EPSYO and EPSO ‘Side-by-Side’ Concert — Performers from El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras and El Paso Symphony Orchestra combine forces at the 8th annual Side-by-Side performance at 3 p.m. March 29, at the Plaza Theatre, in conjunction with Downtown KidsPalooza. Led by music director Andy Moran, there will be 400 musicians from the El Paso Symphony, El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras, and Tocando after school program playing pieces including “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story,” “Suite from the Firebird,” and “American Hoedown.” Tickets: $15-$32 ($10-$17 student, seniors, military). Information: 525-8978 or epsyos.org. UTEP Department of Music — Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets for most performances are $5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) and free ages 6 and younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff). Information: 747-5606 or utep.edu/music. A Faculty Recital Series, “Piazzolla on Reeds,” with Oscar Macchioni, and Cara and Greg Luffey is Wednesday, April 1. UTEP music department’s newest faculty member, bassoonist Cara Luffey, saxophonist Greg Luffey and Argentinean pianist Oscar Macchioni host an evening of “nuevo tango” music including compositions by Astor Piazzolla. The concert will culminate with a trio arrangement of “Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas” (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires). • UTEP Symphony Orchestra — Thursday, April 2. The Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Lowell E. Graham, will feature trumpet faculty members Nancy Taylor and Kenneth Capshaw performing the Concerto for Two Trumpets by Antonio Vivaldi. Other works are by Liadov, van Beethoven, Griffes and Kodaly. • Symphonic Winds — Tuesday, April 7, at Fox Fine Art Recital Hall. Ron Hufstader leads the Symphonic Winds in a night of classic band literature. • Percussion Ensemble and Pandemonium — Monday, April 13. The celebrated steel drum ensemble is under the direction of Professor Larry White, and will feature contemporary percussion literature, plus a mix of ragtime favorites from the 1920’s. Pandemonium will perform Caribbean favorites and classical arrangements. • Commercial Music Concert — Thursday, April 23. • UTEP Jazz Bands — Jazz I performance Tuesday, April 28. • UTEP Concert Band — Wednesday, April 29. • Symphony Band — Thursday, April 30. NMSU Department of Music — Recitals are in the Atkinson Music Recital Hall at NMSU. Ticket information: (575) 646-2421 or nmsu.edu/~music. • Trombone and Low Brass Studio concert is 6 p.m. Thursday, April 2. • Percussion Ensemble recital is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. • String Area Recital is 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19. • String Masterworks Concert is 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25-26, with the NMSU Choral Department. • Jazz Band Concert is 3 p.m. Sunday, April Page 14 El Paso Scene 26. • Flute Studio Recital is 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26. • Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band perform 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28. The Doña Ana Lyric Opera presents Handel’s “Xerxes,” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, April 15-17, with the NMSU Philharmonic Orchestra. Soovin Kim – El Paso Pro-Musica presents the violinist performing The Complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main in Las Cruces, and Tuesday, April 7 at UTEP’s Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets: $25; $20 seniors, military; $5 students. Information: 833-9400 or eppm.org. Kim served as concertmaster of the World Youth Orchestra at Michigan’s National Music Camp at Interlochen while only 13 and 14 years old. Since the age of 21, Kim has won the Henry Szeryng Career Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. LCSO with Zuill Bailey & Soovin Kim — Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lonnie Klein, presents guest artist Bailey (cello) and Kim (violin) as part of its Classics series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11-12, at NMSU’s Atkinson Music Recital Hall. The evening featured the music of Mozart and Brahms. Tickets: $35, $40 and $45.Information: (575) 646-3709 or lascrucessymphony.com. Guest artist Natasha Pare ski, piano, performs with the orchestra May 2-3, featuring the music of Tchaikovsky. Piano Recitals — The El Paso Music Teachers Association Student Affiliate presents piano and chamber music students in grades K12 in recitals starting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at the Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Admission is free. Information: 231-9581. ‘Written in the Stars’ – Santa Fe Opera presents a light opera for the whole family at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at Rio Grande Theatre, 211 Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. Admission is free. Information: (575) 523-6403 or RioGrandeTheatre.com. The dramatic journey incorporates a number of well-known musical works to explore operatic elements. When Melody, a composer with writer’s block, meets Webster, who has a selfproclaimed gift for language. Webster becomes, at various times, her muse, foil and lover as they debate the question of what is more important in opera – the words or the music. Gabrielle Fink — Grant County Community Concert Association closes it season with the violinist accompanied by pianist Irene Wong at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at WNMU Fine Arts Auditorium in Silver City. Tickets: $20 ($5 students 17 and younger). Information: (575) 538-5862 or gcconcerts.org. El Paso Symphony Orchestra: ‘FinEsse’ — The Symphony, under direction of maestro Bohuslav Rattay, performs its season finale April 24-25, in the Plaza Theatre, with a Please see Page 15 April 2015
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