January 23, 2010, Saturday
Middlebury College Orchestra, Andrew Massey, Director, gives a free performance of their J-term project:
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat Eroica
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
Free
February 20, Saturday
Dayve Huckett, guitar and Hannah Rommer '08.5, viola.
8:00 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Free.
February 28, Sunday
Natasha Koval Paden performs an all-Chopin program in honor of the compor's 200th birth anniversary.
4:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
Free
March 7, Sunday
Leonard Bernstein, “Chichester Psalms”
College choirs from Middlebury College, St. Michael’s College and Castleton State College join to present this masterwork by Leonard Bernstein in his orchestration for chorus, soloists, harp, organ and percussion. Sung in Hebrew, the piece is challenging vocally and instrumentally with vivid and intensely dramatic interpretation of the highly emotional Psalm texts. The concert also features each collaborating choir in solo performances. Concerts are also given at Grace Church in Rutland (Friday March 5, 7:30 PM), and the Chapel of St. Michael’s College in Colchester (Saturday March 6, 3:00 PM).
3:00 PM Mead Chapel
Free admission
March 7, Sunday
Piano Recital by students of Natasha Koval Paden. This is an all-Chopin concert in honor of the composer's 200th birth anniversary.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
Join the music department for a concert celebration of the music of Jean Berger (1909-2002). At the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth Middlebury College students, faculty and ensembles present a panel discussion and concert to showcase Berger’s compositions and influence on the music program at Middlebury, where he taught on the faculty from 1948-1959, his first major academic position. Instrumental, vocal and choral works are featured on the concert.
Pre-concert panel: 7:00 pm; Concert: 7:30 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Free.
March 11, Thursday
Middlebury College Orchestra, Andrew Massey, Director. This concert features soloist Richard P. Chen '13, winner of the 2010 Alan and Joyce Beucher Concerto Competition, performing a Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor. The program also includes Brahms' adventurous Symphony No. 3 in F, op. 90, and Rossini's Italian Girls in Algiers.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts $10/8/6
March 11, Thursday
Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, Dick Forman, Director.
8:00 pm, Town Theater, Middlebury. free Arts
March 12, Friday
Hugo Wolf Quartett
Pre-concert lecture by professor Jay West, History Department, begins at 7:15 p.m. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series. Reserved Seating. Tickets: $24/18/6
March 13, Saturday
Music Department Advanced Vocal Recital
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
March 14, Sunday
Diana Fanning, piano
4:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; Free
March 17, Wednesday
Francois Clemmons and friends: St. Patricks Day Concert
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
April 2, Friday
An Evening of Improvised Music from Stone Document
Stone Document is a progressive - ambient - fusion trio manned by drummer/keyboardist, Mike Roze, guitarist, Dennis “Doc” Tirch, and Chapman Stick player, Mark Christensen. Check any preconceptions about "prog rock" or “jam based” music at the attic door, grab some headphones, and give a listen to this blend of electronic pulse, psychedelic improvisations, and a return to music without borders.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts.Free
April 8, Thursday
DaWeon Ryu '10 senior piano recital
DaWeon Ryu performs Haydn's Variations in f minor, Debussy's Suite Bergamasque, Chopin's Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brilliante, and Beethoven's Waldstein.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the ArtsMarch 11, Thursday
April 9, Friday
Siobhan O'Malley senior bassoon recital
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
April 10, Saturday
Dick Forman Jazz Group
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
April 10, Saturday
Ezra Axelrod '08: London-based recording/performance artist Ezra Axelrod brings his “Lust for Wisdom” North American Tour to Middlebury College for a performance that explores themes of lust, love, conflict, and masculine/gay identity through original songs. The Middlebury concert will feature several guest appearances by Ezra's Middlebury friends and mentors. The concept of the tour is based on a line from one of Axelrod’s songs: “I gave you all my lust / for a piece of your precious wisdom,” making reference to a young person’s journey of trial and error to find his place in the world.
Mead Chapel, 8:00pm, free admission
April 12, Monday
Juventas String Quartet
Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Free
Program:
Brian Mark, Sirens (trio); Ethan Greene, Roll (quartet); Salvatore Sciarrino, 6 Caprices; (solo violin); Su Lian Tan, Life in Wayang (quartet)
Performers:
Vioin 1: Ari Streisfeld; Violin 2: Sara Matayoshi; Viola: Ashleigh Gordon;
Cello: Brandon Brooks
Since its founding in 2005, Juventas has performed the work of over 80 composers in exhilarating concerts that showcase the diversity of contemporary music. From lyrical melodies to recorded sounds from outer space, Juventas performances are a tour de force.
