Spring Brochure
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Spring Brochure
Concert Venue Time General Public Faculty/Staff/ Seniors/Alumni Students 31 Musica Nova: In memory of Paul R. Goldstaub CH 7:30 p.m. $10 $7 $5 February Concert Time General Public Faculty/Staff/ Seniors/Alumni Students 6 Tri-Cities Opera presents Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers 8 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets FT 7 Guest Artist: Pianist Gleb Ivanov CH 7:30 p.m. $20 8 Tri-Cities Opera presents Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers FT 3 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets $15 15 Jonathan Biggers Lecture/Recital: Go for Baroque! FA21 4 p.m. $7 26, 27, 28 Speed Dating Tonight OC 8 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets March Concert Venue Time General Public 1 Speed Dating Tonight OC 3 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets 1 Sonata Masterpieces for cello and piano with Stephen Stalker and Stephen Zank CH 3 p.m. $10 $7 $5 7 Harpur Chorale and Women’s Chorus CH 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free 8 University Wind Symphony: Just Like a Concert in the Park OCT 3 p.m. $7 $5 free 10 Friedheim Memorial Lecture/Recital: Music for the 16th-century Spanish vihuela CRH 7:30 p.m. $5 $5 free 12 Opera Scenes CH 7:30 p.m. $10 $7 $5 $5 Faculty/Staff/ Seniors/Alumni $10 free Students 14 University Symphony Orchestra: Dark Passions OCT 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free 21 Lontano Ensemble: Music Now! CRH 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free April Concert Venue Time General Public Faculty/Staff/ Seniors/Alumni Students 1 Harmony Club Fundraiser Concert CRH 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation 16 Faculty Recital: Zachary Sweet, cello, and Michael Salmirs, piano CRH 7:30 p.m. $7 17 Tri-Cities Opera presents Gounod’s Faust FT 8 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets 19 Tri-Cities Opera presents Gounod’s Faust FT 3 p.m. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets $5 free 19 Guest Artist: Organist Craig Phillips UP 4 p.m. $10 $7 $5 23 Harpur Jazz Ensemble with Camille Thurman OCT 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free 26 University Wind Symphony: Once Upon a Time CH 3 p.m. $7 $5 free 28 Percussion Ensemble CH 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free May Concert Venue Time General Public Faculty/Staff/ Seniors/Alumni Students 3 University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesang” OCT 3 p.m. $7 $5 free 7 Harpur Chorale and Women’s Chorus Spring Concert CH 7:30 p.m. $7 $5 free 8 Nukporfe African Drumming and Dance Ensemble WT 7:30 p.m. $5 $5 $5 VENUE LEGEND: On-Campus at BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY CH Chamber Hall - Anderson Center CRH Casadesus Recital Hall - Fine Arts Building FA21 Room 21 - Fine Arts Building OCT Osterhout Concert Theater - Anderson Center WT Watters Theater - Fine Arts Building Off-Campus, BINGHAMTON, NY FT Forum Theater TM Trinity Memorial Church UP United Presbyterian Church OC Tri-Cities Opera Center 14-800 Spring 2015 Season Department of Music PO Box 6000 Binghamton, New York 13902-6000 January Department of MUSIC • Spring 2015 Season For a complete listing of these concerts and more, visit the Department of Music’s website at music.binghamton.edu or like us on Facebook. Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Binghamton, NY Permit No. 61 Tickets are available at the Anderson Center Box Office from noon - 5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 607-777-2787, online at anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door. Binghamton University Department of Like us on Facebook! RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW! GUEST RECITALS Saturday, January 31 Saturday, February 7 Musica Nova: In memory of Paul R. Goldstaub Guest Artist: Pianist Gleb Ivanov This concert celebrates the creative imagination of Paul Goldstaub, Professor of Composition at Binghamton University. A diverse program of his solo and ensemble compositions for vocal, instrumental and keyboards will be presented by the music faculty and students of Binghamton University and Ithaca College. Sunday, February 15 Jonathan Biggers Lecture/Recital: Go for Baroque! Jonathan Biggers presents a recital featuring “Stylus Phantasticus (Fantastic Style)” works by Buxtehude, Böhm, Bruhns and others. The drama of the Baroque comes to a new height in the extremely virtuosic and fiery works by these predecessors of J.S. Bach, presented by Biggers on the splendid Wolff Organ at Binghamton University. Sunday, March 1 Sonata Masterpieces for cello and piano with Stephen Stalker and Stephen Zank Join Stephen Stalker, cellist, and Stephen Zank, pianist, as they perform three magnificent sonatas by Beethoven, Debussy and Franck. Tuesday, March 10 Friedheim Memorial Lecture/Recital with Paul Sweeny and Christina Salasny, soprano: Music for the 16th-century Spanish Vihuela During the Renaissance, while the lute was the most popular plucked instrument in Europe, the Spanish favored the vihuela de mano, an instrument that was tuned like a lute but built in the shape of a guitar. This fascinating program will include dance music, accompanied songs, arrangements of sacred and secular vocal music and a wide variety of free-form fantasias. Thursday, April 16 Zachary Sweet, cello, and Michael Salmirs, piano Zachary Sweet, Binghamton University’s new instructor of cello, and Michael Salmirs will perform perform Leos Janácek’s “Pohádka”, Daniel Godfrey’s “Arietta” and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Sonata