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The OSU Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Christopher Chapman, will perform at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, N.Y. on June 1. This performance marks the first time in the OSU band program's 118-year history that an OSU ensemble has performed at this venerable venue. The 8:30 p.m. concert at the Perelman Stage of the Stern Auditorium is part of the hall's Excellence in Education Series. The program will feature the music of Northwest U.S. composers, including "Gusto El Sabor," written by OSU music professor, Michael Coolen; and a commissioned piece titled "Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble 'The Five Changes'" by Gregory Youtz of Tacoma, Wash., featuring OSU Percussion Studies Director Robert Brudvig.
Russian virtuoso pianist, Yuri Rozum, will be the featured artist with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra in the season's final concert on Tuesday, May 20, at 8 p.m. in LaSells Stewart Center. This concert is being co-sponsored by Enoteca. Tickets are $12, $24 and $30, available at Beards Frame Shop, Gracewinds Music, Grass Roots Books & Music in Corvallis, and at Sid Stevens Jewellers in Albany. All seats are reserved. Tickets will also be available at the LaSells Box Office one-half hour before the concert. OSU students are admitted for free.
Two OSU music students have been selected as winners of the first Kraft Choral Composition Challenge. Rebecca Stager, a Corvallis senior majoring in piano performance, vocal performance and music education won first prize with her arrangement of the traditional spiritual "Were You There." She will receive a $500 cash prize and her piece will be publicly performed by the OSU Chamber Choir at The President's Concert on Saturday, June 7. Josh Seitz, also of Corvallis, a graduate student working towards a master of arts in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in choral conducting, took honorable mention with his original setting of the Alfred Lord Tennyson text "Crossing the Bar." He will receive a $200 cash prize. The Kraft Choral Composition Challenge is named for Corvallis resident and long-time friend of the OSU music department, Rose Kraft, who graduated from OSU in 1940. The competition was open to all music students. Eight compositions were submitted and selection was made jointly by Ms. Kraft and Steven M. Zielke, director of choral studies, after each composition was sung at a Chamber Choir rehearsal in April.
Nathan Kondrat, a junior in vocal performance, has been accepted into the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (BASOTI). He will perform the full role of Antonio, from Le Nozze di Figaro, with an orchestra. He will also participate in two opera scenes, one as Figaro in Barber of Seville and one as Masetto in Don Giovanni. Nathan will also perform in next year's Portland Opera season, performing in Fidelio and Rigoletto. Nathan graduated from Jesuit High School in Portland. In 2007 he won the College I Male Voice division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). At OSU, Nathan has performed in Several Opera Workshop productions. He is a member of Meistersingers and has participated in the OSU Chamber Choir and Outspoken. Nathan studies voice with Ralph Wells.
Beavers host and rule at NATS! On April 18 and 19, OSU hosted the National Association of Teachers of Singing/Cascade Chapter Auditions. Several OSU students placed or recieved Honorable Mention: Mari Stoner received an Honorable Mention in College I Female, Julie Cherry was one of two winners in the College II Female Division, Amanda Lovin received an Honorable Mention in College II Female, Nickoli Strommer was the winner of the College II Male Division. Brice Cloyd, Josh Randall, and Nathan Kondrat received Honorable Mentions of the College II Male Division. Scott Ingham won the Career Path Adult I Male Division. John Kluttz sang at the Winners' Recital in the Recreational Adult I Male Division.
Benton Hall photo by Jean Burba.