News & Notes Woody Witt won first place in the Taichung Saxophone Competition on October 18 in Taiwan. Witt was selected from 29 finalists representing nine countries. He and two finalist performed at the Taichung Jazz Festival (one of the top four jazz festivals in Asia) to a crowd of more than 50,000 people. Andy Ingalls (BA ‘12, studio of Timothy Jones) has been cast to play Lord Aster in the National Tour of “Peter and the Starcatcher” starting January 2015. Ogechi Ukazu (BM ‘08, studio of Michael Warny) is the Director of Bands at Clear Creek High School. Upcoming Events Monday, November 3, 7 pm 24th Annual Choral Invitational CONCERT CHORALE with guests Clements, College Park, Dawson, Stratford high schools Betsy Cook Weber, with guest conductors Mary Matysiak, Erin Bodhaine, Roxan Silva, Peter Steinmetz Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm Noe Marmolejo, trumpet featuring alumni Jody Ilgenfritz, trumpet; Brian Logan, trombone; Steve Curtis, tuba; Russell Vogt, French horn with the MSM Jazz Orchestra Spectrum: Works by Reiche, Hansen, McKee, Mahler, Webbon, Winkler Friday, November 7, 6:30 pm Student Recital Christian Restrepo, piano (Studio of Timothy Hester) Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm Guest Lecture-Recital Richard Kogan, piano Music & the Mind: George Gershwin Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Julliard-trained concert pianist Dr. Richard Kogan uses words and music to explore the psychological factors and mental illnesses that affected great American composer George Gershwin. Presented in collaboration with the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Greater Houston and the University of Houston Honors College.\ CANCELLED Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm CONCERT WOMEN’S CHORUS SAN JACINTO NORTH COLLEGE CHOIR SONS OF ORPHEUS Friday, November 7, 8:30 pm Student Recital Jacob Gutierrez, percussion (Studio of Blake Wilkins) Choral Recital Hall Saturday, November 8, 2:30 pm Student Recital Brittney Leavitt, cello (Studio of Vagram Saradjian) Choral Recital Hall Saturday, November 8, 5 pm Student Recital Gwendolyn Alfred, soprano (Studio of Cynthia Clayton) Choral Recital Hall Sunday, November 9, 2:30 pm Student Recital Karimah Browne, tuba (Studio of Mark Barton) Dudley Recital Hall Sunday, November 9, 2:30 pm Student Recital Teng-Kai Yang, piano (Studio of Abbey Simon) Choral Recital Hall Sunday, November 9, 5 pm Student Recital Nicole Woodward, mezzo-soprano (Studio of Melanie Sonnenberg) Dudley Recital Hall Sunday, November 9, 7:30 pm Student Recital Austin Frohmader, composition (Studio of Marcus Maroney) Dudley Recital Hall Monday, November 10, 7:30 pm PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Blake Wilkins, director Works by Viñao, Deane, Wilkins Monday, November 10, 7:30 pm UH FLUTE FORUM Aralee Dorough, flute; Jennifer Keeney, flute; Paula Page, harp Flute Strings: An evening of chamber music with harp and guitar friends: Works by Bizet, Ibert, Persichetti, Fauré Choral Recital Hall continued.... November 3, 2014 W eekly U PSCALE University of Houston Moores School of Music www.music.uh.edu www.music.uh.edu