Department of Music    Skidmore College

Spring 2007    Events Calendar

All events are in Filene Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
 

Thursday, January 25
7:30 PM

Bang On A Can Allstars
with special guest clarinetist Don Byron,

will present an “Informance,” a combination of performance and discussion about the band’s music

free admission


Thursday, February 22
8 PM

Concert by Filene Concert Series artist Wu Man
Internationally renowned virtuoso on the pipa (Chinese lute), Wu Man will perform traditional music for the pipa, as well as contemporary works by Eric Moe, Anthony De Ritis, and Chen Yi.

          $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens

3rd Annual String Festival featuring Sterne Virtuoso Series artists,
Manhattan String Quartet

Saturday, February 24

Coaching sessions
Lunch
MSQ presentation on rehearsal techniques
Rehearsals for MSQ and all ensembles

Concert by Manhattan String Quartet
$5 general admission, $2 students & sr. citizens


9:30 AM
12:30 - 1PM
1:40 - 2:40 PM
3 PM

7:30 PM

 

Sunday, February 25

Master Class with Manhattan String Quartet
free and open to the public


1 - 4 PM


Friday, March 2
8 PM
Senior Flute Recital by Kasha Rybczyk with Patricia Hadfield (piano)
Music by Copland, Bartok, Jolivet, Hindemith, Barber, and Ferrar

Saturday, March 3
8 PM

Skidmore College Orchestra concert
Anthony Holland, Conductor

 Wagner: Prelude to Meistersinger

 Haydn: Oboe Concerto: Mvt I: Concerto Contest Winner: Ryan Klein '08

 Holst: THE PLANETS (Mars, Venus, Jupiter)

 $5 general admission, $2 students & sr. citizens

Thursday, March 22
4 PM
Senior Voice Recital by Ben Stein (baritone) with Patricia Keyes (piano)
Featuring works by Ralph Vaugh Williams, Poulenc, Brahms, and more

Thursday, March 22
8 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series Concert by Peruvian guitarist Jorge Caballero
Program will include music by J.S. Bach and others

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens




Sunday, March 25

Concert by Filene Concert Series artists Conwell Quintet
(woodwind quintet)

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens

 

3 PM



Master Classes with Conwell Quintet

free and open to the public

6:30 - 9:30 PM

 


Thursday, March 29 5:30 PM -
Music and Madness: An exploration of life on the edge --
through music,
readings, and commentary.
Collaborative performances featuring music faculty -- Pola Baytelman, Joel Brown, Michael Emery, Richard Hihn, John Nazarenko, Anne Turner, Jan and Mark Vinci -- and some of the department's
finest student performers.
Music by Poulenc, Gilbert & Sullivan, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, Schoenberg, and Schubert

Sunday, April 1
5PM
UWW student Mark Finkin presents his final project.
"The Greatest Gift; A Jazz Suite in Signs and Riffs" chronicling the life of Jesus Christ through hymns arranged for a jazz piano quartet, and narrated in American Sign Language.

Thursday, April 5
8 PM
Sakhna: Kyrgyz Epic Songs
The members of Sakhna present an evening of traditional music
from the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

Monday, April 9
7 PM

Tang Teaching Museum

Sterne Virtuoso Series guest cellist Hai-Ye Ni will present a public master class,
coaching Skidmore string players and chamber groups


Wednesday, April 11
8 PM

Skidmore College Orchestra Concert
Anthony Holland, Conductor

Featuring Sterne Virtuoso Series guest soloist Hai-Ye Ni,
principal cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra

 Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major: (Finale)
Sibelius: Finlandia
Schumann: Cello Concerto Op. 129, in A minor (mvts. 2 & 3)
Grieg: Peer Gynt : Suite no. 1

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens

 




Friday, April 13
8 PM
Senior Voice Recital by Sarah Mahoney (soprano) with Patricia Hadfield (piano)
Featuring works by Handel, Debussy, Argento, and Schubert

Saturday, April 14 * MOVED TO MAY 5 AT 8PM
4 PM
Senior Piano Recital by Natasha Stefanik CANCELLED

Saturday, April 14 ** NEW TIME **
6 PM
Senior Recital by Evan Samuels featuring original jazz compositions, and works by Joshua Redman for quartet and organ trio

Sunday, April 15
8 PM

Concert by Sterne Virtuoso Series Artists, John Scofield Trio
with Steve Swallow (bass) and Bill Stewart (drums)

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens


Tickets for this concert will not be available to the general public


Thursday, April 19
8 PM
Senior Piano Recital by Toni Licciardello

Friday, April 20
8 PM
Senior Composition Recital of original new works by Evan Iannitti

Saturday, April 21
4 PM
Senior clarinet recital by Jonathan Greene
with Starr Norman (piano) and special guest, Skidmore faculty Susan Martula (clarinet), as well as a special appearance by Filene Artist-In-Residence, André-Michel Schub, performing Bartok's Contrasts, with Mugi Ayurzana, violin. 
Music by Saint-Saëns, Bartok, Ponchielli, Brahms, and Spohr

Sunday, April 21 8 PM
Senior Guitar Recital by David Roush

Sunday, April 22

3PM

Concert by Filene Concert Series artist André-Michel Schub

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens

 


Sunday, April 22
8 PM

Skidmore Guitar Ensemble Recital
Joel Brown, Coach


Monday, April 23
8 PM

Skidmore Jazz Ensemble Recital
Mark Vinci, Director


Tuesday, April 24 8 PM
Skidmore String Ensembles Recital
Michael Emery, Coach

Friday, April 27
7:30 PM

Skidmore Small Jazz Ensembles Recital
John Nazarenko, Chuck D'Aloia, and Mark Vinci, Coaches


Saturday, April 28
1 PM
Senior Composition Recital by Erik Gundel, featuring works for small mixed ensemble and a live
orchestral score to the classic silent film "Un Chien Andalou" by Luis Buñel and Salvador Dali.

Saturday, April 28 5 PM
West African Drum Ensemble Recital
Yacub Addy, Coach

Saturday, April 28 8 PM

Skidmore College Community Chorus and Vocal Chamber Ensemble
Janet McGhee, Conductor

Music of the Baroque with orchestra
Vivaldi: "Gloria"
Handel: Coronatim "Zadok the Priest"
Bach: Cantata No. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens

Monday, April 30 8 PM

Skidmore Flute Ensemble Recital
Jan Vinci, Coach

Saturday, May 5
8 PM
Senior Piano Recital by Natasha Stefanik CANCELED