KU’s School of Music 2012-13 Concert Series includes world premiere performance at Carnegie Hall

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August 30, 2012
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KU’s School of Music 2012-13 Concert Series includes world premiere performance at Carnegie Hall

LAWRENCE- The University of Kansas School of Music is pleased to announce the 2012-13 Concert Series, featuring a variety of notable concerts held throughout the year.

The series will kick off on September 30 with a performance by the Borromeo String Quartet introducing the world premiere of “The Named Angels” by Mohammed Fairouz, commissioned for the quartet. This performance will take place at the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts/Polsky Theatre in Overland Park, Kansas.
Click to view The Borromeo String Quartet Program.

Following will be the KU Wind Ensemble performing on November 2 at the Carlsen Center/Yardley Hall, featuring “Rhapsody in Blue” with piano soloist and KU faculty member Steven Spooner.

On November 13 the KU Symphony Orchestra and Choirs will share a stage at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts for the School of Music Scholarship Concert and Bernstein Festival, featuring the works “West Side Story” and “Chichester Psalms.”

The series will carry into March of 2013 with the KU Jazz Festival Concerts at Free State High School and the KU Piano Concert, an innovative piano showcase at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

The KU Wind Ensemble will then travel to New York City March 26 to perform the world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz’s “In the Shadow of No Towers” (commissioned for the Wind Ensemble) at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. This concert explores American life in the aftermath of 9/11. Local audiences can take advantage of this concert when the Kansas premiere is held at the Lied Center on April 2.

All concerts in this series are generously sponsored by Reach Out Kansas, Inc., and Smithyman and Zakoura, Chartered. All events are free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

For more information, contact the KU School of Music for more information at 785-864-3436. MUSIC.KU.EDU.