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48 HOUR SALE on tickets - $5 Students & $7 Adults.

One of the world’s youngest string orchestra, “The Joyous String Ensemble” has become an international sensation with major TV appearances on the “Ellen Degeneres Show”, ABC’s “Good Morning America”, Steve Harvey’s “Little Big Shots” and more. In addition, the group performed at the White House for President Obama. Mixing an eclectic repertoire, the Joyous String Ensemble performs traditional classical music to today’s pop hits and mash-ups. Their music is innovatively orchestrated and arranged to give you a unique listening experience. Despite their youthful age, they perform with mature and brilliant musicianship.

Repertoire:

1. Vivaldi Double Concerto in A Minor RV. 522 (3rd mvt. Allegro) 
2. Monti - Czardas 
3. Elgar - Salute D'Amore 
4. Bach Double Violin Concerto in D Minor BWV1043 (1st mvt.) 
5. Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing 
6. Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely 
7. Jobim - Chega Saudade 
8. Smooth Criminal / Take On Me 
9. By the Ocean 
10. Rain 
11. Sunset 
12. All of Me 

 Intermission

1. Piazzola - Oblivion 
2. Piazzola - Libertango 
3. Stereo Hearts 
4. Summer / Fireworks/ Final Countdown 
5. Bad / Shut Up and Dance 
6. Something Just Like This 

Formed in 2016 at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio, the Callisto Quartet brings together four dedicated and passionate musicians who share a love chamber music.  The quartet won the coveted Grand Prize in the Senior String division and the Gold Medal in the Senior String Division of the 2018 Fischoff Nation Chamber Music Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Tickets go on sale July 23, 2018

Founded primarily as a vehicle for promoting music education, Presidio Brass has become known as a contemporary brass ensemble that combines piano, percussion instruments, guitar and vocals with original arrangements to bring a fresh approach to well-loved music.  Through their touring show of Hollywood’s greatest hits, Sounds of the Cinema, these five young men present film music with a good dose of wit and humor that together have become hallmarks of every Presidio Brass performance. 

Korean American Pianists, Chi Yong Yun is hailed for her poetic artistry and emotional depth.  Join Dr. Yun as she performs master works by the great composers including J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Ravel.

Jasmine Murray is an independent American singer and beauty pageant titleholder from Starkville, Mississippi. Best known for her powerhouse vocals as a finalist in season eight of “American Idol,” Jasmine has worked hard to overcome and achieve so much at a young age.  Now at 25, Jasmine’s experience contributes to the wisdom and poise she carries.  She is on a mission to reach people with the message that God has given her, and she is just getting started.

Credited among today’s most spectacular voices, David Phelps grew up in a musical family where his natural gift for song was evident from his young age.  Today, his seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues.  Before going solo, David served as a member of the popular Gaither Vocal Band for more than 15 years during which he won many Dove Awards, Grammy Awards and multiple platinum-selling recording projects. David is actively living his life-long passion of traveling around the world to share music, inspiration and good news.

VIP Tickets to David Phelps' concert is available by calling the HPAC box office.  VIP tickets includes:

• Doors open to VIP guest at 4:30p
• Sit in on the last of the afternoon rehearsal
• A preconcert dinner
• Early access to David Phelps merchandise
• Enjoy "Up Close" seats in the first 3 rows of the concert hall

“Among Friends” is the sub-title title of this year’s annual homecoming Gala Concert presented by the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra, University Singers & Chorale, and Wind Symphony. The program begins at 8:00 p.m., September 29, in the Howard Performing Arts Center.

Dr. Chris Wild makes his debut as the new conductor of the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra performing the delightful Minuet and Trio from Joseph Haydn’s 100^th Symphony, followed by the Leonore Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven. Charles Reid, tenor, collaborates with the University Chorale and Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Gounod’s abiding Sanctus.

Andrews University Singers, under the direction of Stephen Zork, will perform Elaine Hagenberg’s tone poem The Music of Stillness, Shawn Kirchner’s bluegrass hymn I’ll Be on My Way, and a stirring new arrangement of the spiritual Hold On arranged by John Tebay. The University Chorale will collaborate with the Symphony Orchestra in Nicholas Zork’s When You Come arranged by Stephen Zork.

