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SJSU celebrates anniversary
Kyle Hansen
Issue date: 4/4/07 Section: News
Four current SJSU students will be performing with the professional members of the symphony; Maryam Parto and Jan will be playing the violin, Cole Tutino will be playing the cello and Greg Messa will be in the percussion section.
"I think it is important and it matters because it demonstrates that our school has a history of producing quality members of society," said Aaron Gilbert, a junior majoring biochemistry. "I am not much of a music buff, but for music majors, it is important."
The concert will include the world premiere of a new composition, written especially for the event, Cauble said. Craig Bohmler, a former SJSU faculty member and an accomplished composer, wrote the piece, entitled "Overture 1-5-0."
Faculty member Gwendolyn Mok will perform a piano piece. According to the concert program, Mok is currently the coordinator of keyboard studies at SJSU and has performed in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and in several movie soundtracks.
Two SJSU alumni, Lori Decter and Sandra Rubalcava, will be performing opera selections with the symphony under the direction of professor emeritus of music David Rohrbaugh.
The final piece performed at the concert will be the first movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Erotica." According to Cauble, this piece is being performed in memory of Ira Brilliant, founder of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, which is the only institution in North America solely dedicated to Beethoven and is located at SJSU.
Tickets to the concert are $150 or $75 each, depending on the location of the seats. Proceeds go to benefit the College of Humanities and the Arts. Student rush tickets will be available tonight at the door for $25 each.
"I think it is important and it matters because it demonstrates that our school has a history of producing quality members of society," said Aaron Gilbert, a junior majoring biochemistry. "I am not much of a music buff, but for music majors, it is important."
The concert will include the world premiere of a new composition, written especially for the event, Cauble said. Craig Bohmler, a former SJSU faculty member and an accomplished composer, wrote the piece, entitled "Overture 1-5-0."
Faculty member Gwendolyn Mok will perform a piano piece. According to the concert program, Mok is currently the coordinator of keyboard studies at SJSU and has performed in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and in several movie soundtracks.
Two SJSU alumni, Lori Decter and Sandra Rubalcava, will be performing opera selections with the symphony under the direction of professor emeritus of music David Rohrbaugh.
The final piece performed at the concert will be the first movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Erotica." According to Cauble, this piece is being performed in memory of Ira Brilliant, founder of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, which is the only institution in North America solely dedicated to Beethoven and is located at SJSU.
Tickets to the concert are $150 or $75 each, depending on the location of the seats. Proceeds go to benefit the College of Humanities and the Arts. Student rush tickets will be available tonight at the door for $25 each.
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