on radio and television broadcasts around the world. His latest CD of piano works by Mozart was released in 2011. As an active chamber musician, he has performed at the Taos and Ravinia Festivals, given duo recitals in China and South Korea, and collaborated with principal players from the Baltimore, Chicago, and American Symphony Orchestras.

A champion of new music, Mr. Elisi has commissioned and premiered numerous works by composers of many nationalities. He recently premiered one such commission, Paul Chihara’s Images, at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall and subsequently recorded it for Albany Records. His vision for contemporary music led to his founding and directing an international composition competition, Arioso Musica Domani, in 2010.

Among Mr. Elisi’s awards are top prizes in the Venice Competition and the Oporto International Competition. He has also received the La Gesse Foundation Fellowship, which led to performances in Toulouse, France, and New York’s Weill Hall. At the 2007 World Piano Pedagogy Conference, he performed a joint recital with Leon Fleisher. He has directed the Piano Institute of the Las Vegas Music Festival and he recently established and is president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Liszt Society.

In his native Italy, Mr. Elisi studied in Bologna and earned performance diplomas from the Conservatory of Florence (summa cum laude) and the world-renowned Incontri col Maestro International Piano Academy of Imola. In addition, he earned MM and DMA degrees at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Elisi worked extensively with Lazar Berman, Leon Fleisher, Giuseppe Fricelli, Alexander Lonquich, Boris Petrushansky, and Franco Scala and took part in master classes with Joaquín Achúcarro, Jörg Demus, Rudolf Firkušný, Peter Lang, Louis Lortie, Murray Perahia.

Mr. Elisi is on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, having previously taught at Penn State University, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is in demand as a competition adjudicator, has given master classes and performed at universities around the world, and has held a guest professorship at the China Academy of Arts in Hangzhou.

PROGRAM

From Quelques riens pour album (Some Trifles for an Album):.................Gioachino Rossini Un Rien, No. 5 – Allegretto moderato (1792–1868) Un Rien, No. 1 – Allegretto Embryons desséchés (Dried Embryos) (1913)..........................................Erik Satie I. d'holothurie (Of the Holothurian) (1866—1925) II. d'edriophthalma (Of the Edriopthalma) III. de podophthalma (Of the Podophtalma) Sonata in G Major, No. 16, Op. 31, No. 1 (1802)..........................Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro vivace (1770—1827) Adagio grazioso Rondo: Allegretto – Presto From Album de château (Castle Album):.......................................Gioachino Rossini Un rêve (A Dream) Partita in B-flat Major, No. 1, BWV 825 (1726–31).......................Johann Sebastian Bach Praeludium (1685–1750) Allemande Corrente Sarabande Menuets I and II Giga From Quelques riens pour album (Some Trifles for an Album):.................Gioachino Rossini Un Rien, n. 11 – Andantino mosso, Allegretto moderato Un Rien, n. 12 – Allegretto moderato Danse sibérienne (Siberian Dance) Ungarische Rhapsodie (Hungarian Rhapsody) in A Minor, No. 13, S. 244 (1846-85)....Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

FMU Concert Band
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 7:30 pm

FMU Concert Band
Kelly Jokisch, conductor
Paolo André Gualdi, piano soloist

The Concert Band performs the very best of the concert band and wind ensemble literature. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings and the ensemble has been open to community participation since 2002. The membership is a blend of FMU students and community participants.

We are always seeking additional participants; if you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us. Information can be found at Music - Instrumental Program or email Kelly Jokisch at kjokisch@fmarion.edu.

