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Chapman Receives $25 Million Gift for
New Performing Arts Center
On May 9, 2009, Chapman University College of Performing Arts received a $25 million gift that will make possible a new 1,300-seat performing arts center on the campus.
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ANNOUNCING the 2010 Percussion Symposium and
2010 Honor Band Festival!
 3rd Annual Percussion Symposium
February 6, 9:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
A day of performances and discussions combining professional, student, and amateur percussionists in an intimate environment to share and support the percussive arts in Southern California.
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 Honor Band Festival
February 27, 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Rehearsals, masterclasses, and an evening concert with the region's most talented student musicians and members of the Conservatory faculty. Works by Ticheli, Persichetti, and Barber.
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 Linda Watson
Visiting Artist in Voice
2009-2010 Academic Year
Upcoming Visit:
February 22 through February 26, 2010
We proudly welcome Ms. Watson to the Chapman University Conservatory of Music.
 Stan Kenton Alumni Band to perform at Chapman University
Led by Mike Vax, alumni from the 1956–1978 Stan Kenton Orchestras come together to perform at Chapman University on March 12, 2010. Chapman Big Band will also perform.
The Stan Kenton Alumni Band tours around the United States every year, and performs some of the well-known music of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, carrying on his tradition of dedication to creative music and jazz education.
March 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Chapman Auditorium, Memorial Hall
Reserved tickets range from $10-$40.
For more information, call (714) 997-6812.
Purchase tickets online here.
 Sergei Babayan
Visiting Artist in Piano
2009-2010 Academic Year
"One of the most charismatic personalities on today's concert stage, Mr. Babayan's vibrantly expressive performances have inspired audience acclaim worldwide."
Upcoming Concert Dates:
March 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Salmon Recital Hall
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Sean Heim received a 2009 Commission Award from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. Considered one of the most prestigious awards in composition, the commission includes a $10,000 prize.
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The Phillips Collection, the first modern-art museum in the United States and recognized for its intimate galleries, recently selected a recording to pair with its upcoming “Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens’’ exhibition. Via YouTube, they chose the Chapman Chamber Orchestra's recording of “La Création du Monde’’, a jazz-influenced work by composer Darius Milhaud.
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Auditions
for the
2010-2011
academic year:
October 31, 2009
November 14, 2009
February 6, 2010
February 13, 2010
For more information,
contact the
Conservatory of Music
at (714) 997-6871
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Associate Professor and Director of Opera in the Conservatory of Music, Dr. Peter Atherton has been chosen by Dean William Hall to be the first recipient of the Robert and Norma Lineberger Chair in Music.
Dr. Atherton has had an international operatic and concert career performing throughout the United States and Europe. He was chosen by Broadway legend, Hal Prince, to perform on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera where he performed six different roles. For the past eight years Dr. Atherton has been a member of Operafestival di Roma where he has sung leading bass roles.
This summer, he directed Operafestival’s mainstage production of Le Nozze di Figaro. | |
