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FALL CONCERT: LUMINOUS NIGHT OF THE SOULSaturday, Oct. 27, 2018 8 p.m., Mission San Luis Obispo

This concert, featuring Cal Poly’s University Singers and PolyPhonics, will include music that ranges from the Middle Ages to modern times. It will also feature a variety of soloists, both instrumental and vocal. The centerpiece of the concert will be Ola Gjeilo’s “Luminous Night of the Soul” for string quartet, piano and choir.

HOLIDAY KALEIDOSCOPESaturday, Dec. 1, 2018 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

An annual holiday tradition, this concert is a collaborative celebration of choral music in the greater San Luis Obispo area! Along with all three Cal Poly Choirs, the performance will feature three local high school choirs: Cabrillo (Lompoc), Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. The choirs will each perform their own repertoire, as well as join together with the Cal Poly Brass Ensemble to perform Daniel Pinkham’s festive “Christmas Cantata.” Audience members will have a chance to experience the beauty of the season through traditional holiday favorites, modern masterworks and participatory singing of carols.

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SPRING CONCERT: FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTHSunday, June 2, 2019 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

This concert will include musical works centered around the themes of nature and the natural world. Selections will include works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Charles Stanford, Stephen Chatman and many more.

WINTER CONCERT: ALL OF USSaturday, March 16, 2019 8 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

A collaborative effort of several Cal Poly departments, this concert will be centered around the themes of diversity and acceptance. The musical selections will challenge the audience to confront some of the more difficult topics in our world today, such as racism and mental health, while also celebrating our differences and encouraging unity. Visual elements will be woven into the concert as well, creating a complete sensory experience for the audience.

CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT: JOHN RUTTER ‘REQUIEM’Saturday, May 11, 2019 8 p.m., Mission San Luis Obispo

The Cal Poly Chamber Choir will perform John Rutter’s beloved setting of the Requiem text, accompanied by chamber orchestra.

DAVID ARRIVÉE

CONDUCTOR

• Respighi: “Ancient Airs and Dances,” Suite No. 1• Debussy: “Sarabande,” arranged by Ravel• Adams: “The Chairman Dances”

• Debussy: “Danses sacrée et profane” • Hanson: “Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings” • Márquez: “Danzon No. 2”

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FALL CONCERT: THE SYMPHONY DANCESSunday, Dec. 2, 2018 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

Join the Cal Poly Symphony in an exploration of dance across the historical spectrum. The program features everything from 16th-century lute music — reimagined by the Italian composer and musicologist Ottorino Respighi in his “Ancient Airs and Dances” — to the pulsing minimalism of John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances.”

Enjoy both the intimate music of Claude Debussy and Howard Hanson, featuring guest artists Marcia Dickstein, harp, and Suzanne Duffy, flute, as well as the unbridled exuberance of Arturo Márquez’ “Danzon No. 2.”

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WINTER CONCERT: STUDENT SOLOIST SHOWCASESunday, March 3, 2019 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

Every year, the symphony holds auditions for student soloists of any major. The prize for several of them is a performance with the symphony! Come hear this year’s winners and celebrate musical talent from across the university.

SPRING CONCERT – FATE: TCHAIKOVSKY 4Saturday, June 8, 2019 8 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

“Our symphony progresses.” Such were the words that Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote in 1877 to Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck. Madame von Meck, as she is often known, idolized Tchaikovsky’s music, supported him for years, shared a very personal and prolific correspondence with him and insisted that they never meet. She also very much wanted to know what “their” symphony was about.

In a rare departure, Tchaikovsky wrote to her a full explanation of the meaning of his fourth symphony, centered on the idea of

“Fate, the decisive force which prevents our hopes of happiness from being realized …” Come join the symphony as it traces the crushing depths of despair and passionate moments of hope in Tchaikovsky’s epic musical struggle.

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36• Additional works

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CHRISTOPHER J.

