Highlights of the pre-Thanksgiving weeks' concerts are below!Highlights of the pre-Thanksgiving weeks' concerts are below!
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
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Flute Ensembles
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Nicole Murray, director
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 performs ambitious projects featuring musicians from both the IC School of Music and CU’s Music Department. This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live
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
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Jorge Grossmann, director.
Augusta Read Thomas: SCAT | Augusta Read Thomas: Cantos for Slava | Koray Sazli: Trio for horn, trombone and piano | Stefano Gervasoni: An | Rodrigo Bussad” Vermilion (world premiere)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Opera Workshop
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Christopher Zemliauskas and Jennifer Williams, directors | Staged scenes by Mozart, Handel, Floyd, Britten, and others.
Sinfonietta
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Keehun Nam, conductor
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances | Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings | Mozart: Symphony No. 41 | This concert will be webstreamed live at www.ithaca.edu/music/live.
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