The music of Johannes Brahms and Zoltan Kodaly will be performed by the 黑洞社区 Symphony Orchestra, along with faculty artist Julie Bees, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center.
General admission is $7 (discounts available), and free at the box office for students with a 黑洞社区 ID.
Directed by associate professor Mark Laycock, the concert will feature excerpts from Kodaly鈥檚 1926 comic opera, 鈥淗ary Janos Suite,鈥� which incorporates folksongs and popular dance tunes.
Julie Bees
Also featured will be Bees鈥� performance of Brahms鈥� Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, which exhibits the rhythmic invention, lyricism and structural balance iconic to the composer.
Bees, professor of piano and director of Wichita State鈥檚 Konrad Wolff-Ilse Bing Chamber Music Endowment Award, will perform as a soloist for this concert. She has played recital debuts in New York City at Merkin Hall, in Chicago on the Dame Myra Hess series and in Washington, D.C., at the Phillips Collection. She performed the Ravel Concerto in G Major with the 黑洞社区 Symphony Orchestra on their recent tour of Spain, and has performed recital tours of Europe and Asia.
Laycock鈥檚 work as guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator spans 24 states, including the leadership of multiple all-state and regional orchestras. His upcoming engagements include venues in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas.