Mark L. Lusk, Professor of Trombone at Penn State for the last 37 years, will be presenting a very special and meaningful concert along with pianist, Kathy Gattuso Cinatl and guitarist/trombonist Paul Leskowicz. This ensemble will joined by special guests; organist Freda Crummey, keyboardist Beth Smith, trombonist/bassist James Gates, and vocalists Mary Leskowicz and Kaitlyn Lusk.

The program will feature beautiful and inspirational songs of Faith and Praise. The performance will feature music from across a wide musical span; from traditional hymns, to classic anthems, to contemporary songs.

The concert will also be streamed on The Penn State Trombone Studio’s Facebook page.

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Professor Mark L. Lusk is presenting his 65th Faculty Trombone Recital on Sunday, January 19th at 7:30 pm in the new Recital Hall at the Penn State School of Music. This exciting program will feature new orchestral reductions of two concertos written for Professor Lusk, along with the premiere of a new work for two trombones and piano.

The first concerto is entitled “Journey” and was composed by Kim Scharnberg. The work was premiered here at Penn State in 2010 with the Penn State Philharmonic under the direction of Professor Gerardo Edelstein. The second concerto is a double concerto for trumpet and trombone with orchestra. The”Caribbean Sounds Suite” was written by the legendary Cuban composer, Daniel Guzman and premiered in Cuba in 2015. These exciting arrangements will be performed by Kathy Gattuso Cinatl, Maeve Berry, Bobby Leidhecker and fellow Penn state faculty member, Marko Marcinko.

The concert will also feature the premiere of a new work commissioned the Collegiate Commissions Project and Penn State alum, Dr. Erik Shinn. “Toward Eternity” by James Naigus is a new work for tenor trombone, bass trombone and piano. Dr. Shinn will join Professor Lusk and pianist Kathy Gattuso Cinatl as a guest soloist.

This recital is a benchmark in a long tradition of performances presented in the first days of each semester specifically The Penn State music community and especially the members of the Penn State trombone studio. The series is designed establish a musical standard as applied studies for the upcoming semester. Numerous guest artists, alumni, faculty and students have been involved in these recitals over the last 33 years, and this recital will be no different.

If you can’t make the performance live be sure to check out the live stream on the Penn State Trombone Studio Facebook page.

2:30 PM
The New Recital Hall

7:30 PM
The New Recital Hall

Join Professor Mark Lusk and the Penn State Trombone Studio, as we present a concert full of songs from great American composers like Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber, along with numbers from classic musicals such as Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, and Oklahoma!

We hope you can join us for a recital dedicated to showcasing many different and exciting pieces of music “sung on the trombone” by the members of our studio!

The pieces we will perform were learned by using four (4) distinct approaches of musical study:
1) Analyzing the lyrics alone, without the music
2) Analyzing the music alone, without the lyrics
3) How the composers combine these two elements
4) The sound of the singer when singing each piece

The goal was to learn the song completely before we began playing it on the trombone. We will perform this recital with no music, not because we have “memorized” the music, but rather because we know the music that well. We will also use a TV to display the words as each person performs their pieces.

The event will take place October 20th, at 7:30 pm, in the new Recital Hall at the School of Music!

The concert will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page!

Description, time and location TBA

Professor Lusk will perform a recital entitled FINALE!! A program consisting of the final movements from 8 various concertos that he has performed through the years.

2:00 PM
The New Recital Hall

Join the Penn State Trombone Choir for our first concert of the year on October 30th! In Esber Recital Hall, Music Building 1. 

Repertorie will include:
Suite for Trombones by Flor Peeters
Entrada, Lied, Danz, and Finale
(Full Choir)
Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini, arr. by Brandon Buterbaugh and featuring Brandon with our senoir trombonists;
Jeffrey Dever, Abigail Koehler, Brett Slifer and Ryan Smith
A Les Miserable Medley, arr. by Abigail Koehler
Select members of the choir and feature Ms. Koehler
Pokarekare Ana, arr. Jeffrey Dever
featuring Professor Lusk with the senior class
Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, arr. 
(Ful Choir featuring Ryan Smith)
Intermission
Two Pieces by Raymond Premru
Our Sophomore trombonists;
Lydia Baranoski, Nicholas Kazmierczak, and Ofer Cohen
Tissington Variations by Raymond Premru
Our graduate students with Professor Lusk;
Wade Judy, Jamey Morgan, and Austin Oprean
In Memoriam by Raymond Premru
(Full Choir)
Elsa's Procession by Richard Wagner
(Full Choir)

The concert is available on livestream at -http://musicmedia.psu.edu/livestream/