Department of Music Skidmore College

Spring 1999 Events Schedule
All Events in Filene Recital Hall Unless Otherwise Noted

Monday, February 1
8:30 PM

Sterne Virtuoso Series

FLORIAN KITT, cello, with pianist RITA MEDJIMOREC
The program will include several pieces written for Mr. Kitt as well as Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano, and Brahms' Sonata in F Major, Op.99.
$5 general admission $2 students and senior citizens

Sunday, February 21
3 PM

Junior Recital

ALTA BOOVER, mezzo-soprano
JUDITH AVITABILE, piano
The program will include music by Schubert, Berg, Debussy, and Barber

Friday, February 26
8 PM

Saturday, February 27
8 PM

Special Event

YACUB ADDY and guest artists from Ghana premiere
"Chimo" a collection of traditionally-grounded musical compositions and choreographies
featuring Odadaa! and Talib Kibwe, jazz saxophone and flute player.
Sponsored by Meet the Composer, the President's Office, Ujima, Dance Program,
and the Department of Music
$8 general admission, $6 students and senior citizens
|Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater

Sunday, February 28
3 PM

Ensemble Concert

SKIDMORE ORCHESTRA
featuring student concerto competition winners
Samantha Day, soprano, and Robert Ingenito, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Donizetti: "So anch'io la virtu magica" from Don Pasquale
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Anthony Holland, Conductor
$5 general admission, $2 students and senior citizens

Sunday, February 28
7 PM

Guest Concert

A Jazz Concert by the LEE SHAW TRIO

Friday, March 5

LA LUNA
Baroque music of 17th century England
Pre-Concert Lecture: 7:30 PM
Concert: 8 PM
$5 general admission; $2 students and senior citizens

Saturday, March 6
11 AM

Master Class with La Luna

Sunday, March 7
3 PM

Senior Recital by UWW student

LUCY ALLEN TENENBAUM, soprano
with Judith Avitabile, piano.
Songs by Robert Schumann, Barber, and a cycle of Yeats poetry by pianist Ron Levy

Sunday, March 7
8 PM

FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RECITAL

TBA

Thursday, March 11
8 PM

Filene Artists-In-Residence

Classical Guitar and Flute Concert
WENDY MEHNE, flute and PABLO COHEN, guitar
Works by Piazzola, Guastivino, and Gnattali

Friday, March 12
10 AM

 
Guitar Master Class

12 PM

Flute Master Class

Saturday, March 27
8 PM

Senior Honors Recital

SAMANTHA DAY, soprano
JUDITH AVITABILE, piano
Music of Bellini, Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti, Duke, and Strauss

Sunday, March 28
3 PM

Senior Recital

GARY CHE-YU WANG
JUDITH AVITABILE, piano
Music of Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Fauré, Ives, Vaughn Williams, and others

Sunday, March 28
8 PM

Filene Artists-In-Residence

Classical Guitar Concert
ZORAN DUKIC of Croatia, on his debut tour of the United States

Monday, March 29
9 AM

 
Guitar Master Class

Friday, April 2
8 PM

Senior Recital

BEN RITTER, percussion

Saturday, April 3
7 PM

Senior Honors Recital

SKYELAR MACLEOD, saxophone, clarinet and flute.

Wednesday, April 7
8 PM

Guest Concert

New Date

ABHIK SARKAR sarod

Saturday, April 10
3 PM

Senior Honors Recital

SUSANNA MOORE, piano
Works by Haydn, Henry Cowell, and Robert and Clara Schumann

Saturday, April 10
5 PM

Joint Senior Filene Scholars Recital

JOANNA LIPSTADT, cello; LINDSEY CARROLL, flute; EVE COHEN, viola

Sunday, April 11
3 PM

Senior Honors Recital

NOAH THOMAS, piano
The program will include works by Beethoven, Bach, Crumb, and Gershwin.

Friday, April 16
8 PM

"Twentieth Century Perspectives: Music for Voice and Instruments"
featuring soprano Anne Turner, Pola Baytelman, Gene Marie Green, Joel Brown, Elizabeth Huntley, Richard Hihn, Mark Foster, Anthony Holland
and guest performers Annie Anzalone, Scott Stacey, and Richard Albagli.
The program will include George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children and Alban Berg's Seven Early Songs.
Mr. Crumb (Pulitzer prize-winning composer) will speak briefly about his music.

Sunday, April 18
3 PM

Ensembles Concert

FLUTE ENSEMBLES RECITAL
Rachel Bergman, Coach

Sunday, April 18
7:30 PM

Faculty Flute Recital

Rachel Bergman, flute
with Patte Hadfield, piano

Thursday, April 22
8 PM

Senior Recital

PETER SWANSON, double-bass

Friday, April 23
8 PM

SKIDMORE SMALL JAZZ ENSEMBLES
Chris Brubeck, Director

Saturday, April 24
2 PM

Ensembles Concert

SKIDMORE CHAMBER ENSEMBLES RECITAL
Gene Marie Green, Winds Coach
Patrice Malatestinic, Brass Coach

Saturday, April 24
8 PM

Senior Recital

JAMES O'MAHONY, jazz guitar

Sunday, April 25
3 PM

Ensembles Concert

SKIDMORE VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE RECITAL
David Griggs-Janower, Conductor

Sunday, April 25
8 PM

SKIDMORE ORCHESTRA
with Guest Conductor DWIGHT OLTMAN
$5 general admission, $2 students and senior citizens

Wednesday, April 28
8 PM

Ensembles Concert

SKIDMORE JAZZ ENSEMBLE RECITAL
Mark Vinci, Director

Friday, April 30
8 PM

MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN, piano
$5 general admission, $2 students and senior citizens

Saturday, May 1
3 PM

Joint Recital

REBECCA RIPPS '99, mezzo-soprano
CHRISTOPHER SIDOLI '01, tenor
JUDITH AVITABILE, piano
Music by Schumann, Mozart, Obradors, Brahms, Barber, and Tosti

Saturday, May 1
8 PM

Senior Flute Recital

MARY KATHRYN SCHEURING
PATRICIA HADFIELD, Piano
Music by Bach, Hue, Varèse, Barber and others

Sunday, May 2
1 PM

Ensemble Concert

STRING ENSEMBLES RECITAL
Michael Emery, Coach

Sunday, May 2
4 PM

Joint Recital

ANTONIA BRUNO '01, soprano and
ALYSSA MARTURANO '00, soprano
JUDITH AVITABILE, piano
Performing music by Schubert, Bellini, Gershwin, Brahms, Granados, & Bernstein

Monday, May 3
8 PM

Ensemble Concert

SKIDMORE CHORUS and the UNIVERSITY at ALBANY CHORALE
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Soloists: GENE CALLAHAN (soprano), DAVID RIVES (tenor) and KEITH KIBLER (bass)
David Griggs-Janower, Conductor
Patricia Hadfield and Gordon Hibberd, Pianists
Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater

Tuesday, May 4
8 PM

Ensemble Concert

SKIDMORE GUITAR ENSEMBLE RECITAL
Joel Brown, Coach

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