One block ends, another begins -- lots of opportunities to hear music!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
Wind Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Christopher Hughes, conductor. Strauss: Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare | Kurka: Good Soldier Schweik Suite | Whitacre: October | Shostakovich: Festive Overture and Prelude in E-flat minor | Maslanka: Symphony No. 4. This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
German Art Song Class Recital
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Concert Band
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Brian Diller, conductor; Stephen Danyew, composer in residence | Danyew: Magnolia Star (2012) | Persichetti: Divertiment | DeMeij: Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
Ithaca Music Forum: Crystal Peebles, music theory
5:00pm | McHenry Lobby
Balance and Swing: Relationships in Music and Contradance Choreography
The Transformative Power of Music -- A multimedia talk by Steve Gorn
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
Guest Recital: David Lutz, pianist collaborator
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
World Music Festival: New Roots Steel Band
11:00am | Ford Hall
World Music Festival Workshop: Ewe Drumming with Dane Richeson
1:00pm | Presser
World Music Festival: Hindustani Music
3:00pm | Nabenhauer Recital Room
World Music Festival: Howlin’ Brothers
4:30pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
World Music Festival
7:30pm | Ford Hall
Performers will include Gordon Stout (Ithaca College). Choro music from Argentina on marimba | Baruch Whitehead (Ithaca College). African Dance and Drumming | Valerie Naranjo and Barry Olsen (NYC), African and American Indian music | Dane Richeson (Lawrence University). African and Brazilian music | Yamatai (Cornell University). Japanese Taiko music | The Howlin’ Brothers (Nashville, TN). Bluegrass music. | The New Roots Charter School Steel Band and David Ferreira (Ithaca, NY). Trinidadian music. | Conrad Alexander (Ithaca College), drum circle
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24
Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle II: Calvin Wiersma, violin
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
With pianists Diane Birr, Dmitri Novgorodsky and Vadim Serebryany. On this program: Op. 30/2 in c minor | Op. 30/1 in A Major | Op. 30/3 in G Major
Octubafest
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Erik Kibelsbeck at ekibelsbeck@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3717. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.