William Bolcom Master Class with MacPhail Prelude Program Students
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 2 pm
Chapel, Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
No ticket required.

MacPhail’s Prelude Program students, a 36 member, audition-based program for highly-motivated high school vocalists, work with Bolcom on his music in solo and ensemble formats.

Vocal Master Class with Bolcom & Morris
Monday, April 23, 2007, 1–4:00 PM
Minnesota Opera Center, Minneapolis
No ticket required; for information, call 612-333-2700

Singers from the Minnesota Opera Resident Artists Program work with William Bolcom and his musical partner mezzo-soprano Joan Morris on a variety of songs in a public master class.

Organ Master Class with David Higgs
Monday, April 23, 2007, 6—9 pm
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis
Tickets: $10 at the door; free for American Guild of Organists members

Organist David Higgs leads a master class for area organists. Co-sponsored by Twin Cities American Guild of Organists and American Public Media’s Pipedreams.

William Bolcom Lecture/Discussion: Meet the Composer
Tuesday, March 13, 2007,3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
University of St. Thomas - O'Shaughnessy- Frey Library

Bolcom will speak about his process of composing music for Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Learn what inspires a composer and how he takes the mood and action of a poem and sets it to music.

Chamber music coaching session with Augsburg faculty performers
"Lilith" with Angela Wyatt, saxophone; Jill Dawe, piano
Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
University of St. Thomas - Room BEC 110 (campus map)

"Illuminating Blake – A Lecture Recital"
Student/Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
University of St. Thomas - O'Shaughnessy Educational Center (campus map)

Faculty and student musicians from the Associated College of the Twin Cities schools will explore a variety of musical settings of Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Learn how composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Vernon Duke have interpreted songs from "The Piper" and "The Lamb" to "The Tyger" and "The Divine Image."

Coaching session with college faculty performers in preparation for "A Little Night (Chamber) Music"
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hamline University - Sundin Music Hall

Augsburg College: Student Composer Master Class / Band Rehearsal
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Augsburg College - Music Hall, Room M4 (campus map)

Midmorning with host Kerri Miller
Friday, March 16, 2007, 10-11 am
KNOW 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities
Listen to archived show online at minnesotapublicradio.org