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Simply known as “The Voice,” Sandi Patty is one of the most highly acclaimed performers of our time with five Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three platinum records and five gold records. Sandi is the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music history with 40 Dove Awards. Though her career is heavily rooted in the gospel music industry, Sandi has also extended her musical genre and has performed with symphonies across the country and headlined the title role in soldout performances of the musical “Hello Dolly” in January 2012. In addition to her prolific musical career, Sandi is also an accomplished author of seven books, receiving the 2006 Silver Angel Award for her bestseller, “Broken on the Back Row.” Join us for an evening with Sandi Patty as she shares her message of hope, life and love.

James Lee III, professor of music theory and composition at Morgan State University, is an accomplished pianist and composer widely praised for his work in both areas. He is viewed by notable musicians of our time as one of the most promising young contemporary composers. A son of the Great Lakes State, former student at Andrews University, and a graduate of the University of Michigan, Lee returns to premiere “Violin Concerto No.2 “Teshuah” performed by Carla Trynchuk, violin, and the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Chris Wild. In all of his writing, Lee aims to “compose music to reach the inner soul of the listener that elevates them regardless of race and religious affiliation."

Tickets go on sale: July 1

The Jazz Ambassadors is the official touring big band of the United States Army.  Formed in 1969, this 19-member ensemble has received great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz. The band’s diverse repertoire includes big band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals and patriotic selections, many of which are written or arranged by members of the Jazz Ambassadors. This program entitled “The Greatest Generation” is a tribute to World War II servicemen and servicewomen.  It will include a video that is narrated with historical elements from World War II.  The Jazz Ambassadors’s rigorous touring schedule and reputation for excellence has earned it the title “America’s Big Band.”

"Tickets Available Friday, February 28, 2020 - Limit 4 Tickets Per Order"

On Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at 8 p.m., the Howard Performing Arts Center on the campus of Andrews University will host Claudio Gonzalez and friends for an evening of chamber music. The program will feature two emblematic pieces for string sextet: Brahms’ “Sextet Op. 18” and a period version of Mozart’s “Symphonie Concertante.”

Before coming to Andrews University to conduct the orchestra program, Claudio Gonzalez’s main professional activity was chamber music. Over the years he has met many friends and colleagues who share his passion for chamber music. Two of those individuals, cellist German Marcano and violinist Carla Trynchuk, with three outstanding students from the Department of Music, violinist Stephanie Guimaraes, violist Shania Watt and cellist Grant Steinweg, will join Gonzalez on Saturday evening.

Tickets for this event can be purchased at howard.andrews.edu and are $6 for general seating and $4 for students and seniors.

More information coming later...

Vespers Concert: AFM Peace Music Academy Benefit

For our annual Vespers Concert as part of the Andrews University Music Festival, we present a wide of variety of inspirational sacred music for wind band. Headlining the program is Gabriel Musella’s new work "A Thousand Hearts to Give," a medley of several familiar hymn tunes. Other pieces include David Gillingham’s lush arrangement of "Be Thou My Vision," the majestic "Raise of the Son" by Rossano Galante, and Stephen Melillo’s exhilarating "Godspeed!" Come be blessed and inspired by these moving pieces.

This concert is also a benefit for Adventist Frontier Mission's music school in Khon Kaen, Thailand, called Peace Music Academy. The Wind Symphony toured to this school a year ago, and a number of Andrews University music students have served as student missionaries there.

Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be collected to support Peace Music Academy.

Repertoire

1. "Raise of the Son" (Rossano Galante)     

2. "Fantasia in G Major" (J.S. Bach)   

3. "A Thousand Hearts to Give" (Gabriel Musella)    

4. "In Heaven’s Air" (Samuel Hazo) 

5. "Joy in All Things" (Brian Balmages)     

6. "Genesis" (James Curnow)   

7. "Be Thou My Vision" (David Gillingham)   

8. "Air for Band" (Frank Erickson)     

9. "Godspeed!" (Stephen Melillo)                                                                                     

Wind Symphony

Conductor: Byron Graves

The Andrews University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and Andrews University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.

More information coming later...

On Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at 8 p.m., the Howard Performing Arts Center on the campus of Andrews University will host Claudio Gonzalez and friends for an evening of chamber music. The program will feature two emblematic pieces for string sextet: Brahms’ “Sextet Op. 18” and a period version of Mozart’s “Symphonie Concertante.”

Before coming to Andrews University to conduct the orchestra program, Claudio Gonzalez’s main professional activity was chamber music. Over the years he has met many friends and colleagues who share his passion for chamber music. Two of those individuals, cellist German Marcano and violinist Carla Trynchuk, with three outstanding students from the Department of Music, violinist Stephanie Guimaraes, violist Shania Watt and cellist Grant Steinweg, will join Gonzalez on Saturday evening.

Tickets for this event can be purchased at howard.andrews.edu and are $6 for general seating and $4 for students and seniors.

More information coming later...