Schubert songs, sonatas and choral concerts among musical events February through May
Schubert songs and sonatas and choral concerts, clarinet solos, jazz and American chamber works are among the offerings by the Connecticut College music department faculty, students and staff from February to May.
Schubert songs and sonatas and choral concerts, clarinet solos, jazz and American chamber works are among the offerings by the Connecticut College music department faculty, students and staff from February to May.
Highlights include the College’s new “Camel Heard” choral group in its first stand-alone concert in Harkness Chapel presenting Schubert’s “Mass No. 2 in G” on April 3, and on April 24, the Camel Heard and Chorale will explore the concept of “home” in a benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets are available at the door. All music department performances are free for Connecticut College students, faculty and staff.
For more information, contact Nancy Zuelch, nancy.zuelch@conncoll.edu, or call the music department, 860-439-2720.
Here is the full schedule:
Friday, February 5 - RESCHEDULED to February 28
7:30-8:30 p.m., Evans Hall
Songs and Sonatas: A Faculty Schubertiade
Violinist Theodore Arm, baritone Maksim Ivanov, and pianist Kumi Ogano perform an all-Schubert program of songs and chamber works.
Tickets: $10 General; $5 Students and Seniors
Friday, February 12
7:30 p.m., Evans Hall
Clarinet Monologues
Thomas Labadorf will perform works for unaccompanied clarinet, bass clarinet, and accompanied electronics.
$10 General, $5 Students & Seniors
Monday, March 7
7-8 p.m., Evans Hall
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That: Concert Band, Traditional Jazz Band, and Jazz Ensemble Concert
Gary Buttery, director
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students and Sneiors
Sunday, April 3
4-5 p.m., Harkness Chapel
Camel Heard Spring Concert: Mass in G
The Camel Heard, in its first stand-alone concert, presents Schubert’s “Mass No. 2 in G” and other short works.
Wendy Moy, director
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students, Seniors
Friday, April 8
7:30-8:30 p.m., Evans Hall
American Vistas: A Faculty Showcase
Faculty explore American chamber works inspired by the natural world.
Tickets: $10 General; $5 Students, Seniors
Sunday, April 24
7:30-8:30 p.m., Evans Hall
Spring Choral Concert: “Home”
The Camel Heard and Chorale explore the concept of “home” in a benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity.
Wendy Moy, director
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students and Seniors
Monday, May 2
7-8:30 p.m., Evans Hall
Celebrate Spring!: CC Concert Band
Gary Buttery, director
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students and Seniors
Thursday, May 5
7-8 p.m., Evans Hall
The Three-Cornered Hat: Orchestra Concert
Works by Falla, Chabrier, and the winner of the annual concerto competition.
Mark Seto, conductor
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students and Seniors
Friday, May 6
4 p.m., Castle Court (Evans Hall, if rain)
Jazz in the Courtyard: Traditional Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble
Gary Buttery, director
Free
Tuesday, May 10
7-8 p.m., Evans Hall
Percussion and New Music Ensemble Concert
Pete Jarvis, director
Tickets: $5 General; $3 Students and Seniors
Wednesday, May 11
7 p.m., Evans Hall
Charles Shackford Memorial Student Composers Concert
Art Kreiger, director
Free
January 12, 2016