WOODRUFF

DIRECTOR

BANDFESTFriday, Nov. 30, 2018 8 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

A tradition for more than 30 years, Cal Poly’s annual Bandfest concert features all of the wind bands on campus. The concert begins with the Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra in superior performances of both traditional and new literature written for concert band and wind ensembles. Then the powerful Pride of the Pacific Mustang Marching Band fills the concert hall with stunning arrangements performed at football games throughout the fall in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The concert ends with a spectacular event featuring performers from all the ensembles collaborating on stage together.

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WINTER CONCERT: TIME IN SPACESunday, March 10, 2019 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

The musicians of the Cal Poly Wind Bands explore works that invite a consideration of the relationships among the four dimensions. The boundaries of Miossi Hall will be pushed — and pulled! Composers to be featured on the program include Libby Larsen and Joseph Schwantner.

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SPRING CONCERT: COLOR OF SOUNDSunday, June 9, 2019 3 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

We encounter wave behavior through numerous sensory experiences including sight, touch and aural experiences. Music has been described as the “transfer of energy,” and in live performances, the energy moves in waves from the stage to the audience to excite not only the senses, but also the emotions. The Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble investigate the relationship between spectra of music and visual color through works by James Stephenson and Michael Colgrass.

NEW DIRECTOR OF BANDSEffective September 2018, Christopher J. Woodruff

will be Cal Poly’s new director of bands. He previously served as associate director.

KEN HABIB

DIRECTOR

their professional skill and virtuosity to the performances and to the educational experience. Colorfully costumed dancers will also join the ensemble to put a variety of selections into graceful motion.

FALL CONCERT Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 8 p.m., Spanos Theatre

WINTER CONCERTSaturday, Feb. 23, 2019 8 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

SPRING CONCERTSaturday, May 25, 2019 8 p.m., Spanos Theatre

Featuring diverse programs of classic and contemporary music and dance, the Arab Music Ensemble will give three main contrasting shows during the concert season. While focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean, the programs will also feature selections from historically interconnected cultures of the larger region.

The instrumental and vocal repertoire will include a variety of composed and improvisational genres that stem from the Middle Ages to the present. Examples from among the oldest continuously performed art-music genres in the world and the most popular songs in the region will also be on the programs.

Critically acclaimed guest artists will join the students in the ensemble, bringing

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Produced by CPSOT founder Jacalyn Kreitzer and Direct-ed by Jacalyn and Katherine Arthur

PAUL RINZLER

DIRECTOR

The University Jazz Bands combine the professionalism of working jazz bands with the rigor of cutting-edge repertoire. In addition to the concerts in the Performing Arts Center’s Miossi Hall and Spanos Theatre, the University Jazz Bands perform regularly at the Jubilee by the Sea jazz festival in Pismo Beach in October, the Strawberry Festival in Arroyo Grande in May, various swing dances and other concerts in the community.

Pieces for the concerts can draw from almost any source — including genres such as cartoon music, Ethiopian pop music, rock, rhythm and blues, and swing — by groups such as Led Zeppelin and Tower of Power, past jazz masters and rising new musicians, as well as the most advanced modern big band compositions, often as recorded and performed by the original artists.

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FALL JAZZ Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 8 p.m., Spanos Theatre

JUST JAZZSaturday, March 2, 2019 8 p.m., Harold J. Miossi Hall

JAZZ NIGHTSaturday, June 1, 2019 8 p.m., Spanos Theatre

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Magic,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “The Man That Got Away,” “Paper Moon,” “Embraceable You,” “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor,” “God Bless America,” “I Got the Sun in the Morning,” and many more delightful solos, duets and trios. Cal Poly faculty musicians include John Astaire, drums; Ken Hustad, bass; Dave Becker, saxophone; and Paul Woodring, keyboards. Produced and directed by CPSOT founder Jacalyn Kreitzer; Katherine Arthur, co-director.

