Department of Music   Skidmore College

Spring 2009   Events Calendar
All events are in Filene Recital Hall unless otherwise noted.
 
Friday, February 6

CARNEGIE HALL PREMIERES at Skidmore
FEATURING ENSEMBLE ACJW

Pre-Concert Lecture --------- 7PM
Moderated by Professor Charles M. Joseph

ENSEMBLE ACJW Concert ---------- 8PM

HANS WERNER HENZE: Fragmente aus einer Show

MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE: Piano Trio No. 1

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25


* Free admission

 

Saturday, February 21
Pre-concert lecture - - - 7 PM
Concert - - - 8 PM
SKIDMORE COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
Anthony Holland, Music Director 

Pre-Concert Talk by Professor Thomas Denny: The Puzzle of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony

MOSTLY SCHUBERT!
Schubert: Rosamunde: Overture, D. 644 
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, D 759, B minor (Unfinished)
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61, B --- Featuring Student Concerto Competition Winner
HANNA TONEGAWA, Violin

$5 General admission; $2 students & seniors
Skidmore students free with ID
Saturday, February 28

8 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series

SKIDMORE STRING FESTIVAL CONCERT
HAWTHORNE STRING QUARTET
Ronan Lefkowitz, violin
Si-Jing Huang, violin
Mark Ludwig, viola
Sato Knudsen, cello

Performing quartets by Schubert, Hans Krasa, Charles Ives, and Elliott Carter.

$5 General admission; $2 students & seniors
Monday, March 2
8 PM

Filene Concert Series

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE BAND

Christian McBride, bass
Ron Blake, sax
Geoffrey Keezer, keyboard
Terreon Gully, drums

$5 General admission; $2 students and seniors

 

Thursday, March 19
7:30 PM

Flute Master Class with Filene Concert Series Artist GEORGE POPE
Friday, March 20
8 PM

Filene Concert Series

GEORGE POPE, Flute

ERIC CHARNOFSKY, Piano

Music by André Caplet, Beethoven, Dan Welcher and Luigi Cortese, among others.

$5 General admission; $2 students and seniors

 
Saturday, March 21 ** New Time**
7 PM

Shared Junior Recital

MEGHAN GARVEY, Violin and MARGARET ASHUR, Cello
Friday, March 27

7:30 PM

Sophomore Violin Recital

HANNAH TONEGAWA
Saturday, March 28
3 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series

CELEBRATING ISAAC ALBENIZ

POLA BAYTELMAN, Piano

A program of compositions and transcriptions of the music of composer Isaac Albéniz,
100 years after his death, and featuring Skidmore faculty and student musicians.

Introduction & Commentary by Albéniz Biographer,

PROFESSOR WALTER A. CLARK

 

*Free admission
Thursday, April 2

8 PM

Filene Concert Series

VADYA SUNADHA SANGAM

All-women instrumental ensemble performing classical
music of South India
Friday, April 3
7:30 PM
9:30 PM

McCormack Visiting Artist-Scholar

TERENCE BLANCHARD

With TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET

Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and composer, with his all-star quintet.

* Free admission
Saturday, April 4
9 AM - 4 PM
FILENE FOUNDATION ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
for HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
Sunday, April 5
3 PM

Shared Senior Composition Recital

LUCAS BRODE and MIKE COMITE
Friday, April 10
8 PM

Senior Jazz Recital

 MAX WEINBROWN, guitar

Saturday, April 11

1 PM

Voice Recital

SARAH WHALEN '09, soprano
LOK NG, piano

Saturday, April 11

4 PM

Senior Voice Recital

VIRGINIA PRENOT, mezzo-soprano
PATRICIA HADFIELD, piano
Friday, April 17
8 PM

Senior Piano Recital

JONATHAN DRUCKER

 
Saturday, April 18
2 PM



SKIDMORE BRASS & WOODWIND CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Gene Marie Green, Woodwind Coach; Patrice Malatestinic, Brass Coach

 

Saturday, April 18                                                                      
  7:30 PM

Senior Jazz Recital

STEVEN JOSEPH , saxophone
Sunday, April 19
3 PM

SKIDMORE COLLEGE COMMUNITY CHORUS AND
VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Janet McGhee, Director

HAYDN: LORD NELSON MASS

$5 general admission; $2 students and seniors; Skidmore students free with ID

 

Sunday, April 19
7:30 PM

SKIDMORE FLUTE ENSEMBLE

Jan Vinci, Coach
Wednesday, April 22 ** TIME CHANGE **

8 PM

SKIDMORE STRING CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Coaches: Michael Emery and Josh Rodriguez
Friday, April 24
7:30 PM

SKIDMORE SMALL JAZZ ENSEMBLES

Coaches: John Nazarenko, Mark Vinci, and George Muscatello

Saturday, April 25
4:30 PM

SKIDMORE WEST AFRICAN DRUM ENSEMBLE **CANCELLED **

Yacub Addy, Coach
Saturday, April 25
8:15 PM

SKIDMORE COLLEGE ORCHESTRA

Anthony Holland, Music Director

Featuring Sterne Virtuoso Series Guest Artists

HAWTHORNE QUARTET 

Beethoven: Namensfeier Oveture, Op. 115 
David Post: Fantasia On A Virtual Choral 
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for solo quartet and string orchestra 
Brahms: Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn

                  $5 general admission; $2 students and seniors; Skidmore students free with ID
 Sunday, April 26
8 PM

SKIDMORE GUITAR ENSEMBLES
Joel Brown, Coach

 

 
Monday, April 27
8 PM

SKIDMORE JAZZ ENSEMBLE
(The Big Band)
Mark Vinci, Director