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
Friday, 4/26/2024
5:00pm | Iger
Ithaca Music Forum: In Whose Voice? The Stakes of Bollywood Vocalities in Aspirational India
with Prof. Anaar Desai-Stephens from the Eastman School of Music.
In Whose Voice? The Stakes of Bollywood Vocalities in Aspirational India.
Abstract:
The songs of Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry, have long been sung by “playback singers” whose distinctive voices have granted them a form of aural celebrity.
Sunday, 4/28/2024 4:00pm | Ford Hall Jazz Vocal Ensemble Free, open to the public
JVE's theme for this concert is "Steps, Ahead." We're taking BIG STEPS FORWARD in our programming choices . . . like tackling Coltrane's "Giant Steps" . . . and doing a piece by the group Steps Ahead.