Please note: Dates are subject to change without notice. Please check the “This Week in the KSU Music Department” box on the Music Department homepage (www.ksu.edu/music) for the most recent updates on events taking place within a week. Monthly calendars indicating student performances not appearing on this list are available upon request from the KSU Music Department Office.
More information about Music Department Events may be obtained by contacting the Music Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Call the office at (785) 532-3800, or e-mail Teri Breymeyer at mus@ksu.edu.
A printable copy of this schedule of events in .pdf format, for software such as Adobe Acrobat®, may be downloaded by clicking here, or in .doc format, for software such as Microsoft Word®, by clicking here.
For information on the McCain Performance Series events, please contact the McCain Box Office at (785) 532-6428, weekdays 12-5 PM. You may also visit the McCain Auditorium homepage at www.ksu.edu/mccain.
AFC = All-Faiths Chapel Auditorium
$ Admission is charged.
September
September 10 Faculty Artist. Amy Rosine, Soprano. AFC, 7:30 PM
September 15 University Ensemble. KSU Orchestra with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, soloists.
David Littrell, Conductor. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
September 17 Student Recital Series. General Student Recital. AFC, 11:30 AM
September 17 Faculty Artists. Virginia Houser and Slawomir Dobrzanski, Piano. AFC, 7:30 PM
September 19 Special Event. Vocal Arts Day. McCain Auditorium, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Concert at 6:30 PM
September 23 Lecture Demonstration. Jon Nakamatsu, Gold Medalist of the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
September 24 $ McCain Performance Series. Jon Nakamatsu, Piano. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
September 29 Faculty Artist. Anna Marie Wytko, Saxophone. AFC, 7:30 PM
October
October 9 Master Class. String Chamber Music Class with Peter Salaff.
University Distinguished Lecturer Series Event. Union Little Theater, 3:00 to 5:00 PM
October 10 Festival. Central States Marching Band Festival. Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Noon to 8:00 PM
October 10 $ McCain Performance Series. Orquestra de São Paulo. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
October 13 Faculty Artist. Mary Ellen Sutton, Organ. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 14 University Ensemble. KSU Wind Ensemble and Concert Band.
Frank Tracz and Anthony Pursell, Conductors. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
October 15 Student Recital Series. General Student Recital. AFC, 11:30 AM
October 15 Student Recital Series. Celebrating New Music. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 16 University Ensemble and Guest Artist. KSU Wind Ensemble and Boston Brass. Frank Tracz, Conductor. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 20 University Ensemble. KSU Orchestra. David Littrell, Conductor. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
October 21 University Ensemble. KSU Jazz Bands. Wayne Goins, Director. Forum Hall, 7:30 PM
October 21, 22 Student Recital Series. Opera Workshop. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 25 Student Recital Series. Flute Studio of Mary Lee Cochran. AFC, 1:30 PM
October 27 $ McCain Performance Series. Tap Dogs. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
October 27 University Ensemble. Choralfest. KSU Choir, Chorale, Men’s and Women’s Glee Club.
Joshua Oppenheim and Julie Yu, Conductors. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 28 Guest Artist. Michael Davidson, Trombone. AFC, 7:30 PM
October 29 University Ensemble. Halloween Jazz Jam. KSU Jazz Combos. Wayne Goins, Director. Union Station, 7:30 PM
October 30 $ University Ensemble. The K-State Singers. Joshua Oppenheim and Julie Yu, Directors. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
November
November 3 Guest Artist. Martin Munch. Piano. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 4 University Ensembles KSU Clarinet Choir, Tod Kerstetter, Director;
KSU Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, Steven Maxwell, Director. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 5 Student Recital Series. Saxophone Studio of Anna Marie Wytko. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 10 $ McCain Performance Series. Brasil Guitar Duo. All Faiths Chapel, 7:30 PM
November 11 Student Recital Series. Sticks and Strings. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 12 Student Recital Series. General Student Recital. AFC, 11:30 AM
November 12 -14 $ Musical. Guys and Dolls. McCain Auditorium, 7:00 PM
November 15 $ Musical. Guys and Dolls. McCain Auditorium, 2:30 PM
November 15 ** University Ensemble. KSU Marching Band. Frank Tracz and Anthony Pursell, Conductors. Ahearn Field House, 5:00 PM
November 16 University Ensemble. KSU Percussion Ensemble. Kurt Gartner, Director. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
November 17 Faculty and Guest Artists. Kristin Mortenson and Kenya Pratzer, Violin. William Wingfield, Piano. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 19 Early Music Festival. Music History Students of Dr. Nora Lewis with the KSU Collegium Musicum.
Thomas Bell, Director. AFC, 5:45 PM
November 19 University Ensemble. KSU Brass Ensemble. Paul Hunt, Conductor. AFC, 7:30 PM
November 23 University Ensemble. KSU Jazz Bands. Wayne Goins, Director. Forum Hall, 7:30 PM
December
December 1 University Ensemble. KSU Jazz Combos. Wayne Goins, Director. Union Station, 7:30 PM
December 2 University Ensemble. KSU Wind Ensemble and Concert Band.
Frank Tracz and Anthony Pursell, Conductors. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
December 2 Faculty Artist. Patricia Thompson, Mezzo-Soprano. AFC, 7:30 PM
December 3 University Ensemble. Holiday Festival of Music. KSU Concert Choir and Collegiate Chorale, Rhapsody Ringers, and KSU
Brass Ensemble and Trumpet Ensemble. Joshua Oppenheim, Julie Yu, Jodi Caldwell, Paul Hunt, and Gary Mortenson, Conductors
First United Methodist Church, 7:30 PM
December 4 University Ensemble. K-State Singers. Joshua Oppenheim and Julie Yu, Conductors. AFC, 7:30 PM
December 4 $ McCain Performance Series. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM
December 6 University Ensemble. KSU Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs. Joshua Oppenheim and Julie Yu, Conductors. AFC, 3:00 PM
December 7 Student Recital Series. Theory Class Composition Recital. AFC, 5:45 PM
December 8 University Ensemble. KSU Orchestra. David Littrell, Conductor. McCain Auditorium, 7:30 PM