Artist Faculty Recitals

Wednesday, August 29
Artist Faculty: Nathaniel Chaitkin, cello,
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Monday, September 10
Artist Faculty: Ron Newman, jazz piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, September 12
Artist Faculty: Walter Verdehr, violin,
Ralph Votapek, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Thursday, September 13
Artist Faculty: Rod Nelman, bass,
with Anna Vikre, soprano, and Alan Nathan, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, September 23
Artist Faculty: Anne Nispel, soprano, Harlan Jennings,baritone,

with James Wilhelmsen, piano
3 p.m. Hart Recital Hall $

Tuesday, September 25
Artist Faculty: Gwen Burgett Thrasher, percussion
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, September 30
Artist Faculty: Brass Faculty
3 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Monday, October 15
Artist Faculty: Professors of Jazz
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, October 16
Artist Faculty: Janine Gaboury-Sly, horn,
Deborah Moriarty, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Friday, October 19
Artist Faculty: Richard Sherman, flute,
Ralph Votapek, piano
8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, October 28
Artist Faculty: Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano,
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano, Nathaniel Chaitkin, cello,
Richard Sherman, flute
7 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, November 6
Artist Faculty: Panayis Lyras, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, November 14
Artist Faculty: Gwen Burgett Thrasher, percussion,

Richard Sherman, flute
7:30 p.m. Hart Recital Hall $

Monday, November 26
Artist Faculty: Suren Bagratuni, cello
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, November 27
Artist Faculty: Ralph Votapek, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, December 5
Artist Faculty: Gwen Burgett Thrasher, percussion,
Caroline Hartig, clarinet
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, January 8
Artist Faculty: Richard Fracker, tenor
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, January 13
Artist Faculty: Melanie Helton, soprano,
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano
3 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, January 22
Artist Faculty: Brass Faculty
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Thursday, January 24
Faculty chamber groups and guests
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Saturday, February 2
Artist Faculty: Derek Polischuk, piano
8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Monday, February 4
Artist Faculty: Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano,
with Zhihua Tang, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, February 6
Artist Faculty: Gwen Burgett Thrasher, percussion,
Joseph Lulloff, saxophone
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Friday, February 8
Artist Faculty: Caroline Hartig, clarinet
8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, February 17
Artist Faculty: Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
3 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Tuesday, February 19
Artist Faculty: Melanie Helton, soprano, Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano,

Richard Fracker, tenor, Rod Nelman, bass,

with guest artist Anna Vikre, soprano
Excerpts from Richard Strauss’ Viennese masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, February 20
Artist Faculty: Suren Bagratuni, cello,
with Jong Jin Hong, cello
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Friday, February 22
Artist Faculty: Rodney Whitaker, bass
40th Birthday Party, featuring the Professors of Jazz
8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, February 27
Artist Faculty: Gwen Burgett Thrasher, percussion
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Wednesday, March 19
Artist Faculty: George Vatchnadze, piano,
with Arthur Greene, piano
7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, March 30
Artist Faculty: Panayis Lyras, piano
7 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, April 6
Artist Faculty: Melanie Helton, soprano,
Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano,
Panayis Lyras, piano
Liederabend
3 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Sunday, April 13
Artist Faculty: Suren Bagratuni, cello
7 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

Friday, April 18
Artist Faculty: Professors of Jazz (Jazz Spectacular)
8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

$: Ticket prices are $9 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, free for students and those under 18 (no ticket needed for students).

Tickets are available at the:
• Door, 30 minutes before events at the Music Building
• College of Music, Room 102 in the Music Building, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
(517) 353-5340
• Wharton Center Box Office, (517) 432-2000 (800) WHARTON. Call with your credit card number, go to the Box Office, or purchase tickets online at www.whartoncenter.com. There will be a $2 restoration fee added to tickets purchased at Wharton Center, Fairchild Theatre, and MSU Concert Auditorium via phone, box office, or the Web site.