Greetings to all Marquette Band alumni!
My name is Dr. Erik Janners, and I am the new director of the Marquette University Bands. I am delighted to be joining the Marquette community, and I look forward to this academic year with great anticipation. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about the band program, as well as some upcoming activities in which we hope you will consider participating.
The Marquette Band program is thriving! There are currently 120 students in the symphonic band, most of whom are participating in the pep bands as well. The jazz ensemble is also doing well, with a strong core of veteran players being joined by a number of talented freshmen.
Below is a list of our upcoming concert performances:
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Marquette Symphonic Band Winter Concert
Featuring Flute Soloist Sergio Pallottelli
Varsity Theatre, Marquette Campus, 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Marquette Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Weasler Auditorium, Marquette Campus, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Marquette Symphonic Band Spring Concert
Varsity Theatre, Marquette Campus, 2 p.m.
A selection of outstanding music to end our year.
We want to hear from you! Please feel free to call or write to let us know of your interest in being involved as a band alum, to offer your thoughts or opinions on the band, or just to chat. I can be reached at (414) 288-7125 or erik.janners@marquette.edu. To receive e-mails about upcoming band events, please register for MU Connect, the online alumni community, at www.marquette.edu/alumni.
Sincerely,
Erik Janners
Director, Marquette University Bands
Sergio Pallottelli
Internationally acclaimed flutist Sergio Pallottelli regularly performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout the USA, Europe, South America and Australia. Mr. Pallottelli has been the flutist with the Orchestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Utah Philharmonia, Utah Chamber Artists, Waterbury Symphony, and Rotary International Orchestra. For four years he was a member of Canyonlands New Music Ensemble directed by Morris Rosenzweig in Salt Lake City, Utah. During this time he collaborated with avant-garde composers such as Mario Davidovsky, Milton Babbitt, Shulamit Ran, Samuel Adler and John Adams.
Mr. Pallottelli teaches master classes annually in Lima, Peru; Quito, Ecuador; San Jose, Costa Rica; and Monterchi, Italy; as well as throughout the USA. In Italy he is maestro Ransom Wilson’s assistant in his yearly master class in Tuscany. The many festivals he has appeared at as a performer or teacher include Nice Summer Music Academy, France; Festival de Flautistas en la Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador; Festival Internacional de Flautistas, Peru; and Festival de Flautistas in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is in high demand worldwide, as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher.
Mr. Pallottelli collaborates with many composers worldwide, with many pieces having been written for him. He regularly performs with pianist-composer John Orfe and pianist Douglas Ashcraft; with the latter, he recorded a compact disc of Italian Romantic Music for flute and piano in August 2006 on the Brioso Recordings CD label. With both pianists he has regular engagements in Central America, South America and Europe.
Mr. Pallottelli plays and teaches a wide range of musical styles, from the Baroque to our time, including techniques and traditions from South and Central America. He is co-founder of a concert series with harpsichordist Britt Wheeler now in its second season, of music performed on modern flute and a 1928 Pleyel harpsichord.
Sergio Pallottelli received his musical education at the Milan Conservatory, Italy, the University of Utah, and the Yale School of Music. His teachers have included his principal mentor Ransom Wilson, Roberto Fabbriciani, Tara O’Connor and Susan Goodfellow. In addition, he had the privilege of working closely with one of the last French flute legends of his generation, Maxence Larrieu.
Mr. Pallottelli makes his home in New Haven, Connecticut where he maintains a private studio of advanced flutists, as well as being Professor of Flute at the University of Bridgeport and the Taft School.
