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Fall 2002     Events Calendar

Updated: 6 December, 2002 All performances in the Filene Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, September 14 7:30 PM
Faculty Recital
Veena Chandra (sitar) performing traditional classical music of Northern India
Saturday, September 28 7:30 PM
Faculty Recital
David Rives (tenor) and guest artists Sharon Stohrer (soprano) and Michael Clement (piano) performing romantic duets and arias from operas by Puccini, Mozart, Dvorak, Verdi, Strauss and others
Sunday, September 29 8 PM
Faculty Recital
Patrice Malatestinic with guests Christine Mortensen and Greg Hayes (piano and harpsichord)
Saturday, October 5 8 PM
Filene Concert Series Artists
Shujaat Khan (sitar) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla)
A program of North Indian classical music by a rising young virtuoso of the sitar
Saturday, October 12 8 PM
Faculty Recital
David Porter (Skidmore College President Emeritus) and Richard Hihn (faculty), with guest percussionists Richard Albagli and Scott Stacey. Works by Schubert, Ives, and Crumb
Friday, October 25 8 PM
21st Annual Filene Scholarship Winners Recital
Karin Anderson (cello), Elizabeth Compitello (flute), Elisabeth Pierce (violin/viola)
Saturday, October 26 8 PM
Sunday, October 27 4 PM
Skidmore College Orchestra & Filene Scholarship Program
20th Anniversary Concerts
Anthony Holland, Conductor
  •   Ives: The Unanswered Question [featuring Filene Scholars: Aaron Neigher ‘05, Matthew Van Etten ‘04, Kimberley Giedd ’05, and Elizabeth Compitello ‘06]
  •   Verdi: La Forza del Destino: Overture
  •   Verdi: Aria: "Pace, Pace Mio Dio," from La Forza
  •   del Destino [featuring Filene Scholars: Tina Czepiel (Soprano -1982 Filene Scholarship Recipient) and Maya Whitner '03]
  •   Vivaldi: Concerto for  Four Violins in B Minor, Opus 3 #10 [featuring Filene Scholars Jayson Greene ‘04 and Elisabeth Pierce ‘06]
  •   Holland: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra; WORLD PREMIERE [featuring Farrell Goehring]
  •   Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
  •   Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3: "Organ" Symphony: Finale
    • $5 general admission; $2 students & senior citizens
    **Location: Bethesda Episcopal Church,Washington Street, Saratoga Springs
    Thursday, October 31 8 PM

    "The Song That Is Irresistible"
    Soprano Lynn Torgrove, pianist Kayo Iwama, and guest reader Lloyd Schwartz performing songs by Copland, Vores and Harbison
    Co-sponsored with the Skidmore English Department
    Saturday, November 9 8 PM
    Opera Workshop
    "A Night at the Opera!" Operatic arias and ensembles performed by Skidmore College voice students, coached by Anne Turner
    Sunday, November 10 3 PM
    Catskill Clarinet Quartet
    (with Skidmore faculty Susan Martula) performing works by Mozart, Uhl, Piazzolla and others
    Saturday, November 16
    8th Annual Flute Choir Festival
    Sponsored by the Filene Concert Series and the Empire State Youth Flute Choir, and featuring a recital and master class by guestartist Tom Robertello
  •   Tom Robertello recital
    		• 1 PM
  •   Master Class
    		• 2:30 PM
    $5 general admission; $2 students & senior citizens (one admission for both the recital and the master class)
  •   Student Ensembles Concert 
    		• 4:30 PM
    Saturday, November 23 2 PM
    Skidmore Chamber Ensembles Recital
    Gene Marie Green, winds coach
    Patrice Malatestinic, brass coach
    Tuesday, December 3 8:15 PM
    Skidmore College Orchestra
    Pops Concert: Leroy Anderson and Friends
    Anthony Holland, Conductor
  •   Leroy Anderson: The Syncopated Clock, Trumpeter's Lullaby, Buglers Holiday, Chicken Reel, Fiddle Faddle, Horse & Buggy
  •   Strauss: Pizzicato-Polka, Thunder and Lightning Polka, Raddetzky March
  •   Sousa: Stars and Stripes!!
    • $5 general admission; $2 students & senior citizens
    Thursday, December 5 7:30 PM
    Skidmore Jazz Vocal Recital
    John Nazarenko, Coach
    Friday, December 6 7:30 PM
    Skidmore Small Jazz Ensembles Recital
    John Nazarenko, Coach
    Chuck D’Aloia, Coach
    Saturday, December 7 4 PM
    Skidmore String Ensembles Recital
    Michael Emery, Coach
    Saturday, December 7 8 PM
    Skidmore College Community Chorus and Skidmore Vocal Chamber Ensemble
    Janet McGhee, Director
    Monday, December 9 8 PM
    Skidmore Jazz Ensemble Recital
    Mark Vinci, Director
    Tuesday, December 10 8 PM
    Skidmore Flute Ensembles Recital
    Jan Vinci, Coach
    Wednesday, December 11 8 PM
    Skidmore Guitar Ensembles Recital
    Joel Brown, Coach
    Saturday, December 14 8 PM
    Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Student and faculty interpretations of this landmark in popular music
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