JACALYN KREITZER

PRODUCER

ANTONIO G. BARATA

DIRECTOR

VOCAL STANDARDS FROM THE ‘30s AND ‘40s

Friday, April 12, 20197:30 p.m., Spanos Theatre

Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre (CPSOT) presents a 1930s and ’40s cabaret-style showcase featuring all music major and minor vocalists singing standards by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. The evening of nostalgic big band music includes the beloved songs

“I Get a Kick Out of You,” “That Old Black

RSVP XXIV: INVITATIONTuesday, May 28, 2019 Thursday, May 30, 20198 p.m., PAC Pavilion

This marks the 24th season of this diverse transmedia series celebrating electroacoustic diversity and compositional risk.

BRYNN ALBANESE, VIOLIN; WITH JOHN ASTAIRE, PERCUSSION; AND KEN HUSTAD, BASSSaturday, Sept. 29, 2018 | 7:30 p.m.Davidson Music Center, Room 218

Enjoy an eclectic mix of solo violin works by Prokofiev, Bach and Piazzolla, and the world premiere of Mary Bianco’s work titled “For Brynn Albanese.” Plus the first movement of Edgar Meyers’ duo for bass and violin, two movements from Claude Bolling’s “Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio” and more.$5 at the door, no series discount.

BRAHMS SONGSSaturday, Oct. 6, 2018 | 3 p.m.Davidson Music Center, Room 218

Join Katherine Arthur, soprano; Paul Woodring, piano; and David Arrivée, lecturer; in a delightful afternoon of performance and exploration of many well-known and loved Brahms songs! $5 at the door, no series discount.

W. TERRENCE SPILLER PIANO RECITALSFriday, Jan. 11, 2019 7:30 p.m., Spanos Theatre

A program of works by J.S. Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Bartók and Kodály.

Friday, May 17, 20197:30 p.m., PAC Pavilion

The fourth in Spiller’s survey of the Beethoven piano sonatas: Sonata in C Minor, Op.10, No.1; Sonata in G, Op. 31, No.1; Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No.1; Sonata in G, Op. 49, No. 2; and Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”).

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VOCAL MASTER CLASSThursday, Jan. 24, 2019 | 3:10 p.m.Davidson Music Center, Room 218Guest artist Matthew Goinz, a longtime member of the world-famous men’s ensemble Cantus, will coach several Cal Poly voice students in repertoire from the Baroque era. Free admission.

PRE-CONCERT TALKFriday, Jan. 25, 20197 p.m., Mission San Luis Obispo

Join Cal Poly Bach Week directors David Arrivée and Scott Glysson for an overview of the Friday and Saturday concerts.

CHAMBER CONCERT: MUSIC ROYAL AND DIVINEFriday, Jan. 25, 20198 p.m., Mission San Luis ObispoMusic celebrating royalty and the divine: Couperin’s “L’impériale,” Handel’s “Gloria in excelsis Deo” and “Salve Regina,” and Rameau’s “Thétis.” Sopranos Amy Goymerac and Lindsey McLennan Burdick, and Matthew Goinz, bass, with Mensa Sonora California: Anthony Martin, violin; David Wilson, violin; John Dornenburg, viola da gamba; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; and Paul Woodring, organ.

BACH IN THE MISSION IX: MUSIC FOR THE KINGSaturday, Jan. 26, 2019 8 p.m., Mission San Luis ObispoMembers of Cal Poly’s Chamber Choir, Symphony and faculty join with guest artists to perform the music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries. Bach’s “Christen, ätzet diesen Tag,” BWV 63; selections from Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” and Handel’s

“Dettingen Te Deum.”

AKADEMIE: BAROQUE DANCE AND THE CELLO SUITETuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 6 p.m., PAC PavilionThis year’s Akademie lecture features Catherine Turocy, internationally recognized as a leading choreographer/reconstructor and stage director in 17th- and 18th-century period performance. She will explore the relationship between Baroque dance forms and the cello suites of J.S. Bach with discussion, examples and audience participation! Barbara Spencer will play examples from Bach’s cello suites to aid in the discussion. Stay for the following chamber concert. Free admission.

CHAMBER CONCERT: BACH CELLO SUITE CYCLE ITuesday, Jan. 22, 20197:30 p.m., PAC PavilionCellists Barbara Spencer, Jeanne Shumway and Hilary Clark begin a two-year cycle of the cello suites of J.S. Bach. Each will perform one of these monuments of the solo cello literature. Come to the preceding Akademie lecture to gain a new understanding of the influence of Baroque dance on these instrumental suites. Free admission.

