All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information about ticketed events, call (304) 293-SHOW. For information about any College of Creative Arts event, call the Publicity Office at (304) 293-4359. Events on this calendar are subject to change. For the latest information, see our web calendar at www.ccarts.wvu.edu/ or check the WVU College of Creative Arts Facebook page.

Tuesday, February 7
COMMUNITY MUSIC HARP RECITAL, 5 p.m., Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A). Three young harp students who study in the School of Music’s Community Music Program will perform pieces in preparation for the Mid-Atlantic Harp Festival Scholarship Competition in McLean, Va., on March 3. All three will perform works by composer Carlos Salzedo. Heidi Morey will perform Chanson dans la Nuit and Rumba; Kariana Ramsey will perform Tango and Rumba; and Katie Zucker will perform Greensleeves and Rumba. Morey won the National American Harp Society Summer Institute Intermediate I Contest last June for performances of Claude Debussy’s Reverie, Salzedo’s Idyllic Poem and Esteban Benezcry’s Alwa. She received a special award for her performance of Reverie. She was an unexpected champion, having never participated in a national competition before. Ramsey and Zucker are both performing for West Virginia All State Orchestra this year, as they did last year as well. All three are students of Christine Mazza at WVU.

JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Gladys G. Davis Theatre. WVU jazz musicians will perform in this concert, conducted by Paul Scea, music professor and director of jazz studies, along with students Pin Xuan Cheng, Gregory Thurman and Wes Hager. The concert will feature five different student ensembles, ranging in size from a duo to an 18-piece Big Band. The groups will play in styles ranging from Brasilian Pop to Hard Bop. The concert will also feature six student arrangements. Ticketed Event. For tickets and information, call (304) 293-SHOW.

DOCTORAL RECITAL, Saeyeon Kim, soprano, 8:15 p.m., Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A). Assisted by Vivi Zheng, piano, Nicholas Hatt, violin, Cindy Ortiz, soprano, Amy McCann, clarinet, Maria Wang, cello, and Angel Lin, flute. The program will include works by Bach, Handel, Schubert,Saint-Saëns, Donaudy, Bernstein, Heggie, and Benedict.

Thursday, February 9
ANNUAL INVITATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND EVENT, today through Feb. 11. The School of Music hosts its 33rd Annual Invitational High School Honor Bands event, today through Feb. 11. Student musicians from high schools in West Virginia and several surrounding states will participate. They are recommended by their high school band directors and selected on the basis of their ability and accomplishments. The students will audition Thursday evening and rehearse for two days before presenting the annual Honor Bands Concert, Saturday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. The Honor Bands event is hosted by WVU Director of Bands John Hendricks and Associate Director Jay Drury. Many of the high school band directors also accompany their students to the event, which serves as a workshop and observation opportunity for area music teachers

Friday, February 10
GUEST ARTIST MASTER CLASS, The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the official fanfare ensemble for the President of the United States, 11 a.m., Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. This presentation will feature musical selections by the ensemble, as well as historical information and video about the ensemble. Free and open to the public.

WIND SYMPHONY CONCERT, conducted by John Hendricks, III, and Dearl J. Drury, with guest conductors: Col. Michael Colburn, conductor of the U.S. Marine Band, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Jay Jacobs, associate director of bands at McNeese State University; and Roger Walker, band director at Frankfort High School and Concert Band conductor at Potomac State College; 7:30 p.m., Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Special guests: The United States Army Herald Trumpets, the official fanfare ensemble for the President of the United States. Program: High Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich; O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen; Ride by Samuel Hazo; Variations on “America” by Charles Ives; Semper Fidelis by John Philip Sousa; Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams; Kaddish by W. Francis McBeth; Noisy Wheels of Joy by Eric Whitcre; and Pines of the Appian Way (fromPines of Rome) by Ottorino Respighi.

Saturday, February 11
HONOR BAND CONCERT, 3:30 p.m. Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Featuring outstanding student musicians from high schools in West Virginia and several surrounding states who were recommended for WVU Honor Band by their high school band directors and selected on the basis of their ability and accomplishments. The students audition for this concert on Thursday evening and then rehearse for two days at the Creative Arts Center before performing the concert. Note: the time of this concert was changed from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., due to a WVU home basketball game.

DOCTORAL RECITAL, Kristina Driskill, soprano, 3 p.m., Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A). Program: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento (b. 1927); Selected Songs by Alva Henderson (b. 1940); and Diary of an Urban Maiden by Gary Schocker (b. 1959). Driskill has performed as a guest in solo performances for Bethany College, Louisiana State University, the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Frostburg State University, Brazosport Symphony, and the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra. She is known to Los Angeles audiences for her extraordinary performances as “The Mezzo” in OperaWorks’ comic send-up series FlipSide. The Los Angeles Times calls her “resplendent” and recently featured a review of her performance of Hanns Eisler’s Hollywooder Liederbuch, describing her as capturing the music’s essence “with wonderfully angry, challenging, pouty, seductive, decadently dreamy expressivity.” For more information, see www.Kristinadriskill.com.

Sunday, February 12
WVU ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EVENT, Air Supply, 7:30 p.m., Lyell B.Clay Concert Theatre. Ticketed Event. For tickets and information, call (304) 293-SHOW. The legendary pop duo Air Supply is still inspiring waves of romantic frenzy across the globe three decades after their debut hit single “Lost in Love.” It was that song that sparked a run of seven consecutive top five hits in a little more than two years, including the number one smash “The One That You Love.” The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock’s soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell’s simple, yet majestic songs, have garnered the duo millions of fans around the word. Their heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads—“Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” “Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You” and “Even the Nights Are Better”—were a staple of 1980s radio. Don’t miss the Australian soft rock duo in this special Valentine’s Day weekend performance. Info: http://www.airsupplymusic.com/index.shtml

CHAMBER WINDS CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Gladys G. Davis Theatre.

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