Department of Music    Skidmore College

Spring 2008   Events Calendar
All events are in Filene Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
 
Sunday, January 27
3 PM

Faculty Horn Recital

Patrice Malatestinic performs “Mostly Britten.”
Featuring the Serenade for Tenor Horn and Piano, with Garrett Taylor (tenor horn) and Kevin Finn (piano).

4th Annual String Festival
featuring Manhattan String Quartet

Sterne Virtuoso Series

∙ Friday, February 1 -------- 7:30 PM
MSQ Open Rehearsal

∙ Saturday, February 2 ------- 7:30 PM
Manhattan String Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major
Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor
$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors

∙ Sunday, February 3 -------- 1:30 PM
Performance Class with student ensembles and MSQ

Friday, Februay 8

7 PM

Shared Sophomore Recital by Madeline Warner (oboe) and Audrey Wronski (bassoon)
with Patricia Hadfield (piano)
Works by Vaughn Williams, Poulenc, Weber, and Brod

 

Friday, February 15

Carnegie Hall Premieres at Skidmore College
The Academy —A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and
The Weill Music Institute — returns Ensemble ACJW to Skidmore College.
Commissions by composers Angel Lam and Christopher Adler
will have their upstate New York premiere
at this concert.

Pre-Concert Talk ------7 PM
Skidmore Faculty Charles Joseph

Ensemble ACJW------ 8 PM

Debussy: Estampes
Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain
McPhee: Balinese Ceremonial Music
Adler: Music for a Royal Place
Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor

Free Admission

Friday, February 29
7 PM

Senior Oboe Recital by Ryan Klein
with Patricia Hadfield, piano
Works by Mozart, Schumann, Hindemith and more

 
Saturday, March 1
8 PM
Skidmore College Orchestra
Anthony Holland, Conductor
•Beethoven: King Stephen Overture, Op. 117
•Mozart: Piano Concerto in C Major, No. 21 K. 467: Allegro Maestoso
with Concerto Competition winner, Irene Gilb '08
•Barber: Adagio for Strings
•Creston: Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra
(Movement II & III)
$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors

March 14-16 Northeast Horn Conference
Sponsored by Skidmore College Music Department

All concerts are open to the public
Admission is $15 -- To order tickets, please call 587-9365

 

∙ Friday, March 14 ------- 7:30 PM
Regional Artist Concert, featuring music of living composers

∙ Saturday, March 15 -------- 5 PM 
'Inside Out'
Eli Epstein (horn), Joel Pitchon (violin), Greg Hayes, piano Brahms’ Trio in Eb, Op. 40

∙ Saturday, March 15 -------- 8:15 PM
Peter Kurau, horn and Kevin Finn piano

∙ Sunday, March 16 -------- 3 PM
Final Concert

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CHRIS POTTER’S UNDERGROUND

Filene Concert Series

Saxophonist Chris Potter
with Wayne Krantz (guitar), Craig Taborn (keyboard), and Nate Smith (drums)

∙ Wednesday, March 19 ------- TBA
Master Class with CPU

∙ Thursday, March 20 -------- 7:30 PM
Chris Potter's Underground
$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on March 3

 
Friday, March 21
8 PM

RAJEEV TARANATH, sarod
with Abhiman Kaushal, tabla

Sterne Virtuoso Series

One of the most distinguished players of the sarod (Indian lute) in both the eastern and western worlds,
Rajeev Taranath adds his own unique melodies and rhythms to Hindustani classical music

$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors
Saturday, March 22
8 PM

Senior Mandolin Recital by Jeffrey Chu
Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Hummel, Beethoven,
Paganini, Calace, and Andy Statman

Thursday, March 27
8 PM

MARK DELPRIORA, classical guitar

Filene Concert Series

Delpriora is co-chair of the guitar department at Manhattan School of Music and
a member of the guitar faculty at the Juilliard School

$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors

Friday, March 28 CANCELLED
6 PM
Filene Scholars Recital
Friday, March 28
8 PM
Senior Conducting Performance/Lecture by Sarah O'Sullivan
Miss O'Sullivan will conduct a small chorus in a program of songs by four women composers.
Sunday, March 30
3 PM

David Porter, pianist and Skidmore President Emeritus,
performs Charles Ives’ monumental Concord Sonata.
Mr. Porter will preface the performance with brief comments on the piece.
Thursday, April 3 Moved to April 19
8 PM

Senior Violin Recital by Jeffrey Gaum
with Patricia Hadfield, piano
Fiddle music and classical works by Barber, Tartini, Copland, and Paganini

Saturday, April 5
4 PM

Senior Composition Recital by Nat Osborn
The program features a string quartet and original scores
dealing with the crossing and blurring of musical boundaries.

