Centennial Music Events! ...and MORE!

Please join us in celebration of our rich history of musical excellence at Fresno State!

Thursday, October 7, 2010 8:00 PM
Fresno State Concert Hall
University Bands in Concert - Centennial Salute
Wind Orchestra and Symphonic Band
Guest Artists: Dr. Lawrence Sutherland, Conductor * Tom Ashworth, Trombone
General $7 Senior/Employee $6 Student $5

Friday, October 8, 2010 12:15 PM
Henry Madden Library
Peter's Ellipse (2nd Floor)
Ellipse Concert-Corey Whitehead, Guitar
FREE EVENT

Friday, October 8, 2010 8:00 PM
Fresno State Concert Hall
Gala Centennial Concert featuring Outstanding Alumni and Emeriti Faculty
General $15 Senior/Employee $15 Student $10

Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:00 PM
Fresno State Concert Hall
History of Jazz Band "A" (1969-1999) with Dr. Larry Sutherland - Alumni Jazz Combo
General $7 Senior/Employee $6 Student $5

Monday, October 11, 2010 8:00 PM
Fresno State Concert Hall
Jazz Composers Orchestra Centennial Tribute w/ Fresno State Jazz Orchestra
General $7 Senior/Employee $6 Student $5

Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:00 PM
Fresno State Concert Hall
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
General $15 Senior/Employee $10 Student $5

Tickets available online at:
www.csufresno.edu/music/concerts/index.shtml

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresno-CA/Fresno-State-Department-of-Music-Events/281595384490

The Cello Ensemble in Concert

The Third Annual Fresno State Cello Festival presents:

The Cello Ensemble in Concert
Works by Beethoven, Haydn, Hufft,Rimsky-Korsakov, Villa-Lobos and more...

Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 8:00 P.M.
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

Department of Music, California State University, Fresno

Admission:
$10.00 General
$8.00 Faculty/Staff/Seniors
$5.00 Students

Tickets are available on-line and at the door

www.csufresno.edu/music

The River Ran Red

Date: Friday, October 1, 2010
Time: 5:30 P.M
Place: Fresno State, McLane building 121

Film Screening

The River Ran Red (2008) details the epic search for survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 along the Euphrates River. From his archives of 400 testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses, award-winning filmmaker J. Michael Hagopian weaves a compelling story of terrifying intensity, taking the viewer from the highland waters of the river to the burning deserts of Syria... and to the final resting place of those whose blood ran red in the waters of the Euphrates. 60 min.

Winner of the Best International Historical Documentary of the New York International Film and Video Festival and Second Place (History and Biography) of the U.S. International Film and Video Festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6_H2FyEuHc
Discussant: Dr. J Michael Hagopian (Filmmaker)

Co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/

Parking is relaxed after 4 p.m.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department.

CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening
discussions.

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu
Club President: Maggie Simms maggies@mail.fresnostate.edu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

Music Gala Centennial Concert

California State University, Fresno Department of Music Gala Centennial Concert

Date: Friday, October 8, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

TICKETS: $15 GENERAL - $10 STUDENTS

But tickets online at: www.csufresno.edu/music

Featuring our outstanding ensembles

• Jazz Orchestra (Alan Durst, Director), Concert Choir (Anna Hamre, Conductor),
• Wind Orchestra (Gary Gilroy, Conductor) & Symphony Orchestra (Thomas Loewenheim, Conductor)
• Emeriti Faculty Conductors: Arthur Huff, Lawrence Sutherland, Gary Unruh
• Alumni Soloists: Tom Ashworth (Trombone), Mike Dana (Guitar), Brian Hamada (Drums),
• Larry Honda (Saxophone), Timothy Zerlang (Organ), Fresno State Alumni Trumpet Ensemble
• World Premieres: “Centennial Tribute’ by Alumnus Composer John Bliss &
• “Magnificat-First Movement” by Kevin Memley--
  

Fresno State-Department of Music
Audience Development Staff
Dr. Michael Caldwell, Project Supervisor
Chika Inoue, Graduate Assistant
Calvin Carr, Webmaster

Department of Music Centennial Celebration Distinguished Alumni Panel

California State University, Fresno Department of Music Centennial Celebration Distinguished Alumni Panel

Date: Friday, October 15, 2010
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Place: Fresno State Concert Hall

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

John Bliss, M.A. Music Performance in Composition and Conducting, 1996
Production Staff Composer and Arranger, United States Air Force Band, Washington D.C.
Composer of “Centennial Tribute” for the Fresno State Centennial

Larry Engstrom, B.A. Music Education, 1981
Director of the School of the Arts, University of Nevada

Mike Dana, B.A. Music Composition, 1975, M.A. Music Composition, 1989
Former Chair, Department of Music, Fresno City College

Larry Honda, B.A. Music , 1976
Chair, Department of Music, Fresno City College

Michelle LaTour, B.A. Music Performance, 1989, M.A. Music Performance, 1991
Soprano Opera Singer. Visiting Lecturer in Music, Voice, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Marcus Nance, B.A. Music Performance, 1988
Broadway, stage and screen actor, Toronto Canada

Richard Woods, B.A. Music 2004
Vocal Music Director, Roosevelt High School

Dr. Tim Zerlang, B.A. Music Performance, 1983, M.A. Music Performance, 1983
Lecturer in Piano and University Carilloneur, Stanford University
Director of Music, St. Marks Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Moderated by

Dr. Michael Caldwell, B.A. Music Performance, 1984
Chair, Department of Music/Chair, Academic Senate, California State University, Fresno
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Fresno State-Department of Music
Audience Development Staff
Dr. Michael Caldwell, Project Supervisor
Chika Inoue, Graduate Assistant
Calvin Carr, Webmaster