Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 6
McKenna Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Faculty Showcase
Members of the SUNY New Paltz faculty and the Faculty Jazz Ensemble will present an inviting array of musical delights.
Tuesday, October 13
McKenna Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$10/$8/$3
Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Mark Dziuba, Vinnie Martucci, John Menegon, Jeff Siegel, Dave Savitsky, Rebecca Coupe Franks, and Teri Roiger present an evening of original tunes and standards.
Tuesday, October 20
McKenna Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Gregory Dinger & the Arabesque Trio
Gregory Dinger will perform solo music of Federico Moreno Torroba, Manuel Ponce, Agustin Barrios and Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. He will be joined by fellow Arabesque Trio members in repertoire by Granados, Bach, Ligeti and Debussy.
Tuesday, November 3
Parker Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Music for Cello and Piano, and Guest Bassoon
Cellist Susan Seligman and pianist Sylvia Buccelli perform Martinu’s Variations on a Theme of Paginini and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2. Bassoonist Cornelia McGiver joins Seligman for the Duo for Bassoon and Cello, by Mozart.
Tuesday, November 10
Methodist Church, Main and Grove Streets, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Choral Ensembles
The Choral Ensembles, under the direction of Edward Lundergan, present a program featuring two twentieth-century masterworks, Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Charles Ives’s Psalm 90, along with music of Mendelssohn and Sweelinck.
Tuesday, November 17
Parker Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Student Chamber Jazz Ensembles
Performances by exemplary jazz students chosen by the Music Department faculty.
Tuesday, December 1
McKenna Theatre 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Symphonic Band
The Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Joël Evans, will present a program of “band classics” including Malcolm Arnold’s Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo, Lincolnshire Posy of Percy Grainger and Czech composer Vaclav Nehlybel’s Estampie, an exciting setting of Renaissance dances.
Thursday, December 3
Shepard Recital Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Free Admission
The Art of the Song Recital
Members of the voice studio of Kent Smith present an evening of highlights from the art-song and opera repertoire.
Sunday, December 6
Shepard Recital Hall, 3:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Collegium Musicum
Hear Ye, Good Citizens! The SUNY New Paltz Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Dr. Joël Evans, will present an afternoon of Renaissance songs and dances from England, France and Germany including lute songs of John Dowland, chansons from northern France and instrumental dances from the collective Danserye.
Tuesday, December 8
McKenna Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
Choral Ensemble: Great Opera Choruses
The College-Community Chorale presents opera choruses by Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and others. The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform music by composers whose birth or death anniversaries fall in 2009: Purcell, Handel, Hadyn, and Mendelssohn.
Sunday, December 13
McKenna Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
$6/$5/$3
College-Youth Symphony
The College/Youth Symphony under the direction of Victor Izzo (full orchestra) and Marka Young (string orchestra), will perform the Lord of the Rings symphony by Johan de Meij, and works of Prokofiev, Holst, and other well-known composers.
