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Fall 2009 

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Orchestra 2001: George Turns 80 and Music At Penn
3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

O2001 salutes Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb on his 80th birthday with performances of excerpts from his monumental American Songbook series, all written for O2001. Works of the current University of Pennsylvania Composition faculty, where Mr. Crumb taught for more than 30 years, will also be performed - including a premiere by Anna Weesner. 

Monday, October 5, 2009
Midday Monday Concert Series: Dolce Suono Trio
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Mimi Stillman - flute, Yumi Kendall - cello, 
Charles Abramovic - piano

Works by Weber, Goossens, Gaubert, Martinu, and Jeremy Gill


Friday, October 23, 2009
Melody of China Lecture and Musical Demonstration
7:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

San Francisco-based ensemble Melody of China holds a unique position in the world of Chinese music. Since its conception, the group has drawn together enthusiastic professional musicians from some of the most prestigious conservatories in China for a common goal: advancing the Chinese musical tradition within the context of the dynamic American music world. 

Melody of China has continued to impress diverse audiences with their expansive repertoire, which, alongside folk music from the different ethnic groups of China, includes classical, contemporary, and jazz. They have commissioned and premiered 40 new works by 20 composers and remain dedicated to their mission of blurring boundaries between East and West, ancient and contemporary. 

The lecture and demonstration will be followed by a performance by Melody of China

Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.

Melody of China Concert
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

San Francisco-based ensemble Melody of China holds a unique position in the world of Chinese music. Since its conception, the group has drawn together enthusiastic professional musicians from some of the most prestigious conservatories in China for a common goal: advancing the Chinese musical tradition within the context of the dynamic American music world. 

Melody of China has continued to impress diverse audiences with their expansive repertoire, which, alongside folk music from the different ethnic groups of China, includes classical, contemporary, and jazz. They have commissioned and premiered 40 new works by 20 composers and remain dedicated to their mission of blurring boundaries between East and West, ancient and contemporary. 

Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Trio Ivoire Presentation/Clinic
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Master class with two of our student ensembles as well as the Trio Ivoire.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Jazz Today Class

2:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Lecture and performance. Open to all, even if not enrolled in class.

Trio Ivoire Concert

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Hans Lüdemann - piano & electronics
Aly Keita - Balaphon & Sanza
Chander Sardjoe - drums & percussion

The TRIO IVOIRE is unique in instrumentation and musical scope, melting personal roots of African, European and Jazz traditions and uniting African balafon with piano, drums and electronics to create a contemporary sound that is without comparison. This has little to do with traditional African music, but a lot with finding artistic expression in a globalized reality. On the search of transporting traditional African instruments into the modern world on one hand, looking for new ways of expression in piano and Jazz music on the other, two worlds are approaching each other that seem far apart.

Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trio Ivoire Presentation/Clinic

3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


A Trio Ivoire led jam session for all interested performers. No jazz training necessary.

Monday, November 2, 2009
Midday Monday Concert Series: Temple University Tuba Ensemble

12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Temple University Tuba Ensemble

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble Performs

Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger
Nitro - Ticheli
The Student Prince - Romberg
Fanfare Ode and Festival - Margolis
Lament (for a fallen friend) - Spittal
Symphony for Band - Gould
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Karen Guan Senior Recital
7:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Orchestra 2001 and Hila Plitmann

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

2009 Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann joins James Freeman and O2001 for concerts of music on texts by two remarkable poets: Sappho and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Schreker's rarely performed masterwork of 1916 completes this exciting program. 

Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.


Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Chamber Winds

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Winds

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Swarthmore College Chorus

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Swarthmore College Chorus Performs 
Handel's Messiah


Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Music 48 Recital I

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Music 48 Recital I
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Music 48 Recital II

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music 48 Recital II

Friday, December 4, 2009
Swarthmore College Orchestra

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Orchestra Performs

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn
Overture – Nocturne – Wedding March

Excerpts from "The Fairy-Queen" - Purcell

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 - Villa-Lobos

Sunday, December 6, 2009
Gamelan Semara Santi

3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Gamelan Semara Santi is the Philadelphia area's only Gamelan (Indonesian percussion orchestra) devoted entirely to performance of traditional compositions from Bali, Indonesia. All of our performances include both music and dance, as is typical in Bali.

Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble performs charts made famous by some legendary bands.

