Events Calendar
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*Click on a "season event" above to learn more about the artists and tickets. Scroll below to view a quick guide for the whole 2023-2024 season.
**All events are located in the Performance Hall, 1st floor of the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA unless otherwise noted; e.g. [Georgian Room].
^ = Ticketed event; visit THIS LINK to purchase tickets.
To learn more about the artists and ticketing information, please view the event description when you click on a "season event" in the above calendar.
All events are located in the Performance Hall, 1st floor of the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA unless otherwise noted; e.g. [Georgian Room].
2023-2024 INAUGURAL SEASON QUICK GUIDE
September
^ 9/14, 7:30 p.m. – Andy Thierauf Recital
^ 9/20, 7:30 p.m. – Matthew Coley Recital with Frank Kumor, vibraphone & Jennifer Ruggieri, harp
9/22, 4:33 p.m. – Zoltán Rácz interview, open to the public
October
10/6-10 – “Rosewood Sings” Fall Festival – featuring Lynn Vartan and Jenny Klukken
10/6, 2:00 p.m. – Lynn Vartan presentation/interview - join us for an open discussion and presentation on a variety of topics that will include:
Defining & Developing Artistry - for all musicians
Music & Nature - explorations to cultures and ways that music and nature intersect
^ 10/7, 7:30 p.m. – Lynn Vartan solo concert
10/9, 1:30-2:45 p.m. – Presentation for music teachers at Muhlenberg Jr High School, Berks County Intermediate Unit, sponsored by the Reading Musical Foundation
10/9, 6:00 p.m. – Outreach performance [Keystone Villa, Fleetwood, PA]
10/10, 4:00 p.m. – Jenny Klukken master class/interview on improvisation and a career as a "cross-over" artist
^ 10/10, 7:30 p.m. – Jenny Klukken solo concert
^ 10/17, 7:30 p.m. – Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble Concert (Frank Kumor, director)
10/18-21 – Satellite Exhibit in La Crosse, WI (In partnership with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.)
10/26, 11:00 a.m. – Master Classes by Valerie Naranjo
^ 10/27, 7:30 p.m. – Celebrate Marimba! Event – featuring Gordon Stout and Valerie Naranjo
November
11/6, 5:30 p.m. – The Percussion Club Concert
11/9-11 – Satellite Exhibit/booth, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, IN (In partnership with the Percussive Arts Society.)
POSTPONED to May – Museum Lecture featuring David Harvey – “Marimba/Xylophone History”
POSTPONED to May – “Marimba Mechanics” Master Class by David Harvey
POSTPONED to May – Guest University Ensemble – Kent State University (Matt Holm, director) with the Heartland Marimba Quartet
December & January
^ 12/11, 7:30 p.m. – The Lancaster Marimba Ensemble and the CMPR Community Ensemble Holiday Concert
12/22-1/28 – Satellite Exhibit in Cheyenne, WI (In partnership with the Laramie County Community College and the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra.)
February
^ 2/13, 7:30 p.m. - “Malletines Day” Concert by the Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble
^ POSTPONED to 2024-2025 – Jalen Baker, vibraphone
March
^ 3/7, 7:30 p.m. – Coriolis Duo (Oliver Xu, percussion and Catherine Boyack, flutes)
^^ POSTPONED to 2024-2025 – Museum Presentation (6:00 p.m.) and Performance (7:30 p.m.) – Jill Work on Women of Mallet Percussion and concert by xylophonist Heather Thorn
April
^ 4/4, 4:00 p.m. – Warren Wolf (vibraphone) solo concert
4/8-15 – “Resonators Echo” Spring Festival
^^ 4/8 [WRCMPR] AND 4/9 [Georgian Room, Old Main Building], 7:30 p.m. – Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble with the KU Choirs, the Heartland Marimba Quartet, and KU pianist – World Premiere of Death Valley Symphony by Jenni Brandon/lyrics by Brandon Krieg (KU English faculty)
TBA – Additional Festival events
^ 4/15, 7:30 p.m. – Quey Percussion Duo (Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscious) and the University of Delaware Percussion Ensemble (Koshinski and Broscious, directors)
May
^ 5/6, 7:30 p.m. – CMPR Community Ensemble Spring Concert
TBA – Museum Lecture featuring David Harvey – “Marimba/Xylophone History”
TBA – “Marimba Mechanics” Master Class by David Harvey
TBA – Guest University Ensemble – Kent State University (Matt Holm, director) with the Heartland Marimba Quartet
^ = Ticketed event; visit THIS LINK to purchase tickets.