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In the coming months, the University of Kansas School of Music will welcome internationally renowned artists who also serve as distinguished educators of opera, vocal repertoire, and collaborative piano. The Series will include a number of voice and piano master classes, free and open to the public.

Joseph Colaneri
Master class, Feb. 25, 3:30-6:00 pm, Robert Baustian Theater, Murphy Hall
The first visiting artist, maestro Joseph Colaneri, will be in residence at KU February 25-26.
Colaneri is in his ninth season as a member of the conducting roster of the Metropolitan Opera and serves as Artistic Director of the opera program at the Mannes College of Music in New York City.
Colaneri made his conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera with a performance of La Boheme in 2000. Since that time, Maestro Colaneri has conducted numerous Met performances, including all of the popular Met in the Parks performances of Turandot in season 2002-2003, Falstaff in 2005-2006, and La Fille du Regiment and Lucia di Lammermoor in the 2007-2008 season. Prior to joining the Met, Colaneri was associated with the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center for fifteen years, culminating in his appointment in 1995 as Acting Music Director.


Julio Alexis Munoz
Master class: March 29, 3:00-6:00 pm, Swarthout Recital Hall
Recital with KU Professor Genaro Mendez Jr.
April 1, 7:30 pm, Schmitt Music, Overland Park
March 26 - April 5, 2010, KU welcomes Julio Alexis Munoz, Professor of Piano at the Conservatorio Profesional de la Comunidad de Madrid and Professor of Vocal Repertoire at the Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid.
A leading expert in Spanish art song and zarzuela, Munoz frequently collaborates as performer and teacher with internationally-renowned Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza and Spanish tenor Manuel Cid of the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia. He has recorded for radio, televeision, and CD, and has performed throughout Europe, America, the Middle East, and Japan.

Martin Katz
Master class: April 26, 3:30 ? 5:30 pm, Swarthout Recital Hall
April 25 - April 27, 2010, the KU School of Music welcomes Martin Katz, Chair of Collaborative Piano at the University of Michigan.
Mr. Katz has appeared and recorded regularly with Marilyn Horne, Jose Carreras, Cecilla Bartoli, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Kathleen Battle and has shared the stage in recitals on five continents with some of the world's most esteemed voices, including Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballe, Tatiana Troyanos, Nicolai Gedda, Regine Crespin, Kathleen Battle, Karita Mattila, Samuel Ramey, and Jose Carreras. In more recent years, Katz has conducted orchestras of Houston, Washington D.C., Tokyo, and Miami. In 2009, Maestro Katz published the book: "The Complete Collaborator: The Pianist As Partner."

John Wustman
Master classes: May 3 and 4, 1:00-3:00 pm, Swarthout Recital Hall
May 3 - May 4, 2010, the KU School of Music welcomes distinguished collaborative pianist and educator, John Wustman.
Often called the "dean of American accompanists," he began teaching at the University of Illinois in 1968, and founded the vocal coaching and accompanying program at the University of Illinois in 1973. Wustman had a long affiliation with Robert Shaw and accompanied Luciano Pavarotti in a series of televised recitals, including Pavarotti's first recital for the Metropolitan Opera in 1978. He has appeared with many of the great voices of the world, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Begonzi, Luciano Pavarotti, and Regine Crespin. A renowned expert in German Lieder worldwide, Wustman performed all of Franz Schubert's 598 artsongs over a six year period, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth.


For more information visit www.arts.ku.edu/music/voice/masterseries/index.shtml

By KCM Staff