Program

Rhapsodic Celebration..............Robert Sheldon Robinson’s Grand Entree..............Karl L. King arr. Loras Schissel Fortitude.........................Sean O’Loughlin In Heaven’s Air....................Samuel R. Hazo Rhapsody In Blue..................George Gershwin arr. Donald Hunsberger Dr. Paolo André Gualdi, Piano Soloist

FMU Concert Band at the Performing Arts Center

FMU Artist Series
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 7:30 pm
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center

Richter Uzur Duo
Brad Richter, guitar and Viktor Uzur, cello

Viktor Uzur and Brad Richter met in 2005 when Brad was commissioned by Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, where Viktor is cello professor, to write a concert length chamber piece (Navigating Lake Bonneville). The piece prominently featured cello and guitar and as it developed so too did a close friendship and a deep mutual respect that became the foundation for this collaboration.

Viktor and Brad are each classical musicians of the highest caliber with successful international solo careers and intensive training from two of the world’s most lauded musical institutions: The Moscow Conservatory and The Royal College of Music respectively. Their musical interests and abilities, however, are far from limited to classical music. In their teens and twenties, while developing into classical virtuosi, they cut their teeth in rock bands – Viktor as an electric guitarist and Brad as a guitarist and singer. They also delved into folk and world music but eventually put those interests aside as they pursued their classical concert careers.

The Richter Uzur Duo may be unique in the way in which they combine classical, rock and folk music and themes into truly original new compositions as well as in the way in which they collaborate. Because they live almost 1,000 miles apart they do a great deal of composing over phone and internet and write parts separately, combining and re-developing them while on concert tours together. It is rare that two successful classical composers come together to co-write music of such distinction. The fun and friendship Viktor and Brad share in this partnership are obvious on stage and in their music.

Program

Caprice #5...................................A. Piatti The Waters Beneath.............................Richter Bohemian Rhapsody................................Queen (arr. Richter Uzur) Almost October............................Richter Uzur Duo Concerto..............................Richter Uzur Rhapsody in Blue Mash-up.........Gershwin Richter Uzur La Folia (Renaissance Theme)..............Richter Uzur Misirlou, Flight of the Bumble Bee...arr. Richter Uzur (Rimsky-Korsakov) – Mash up Ironwood..................................Richter Uzur Zajdi Zajdi...........................trad. Macedonian arr. Richter Uzur Carpathian Kolo (Serbian Folk Song)...............Uzur

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Monday, 19 November 2012
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 7:30 pm

University String Ensemble
Terry Roberts, director

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Kassab Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center, 7:30 pm

Cut Time Show Choir
Sue Butler Orr, director

Francis Marion’s show choir, CUT TIME is an audition-only group which combines singing and choreography. This group performs throughout the region for schools and service organizations. In the fall of 1996 they traveled to Lake City and Charleston, singing in 5 high schools. In October of 1997 they sang at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando. In 1998 they traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, in Washington, D.C. and in Vienna, Austria. In April of 2002, they returned to Disney World and Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café. Spring of 2003 included a performance cruise to the Bahamas.

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 7:30 pm

Music Industry Jazz Express

The Music Industry Jazz Express is a chamber ensemble devoted to the development of individual performance and improvisation skills through the preparation and staging of music for small groups representing a variety of classic and modern jazz, pop, rock and soul styles.

Please contact Dr. Brandon Goff bgoff@fmarion.edu for additional information about participating in the Jazz Express.

Jazz Express Fall 2012
YouTube Video

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Kassab Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center, 4:00 pm

Francis Marion University Concert Choir
Sue Butler Orr, director

Open to all university students, the University Concert Choir has an average enrollment of between 35 and 45 students. This group has sung in numerous area churches and has also performed with the Florence Symphony Orchestra. They have performed such major choral works as the “Polovetzian Dance and Chorus” of Alexander Borodin, the “Schicksalslied” of Johannes Brahms, and the Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Recently their concerts have included selections accompanied by the newly formed Francis Marion string ensemble.

