Lynn University's Conservatory of Music Announces 2016-17 Classical Season

By: Jul. 28, 2016
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Boca Raton - Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia Guest Conductor, today announced the 2016-2017 concert season.

"Our talented students and extraordinary faculty look forward to sharing the beautiful world of music during our seventh season in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, a world-class concert hall that enhances our performing artists' musical offerings," said Robertson. "Our 2016-2017 season will present a variety of musical offerings designed to enrich the artistic spirit and nourish the soul. Please join us for a magnificent season."

Concerts run from September through April in the Wold, the Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall or the new Snyder Sanctuary, all located on Lynn's Boca Raton campus.


Lynn Philharmonia

The Lynn Philharmonia sets the standard for professional symphonic training. Now in its 24th season as a full symphony, the Philharmonia continues to present high-quality concerts with a wide-ranging repertoire. Under the musical direction of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, the Lynn Philharmonia attains a professional level of performance, enjoying tremendous public support for its six annual symphonic programs. The Philharmonia distinguishes itself through its orchestral training program and ensures consistent performance opportunities for every instrumentalist. Series tickets are $180 for orchestra and $157 for mezzanine.

The Maestro Speaks

All Philharmonia concerts feature a lecture by the conductor one hour before the performance. (Saturdays at 6:30 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.)

Sept. 24-25

Lynn Philharmonia No. 1

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
  • Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major
  • Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
  • Stravinsky: The Firebird (1945 version)
  • Featuring a world-premiere work by the winner of the Lynn Composition Competition

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $50 for box, $40 for orchestra, $35 for mezzanine

Sponsors: Rosalie and Jack Schlegel

Oct. 15-16

Lynn Philharmonia No. 2

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

Featuring Roberta Rust, piano

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
  • Debussy: La Mer

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $50 for box, $40 for orchestra, $35 for mezzanine

Sponsors: Arlyne and Myron Weinberg

Nov. 12-13

Lynn Philharmonia No. 3

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
  • Featuring the winners of the Annual Concerto Competition

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $50 for box, $40 for orchestra, $35 for mezzanine

Feb. 25-26

Lynn Philharmonia No. 4

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
  • Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet

Dramatic Symphony, Op. 17

Featuring:

Rebecca Robinson, mezzo-soprano

AdrIan Smith, bass-baritone

Master Chorale of South Florida

Brett Karlin, director

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $50 for box, $40 for orchestra, $35 for mezzanine

April 22-23

Lynn Philharmonia No. 5

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Conductor: Jon Robertson
  • Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
  • Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2

Featuring Guillermo Figueroa, violin

  • Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $50 for box, $40 for orchestra, $35 for mezzanine

Dean's Showcase Concerts

This series features distinguished student chamber ensembles and soloists. Groups are chosen by faculty recommendation and are guaranteed to impress and inspire. Series tickets are $30.

Oct. 20

Dean's Showcase No. 1

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10

Dec. 8

Dean's Showcase No. 2

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10

March 23

Dean's Showcase No. 3

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10

April 20

Dean's Showcase No. 4

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10

Double Reed Series

Lynn's bassoon professor Eric Van der Veer Varner hosts a series of new and innovative music written for solo bassoon to reed trio. Series tickets are $45.

Sept. 15

Five Centuries of Bassoon Music

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Eric Van der Veer Varner, bassoon

Join Eric Van der Veer Varner for bassoon music ranging from the Renaissance to the modern era. Critically hailed as "the epitome of the 'with-it' academic," Varner performs with great passion and more than a little humor as he strives to bring the sounds of the bassoon to a wider audience.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Nov. 10

PEN Trio

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

One of the most distinguished woodwind ensembles touring today, the PEN Trio is passionate about promoting the music of our time. The group regularly commissions leading composers to write for the ensemble. This performance features a full program of works written for the PEN Trio.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Feb. 19

Jefferson Campbell, bassoon

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Guest artist Jefferson Campbell is associate professor of bassoon and head of the wind department at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Campbell joins Lynn's own Eric Van der Veer Varner in a program featuring the "noble bassoon."

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Mostly Music Series

This unique concert series better acquaints audiences with not only music, but also the lives and artistic development of the Western world's great composers. These concerts feature the conservatory's artist-faculty and students. Actors bring the composers to life through the reading of their letters. Mostly Music was conceived and is hosted by Marshall Turkin and is staged by Jan McArt. Series tickets are $45.

Nov. 17

Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was born just 18 years after Mozart's death, and many regarded him as Mozart's heir. Like Mozart, he would have a short life span, but still composed some of our best-loved masterpieces. He was also a wonderful correspondent, writing about his visits with such people as Queen Victoria and Goethe.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Special guest artist: Renata Arado, violin

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Jan. 19

Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) lived in the Soviet Union where the state considered propaganda the highest aspiration of art. How could he still create his masterworks? This musical journey shares how he became one of the great composers of the 20th century.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

March 2

Schumann

One of the finest composers of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) focused on composing only after a hand injury ended his ambitions as a pianist. He was blessed with genius and a loving wife, but spent his final days in a mental institution.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

New Music Festival

The 11th annual New Music Festival will feature 2017 composer-in-residence Eric Ewazen. Lisa Leonard is director.

Jan. 20

Spotlight No. 1: Young Composers

Witness the birth of music as it is first performed. This will be Lynn's 100th world premiere, featuring the works of our composition majors, with the music performed by the composers and their peers.

  • Friday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 21

Master Class with Eric Ewazen

Eric Ewazen received music degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Juilliard. He is the recipient of numerous composition prizes. His works have been commissioned and performed by soloists and orchestras in the United States and overseas.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 22

Spotlight No. 2: Music of Eric Ewazen

The audience will love Eric Ewazen after hearing this program. A Music Connoisseur reviewer wrote, "Ewazen sunbathes the ears in triadic sonority and understands the rhythms and rather different complexities of our own fin de siècle. Despite its unabashed Romanticism, this music could not have been written at any other time." This program premieres the 2016 Lynn commissioned work.

  • Sunday: 4 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Piano Series

The Piano Series features piano concerts performed by Conservatory of Music faculty, students and guest pianists. Series tickets are $75.

Sept. 29

From the Studio of Lisa Leonard: Twice as Nice!

The superb students of the Instrumental Collaborative Piano Studio showcase hallmarks of the duo piano repertoire, including works by Mozart and Rachmaninoff.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $10, general admission

Oct. 5

Keyboard Master Class with Michael Tsalka

Michael Tsalka earned his bachelors degree from Tel Aviv University; a piano solo diploma from the Scuola Superiore Internazionale del Trio di Trieste; and three degrees, including a doctorate in piano performance, from Temple University. He has presented 75 master classes and lecture-recitals. Tsalka was the artistic director of the Bach Festival in Beijing and co-artistic director of the Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival in Kuopio, Finland.

  • Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Oct. 6

J.S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue with Keyboardist Michael Tsalka

Performing with equal virtuosity on the harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, square piano, chamber organ and modern piano, Tsalka presents a wide span of music, from early Baroque to the present. He will perform on the conservatory's historic fortepiano and its new double-manual harpsichord, built by conservatory student John Weisberg.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Dec. 3

Pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch in Recital

Stanislav Ioudenitch, 2001 gold medal winner at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Gasteig in Munich, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. Ioudenitch's recital at Lynn will include music by Liszt, Scarlatti and Rachmaninoff.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Dec. 4

Piano Master Classes with Stanislav Ioudenitch

Ioudenitch is professor of piano and artistic director of the International Center for Music at Park University. He also serves on the faculty of the International Piano Academy Lake Como and is the director of the Lake Como Summer Piano School. Conservatory piano students will perform in these master classes.

  • Sunday: 10 a.m. and 1p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 14

All Beethoven with Pianist Yael Weiss

Hailed for her visionary interpretations, Weiss has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Benaroya Hall, the Kennedy Center, Moscow's Bolshoi Hall and London's Wigmore Hall. She has appeared as a soloist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Brazil Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, The Santa Fe Symphony and the New Bedford Symphony, in addition to performing at Marlboro, Banff, Ravinia, Caramoor and the Seattle Chamber Music festivals. The solo recital is part of the 2017 January Term for pianists "Focus on Beethoven."

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Jan. 15

Master Class with Yael Weiss

Yael Weiss has been honored with distinguished prizes from The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition and the Naumburg International Piano Competition. She is a recipient of the Presser Music Award, as well as grants from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation. She studied at the Mannes School of Music and the Peabody Conservatory. Weiss has presented master classes worldwide and served on the faculties of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, UC Santa Barbara and the Heifetz International Music Institute.

  • Sunday: 10 a.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 15

Beethoven Lecture with Yael Weiss

Weiss has presented performances of the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, as well as lectures and workshops devoted to these masterpieces. Among her other special projects are performances of Beethoven's complete Piano Trios.

  • Sunday: 1 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Feb. 16

From the Studio of Roberta Rust: "Piano Passion"

Gifted pianists in the Roberta Rust Piano Studio perform cherished works from the solo piano repertoire. Rust will provide insightful commentary throughout the program.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $10, general admission

March 16

Sheng-Yuan Kuan Piano Recital

Lynn's resident staff pianist will present a solo recital of romantic and sensational works from the piano literature.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

Snyder Sanctuary Series

The Conservatory of Music and the Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn College of International Communication collaborate on a series of performances in the new Snyder Sanctuary. These concerts feature musical performances and dramatic poetry readings by Lynn's young artists. Series tickets are $45.

