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Tickets are available at no charge to full-time PSU students with valid student ID.The Solo & Chamber Music Series is supported by major funding from the PSU Student Government Association.

Pittsburg State University

Renewal. As we begin to emerge from a year in which we were unable to host live performances, this word takes on special significance. We are very excited about the prospect of renewing a tradition that has been such an important part of our cultural life for many decades. In assembling this year’s Solo & Chamber Music Series, we have turned to some of the profession’s most gifted artists, who will bring an abundance of memorable moments to the stage of McCray Hall’s Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall on six Friday evenings across the academic year.

The season will open in September with a lively and colorful program by the Poulenc Trio, an ensemble of oboe, bassoon, and piano. The month of October will feature the Merz Trio, an award-winning piano trio with a particularly vibrant approach to music-making. The fall component will conclude in November with an extraordinary solo performance by celebrated pianist Alon Goldstein.

The spring semester will open in January on the eve of the 2022 Barbara Rondelli Statewide Vocal Competition with an elegant evening of Lieder and art song by German baritone Benjamin Appl. Joyous sounds will resonate through the recital hall in February when we host the exciting Seraph Brass ensemble. We’ll finish the season on the first day of April with a very special return of Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, this time joined by bandoneón/accordion artist Julien Labro, in a program that is sure to contain a variety of styles and textures.

We are more than ready for this renewal. We know that you are, too.Please join us for all six concerts!

All performances at 7:30 p.m., in the Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall on the PSU campus.

q Individual Concerts q$12 General Admission q$8 over 65/under 18

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q Complete Season q $54 General Admission q $36 over 65/under 18

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q Friday, September 17 .........Poulenc Trioq Friday, October 8 ...............Merz Trioq Friday, November 5 ............Alon Goldstein, pianoq Friday, January 28 .............Benjamin Appl, baritone q Friday, February 18 ............Seraph Brassq Friday, April 1 .....................Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro

q Friday, September 17 .........Poulenc Trioq Friday, October 8 ...............Merz Trioq Friday, November 5 ............Alon Goldstein, pianoq Friday, January 28 .............Benjamin Appl, baritone q Friday, February 18 ............Seraph Brassq Friday, April 1 .....................Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro

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Jason Vieaux, guitar April 1, 2022

Julien Labro, bandoneón/accordinaGrammy-winner Jason Vieaux first performed on our Series during the fall of 2015. It will be a special joy to welcome him back as a member of this interesting duo. In addition to his performances and recordings with Julien Labro, Mr. Vieaux has ongoing collaborations with the Escher String Quartet, Sasha Cooke, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Yolanda Kondonassis.

Julien Labro has established himself as the foremost accordion and bandoneón player in both the classical and jazz genres. His musical journey has taken him all across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His classical collaborations include A Far Cry, Spektral Quartet, the Qatar Philharmonic, and the New York Ballet, among others.

Benjamin Appl, baritone January 28, 2022

James Baillieu, pianoHailed as ‘the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists’ (Financial Times), baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics alike for a voice that ‘belongs to the last of the old great masters of song’ with ‘an almost infinite range of colours’ (Suddeutsche Zeitung), ‘exacting attention to text’ (New York Times), and artistry that’s described as ‘unbearably moving’ (The Times).

Mr. Appl is increasingly in demand on the world’s most prestigious stages, collaborating with distinguished ensembles such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Academy of Ancient Music, Les Violons du Roy, and Concerto Köln. He made his BBC Proms debut in September 2015 singing Brahms’ Triumphlied with Marin Alsop and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Seraph Brass February 18, 2022Winners of the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music, Seraph Brass is a dynamic ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Performing primarily as a quintet/sextet, Seraph Brass also performs as a larger 10-piece ensemble. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works, and well-known classics. The ensemble released their debut studio album, Asteria, on Summit Records in January 2018, winning a Silver Medal Global Music Award.

Seraph Brass has toured extensively throughout the United States, China, Mexico, and Europe. Many members of the ensemble performed with Adele on her North American tour in 2016.

Merz Trio October 8, 2021“Impeccable”… Fanfare Magazine

Praised for their “fresh and surprising interpretations,” Merz Trio has quickly emerged as a unique and award-winning ensemble, recently winning the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Competition and garnering the First Prize at the 2019 Fischoff Competition as

well as the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2018 Chesapeake Competition.

The Trio is committed to passionate, original playing and thoughtfully curated programming, presenting a wide range of repertoire each season in both a traditional recital format and in unique multidisciplinary concert experiences.

Brigid Coleridge, violinJulia Yang, celloLee Dionne, piano

Alon Goldstein, piano November 5, 2021Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. He has played with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Toronto and Vancouver symphonies as well as the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles and Radio France Orchestra, and has performed in prestigious venues and festivals throughout the world.

Among many memorable recent experiences was the premiere Lost Souls with the Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern, written for him by the noted Israeli composer Avner Dorman. Mr. Goldstein is currently serving as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory.

Poulenc Trio September 17, 2021The Poulenc Trio is the most active touring piano-wind chamber music ensemble in the world. Since its founding in 2003, the trio has performed in 45 U.S. states and at music festivals around the world, including the Ravello Festival in Italy, the San Miguel de Allende Festival in Mexico, and the White Nights Festival in Russia, where the group toured and premiered two new works with violinist Hillary Hahn.

The trio has greatly expanded the repertoire available for the oboe-bassoon-piano trio, with no fewer than 22 new works written for and premiered by the group, including three triple concertos for the trio and full orchestra.

Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboeBryan Young, bassoonIrina Kaplan Lande, piano

All performances will be at 7:30 p.m., in theSharon Kay Dean Recital Hall on the PSU campus.

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