Music, Theatre, and Dance

IC MOCA Presents: Opera Noire

Ford Hall
Tuesday, 5/7/2024 7:00pm | Ford Hall IC MOCA Presents: Opera Noire The Ithaca College Musicians of Color Association presents Opera Noire, a night highlighting black opera composers. Current members of Musicians of Color will perform repertoire from operas written by William Grant Still, Leslie Adams, Nkeiru Okoye, and more! Free, open to the public

From Sand to Water in the Himalayas: Reimagining Traditional Nepalese Dance-Dramas Within Contemporary Theatre

A Public Talk By Director/Researcher Rose Schwietz Come to a public talk by Rose Schwietz Malla, a theatre-maker, researcher, and educator from Minnesota. Rose spent ten years in Nepal teaching theatre and directing and performing with One World Theatre. She is also a 2022-2023 Fulbright Research in Nepal Alumnus; her research explored sati ghatu naach, a traditional ethnic Gurung dance-drama, which led to an original play - Deurali Daandi: The Last Chapter of Ghatu (director, researcher, co-creator).

IC Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonietta

Ford Hall
Wednesday, 5/1/2024 8:15pm | Ford Hall IC Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonietta This concert will feature the IC Chamber Orchestra and IC Sinfonietta. The program features, among other compositions, Benjamin Britten's virtuosic Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, as well as a new composition, "Swept Away," a violin concerto performed by the composer, Alyssa Wang. Free, open to the public

Opera Workshop

Hockett Family Recital Hall
Monday, 5/6/2024 7:00pm | Hockett Family Recital Hall Opera Workshop Free, open to the public Students perform pieces they studied, analyzed, and staged themselves. The performance includes works by Puccini, Dvořák, Rossini, Lalo, Bizet, Adamo, Scarlotti, Donizetti, Mozart, and Roig.