Take advantage of the more than 300 concerts offered each year by the School of Music. A full listing of all concerts and events is available at https://www.ithaca.edu/music/events/Take advantage of the more than 300 concerts offered each year by the School of Music. A full listing of all concerts and events is available at https://www.ithaca.edu/music/events/
Music of Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Melinda Wagner, the Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
Monday, October 10 at 7:00pm, Hockett Family Recital Hall
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Wagner: Little Moonhead (inspired by the fourth Brandenburg)
Wendy Mehne, flute
Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffery Meyer
This Concert is Free and Open to the Public
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Symphony Syracuse with Violinist Elmar Oliviera
Monday, October 10 at 8:15pm, Ford Hall
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Stewart Robertson, conductor
Tickets required: general $20, seniors $18, students $11
Tickets available in advance at Ticket Center Ithaca (607) 273-4497, or at ithacaevents.com (booking fees apply)
Tickets also available at the door, cash only.
More information online at http://www.symphonysyracuse.org/index.php/events1/
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Eighth Blackbird
The Shirley and Chas Hockett Chamber Music Series
Concert: Tuesday, October 11 at 8:15pm, Ford Hall
Workshop: Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00am, Ford Hall
"Fractured Jams"
Fabian Svensson: Two Sides (2007)
Bruno Mantovani: Chamber Concerto No. 2 (2010)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Dan Visconti: Fractured Jams (2006)
Timo Andres: Crashing Through Fences (2009)
Stephen Hartke: Meanwhile: Incidental music to imaginary puppet plays (2007)
“eighth blackbird play like musicians possessed; excited by the new, determined that their CD audiences will be too, they take wing, soaring on an upthrust of precision-tooled virtuosity.” -BBC Music
More Information Online at https://www.ithaca.edu/hockett/
These events are free and open to the public.
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Guest Recital: Coast Guard Saxophone Quartet
Wednesday, October 12 at 7:00pm, Hockett Family Recital Hall
This concert is free and open to the public.
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Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, October 13 at 8:15pm, Ford Hall
Mike Titlebaum, director
Streamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
This concert is free and open to the public.
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Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra
Friday, October 14 at 8:15pm, Ford Hall
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Scott Tucker, baritone chansonnier
Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
Wendy Herbener Mehne, flute
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Wagner: Little Moonhead (2009)
Gruber: Frankenstein!! A Pan-Demonium for Chansonneir & Ensemble
This concert is free and open to the public
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Faculty Recital: Richard Faria, clarinet
Saturday, October 15 at 4:00pm, Hockett Family Recital Hall
Emily Goldman, piano
Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
Jeffery Meyer, piano
Penderecki: 3 miniature (1959)
Brahms: Sonata in E flat, op. 120, no. 2
Denisov: Sonate (1972)
Goldstein: Arrested Lightening: Ten Klee Impressions (2011)
This concert is free and open to the public
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Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, October 16 at 4:00pm, Ford Hall
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Alex Shuhan, horn
Fuhong SHI: Concentric Circles (2009)
Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
This concert is free and open to the public
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African Drumming and Dance
Monday, October 17 at 7:00pm, Ford Hall
Baruch Whitehead, director
This concert is free and open to the public
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Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble
Monday, October 17 at 8:15pm, Hockett Family Recital Hall
Jorge Grossman and Jeffrey Meyer, directors
Music of Melinda Wagner, Kay Rhie, and Pierre Boulez
This concert is free and open to the public
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Ithaca College Wind Ensemble
Tuesday, October 18 at 8:15pm, Ford Hall
Stephen Peterson, conductor
Owens: Intermix
Mozart: chamber work TBA
Husa: Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Nathan: Evening Glow
This concert is free and open to the public
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