LSU Viola Professor Matthew Daline presents an evening of 20th Century chamber music words: “I would like to invite you to a contemporary chamber music recital at the LSU School of Music recital hall on Saturday, March 20th at 8pm. We will present a wide variety of repertoire that spans the 20th century; Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”, the Quintet of Walter Piston for flute and string quartet, and the “Carolina Reveille”, a relatively new piece by Paul Schoenfeld. It is always a pleasure to offer these concerts at LSU and I hope that you will join us.”

LSU Philharmonia

with Concerto Competition Winners

Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8 p.m.

LSU School of Music Recital Hall

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Raul Gomez, conductor

Alex Wise, conductor

Claire Mashburn, flute

Michael Brook, violin

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Elgar: Serenade for Strings

Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes

Mozart: Concerto No. 2 for flute

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 2 for violin

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On Thursday, March 18 at 8 pm
in the beautiful LSU School of Music Recital Hall The Incense Merchants will put you back in touch with your true nature!

Folks, it doesn’t get any better than this!
Go get yourself an early dinner and then head on
over to the LSU School of Music.

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“While the sweet, smoky scent of curling incense rises into the air, six musicians create a sound that has never been heard before and will never be heard again…creating cohesive magic.”
- Lindsay Nunez, LSU Reveille
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“unquestioningly genre-free and sublimely mystical.”
- Travis Leeper, Tiger Weekly
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“Jon Hassell meets David Sylvian at the wrong speed, in a good way. In the spirit of Les Baxter. In other words, sounds like Alice Coltrane.”
- Alex V. Cook – Author, Journalist, Critic
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“The Incense Merchants is an improvisational ensemble. Although nothing is predetermined in any detail, there are certain tendencies to the performances that reflect the various backgrounds and interests of the musicians–classical, conceptual, ambient, free jazz, pop, etc.

Although somewhat counterintuitive, this in practice results in a fairly consistent sound: a cinematic fusion of genres and periods that is frequently a melodic minimalism at base, with some self-indulgence free form expressionism on top, something akin to the Lounge Lizards, Kronos Quartet, and John Zorn. ”
- Chip Osborne
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Hear their work at http://incensemerchants.com

The Incense Merchants are a creative musician’s chamber ensemble consisting of:

Raul Gomez, violin – http://rgomezmusic.com/
Marcelo Vieira, cello – http://cellomartinez.com/
Brad Walker, saxophone
Chip Osborne, guitar
Eric Shuster, percussion
Bill Kelley, keyboard – http://wdkelley.com

Paris Paraschoudis, Greek violinist and DMA candicate in Violin Performance (LSU),  will give a Chamber Music Recital on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.

The recital will take place at the Recital Hall of the LSU School of Music. He will be assisted by Stefka Ilieva, violin; Prof. Espen Lilleslåtten, viola; Koko Dyulgerski, viola and Pedro Huff, cello.

PROGRAM:

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043

1. Vivace
2. Largo ma non tanto
3. Allegro

Stefka Ilieva, violin I
Paris Paraschoudis, violin II

String Orchestra:

Violins: Raul Gomez, Michael Brook, Paula Bujes, Milena Rusanova, Cheng-Yin Lin, Maria Arrua, Chung-Hui Hsu, Joel Martinez.

Violas: Koko Dyulgerski, Teodora Peeva, Simina Renea

Cellos: Marcelo Vieira, Susannah Montandon

Double Bass: John Madere

Harpsichord: Jose Mauricio Brandao

• Giacomo Puccini (1855-1924)

String Quartet “Crisantemi” (1890)

-  Andante mesto

Paris Paraschoudis, violin I
Stefka Ilieva, violin II
Koko Dyulgerski, viola
Pedro Huff, cello

INTERMISSION

• Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12 (1919-1920)

1. Allegramente – Sostenuto ma non troppo
2. Lento ma non troppo
3. Vivo

Paris Paraschoudis, violin I
Stefka Ilieva, violin II
Espen Lilleslåtten, viola

WHEN: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: LSU School of Music, Recital Hall