ITHACA, NY — The great pianist and composer Franz Liszt was born in October 1811, and the Ithaca College School of Music will celebrate his 200th birthday with a weekend of October events. Presented by piano faculty, piano performance majors, guest lecturers and alumni, the events will take place Friday to Sunday, Oct. 7 to 9, in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James. J....

 ITHACA, NY — Violinist Elmar Oliveira, a dynamic soloist and outstanding interpreter of music, will perform with Symphony Syracuse at Ithaca College’s Ford Hall on Monday, Oct. 10. Beginning at 8:15 p.m., the program will feature Oliveira performing “Violin Concerto no. 3” by Saint-Saens. Also on the program are Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture”...

 ITHACA, NY — The great pianist and composer Franz Liszt was born on Oct, 22, 1811. In September and October, members of the Ithaca College School of Music piano faculty, along with piano performance majors, guest lecturers and alumni will participate in a festival to celebrate the bicentennial of Liszt’s birth. Titled “The Dualities of Liszt,” the festival will...

 ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College Concerts 2011–12 season, “With Breath and String,” will present three concerts performed by internationally acclaimed vocal, string and wind ensembles. All performances will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

The performers:

• The Ying Quartet —...

 ITHACA, NY — Burton Kaplan, faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music and author of “Practicing for Artistic Success: The Musician’s Guide to Self-Empowerment,” will visit Ithaca College on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10, to present “The Musical Path to Technique: Design of the Heart.” This two-session, eight-hour workshop is aimed at...