Free Events
Ross Sears Memorial Commemoration
Thursday, May 17
5:30 p.m., Spanos Theatre
A tribute for Sears, who died on March 18, will be held at 5:30 p.m Thursday, May 17, in Cal Poly's Spanos Theatre.
The Music Department will be joined by the San Luis Obispo Symphony and Festival Mozaic in presenting musical performances and personal remembrances.
Sears had been a percussionist with the San Jose Symphony, Opera San Jose, West Bay Opera, Monterey Symphony, San Jose Civic Light Opera, Symphony Orchestra of Maracaibo-Venezuela and San Diego Symphony and Opera. He performed locally with the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Opera San Luis Obispo, Cuesta Master Chorale, Vocal Arts Ensemble, PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Mozaic, Santa Barbara Symphony and Santa Maria Philharmonic. He also performed with various jazz groups.
The public is welcome to attend.
Brigid Drury Senior Piano Recital
Saturday, May 19
3 p.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Olivia Tenney Senior Vocal Recital
Sunday, May 20
3:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Piano Student Recital
Tuesday, May 22
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Instrumental Student Recital
Thursday, May 24
11 a.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Students showcase their talent in one of Cal Poly’s quarterly instrumental student recitals. An eclectic event, this recital will involve solo as well as small chamber ensemble performances.
Vocal Student Recital
Thursday, May 24
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
"Classical German and Oratorio Repertoire"
All That Brass
Saturday, May 26
3 p.m., Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo
1515 Fredericks St.
The Cal Poly Brass Choirs, featuring many of the university's top brass players, will perform a concert, titled "All That Brass!" It will include classical and jazz selections by composers from J. S. Bach to Johannes Brahms. Also appearing in concert will be Cal Poly's Trumpet Ensemble.
Additional highlights include "Colonial Song" by Percy Grainger and "Hungarian Dance No. 5" by Brahms. Also on the program are jazz-inspired compositions for brass ensemble by British composer Chris Hazell and Los Angeles studio musician Raymond Burkhart.
Vocal Master Class with Paul Tipton
Sunday, May 27
2 p.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Baritone Paul Max Tipton, who has a career in opera, oratorio and chamber music, will present a vocal master class at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27, in Room 218 of the Davidson Music Center (Building 45) at Cal Poly.
Several of the Cal Poly Music Department’s leading voice students will perform and be critiqued on their performance.
Tipton has performed and recorded throughout the United States. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has described him as a “dignified and beautiful singer.” Known for his versatility, Tipton’s repertoire includes Schütz and Monteverdi to Britten and Bolcom.
His interpretations of the Bach “Passions” have been acclaimed for their strength and sensitivity. Recent and upcoming repertoire includes Britten’s “War Requiem,” Handel’s “Dettingen Te Deum,” Monteverdi’s “Vespers of 1610,” the title role in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” and Frank Martin’s “Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann.”
Tipton has collaborated with such artists and conductors as Simon Carrington, Ricky Ian Gordon, Paul Hillier, Craig Hella Johnson, Martin Katz, Ton Koopman, Nicholas McGegan, Helmuth Rilling, Leonard Slatkin, Masaaki Suzuki and Ted Taylor. He has recently performed with the symphonies of San Antonio, Grand Rapids, Lincoln and Stamford, appeared with the Yale Camerata, New Trinity Baroque, The Rose Ensemble, Seraphic Fire, Ensemble Florilege, the Yale Collegium Players, Lyra Baroque, Conspirare and Oregon Bach Festival.
Tipton studied in the oratorio and early music program at the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, where he was mentored by tenor James Taylor. He also trained on full fellowship at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, where he trained under tenor George Shirley and mezzo-soprano Luretta Bybee.
Tipton will be performing with the Cal Poly Choirs and Symphony in a May 26 concert titled “Rule Britannia” in the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center.
Instrumental Student Recital
Thursday, May 31
11 a.m., Davidson Music Center Room 218
Students showcase their talent in one of Cal Poly’s quarterly instrumental student recitals. An eclectic event, this recital will involve solo as well as small chamber ensemble performances.
Lauren Wasynczuk Senior Saxophone Recital
Sunday, June 3
3 p.m., Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church