Saturday, April 5
8 PM

Senior Piano Recital by Irene Gilb
Solo piano works by Bach, Mozart, Schoenberg, and Mussorgsky

Sunday, April 6 *Please Note Time Change From Earlier Posting*
8 PM

Brad Mehldau Trio

Filene Concert Series

Mehldau performs with his long-time sidemen, bassist Larry Grenadier
and drummer Jeff Ballard

$5 general admission; $2 students & seniors

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on March 17

 
Friday, April 11
4 PM
Senior Composition Recital of Works by Alex Wersen
Featuring original compositions that will cross musical borders and unite musical genres. 
Friday, April 11
8 PM

Senior Voice Recital by David Baker, tenor
with Lok Ng, piano
Works by Barber, Brahms, Britten, and an original composition by David Baker



Saturday, April 12
8 PM

DOGS OF DESIRE
David Alan Miller, Music Director

“Embracing the World”

Albany Symphony Orchestra’s edgy, amplified, new-music ensemble, Dogs of Desire, will premiere works by seven young Americans exploring non-western folk cultures.

Free Admission

Sunday, April 13
3:30 PM
Faculty Recital by Randall Bauer (piano),
Bauer will perform original classical and jazz compositions, with Jan Vinci, (flute),
and special guests Florent Renard-Payen (cello) and veteran jazz saxophonist Andrew Rathbun.
Sunday, April 13
7:30 PM
Flute Ensemble Recital
Jan Vinci, Coach
Thursday, April 17
8 PM
String Ensembles Recital
Michael Emery, Coach
Friday, April 18
7:30 PM
Small Jazz Ensembles Recital
Coaches: John Nazarenko, Mark Vinci, and George Muscatello
Saturday, April 19
2 PM

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

Saturday, April 19
8 PM
Senior Violin Recital by Jeffrey Gaum
with Patricia Hadfield, piano
Fiddle music and classical works by Barber, Tartini, Copland, and Paganini
Saturday, April 19 MOVED TO SUNDAY APRIL 27 @ 6PM
8 PM

Senior Viola Recital by Alyssa DeStefano
with Charles Joseph (piano) and Irene Gilb (piano)
Works by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Walton


Sunday, April 20
2 PM

Piano Recital by Ilona Mikhailiv
Works by Bach, Schubert, Beethoven and Shostakovich
Sunday, April 20
7 PM
Recital by Student String Soloists
Thursday, April 24
8:15 PM

Skidmore College Orchestra Concert
Anthony Holland, Conductor

Sterne Virtuoso Series
MICHELLE KIM, Violin Soloist &
 Assistant Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic
•Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
•Mendelsohn: Concerto for Violin, Op. 64, E minor

 $5 general admission; $2 students & senior citizens

 
Friday, April 25
8 PM
Sitar Recital by Michael Handis and Beau Levering
with Bhanu Chandra, tabla
Saturday, April 26
4 PM
Sophomore Piano Recital by Zoe Coppola
Works by Schumann, Prokofiev and Beethoven
Saturday, April 26
8 PM
Skidmore College Community Chorus and Vocal Chamber Ensemble
Janet McGhee, Director
•Dvorák: Mass in D Major; Bruckner: Motets
•Ives: Psalm 67

$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens
Sunday, April 27
6 PM
Senior Viola Recital by Alyssa DeStefano
with Charles Joseph (piano) and Irene Gilb (piano)
Works by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Walton
Sunday, April 27
8 PM
Guitar Ensemble Recital
Joel Brown, Coach
Monday, April 28
8 PM
Skidmore Jazz Ensemble Recital
Mark Vinci, Director