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The Best of All Possible Worlds: Edward Hopper and America (45')

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was an American painter of the Realist movement, known for his calculated, economic renderings of everyday scenes of American life.  In this program, we will explore music relating to the search for “the best of all possible worlds”—each character represented in the music searches - sometimes unsuccessfully - for his or her own slice of sublime life.  The program will capture the light-hearted spirit of America and its diverse background.​

Bernstein - Overture to Candide

Ives - Songs My Mother Taught Me, Memories
Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio from María de Buenos Aires
Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
Gershwin - Summertime, Lady, Be Good
Chow - Let's Snap!

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¡Bailamos! Rufino Tamayo's Dancers Over the Sea   (45')

​Latin America has a rich history of dance - one deeply rooted in the cultures of its people. Dancing has a long and complicated history in these cultures, drawing on three principal influences: Native American dance, dance of the European elite, and African dance. Today’s program explores a variety of Latin American dance music - some are exclusive to particular regions and others have achieved popularity throughout the world. 

Lockhart - Estampas Criollas
Montilla - Four for Four
Abreu - Tico Tico no Fubá
Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango
Chow - Let's Snap!

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Feuds & Fugues: Rookwood Pottery vs. The Cincinnati Pottery Club  (60')

Mary Louise McLaughlin and Maria Longworth Nichols Storer share more than a namesake.  Both were born to wealthy Cincinnati businessmen in the 1840s. Both had a keen interest in and a talent for creating art our of ceramic pottery. The two women also shared  a bit of friendly rivalry between their pottery clubs. This rivalry inspired each to create her best art, starting an art pottery movement that would sweep the United States. This program features the music of women composers, composer rivalries, and fugues.

Bach - "Little Fugue" in G Minor
Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio from María de Buenos Aires
Bernofsky - Jazz Fugue
Desportes - French Suite
​Lockhart - Estampas Criollas
​Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118/2
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Mozart - Quartet 14 (dedicated to Haydn), finale
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 Clarinet in the Round: An Aesthetic Experience (70')

Today in the Miller Gallery, we invite you to indulge your senses in a presentation where you will be simultaneously surrounding and surrounded bygreat local art.  Please feel free to move around the gallery and survey the latest creations by members of the Local Clay Potters’ Guild, and, as you explore the beautiful sculptures surrounding you, experience music by Bloomington’s Novacane Quartet.  Every seat is the best in the house for “Clarinet in the Round”, where the audience surrounds the performers.  Experiment with your seating—listen to the group from different angles throughout the concert.  Program highlights include arrangements by the group and a new composition by Gonçalo Lourenço.

Mozart - Quartet in G Major, "Spring", finale
Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio from María de Buenos Aires
Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op . 118/2
Uhl - Divertimento
Farkas - Early Hungarian Dances
Lourenço - Clarinetando
Mozart - Quartet No. 16, finale
Dances (60')
Bach - English Suite No. 5 in E Minor
Bartók - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio
Farkas - Early Hungarian Dances
Connesson - Prelude et Funk
Abreu - Tico Tico/Chow - Let's Snap

American (45')
Bernstein - Overture to Candide
Turner - Nuclear Family
Bernofsky - Jazz Fugue
Dvorak - American Quartet
(Encores - Gershwin, Chow - Let's Snap)
Mostly Mozart  (60')
Overture to Magic Flute
Quartet No. 16
Prinz - Bloomington Quartet
Quartet No. 14, Finale

Kids Program (25')
Abreu - Tico Tico
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
Gershwin - Summertime/Lady Be God
Montilla - Four for Four (Finale)
Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
Curtis - Klezmer Wedding
Chow - Let's Snap
French Delights (45')
Debussy - Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Golliwog's Cakewalk
Bozza - Sonatine
Tomasi - Trois Divertissements
Desportes - French Suite
Connesson - Prelude et Funk

Folk-Inspired Music (55')
Abreu - Tico Tico
Bartók - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Lockhart - Estampas Criollas
Grainger - Set (Children's March, Irish Tune, Shepherd's Hey)
Dvorak - American Quartet 
(Gershwin - Summertime)
Curtis - Klezmer Wedding

Commissions° and Premieresˇ

°ˇBrandon Nelson - They Who Decide Fate
February 5, 2016 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

ˇJoe LoCascio - Crossroads
February 5, 2016 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
ˇGary Powell Nash - 
Fortitude
February 5, 2016 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
ˇMichael Kavanaugh - Desert Storm
February 5, 2016 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
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°ˇGonçalo Lourenço - Clarinetando, GL 30

May 12, 2014 | Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center

°ˇJess Turner - Nuclear Family
March 1, 2015 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

°ˇJunYi Chow - Let's Snap!
July 25, 2014 | Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
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ˇLouis Goldford - Panopticon 
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for 12 periphonically spatialized clarinets
November 11, 2013 | Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

complete repertoire

Abreu - Tico Tico no Fubá
Bach - English Suite No. 5 in E Minor BWV 810
Bach - Little Fugue in G Minor
Bartók - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrocosmos
Bernofsky - Jazz Fugue
Bernstein - Overture to Candide
Bozza - Sonatine
Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major Op. 118, No. 2

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5
Chow - Let's Snap
Connesson - Prelude et Funk
Curtis - Klezmer Wedding
​Dvořá
k - Quartet No. 12 in F "American" Op. 96
Farkas - Early Hungarian Dances
Gershwin - Summertime
Gershwin - Lady Be Good
Gershwin - Liza
​Grainger - Children's March
Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry
Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
​Ives - Songs My Mother Taught Me

Ives - Memories: Very Happy, Rather Sad
​Kavanaugh - Desert Storm

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
​LoCasio - Crossroads
​Montilla - Four for Four

​Mozart - Quartet No. 14 in G "Spring" K. 387
Mozart - Quartet No. 16 in Eb K. 428
Mozart - Magic Flute Overture K. 620
​Nash - Fortitude
​Nelson - They Who Decide Fate

Piazzolla - Fuga y Misterio from María de Buenos Aires
Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango
Prinz - Bloomington Quartet
Ruben - Filles, Failles, Faux Femmes
​Schumann - Three Romances

Shigeta - Klarinettenmärchen
Shostakovich - Prelude and Fugue No. 15 (Db)

Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite
Tomasi - Trois Divertissements 

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