The Andrews University Wind Symphony presents America-themed music conducted by Byron Graves, featuring centerpieces such as America the Beautiful, Sousa’s Liberty Bell March, a collection of American Riversongs by Pierre LaPlante, and Copland’s “Tis A Gift” from Appalachian Spring. In a stirring conclusion to the evening’s festivities, Mr. Graves will conduct the University Chorale and Wind Symphony in Wilhousky’s famous Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Our first Sunday Series concert of the 2018-2019 season features the principal flutist of the Elkhart Symphony and Conn-Selmer artist, Aleksandra Kemble. Ms. Kemble is a native of Poland, having graduated from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw before continuing her studies in the United States at Indiana University and Ball State University. Come and share an afternoon of new and classic works for the flute!

The masterclass that was scheduled to happen after the concert has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.

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.

Rising star and fourteen year old cello sensation, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, performs the piece that garnered her 53,000 views on YouTube and 8 million on Facebook.  This concert will feature music from Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns and Franck.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Chris Wild

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.Symphony Orchestra

An active soloist and chamber musician, American pianist Kate Boyd has performed solo recitals at Schubert’s birth house in Vienna, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Musikhalle Hamburg, in addition to many places throughout the US and Canada. As a faculty member at Butler University, she has appeared as a soloist with each of the University’s large ensembles in performances ranging from Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.  A passionate advocate for the music of our time, Boyd has performed numerous world premieres, including James Woodward’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble. 

There will be a masterclass following the concert.  All are welcome to attend.

Violinist Carla Trynchuk and Chi Yong Yun will be performing a recital including works by Beethoven and Franck.  Trynchuk and Yun are both music faculty at Andrews University and as soloists and recitalists have performed internationally in more than 20 countries.

Voice Studio

Director: Charles Reid

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.

Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Chris Wild

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

This annual favorite brings in all the sounds of the season!  Come prepared to sing your treasured well-known Christmas carols from your seat with the Department of Music artists and other musicians on stage.

Feel the buzz, thrill and chancy emotions of contemporary music.  This program showcases the contemporary works of budding artists from Andrews University, as well as music composed by faculty members and the host, Dr. Max Keller.

The Andrews University Department of Music presents the winners of the 2018/19 Young Artist Competition in concert.  These talented musicians will be accompanied by the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra.

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.

Trios for clarinet, viola, and piano. Featuring pianist Peter Cooper from Southern Adventist University, as well as clarinetist Byron Graves and violist Claudio Gonzalez from Andrews University, the program includes the core classical repertoire for this less common grouping of instruments.  Ranging from Schumann’s musical fairy tales to Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” trio supposedly composed while bowling nine-pins, you won’t want to miss the concert.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

A Department of Music concert with the Wind Symphony and Keyboard artists.

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.

Join us as the students participating in the Andrews University Music Festival share what they have been learning during the festival.

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Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Claudio Gonzalez

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

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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.

University Singers

Conductor: Stephen Zork

The Andrews University Singers is the select choir of the Department of Music and represents Andrews University locally, nationally and abroad through concert tours, television broadcast and audio recordings. They have given highly acclaimed international concert tours throughout the countries of Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Chile, Bahamas, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Claudio Gonzalez

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra is the core ensemble of the orchestral program at Andrews University. In addition to their current series at the Howard Performing Arts Center, the Symphony Orchestra travels within the Great Lakes region as well as internationally. Since 2006, the orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

One of the most versatile and charismatic violinist today, Brian Lewis is an exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer whose passionate artistry has been heard and embraced around the world.

48 HOUR SALE on tickets - $5 Students & $7 Adults.

One of the world’s youngest string orchestra, “The Joyous String Ensemble” has become an international sensation with major TV appearances on the “Ellen Degeneres Show”, ABC’s “Good Morning America”, Steve Harvey’s “Little Big Shots” and more. In addition, the group performed at the White House for President Obama. Mixing an eclectic repertoire, the Joyous String Ensemble performs traditional classical music to today’s pop hits and mash-ups. Their music is innovatively orchestrated and arranged to give you a unique listening experience. Despite their youthful age, they perform with mature and brilliant musicianship.

Repertoire:

1. Vivaldi Double Concerto in A Minor RV. 522 (3rd mvt. Allegro) 
2. Monti - Czardas 
3. Elgar - Salute D'Amore 
4. Bach Double Violin Concerto in D Minor BWV1043 (1st mvt.) 
5. Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing 
6. Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely 
7. Jobim - Chega Saudade 
8. Smooth Criminal / Take On Me 
9. By the Ocean 
10. Rain 
11. Sunset 
12. All of Me 

 Intermission

1. Piazzola - Oblivion 
2. Piazzola - Libertango 
3. Stereo Hearts 
4. Summer / Fireworks/ Final Countdown 
5. Bad / Shut Up and Dance 
6. Something Just Like This 

Our first Sunday Series concert of the 2018-2019 season features the principal flutist of the Elkhart Symphony and Conn-Selmer artist, Aleksandra Kemble. Ms. Kemble is a native of Poland, having graduated from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw before continuing her studies in the United States at Indiana University and Ball State University. Come and share an afternoon of new and classic works for the flute!

