Upcoming Events
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*CANCELLED* Arcis Saxophone Quartet7:30pm
3/31
*CANCELLED* Arcis Saxophone Quartet
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
CLAUS HIERLUKSH (soprano saxophone)
RICARDA FUSS (alto saxophone)
EDOARDO ZOTTI (tenor saxophone)
JURE KNEZ (baritone saxophone)
Arcis Saxophone Quartet sets audiences aflame with their enthusiasm and passion for this rare form of chamber music. Endless fascinating prairie landscapes; the exciting pulse of the city that never sleeps; the swinging life of the Southern states; stories full of dreams, hopes and love. In American Dreams, Arcis presents a broad musical range of the American way of life.
These four young musicians from Munich use their highly professional, exact interpretations to explore the relationship between individual expressivity and the interwoven quality that makes chamber music what it is. And in doing so, they captivate listeners with their joy of playing and expressive depth. This eagerness to communicate, along with their acute perception of one another, makes possible virtually “una voce” articulation. The resulting effect is far-reaching both sonically and musically, with the saxophone’s entire spectrum of colour coming brilliantly to light.
The ensemble was founded in 2009 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, and studied chamber music under the Artemis Quartet at the Berlin University of the Arts, with additional instruction from Koryun Asatryan and Prof. Friedemann Berger in Munich. The quartet has been a member of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA, Prof. Hatto Beyerle, Prof. Johannes Meissl e.a.) since 2014. After their international debut in the Great Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow and the concert in Wigmore Hall, the invitation to play in Berlin Philharmonie in 2017 marks a new milestone in their career.
“A fantastic ensemble that’s ‘still on fire’, innovative, and hell-bent on high-quality music making.” - Enjott Schneider
A Lenard Chamber Series Event
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CANCELLED. FIRST THURSDAY AT THE BENTON4:30pm
4/2
CANCELLED. FIRST THURSDAY AT THE BENTON
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
04:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
FREE and FUN for everyone!
Open house in partnership with the Beanery, WHUS & SHaW.
5:00–8:00
WHUS DJ's live in the galleries (DJ Kalabi Yau and others)
5:00-7:30
Visit with cute Therapy Dogs
4:30–8:00 in the Museum Galleries
• Play-doh
• Legos
• Board Games
• Scavenger Hunts
• Giveaways
• Hands-on activities
• Enjoy Live DJ music
4:30–8:00 in the Beanery
• 25% off coffee & espresso drinks
• Open Mic
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*CANCELLED* Complexions Contemporary Ballet7:30pm
4/2
*CANCELLED* Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Post Performance Q&A
Led by former Alvin Ailey virtuosos Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions is sure to dazzle and thrill with Rhoden’s fiercely kinetic choreography and the company’s daredevil dancing. The rep program features Star Dust, a rock-opera-style ballet tribute to the gender-bending innovation of David Bowie.
The company’s foremost innovation is that dance should be about removing boundaries, not reinforcing them. Whether it be the limiting traditions of a single style, period, venue, or culture, Complexions transcends them all, creating an open, continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world—and all its constituent cultures—as an interrelated whole.
“Hailed as two of the greatest virtuosos ever to emerge from Ailey land - Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson" - The New York Times
Co-Sponsored by the H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center
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CANCELLED UConn Opera Presents Handel's Serse7:30pm
4/3
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CANCELLED Opera Scenes for Children10:00am
4/4
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Giana DiNatale, String Bass5:00pm
4/4
