Lynn University's Conservatory Of Music Kicks Off October And November With 12 Events

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University's Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia guest conductor, today invited the public to attend 12 musical performances this Oct. and Nov.

Conservatory of Music concerts run through May in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, the Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall or the Snyder Sanctuary, all located on Lynn's Boca Raton campus.

October

Oct. 7

2018 Lynn Concerto Competition Final Round

Finalists perform before three guest judges in morning and afternoon sessions. Winners perform as soloists with the Lynn Philharmonia on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 with Maestro Guillermo Figueroa conducting.

• Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Oct. 8

Piano Master Class with Lydia Artymiw

The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Prize, Philadelphia-born Lydia Artymiw has performed with over 100 orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She has been a guest piano teacher at the Juilliard School and presented master classes at both Juilliard and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Artymiw is a Distinguished McKnight Professor of Piano and recipient of the 2015 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she has taught since 1989.

• Monday: 2 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Oct. 11

Guest Artist: Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker is professor of bassoon at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the principal bassoon with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. Her recital features works from her recently released album, New Standards: Works for bassoon and piano. She is joined on the stage by Lynn Bassoon Faculty, Eric Van der Veer Varner.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $20

Oct. 27-28

Lynn Philharmonia No. 2

• Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.
• Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
• Mozart: Violin Concerto. No. 4

Featuring Carole Cole, violin

• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
• A world premiere by the winner of the 2018 Lynn Composition Competition

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

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

Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management - Ioulia Nikiforova

November

Nov. 1

Dean's Showcase No. 1

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $10

Nov. 4

From the Studio of Lisa Leonard:

The Roaring Twenties!

Indulge in the deliciously diverse music of the 1920's from around the globe. Featuring the graduate pianists of the Instrumental Collaborative Piano Program and their colleagues performing gems by European, Russian and North and South American composers.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.

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

Tickets: $10

Nov. 8

Evening of Chamber Music & Poems

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Snyder Sanctuary

Tickets: $10

Nov. 10-11

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

Nov. 15

Mostly Music Series - Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was considered old-fashioned during his lifetime for composing in contrapuntal Baroque style but is universally acclaimed today as one of the most honored and celebrated composers of any period in Western history.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $20

Nov. 29

Dean's Showcase No. 2

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $10

Tickets may be purchased in person at the Lynn 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 nearly 100 countries. U.S. News & World Report named it No. 1 in the region for most international students. Lynn's NCAA Division II Fighting Knights have won 24 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 theater 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 Arts and Sciences. For more information, visit lynn.edu/events.

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