The Ellington Band - Ko-Ko; Prelude to a Kiss
The Basie Band - 920 Special
The Buddy Rich Band - Groovin' Hard
The Stan Kenton Band - Pegasus
The Oliver Nelson Band - Hoe Down
The Charles Mingus Band - Sue's Changes
The Seatbelts - Tank!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Midday Monday Concert Series: Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Midday Monday Concert Series: Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Hans Lüdemann - Between the keys: Jazz explorations
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


As a composer, Hans Lüdemann has worked with many instruments and settings, from piano music and chamber music to the orchestral piece "Geschichte 2" and "Verloren ins weite Blau," a song cycle with orchestra. He has performed solo piano concerts at the Musiktriennale Köln, the HIFA Festival Harare, the piano festival of the Prague Philharmonic, "Vues d'Afrique" in Montreal, and at many other festivals and concert stages.

Some of Lüdemann's current projects include "Trio Ivoire" with Aly Keita (balaphon) and  Chander Sardjoe (drums), the solo program "African Variations," and duos with trumpet player Reiner Winterschladen and kora player Tata Dindin. His latest CD, "Between the Keys," was issued this spring.

Fetter Chamber Music Concert Recital III
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III

Sunday, December 13, 2009
Orchestra 2001: Happy Birthday Jim Freeman
3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

We celebrate Orchestra 2001's founder and conductor James Freeman's70th birthday with the performance of the premieres of 7 new works byPhiladelphia-based composers, all written for this occasion - as wellas the local premiere of a new song cycle by George Crumb. 

Fall 2008

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Trio Kavkasia Workshop
2:00 PM
Bond Complex - Bond Memorial Hall

Trio Kavkasia —three Americans who perform the traditional vocal music of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia— bring to the College the exquisite, ethereal beauty of ancient liturgical music and the striking, earthy exuberance of everyday work songs as well as the fascinating cultural and historical context of Georgian folk traditions. In three CDs, these accomplished musicians and musical scholars have traveled ever further into the heart of Georgian tuning mysteries, with vigorous improvisation. Ted Levin of BBC Music Magazine called Kavkasia’s latest release The Fox and the Lion “lush and resonant,” and The New York Times described its “exotic, beautifully modulated style ... [and] haunting beauty.”

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Trio Kavkasia Concert
3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Trio Kavkasia —three Americans who perform the traditional vocal music of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia— bring to the College the exquisite, ethereal beauty of ancient liturgical music and the striking, earthy exuberance of everyday work songs as well as the fascinating cultural and historical context of Georgian folk traditions. In three CDs, these accomplished musicians and musical scholars have traveled ever further into the heart of Georgian tuning mysteries, with vigorous improvisation. Ted Levin of BBC Music Magazine called Kavkasia’s latest release The Fox and the Lion “lush and resonant,” and The New York Times described its “exotic, beautifully modulated style ... [and] haunting beauty.”

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Jeanne Bamberger Lecture: Noting Time
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang 407

Notations transform the continuousness of music as it disappears in time, into symbols that refer to events as stable, measurable, properties disengaged from context and function. Notational systems bring with them much more than pitches and rhythms: "They transmit a whole way of thinking about music." How can we respond to the utility of notational invariance while still being responsive and responsible to the unique context and function of events as they unfold in the passing present?

Jeanne Bamberger is Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, emerita, where she taught music theory and music cognition. She is currently Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley. Bamberger's research focuses on cognitive aspects of music perception, learning, and development. Her interdisciplinary stance leads her to investigations of learning in other domains and to an interest in young children and their teachers. She was a student of Artur Schnabel and Roger Sessions and has performed in the US and Europe as piano soloist and in chamber music ensembles. She attended Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley receiving degrees in philosophy and music theory. Her most recent books include The Mind Behind the Musical Ear (Harvard University Press, 1995) and Developing Musical Intuitions (Oxford University Press, 2000).

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bernard Woma and the Saakumu Dance Troupe Workshop
2:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Bernard Woma is a true cultural treasure from Ghana who has toured the world as xylophonist and lead drummer of the National Dance Company of Ghana. He was honored to perform for U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings in Accra.His recent American appearances include a performance with the New YorkPhilharmonic, a residency with the Ethos Percussion Group, and teachingat New York’s African Xylophone Festival. Womais artistic director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Centerin Accra.

