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Musical Memories Concert Series

Providing a mid-day arts break for UT faculty, trainees, and staff--FREE for all

Sponsored by the Dept. of Neuroscience in collaboration with Dell Seton Medical Center

At noon, 5th floor atrium of Norman Hackerman Building (additional seating on 6th floor)

2023-24

Friday September 29, 2023

12:00-1:00 PM

MARIACHI PAREDES OF THE UT BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

JOSÉ R. TORRES-RAMOS, director

Followed by LUNCH WITH NEUROSCIENTISTS (1:00 PM, 3rd floor atrium, NHB)-- a networking event for undergraduates interested in neuroscience career opportunities Neuroscientists study diverse problems such as finding the causes and cures of brain disorders as well as understanding principles to guide the development of  brain-computer interfaces. Learn more about this fascinating field and about the pathways to obtaining a PhD in neuroscience. Free lunch and opportunities to hear from faculty and trainees of the UT Institute for Neuroscience. RSVP with your name, year in school, and major (if known) to amy.lee1@austin.utexas.edu

Friday October 27, 2023

12:00-1:00 PM

Students of the Butler School of Music

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Shostakovich Quartet No.3

Thomas Gougeon, violin

Leah Streety, violin

Emmanuel Aguilera, viola

Eddie Xu, cello

Debussy Piano Trio

Ellie Sievers, violin

Selina Xu, cello

Alyssa Liao, piano

Friday February 16, 2024

JOANNE EVANS, mezzo soprano

TZU KUANG TAN, piano

    Winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, London-born mezzo soprano Joanne Evans has been hailed as a “singer to watch” by Classical Voice America. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and of the Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory, Ms. Evans has performed in concert halls throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe.

    A graduate of the University of Michigan, Tzu-Kuang Tan enjoys an active career as a chamber musician and collaborative pianist. He was named the winner of the 2021 Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition and 2018 Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concerto Competition, and the 2022 Marilyn Horne Song Competition.

    Violinist Sandy Yamamoto is Associate Professor of Practice in Violin Performance at the Butler School of Music and has dazzled audiences in concert performances around the globe for the past three decades as a soloist and as a member of the Miró Quartet. Among her many honors, she won First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and was one of the first chamber musicians to be awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

   Matt Zalkind is professor of cello at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music and regularly performs throughout the United States and abroad as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. A prize winner at multiple major competitions, he received Bachelors and Masters degrees from Juilliard, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan and plays on a rare Italian cello made by Florentine Maker Luigi Piatellini in 1760.

   Anton Nel is winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall and enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist and chamber musician. He currently serves as the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano, and Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the Butler School of Music. During the summers he is on the artist-faculties at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Orford Music Academy in Quebec and at the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. 

 

Friday, April 26 2024

THE MIRÓ QUARTET

Daniel Ching, violin

William Fedkenheuer, violin

John Largess, viola

Joshua Gindele, cello

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Friday March 29, 2024

SANDY YAMAMOTO, violin

MATT ZALKIND, cello

ANTON NEL, piano

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    Formed in 1995 and based in Austin, Texas, the Miró Quartet is now one of the most prestigious chamber ensembles in the US. Since 2003 the Miró has served as the quartet-in-residence at the University of Texas at Austin Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music. In 2005, the Quartet became the first ensemble ever to be awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant. Among their many accolades, the quartet has earned a nomination for “Best Choral Performance” at the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards for their album House of Belonging in collaboration with Austin-based choral group Conspirare.

2022-23

Friday September 30, 2022

12:00-1:00 PM, NHB 5th floor atrium

THE HISPANIC CARIBBEAN ENSEMBLE OF THE UT BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Frank Cano, Bass

Richard Huntley, Percussion

Noah Simon, Piano

Followed by LUNCH WITH NEUROSCIENTISTS (1:00 PM, 3rd floor atrium, NHB)-- a networking event for undergraduates interested in neuroscience career opportunities

Neuroscientists study diverse problems such as finding the causes and cures of brain disorders as well as understanding principles to guide the development of  brain-computer interfaces. Learn more about this fascinating field and about the pathways to obtaining a PhD in neuroscience. Free lunch and opportunities to hear from faculty and trainees of the UT Institute for Neuroscience. RSVP with your name, year in school, and major (if known) to amy.lee1@austin.utexas.edu

Thursday October 13, 2022

 

THE RISUS QUARTET

Haeni Lee, violin

Jieun Yoo, violin

Mary Eunkyung Chang, viola

Bobae Lee, cello

Friday January 13, 2023

THE MIRÓ QUARTET

Daniel Ching, violin

William Fedkenheuer, violin

John Largess, viola

Joshua Gindele, cello

Thursday March 2, 2023

SANDY YAMAMOTO, violin

ANTON NEL, piano

Friday April 14, 2023

ANDREW BROWNELL, piano

2021-22

Thursday, December 23, 2021

David Bernat, violin

Jiarong Li, piano

Nina Bernat, double bass

Featuring works of Bach, Britten, Schumann

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

David Bernat, violin

Elias Dagher, piano

Featuring works of Mozart, Schumann, Ravel, and Bartok

Thursday, April 14, 2022

A special concert to commemorate the generous donation of the Baldwin piano to the Department of Neuroscience

Anton Nel, piano

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