MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., music director; Kenneth Amis, assistant conductor, present a concert in celebration of Gunther Schuller featuring: Schuller, Blue Dawn Into White Heat; Bird, edit.; Schuller, Serenade for Wind Instruments; Joplin, arr. Schuller, Combination March; Amis, A Tonal Fanfare: In Tribute of Gunther Schuller’s 70th birthday; Schuman, George Washington Bridge; Scott McAllister, Popcopy; and Russell Peck, Drastic Measures for Saxophone Quartet.
See below details about our second MIT Concert Tribute to Gunther Schuller.
A Memorial Tribute Concert for Gunther Schuller
Performed by professional musicians
8pm, Sunday, November 22, 2015
Kresge Auditorium. Free.
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A Memorial Tribute to Gunther Schuller:
Celebrating a Life in Pursuit of Beauty
On what would have been his 90th birthday, some of America’s finest musicians perform in honor of the legendary Gunther Schuller:
Borromeo String Quartet: Niocholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello
Schuller, String Quartet No. 4
Richard Todd, French horn, Joel Smirnoff, violin, and Christopher O’Riley, piano:
Brahms, Horn Trio
Michael Faust, flute, and Randall Hodgkinson, piano:
Franck, Sonata for Flute and Piano
Young-Nam Kim, violin, and Daniel Kim, viola:
Peter Child, In Memoriam (world premiere) and G.S. 75
Ran Blake:
a solo piano tribute for Schuller
George Garzone, tenor sax, Nicole Kampgen-Schuller, alto sax, Ed Schuller, bass, and George Schuller, drums; Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flute; Bruce Gertz and Keala Kaumeheiwa, bass, Frederick Harris, Jr., concert curator and conductor, and MIT student musicians
Schuller Lament for M, and other jazz works.
For a comprehensive list of upcoming events in honor of Gunther Schuller, visit:
Photo by Bachrach