Oct. 2, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on African music and dance, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on gyil maintenance and repair, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 8 p.m., concert: The Music and Dance of Ghana, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 4, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., master class on gyil performance, Lang Concert Hall

Friday, October 3, 2008
Bernard Woma and the Saakumu Dance Troupe Workshop
2:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Bernard Woma is a true cultural treasure from Ghana who has toured the world as xylophonist and lead drummer of the National Dance Company of Ghana. He was honored to perform for U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings in Accra.His recent American appearances include a performance with the New YorkPhilharmonic, a residency with the Ethos Percussion Group, and teachingat New York’s African Xylophone Festival. Womais artistic director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Centerin Accra.

Oct. 2, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on African music and dance, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on gyil maintenance and repair, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 8 p.m., concert: The Music and Dance of Ghana, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 4, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., master class on gyil performance, Lang Concert Hall

Bernard Woma and the Saakumu Dance Troupe Concert
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Bernard Woma is a true cultural treasure from Ghana who has toured the world as xylophonist and lead drummer of the National Dance Company of Ghana. He was honored to perform for U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings in Accra. His recent American appearances include a performance with the New York Philharmonic, a residency with the Ethos Percussion Group, and teaching at New York’s African Xylophone Festival. Womais artistic director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Centerin Accra.

Oct. 2, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on African music and dance, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on gyil maintenance and repair, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 8 p.m., concert: The Music and Dance of Ghana, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 4, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., master class on gyil performance, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday, October 4, 2008
Bernard Woma and the Saakumu Dance Troupe Master Class
10:00 AM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Bernard Woma is a true cultural treasure from Ghana who has toured the world as xylophonist and lead drummer of the National Dance Company of Ghana. He was honored to perform for U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings in Accra.His recent American appearances include a performance with the New YorkPhilharmonic, a residency with the Ethos Percussion Group, and teachingat New York’s African Xylophone Festival. Womais artistic director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Centerin Accra.

Oct. 2, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on African music and dance, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 2 – 5 p.m., workshop on gyil maintenance and repair, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 3, 8 p.m., concert: The Music and Dance of Ghana, Lang Concert Hall

Oct. 4, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., master class on gyil performance, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Orchestra 2001
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: The 20th anniversary season. James Freeman, Artistic Director.

The opening concert includes two world premieres, including the final volume of Pulitzer-prize winning composer George Crumb's monumental American Songbook series, all written for Orchestra 2001, and the newest work from emerging composer (and O 2001's Executive Director) Ronald G. Vigue featuring Mr. Crumb's singer-actress daughter Ann Crumb.

Vigue, "Tides" (Ann Crumb, sop.)
Schwantner, "Distant Runes and Incantations"
Crumb, "American Songbook VI", (Ann Crumb, sop. and Randall Scarlata, bar.)

Monday, October 6, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: 4 Horizons
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

4 Horizons performs the Brahms Clarinet Trio, Op. 114, Rachmaninoff' "Trio Elegiaque", Op. post. in G Minor and "Two Conversation Pieces" by Tom Kraines.

Allison Herz, clarinet
Juliette Kang, violin
Michal Schmidt, cello
Charles Abramovic, piano

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Swarthmore College Jazz Combos
7:00 PM

Swarthmore College Jazz Combos

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Jazz Symposium
2:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2008
Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Infernal Dance and Finale from
The Firebird
- Stravinsky
Mysterious Village - Colgrass
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - Sousa
Visions Macabres - Barnes

Monday, November 3, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: Quidditas
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Quidditas is an early music group based in Philadelphia, performing music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods in engaging, accessible and unique concerts.

Flora Newberry: cornetto, voice, recorders
Susan Moxley: sackbut
Priscilla Smith: recorders, Renaissance winds, voice
Jacqueline Smith: voice, harp, recorders
Kile Smith: voice, percussion
K. Rebecca Oehlers: voice, recorders

Sunday, November 16, 2008
Orchestra 2001
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 celebrates the life and extraordinary importance of French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger as a teacher of young American composers with works by three of her most outstanding American students: Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Elliott Carter’s 100th birthday will be celebrated with two of his most recent and thorniest works featuring Europe’s most famous and vigorous champion of American music, pianist Emanuele Arciuli. Program includes works by Carter, Piston, and Copland.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Music 48 Recital I
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music 48 Recital I

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Swarthmore College Chamber Winds
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Chamber Winds

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Music 48 Recital II
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music 48 Recital II

Friday, November 21, 2008
Robert Hollahan & Miranda Weinberg Recital
8:00 PM

New works for violin and tuba.