Sept. 22

Oct. 13

Nov. 3

Jan. 26

March 30

April 27

  • Thursdays: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Snyder Sanctuary

Tickets: $10

Strings Series

Oct. 21

Dec. 2

Feb 10

April 21

Violin Master Classes with Elmar Oliveira

Internationally renowned performer Elmar Oliveira, Lynn's Distinguished Artist in Residence, is a devoted teacher and promoter of young violinists. He was the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and the first and only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow's prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition.

  • Fridays: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Feb. 4-5

Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition

Established by Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Elmar Oliveira in collaboration with the Lynn Conservatory of Music, this new violin competition will take place once every three years. The mission is to provide talented violinists, ages 16-32, networking, management, public relations, concert opportunities and a monetary prize. The first panel includes esteemed judges: Andrés Cárdenes, Charles Castleman, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Daniel Heifetz, Ilya Kaler, Vera Tsu, Wei Ling and Elmar Weingarten. Winners will be chosen through a four-step process, culminating in two performances. Guillermo Figueroa will conduct the Lynn Philharmonia and the finalists. An awards ceremony follows the final concert.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: Individual tickets are $50 for Box, $40 for Orchestra and $35 for Mezzanine

Feb. 12

Viola Mini-Recital and Master Classes with Gilad Karni

Violist Karni, praised throughout the world for his tone and interpretation, takes the stage with pianist Anna Keiserman. They have performed together at the Zurich Tonhalle and throughout Israel, with upcoming concerts in Europe and the United States.

  • Sunday: 4 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

March 25

Elmar Oliveira and Friends

Distinguished Artist in Residence Elmar Oliveira, along with his Lynn colleagues presents an exciting evening of chamber music.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

April 7

Penderecki String Quartet "Informance"

The eminent Canadian quartet presents an "Informance." Both entertaining and informative, the event features the quartet at work as they explore new music and demonstrate in-depth rehearsal techniques.

  • Friday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

April 8-9

Master Classes with the Penderecki String Quartet in Concert

The members of the Penderecki String Quartet are recognized internationally for their teaching, coaching and master classes. Conservatory chamber music groups will be featured.

  • Saturday: 1 p.m.
  • Sunday: 1 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

April 8

The Penderecki String Quartet in Concert

The quartet's recent appearances include performances at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

April 29

John Oliveira String Competition Winner Recital

Open to all Lynn string players, the John Oliveira String Competition is made possible by a gift from violinist Elmar Oliveira, brother and student of John Oliveira.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Special concerts, master classes and recitals

Oct. 9

2016 Lynn Concerto Competition Final Round

Finalists perform before guest judges Robert Sullivan, trumpet (Northwestern University);
Borivoj Martinic-Jercic, violin (Iowa State University); and Marina Lomazov, piano (University of South Carolina). Winners perform as soloists with the Lynn Philharmonia Nov. 12 and 13, conducted by Maestro Guillermo Figueroa.

  • Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Oct. 10

Piano Master Class with Marina Lomazov

Marina Lomazov has given performances in South America, Asia, Europe and in nearly all 50 states. She has performed as soloist with the Boston Pops, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Piccolo Spoleto. She is professor of piano at the University of South Carolina where she is founder and artistic director of the Southeastern Piano Festival.

  • Monday: 2 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Nov. 16

Violin Master Class with Renata Arado

Renata Arado began violin instruction in the Suzuki method at age two. She was principal second violin of Norway's Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for 13 years. She has collaborated with Isaac Stern, Julia Fischer, Yefim Bronfman, Joshua Bell and Gil Shaham. This master class will feature students competing in the Lynn Chamber Music Competition. Arado will also join the conservatory faculty on the Mostly Music Mendelssohn concert Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

  • Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Dec. 1

Bassoon Master Class with John Miller

John Miller assumed his position as principal bassoonist of the Minnesota Orchestra in 1971, a position he held until his retirement in 2015. He has also been professor of bassoon at the University of Minnesota for 45 years. He has presented master classes at many of the world's major conservatories. Miller is regarded as one of the leading bassoon pedagogues.

  • Thursday: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Dec. 10

Preparatory School of Music Recital

Students of all ages and levels from Lynn preparatory program share their accomplishments in voice, piano and a variety of instruments.

  • Saturday: 10 a.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Dec. 10

3rd Annual Lynn Chamber Music Competition Final Round

Lynn's chamber music program has gained national recognition through its partnership with the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York, which presents the winning group of our annual Chamber Music Competition in a New York debut recital at the Kosciuszko Foundation.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Dec. 11

14th Annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert

This concert attracts parents, grandparents and kids of all ages to enjoy holiday classics performed by the Lynn Phiharmonia. The annual event raises scholarship funds for the conservatory's deserving and talented student musicians from all over the world.

