North American Premiere of Thomas Larcher's "Mandares" April 8 in Greaves
Posted 03.26.08
The North American premiere of "Mandares," by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher, will be performed in Greaves Concert Hall at NKU by the renowned Artemis String Quartet of Berlin at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

The concert repeats at 8 P.M. Friday, April 11, in Corbett Auditorium at CCM.

The commission for this work was initiated by a grant from the Mayerson Student Philanthropy Foundation at NKU. Co-commissioners are Chamber Music Cincinnati and the Salzburg Music Festival.

Also on the program are Beethoven's String Quartet Op 18 No. 4 and Tchaikovsky's Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22.

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Pennington Elected to KMEA State Office
Posted 02.27.08
Dr. Randy Pennington, Director of Choral Studies, has just been elected as the University/ College State Chair of the Kentucky Music Educator's Association. He also continues as a member of the executive board of the Kentucky Choral Directors Association as Chair of the state Student Activity area.

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Vocal Jazz Ensemble Outreach Concerts
Posted 02.27.08
The NKU Vocal Jazz Ensemble will be featured in concert at two prominent venues in March 2008. On March 4 the ensemble will appear in a concert at Eastern Kentucky University with The EKU Jazz Band, The concert is in Gifford Theatre on EKU's campus at 8:00 pm. Tuesday March 25th the Vocal Jazz ensemble appears at The Blue Wisp in downtown Cincinnati. The show starts at 7:30 pm and there is a 10.00 cover charge at the door. Come and support the group at these two events.

2007 News Archive