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, John LaBarbera and others. Philadelphia-based alto sax star Tony Williams will perform with the ensemble.

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

Sunday, November 23, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert IV
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert IV

Friday, December 5, 2008
Swarthmore College Orchestra
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Les offrandes oubliées - Messiaen
La Forza del Destino - Verdi
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor - Schubert
"Unfinished"

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gamelan Semara Santi
3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Gamelan Semara Santi is the Philadelphia area's only Gamelan (Indonesian percussion orchestra) devoted entirely to performance of traditional compositions from Bali, Indonesia. All of our performances include both music and dance, as is typical in Bali.

Swarthmore College Chorus

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Mozart and Fauré Requiems

Monday, December 8, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Orchestra 2001: Messiaen 100th Anniversary
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Pianists James Freeman and Marcantonio Barone, joined by PhiladelphiaOrchestra member Barbara Govatos, celebrate the life and legacy of Olivier Messiaen (b. Dec. 10th, 1908) - on the 100th anniversary of hisbirth. Our program focuses on his epic and profoundly religious workfor two pianos, Visions de l'amen, and includes the area premiere of his Fantasie for Violin and Piano, as well as Morning Star by Swarthmore College professor and recent Pew fellowship winner Gerald Levinson - one of Messiaen's last students.

Spring 2009 

Monday, February 2, 2009
Midday Monday Concert Series: Excelsior Trombone Ensemble

12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

The Excelsior Trombone Ensemble has excited audiences with a rare versatility, offering programs that evoke the majestic origin of the trombone in the Renaissance to classical, jazz, pop, and modern idioms. Founded in 2005, the group performs in concert halls and sacred spaces, often in collaboration with vocal ensembles and organists.  Their highly acclaimed educational programs in schools, colleges, and universities are part of their ongoing commitment to artistic creativity for young audiences and aspiring professionals alike. 

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Orchestra 2001: A Scandal in Bohemia

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 honors Swarthmore College's long-standing contribution to Philadelphia's cultural life with a world premiere of a new opera. Sherlock Holmes lives again in Arthur Conan Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia; music by Thomas Whitman, libretto by Nathalie Anderson. The same team that created the hugely successful, The Black Swan in 1998.

Friday, February 20, 2009
Cavani String Quartet Concert

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

The Cavani String Quartet Concert will celebrate their 25th anniversary with an exciting residency, combining a masterclass, presentations and a concert featuring Beethoven’s powerful quartet in a minor,Op. 132 and the quartet in f minor, Op. 95, along with the Philadelphia premiere of Geoffrey Peterson’s Seasons. As quartet-in-residence at the renowned Cleveland Institute of Music since 1988, and winner of  numerous accolades, including the prestigious Naumburg Award, the Cavani Quartet has been described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant.” Hailed as dynamic and inspirational teachers as well as performers, the Cavani String Quartet succeeds like few others in communicating the sheer joy of music making. 

Friday, February 27, 2009
Swarthmore College Jazz Combos Concert

6:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Swarthmore College Jazz Combos Concert

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Salsa Dance and Drumming Workshop

1:30 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Boyer Dance Studio

Salsa Dance and Drumming Workshop with professor Kim Arrow

Monday, March 16, 2009
Midday Monday Concert Series: Adam Grabois and Deborah Wong

12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Adam Grabois, cello and Deborah Wong, violin

Sonate pour Violon et Violoncelle 
(a la mémoire de Claude Debussy) - Ravel
Duo, Op. 7 - Kodály


Friday, March 20, 2009
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


The world renowned Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Haydn's Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin", Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for violin and orchestra with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg soloist, Melinda Wagner's Little Moonhead: Three Tributaries (world premiere, commissioned as part of The New Brandenburgs), and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite.

Saturday, March 21, 2009
High School Jazz Festival

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


High School Jazz Festival

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Mac Carlson Piano Recital

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Bach - Italian Concerto
Prokofiev - 7th Sonata
Debussy - Suite Bergamasque
Franck - Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue

Mac Carlson graduated from Swarthmore in 2004 with a double major in music and ancient Greek. He went on to receive a master's degree in piano performance from Temple University in 2006. He teaches piano at the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music and privately, and is the music director at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Washington, PA. His teachers include Eleanor Roberts, Marcantonio Barone, and Charles Abramovic.

