Enduring Masters

Elliott Schwartz visits the Ithaca College School of Music as the Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition, October 12 through the 15th as part of the Enduring Masters Series.

A concert, conducted by Steve Peterson, of the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble will perform one of his compositions, on Tuesday October 14th. Concert begins at 8:15 Ford Hall, Whalen Center of Music. It is free...

The husband-and-wife team of pianist and composer William Bolcom and Joan Morris, mezzo soprano and expressive chanteuse, present a program of popular songs from the 1920s and '30's, the American Songbook and Broadway, cabaret, vaudeville and music hall, from jazz and ragtime to mid-century, as part of the Enduring Masters Series, at Ithaca College.

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Legendary drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton will spend the evening of Sunday, Sept. 21, at Ithaca College, performing with his group Euphoria and celebrating his 87th birthday. Beginning at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music, this musical celebration is part of the Enduring Masters series, which features the work of older musicians and brings under-represented...

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Brings his Sextet EUPHORIA to Ithaca College

“…a master storyteller, drummer, and jazz sage…” Downbeat Magazine

As part of Ithaca College’s Enduring Masters Series, NEA Jazz Master Forestorn “Chico” Hamilton and EUPHORIA, perform a free, special 87th birthday concert soaked in...

             ITHACA, NY— To honor the retirement of Steve Brown—who has taught jazz at the Ithaca College School of Music since 1968—a stellar lineup of jazz musicians who studied under Brown will return to their alma mater on Saturday, April 26, for a concert honoring their former teacher....