Take advantage of one or a dozen - all free and open to all!
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Composition Premieres II
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Guest Recital: Boris Berman, piano
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Claude Debussy: 24 Preludes
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Master Class: Boris Berman, piano
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Guest Recital: Kana Omori, marimba
8:15pm | Nabenhauer Recital Room
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Chamber Music Concert: String Ensembles
8:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Family Weekend Concert: Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Brian Diller and Greg Evans, directors. This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Louis K. Thaler Concert Violinist Series Masterclass: Jorja Fleezaris, violin
1:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Family Weekend Concert: Jazz Vocal Ensemble
7:00pm | Ford Hall
John White, director. This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
Family Weekend Concert: Symphony Orchestra
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Michael Hall, conductor | Dmitri Novgorodsky, piano. Grieg’s piano concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony. This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Faculty Recital: Ivy Walz, mezzo-soprano1:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
With Charis Dimaras, piano. Works by Granados and Brahms and the world premiere of Merit of Light, a song cycle for mezzo soprano and piano by Stephen Dankner, with poetry by Stephen Rifkin. There will be a Talk Back and Q & A after the world premiere.
The Louis K. Thaler Concert Violinist Series: Jorja Fleezanis, violin and Karl Paulnack, piano
4:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Bach: Sonata for violin and keyboard in E major, BWV1016 | Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag | Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano | Mennin: Sonata Concertante | Ives: Violin Sonata No. 3
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7
An Evening of Wind Quintets
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Chamber Music Marathon: Beethoven Violin Sonatas
5:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Student performances of the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Faculty Recital: Deborah Montgomery-Cove, soprano
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Soprano Deborah Montgomery will be joined by pianist Charis Dimaras and clarinetist Michael Galvan in a song recital featuring the works of Schubert, Verdi, Walton and Turina.
The School of Music Presents: The East Coast Chamber Orchestra
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Turina: La Oracion del Torero
Adams: Shaker Loops
Lutoslawski: Five Folk Melodies
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Ithaca Music Forum: Robin James, philosopher of music
5:00pm | McHenry
Beyonce: Nicki, Missy and Rihanna’s Responses to Post-Feminism
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Choral Composition Competition Festival
7:00pm | Ford Hall
The six finalists in the annual Choral Composition Competition will be performed by guest high school choirs, and the winner announced.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Guest Recital: Marianne Gedigian, flute
1:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
ICU Sound Works
4:00pm | Ford Hall
Xak Bjerken, director | Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. Hans Abrahamsen: Schnee | Jesse Jones: Persona Mechanica for solo piano and chamber orchestra. ICU Sound Works features musicians from both the IC School of Music and CU’s Music Department.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle III: Calvin Wiersma, violin
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
With pianists Charis Dimaras, Dmitri Novgorodsky and Vadim Serebryany.
On this program: Op. 23 in a minor | Op. 12/3 in E-flat Major | Op. 47 in a minor, Kreutzer
Lecture by Husa Visiting Professor Augusta Read Thomas
7:00pm | Iger
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.
