The Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music Artist-In-Residence, mezzo-soprano Milena Kitic, has signed a contract with LA Opera for the 2013-2014 season. She will perform the title role in Carmen on Sept 28, and will also appear in the run of Thais with Plácido Domingo as Athanael.
William Fitzpatrick, adjunct professor of music, gave a master class in violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on February 23. The class featured performances of pieces by Bach, Barber and Tchaikovsky. Professor Fitzpatrick also enjoyed visiting with former students from MusiShare and Chapman that are currently attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
As the winner of the 2013 Athena Festival Chamber Competition, Vera Ivanova, assistant professor of music, was invited to be in residence at the 2013 Athena Festival, where she gave master classes to composition students and a performance of her “Four Drinking Songs” for voice and piano. The “Four Drinking Songs” were commissioned
Dr. Janice Park, instructor of piano in the Conservatory of Music, was invited by the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings to perform in a concert with Thomas Hooten, the Principal Trumpet of Los Angeles Philharmonic, on January 4, 2013. The sold-out concert was held in Birmingham, MI. It was the second time Dr. Park was
The James L. Doti President’s Piano Series was founded in 2011 with the mission of providing access to acclaimed pianists for both the Southern California community and the students of Chapman University. Under the artistic direction of Grace Fong, each year the President’s Piano Series presents internationally acclaimed pianists and ensembles from throughout the
The Chapman University Conservatory of Music has been named in honor of William Hall, DMA, our longtime choral director and dean who is celebrating his 50th year at Chapman, and Newport Beach couple Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco, whose transformational support of the performing arts at Chapman has included their leadership of the fundraising drive for the
If January seems a little quiet around Oliphant Hall, that’s because the Chapman University Singers have hit the road for their annual interterm tour to Northern California and Nevada high schools and music academies. But the good news is that that they’ll all be back for their traditional Post Tour Concert on Friday,
“I’m feeling on top of the world!” said Dr. Nicholas Terry, director of percussion studies and assistant professor of music at Chapman University. He’s a member of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, the acclaimed chamber percussion group whose latest recording, “Rupa-Khandha,” was nominated yesterday for three Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Best Small Ensemble Performance,
Students of the College of Performing Arts will be traveling the country as well as honing their skills on the Chapman campus in January 2013. The New York Theatre Tour will allow theatre students to analyze the interconnectedness of local and global influences within the New York theatre community, as
Pamela Blanc, adjunct professor of the Alexander Technique in the Conservatory of Music, was honored to give the F. M. Alexander Memorial Lecture in celebration of the 25 th anniversary of the founding of the American Society for the Alexander Technique. The AmSAT conference was held at the Juilliard School in Manhattan and