Spring 2013
Ticket prices arranged General Public, Senior (62+) & Faculty/Staff, Student
Tickets available at the door one hour prior to each concert
All tickets general admission (no reserved seating)
Cash & check accepted (no credit cards)
Choral Concert
Tuesday, April 16
Studley Theatre, 8 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Edward Lundergan, perform choral music of Benjamin Britten in his centennial year, as well as Mozart's Missa Brevis, K. 192.
Chamber Jazz Ensemble 1
Monday, April 22
Studley Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
Jazz students perform in guitar, vocal, and mixed ensembles. These concerts are becoming sold-out events.
Symphonic Band
Tuesday, April 23
Studley Theatre, 8 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
The SUNY New Paltz Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Joël Evans, will present a concert performing the works of James Barnes, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Aaron Copland. Oboist David Kirshner (Class of 2013) will be the featured soloist in the wonderfully evocative work Autumn Soliloquy.
Recital Hour 1
Wednesday, April 24
Shepard Recital Hall, 10:30 a.m.
Free Admission
Music students showcase their classical solo and chamber music repertoire.
Chamber Jazz Ensemble 2
Wednesday, April 24
Studley Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
Students in the Jazz Studies program showcase their improvisational skills in an energetic evening of great music.
Chamber Jazz Ensemble 3
Thursday, April 25
Studley Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
Jazz Studies students present an evening of classic and original repertoire.
Collegium Musicum
Sunday, April 28
Shepard Recital Hall, 3 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
Hear Ye, good citizens! Collegium Musicum, the university ensemble for early music, presents pieces from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Included will be instrumental dances, French chansons, English lute songs, troubadour music and early plainchant settings.
Classical Voice Students
Tuesday, April 30
Studley Theatre, 8 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
A beautiful evening of song presented by the fine students of Professor Kent Smith's vocal studio.
Student Composers Concert
Thursday, May 2
Studley Theatre, 8 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
Freshly written compositions by the students of Professors Nkeiru Okoye and Bob Lukomski will be performed by music students and faculty.
College-Youth Symphony
Sunday, May 5
Studley Theatre, 7 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
The College-Youth Symphony, conducted by Dr. Carole Cowan, will perform orchestral favorites by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Gershwin. Justin Cox (Class of 2013) winner of the College-Youth Symphony Competition, will be soloist in the Clarinet Concerto in Bb by Pleyel.
Choral Concert
Tuesday, May 7
Studley Theatre, 8 p.m.
$8/$6/$3
The featured work is Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona nobis pacem, a setting of Civil War poetry of Walt Whitman.
Recital Hour 2
Wednesday, May 8
Shepard Recital Hall, 10:30 a.m.
Free Admission
A continuation of the previous Recital Hour, further displays of classical music performed by students of the Department of Music.
For further information regarding the Music Concert Series, please contact the Music Department at 845-257-2700.
All events are subject to change
