Archive: November 2009

ITHACA, NY — The Robert G. Boehmler Community Foundation series will bring renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish to Ithaca College to perform with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Dec. 5. Free and open to the public, the concert will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Conducted by Jeffery Meyer, the program, will feature Kalish in the...

ITHACA, NY—Col. Michael Colburn — director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band — will make two appearances at Ithaca College as the third Colonel Arnald Gabriel ’50 HDRMU ’89 Visiting Wind Conductor. Colburn will conduct the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and the concert and symphonic bands on Thursday, Dec. 10....

On Saturday, November 14, the six finalist entries in the annual Choral Composition Competition were performed in concert by six different high school choirs.  The work selected as the winner of the Robert Campbell ’40, M.S. ’50 Endowed Choral Composition Prize was "Invictus," by Jeffrey Cobb, which was performed by Niagara Wheatfield Senior High Concert Choir (NY),...

The Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra will highlight two violin soloists on an upcoming free concert on Wednesday, November 18 at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  Violinists Susan Waterbury and Nicholas DiEugenio both teach violin in the School of Music.   Jeffery Meyer will conduct the concert, consisting of Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture,” Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks” concerto, “Moz-Art a la Haydn” by Alfred Schnittke, and the Kodaly “Dances of Galanta.”

The Ithaca College Opera Workshop will present a free evening of scenes involving characters who appear in various operas on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  Brian DeMaris will direct the evening.  He noted:  “We'll be presenting scenes from operas based on Beaumarchais' "Figaro" trilogy (“Barber of Seville,” “Marriage of Figaro,”  “La Mere Coupable”),  and including scenes from John Corigliano's "Ghosts of Versailles" and Massenet's "Cherubin," all sung in the original languages.  Students will guide the audience through the complete story of Figaro, Susannah, Cherubino, Countess Rosina, and Count Almaviva from the countess’s first music lessons in “Barber of Seville” to the moment they find themselves facing the guillotine of the French Revolution in a cell alongside Marie Antoinette in “Ghosts of Versailles.””

With a program encompassing Haydn Sonatas and Beethoven’s “Appassionata,” Charis Dimaras will give a free piano recital on Monday, November 16 at 7 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College.

Alex Shuhan will give a free French horn recital on Tuesday, November 17 at 7 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College.  He will be joined by flutist Elizabeth Shuhan and pianist Jennifer Hayghe in a program of music by Dana Wilson, Steven Winteregg, Paul Hindemith and Lowell Liebermann. 

Cellist Elizabeth Simkin will present a free recital on Sunday, November 15 at 4:00 in the Hockett Family Recital Hall.  Jennifer Hayghe will collaborate as pianist.  The program will include Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dances, "Aerialism" by Sebastian Currier, the "Fantasiestueke" by Robert Schumann, and the Debussy sonata.

On Wednesday, November 11, at 6pm Heather Laurel of the music theory faculty will give a talk in the Iger Lecture Hall, room 2105 in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  Laurel will focus on Ani DiFranco's most recent political songs demonstrating how DiFranco's recording techniques, in conjunction with her musical, lyrical, and performative choices, embody DiFranco's musical-political persona.  DiFranco will be appearing at the State Theatre on Friday, November 13 at 8pm.  www.stateofithaca.com

Ithaca College School of Music voice students won almost every possible category in the recent state National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition.  The results follow, with the students’ name followed by their teacher:

The Ithaca Brass will present a free concert on Monday, November 9 at 7 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  The program spans the musical centuries from Sweelinck to Ravel to Andre Previn and Victor Ewald.

The Ithaca Wind Quintet’s fall concert will take place on Thursday, November 5 at 8:15 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall.  The free concert will include a wide range of music, including Ligeti, Paquito D’Rivera, Liadov, and Steven Stucky.