April 17, Saturday
Student Instrumental Recital, featuring Wren Huston, piano; Emily Scarisbrick, Daniel Shaw, Amanda Kaminsky, Jonathan Fall, clarinet ensemble; Middlebury College Flute Ensemble; Divya Dethier, piano; Dan Langfitt, bass trombone, playing works by Schumann, Bach/Schmidt/Davis, Rmsky-Korsakov, Schubert, and Langfitt.
Saturday, April 17, 8 pm
Concert Hall, Maheney Center for the Arts
Free
April 18, Sunday
Francois Clemmons in concert
4:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Free
April 21, Wednesday, April
"Work/Song: the musical transformation of labor, culture and place:"
A talk and film screening by T.J. Watson Fellow Bennett Konesni ’04.5
7:00 pm, Robert A. Jones Conference Room
April 21, Wednesday
Performing 20th Century Chamber Music
Students in Su Lian Tan's spring term class present their final performances. Also on May 9. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
April 24, Saturday
Spring Choral Concert
Jeffrey Buettner and Jessica Allen, conductors
Music for women’s voices by Gwyneth Walker, Latin American folk songs for men’s voices and Handel’s “The King Shall Rejoice” with chamber orchestra are highlights in a program of exquisite musical color for the coming of spring
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; $10/8/6
April 22, Thursday
Anne Willborn '10, violin: Unaccompanied Bach Recital
Partita No. 3 in E Major, Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Partita No. 2 in D Minor
7:30 pm, Mead Chapel, Free
April 25, Sunday
Piano Recital by the students of Cynthia Huard
3:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
April 29, Thursday
Recital by piano students of Diana Fanning
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Center for the Arts; Free
April 30, Friday
Middlebury College Orchestra, Andrew Massey, Director
Program includes “Sunrise,” from 2009 – A Space Odyssey; Strauss’s Thunder and Lightening Polka; Danny Boy, by Grainger; Rossini’s The Lone Ranger; Fiddle Faddle, by Leroy Anderson; “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana, by Mascagni, and the Star Wars Suiteby Williams.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; $10/8/6
May 1, Saturday
Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, Dick Forman, Director
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; Free
May 3, Monday
Original Compositions by composers and performers in Peter Hamlin's MUSC0209 course
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
May 4, Tuesday
India Laughlin '12, soprano
7:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
May 5, Wednesday
Original Compositions by students in Peter Hamlin's Electronic Music class
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts
May 7, Friday
Susanne Peck, soprano
Cynthia Huard, piano
Affiliate Artists Susanne Peck and Cynthia Huard perform a beautiful concert together. Peck's career encompasses the roles of conductor, singer, and educator. An acclaimed soprano, she has sung and recorded with many leading ensembles, including the Boston Early Music Festival, The New York Collegium, and the Concert Royal Baroque Opera Company. Huard has appeared in recital as a pianist and harpsichordist throughout the United States and in Europe. Her versatile musicianship is a key element of the summer concert series of the Rochester Chamber Music Society, where as artistic director she performs with internationally known artists. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free
8:00 P.M., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
May 8, Saturday
Music Department student vocalists present "An Evening of Opera and Musical Theater"
featuring scenes from "The Magic Flute,""Così fan tutte,""The Marriage of Figaro,""Der Wiltschütz,""The Fantasticks,""City of Angels," and "Beauty and the Beast." The performers, students of Carol Christensen, Dan Marcy, Susanne Peck, and Beth Thompson, will be accompanied by pianist Cynthia Huard.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; free
May 9, Sunday
Middlebury College Community Chorus
Jeff Rehbach, conductor
A choral potpourri for a special Mother's Day performance.
3:00 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel
Free
May 9, Sunday
Student Chamber Music performance
Students in the "Performing Chamber Music" course present their final performances. Sponsored by the Department of Music.
7:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Free
May 10, Monday
Original Compositions
Students in Su Lian Tan's advanced composition class present their final performances. Sponsored by the Department of Music.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Free
May 21, Friday
College Choir Senior Week Concert
A concert to celebrate graduating singers in College Choir, featuring favorite repertoire of the past four years.
8:00 pm, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts; Free