INSTRUMENTAL MASTER CLASSThursday, Jan. 24, 2019 | 11:10 a.m. Davidson Music Center, Room 218The guest artists of Mensa Sonora California will coach Cal Poly students in instrumental repertoire from the Baroque era, with a focus on historically informed performance. Free admission.

WAYS TO ORDERTickets for Music Department events, on and off campus, are sold through the Cal Poly Ticket Office, unless otherwise noted.

Phone: Use MasterCard, VISA, American Express or Discover and the order form (pages 14-15) to order tickets: 805-756-4TIX (4849).

Office: The ticket office is located on Grand Avenue between South Perimeter Road and Deer Street on the Cal Poly campus. Bring forms and payment.

• Free five-minute parking in front of office.

• Open Monday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m.

• Open day of show (including Sunday) an hour before performance and 30 minutes past curtain.

Mail: Complete the order form and send to:

Season Tickets – Music DepartmentPerforming Arts Center1 Grand Ave.San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0441

FAX: Complete the order form and fax.• 805-756-6088

Web: tickets.calpoly.edu (Not available for multiple discount purchases).

Tickets will be mailed by the end of September. Billing charges may occur prior to that date. Your canceled check or credit card billing is confirmation of your order.

Please note: Repertoire dates, programs, artists and seating are subject to change. All sales final.

PARKING Parking is PAC-sponsored in the Grand Avenue parking structure for ticketed events in its venues.

For events in the Davidson Music Center, and free events in PAC venues, Cal Poly enforces parking regulations:

• Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.• Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

During those times, visitors can pay to park in metered zones or purchase general parking permits for use in general parking areas only. The Grand Avenue parking structure is recommended.

More parking information on the Transportation and Parking Services website:

• parking.calpoly.edu

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MORE EVENTS

The Cal Poly Music Department offers many more events, some of which are free!

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Circle selected event prices, multiply them by quantities and enter total in "Totals" column.

JF San Luis Obispo Jazz Federation Series Subtotal Deduct Multiple Event Discount 10% / 4 events, 15% / 5 or more

Grand Total $

VENUE PRICES PRICES SEATING TOTALSGEN/STU

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10/27 Choirs’ Fall Concert Mission 14/9 _gen _ stu

11/30 Bandfest 2018 Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

12/1 Choirs’ Holiday Kaleidoscope Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

12/1 Arab Music Ensemble Spanos 14/ 9 _gen _ stu

12/2 Symphony Fall Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

12/7 Fall Jazz Concert Spanos 14/ 9JF _gen _ stu

1/11 W. Terrence Spiller Piano Recital Spanos 14/9 _gen _ stu

1/25 Bach Week Chamber Concert* Mission 15/10 _gen _ stu

1/26 Bach in the Mission IX* Mission 15/10 _gen _ stu

*Discounted pricing for both Mission concerts 25/15 _gen _ stu

2/23 Arab Music Ensemble Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

3/2 Just Jazz Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9JF _ dre _ orc _gen _ stu

3/3 Symphony Soloist Showcase Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

3/10 Wind Bands’ Winter Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _gen _ stu

3/16 Choirs’ Winter Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

4/12 Opera Theatre Production Spanos 14/ 9 _gen _ stu

5/11 Chamber Choir: Rutter Requiem Mission 14/9 _gen _ stu

5/17 W. Terrence Spiller: Beethoven Pavilion 14/9

5/25 Arab Music Ensemble Spanos 14/9 _gen _ stu

5/28 RSVP XXIV - Invitation Pavilion 14 _gen

5/30 RSVP XXIV - Invitation Pavilion 14 _gen

6/1 Jazz Night Spanos 14/ 9JF _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

6/2 Choirs’ Spring Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

6/8 Symphony Spring Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 _ dre _ orc _ bal _ gal

6/9 Wind Bands’ Spring Concert Miossi Hall 14/12 12/9 gen _ snr _ bal _ gal

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