Steinway Hall, Fort Worth
3717 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth 76107

Czech Piano Music
Sára Medková (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts)    

1. J.S. Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
2. Bedřich Smetana, Vzpomínka (Memory)
3. Leoš Janáček, Po zarostlém chodníčku (On an Overgrown Path)
4. Issac Albeniz, Asturias Leyenda
5. J.S. Bach, Tocatta in E Minor, BWV 914

Reception
Hosted by All Saints' Episcopal School of Fort Worth

Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Harpsichord Masterclass (public)
Barbara Willi (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts), with students of Brad Bennight

Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Festival Welcome
Festival Coordinators Dr. Thomas Sovik and Dr. Justin Lavacek

Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Music of Jan Ladislaw Dussek

1. Duo for Harp and Piano, op. 36 (c. 1797)
Jaymee Haefner, harp; Steven Harlos, fortepiano*

2. Sonata in G, op. 35 #2 (c. 1797)
Steven Harlos, fortepiano

3. "Andantino" from Notturno Concertant, op. 68 (c. 1809)
Lisamarie Vana, violin; William Scharnberg, horn; Steven Harlos, piano

4. Quartet in Eb, op. 56 (c. 1804)
Julia Bushkova, violin; Daphne Gerling, viola; Nikola Ruzevic, cello; Steven Harlos, piano

*Paul McNulty fortepiano, made in the Czech Republic. It is a copy of a Walter fortepiano from 1805.

Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Pre-Concert Lecture: The Piano Concerto in A minor of Jan Nepomuk Hummel (et. al.)
Lance Russell

Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Concert Orchestra
Clay Couturiaux, conductor
Sára Medková, piano (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts)

1. Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Dances in C Major, E minor, and G minor 
2. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Piano Concerto in a minor
3. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D Major 

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Room 324, College of Music
Lecture: The Activation of Creativity in Children through Music Improvisation and Composition
Ivo Medek, Sára Medková, and Vít Zouhar (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts and Palacký University)

Voertman Hall, Room 254, College of Music
Recital: Czech Music for Brass and Winds
UNT student and faculty winds and brass

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Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Lecture: Baroque & Classic Czech Music Referenced in Contemporary Music
Ivo Medek, Sára Medková, and Vít Zouhar (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts and Palacký University)

Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Wind Symphony
Eugene Corporon, conductor 
Jackie Townsend, doctoral conducting associate

1. Jindřich Feld, Divertimento for Wind Ochestra 
2. George Gershwin/arr. Williams, Three Preludes 
3. Roger Briggs, Boogie and Blues 
4. Michael Daugherty, Vulcan 
5. Michael Daugherty, Winter Dreams

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Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music

* Short-Term Travel to Europe

Open to students of any academic major; open to the public (two-week adventure tour)
Music, Food, Wine, Castles, and Culture: Why I Should Travel to the Czech Republic with the College of Music

* Study-Abroad Opportunities for Music Majors - undergraduate and graduate (one semester or full year)

Performance - Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Brno, Czech Republic)
Musicology - Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)
Music Education or Musicology - Palacký University (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

Thomas Sovík, Director of Central European Studies & Exchanges, College of Music
(Dr. Sovík has led 36 COM tours to the Czech Republic)

11:00 AM

Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, Room 1001, College of Music
Lecture Recital: Music Now! Contemporary Czech
Ivo Medek and Sára Medková (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts)

Dean's Conference Room, College of Music

Meeting to Discuss UNT-Czech Music Consortium

UNT Study Abroad
UNT College of Music
Ivo Medek - Rector, Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Brno, Czech Republic)
Mikulas Bek - Rector, Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)
Vít Zouhar - Provost, Palacký University (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Lecture Recital: Chamber & Vocal Music of the American Moravians
Mark McKnight, with music provided by the Quartet Galant and Heide Klein (vocalist)

1. John Antes, Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major                                               

2. John Antes, Loveliest Immanuel                                                        

3. Jeremiah Dencke, Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn                                

4. Johannes Herbst, Ich gehe einher Kraft des Herrn                                 

5. Johann Friedrich Peter, Es ist ein köstlich Ding                                                    

6. Johann Friedrich Peter, Quintet No. 2 in A Major           

Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Recital of Czech Song
UNT voice faculty

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Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Pre-Concert Lecture:  The Concerto in D major for Harpsichord and Strings of Jiří Antonín Benda; An Interview with the Soloists (video)
Justin Lavacek

Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Musica Bohemica
Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Trumpet Ensemble, Sackbut Ensemble and Collegium Singers with Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble
Paul Leenhouts, conductor
Barbara Willi, harpsichord (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts)

1. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Sonata con arie 
UNT Baroque Orchestra; UNT Baroque Trumpet Ensemble 

2. Antonio Bertali, Sonata a 8 in A minor 
Karina Sim, Seowon Lee - baroque violin; Sydney Zummallen, Su Eun Park - baroque cello; UNT Baroque Orchestra; UNT Sackbut Ensemble

3. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber,  Serenada à 5 'Der Nachtwächter' 
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Erlicino 
Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble

4. Adam Václav Michna z Otradovič,  Smutek bláznivých Panen (arr. Paul Leenhouts)
Julianna Emanski – soprano, Barrett Radziun - tenor; UNT Baroque Orchestra; UNT Sackbut Ensemble

5. Jan Josef Ignac Brentner, Concerto IV in G major [US premiere] 
Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble

6. Jan Dismas Zelenka, Regina Coeli a 3, ZWV 134
 UNT Baroque Orchestra

7. Antonín Reichenauer, Concerto in G major [US premiere]
Hao Miao, baroque violin; UNT Baroque Orchestra

8. Jirí Antonín Benda, Concerto I in D major
Barbara Willi - harpsichord; UNT Baroque Orchestra

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Recital Hall, Room 301, College of Music
Academic Conference (see conference page)

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Dean's Conference Room, College of Music
Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, Executive Board Meeting 

Dean's Conference Room, College of Music
Pre-Movie Lecture
Karal Lill, Fidlovačka in Historical Perspective (presented in Czech)

Dean's Conference Room, College of Music
Film screening of Fidlovačka (a comic Czech play from 1834, by Josef Tyl)
"Kde dumov můj," which later became the Czech National Anthem, first appeared in this play as incidental music, written by František Škroup

UNT Gateway 35 Ballroom
Festival Banquet & Keynote Speaker

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Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Pre-Concert Lecture: The Česká mše vánoční of Jakub Jan Ryba
Benjamin Dobbs

Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Symphony Orchestra and University Singers
David Itkin and Greg Hobbs, conductors

1. Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart, Symphony #40 in g minor 
2. Jakub Jan Ryba,  Česká mše vánoční 

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UNT Goolsby Chapel
Catholic Service
The Reverend Kyle Walterscheid, officiant
Pastor, St. John Paul II University Parish and Campus Ministry

UNT Goolsby Chapel
Interfaith Service in memory of departed Texas-Czech Brethren
Music provided by the St. John’s Czech Choir of Ennis, ending with the singing of Texas-Czech Christmas carols