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Peter Gram Swing Lecture Series: Joseph Horowitz - "Artists in Exile"

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Joseph Horowitz
is an artistic consultant, teacher, and author. He is one of the most prominent and widely published writers on topics in American music. As an orchestral administrator and advisor, he has been a pioneering force in the development of thematic programming and new concert formats.
 
Mr. Horowitz's first seven books -- including Classical Music in America: A History, named one of the best books of 2005 by The Economist -- offer a detailed history and analysis of American symphonic culture, its achievements, challenges, and prospects for the future.

Of his new book, Artists in Exile: How Refugees from War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts  (HarperCollins, Feb. 2008), Arlene Croce has written: "Joseph Horowitz  has taken on a job which very much needed doing, and which needed doing specifically by him. He has made a thorough going analysis of that special European emigration in the last century which so deeply  influenced, and was influenced by, American culture. Bringing his superbly cultivated, coordinated interdisciplinary approach to bear on  the largest possible scale—from the harbinger Dvorak to Stravinsky and Balanchine, from Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg to Hollywood and  Broadway; from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War—he gathers dozens of extraordinary lives into a chronicle of epic force."

Friday, March 27, 2009
Brad Gersh Senior Recital

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Brad Gersh Senior Recital

Saturday, March 28, 2009
Helen Chmura Senior Recital

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Helen Chmura Senior Recital

Sunday, March 29, 2009
Pianist and Composer Hans Lüdemann

3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Pianist and composer Hans Lüdemann from Hoffnungsthal near Cologne (Köln) is at home in different musical worlds. He goes his own way on his search for contemporary forms of expression and knows no borders. His roots in European and Jazz tradition are combined with African influences. These become most obvious in his collaborations with African musicians. But in a subtle way, they also have become part of his very personal style of improvising and composing music.

Current projects are the "TRIO IVOIRE" with Aly Keita (Balaphon) and Chander Sardjoe (drums), the solo program "African Variations", duos with trumpet player Reiner Winterschladen and Kora player Tata Dindin. In the group RISM that has existed since 1990 in different sizes up to a septet, Lüdemann has found many fruitful connections between improvised and composed music.

As a composer, Lüdemann has worked with many instruments and settings, from piano music and chamber music to the orchestral piece "Geschichte2" and "Verloren ins weite Blau" a song cycle with orchestra.Commissions from WDR, Hessischer Rundfunk and Ensemble Indigo.

Henry Heaton Senior Recital
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Henry Heaton Senior Recital

Friday, April 3, 2009
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I

Saturday, April 4, 2009
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II

Sunday, April 5, 2009
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III

Monday, April 6, 2009
Midday Monday Concert Series: Ensembles from the Fetter Chamber Music Program

12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series: Ensembles from the Fetter Chamber Music Program

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Isaburoh Hanayagi: Dance presentation: Ryu-sei (A Shooting Star)

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


A master teacher and performer, Hanayagi, or Isaburoh-sensei as he is  known to his students, is the Cornell Visiting Professor for this  academic year. Hanayagi has a long history with Swarthmore, visiting  regularly to perform with his student taiko and dance ensemble from  Tamagawa University in Tokyo. Professor Hanayagi is an internationally respected choreographer and director of Kabuki dance and Taiko drumming.

Friday, April 17, 2009
Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Chorale and Fugue - Dietrich Buxtehude
Strike Up the Band - George Gershwin
An Original Suite - Gordon Jacob
Overture for Band - Felix Mendelssohn
Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face
- Vincent Persichetti
Music for Prague 1968 - Karel Husa
First Suite for Band - Gustav Holst

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Swarthmore College Orchestra

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


The Swarthmore College Orchestra performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, with 2009 concerto competition winner Karen Guan '09 soloist.

Sunday, April 19, 2009
Gamelan Semara Santi

3:00 PM
Outdoor Areas - Amphitheater


Music and Dance of Bali, Indonesia - Scott Outdoor Amphitheater (Lang Concert Hall rain location)

Saturday, April 25, 2009
Jamie Birney Junior Recital

7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Selected vocal works from Schubert’s Winterreise.

