FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
WHEN: April 7, at 8 PM
WHERE: Kean Hall is located on Kean’s main campus at the Green Lane entrance just off of 1000 Morris Avenue, Union
TICKETS: $25 and are available by calling 908.737.SHOW (7469), and online at www.keanstage.com.
Featuring sonatas and chamber music from Soviet composers, the program includes compositions by Shostakovich and Prokofiev—two titans of Russian music—and Weinberg, a lesser-known but equally brilliant composer who fled to the Soviet Union to escape Nazism.
Musicians performing include: Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano; Brennan Sweet, violin; Romie de Guise-Langois, clarinet; and Susannah Chapman, cello.
DUO CANTIGA
WHEN: April 17, at 3 PM
WHERE: Kean Hall
Inspiringly beautiful works for soprano and guitar performed by the renowned Duo Cantiga.
Katherine Harris, soprano; Christopher Kenniff, guitar
CELEBRATING HECTOR VILLA LOBOS: MARTHA MARCHENA IN RECITAL
WHEN: April 20, at 8 PM
WHERE: Enlow Recital Hall
Music by Brazil’s greatest composer.
ARS VITALIS
WHEN: April 28, at 8 PM
WHERE: Enlow Recital Hall
Come hear the music including several premieres and meet the people behind the best of contemporary chamber music with works by Amanda Harberg, Ting Ho, Eric Sessler and Concert Artist Composer-in-Residence Samuel Zyman.
Brennan Sweet, Joanna Frankel and Victoria Stewart, violins; Brett Deubner, viola; Susannah Chapman, cello; Anthony Scelba, double bass; Christopher Kenniff, guitar; Gabriela Martinez, piano, Katherine
The Concert Artist Program brings world-renowned performing musicians onto the faculty of the Conservatory of Music. While maintaining successful careers as professional performers, Concert Artists present solo, chamber music, and jazz recitals at Kean; teach private, weekly studio lessons to Kean students; and conduct master classes and other community outreach services in the public schools and junior colleges. Some Concert Artists also coach ensembles and teach classroom courses related to their specialties.
