Take advantage of the more than 350 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/
Many April concerts are being web streamed. Web streamed performances are available live and on demand at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
Saturday, April 21
4 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Yusheng Li and the New Continent Saxophone Quartet
Singelee: Grand Quatour Concertante
Tchaikovski: Andante de Quatour
Barab: Quartet
Yang Xiaozhong: Floating Backdrop (2009)
Guo Yuan: Create the Eyes of Sunbird (world premiere)
Li Huanzhi: Overture of Chinese Spring Festival
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Chamber Orchestra
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
Sunday, April 22
3 p.m.
Ford Hall
Chorus
Troy Robertson, conductor
G.B. Martini: Domine ad adjuvandum me
Felix Mendelssohn: Heilig
Felix Mendelssohn: He Watching Over Israel
Norman Dello Joio: Song of the Open Road
John Tavener: Funeral Ikos
Mack Wilberg: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Jeffrey Ames: Tshosholoza
David Childs: Where Your Bare Foot Walks
Robert Ray: He Never Failed Me Yet
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Percussion Ensemble
Gordon Stout, director
Monday, April 23
7 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Woodwind Chamber Ensembles
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Jazz Lab Band
Greg Evans, director
Tuesday, April 24
7 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Faculty Chamber Recital: Ivy Walz, mezzo-soprano; Brad Hougham, baritone, Jean Clay Radice, organ
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas 82 and 199
George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto Op.7 No.6
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Percussion Ensemble
Conrad Alexander, director
Wednesday, April 25
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Concert Band
Mark Fonder, conductor
"Impressionistic Images"
Takuma Itoh: Daydreams
Libby Larsen: Introduction to the Moon
Charles Ives: Finale to Symphony No. 2
H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
9 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Piano Ensembles
Thursday, April 26
7 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Piano Chamber Ensembles
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Symphonic Band
Elizabeth Peterson, conductor
"Pop Culture Then and Now"
Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Hunsberger: Star Wars Trilogy
McAllister: Pop Copy
and "Casey at the Bat", with narrator Timothy Johnson
Friday, April 27
6:30 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
String Quartet Seminar Concert
Music of Haydn, Ravel, and others
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Wind Ensemble
Stephen Peterson, conductor
Maslanka: Child's Garden of Dreams
The Ithaca High School Concert Band
Nicki Zawel, conductor
Music of Cichy, Whitacre, and Padilla
Saturday, April 28
12 p.m.
Ford Hall
Campus Band
Brian Diller, conductor
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
2 p.m.
Ford Hall
Campus Chorale Ensemble
Sarah Jenkins, conductor
Music of Mozart, Durufle, Palestrina, as well as contemporary choral composers
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
4 p.m.
Ford Hall
Conducting Masterclass Concert
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Choir and Madrigal Singers
Madrigal Singers:
Missa Papae Marcelli by Giovanni da Palestrina
Conducted by Lawrence Doebler
Choir: Works by Brahms, Beethoven, Monteverdi, Dickau, Haydn, Daley, Barber and Moses Hogan
Conducted by Sarah Jenkins
Sunday, April 29
3 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Intergenerational Choir
Emily Mason, director
4 p.m.
Ford Hall
Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Sean Cotty, piano
Christopher Miley, alto saxophone
Peter Volpert, cello
Daniel Koontz: New Work (2011) World Premiere
Franz Liszt: Totentanz
Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Saxophone
Edouard Lalo: Concerto in d minor
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet excerpts:
The Montagues and the Capulets
Juliet—The Young Girl
Romeo at Juliet's Grave
The Death of Tybalt
Webstreamed live and available on-demand after that at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
8:15 p.m.
Ford Hall
Brass Choir and Women's Chorale
Beth Peterson and Troy Robertson, conductors
Camille Saint Saens: Chanson des Aiguille
Tucker Biddlecombe: Ouvre ton Coeur
Claude Debussy: Salut Printemps
Alice Parker: Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal
André Thomas: John Saw Duh Numbuh
Clifton Noble, Jr.: The Erie Canal
Monday, April 30 2012
8:15 p.m.
Hockett Family Recital Hall
Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Catherine Gale, director
Concerts are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the School of Music at 607-274-3717.
