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Professor Dan Yoder, center, conducts the Centre Dimensions jazz ensemble, which opened the School of Music's 2009 Mosaic concert in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6. The group's number, "Back in the Swing of Things," was composed by Yoder, and was the first of nearly 20 performances presented.
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The Concert Choir, directed by Lynn Drafall, left, performs from the balcony of Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6, during the School of Music's Mosaic concert. Mosaic, in its third year, featured nearly 20 performances by students in the school, and had the unique element of surprise as each group began its performance just as the previous one ended, and from a different location in the hall.
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Graduate student Eric Hahn conducts a wind octet on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium during the School of Music's Mosaic concert on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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Illuminated by black light, the mallets and marimba of percussion performance students Brian Durocher, Jacob Gall and Craig Sayer are seen here during the trio's performance as part of the School of Music Mosaic concert in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6. The three had been featured in the previous year's concert as part of a quartet that performed a percussion piece utilizing the ignition of cigarette lighters.
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Geraldo Edelstein conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra on stadge in Eisenhower Auditorium during the Mosaic concert put on by the School of Music on Sunday, Dec. 6. The event featured nearly 20 performances by groups spanning the school's musical offerings, with added entertainment interest via pieces performed by groups of musicians scattered about the hall, which would begin their number immediately following the preceding performance. The carefully-choreographed event was performed in two parts, each nearly an hour in length.
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Glee Club members sing out from the balcony under the direction of Christopher Kiver. The ensemble was one of nearly 20 to participate in the School of Music Mosaic concert in Eisenhower Auditorium. Presenting a work based on Islamic text, the performance followed the conclusion of the Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the first half of the concert on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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School of Music performance students Adrienne Knaue, left, and Daniel Turkos, right, perform a harp and double bass duet during the Mosaic concert organized by the School of Music in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6. The pair was one of several such small groups to complement larger ensembles.
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Members of the Clarinet Choir are spotlit while they perform from an arm of Eisenhower Auditorium's Grande TIer under the direction of clarinet professor Anthony Costa. The performance was one of nearly 20 to take place in rapid succession during the School of Music's Mosaic concert on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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Heloise Clifford performs a piano solo on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec 6, near the end of the first half of the Mosaic concert organized by the School of Music. Her number was one of two solos during the event, which featured nearly 20 performances by more than 300 students from groups within the School of Music.
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Opera Theatre performers Teal Ruland, Adrienne Price and Emily A. Wertz depict a scene from the opera Hansel und Gretel, while accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra. The piece closed the first half of the Mosaic concert of Sunday, Dec. 6, a project put on by the School of Music. Nearly 20 musical numbers were presented in rapid succession, featuring the many aspects of the school's talented students.
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Sunday, Dec. 6, saw the third annual Mosaic concert, a large-scale performance organized by the School of Music. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, seen here on stage under the direction of Professor Dennis Glocke, opened the second half of the concert. More than 300 students were featured in the event, which presented 20 musical selections that were put on in rapid succession, with different groups performing from many locations within Eisenhower Auditorium.
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A trio consisting of Di Lu on viola, Alan Lui Lai on piano and mezzo-soprano Adrienne Price performs on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6, as part of the Mosaic concert put on by the School of Music. The two-part event featured some 300 musicians from groups within the school.
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Members of the School of Music trumpet studio perform from within the seats toward the front of Eisenhower Auditorium during a piece for trumpets and trombones conducted by Professor Dennis Glocke, not pictured. The trombone section performed from the back of the hall. The number was one of 20 performed on Sunday, Dec. 6, during the Mosaic concert, organized by the School of Music.
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A string quartet performs on stage in Eisenhower Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 6, one of 20 performances by School of Music groups and soloists that made up the Mosaic concert, an annual event to showcase the scope of talent within the groups of the School. From left to right are Steffany Stock, violin; David Chavez, violin; Marcos Vives, cello; and Renata Riberio, viola.
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Trumpet performance student David Smith, right, performs on flugelhorn with bassist Daniel Turkos, left, and pianist Alex Sell, center, during the School of Music Mosaic concert, held on Sunday, Dec. 6 in Eisenhower Auditorium. The event featured 20 performances by some 300 students of the school, with the added element of surprise as groups performed from varying locations throughout the hall, beginning the next number just as the previous selection finished.
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Flute soloist Laura Claper performs from the Grande Tier toward the end of the 2009 Mosaic concert, held Sunday, Dec. 6. Organized by the School of Music, the event featured nearly 20 groups made up of more than 300 students of many music disciplines from across and outside of the School of Music.
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A brass quintet, one of several small groups to perform during the School of Music's Mosaic concert, plays its selection from the stage of Eisenhower Auditorium during the concert on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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Soprano soloist Melissa Black performs under spotlight to start the finale selection of the 2009 Mosaic concert, organized by the School of Music. The finale, which mixed the Symphonic Wind Ensemble with the combined choral power of the Concert Choir, Glee Club, Oriana Singers and Chamber Singers.
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More than 250 musicians fill the stage of Eisenhower Auditorium during the finale of the 2009 Mosaic concert, a large-scale musical performance put on by the School of Music on Sunday, Dec. 6. The group seen here includes the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Singers, Oriana Singers, Concert Choir and Glee Club.
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Many of the performers and School of Music staff fill the stage of Eisenhower Auditorium at the close of the 2009 Mosaic concert on Sunday, Dec. 6. On stage are School of Music faculty and staff, as well as the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Glee Club, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Oriana Singers, and featured soloist Melissa Black.
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