In Collaboration with the Spencer Art Museum, MAPAA Artists Alla Aranovskaya and Boris Vayner, along with Michael Gordon and Geoff Landman will serenade the Art Museum during the Indigenous Fashion Exhibit.

Featuring music by:
Grainger, Greenaway
The Symphony No.2 “Voices” by James Stephenson
The Concerto for Soprano Saxophone by John Mackey

Paul Popiel, conductor
Geoffrey Landman, soprano saxophone
Toni Mae Rainey, mezzo soprano
Matt Clark, guest conductor
Eric Tinkler, guest conductor
Scott Watson, guest conductor

Join some of the most talented high school saxophonists from around the United States for the CCM Saxophone Intensive! Saxophonists will gather for four days of intensive study, featuring daily repertoire and technique lessons, quartet coaching, performing in saxophone ensemble, and attending and participating in master class lessons with renowned saxophone artist-teachers. The intensive also culminates with a performance.

Performance of “Pillars” by Osnat Netzer, and “Domiciliary” by Taylor Brook

Premiering Dylan Matheny’s arrangement of “Hockets for Two Voices” by Meara O’Reilly.

Dot : Line : Sigh, Netzer’s debut recording, will be released Friday, February 2 on New Focus Recordings. The album features an exceptional roster including Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, ~Nois saxophone quartet, flutist Eric Lamb, soprano Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, saxophonist Geoffrey Landman, and others, plus the composer herself on piano. The seven-track album will be available both digitally and on CD.
To mark the release, Netzer will perform music from Dot : Line : Sigh with Geoffrey Landman and violist Michael Hall at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on Saturday, February 10 (7pm). In addition, ~Nois will perform their track on the album, I AM FUCKING ZEN. The celebration will feature themed cocktails, refreshments, and an exhibition by artist Ayala Netzer, the composer’s sister, who designed the album’s cover.

Claude Pascal - Sonatine with Dr. Tatiana Tessman

Performing Viet Cuong’s Re(new)al with NOVUS NY and Sandbox Percussion.

I'm excited to be presenting my first faculty recital at KU, and thrilled to be sharing the stage with my friends, Tatiana Tessman and Zach Shemon!

Program:
Marcos Balter - "torus" for alto saxophone and piano
Jeanine Rueff - Sonate for solo alto saxophone
Lei Liang - "Lake", version for two saxophones
Christian Lauba - Etude No.8: "Ars" for two soprano saxophones
Alfred Desenclos - "Prélude, Cadence et Finale" for alto saxophone and piano

Soloist on John William’s “Catch Me if You Can” Concerto (arr. Bocook) with the Crossroads Wind Symphony and conductor Dr. Paul Popiel.

I’ll be performing Star Bits for solo alto saxophone by Corey Dundee.

A Celebration of Latin American composers and their music in honor of Latin American Heritage Month. Program includes works for solo saxophone by Gabriela Ortiz and Astor Piazzolla.

The Kansas Virtuosi are artist faculty members and advanced graduate students from the School of Music at the University of Kansas. With individual performance credentials spanning six continents, major symphony orchestras, and leading opera and musical theater companies, the ensemble represents the finest collection of musical artists in the state of Kansas and the American Heartland. 

Winds Across the Prairie

2nd annual KU Wind Ensemble benefit concert for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)

Soloing with University of Kansas Wind Ensemble and conductor Paul Popiel on Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”, and Zequinha Abreu’s “Tico Tico”.

World premiere performances by Divergent Quintet and Transient Canvas, two of Divergent Studio’s faculty ensembles. Music by Divergent Studio student composers Barret Allen, Nhat Nguyen, Kayla Spellenberg, Devorah Belin, Albert Yoshimoto and Benjamin Shparber.

The opening concert for the 2022 Divergent Studio features performances by Longy and Divergent Studio faculty members Donald Berman, Geoff Landman, and the members of loadbang (Andy Kozar, Jeffrey Gavett, William Lang, and Adrián Sandí). Kicking off what will be an incredible and invigorating two weeks of creation, music by composers Amy Beth Kirsten, Francisco Del Pino, Lisa Atkinson, John McDonald, Jeff Nichols, Marti Epstein, Jeffrey Gavett, and Arshia Samsaminia will be presented at this opening celebration.

Wavefield presents premieres & newly commissioned works by
Jen Baker
Greg Chudzik
Liza Lim
Giulia Lorusso
Amadeus Regucera

Megalopolis celebrates five years with the world premiere of a new work by the ensemble’s Composer-in-Residence, Yuting Tan, alongside works by Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Augusta Read Thomas, and Hayes Biggs.

Wavefield presents newly commissioned works by

Karl Naegelen
Erin Rogers
Patti Kilroy
and Sam Yulsman

along with an American premiere by
Rafaèle Biston

Led by Longy’s reed faculty, the 2022 Longy Reed Day features a faculty recital, masterclasses, workshops, and more. Join in-person or remote from anywhere in the world. Register here: https://apply.longy.edu/register/2022_reed_day

Longy Reed Faculty:
Kemp Jernigan, oboe
Jonathan Cohler, clarinet
Rane Moore, clarinet, bass clarinet
Geoffrey Landman, saxophone
Rachael Elliott, bassoon
Nanci Belmont, bassoon