Pre-concert lecture with William Bolcom, Joel Puckett, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby. Michael Haithcock, conductor, McIver String Quartet, Michael Wayne, clarinet. For this homecoming celebration, old friends honor UM’s history of great music-making and great teaching as treasured alumni return to perform and pay tribute to their teachers while sharing their experiences with current students. PROGRAM: Milhaud – La création du monde, op. 81a; Puckett – Short Stories, featuring the McIver String Quartet (in residence at UNC-Greensboro); Bernstein – “Profanation” from Symphony no. 1, “Jeremiah”; Weber – Concertino for Clarinet, op. 26 featuring Michael Wayne (Boston Symphony Orchestra), clarinet; Bolcom – First Symphony for Band.