Greetings!

I just want to give all of you a preview of what concerts are
scheduled for this spring at the Horowitz Center, Monteabaro Recital
Hall.  Hope you will be able to join us at some of the concerts.

Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900
www.howardcc.edu/music

Faculty Concerts
Sunday, Feb. 8 at 4:00pm
Vintage Jazz
Jared Denhard, trombone and ukulele
Last Chance Jazz Band
Program include music from the Jazz Age.  Speakeasy tunes, Chicago
style and Creole jazz by Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbeck, Duke
Ellington and others.

Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30pm
Han Trio
Ae-Young Sun, violinist
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Sun Ha Yoon, guest pianist
Program includes works by Haydn, Schoenfield and Mendelssohn

Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Jazz Quintet
Todd Butler, trumpet
Kyle Coughlin, saxophone
Alan Blackman, piano
Amy Shook, bass
Tom Williams, drums
The HCC Faculty Jazz Quintet is a newly formed ensemble that will
perform at schools, community events and at Howard Community
College.  This concert will feature original compositions by members
of the quintet.

Sunday, Mar. 8 at 4:00pm
Faculty Jazz Trio
Alan Blackman, jazz piano
Amy Shook, bass
Tom Williams, drums
Sunday March 15, 2009 at 4:00pm

Monday, Mar. 23 at 7:30pm
The Kyle Coughlin Show
HCC clarinet faculty, Kyle Coughlin, will host this music variety
show featuring students and faculty of the college as well as guest
musicians.

Sunday, Apr. 19 at 4:00pm
Faculty Voice Recital
Judith Cavendish, soprano
William Scanlan Murphy, piano

Sunday, Apr. 19 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Todd Butler, trumpet
Kyle Coughlin, saxophone
Dave Rybczynski, saxophone
Alan Blackman, piano
Michael Raitzyk, guitar
Amy Shook, bass
Nedje Michelle Douyon, vocalist
Tom Williams, drummer

Saturday, Apr. 25 at 7:30pm
Gemini Piano Trio
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Benjamin Myers, cello
Program includes music by Bernstein, Smetana and more.

Saturday, May 2 at 7:30pm
Octtava Piano Duo,
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Hsien-Ann Meng, piano
Program includes piano four-hand works by Reger and Heiden.

HCC Spotlight Concerts
Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm
Jane Winer Chamber Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Joan Bob, viola
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Free

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12 and 13 at 7:30pm
HCC Music Department Student Spotlight Concert
Solo performances by students of the Music Department.
Free

Friday, May 15 at 7:30pm
Jane Winer Chamber Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Hsien-Ann Meng, piano
Free

HCC Music Department Ensemble Concerts
Sunday, May 10 at 4:00pm
HCC Singers
Directed by Judith Cavendish
Admissions $5

Monday, May 11 at 7:30pm
HCC Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Alan Blackman
Admissions $5

Thursday, May 14 at 7:30pm
HCC Chamber Music
Coordinated by Benjamin Myers
Performances by HCC Chamber Orchestra, HCC Cello Ensemble, and
various instrumental ensembles.
Admissions $5

Hello Everyone,

Below are three more wonderful concerts in November.  Come and join us if you
can.
Keep in mind that you can call and reserve the tickets ahead of time at Horowitz
Center
Box Office 410-772-4900, or if you are on campus, you might like to stop by the
box
office and get the tickets in person. The box office is open T-F 12-5 as well as
90 minutes
prior to performance time. Hope to see you at some of the concerts.

Hsien-Ann Meng


Yoon Nah Cho Cello Recital
Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Eun Joo Chung, guest pianist
Program includes works by Beethoven, Chopin and Franck.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Americana
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4:00pm
Octtava Piano Duo
Wei-Der Huang, pianist
Hsien-Ann Meng, pianist
The concert features two piano works by American composers: Copland, Gershwin,
and Barber.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin Violin Recital
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30pm
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, Violin
Pei-Rong Lo, Piano
Program includes works by J.S. Bach, Enescu, Schnittke.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Hello Everyone,

November is a fantastic month for concerts in the Monteabaro Recital Hall. 
Please check
out the programs below.   Keep in mind that you can call and reserve the tickets
ahead of
time at Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900, or if you are on campus, you
might
like to stop by the box office and get the tickets in person.  The box office is
open T-F
12-5 as well as 90 minutes prior to performance time.  Hope to see you at some
of the
concerts.

