Featured Events

Violinist Carla Trynchuk and pianist Elena Braslavsky will be performing a recital including works by Bach, Brahms and the Ukrainian composer Silvestrov. Trynchuk, faculty at Andrews University, has performed internationally as soloist and recitalist in more than 15 countries.  Braslavsky, formerly a faculty member at The Juilliard School and the Mannes School of Music, currently serves on the piano faculty of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.  Trynchuk and Braslavsky were classmates together at The Juilliard School.

K-Anthony and Friends present worship and vibing. Join us on Friday, April 25, 2025, for an evening of worship and music in the lobby of the Howard Performing Arts Center.

CONCERT POSTPONED!

Regretfully we have to announce another postponement of the Phil Keaggy concert scheduled for April 6, 2025. His agent shared that this delay will be important in giving Phil’s hand longer to heal. The healing process has taken much longer than anticipated; the result, however, will be a better concert experience for his fans. He has rescheduled the concert to Sunday, September 7, 2025. Ticket sales for this concert will start on July 14, 2025. 

For those of you who have purchased tickets to the Phil Keaggy April 6, 2025, concert, we will be contacting you to make arrangements for a refund or a reschedule.  

Artist: Phil Keaggy 

One of the most admired guitarists in music today, Phil Keaggy continues to delight audiences all over the US, performing primarily acoustic shows and occasional concerts with a band. Aware that God gave him a calling to deliver the Gospel through his music, Phil has been grateful to do just that for the last 40 years, and will hopefully continue to do so.

"Scenes of Summer" is the theme of the upcoming Wind Symphony spring concert. As the semester draws to an end, we begin to think about warmer days, celebrations and festivals, and for some students, going home. This concert celebrates all things summer, featuring pieces such as "Summer Dances" by Brian Balmages, "As Summer Was Just Beginning" by Larry Daehn and the fun march "The Purple Carnival" arranged by Frank Erickson.

This concert is unique in that it features some of our student composers. Carlos Lugo will debut his "Danza Fantástica," a piece for piano and wind symphony, in this world premiere performance. Also debuting a world premier is Naomi Pelayo Cang with her piece, "Mi Hogar Querido." The first half of our concert will conclude with Yohance Mack’s "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," a piece composed for the unveiling of the new Martin Luther King Jr. monuments in Benton Harbor and St Joseph, MI.

Repertoire

"A Celebration Fanfare" – Alfred Reed 

"Danza Fantástica" – Carlos Lugo
    Carlos Lugo, Piano

"Mi Hogar Querido" – Naomi Pelayo Cang

"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" – Yohance Mack
 

Intermission

"The Purple Carnival" – Harry Alford, arr. Frank Erickson
    Francis Aguilar Jr., Graduate Student Conductor

"Summer Dances" – Brian Balmages
    Earlon Cornwall, Graduate Student Conductor

Percussion Ensemble Feature

"As Summer Was Just Beginning" – Larry Daehn
    Janelle Dobson, Graduate Student Conductor

"The Stars and Stripes – John Philip Sousa

Join the Andrews University Singer Actor Studio for a comedic evening featuring acts from Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring" and Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." This performance will not be live streamed!

"Albert Herring," composed by Benjamin Britten in 1956, is a coming-of-age story. Young Albert dreams of becoming his own man. The town leaders dream of restoring an emphasis on virtue by restarting The May Festival (aka Blossomtime). These two agendas collide in hilarious fashion! Performed in English.

The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) is perhaps the most iconic opera of Gioacchino Rossini, featuring music made more famous by Bugs Bunny in the Looney Toons cartoons. Figaro works to help the Count woo Rosina, while Dr. Bartolo and Don Basilio connive plans for an arranged marriage. This comic opera has been thrilling audiences since 1775! Performed in Italian with English titles.

Program: 

Rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams
(orch. Arnold Foster)

Pavane pour une infante défunte - Ravel

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Schumann
Chi Yong Yun, piano

I.    Allegro affetuoso
II.   Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
III. Allegro vivace

-:-:- Intermission -:-:-

Romeo & Juliet Overture - Tchaikovsky

Psalm 150 - Franck

The Heavens Are Telling – Haydn
Prof. Stephen Zork, conductor
Kaitlin Nelson, soprano - Jon Clough, tenor - David Ashley, bass
Andrews University Singers

Chi Yong Yun, pianist

Pianist Chi Yong Yun has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as an artist of rare poetic insight and pianistic brilliance. Yun’s performances as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician have received critical acclaim throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Born in Seoul, Korea, Yun moved to the United States at the age of six, where she continued her musical studies. 

The top prizewinner of numerous international and national competitions, Yun received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and performer’s diploma on full scholarship from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as a Thomson Star Fellow, studying under Karen Shaw, Edmund Battersby and Menahem Pressler. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree under Ian Hobson at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.

Yun has performed in international music festivals such as Aspen, Atlantic, Folgarida, International Keyboard Institute and Festival, DPS, Shandelee, Prague, Montecito, Taeurueng, Oregon and InterHarmony International Music Festival. She has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Philharmonic, Camerata, SunnySide, Beaverton and the Folgarida Festival Orchestra. As a recitalist and active collaborative musician, she has performed throughout the U.S., Prague, Italy, Austria, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines and South Korea.

An avid pedagogue, teaching has been an important and substantial part of Yun’s career. She has given master classes throughout the U.S. and worldwide and is currently professor of music and director of keyboard studies at Andrews University. Prior to Andrews University, she has also held teaching positions at Indiana University, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and Illinois Wesleyan University. Yun serves as a faculty-artist at numerous international music festivals and workshops and as an adjudicator for piano competitions in the United States and worldwide. 

Andrews University Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Marc Élysée

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.

K-Anthony and Friends present worship and vibing. Join us on Friday, April 25, 2025, for an evening of worship and music in the lobby of the Howard Performing Arts Center.

Join the Youth Symphony, conducted by Burke Lokey, in a presentation of Saint Saёns’ Dance Bacchanale, Saint Saёns’ Piano Concerto No. 2, and an original piece by local composer, music teacher, and LMYO parent Kristopher Zook.  The Concert and Encore strings, conducted by Rachel Cabanilla-Sinnett and Beth Oeseburg will present an arrangement of Ravel’s Bolero, Borodin’s Polovetzian Dance, and much more!

Featured Soloist:  Braden Miesse, piano

Tickets: $10-Adults, $5 Youth ( age 6-17)

Event Schedule:

2:00 PM - Doors Open
3:00 PM - Concert (50 min)

THIS EVENT PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:

More information coming later…