Noonday Concert

Date of Event
Tue., Aug. 30, 2005

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Faculty performed Malcolm Arnold's "Three Shanties," Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Prelude no. 3," Claude Debussy's "Syrinx" and "Sonata for violin and piano," Felix Mendelssohn's "Sonata for Cello and Piano op. 58," Christopher Berg's "Poem" from "Songs on Poems of Frank O'Hara," Carl Maria Von Weber's "Bassoon Concerto, op. 75, 2nd movement,"David Glasgow's "Entr," Soloviev and Molusovsky's "Midnight in Moscow," Gaetano Donizetti's "Una furtive lagrima," and Johannes Brahms' "Sonata, op. 120, no. 1."

Senior Vocal Recital

Date of Event
Sun., May 1, 2005

The Music Department presented a senior recital by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Ann Chegezy, accompanied by pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim, at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Chegezy performed George Frideric Handel's "Cara sposa, amante cara," Alessandro Scarlatti's "Sento nel core," Antonio Caldara's "Come raggio di sol" and "Alma del core," Clara Schumann's "Liebst du um Schönheit," Fanny Hensel's "Verlust," Henry Purcell's "When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining," John Duke's "Loveliest of Trees," Oley Speaks' "Morning," and Robert Schumann's "Frauenliebe und Leben."

Chamber Music Fest 2005

Date of Event
Fri., Apr. 22, 2005

The Music Department presented "Chamber Music Fest 2005" at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Ludwig van Beethoven's "Variations on the Theme 'La ci darem la Mano' by Mozart for Two Oboes and English Horn" and "Piano Trio op. 1, no. 1 in Eb Major"; scenes from the operas Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Lakme, and The Magic Flute; Marco Cara's "Io non compro più speranza"; Heinrich Biber's "Carrying the Cross from the Mystery Sonatas"; George Frideric Handel's "Care Selve"; Tomaso Vitali's "Sonata in B minor, op. 4, no.

College-Community Orchestra Performs

Date of Event
Sun., Apr. 17, 2005

The Music Department presented a concert by the College-Community Orchestra at 4:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The orchestra performed Robert Pound's Cover to Cover, Paule Marice's Tableaux de Provence, Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole, op. 21," Franz Joseph Haydn's "Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major," and Antonín Dvorák's "Symphony no. 8, op. 88."

College Choir Women Perform

Date of Event
Sat., Apr. 16, 2005

The Music Department presented a concert of the College Choir women at 7:00pm in Memorial Hall.  The choir performed Libby Larsen's "Refuge," Aaron Copland's "House on the Hill," the folk songs "Shenandoah" (arr. Carl Nygard) and "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (arr. Lee Bratton), Giuseppe Verdi's "Noi siamo zingarelle," Veljo Tormis' "Spring Sketches" (trans. Ritva Poom), and Astor Piazzolla's "Milonga para Jacinto Chiclana"  and "La Muerte del Angel" (arr. Nestor Zadoff).

Jazz Ensemble Performs

Date of Event
Fri., Apr. 15, 2005

The Music Department presented a concert by the Jazz Ensemble at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The program included selections from Don Menza's "Groovin' Hard," William Stegmeyer's "And It Came to Brass," Frank Foster's "I Loves You, Porgy" and "Deedles' Blues," Gerry Mulligan's "All the Things You Are," Billy Byers' "All of Me," Gene Roland's "Misty," Benny Carter's "All That Jazz" and "A Walking Thing," Les Taylor's "Fudge Said The Judge," Quincy Jones' "Quintessence," and Pete Myers' "Love For Sale."

Junior Recital

Date of Event
Sat., Apr. 9, 2005

The Music Department presented a junior recital by violinist Benjamin Vaughan, accompanied by pianists Eun Ae Baik-Kim and Karen Kirner and cellist Michal Schmidt, at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Vaughan performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata no. 2 in A Major," Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, op. 21," and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Trio in Eb Major, op. 1, no. 1."

Petronel Malan Performs

Date of Event
Fri., Apr. 8, 2005

The Music Department presented a recital by pianist Petronel Malan at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Malan performed Franz Schubert's "Sonata in A minor, D. 784," Johannes Brahms' "16 Waltzes, op. 39," Scott Eggert's "Quincunx," Johann Sebastian Bach/Ignaz Friedman's "My heart ever faithful" and "Bourée," and Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody no. 19."

