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Miró Quartet

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Sep. 13, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Alberto Ginastera
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20

Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10

Bates Recital Hall

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Wind Ensemble

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Scheduled

Sep. 15, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Jerry F. Junkin, conductor
T.j. Anderson, guest conductor

Adam Schoenberg
Cool Cat

Gustav Holst
First Suite in E-flat Major for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1

Jessica Meyer
Go Big or Go Home

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Bates Recital Hall

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Sandy Yamamoto & Friends

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Sep. 22, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Featuring faculty members Daniel Ching, violin; Bion Tsang, cello; and Anton Nel, piano, and Yamamoto violin studio members Chloe Yofan, Jason Lan, Katsuaki Arakawa, Mei Liu, Thomas Gougeon, and Yeyoung Yoo

Johannes Brahms
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18

César Franck
Piano Quintet in F Minor

Bates Recital Hall

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New Music Ensemble

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Scheduled

Sep. 25, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Marc Sosnowchik, conductor

Shelley Washington
A Kind of Lung

Kevin Charoensri
Where You Came From (world premiere)

Katherine Balch
all around the sea blazed gold

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Bates Recital Hall

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Liliana Guerrero, soprano & James Maverick, piano

Canciones de latinoamérica: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

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Scheduled

Sep. 26, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Daniel Catán
“Escúchame” from Florencia en el Amazonas

Alberto Ginastera
Cinco canciones populares Argentinas

Gonzalo Roig
“Salida de Cecilia” from Cecilia Valdés

+ selected songs by Jaime León, Ernesto Lecuona, and María Grever

Bates Recital Hall

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Symphony Orchestra

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Scheduled

Sep. 29, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Farkhad Khudyev, conductor

Donald Grantham
Baron Cimetiére’s Mambo (premiere of orchestral arr.)

Gara Garayev
Seven Beauties Ballet Suite

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite

Bates Recital Hall

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Featured News

Here Be Monsters

A Who's Who of Butler Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni Perform at this Year's Austin indie-classical two-day music festival.

Move over Austin City Limits and SXSW festival; there's a new music festival in town. Here Be Monsters is a two-day event designed to showcase and celebrate Austin's indie-classical artists and creators. This festival will feature 20 groups and 12 world premieres. The second annual festival will be held at Radio East from 7pm to 12 am on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26.

We will be covering all the action live right here. Witness your favorite Butler artists breaking new ground and keeping Austin the Live Music Capital of the World.

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Jerry Junkin Focuses on the Future at Carnegie Hall

At Carnegie Hall, on June 2nd, the Texas Wind Ensemble, under the baton of Wind Ensemble conductor Jerry Junkin, will take the stage. For 35 years, Junkin has led the Texas Wind Ensemble, a cornerstone of musical excellence.