Another Fall Performance — More Ensembles

The Music Department at Utah State University presents another group of ensembles in another annual fall concert. Featured Nov. 12 are the Caine Chamber Music Ensembles. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Caine Performance Hall on USU’s Logan campus.

“This concert is a clear indicator of the high level of musicianship among music students here at USU,” said Max Matzen, assistant professor in the Caine College of the Arts. “In chamber music there is a heightened degree of performing accountability, as the ensembles are smaller and every voice matters.”

The Caine Chamber Music Ensembles include the Caine Percussion Ensemble, Caine Woodwind Quintet, Caine Saxophone Quartet and Caine Brass Quintet. Each group is auditioned and students in the groups are awarded scholarships provided by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation-Russell Family.

“The Caine Brass Quintet is performing Colchester Fantasy, Movement I, ‘The Rose and Crown’ by Eric Ewazen in this performance,” said Matzen. “The Caine Saxophone Quartet will play Wait a Minute by Libby Larson, Ave Maria by Franz Schubert and Fantasia by Orlando Gibbons.”

Each ensemble will perform individually, featuring a variety of works. The Caine Woodwind Quintet will perform Irving Fine’s Partita for Wind Quintet and the Caine Percussion Ensemble will perform Catching Shadows by Ivan Trevino.

The Caine Chamber Music Ensembles Nov. 12 performance is free and open to the public. For more information visit the CCA Box Office in room L-101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-8022 or see the college’s Production Services website.

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Contact: Denise Albiston, 435-797-1500, denise.albiston@usu.edu

Writer: Whitney Schulte, 435-797-9203, whitney.schulte@usu.edu