{"id":4013,"date":"2015-10-04T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/furman-music-department-announces-sound-quality-series\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:48:58","slug":"furman-music-department-announces-sound-quality-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-music-department-announces-sound-quality-series\/","title":{"rendered":"FSO, “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” Oct. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dr.<\/a>

Dr. Cecilia Kang<\/p><\/div>\n

The Furman University Music Department announces its Sound Quality & More<\/em> Music Series for the 2015-2016 season.<\/p>\n

The Furman Music Department presents more than 220 public events each year. Sixteen of those events are spotlighted in the 2015-16 Sound Quality & More<\/em> series including student ensemble performances, Hartness organ recitals, faculty chamber music collaborations and a costumed opera production with orchestra. All Sound Quality<\/em> events start at 8 p.m. and are located on the Furman University campus where parking is free.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Season sets are $150 and include all 16 performances. Individual event tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students, with the exception of opera The<\/em> Magic Flute, <\/em>Feb. 25 and 27 (see listing).<\/p>\n

Opening the Sound Quality ensemble series is a performance by the Furman Symphony Orchestra Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The concert, \u201cIn a Galaxy Far, Far Away,\u201d is conducted by Furman\u2019s Thomas Joiner, D.M., and celebrates the release of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens<\/em>. The concert also introduces faculty clarinetist Cecilia Kang, D.M.A., who will perform Debussy\u2019s Premi\u00e8re rhapsodie<\/em>. The concert opens with Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 2 in D Major.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Oct. 16 concert, the Sound Quality & More<\/em> Music Series also features these events:<\/p>\n

Thursday, Nov. 5, 8 p.m.
\nHartness Organ Series
\nDouglas Cleveland, Organ
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m.
\nFaculty Chamber Music Series
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nFurman Percussion Ensemble
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Friday, December 4, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nHandel\u2019s Messiah
\n<\/em>McAlister Auditorium<\/p>\n

Friday, January 15, 8 p.m.
\nFaculty Chamber Music Series
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 21, 8 p.m.
\nHartness Organ Series
\nCharles Tompkins, Organ
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel
\nPart of the annual Church Music Conference<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 11, 8 p.m.
\nHartness Organ Series
\nCaroline Robinson, Organ
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel<\/p>\n

Friday, February 19, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nFurman Bands with Cecilia Kang, Clarinet
\nMcAlister Auditorium<\/p>\n

Monday, February 22, 8 p.m.
\nFaculty Chamber Music Series
\nWilliam Preucil, Violin
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Thursday and Saturday, February 25 & 27, 8 p.m.
\nOpera\u2014The Magic Flute
\n<\/em>McAlister Auditorium
\nTickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students<\/p>\n

Monday and Tuesday, March 14 & 15, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nFurman Singers Tour Concert
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 29, 8 p.m.
\nGuest Artist Recital
\nAnn Schein, Piano
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nFurman Jazz Ensemble and Combos
\nDaniel Recital Hall<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 7, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nFurman Chamber Choir with Charles Tompkins, Organ
\nDaniel Memorial Chapel<\/p>\n

Friday, April 15, 8 p.m.
\nSound Quality Concert Series
\nSpring Oratorio: Bernstein & Borodin
\nMcAlister Auditorium<\/p>\n

For more information and to order tickets visit www.furman.edu\/MusicTickets<\/a> \u00a0or contact the Furman Department of Music at (864) 294-2086, email FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Dr. Cecilia Kang<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

South Korea-born clarinetist Cecilia Kang, D.M.A., joined the Furman music faculty this fall. Dr. Kang, who grew up in Los Angeles and Toronto, is internationally active as a performer and educator. She previously held teaching positions at North Dakota State University (Fargo) and Concordia University (Mich.) and during the summers, she served as clarinet artist faculty at Grumo Music Festival in Italy, Luzerne Music Center (N.Y.) and Bayview Chamber Music Festival (Mich.).<\/p>\n

A dynamic chamber musician, Kang has collaborated with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. She has also appeared at Thy Chamber Music Festival (Denmark), IMPULS Contemporary Music Festival (Austria), Castleton Festival (United States), Collingwood Music Festival (Canada), and Banff Centre (Canada).<\/p>\n

The Vandoren USA Performing Artist has presented recitals and master classes at institutions throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, South Korea and China. Kang holds a D.M.A. from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

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The Furman University Music Department announces its Sound Quality & More<\/em> Music Series for the 2015-2016 season. Furman presents more than 220 public events each year. Opening the Sound Quality ensemble series is a performance by the Furman Symphony Orchestra Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The CLP concert, \u201cIn a Galaxy Far, Far Away,\u201d is conducted by Furman\u2019s Thomas Joiner, D.M., and celebrates the release of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens<\/em>. The concert also introduces faculty clarinetist Cecilia Kang, D.M.A., who will perform Debussy\u2019s Premi\u00e8re rhapsodie<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":15287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}