Hsien-Ann Meng

HCC Music Faculty Gala Concert
Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:30pm
3rd annual HCC music faculty gala concert in commemoration of the grand opening
of the Monteabaro Recital Hall.  Performers include James Bailey, tenor; Judith
Cavendish,
soprano; Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano; Charles T. Hayes, piano; Wei-Der Huang,
piano;
Deborah Kent, soprano; Yi-Hsin Cindy Lin, violin; Tim McKay, bass drum;
Hsien-Ann
Meng, piano; William Scanlan Murphy, piano; Benjamin Myers, cello; Hsiu-Hui
Wang, piano
and Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin/viola.
The concert will feature works by Verdi, Ponchielli, Monti, Brahms,Gershwin,
Flanders/Swann, Harnick/Baker, Arbury, as well as a work by HCC Music Alumna
Rebehka
Herbold.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Victorian Jewels
Sunday, Nov. 2 at 4:00pm
Jared Denhard, trombone, double-belled euphonium, highland pipes and ukulele
Baltimore Victorian Consort
Program includes sentimental waltzes, rollicking music, hall novelties,
brilliant theme and variations, fantasies and more.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Musical Kaleidoscope: An Evening of Chamber Music by the Great Masters
Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin/viola
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, violin
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Benjamin Myers, cello
Program includes works by Saint-Saens, Faure, Brahms, Bartok and more.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Blackman & Raitzyk Jazz Concert
Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4:00pm
Alan Blackman, jazz piano
Michael Raitzyk, jazz guitar
In the tradition of Bill Evans/Jim Hall and Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau, jazz
faculty members
Alan Blackman and Michael Raitzyk explore the sonic territory of the jazz
piano/guitar duo
setting. Come enjoy an evening of original songs and jazz standards in this
unique setting!
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Kuei-I Wu and Friends
Sunday, November 9 at 7:30pm
Kuei-I Wu, piano
Tao-Chang Yu, guest violinist
Lukasz Szymer, guest cellist
Program includes music by Schubert, Piazzolla and Schoenfield
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Yoon Nah Cho Cello Recital
Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Eun Joo Chung, guest pianist
Program includes works by Beethoven, Chopin and Franck.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Americana
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4:00pm
Octtava Piano Duo
Wei-Der Huang, pianist
Hsien-Ann Meng, pianist
The concert features two piano works by American composers: Copland, Gershwin,
and Barber.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin Violin Recital
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30pm
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, Violin
Pei-Rong Lo, Piano
Program includes works by J.S. Bach, Enescu, Schnittke.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Hello Everyone,

There is a nice variety of concerts coming up in Monteabaro.  See
below for more information.

Baroque Music & Art Songs
Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30pm
Peter Lee, guest tenor/counter tenor
Wei-Der Huang, piano & harpsichord
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, violin
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Joan Bob, viola
Benjamin Myers, cello
Music by Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Faure, Brahms, Donaudy and
Schubert will be heard.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Alan Blackman & Vardan Ovsepian
Sunday, Oct. 19 at 4:00pm
Recognized for his fondness for bringing European classical and other
outside influences to jazz improvisation to create music both elegant
and uniquely his own, Armenia-born pianists Vardan Ovsepian
collaborates with HCC's very own jazz faculty, Alan
Blackman in this concert of jazz piano duo.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Sangmi Yoon Piano Recital
Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7:30pm
Pianist and HCC music student scholarship recipient Sangmi Yoon will
be giving a solo piano recital performing Bach E flat major Prelude and
Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II; Beethoven's "Les
adieux" Piano Sonata, Op. 81a; Chopin Fantasy in F minor,
Op.49; and Barber Piano Sonata, Op. 26.
Admission is free.


Tom Benjamin & Friends
Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3:00pm
Tom Benjamin and Friends: The HCC/UUCC/Peabody Connection.
The concert features Tom Benjamin, a student of Kyle Coughlin, and
the Jazz Program of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
Columbia's Music Ministry. Performing will be the Chalice Messengers
quintet, the Chalice Chanteusies, and HCC faculty Kyle Coughlin.
Music includes jazz classics, originals and show tune standards from
the 1920's to the present.
Admission is free.

Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900
www.howardcc.edu/music


Little Patuxent Opera Institute Alumni in Arias, Art Songs & Duets
Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30pm
Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano
Lisa Dodson, soprano
Charles T. Hayes, guest pianist
Come enjoy a night of beautiful music sung by alumni of the Little
Patuxent Opera Institute. Program includes art songs by Strauss,
Walton, Burleigh, Faure and gorgeous soprano duets such as Delibes'
Flower Duet from Lakme and Mozart's Sull'aria from Le Nozze di Figaro.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Michael Raitzyk in Concert
Sunday, Sept. 21 at 4:00pm
Michael Raitzyk, jazz guitar
Guitarist Michael Raitzyk will bring his trio to HCC to perform a mixture
of oringinal music and standards by such jazz greats as John Coltrane,
Bud Powell and cotemporary composers such as John Scofield and Pat
Metheny.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900
www.howardcc.edu/music


Alan Blackman Jazz Trio
Sunday, Sept. 14 at 4:00pm
Alan Blackman, jazz piano
Tom Baldwin, bass
Ferenc Nemeth, drums
Program will be a unique blend of improvisational music ranging from the Beatles
to Brahms to original compositions.
Admissions $5, $10, $15

Hello Everyone,

The 2008-2009 HCC Concert Season will begin with a Jazz Trio Concert on Sunday,
September 14 at 4:00pm in the Monteabaro Recital Hall, Horowitz Visual and
Performing
Arts Center.  Our 2008-2009 season has music for all music lovers: classical,
jazz and
folk.  Please see the complete listing below for all the concerts happening this
September
to December.  I will also send out reminder for each concert as the concert
draws near.
Hope to see you at the concert!

Hsien-Ann Meng



Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900
www.howardcc.edu/music


Alan Blackman Jazz Trio
Sunday, Sept. 14 at 4:00pm
Alan Blackman, jazz piano
Tom Baldwin, bass
Ferenc Nemeth, drums
Program will be a unique blend of improvisational music ranging from the Beatles
to
Brahms to original compositions.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Little Patuxent Opera Institute Alumni in Arias, Art Songs & Duets
Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30pm
Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano
Lisa Dodson, soprano
Charles T. Hayes, guest pianist
Come enjoy a night of beautiful music sung by alumni of the Little Patuxent
Opera
Institute.  Program includes art songs by Strauss, Walton, Burleigh, Faure and
gorgeous
soprano duets such as Delibes' Flower Duet from Lakme and Mozart's Sull'aria
from Le
Nozze di Figaro.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Michael Raitzyk in Concert
Sunday, Sept. 21 at 4:00pm
Michael Raitzyk, jazz guitar
Guitarist Michael Raitzyk will bring his trio to HCC to perform a mixture of
oringinal music
and standards by such jazz greats as John Coltrane, Bud Powell and cotemporary
composers such as John Scofield and Pat Metheny.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


HCC Faculty Jazz Quintet
Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 7:30pm
Kyle Coughlin, saxophone
Todd Butler, trumpet
Alan Blackman, piano
Amy Shook, bass
Tom Williams, drums
The HCC Faculty Jazz Quintet is a newly formed ensemble that will perform at
schools,
community events and at Howard Community College.  This concert will feature
original
compositions by members of the quintet.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Han Trio
Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7:30pm
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Ae-Young Sun, violinist
Jeong-Yoon Choi, guest pianist
Program includes Piano Trios by Schubert, Bramel and more.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Baroque Music & Art Songs
Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30pm
Peter Lee, guest tenor/counter tenor
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, violin
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Joan Bob, viola
Benjamin Myers, cello
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Alan Blackman & Vardan Ovsepian
Sunday, Oct. 19 at 4:00pm
Recognized for his fondness for bringing European classical and other outside
influences
to jazz improvisation to create music both elegant and uniquely his own,
Armenia-born
pianists Vardan Ovsepian collaborates with HCC's very own jazz faculty, Alan
Blackman in
this concert of jazz piano duo.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Sangmi Yoon Piano Recital
Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7:30pm
Pianist and HCC music student scholarship recipient Sangmi Yoon will be giving a
solo
piano recital performing Bach E flat major Prelude and Fugue from the
Well-Tempered
Clavier Book II; Beethoven's "Les adieux" Piano Sonata, Op. 81a; Chopin Fantasy
in F minor,
Op.49; and Barber Piano Sonata, Op. 26.
Admission is free.


Tom Benjamin & Friends
Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3:00pm
Tom Benjamin and Friends: The HCC/UUCC/Peabody Connection.
Featuring Tom
Benjamin
and the Jazz Program of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of
Columbia's Music
Ministry. Performing will be the Chalice Messengers
quintet, the Chalice
Swingers jazz
vocal ensemble and a few of the Chalice
Chanteusies, in a program of jazz
classics,
originals and show tune standards from the 1920's to the present.
Free


HCC Music Faculty Gala Concert
Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:30pm
3rd annual HCC music faculty gala concert in commemoration of the grand opening
of the
Monteabaro Recital Hall.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Victorian Jewels
Sunday, Nov. 2 at 4:00pm
Jared Denhard, trombone, double-belled euphonium, highland pipes and ukulele
Baltimore Victorian Consort
Program includes sentimental waltzes, rollicking music, hall novelties,
brilliant theme and
variation fantasies and more.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Musical Kaleidoscope: An Evening of Chamber Music by the Great Masters
Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, violin/viola
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Benjamin Myers, cello
Program includes works by Leclair, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Blackman & Raitzyk Jazz Concert
Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4:00pm
Alan Blackman, jazz piano
Michael Raitzyk, jazz guitar
In the tradition of Bill Evans/Jim Hall and Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau,
jazz
faculty members
Alan Blackman and Michael Raitzyk explore the sonic
territory of the jazz
piano/guitar duo
setting. Come enjoy an evening of
original songs and jazz standards in
this unique setting!
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Kuei-I Wu and Friends
Sunday, November 9 at 7:30pm
Kuei-I Wu, piano
Tao-Chang Yu, guest violinist
Lukasz Szymer, guest cellist
Program includes music by Schubert, Piazzolla and Schoenfield
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Yoon Nah Cho Cello Recital
Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Jeong-Yoon Choi, guest pianist
Program includes works by Beethoven, Chopin and Franck.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Americana Music
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4:00pm
Octtava Piano Duo
Wei-Der Huang, pianist
Hsien-Ann Meng, pianist
The concert features two piano works by American composers: Copland, Gershwin,
and
Barber.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin Violin Recital
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30pm
Cindy Yi-Hsin Lin, Violin

Pei-Rong Lo, Piano

Program includes works by J.S. Bach, Enescu, Schnittke.
Admissions $5, $10, $15


HCC Jazz Ensemble
Monday, Dec. 1 at 7:30pm
Directed by Alan Blackman
Admissions $5


HCC Music Department Student Concert
Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30pm
Solo performances by students of the Music Department.
Free


HCC Chamber Music
Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7:30pm
Coordinated by Benjamin Myers
Performances by HCC Chamber Orchestra, HCC Cello Ensemble, and various
instrumental
ensembles.
Admissions $5


Jane Winer Chamber Concert
Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:30pm
Jane Winer, clarinet
Joan Bob, viola
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Program includes Max Bruch Eight Pieces Opus 83 for clarinet viola and piano and
Georges
Bizet---Au fond du temple saint from Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers).
Free


HCC Singers & HCC Senior Choir
Sunday, Dec. 7 at 4:00pm
HCC Singers directed by Judith Cavendish
HCC Senior Choir directed by Rita Mayhew
Admissions $5


Jane Winer Chamber Concert
Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:30pm
Jane Winer, clarinet
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Hsien-Ann Meng, piano
Program includes music by Beethoven and Glinka
Free

Hello Everyone,

Please see below for all the upcoming concerts in Monteabaro Recital
Hall, Horowitz Center for Visual and Performing Arts.  For more
information call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 dkent@... or
Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107 hmeng@....


Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Singers Concert
Directed by Judith Cavendish featuring American Art and Folk Songs,
Spirituals, Musical Theater and Vocal Jazz Selections.
Admission $5


Monday, May 5, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Jazz Ensemble Concert
Directed by Kyle Coughlin
Admission $5


Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 and 7, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Music Forum
Performances by students of HCC Music Department
Admission $5


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Chamber Music Concert
Coordinated by Benjamin Myers
Admission $5


Friday, May 9, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Spotlight Concert – Jane Winer
HCC art faculty and clarinetist Jane Winer will be joined by cello
faculty Yoon Nah Cho and piano faculty Hsien-Ann Meng in this
concert featuring music by Max Bruch and Louise Ferranc.
Free admission.


Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 4:00pm
HCC Faculty Concert
American Art Songs and Cabaret Selections
Voice faculty Judith Cavendish and piano faculty William Scanlan
Murphy will perform works by Beach, Carpenter, Rorem, Larsen,
Malotte, Bolcom and more.
General admissions $15, senior $10, HCC faculty, staff and students
$5


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Joan Bob and Sandra Gerster Lisicky
HCC viola faculty Joan Bob and oboe faculty Sandra Gerster Lisicky
will be joined by guest pianist Mary Woehr and HCC theater faculty
Barbara Brickman in this concert featuring works by Georg
PhilippTelemann, Auguste Klughardt and Arthur Foote.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 HCC faculty,
staff and students.