Christmas 2011 Concert on YouTube

FMU Artist Series
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building, 7:30 pm
Free, General Admission, No Reservations

Love's Labour's Lost by American Shakespeare Center

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. - V.i

In Love’s Labour’s Lost, the King of Navarre and his three schoolmates are ripe for an education in love from the Princess of France and her three ladies. Joining the lovers is a brilliantly goofy troupe of clowns, including the love-warrior Don Armado and the lust-sick rogue Costard, who ardently pursue the affections of a winsome country maid — and who perform an unforgettable pageant for the royals. Written around the same time as Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this giddy and extravagant romantic comedy is Shakespeare’s most exuberant wordfest — a joyful carnival of love, loss, and hope.

Since 1988, the American Shakespeare Center has produced English Renaissance plays in a bold, fresh style, bringing Shakespeare and other early modern works to communities across the country and around the world. Direct from the stage of the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA, the ASC On Tour employs Shakespeare’s own staging conditions to break down the barriers that traditionally separate performer and audience.

"We scour the country for the right 10-12 actors to perform all these roles in all of these plays," said ASC Artistic Director Jim Warren. "Not only are we looking for the right talent to do these shows in true rotating repertory (a great lost joy in today's theatre world), but we're also looking for personalities we think will gel into a dynamic, well-balanced ensemble on and off the stage. On top of all of that, we're also looking for singers and musicians because we perform all of our music live and unplugged; join us for our pre-show a half-hour before show time for some musical treats."

FMU Concert Band Concert
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 7:30 pm

FMU Concert Band
Amesha Johnson, vocal soloist
Kelly Jokisch, conductor

Amesha L. Johnson, a native of Florence, is a 2010 graduate of Coker College where she received her Bachelor of Music Education. She is honored to perform and share the stage with the FMU Band, as this is her debut at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center.

The Concert Band rehearses on Tuesday evenings and is open to adult participation. This is the fourth year we have performed in this format. The membership is a blend of FMU students and community participants. We are always seeking additional participants; if you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us. Information can be found at Music - Instrumental Program or email Kelly Jokisch at kjokisch@fmarion.edu.

Program

Where Eagles Soar............Steven Reineke A Basque Lullaby................Dan Forrest Under The Double Eagle March....J.F. Wagner arr. Andrew Glover Riverdance......................Bill Whelan arr. Carl Strommen Amesha L. Johnson, Vocal Soloist Bolero........................Maurice Ravel arr. Jay Bocook

FMU Concert Band

Amesha Johnson

Amesha L. Johnson

FMU Lecture Series and Department of Fine Arts
Monday, 25 February - Friday, 1 March 2013
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence

South Carolina Chamber Music Festival
Dr. Paolo André Gualdi, coordinator

Monday, February 25 Romantic soirée	Music by Frank and Brahms. Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi, violin Heidi Lucas, horn Paolo André Gualdi, piano
Tuesday, February 26 Anxiety	Lecture by Heidi Lucas: "Dealing with Performance Anxiety: Setting Yourself Up to Have More Successful Performances"
Wednesday, February 27 From blues to tango	Music by Gershwin, Ravel, Garner, Piazzolla and others. Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi, violin Martin Gueorguiev, cello Marcos Machado, double bass Dan Hull, guitar Terry Roberts, horn Paolo André Gualdi, piano
Thursday, Feburary 27 Master Class	Master Class by Marcos Machado: Double Bass and Electric Bass
Friday, March 1 Great masterworks	Schubert - "Trout" Quintet, D. 667 Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 Carmelo de los Santos, violin Sinisa Ciric, viola Martin Gueorguiev, cello Marcos Machado, double bass Paolo André Gualdi, piano

The South Carolina Chamber Music Festival will host a series of chamber recitals to showcase the artists participating in workshops and masterclasses taking place throughout the week. Please check back closer to performance date for additional information.

Recitals are $5 and scheduled for 7:30 pm; Lecture and Master Class are free and scheduled for 6:00 pm. All will take place in the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center in downtown Florence at 201 South Dargan Street. For more information please call the PAC Box Office 843.661.4444 between 12:00 and 5:00 pm.

Guest Artists

Cármelo de los Santos, violin – Brazil
    (University of New Mexico)
Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi, violin – Serbia
    (UNC Wilmington)
Heidi Lucas, horn – USA
    (University of Southern Mississippi)
Sinisa Ciric, viola – Serbia
    (Georgia Perimeter College)
Martin Gueorguiev, cello - Bulgaria
    (Oxford College of Emory University)
Marcos Machado, double bass – Brazil
    (University of Southern Mississippi)

FMU Faculty
Paolo André Gualdi, Piano
Brandon Goff, Composer
Terry Roberts, Horn
Dan Hull, Guitar

FMU Artist Series
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 7:30 pm
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center

Original Compositions by
Giuseppe Lupis, piano

Pianist and composer Giuseppe Lupis enjoys more than twenty years of experience in the musical field, with frequent appearances in the United States, South America, and Europe. As composer, Lupis aims at restoring the prominence piano enjoyed in the 19th Century by featuring the peculiar characteristics of the instrument. In crafting his works, Lupis gives great consideration to the performer, the audience, and the musical language. “The result was just brilliant, as Lupis wrote pieces that truly reflect my way of approaching piano playing, life and the audience” (Gabriele Baldocci: Grand Valley Lanthorn, Feb. 29, 2012.)

Lupis’ works have been broadcast by TV2000, Rai3 Lazio, Vatican Radio, and presented at the Berlin Philharmonic, Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, Opera House in Copenhagen, Martha Argerich Presents Project in Buenos Aires, Argentina; in Rome, London, New York, Dallas, Seoul, and across the United States, Canada, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, and South Korea. Upcoming performances of his compositions include TV broadcasts for Sky Classica; Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti concert season in Rome, Italy; Museu da Republica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Almaty Conservatory in Kazakistan; Bulgaria; venues in Chicago, Columbia, and other United States cities; the 2013 College Music Society International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the premiere of his opera “Il Pianista Disgraziato” in New York City. A former pupil of Aldo Ciccolini, Giuseppe Lupis holds a Doctoral degree from the University of Georgia and serves on the piano faculty at Grand Valley State University.

Program

A Few Excuses - Just an Excuse - A Good Excuse (L for Felix) - A Better Excuse: Bis From Le Tombeau de Piano - La Tarantella - Broken Record Rag… Brr! 8 Variations, One Crazy, on Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman A Few More Excuses - A Lonely Excuse: Bad CC - A Fun Excuse: Museum Variations - A Great Excuse: Copla Il Remo d’Oro: Tre Sonate Vulcaniche in NEMI Bemolle I. Allegro con moto... scafo II. Laghetto Oscuro III. [...] From Approximately 5 Preludes - Chopin Prelude - Bach Prelude From Le Tombeau de Piano - Chopin Nocturne in B Flat Minor

FMU Artist Series
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 7:30 pm
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center

Craig Hultgren, cello

Cellist Craig Hultgren is a long-time activist for new music, the newly creative arts, and the avant-garde. This year he has performed solo concerts and chamber music in St, Louis, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis and Bowling Green, Ohio. A recipient of two Artist Fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, he is a member of Thámyris, a contemporary chamber music ensemble in Atlanta.

A cellist in the Alabama Symphony, he also plays in the Chagall Trio and Luna Nova, a new music ensemble with a large repertoire of performances available as podcast downloads on iTunes.

Hultgren is featured in three solo CD recordings including The Electro-Acoustic Cello Book on Living Artist Recordings. In 2004, the Birmingham Sidewalk Film Festival 48-Hour Scramble cited him for the best soundtrack creation for the film The Silent Treatment. Every other year he produces the Hultgren Solo Cello Works Biennial, an international competition that highlights the best new compositions for the instrument. He teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Alabama School of Fine Arts and Birmingham-Southern College where he directs the BSC New Music Ensemble.