Alarm Will Sound Performs

Date of Event
Sun., Apr. 3, 2005

The Music Department presented a performance by Alarm Will Sound at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed Augusta Read Thomas' "Spirit Musings"; Frank Zappa's "Dog Meat/Uncle Meat Variations"; and Richard D. James' "4," "Avril 14th," "Fingerbib," "Prep Gwarlek 3B," "blue calx," "Mt. St. Michel," "Logon Rock," "Omgyjya Switch," "Gwely Mernans," "Cock/ver 10," "cliffs," "Meltphace 6," and "Jenwythek Ylow."

Noonday Concert

Date of Event
Tue., Mar. 29, 2005

The Music Department presented a Noonday Concert in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Students and faculty performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Partita no. 2 for Violin Solo," "Invention 13," and "Invention 8"; Francesco Durante's "Vergin, tutto amor"; Samuel Barber's "A Slumber Song of the Madonna"; Joe Pass' "Misty"; Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 21"; Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's "Bacarole, June"; and Max Bruch's "Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 26." 

Alarm Will Sound Performs

Date of Event
Sun., Mar. 5, 2005

The Music Department presented "Open Music," the final concert of the 2005 American Vanguard Festival, performed by Alarm Will Sound at 7:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The ensemble performed Louis Andriessen's "Workers Union," Caleb Burhans and Matt Marks' "The Leopard Within," John Cage's "Imaginary Landscape no. 5" and "Variations," Stefan Freund's "Ode to Soul Caliber," Jason Price's "medium::medium," Tomas Smetryns' "Eyes of Medusa," and La Monte Young's "Piano Pieces for David Tudor #1 and #2" and "Composition 1960 #4."

Dave Zygmunt & Friends Perform

Date of Event
Fri., Feb. 25, 2005

The Music Department presented a performance by Dave Zygmunt & Friends at 7:00pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.  The ensemble performed Rainger/Robin's "If I Should Lose You," Raye/DePaul's "You Don't Know What Love Is," M. Davis' "Solar," C. Parker's "Red Cross," N. Adderly's "Jive Samba," Dubin/Herbert's "Indian Summer," L. Morgan's "Hocus Pocus," A. Altman's "All or Nothing at All," T. Monk's "Ask Me Now," Rodgers & Hart's "Have You Met Miss Jones," O. Nelson's "Butch 'n' Butch," and B. Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train."

Shirley S. King Performs

Date of Event
Sun., Feb. 20, 2005

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by organist Shirley S. King at 4:00pm at the First United Church of Christ.  King performed Alexandre Guilmant's "Preludio (Sonata in C minor) op. 56," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582," Felix Mendelssohn's "Sonata III, op. 65, no. 3," Vincent Persichetti's "Chorale Prelude: Give Peace, O God," Max Reger's "BEnedictus, op. 59, no.

Christopher Atzinger Performs

Date of Event
Sat., Feb. 19, 2005

The Music Department presented a faculty recital by pianist Christopher Atzinger at 7:00pm in the Rubendall Recital Hall.  Altzinger performed Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in A Major, op. 101," Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," Robert Pound's "Sonata for Piano," Robert Schumann's "Fantasie, op. 17," and Franz Liszt's "Etude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140."

Recital

Date of Event
Sun., Feb. 13, 2005

The Music Department presented a recital by various performers at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Felix Mendelssohn's "Concerto in E minor for Violin, op. 64," Franz Schubert's "First Section from Impromptu no. 4, op. 90, D. 899," Max Bruch's "Concerto for violin in G minor, op. 26," the Countess of Dia's "A Chantar M'er," Heinrich Biber's "No. 9 'Carrying the Cross,'" Adam de La Halle's "Rondeau from Le Jeu de Robin et Marion," Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "June: Barcarolle," Edouard Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole, op.

Melia Watras and Eun Ae Baik-Kim Perform

Date of Event
Sun., Feb. 6, 2004

The Music Department presented a concert by violist Melia Watras and pianist Eun Ae Baik-Kim at 4:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  Watras and Baik-Kim performed Benjamin Britten's "Lachrymae, op. 48," Paul Hindemith's "Sonata op. 25, no. 4," Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata in G minor for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard," and Henri Vieuxtemps' "Sonata in Bb Major, op. 36."

Music for Wind Quintet

Date of Event
Tue., Dec. 7, 2004

The Music Department presented "Music for Wind Quintet," a concert by members of Alarm Will Sound, in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The program included Frank Zappa's "Number 6," György Ligeti's "Ten pieces," Derek Bermel's "Wanderings," Marsha Schweitzer's arrangement "Fête Noël: A medley of French carols," and Paquito d'Rivera's "Aires Tropicales."