  • Sunday: 3 p.m.
  • Presented by the Lynn University Friends of the Conservatory of Music

Location: Boca Raton Resort and Club Great Hall (501 E. Camino Real)

Tickets: $35, general admission

Jan. 4

Beethoven Master Class with pianist Daniel Shapiro

Daniel Shapiro is recognized for his interpretations of Schubert, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms and Beethoven, whose 32-sonata cycle he has performed twice, and as a teacher and coach at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He won the William Kapell International Piano Competition and the American Pianists Association Beethoven Fellowship Award.

  • Wednesday: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 13

Lynn Wind Ensemble

The Wind Concerto: Movement 1

Kenneth Amis, music director and conductor

Witness the talent and virtuosity of the Lynn Wind Ensemble in its first installment of a series of concerts featuring original music for wind ensemble. Soloists from the woodwind, brass, percussion and piano departments will include students, alumni and faculty member Lisa Leonard performing concerti by Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and others.

  • Friday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: $10, general admission

March 18-19

Brigadoon

A collaborative concert of the Lynn Philharmonia Orchestra and the Live at Lynn Series, this showcase musical features a full cast of professional stage performers who bring this old-fashioned time-travel romance to life through song, dance and fanciful Highlands regalia. Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.

  • Saturday: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday: 4 p.m.
  • Jan McArt, producer and director
  • Terence Kirchgessner, conductor, Lynn Philharmonia
  • Rome Saladino, choreographer

Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center

Tickets: Individual tickets are $70 for Box, $55 for Orchestra and $50 for Mezzanine

Sponsor: Elaine Johnson Wold

March 20

Back in the Subways with Roberta Rust and Friends

Every March since 2010, after cellist Dale Henderson played J.S. Bach alone in New York's subways, thousands of musicians in 40 countries have offered Bach's music free to the public. In this second annual event at Lynn, Rust and her colleagues and students offer Bach again, free for the listening.

  • Monday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

March 31

Bassoon Master Class with Martin Kuuskmann

Grammy-nominated bassoon virtuoso Kuuskmann has earned a reputation as one of the leading solo instrumentalists today. Kuuskmann, who currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music, serves as the woodwind coach of the Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic. He is a founding member of the New York City-based Absolute Ensemble.

  • Friday: 7 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

April 1

Guest Bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann

Lisa Leonard, piano

Known for his charismatic and commanding performances, Kuuskmann has been called "the amazing bassoonist" by The New York Times. A graduate of Yale and the Manhattan School of Music, he regularly teaches at the Arosa Music Academy in Switzerland.

  • Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $20

April 9

From the Studio of Eric Van der Veer Varner

From the studio of Eric Van der Veer Varner comes the Lynn Conservatory Bassoon Concert. Students and faculty collaborate on solo works, duos, trios and quartets, all featuring the sound of that most regal of instruments, the bassoon.

  • Sunday: 4 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: FREE

May 4

Class of 2017 in Concert

A salute to the graduating class as they serenade patrons who have supported them in their pursuit of musical mastery.

  • Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10

May 6

Preparatory School of Music Recital

Students of all ages and levels from Lynn's preparatory program share their accomplishments in voice, piano and other instruments.

  • Saturday: 11 a.m.

Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall

Tickets: $10


Tickets may be purchased in person at the Lynn University box office, located in the Wold at 3601 N. Military Trail, online at events.lynn.edu or by phone at +1 561-237-9000.

Lynn University is an independent college based in Boca Raton, Florida, with approximately 3,000 students from 100 countries. U.S. News & World Report ranks Lynn among the top five most international schools and the top 25 most innovative. Lynn's NCAA Division II Fighting Knights have won 23 national titles, its Conservatory of Music features a world-renowned faculty of performers, and its nationally recognized Institute for Achievement and Learning empowers students with learning differences. The school's Dialogues curriculum and award-winning iPad program help Lynn graduates gain the intellectual flexibility and global experience to fulfill their potential in an ever-changing world. For more information, visit lynn.edu.

The 750-seat Wold Performing Arts Center, located on Lynn's campus in the heart of Boca Raton, is easily accessible by both I-95 and the Florida Turnpike. Recently ranked by Best Value Schools, an online publication, as one of the "25 Most Amazing University Performing Arts Centers," the Wold features superb acoustics, a modern lighting system, a large, light-filled lobby, and flexible space well-suited for dramatic productions, concerts and other cultural events. With an elegant salon, outdoor sunset terrace and intimate black-box studio, this new center is home to numerous concerts and events, including professional theatrical performances by the theatre arts program's Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series, the Live at Lynn American Songbook Series, and Jan McArt's New Play Reading Series, as well as performances from the Lynn University Conservatory of Music and the Drama Department in the College of International Communication. For more information, visit lynn.edu/events.



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