Hello Everyone,

Please see below for the concerts taking place in Monteabaro Recital
Hall this upcoming weekend:

HCC Faculty Concert ¡V Gemini Piano Trio
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:00pm
"For the past fourteen years, The Gemini Piano Trio have been thrilling
audiences across America and around the world with their virtuoso
technique, rich tone, and dedicated artistry.  For this concert, they will
play for you a beloved trio by Brahms, a deliciously colorful trio by
Leclair, and an excitingly eclectic work by American composer, George
Rochberg."
Pianist Hsiu Hui Wang, violinist Sheng-Tsung Wang and cellist
Benjamin Myers are members of the Gemini Piano Trio and are
members of the HCC music faculty.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 HCC faculty,
staff and students.  For ticket reservation and information on group
rates, please call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 dkent@...
or Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107 hmeng@....


HCC Faculty Concert ¡V All That Jazz
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC voice faculty Nedje Michelle Douyon will perform with guest
pianist, Charles T. Hayes in this concert featuring music by Duke
Ellington, George Gershwin, Billie Holiday, Cole Porter & more.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 HCC faculty,
staff and students.  For ticket reservation and information on group
rates, please call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 dkent@...
or Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107 hmeng@....

Hello Everyone,

Just a reminder of what is happening in the Monteabaro Recital Hall this
weekend:

HCC Faculty Concert ¡V In Partnership with HCPSS
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
Kristina Suter, HCC faculty member, joins Michael Bevard, HCPSS
Faculty Member, in a collaborative concert of classical and popular
works for tenor and piano.  Specifically Robert Schumann's
Dichterliebe and works by J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, Henri Duparc and
Roger Quilter will be performed as well as songs from the Broadway
stage by various composers.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 HCC faculty,
staff and students.  For ticket reservation and information on group
rates, please call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 dkent@...
or Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107 hmeng@....




Please note that the concert originally scheduled to take place on April
20, 2008 at 7:30pm featuring Cathleen Jeffcoat and William Scanlan
Murphy has been postponed to Fall 2008.  A rescheduled date will be
announed at a later time.

Please note:  Tonight's Concert, Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 7:30pm, has
been cancelled due to illness.  A rescheduled date will be announced at
a later time.  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Hello Everyone,

Please note: this Saturday evening's concert, March 29, 2008 at
7:30pm, featuring Yoon Nah Cho and Anas Trio has been cancelled.

We invite you to join us in these following upcoming concerts in the
Monteabaro Recital Hall.

HCC Faculty Concert ¡V Celebrating the Negro Spiritual ¡V A True
American Art Form
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
HCC voice faculty Nedje Michelle Douyon will perform with a male
ensemble featuring works by H. T. Burleigh, Hall Johnson, Uzee Brown
Jr., Moses Hogan and more.


HCC Faculty Concert -- Kyle Coughlin and Friends
Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
HCC clarinet faculty Kyle Coughlin will collaborate with cello faculty
Benjamin Myers and piano faculty Hsiu-Hui Wang in concert.  They will
perform works by Vincent d'Indy, Carl Maria von Weber, and Mikos
Rozsa.


HCC Faculty Concert ¡V American Art Songs and Cabaret Selections
Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
HCC voice faculty Judith Cavendish will collaborate with piano faculty William
Scanlan Murphy in this concert.  They will perform songs by Beach, Carpenter,
Rorem, Larsen, Malotte, Bolcom and more.


HCC Faculty Concert ¡V In Partnership with HCPSS
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall at the Horowitz Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts
Kristina Suter, HCC faculty member, joins Michael Bevard, HCPSS
Faculty Member, in a collaborative concert of classical and popular
works for tenor and piano.  Specifically Robert Schumann's
Dichterliebe and works by J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, Henri Duparc,
Giacomo Puccini and Roger Quilter will be performed as well as songs
from the Broadway stage by various composers.


Tickets for all above events are $15 general admission, $10 seniors
and $5 HCC faculty, staff and students.  For ticket reservation and
information on group rates, please call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914
dkent@... or Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107
hmeng@....

Hello Everyone,

Just want to give you a friendly reminder about this Friday's concert. HCC
violin faculty Sheng-Tsung Wang will collaborate with cello faculty
Benjamin Myers, piano faculty Hsiu-Hui Wang, violin faculty Yi-Hsin Lin
and guest violist Tam Tran in this concert featuring music for duos. They
will perform works by Mozart, Jansa, Handel-Halvorsen, Bartok and
Kreisler.
Admission $15, $10, $5.

Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Sheng-Tsung Wang and Friends
For more information, call 410-772-4914 or 410-772-4107

Hsien-Ann Meng

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to give you a heads up for next Friday's concert.  HCC violin
faculty Sheng-Tsung Wang will collaborate with cello faculty Benjamin
Myers, piano faculty Hsiu-Hui Wang, violin faculty Yi-Hsin Lin and guest
violist Tam Tran in this concert featuring music for duos.  They will
perform works by Mozart, Jansa, Handel-Halvorsen, Bartok and Kreisler.
Admission $15, $10, $5.

It should be a smashing concert!  Mark your calendar!

Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:30pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Sheng-Tsung Wang and Friends
For more information, call 410-772-4914 or 410-772-4107

Hsien-Ann Meng

Hello Everyone,

Come to hear a fun Celtic music concert this weekend and get a head
start on celebrating Spring!  Jared Denhard, one of our faculty, will perform
traditional Celtic music and original compositions inspired by the Celtic
traditions on the celtic harp.  Come to enjoy and music and Jared's
wonderful persona.

Monteabaro Recital Hall
Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 3:00pm
Tickets: $15, $10, $5

Hsien-Ann

Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 4:00pm
David Wasser's piano recital in Monteabaro Recital Hall has been
cancelled due to illness.  Notice of rescheduled date will be send at a later
time.

This weekend in the Monteabaro Recital Hall at HCC:

Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 4:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Pianist David Wasser will perform piano works by Bach, Beethoven,
Chopin, Moskowski and Liszt.
Admission Free

Dear all,

Please note that Saturday, February 23, 2008 Celebrating the Negro
Spiritual -- A True American Art Form concert has been postponed due to
illness.  An announcement will be made as to the new date at a later time.

Thank you.
Hsien-Ann Meng

Hello Members,

Just a quick reminder of what is happening in the Monteabaro Recital Hall,
Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts this weekend:

Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert -- Celebrating the Negro Spiritual -- A True American
Art Form
Soprano Nedje Michelle Douyon and a male ensemble will perform works
by H. T. Burleigh, Hall Johnson, Uzee Brown Jr., Moses Hogan and more.
General admission $15, seniors, $10, HCC faculty, staff and students $5

Have a wonderful day!
Hsien-Ann Meng

HCC Music Department
presents
Music at Noon
Monteabaro Recital Hall
Monday, February 11, 2008 at 12:15pm
Free admission


Pianist, Sung-Chul Lee, a HCC music student will perform Bach Partita
No. 2, Beethoven Piano Sonata
Op. 27 No.1, Brahms Six Pieces for Piano Op. 118, Scriabin Piano Sonata
No. 5 and Scriabin Etude in d# minor Op. 8 No. 12.


The concert is free.  Come for the concert or bring a light lunch to enjoy in
the lobby while listening to this wonderful young artist.

Hello Everyone,

Just a reminder on what's happening in Monteabaro Recital Hall this
coming weekend.  Have a great day!

Monteabaro Recital Hall
Horowitz Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Howard Community College
Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert ¡V The Han Trio
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Ae-Young Sun, guest violin
Jeong-Yoon Choi, guest piano

The program consists of music by Mozart, Piazzolla and Brahms
Admission $15, $10, $5
To reserve tickets, please call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914
dkent@..., or, Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107
hmeng@....




Monteabaro Recital Hall
Horowitz Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Howard Community College
Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Tom Benjamin and Friends -- The HCC-Peabody-UUCC Connection

This concert features performers from Peabody's Kegelstatt Trio, a
faculty ensemble with Tom Benjamin (clarinet), Rebecca Henry (viola)
and Elizabeth Hartmark (piano); the Chalice Messengers jazz quintet
(John Shea, alto sax; Tom Benjamin, baritone sax, Tom Monroe, piano
and tenor sax, Al McLaine, bass and Mark McPherson, drums), with
vocalists Alison Matuskey and April Lee, from the jazz program of the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia.

The program consists of music by Libby Larson, Tom Benjamin, Mark
Weiser, John Shea, Tom Monroe, Gershwin, Rodgers, Monk, Mulligan,
Rivers, Kern, Davis, Gillespie, Brown, Brubeck, Dameron/Basie,
Ellington and more.
Free Admission

We cordially invite you to an upcoming concert at the Monteabaro
Recital Hall:

Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Joan Bob, viola
Wei-Der Huang, piano
The concert will feature Max Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet
and Viola, Op. 88 in e minor.
Free admission

Dear Members of the HCC-Music Yahoo Groups:

I wish you all a happy and musical 2008!  We have a really exciting
season of concerts scheduled for the Spring Semester of 2008.  Our
spring concert series features not only our faculty artists, but also
artists from Peabody Conservatory, Howard County Public School
System, and even the "President's Own" Marine Chamber Orchestra.
Besides this wonderful group of performers, our program is also
diversified.  In addition to a series of classical programs, there is
a concert in February featuring music of African American Composers,
a concert in March with music for the Celtic harp, and a concert in
April of American Art Songs and Cabaret Selections.  We invite you to
join us for any one or all of the performances.

