Friends of Music Concerts

Mozart's Requiem November 14, 2009 8:00 p.m. | November 15, 2009 7:00 p.m. Masterworks Chorale, Mozart’s Requiem (Levin completion). Composed in 1791, the Requiem was Mozart’s last composition and is one of his most popular and respected works. It is said to have been composed on his deathbed, so its creation is followed by 200 years of great and fanciful stories. The Chorale performs with full orchestra and soloists. This performance will use the recent completion by master Mozart scholar Robert Levin. (Purchase Tickets)

Holiday Gala Concert. December 5, 2009 7:30 p.m. | December 6, 2009 3:00 p.m. Enjoy classic sounds of the season featuring the Shepherd University Wind Symphony, Chamber Singers, Camerata Singers, Masterworks Chorale and others. Followed by a reception at the Cress Creek Country Club on Saturday. (Saturday is SOLD OUT. Buy tickets at the door on Sunday.)

Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet January 22, 2010 8:00 p.m. Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet has been delighting audiences worldwide with their tightly harmonized renditions of jazz, big band swing, pop, doo-wop, original songs and American Songbook classics from Sinatra to Gershwin to Ellington and beyond. The stylishly entertaining quartet has captivated guests at festivals, concerts, parties and special events, with their lush harmonies, toe tapping rhythms, inventive lyrics, and versatile repertoire... all wrapped up in an irresistible stage show fueled by a hot jazz band accompaniment. (Purchase Tickets)

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Jack and Helen Saum

Jazz Festival Concert. February 27, 2010 8:00 p.m. The Shepherd University Jazz Ensemble with special guest artist Chris Vadala, welcomes you to a scintillating evening of incredible music! The Jazz Ensemble has performed throughout the East Coast and Europe and is in great demand as a feature band in Jazz Festivals around the globe. (Purchase Tickets)

Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra March 13, 2010 8:00 p.m.

• Shostakovich – Festive Overture, Op. 96
• Mozart – Concerto for Clarinet in A
• Marquez – Conga del Fuego
• Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A, Op. 92

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BONUS Chopin Concert March 26, 2010 8:00 p.m. Commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin with Shepherd’s own Dr. Scott Beard. Dr. Beard is a nationally recognized pianist, teacher, clinician, author and recording artist. He was named 2006 West Virginia Music Teacher of the Year. Concerts as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral soloist have taken Dr. Beard throughout the United States and also to Canada and France. (Purchase Tickets)

REBEL Baroque Music Group. March 31, 2010 8:00 p.m. This New York-based Baroque ensemble REBEL (pronounced Re-BEL) has earned an impressive international reputation, enchanting diverse audiences by their unique style and their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the Baroque and Classical repertoire. The core formation of two violins, recorder/traverso, cello/viola da gamba and harpsichord/organ expands with additional strings, winds, theorbo and vocalists, performing on period instruments. REBEL is currently in residence at historic Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City, collaborating with Trinity Choir in works ranging from the cantatas of Bach to the major oratories of Handel, Bach, Mozart and Haydn. (Purchase Tickets)

Masterworks Chorale, Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem. May 1, 2010 8:00 p.m. | May 2, 2010 7:00 p.m. Brahms’s mother died in February, 1865, a loss that painfully grieved him and that may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. The title (A German Requiem) refers primarily to the language rather than the intended audience. Brahms told Karl Martin Reinthaler, director of music at the Bremen cathedral, that he would have gladly called the work A Human Requiem. (Purchase Tickets)