School of Music
Upcoming Highlights
Ingrid Fliter
Thursday, October 22
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Jeffrey Gray, bass trombone
Saturday, October 24
2:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Richard Faria, clarinet
Heidi Hoffman, violoncello
Josh Oxford, piano
Program: Brahms, Bunch, and trio premieres of Goldstein and Oxford
Sunday, October 25
4:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
TANGO DE CAMARA
Pablo Cohen, guitar
Steven Mauk, soprano saxophone
Nicholas Walker, string bass
Program: Connesson, Veldhuis, Walker, Whelan, and premieres of Lamb and Wilson
Monday, October 26
8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
WEST POINT SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Tuesday, October 27
8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Lee Goodhew Romm, bassoon
CANCELLED
Wednesday, October 28
7:00 p.m., Ford Hall
RACHEL S. THALER CONCERT PIANIST SERIES
MASTER CLASS
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Thursday, October 29
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
RACHEL S. THALER CONCERT PIANIST SERIES
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Program: Beethoven, Chopin, and Schumann
Saturday, October 31
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
TUBA ENSEMBLE
"Octubafest"
Edwin Diefes, director
Sunday, November 1
4:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Susan Waterbury, violin
Jeffery Meyer, piano
Mary Alice Dillman, narrator
Program: Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Ravel, and Ridout
Tuesday, November 3
8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
MIRROR IMAGE
Michelle Stebleton, French horn
Lisa Bontrager, French horn
Tomoko Kamanaru, piano
Program: Basler, Chase, Lowe, and opera arrangements by Chase
Wednesday, November 4
7:30 p.m., Robert A. Iger Lecture Hall
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
John Daniel Jenkins, theorist
8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE
Jeffery Meyer, Richard Faria, and Jesse Livingston, conductors
Program: Adès, Saariaho, Schoenberg, and Stucky
Thursday, November 5
12:30 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty's
COLONIAL BRASS QUINTET
7:00 p.m., Ford Hall
BRASS CHOIR
Keith Kaiser, conductor
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BRASS
Michael Allen, conductor
8:15 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
ITHACA WIND QUINTET
Wendy Herbener Mehne, flute
Paige Morgan, oboe
Michael Galván, clarinet
Alexander Shuhan, French horn
Lee Goodhew Romm, bassoon
Monday, November 9
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
ITHACA BRASS
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet
Kim Dunnick, trumpet
Alexander Shuhan, French horn
Harold Reynolds, trombone
Edwin Diefes, tuba
Thursday, November 12
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
FLUTE ENSEMBLE
Sarah Plunkett, graduate conductor
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
TROMBONE TROUPE
Charles DePaolo, conductor
Saturday, November 14
30th CHORAL COMPOSITION FESTIVAL
7:00 p.m., Ford Hall
CHOIR
Program: world premiere of Steven Stucky's "Gravity Dream"
Lawrence Doebler, conductor
HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL ENSEMBLES
Program: finalists' compositions performed by ensembles from the Campbell-Savona, Niagara Wheatfield, Northern Highlands (New Jersey), Ward-Melville, West Genesee, and Westborough (Massachusetts) school districts
Sunday, November 15
4:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Elizabeth Simkin, violoncello
Jennifer Hayghe, piano
Monday, November 16
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Charis Dimaras, piano
Program: Beethoven and Haydn
Tuesday, November 17
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Elizabeth Shuhan, flute
Alexander Shuhan, French horn
Jennifer Hayghe, piano
Program: Hindemith, Liebermann, Wilson, and Winteregg
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
OPERA WORKSHOP
Brian DeMaris, music director
Wednesday, November 18
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Susan Waterbury, violin
Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
Program: Beethoven, Kodály, Schnittke, and Stravinsky
Thursday, November 19
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
JAZZ LAB ENSEMBLES
Michael Titlebaum, musical director
Tom Killian, musical director
Wednesday, December 2
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Program: piano chamber ensembles
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Michael Titlebaum, musical director
John Bailey, trumpet
Program: Bailey, Brown, Ellington, and Titlebaum
Thursday, December 3
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
"2009 Anniversaries"
Dawn Pierce, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas DiEugenio, violin
Elizabeth Simkin, violoncello
Charis Dimaras, piano
Program: Haydn and Mendelssohn
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Gordon Stout, director
Saturday, December 5
Noon, Ford Hall
ALL-CAMPUS BAND
Daniel Isbell, conductor
CAMPUS CHORAL ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Haywood, conductor
Program: Armstrong, Baker, Bernstein, Frank, Jacobson, Núñez, and Riley
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jeffery Meyer, conductor
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Program: Adès, Beethoven, and Prokofiev
Sunday, December 6
3:00 p.m., Ford Hall
WINTER CHORAL CONCERT
Choir, Madrigal Singers, Women's Chorale, Chorus, Choral Union
Lawrence Doebler and Janet Galvan, conductors
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Wenqing Zhang and Nathan Hess, pianos
CANCELLED
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Conrad Alexander, conductor
Monday, December 7
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Program: woodwind chamber music
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Lauri Keegan, musical director
Tuesday, December 8
7:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Program: collaborative piano/instrumental duos
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
BRASS CHOIR
Keith Kaiser, conductor
Wednesday, December 9
6:00 p.m., Hockett Family Recital Hall
Program: string quartet marathon
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
WIND ENSEMBLE
Col. Michael Colburn, Colonel Arnald Gabriel '50 HDRMU '89 Visiting Wind Conductor
Michael Galván, clarinet
Program: Bernstein, Daugherty, and Stravinsky
Thursday, December 10
Noon, Nabenhauer Recital Room
PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN EARLY MUSIC
Program: dance and the music of Bach
Nicholas Walker, director
8:15 p.m., Ford Hall
Col. Michael Colburn, Colonel Arnald Gabriel ’50 HDRMU ’89 Visiting Wind Conductor
SYMPHONIC BAND
Program: Bernstein and Mackey
CONCERT BAND
"Windband Classics"
Program: Hennagin, Holst, and Sousa
General Information
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact the School of Music at 607-274-3169 (voice) or the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance at either 607-274-3909 (voice) or 607-274-1767 (TDD) as much in advance of the event as possible.
In addition to the concerts listed above, music students give solo and chamber music recitals that are free and open to the public.
Programs are subject to change. Up-to-date calendar changes and information about all of our performances are always available on our website:
Recorded information on upcoming performances is available by phone on the Concert Line at 607-274-3356; for more information, please call 607-274-3717.
Ford Hall and Hockett Family Recital Hall are within the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Ford Hall's main entrance, from the Craig McHenry Lobby, is on the fourth floor of the James J. Whalen Center for Music. This handicapped-accessible entrance is easily reached via the Robert W. and Natalie Baker Walkway from our concert parking area by the Towers residence halls. Spaces in this area are reserved for concert parking until 9:00 p.m.