Join us in Whalen Center for a busy stretch of guest artists, including the Thaler Vocal Concert Series. Mark your calendars! Always free, and always open to the public.
UPCOMING CONCERTS in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
By Molly Windover, March 21, 2023
Exciting Guest Artists, Faculty Recitals, and Gospel Fest!
violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Guest Recital: Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Performing new solo violin works by Ithaca College composition students, along with U.S. premieres of works by Gloria Coates, Roger Redgate, and Hafliði Hallgrímsson.
(And join us on Thursday, March 23 at 7:00pm in Nabenhauer Recital Room for “Salon Evening: An evening of music, film, and discussion,” led by Peter and IC Composition professor Evis Sammoutis.)
Full concert program viewable here
FRIDAY, MARCH 24
Guest Recital: Oliver Xu, percussion
7:00pm | Ford Hall
Performing a program of Bach, Keith Jarrett, and contemporary composers Ayanna Woods, Akemi Naito, and Yao Chen.
Full program viewable here
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
2023 High School Gospel Music Invitational Festival
8:00pm | Ford Hall | *note uncommon start time
Directed by Baruch Whitehead, the biennial concert event will feature the Ithaca College Choir and Symphony Orchestra, guest clinician Maestra D'Walla Simmons-Burke of Winston-Salem State University, guest soloist Krista Overby of Laurel, Mississippi, and gospel choirs from schools in Baltimore, Boston, Washington, D.C., and upstate New York. Ithaca College's Amani Gospel Singers will open the program, and Stan Spottswood will serve as Master of Ceremonies.
Full program viewable here
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
Faculty Chamber Music: Tina Bouey, violin; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Elizabeth Simkin, cello; Greg Hesselink, cello; Vadim Serebryany, piano
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Full program viewable here
Guest Recital: Alex Lapins, tuba
8:15pm | Ford Hall
Full program viewable here
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
The Ithaca Brass presents "POLYPHONIES"
A FLEFF Concert featuring the Ithaca Brass and the Aurora Brass Quintet
7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
Full program viewable here
THURSDAY, MARCH 30
African Drumming and Dance Ensemble
8:15pm | Ford Hall
with guest artist Sulley Imoro, Ghana, West Africa
Full program viewable here
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
The Manley and Doriseve Thaler Vocal Concert Series:
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
with Kevin J. Miller, piano
8:15pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall
"One of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today" (NPR), tenor Lawrence Brownlee comes to Ithaca to perform "Rising", his new recital program of songs set to poems of the Harlem Renaissance. One half of the concert consists entirely of new music by Black American composers commissioned specifically for the “Rising” project. The other half features art song cycles by Margaret Bonds, Jeremiah Evans, and Robert Owens.
Brownlee will also give a master class at 7:00pm on Friday, March 31 in Hockett Family Recital Hall. The concert and master class are both Free and open to the public.
For more information, including artist bios and the full concert program, click here
For a complete listing of all concerts, recitals, and events in the Center for Music, see our full concert calendar here.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Michael Stern at mstern@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3717. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.