The Dean's List
Since 2002, David Allen Wehr has been the Artistic Director of the Music on the Bluff series at Duquesne University, with each season’s programming reflecting an overall theme. For the 2024–2025 edition, he polled his colleagues at the Mary Pappert School of Music—where he currently serves as Dean—for their favorite works to perform and has curated a series of concerts called The Dean’s List from their choices. Programs will feature a wide variety of musical styles and colors from Baroque to Gershwin to tango, with the first appearance of the tuba and classical guitar on the Bluff series. Faculty from the Mary Pappert School of Music will be joined by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony and favorite guest artists Sari Gruber, Barbara Nissman, Clancy Newman, Cynthia Raim, and Randall Scarlata will return.
All concerts will be preceded by a pre-concert discussion beginning 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the concert.
Pre-concert Discussion with Thomas Kikta at 2:30 p.m.Schubert’s sublime String Quintet... Pre-concert Discussion with Dr. James Gourlay at 7:00 p.m.This concert features Duquesne’s... Pre-concert Discussion with Dr. Benjamin Binder at 2:30 p.m.
With their soaring lyricism,... Pre-concert Discussion with Barbara Nissman at 7:00 p.m.
Internationally renowned pianist...Upcoming Bluff Series Events
The Dean's List - Concert I: Strings Attached
The Dean's List - Concert II: Strike Up the Band
The Dean's List - Concert III: The Voice(s)
The Dean's List - Concert IV: Prokofieff Plus
All Music on the Bluff concerts are held in PNC Recital Hall, located on the first floor of the Mary Pappert
School of Music.
Parking is available in the Forbes Avenue Parking Garage. You may also park
in the Locust Street Parking Garage by crossing over on the seventh floor of the Forbes
Avenue Parking Garage (only lease holders may enter at the Locust Garage entrance).
In the event that a higher event rate is enforced during a Bluff Series concert, the
School of Music will provide patrons an Affiliated Rate Ticket, which will reduce
the parking rate to standard weekend/evening rate.
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admission specifics, on-sale dates, and concert details. Artistic Director David Allen Wehr serves as the Dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music, where he
holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair. Noted for his traversal of the
complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle, Wehr has toured in over 30 countries, performing
in such venues as London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Centre (with the London
Symphony), Wigmore Hall (with the Sartory Trio), the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Musikverein
in Vienna, the Kennedy Center in Washington, and Carnegie Hall in New York. Wehr’s
discography includes over 20 albums released by Connoisseur Society, Chandos, Equilibri,
and Gega. For more information, visit davidallenwehr.com. David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata. Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp
Minor, Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Op. 110. Piano Sonata #31 in
A-Flat Major, Op. 110 David Allen Wehr performs Beethoven's "Appassionata." Piano Sonata #23 in F Minor,
Op. 57 "Appassionata" Performed by: Adam Liu, cello David Allen Wehr, piano Professor of Clarinet, Ron Samuels (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) performs Debussy's
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano with David Allen Wehr. Violinists Charles and Rachel Stegeman, along with pianist David Allen Wehr perform
Moriz Moszkowski's "Suite for Two Violins and Piano." Marylène Gingras-Roy and David Allen Wehr perform the Sonata for Viola and Piano in
F Minor by Brahms.
Admission to the Bluff Series
Season passes may be purchased on or before the first concert of each series, or individual
concert admission may be purchased. (Season pass holders are eligible to renew their
same seat each year before admission goes on sale to the general public.)Important Dates for 2024
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Concert Information
David Allen Wehr
Virtual Music on the Bluff
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
Beethoven - Piano Sonata #23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Debussy - Sonata for Cello and Piano
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Moszkowski - Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Brahms - Sonata for Viola and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1
