Featured School of Music student group: Sigma Alpha Iota

The fantastic students in Sigma Alpha Iota have graciously accepted the invitation to be the blog's first featured School of Music student group. We salute these KU student music ambassadors for their love of music and ongoing service to our community!

University of Kansas
Sigma Alpha Iota Beta Beta Chapter, 2012-13

Sigma Alpha Iota’s Beta Beta chapter has been a part of the University of Kansas since November 1947. This group is part of a greater national organization that began in 1903 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) is a musical fraternity for women, founded with the intent of empowering and connecting women who share a love of music and a desire to further music involvement in the community through service and performance. 

The ladies of Beta Beta chapter meet once a week and discuss ways to serve the national standards of SAI, the Lawrence community, and the individuals of Murphy Hall on the Lawrence campus. Some activities include (but are not limited to): instrument petting zoos, canned food drives, projects with elementary schools and local music programs, performances at nursing homes, sponsorship of social events, providing food for recital receptions, and selling pancakes on the first floor of Murphy every Wednesday morning. In fact, the SAI students will hold an Instrument Petting Zoo at the 2012 KU Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert and Costume Contest on Friday, Oct. 26 at the Lied Center!


Becoming involved with SAI is a wonderful opportunity to make lifelong friends, receive scholarships, and prepare for your career through support and leadership opportunities. Please come join us and see what we are all about! For more information on SAI, please contact Katie at katiekyzer@gmail.com. Find out more at 
http://www.sai-national.org/home/.

KU School of Music--Upcoming Events

Do you hear that? That's the sound of our heads spinning! We have so many events happening right now...so many wonderful, exciting musical events! 

Don't forget to come out and enjoy these concerts. Many are free and the ticketed events are extremely affordable. 

For a complete list of all KU School of Music events, visit our website events calendar at MUSIC.KU.EDU. We can't wait to see you!

Wind Ensemble: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 7:30 PM, Lied Center of Kansas

The Wind Ensemble will perform works by two Pulitizer Prize winners as well as the Kansas premiere of KU Professor James Barnes' "Seventh Symphony." Tickets are $7 and $5. 

Visiting Artist Series/Double Reed Festival Concert featuring Nancy Ambrose King, oboe and Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 7:30 PM, Swarthout Recital Hall
Take advantage of this opportunity to hear visiting artists King and Kuuskmann perform together on the stage! This concert serves as the culminating concert/event for the 2012 Double Reed Society Festival. It is free and open to the public!

Faculty Recital Series featuring Julia Broxholm, soprano, and guest artist Russell Miller, piano. Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7:30 PM, Swarthout Recital Hall. 
Professor Broxholm and Miller will perform a program of American song, both popular and musical theater. This concert will also serve as a renovation benefit concert for the School of Music's performance hall, Swarthout Recital Hall. Donations welcome!

Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 7:30 PM, Lied Center of Kansas

This fall concert will feature the Chamber Winds performing Darius Milhaud's jazzy "La Creation du Monde" and works by the Symphonic Band. Tickets are $7 and $5. 

Jazz Combos I-VI, Wednesday, October 24, 2012,
 7:00 PM, Lawrence Arts Center
The Jazz Combos I-VI will perform a combined concert at the downtown Lawrence Arts Center this evening. This concert is free and open to the public!

Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert and Community Costume Contest: Friday, October 26, 2012, 7:30 PM, Lied Center
The KU Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert will feature works by Strauss, Dvorak and John Williams, as well as faculty soloist Vince Gnojek on saxophone. Don't forget the community-wide costume contest at 6:30 PM! Tickets are $7 and $5. 

And here are some additional upcoming events--mark your calendars and visit us at MUSIC.KU.EDU for a complete list of all events, including all student recitals. 

Oct. 3^rd            (W)                 Faculty Recital Series/FRS: Michael Davidson, trombone

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 5^th            (F)                   Visiting Artist Series/VAS: Steve & Penny Kruse, violin & viola

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 11^th          (R)                   KU Brass Ensembles

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 13^th          (Sat)                Double Reed Festival Member Recital

                                                5:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 21^st           (Sun)               Instrumental Collegium Musicum

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 22^nd         (M)                  FRS: Mary Elizabeth Thompson, flute

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 23^rd          (T)                   KU Choirs

                                                7:30 PM Corpus Christi Catholic Church

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 27^th          (Sat)                Community Music School

                                                2:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 28^th          (Sun)               FRS Robert Walzel & Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Oct. 29^th          (M)                  Undergraduate Honor Recital

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 1^st           (R)                   KU Jazz Ensemble I & Composer, George Stone

                                                7:30 PM Lawrence Arts Center

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 2^nd          (F)                   Wind Ensemble

                                                7:30 PM Johnson County Community College

                                                Yardley Hall

                                                Call 913-469-4445 for ticket information

Nov. 3^rd           (Sat)                Community Music School

                                                2:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 4^th           (Sun)               New Music Guild

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 7^th           (W)                 KU Trombone Ensembles

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 8^th           (R)                   KU Saxophone Quartets

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 12^th         (M)                  FRS Forrest Pierce, composition

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 13^th         (T)                   KU Symphony Orchestra & Choirs

                                                Bernstein Festival & Scholarship Concert

                                                7:00 PM Kauffman Center for the Arts

                                                Admission Free but tickets are required

                                                Call (816) 994-7222 for information

Nov. 14^th         (W)                 KU Jazz Ensemble III & Jazz Combo II

                                                7:30 PM 130 Murphy Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 15^th         (R)                   KU Tuba/Euphonium Consort

                                                Rodger Vaughan Memorial Concert

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 16^th         (F)                   KU Opera: Trouble in Tahiti & Arias & Barcarolles

                                                7:30 PM  Baustian Theatre

                                                Tickets: $10 and $5. Call 785-864-3436.

Nov. 17^th         (Sat)                KU Opera: Trouble in Tahiti & Arias & Barcarolles

                                                7:30 PM  Baustian Theatre

                                                Tickets: $10 and $5. Call 785-864-3436.

Nov. 18^th         (Sun)               KU Opera: Trouble in Tahiti & Arias & Barcarolles

                                                2:30 PM  Baustian Theatre

                                               Tickets: $10 and $5. Call 785-864-3436.

Nov. 18^th         (Sun)               Faculty Virtuosi Series

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 19^th         (M)                  KU Opera: Trouble in Tahiti & Arias & Barcarolles

                                               7:30 PM  Baustian Theatre

                                               Tickets: $10 and $5. Call 785-864-3436.

Nov. 19^th         (M)                  KU Jazz Singers & Jazz Combo I

                                                7:30 PM Lawrence Arts Center

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 27^th         (T)                   Symphonic Band & University Band

                                                7:30 PM Lied Center

                                                Call 785-864-2787 or go to lied.ku.edu for tickets

Nov. 28^th         (W)                 KU Trombone Choir

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free

Nov. 30^th         (F)                   KU Percussion Ensemble

                                                7:30 PM Swarthout Recital Hall

                                                Admission Free