Thank you for your interest in the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University. We are pleased to offer tickets to our Faculty and Guest Artist events in our state-of-the-art U. Tobe Recital Hall located inside the Music Building. Our student ensemble concerts are free and open to the public - no tickets required. Most of the student ensemble concerts will be in the U. Tobe Recital Hall. The Wind Orchestra and Symphonic Band perform in FGCU's Cohen Center Ballroom. Please be sure to double check concert locations. The U. Tobe Recital Hall seats 210 and seating is on a first come first serve basis. We regret that we are not able to offer reserved seats. The doors will open a half hour prior to the scheduled concert time.

Directions: The U. Tobe Recital Hall is located inside the Music Building at FGCU. From Ben Hill Griffin Parkway you will enter FGCU’s main entrance. Drive up to the first stop sign and make a right. Follow the curve around to the next stop sign and make a left. There will be a parking lot directly on your right as soon as you turn. This is Parking Lot 7 and the lot that you will use to park your vehicle. The two story Music Building is located directly behind Parking Lot 7. Once you enter the sliding glass doors the U. Tobe Recital Hall will be on the right inside the lobby.

Faculty and Guest Artist events - tickets required

“Thomas Adés’s America: A Prophecy”
Guest Lecture - Drew Massey, musicologist, Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities
Tues., Feb 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  

In his lecture, Dr. Massey will explore the work America: A Prophecy by noted contemporary British composer Thomas Adés (b. 1971).  In 1999, Adés responded to a commission from New York Philharmonic director Kurt Masur to write a “Message for the Millennium” to culminate in a concert of new pieces offering “a universal message of hope to the people of the world.”  Adés’s resulting work was a decided departure from Masur’s vision.  Dr. Massey will consider America: A Prophecy in the context of both Masur’s project and Adés’s larger compositional aesthetic.

Guest Artist Concert - Boston Brass
Sat., Feb. 25, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  

For 25 years, Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience.  From exciting classical arrangements to burning jazz standards and the best of the original brass quintet repertoire, Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of entertainment.  Through over 100 performances each year, the members of Boston Brass play to audiences at concerts, educational venues and jazz festivals.  They have recorded several diverse albums including their latest offering Latin Nights.

“Triangles, Trapezoids, and Triple-Plagal Relations:  Using Simple Geometric Shapes to Represent Pop-Rock Chord Progressions”
Guest Lecture - Don Traut, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of Arizona
Tues., March 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  Tickets available to purchase starting February 28, 2012.

Dr. Traut’s research interests lie primarily in studying the ways in which our understanding of tonality has evolved over the past several centuries.  In this lecture, he will show how a few simple geometric shapes, such as circles, triangles, and trapezoids, can be used to represent many of the most common chord progressions used in modern pop and rock music.  The lecture will include many recorded examples and some live demonstrations as well.

“Ballrooms and Foreign Lands”
FGCU 2012 Opera Gala
Tues., March 20, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  Tickets available to purchase starting March 6, 2012.

Students present an evening of opera, operetta, and musical theater favorites, including selections from Don Giovanni, Carmen, La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Merry Widow, Les Miserables, and much more!

“A Modern Trio”
Faculty Chamber Recital - Mario Bernardo, saxophone, Jeanie Darnell, soprano and Michael Baron, piano
Thurs., March 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  Tickets available to purchase starting March 8, 2012.

Join us for a recital of works for voice, saxophone, and piano from the twentieth century forward.

“Virtuoso Violin”
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital - Francisco Pereda, violin and Michael Baron, piano
Fri., April 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

$7 per ticket.  Tickets available to purchase starting March 30, 2012.

Francisco Pereda, violinist, was born in Peru and studied in Lima with the renowned Italian violinist Franco Ferrari. In New York City he continued music studies with Dorothy DeLay, Robert Gerle, Raphael Hillyer and Lilian Fuchs.  His rich orchestral background arises from his experience as violinist of major orchestras such as the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski.  He is joined by pianist Michael Baron in a program of masterworks by Vivaldi, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, and a world premiere by Jose Martura.

Student ensemble concerts are free and open to the public - no tickets required

Wind Orchestra/Symphonic Band
Thurs., Feb 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm
FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom

President’s Kaleidoscope Concert
Sun., Feb 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Eric Sengson, voice - Senior Recital
Thurs., Feb 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

String Orchestra
Fri., Feb 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Choral Concert - University & Chamber
Tues., Feb 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Randy Lozano, voice - Senior Recital
Fri., March 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Kelly Starcher, voice - Junior Recital
Sun., March 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Green Music - Student Composers and Performers
Sat., March 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Jennette Ruszkowski, voice - Senior Recital
Thurs., March 29, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Heather Jones, voice - Senior Recital
Fri., March 30, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Chamber Choir Concert
Sun., April 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
Wed., April 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Kirsten Trembley, violin - Junior Recital
Sun., April 8, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Jazz Ensemble
Tues., April 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Symphonic Band
Thurs., April 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm
FGCU Cohen Center Ballroom 

Andrew Prudente, piano - Junior Recital
Sat., April 14, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

University Choir Concert
Sun., April 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Chamber Winds
Tues., April 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

Carly Guarino, piano - Senior Recital
Thurs., April 19, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall

String Orchestra
Fri., April 20, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Music Building U. Tobe Recital Hall 

Wind Orchestra
Sun., April 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm
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