Department of Music    Skidmore College

Fall 2007    Events Calendar

All events are in Filene Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
 

Thursday, September 20
8 PM

Filene Concert Series ~ Mu Daiko
Japanese Taiko drumming ensemble of Mu Performing Arts.
Members of the Minneapolis-based Asian-American Performing Arts Company
will perform traditional compositions and new original works.

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens


Thursday, September 27
8 PM
David Porter, pianist, and Skidmore President Emeritus presents
"The Well-Tampered Clavier: Play--Musical and Otherwise"
with special guest, Skidmore faculty Sheldon Solomon

Friday, October 5
Pre-Concert Talk -- 7PM
Concert -- 8 PM

Carnegie Hall Premieres at Skidmore College
Featuring Ensemble ACJW
ACJW is comprised of 14 of the brightest, most promising young musicians in the country, all participants in The Academy -- a program of Carnegie Hall,
The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute

Sheng: Sweet May Again,
and Four Movements for Piano Trio
Bruce: Piosenki
Bartok: Contrasts
Poulenc: Sextet


Saturday, October 6
7:30 PM

Faculty Sitar Recital by Veena Chandra,
with guest artist Anuradha Pal (tabla)
Performing traditional classical music of North India


Sunday, October 7
3 PM
Faculty Recital by Joel Brown (guitar) with guest artist Kristen Bacciochi (flute)

October 11 - 12
Filene Concert Series ~ Pianist Marc-André Hamelin

Thursday, October 11
Q & A session

Friday, October 12
Works by Haydn, Gershwin, Chopin, Alexis Weissberg,
and two of Mr. Hamelin's own compositions

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens


8 PM

8 PM

 

Saturday, October 13 *Time Change*
3:15 PM

“A Celebration of Music”
Music Department Showcase featuring performances by faculty and students


Monday, October 15
8 PM

Filene Concert Series ~ Marni Nixon

Singer, actress, recording artist,
and the voice behind those other, more famous actresses,
such as Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I,
and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.

Miss Nixon will present “An evening of reminiscences and observations on the world of singing,”
with commentary by Skidmore faculty Anne Z. Turner

 *Gannett Auditorium, Bolton/Palamountain Hall

 


Saturday, October 20
8 PM

Skidmore College Orchestra
Anthony Holland, Conductor

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Glière:  Russian Sailor Dance from “The Red Poppy”
Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 2 Op. 17

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens


Thursday, October 25 *Time Change*
8:15 PM

Filene Scholarship Winners Concert

Join us in welcoming the latest class of Filene Scholars,
in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Helen Filene Ladd’s legacy
to Skidmore College and the Music Department.

Jenna Cameron (flute) ~ Julia Grigel (percussion) ~ Brian Tessler (clarinet) ~ Hanna Tonegawa (violin)


Wednesday, October 31
4:30 PM

Filene Concert Series ~ Mark Eden Horowitz

Author, and music specialist with the Library of Congress, Mr. Horowitz will present
"The Music Division of The Library of Congress and its Musical Theater Collections,
or, How We Got the Papers of the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hammerstein,
Bernstein, and Dozens of Others"


Thursday, November 1
8 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series ~ Jie-Bing Chen
with Yangqin Zhao
An evening of classical music for Chinese Er-hu (2-string violin),
accompanied by Chinese Yangquin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)

Co-sponsored by the Inter-cultural Global Understanding Task Force

 $5 general admission, $2 students and senior citizens

Sunday, November 4
8 PM

Filene Concert Series ~ Reuben Rogers Group

Bassist Reuben Rogers returns to Skidmore leading his own “killer”band.
The quartet includes noted sax player Ron Blake of the Saturday Night Live Band,
pianist Danny Grissette, and Kendrick Scott on drums.

 $5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens


November 8-10
Skidmore College Flute Festival
Filene Concert Series ~ Flutist Gary Schocker
Thursday, November 8
8 PM
Lecture: "Relaxation in Performance"
by Gary Schocker
Friday, November 9
8 PM

Concert: Gary Schocker with Hugh Sung (piano)
and special guest, Skidmore faculty Jan Vinci (flute)

            $5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens
Saturday, November 10
9:30-11:30 AM
Gary Schocker Master Class

Saturday, November 17
3 PM

Chamber Ensembles Recital
Gene Marie Green, Woodwind Coach ~ Patrice Malatestinic, Brass Coach


Saturday, November 17 CANCELED
8 PM

Opera Workshop presents a medley of scenes from standard operatic repertoire
Anne Z. Turner, Coach
CANCELED


Friday, November 30
8 PM
Senior Flute Recital by Erin Brody, with Patricia Hadfield, piano
Music by Reinecke, Reussel, Doppler, Schwantner, and Schoenfield

Sunday, December 2
3 PM
Guitar Ensemble Recital
Joel Brown, Coach

Monday, December 3
8 PM
Skidmore Jazz Ensemble Recital
Mark Vinci, Director

Friday, December 7
8 PM

Skidmore College Orchestra Concert
Anthony Holland, Conductor

Featuring
Sterne Virtuoso Series ~
Michelle Kim
Violin Soloist

& Assistant Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic

Verdi: La Forza del Destino: Overture
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83           
Dvorák: Scherzo Capriccioso
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin, Op. 35, D major

 $5 general admission, $2 students & senior citizens

 

Saturday, December 8
2PM - 4 PM
String Master Class with Michelle Kim

Saturday, December 8
7:30 PM
Small Jazz Ensembles Recital
Coaches: John Nazarenko, Mark Vinci, and George Muscatello

Sunday, December 9
3 PM
Skidmore College Community Chorus and the Vocal Chamber Ensemble
Janet McGhee, Director

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens

Monday, December 10
8 PM
Flute Ensemble Recital
Jan Vinci, Coach

Tuesday, December 11
8 PM
String Ensembles Recital
Michael Emery, Coach

Saturday, December 15
8 PM

Beatlemore Skidmania
Seventh Annual celebration of the artistry and music of the Beatles

Beatlemore Skidmania Program