in G Minor”. ENSEMBLES ENSEMBLES PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN STEINER FACULTY RECITALS Hailed by The New York Times as “...a young supervirtuoso, with musical sensitivity and an appreciation of style...”, Ivanov will perform compositions by Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt. Whether your taste is for instrumental or choral, classical, jazz or popular, renaissance or contemporary, Binghamton University’s over 300 student musicians present a full range of skillful and exciting performances throughout the year. Saturday, March 7 Harpur Chorale and Women’s Chorus Saturday, March 21 Lontano Ensemble: Music Now! Odaline de la Martinez, conductor and artistic director Praised by The Observer for it’s “thrilling” performances and The Times as “entrancing”, the London based ensemble Lontano presents a varied evening of fresh, tuneful and exciting music for strings, winds, piano and percussion — including a recent piece by Binghamton University’s composition professor Daniel Thomas Davis. The program will also feature the world premiere performance of several short pieces written specifically for Lontano by the Music Department’s most advanced student composers. Sunday, April 19 Tuesday, April 28 Percussion Ensemble Sunday, March 8 University Wind Symphony: Just Like a Concert in the Park Although the weather may still be cold outside, you’ll be ready for a wonderful concert in the park as we capture the spirit of this great summer pastime. Our guests, the Vestal Community Band, led by Jerry Natoli, will join Dan Fabricius and the Wind Symphony for this enjoyable program filled with popular, amusing and patriotic music. Guest Residency Artist: Organist Craig Phillips Craig Phillips, one of the most noted performers and composers in the “organ world,” presents an exciting weekend of activities including a composition master class, a workshop on his own compositions, and a solo recital. The concert features his own works including “Fanfare” and “Scenes from a Gallery,” with Georgetta Maiolo, flute, and Janey Choi, violin, as well as grand works by French Symphonic composers. University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) A unique marriage of symphonic and cantata forms, this choral/ orchestral masterpiece is also known as Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 2.” The chorus and orchestra will be joined by soloists from the Master of Music in Opera program (sung in English). Thursday, May 7 Harpur Chorale and Women’s Chorus Spring Concert Saturday, March 14 University Symphony Orchestra: Dark Passions Speed Dating Tonight! Music Director Timothy Perry returns to lead Binghamton University’s 75-piece symphony orchestra in two tempestuous masterworks of the Romantic Age: Brahms’ “Tragic Overture, Op. 81” and Tchaikovsky›s brilliant “Symphony No. 4 in F minor”. A Comic Opera in One Act by Michael Ching featuring MM in Opera students at the Tri-Cities Opera Center. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets. Thursday, April 23 OPERA February 26, 27, and 28 at 8 p.m. and March 1 at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 12 Opera Scenes Graduate and undergraduate voice majors present scenes from some of the world’s greatest operas. Performers are of the Stage Techniques class taught by Visiting Associate Willie Anthony Waters, and are vocal students of Assistant Thomas Goodheart and Associate Professor Mary Burgess. Sunday, May 3 and arias members Professor Professor Tri-Cities Opera As part of the Master of Music (MM) in Opera program, and in conjunction with TCO’s Resident Artist Training Program, these productions regularly feature MM in Opera candidates in leading and supporting roles. Friday, February 6 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m. Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers Friday, April 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. Gounod’s Faust All Tri-Cities Opera performances will be held at the Forum Theatre in Binghamton. Call 607-772-0400 for tickets. Harpur Jazz Ensemble Concert with Camille Thurman, saxophone The Harpur Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mike Carbone, studies and performs new and classic jazz compositions. Binghamton alumna, saxophonist Camille Thurman ’09 returns to campus to join the ensemble as guest soloist. Sunday, April 26 Friday, May 8 Nukporfe African Drumming and Dance Ensemble The presentation will include African music performed by a full ensemble of drummers and dancers. African dance-drumming typically juxtaposes several art forms together including storytelling, pantomime, oral history and community wisdom. It is an excellent way to introduce authentic African culture to anyone who may have little understanding of modern Africa. AND MORE! University Wind Symphony: Once Upon a Time Wednesday, April 1 From a legend of the Pacific Northwest to music from opera, from Nordic mythology to some very contemporary sounds replicating a train ride; this concert presents a variety of stories told through music. Conductor Dan Fabricius leads the Wind Symphony for a fascinating journey into the creative minds of the composers who created these marvelous pieces. Highlights include Steven Reineke’s “Fate of the Gods”, Eric Whitacre’s “Ghost Train” and Jaromír Weinberger’s “Polka and Fugue”. Harmony Club Fundraiser Concert The Harmony Club will celebrate the 200th birthday of Adolph Sax and his inventions, and take you through a historical, musical journey of the saxophone. Thursday Mid-Day Concerts Free Thursday Mid-Day Concerts will be held February 26 through May 7 at 1:20 p.m. while classes are in session.