All of the concerts take place in the Monteabaro Recital Hall at
Howard Community College.  We accept cash and checks for ticket
purchase.  The tickets for the Faculty Concerts are $15 general, $10
seniors, and $5 HCC faculty, staff, and students with ID.  The
Spotlight Concerts are free, and the HCC Music Department Concerts
are $5.  I will continue to email announcements about each concert;
please see below for a listing of the complete concert schedule and
ticket information.

Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Joan Bob, viola
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Free admission


Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Ae- Young Sun, violin
Jeong - Yoon Choi, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Tom Benjamin and Friends
Peabody's Kegelstatt Trio
The Chalice Messengers jazz quintet
Vocalists from the jazz program of the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of Columbia.
Free admission


Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Celebrating Black History Month
Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano
Admission $15, 10, 5


Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 4:00pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
David Wasser, piano
Free admission


Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 3:00pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Jared Denhard, celtic harp
Admission $15, $10, $5


Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Sheng-Tsung Wang and Friends
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Yi-Hsin Lin, violin
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Benjamin Myers, cello violist
Tam Tran, viola from "President's Own" Marine Chamber Orchestra
Admission $15, $10, $5


Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Jaewook Kim, clarinet
Jieun Lee, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Kyle Coughlin, clarinet
Benjamin Myers, cello
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
American Art Songs and Cabaret Selections
Judith Cavendish, voice
William Scanlan Murphy, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
In Partnership with HCPSS
Kristina Suter, piano
Michael Bevard, tenor
Admission $15, $10, $5


Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Cathleen Jeffcoat, violin
William Scanlan Murphy, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:00pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Gemini Piano Trio
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Benjamin, Myers, cello
Admission $15, $10, $5


Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
All that Jazz
Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano
Admission $15, $10, $5


Friday, May 2, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Joan Bob, viola
Wei-Der Huang, piano
Free admission


Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7:30pm
Howard Community College Singers
Judith Cavendish, director
Admission $5


Monday, May 5, 2008 at 7:30pm
Howard Community College Jazz Ensemble Concert
Kyle Coughlin, director
Admission $5


Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 and 7, 2008 at 7:30pm
Howard Community College Music Forum
Admission $5


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:30pm
Howard Community College Chamber Music Concert
Benjamin Myers, coordinator
Admission $5


Friday, May 9, 2008 at 7:30pm
Jane Winer, clarinet
Yoon Nah Cho, cello
Hsien-Ann Meng, piano
Free admission


Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert
Joan Bob, viola
Sandra Gerster Lisicky, oboe
Mary Woehr, piano
Admission $15, $10, $5


To reserve tickets, please call the Music Department at 410-772-4914
or 410-772-4107, or email dkent@... or hmeng@....

Programs are subjected to last minute change or cancellation due to
weather conditions.  Please check the HCC Homepage (www.howardcc.edu)
and the Music Department Calendar and Events page for weather related
and last-minute change in programs.

Thank you all.
Hsien-Ann

The Gemini Piano Trio Taiwan Tour Concert at HCC
Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Monteabaro Recital Hall, Horowitz Visual & Performance Arts Center,
Howard Community College.
Works by Beethoven, Piazzolla, Dvorak, and various Taiwanese
Composers
Tickets $15 adult; $10 seniors; HCC Faculty, Staff, and Students with ID
$5

Hello Everybody,

I would like to update you all on the exciting concerts coming up at the
Monteabaro Recital Hall.  Please see below for information on the
individual concerts.  Note that all concerts will take place in the
Monteabaro Recital Hall.  For ticket reservation, please call 410-772-
4914/410-772-4107 or email dkent@....  Wish everyone a
wonderful holiday season and hope to see you at the concerts.