FMU Guest Artist Recital
Friday, 29 March 2013, 7:30 pm
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence

Tish Oney, jazz vocalist
with FMU Faculty Jazz

Dr. Tish Oney is a vocalist, arranger, pianist, composer and Artistic Director of several internationally-touring productions including 'The Peggy Lee Project,' 'Tish Oney's Big Band Excursion,' 'Tish Oney's Swingin' Christmas, and 'An Evening With Tish Oney.' She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies and Performance at The University of Southern California's renowned Thornton School of Music. Oney's third solo album,'Sweet Youth,' attained international airplay (on jazz, traditional pop and adult standard radio worldwide), and critical-acclaim, being named among the Top 5 Vocal Jazz Albums of 2011 by AllMusic.com's jazz writer Michael G. Nastos.

In addition to her very active recording career, Tish teaches master classes and appears worldwide as a soloist in both jazz and classical circles.

This concert follows a week-long residency in which Dr. Oney has conducted workshops with FMU music industry majors, vocalists, and area high school students. She is joined by a combo of Francis Marion faculty including Brandon Goff, Paolo Andre Gualdi, Shane Reeves and Terry Roberts.

PROGRAM

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most.....Tommy Wolf/Fran Landesman Arr: Tish Oney September In The Rain..........................Harry Warren/Al Dubin Arr: Tish Oney Lullaby Of The Leaves......................Bernice Petkere/Joe Young Arr: Tish Oney Autumn Nocturne...............................Josef Myrow/Kim Gannon Arr: Tish Oney Ask, Seek, Knock...........................................Tish Oney I Don’t Know Enough About You.................Dave Barbour/Peggy Lee Arr: Tish Oney Take A Little Time To Smile...................Dave Barbour/Peggy Lee Arr: Tish Oney New York City Blues...........................Quincy Jones/Peggy Lee Arr: Tish Oney Hidden Soul..................................Joseph Riposo/Tish Oney Arr: Tish Oney Alice In Wonderland................Sammy Fain/Bob Hilliard/Tish Oney ‘Tis Autumn...............................................Henry Nemo Arr: Tish Oney In The Back Of My Mind.....................Tish Oney/George B. Gábor Year-Round Blues...........................................Tish Oney Waltz For Ellie............................................Tish Oney It Might As Well Be Spring......Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II Arr: Tish Oney

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 7:30 pm
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence

University Music Industy Express

The Music Industry Express is a chamber ensemble devoted to the development of individual improvisation skills through the preparation and performance of literature for small groups representing a variety of classic and modern jazz, pop, rock and soul styles.

Please contact Dr. Brandon Goff bgoff@fmarion.edu for additional information about participating in the Jazz Express.

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Jazz Express Fall 2012

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 4:00 pm

University String Ensemble
Terry Roberts, director

Open to all university students and faculty interested in learning and performing chamber music, the University String Ensemble members meet for weekly rehearsals during Fall and Spring academic semesters, giving public recitals and accompanying other campus ensembles.

On the program are works by Tartini, Mendelssohn, Reineke and Concerto No. 3 for Horn by Mozart. Conductor and Soloist is Dr. Terry Roberts. Dr. Roberts has performed in Europe and the United States as soloist and chamber musician. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the box office, 661-4444.

FMU Concert Band Concert
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Performing Arts Center, Downtown Florence, 7:30 pm

FMU Concert Band
Kelly Jokisch, conductor

The Concert Band rehearses on Tuesday evenings and is open to adult participation. This is the fourth year we have performed in this format. The membership is a blend of FMU students and community participants. We are always seeking additional participants; if you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us. Information can be found at Music - Instrumental Program or email Kelly Jokisch at kjokisch@fmarion.edu.

Kelly Jokisch, conductor

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center, 7:30 pm

Cut Time Show Choir
Sue Butler Orr, director

FMU Department of Fine Arts
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center, 4:00 pm

Francis Marion University Concert Choir
Sue Butler Orr, director

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