RALPH OPERA PROGRAM PERFORMANCES
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DANCE PERFORMANCES
Fall Dance Concert November 9, 10, 7:30 p.m. UDT, UCA
Fall Dance Concert November, 11, 2 p.m. UDT, UCA
Fall Dance Capstone Concert December 8, 9, 7:30 p.m. UDT, UCA
Fall Dance Capstone Concert December 9, 2 p.m. UDT, UCA
THEATRE PERFORMANCES
Love and Information by Caryl Churchill November 10, 16, 17, 7:30 p.m. UT, UCA Love and Information by Caryl Churchill November 11, 1 p.m. UT, UCA Love and Information by Caryl Churchill November 12, 2 p.m. UT, UCA Love and Information by Caryl Churchill November 18, 8 p.m. UT, UCA
MUSIC PERFORMANCES
OHalloween Organ Extravaganza October 31, 7, 9, and 11 p.m. ORH, UCA
Virtuoso
Series Concert / Goble & Hirshfi eld, Voice, Saxophone, Piano November 2, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCA Guest Artist Concert / Ed Saindon, Percussion / FREE November 3, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCAVirtuoso
Series Concert / Faculty Chamber Music November 6, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCAVoice Area Recital / FREE November 7, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCA
Woodwind Area Recital / FREE November 8, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCA Trombone Studio Recital / FREE November 8, 7:30 p.m. GCH, UCA It Could Be Anything / New Music Ensemble Concert November 12, 7:30 p.m. GCH, UCA Clarinet Studio Recital / FREE November 13, 7 p.m. GCH, UCA
Virtuoso
Series Concert / Tiffany Blake, Soprano November 13, 7:30 p.m. ORH, UCAU P C O M I N G P E R F O R M A N C E S
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O R G A N R E C I T A L H A L L / U N I V E R S I T Y C E N T E R F O R T H E A R T S
BRIAN KISER
TUBA
OCTOBER 29 / 5:00 P.M.
GUEST ARTIST CONCERT
TONIGHT’S PROGRAM
Hammer It! / RICK PEPERKAMP
These Mist Covered Mountains / PETER MEECHAN (B.1980)
Encounters II for Solo Tuba / WILLIAM KRAFT (B. 1923)
Walking / ANTHONY PLOG (B. 1947)
Visions / ROLAND SZENTPALI (B. 1977) Running Wild
Fafner's Dream Song
Romeo and Juliet / SERGEI PROKOFIEV arr. CHARLES VERNON The Young Girl Juliet
Masks
Montagues and Capulets
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DR. BRIAN KISER has carved out a unique performing career with a wide range of ensembles. In addition to his role as Principal tuba of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, he performs with the River City Brass (Pittsburgh, Pa.), as solo tuba with the Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band, and for a steady stream of studio recording projects.
Dr. Kiser joined the faculty of Youngstown State University in 2005. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Music and Brass Area Coordinator in the Dana School of Music, and previously served on the faculties of Indiana State University and Millikin University. He received his Doctorate of Music from the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in 2007, a Masters in Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, and an undergraduate degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1998. His principal teachers include Dan Perantoni, Mickey Moore, and Jeff Funderburk.
Brian Kiser's orchestral experience includes performances with Pittsburgh Sympho- ny Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (Kuala Lumpur), Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Summer Festival Orchestra, Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra.
As an active studio musician, Kiser regularly records diverse musical projects in Indianapolis and Cleveland area studios. This includes projects for the Hal Leonard Corporation, De Haske Music Publications, FJH Music Company, and Ludwig Music Publishers. He can be heard
performing on more than a thousand Hal Leonard demo recordings since 2002.
Kiser is featured with the Bach 'N Blues 'n Brass on their CD - “Domi- nic Spera presents: American Popu- lar Songbook for Brass Quintet.” Brian Kiser has performed over 300 times in thirty-eight states with the Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band - a twelve-piece historical recreation of the 1894 band from Lynchburg, Tennessee.
Kiser has also performed with the Canton Symphony Brass Quintet live on the NPR program, “Whaddya’Know?”
and on multiple occasions for the NFL Hall of Fame Banquet. More unique performances include a tuba quartet ver- sion of The Star-Spangled Banner at the Speedo International Swimming and Div- ing Championships - performed while standing on the seven meter platform.