Friday, November 30, 2007 at 12:15pm
Music at Noon
Amy Shook, bass
Matt Hemerlein, guitar
Jamie Walters, drums
Program includes works by Parker, Brown, Weil, Nash, Hemerlein, and
more
Free admission


Friday, November 30, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Chamber Orchestra Concert
Sheng-Tsung Wang, director
Program to be announced
Admission $5


Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert ¡V Christmas Concert
Nedje Michelle Douyon, soprano
Karin Orenstein, piano
Program includes O Holy Night, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Ave Maria,
Gesu Bambino, Sweet Little Jesus Boy and many more Christmas
favorites.
General admission $15, seniors, $10, HCC faculty, staff, and students
$5


Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Singers Concert ¡V Come sing Messiah
Judith Cavendish, director
Admission $5


Monday, December 3, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Jazz Ensemble Concert
Kyle Coughlin, director
Program to be announced
Admission $5


Tuesday and Wednesday, December 4 and 5, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Music Forum
The forum showcases the students from the HCC Music Department
Program to be announced
Admission $5


Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Chamber Music Concert
Benjamin Myers, coordinator
Program to be announced
Admission $5


Friday, December 7, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Spotlight Concert
Jane Winer, clarinet
Noon Yah Cho, cello
Hsien-Ann Meng, piano
Program consists of Brahms Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in A
minor, Op. 114
Free admission


Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 7:30pm
HCC Faculty Concert -- Gemini Piano Trio HCC Taiwan Tour Concert
Hsiu-Hui Wang, piano
Sheng-Tsung Wang, violin
Benjamin Myers, cello
Program includes works by Beethoven, Piazzolla, Dvorak, and various
Taiwanese composers
General admission $15, seniors, $10, HCC faculty, staff, and students
$5

Best wishes,
Hsien-Ann

The date of the concert is

          Sunday, November 18, 2007 (at 3:00pm).

Bill H, moderator

--- In hcc-music@yahoogroups.com, "hsienann" wrote:
>
> You are cordially invited to the upcoming HCC Faculty Concert --
> "Histoire du 'Ukulele" featuring HCC faculty Jared Denhard on the
> ukulele, guest Bob Thulman on clarinet, and guest Chris Hofer on bass.
>  Program includes music by Ka'ai and Kamiki, early twentieth century
> Hawaiian composers, ragtime, vintage jazz, and (new) original music
> for the ukulele.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, $5
> HCC faculty, staff, and students with ID.  Concert will start at
> 3:00pm in the Monteabaro Recital Hall, Horowitz Visual and Performing
> Arts Center.  To reserve tickets, call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 or
> Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107.
>

You are cordially invited to the upcoming HCC Faculty Concert --
"Histoire du 'Ukulele" featuring HCC faculty Jared Denhard on the
ukulele, guest Bob Thulman on clarinet, and guest Chris Hofer on bass.
  Program includes music by Ka'ai and Kamiki, early twentieth century
Hawaiian composers, ragtime, vintage jazz, and (new) original music
for the ukulele.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, $5
HCC faculty, staff, and students with ID.  Concert will start at
3:00pm in the Monteabaro Recital Hall, Horowitz Visual and Performing
Arts Center.  To reserve tickets, call Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 or
Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107.

You are cordially invited to the Octtava Piano Duo Concert on Sunday,
November 11, 2007 at 3:00pm in the Monteabaro Recital Hall at Howard
Community College.  HCC piano faculty Wei-Der Huang and Hsien-Ann Meng
present music for two pianos. Program includes Ravel's La Valse,
Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, Bernstein's Symphonic Dance
Suite from West Side Story, and Sally Chen's Spider in the Mirror.
Seating is limited in the Monteabaro Recital Hall, please reserve your
tickets early with Dr. Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 or Hsien-Ann Meng
at 410-772-4107 in the Music Department.

General admission $15, Seniors $10, HCC faculty, staff, and students
with ID $5. Call 410-772-4914 or 410-772-4107 for information on group
rates.

Come and join the music department in celebrating the one year
anniversary of the Monteabaro Recital Hall with music on November 1,
2007 at 7:30pm! The faculty of HCC Music Department comes together
with music for everyone! Program includes music for voice, guitar,
piano trio, piano duo, and piano four-hand.  Seating is limited in the
Monteabaro Recital Hall, please reserve your tickets early with Dr.
Deborah Kent at 410-772-4914 or Hsien-Ann Meng at 410-772-4107 in the
Music Department.

General admission $15, Seniors $10, HCC faculty, staff, and students
with ID $5. Call 410-772-4914 or 410-772-4107 for information on group
rates.

You are cordially invited to a HCC Faculty Concert featuring Deborah
Kent, soprano and Karin Orenstein, piano.  They will perform vocal
works by Claude Debussy, Joseph Marx, Stefano Donaudy, and local
composers.  Concert will take place on Sunday, October 21 at 4:00pm in
the Monteabaro Recital Hall.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $10
seniors, $5 HCC faculty, student, and staff.  Call 410-772-4914 or
410-772-4107 to reserve tickets.

Please check calendar for more upcoming concerts in the Monteabaro
Recital Hall.