The masterclass that was scheduled to happen after the concert has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.

Rising star and fourteen year old cello sensation, Ifetayo Ali-Landing, performs the piece that garnered her 53,000 views on YouTube and 8 million on Facebook.  This concert will feature music from Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns and Franck.

Formed in 2016 at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio, the Callisto Quartet brings together four dedicated and passionate musicians who share a love chamber music.  The quartet won the coveted Grand Prize in the Senior String division and the Gold Medal in the Senior String Division of the 2018 Fischoff Nation Chamber Music Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Tickets go on sale July 23, 2018

An active soloist and chamber musician, American pianist Kate Boyd has performed solo recitals at Schubert’s birth house in Vienna, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Musikhalle Hamburg, in addition to many places throughout the US and Canada. As a faculty member at Butler University, she has appeared as a soloist with each of the University’s large ensembles in performances ranging from Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.  A passionate advocate for the music of our time, Boyd has performed numerous world premieres, including James Woodward’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble. 

There will be a masterclass following the concert.  All are welcome to attend.

Violinist Carla Trynchuk and Chi Yong Yun will be performing a recital including works by Beethoven and Franck.  Trynchuk and Yun are both music faculty at Andrews University and as soloists and recitalists have performed internationally in more than 20 countries.

Founded primarily as a vehicle for promoting music education, Presidio Brass has become known as a contemporary brass ensemble that combines piano, percussion instruments, guitar and vocals with original arrangements to bring a fresh approach to well-loved music.  Through their touring show of Hollywood’s greatest hits, Sounds of the Cinema, these five young men present film music with a good dose of wit and humor that together have become hallmarks of every Presidio Brass performance. 

This annual favorite brings in all the sounds of the season!  Come prepared to sing your treasured well-known Christmas carols from your seat with the Department of Music artists and other musicians on stage.

Korean American Pianists, Chi Yong Yun is hailed for her poetic artistry and emotional depth.  Join Dr. Yun as she performs master works by the great composers including J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Ravel.

Feel the buzz, thrill and chancy emotions of contemporary music.  This program showcases the contemporary works of budding artists from Andrews University, as well as music composed by faculty members and the host, Dr. Max Keller.

Jasmine Murray is an independent American singer and beauty pageant titleholder from Starkville, Mississippi. Best known for her powerhouse vocals as a finalist in season eight of “American Idol,” Jasmine has worked hard to overcome and achieve so much at a young age.  Now at 25, Jasmine’s experience contributes to the wisdom and poise she carries.  She is on a mission to reach people with the message that God has given her, and she is just getting started.

Trios for clarinet, viola, and piano. Featuring pianist Peter Cooper from Southern Adventist University, as well as clarinetist Byron Graves and violist Claudio Gonzalez from Andrews University, the program includes the core classical repertoire for this less common grouping of instruments.  Ranging from Schumann’s musical fairy tales to Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” trio supposedly composed while bowling nine-pins, you won’t want to miss the concert.

Credited among today’s most spectacular voices, David Phelps grew up in a musical family where his natural gift for song was evident from his young age.  Today, his seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues.  Before going solo, David served as a member of the popular Gaither Vocal Band for more than 15 years during which he won many Dove Awards, Grammy Awards and multiple platinum-selling recording projects. David is actively living his life-long passion of traveling around the world to share music, inspiration and good news.

VIP Tickets to David Phelps' concert is available by calling the HPAC box office.  VIP tickets includes:

• Doors open to VIP guest at 4:30p
• Sit in on the last of the afternoon rehearsal
• A preconcert dinner
• Early access to David Phelps merchandise
• Enjoy "Up Close" seats in the first 3 rows of the concert hall

One of the most versatile and charismatic violinist today, Brian Lewis is an exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer whose passionate artistry has been heard and embraced around the world.

The Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert presents pieces from its four musical ensembles: the Concert Strings, the Encore Strings, LMYO Winds and the Youth Orchestra. LMYO  is one of several educational programs of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. The Youth Orchestra provides an orchestral experience for talented young musicians in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana.

Tickets: $5 adults, $3 students/seniors. Available at the door. General seating.