Upcoming Performances
"Enchanting....crisp and impressive...a completely enchanting evening that harkened back to the original era of chamber music, stirred imagined visions of spirits, and breathed life into departed composers."
--The Jacksonville Review
Beerthoven Concert Series: Shepherd on the Rocks with a Twist
On Sunday, November 22nd at 3pm, Soprano Erika Wuerzner and Baritone David Small will present a program of solo art songs, duets, and beer!
Austin Saengerrunde presents Beerthoven: intimate, house-concert style recitals featuring Austin musicians playing works by German-speaking composers.
Ms. Wuerzner, a University of Texas Alumna, was the winner in her district of the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She'll be joined by Professor David Small of the University of Texas, known for performing Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia well over 100 times throughout the United States, France, and Spain. These artists will be accompanied by pianist and Beerthoven Artistic Director Daniel Swayze.
Programming will also include Schubert's "The Shepherd on a Rock" with clarinetist Nick Galuban. In support of the concert theme, free cocktails will be served on the rocks.
Tickets
Beerthoven Concert Series is a Sponsored Project of the Austin Creative Alliance
Recital in the Home of Ken and Elizabeth DeLooze
Sunday, December 20th
By invitation only
--The Jacksonville Review
Beerthoven Concert Series: Shepherd on the Rocks with a Twist
On Sunday, November 22nd at 3pm, Soprano Erika Wuerzner and Baritone David Small will present a program of solo art songs, duets, and beer!
Austin Saengerrunde presents Beerthoven: intimate, house-concert style recitals featuring Austin musicians playing works by German-speaking composers.
Ms. Wuerzner, a University of Texas Alumna, was the winner in her district of the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She'll be joined by Professor David Small of the University of Texas, known for performing Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia well over 100 times throughout the United States, France, and Spain. These artists will be accompanied by pianist and Beerthoven Artistic Director Daniel Swayze.
Programming will also include Schubert's "The Shepherd on a Rock" with clarinetist Nick Galuban. In support of the concert theme, free cocktails will be served on the rocks.
Tickets
Beerthoven Concert Series is a Sponsored Project of the Austin Creative Alliance
Recital in the Home of Ken and Elizabeth DeLooze
Sunday, December 20th
By invitation only
Recent Performances
Fusebox Festival's 60-in-Sixty Summer Shandy:
At the Austin Saengerrunde, 1607 San Jacinto
Thursday, July 9th: This event at Austin's historic Saengerrunde Hall will be featuring actors, musicians, dancers, painters, thinkers, and unique personalities in wild, original, unpredictable performances. 60 artists. 60 seconds each. The evening will also feature a shandy bar, participatory drinking songs, and a blowout dance party.
Mr. Swayze will present one of the 60 performances in addition to leading in drinking songs from the piano with members of the One Ounce Opera and the Austin Saengerrunde Maennerchor.
General Admission tickets to this new Fusebox summer tradition are just $25.
Reserved table seats with a complementary drink are also available--get yours today!
Beerthoven Concert Series: Four Hands, One Voice
At the Austin Saengerrunde, 1607 San Jacinto
Sunday, July 19th at 3pm: Mark your calendars for the first event of the Beerthoven Concert Series' 2015-2016 Season, featuring Baritone Tim O'Brien and pianists Daniel Swayze and Robert McDonald. The program will include Mozart's Sonata in C K. 521 and Waltzes by Brahms, Op. 39 for piano four hands (duet). Mr. O'Brien will sing Mahler's Songs of the Wayfarer and more.
Admission includes quality German beer and hors d'ouvres, served on our rooftop patio during intermissions!
Tickets at http://fourhandsonevoice.bpt.me/
Beerthoven Concert Series
At the Austin Saengerrunde, 1607 San Jacinto
Saturday, March 28th at 2:30pm, two great Austin Saengerrunde events will be combined for an afternoon filled with musical and edible refreshments. The New Braunfels Gemischter Chor Harmonie will come to join the Saengerrunde choirs in a performance of Schubert’s Deutsche Messe under the direction of Chris Oelkers. In addition, chamber groups featuring highly skilled instrumentalists from the University of Texas will present Mozart’s Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 and other chamber works ala the Beerthoven Concert Series.
Saengerrunde Pianist Daniel Swayze, Director of the Beerthoven Concert Series, has arranged for the Schubert Mass to be performed with its original accompaniment; an ensemble of eleven wind instruments including clarinets, oboes, bassoons and low brass. Members of UT's prestigious Trombone Choir will open the show with works by Bach and Mozart, followed by a woodwind octet featuring the Mozart Serenade. Like the popular string quartet, Mozart's Serenade in C Minor sometimes carries the nickname “Night Music.” This form was popular at the time at sociable events, however Mozart’s work defies genre and contains all the drama that one might find in his later operas. Brass and woodwinds will then combine to accompany the Schubert Mass; a highly sacred work reflecting the solemnity of a church service.
Like in previous Beerthoven events, all refreshments will be included in admission and enjoyed throughout the show. Tickets at $20 online (coming soon) and $25 at the door. You can also follow updates at the Austin Saengerrunde's Beerthoven page and like us on Facebook.
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
Recital in the home of Gary and Coralie Farnham
Ashland, OR
Time: 7pm
Cost: $20 via Kickstarter Pledge (Click here for info)
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Recital in the home of Ken and Elizabeth DeLooze
Salem, OR
Time: TBD
By special invite only
Sunday, November 2nd
Beerthoven Recital Series
At the Austin Saengerrunde, 17th and San Jacinto
The Second installment of the Beerthoven Concert Series will include special guests Hyejin Change and the Once Ounce Opera! Click here for details and tickets.
Thursday, March 13th
Solo Recital at Longhorn Village
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free! (residents only)
Sunday, March 16th
Solo Recital at Memorial United Methodist Church
Time: TBD
Cost: Free!
Address: 6100 Berkman Dr Austin, TX 78723
Friday, March 21st
Master of Music Degree Recital-Solo
Jessen Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free!
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Wednesday, April 16th
Strings Chamber Music Concert
Jessen Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin
Time: 4:30pm
Cost: Free!
Sunday, April 27th
Julie Lee's Doctoral Recital
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free!
Sunday, June 22nd
Bach, Brahms and Beerthoven
Austin's Sängerrunde Hall, 17th and San Jacinto.
Time: 3pm
Cost: $20
Join me for the opening of Austin's historic Saengerrunde Hall as a new recital venue! Ticket cost includes snacks and refreshments catered by Scholtz Garden Restaurant. For more information and for tickets visit: http://saengerunderecital.brownpapertickets.com/
