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02-09-2006 - Premier concert by Infusion
07-10-2006 - The Allen K. Butcher Musical Celebration
New group’s music infuses energy, passion
OSHKOSH — The first performance of the new University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
resident-artist ensemble
Infusion
will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, in the Music Hall
of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
The concert offers a selection of great music “infused” with new
energy and passion, combining intriguing musical combinations from the
high-energy rhythms of Astor Piazzolla to the elegance of Mozart.
Infusion members have appeared as soloists and chamber musicians in
major concert venues across four continents. They’ve held positions with
major groups including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Hungarian Radio Orchestra.
Their internationally acclaimed recordings have been distributed in
more than 20 countries.
Infusion’s debut performance will feature
Bruce Atwell, horn;
Klara Fenyo Bahcall, violin;
David Cowley, cello;
Andrea Gullickson, oboe;
Carol Rosing, bassoon;
Allison Shaw, marimba; and
Mihoko Watanabe, flute.
The musicians also will be part of a post-concert reception.
Tickets are $5, $3 for seniors and students and $1 for children 12
and under. All UW Oshkosh students are free with university
identification. All proceeds will be used to provide student
scholarships through the Endowment for Musical Excellence.
Students, friends to memorialize musician
OSHKOSH — A memorial concert for a well-known Fox Valley trumpeter,
student mentor and longtime member of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
music faculty will be at 3 p.m. Monday, July 10, 2006,
at UW Oshkosh.
The
Allen K. Butcher
Musical Celebration, featuring classical, jazz, Dixieland and polka, will
honor the late musician and his appreciation for many styles of music.
The concert, free and open to the public, will be at the Music Hall,
926 Woodland Ave. Contributions will go to the
Allen K. Butcher Scholarship Fund at UW Oshkosh.
Butcher, a member of the UW Oshkosh music faculty from 1971 to 1995,
died in January at the age of 73.
The July 10 concert will open with a trumpet piece called
"Fanfare to AKB," written by Butcher’s son and 1977 UW Oshkosh alumnus
Paul Butcher,
Lake Alfred, Fla. Paul Butcher is organizing the celebration with
UW Oshkosh trombonist
Charles Isaacson.
"More than anything else, I appreciated his humanity," said Isaacson,
who played in various bands with Butcher for 17 years.
UW Oshkosh professor of trumpet and jazz
Marty Robinson, who studied
under Butcher, has written a piece for brass choir for the concert
honoring Butcher.
Butcher’s daughter,
Susan Brockman of Arlington, Va., a 1979
UW Oshkosh alumna, will perform a Faure flute solo.
Trumpeter
Brad Curran, a 1989 UW Oshkosh graduate and a music
instructor at Seton Catholic Middle School in Menasha, will play with the
Oshkosh Brass Quintet and the Green Bay Packers Tailgaters at the
celebration.
"A love for Al is bringing me to this concert," said Curran. "He was
an amazing mentor. He was one of the greatest gentlemen I’ve ever known."
Curran, a nontraditional student, left school to tour with a band.
Butcher was instrumental in bringing Curran, president of the
Wisconsin unit of the International Association for Jazz Education,
back to UW Oshkosh.
Many other area musicians and several of Butcher’s former students
also will perform at the memorial concert, including
Lisa Zemlock
of Oshkosh,
Randy and Shirley
Dorschner
of Appleton and Ted Pierce of Chilton.
Butcher joined the UW Oshkosh faculty in 1971, after teaching and
directing bands in schools in Mercer, Seymour and Sioux City, Iowa, his
hometown.
He played for 30 years with the Lumberjack Band, which played at
Green Bay Packer games; the band eventually disbanded and was
reincarnated into three, six-piece groups called the
Green Bay Packers Tailgaters.
He also played for many years with the
Wisconsin Dutchmen,
a well-known, Oshkosh-based polka band.
Butcher also was a member of the
UW Oshkosh Faculty Brass Ensemble
and the Serpentine Brass Quintet; principal trumpet with the
Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra,
and director of the
UW Oshkosh Wind Ensemble
and
Symphonic Band
at the time of his retirement from UW Oshkosh in 1995.
"Because dad passed away in Arlington, Va., it was difficult for
many people who cared about him to participate in an event such as this,"
Paul Butcher said. "We wanted to share this with them. This is a
celebration, not only of dad, but of the wonderful people who have been
in his life."
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