Lynn University's Conservatory of Music Hosts 19 Musical Events in January and February

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia Guest Conductor, today invited the public to attend 19 musical performances during January and February 2018.

Lynn Conservatory of Music concerts run through next 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. The Gingerbread Holiday Concert will be held at Boca Raton Resort and Club.

January

Jan. 11

Roberta Rust in Recital

Lynn piano professor and piano department head Roberta Rust performs a solo piano recital.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $20

Jan. 13

The Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition

Opening Ceremony & Competition Semifinal Round

After a brief welcome and introduction of our semifinalists, they will compete for a chance to advance to the final round by performing mini trumpet and piano recitals for our judges. This round will open to the public.

• Saturday: 2 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE (Reservations required)

Jan. 13

The Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition

Judges Recital

Lynn's world-renowned judges present a program of works for trumpet and piano, including the 2018 Commissioned work by James Stephenson III. Competition finalists will be announced.

• Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE (Reservations required)

Jan. 14

The Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition

Trumpet Master Class with Marc Reese

This master class includes special guest appearances by members of the competition jury.

• Sunday: 2 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE (No reservations required)

Jan. 14

The Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition

Competition Final Round & Closing Ceremony

Competitors face off in their final attempt to sway the judges in their favor. This round will be open to the public and feature the finalists as soloists with Lynn's critically acclaimed Philharmonia. An Awards Ceremony and reception will be held immediately following the final performance. Prizes: 1st prize is $5,000, 2nd prize is $2,500, and 3rd prize is $1,500.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.
• Jon Robertson, conductor

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

Tickets: FREE (Reservations required)

Jan. 19

12th Annual New Music Festival

Spotlight No. 1: Young Composers

A platform for world premieres! 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. 20

12th Annual New Music Festival

Master Class with Scott Wheeler

Come listen to the composer in residence discuss contemporary style and his music as performed by Conservatory students.

• Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 21

12th Annual New Music Festival

Spotlight No. 2: Music of Scott Wheeler

The New York Times says Scott Wheeler's work "...shines with craftsmanship. How else could this music bear so much information with such high energy and still give an air of delicacy and transparency?" The American Record Guild states, "Lovers of down-to-earth, intelligent American piano writing should check out this release." Wheeler has received awards and commissions from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitsky Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, as well as the Stoeger Prize for excellence in chamber music from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He serves as Distinguished Artist in Residence at Emerson College and has been commissioned by the major opera houses and orchestras of the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Boston Lyric opera and the orchestras of Minneapolis, Houston, Toledo and Indianapolis.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 24

Piano Master Class with Leon Fleisher

As a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, pianist Leon Fleisher was recognized as a "consummate musician whose career is a testament to the life-affirming power of art." In 2018, he will be celebrating 90 years and continues his teaching at the Peabody Conservatory with an international schedule of master classes, performances and orchestral guest conducting. Select Lynn Conservatory students will perform for Fleisher's master class.

• Wednesday: 7 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Jan. 25

Mostly Music Series: Beethoven

Beethoven was born just 14 years after Mozart's birth, but a dramatic historical change was underway-the gradual decay of European aristocracy. Beginning with Beethoven, the composer was transformed into a romantic hero and was to blaze a new path on a musical journey.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $20

Jan. 27-28

Lynn Philharmonia No. 4

• Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.
• Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
• Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major
• Sheng: Harp Concerto (Never Far Away")

Featuring Deborah Fleisher, harp

• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

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

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

February

Feb. 1

An Evening of Chamber Music & Poems

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Snyder Sanctuary

Tickets: $10

Feb. 9

Violin Master Class 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. 15

Marc Vallon Bassoon Recital

A native of Paris, Vallon holds degrees in bassoon and chamber music from the Paris Conservatoire, as well as a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne. For twenty years, he performed with the Baroque Orchestra of Amsterdam, and is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Baroque bassoon. Vallon will give a master class on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $20

Feb. 16

Bassoon Master Class with Marc Vallon

Marc Vallon is currently the professor of bassoon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Friday: 7 p.m.

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

Tickets: FREE

Feb. 22

From the Studio of Roberta Rust: Piano Passion

This is an annual celebration of young keyboard talent from the Conservatory of Music.

• Thursday: 7:30 p.m.

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

Tickets: $10

Feb. 24-25

Lynn Philharmonia No. 5

• Saturday: 7:30 p.m.

• Sunday: 4 p.m.
• Conductor: Jon Robertson
• Bernstein: Overture to Candide
• Neruda: Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat

Featuring Marc Reese, trumpet

• Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

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

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

Sponsors: Myron and Arlyne Weinberg

How to Purchase Tickets:

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.

About Lynn University

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 as the top international university in the region. 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.

About the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University

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.

Photo: Lynn Philharmonia

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