Sunday, April 26, 2009
Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble

3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Meditations on Integration - Charles Mingus.  
La Fiesta - Chick Corea
Braggin' - Duke Ellington
Decoupage - Hank Levy
Rockin' in Rhythm - DukeEllington
Harlem Nocturne - Earle Hagen
A Foggy Day - arr. Lennie Niehaus

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Music 48 Recital I

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music 48 Recital I

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Chamber Winds

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Featuring music by Hummel, Mozart, Handel, 
Haydn, Beethoven, Hoffmeister and others.

Thursday, April 30, 2009
Music 48 Recital II

4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music 48 Recital II

Friday, May 1, 2009
Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in Crum Meadow

6:00 PM
Outdoor Areas - Crum Meadow


The Department of Theater at Swarthmore College presents William Shakespeare’s Macbeth on Friday through Sunday, May 1st to 3rd at 6pm in Crum Meadow, in the Crum Woods off of Fieldhouse Lane. Join us for an invigorating exploration of Shakespeare’s staggering tragedy.

Uncontrollable passions and dangerous secrets are the life force behind this timeless story. Engage your sense of adventure and actively immerse yourself in the world of the play. Come prepared to feast, think, dance, delve, explore, and enjoy!  Featuring wildly re-imagined music by The Kinks played live by Swarthmore's finest troubadours. 

The production takes place in several locations around Crum Meadow. We highly recommend wearing long pants and sturdy, close-toed shoes.

This production is the Honors directing thesis of Jacqueline Vitale ’09. Colin Aarons ’09 is featured in the title role.  Designers include: Daniel Perelstein ’09 (sound), Carmella Ollero ’09 (choreography), Emma Ferguson ’10 (set), Allison McCarthy ’09 (costumes), and Logan Tiberi-Warner ’10 (body art). Guest artist Kate Watson-Wallace will provide space and movement dramaturgy. 

The performances are free and open to the public without advance reservations. Please check the Theater Department website for updates in the case of inclement weather.  Rain date May 4.  For further information, contact Liza Clark at lclark1@swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8260.

Swarthmore College Chorus
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Mass in B Minor - J.S. Bach

Alicia Lemke Senior Recital
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Alicia Lemke Senior Recital

Kara Peterman Senior Recital
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Kara Peterman Senior Recital

Friday, May 8, 2009
Chester Children's Chorus

8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

100-voice chorus sings English madrigals, Elvis, and gospel.
Directed by John Alston, Associate Professor of Music at Swarthmore College.

Sunday, May 24, 2009
Orchestra 2001

3:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall


Orchestra 2001 performs sensational concerti for brilliant performers, including the world premiere of a new work by Andrew Rudin, featuring violist Brett Deubner. Philadelphia superstars Marcantonio Barone and Mimi Stillman perform the music of another outstanding Philadelphian, Russian émigrè David Finko. Famed violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn will be our soloist in John Corigliano's Oscar-winning music from the movie The Red Violin. Ms. Pitcairn owns the actual red violin in the acclaimed movie, and will be performing on it!

Spring 2008

Saturday, January 26, 2008
Orchestra 2001: Philadelphia-Area Premiere of Boulez's 'Le Marteau Sans Maitre'
8:00 PM

Orchestra 2001 kicks off '08 with the Philadelphia-area Premiere of Boulez's 'Le Marteau Sans Maître'
'La saison française' continues with this challenging masterwork by Pierre Boulez, with vocal soloist Freda Herseth; and solo works featuring guitarist Jason Vieaux and violist/composer Kenji Bunch.
The program continues with Suite for Viola and Piano, written and performed by violist and emerging composer Kenji Bunch, along with pianist Marcantonio Barone.
Orchestra 2001 will also perform Innocence and Experience by local guitarist and Temple faculty member Allen Krantz. The guitar soloist will be the renowned Jason Vieaux, who will also play in Le marteau sans maître.
Two Performances:
Saturday, January 26th, 8:00 p.m. Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia
Sunday, January 27th, 7:30 p.m. Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College 500 College Ave., Swarthmore
For tickets: web: http://www.orchestra2001.org/ Phone 1.800.595.4TIX (4849)
Ticket prices for the Saturday concert: $32.00 Adult, $27.00 for Seniors, Students FREE with valid ID
Note: Swarthmore concert is free and open to the public - donations welcome

Sunday, January 27, 2008
Orchestra 2001: Philadelphia-Area Premiere of Boulez's 'Le Marteau Sans Maitre'
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 kicks off '08 with the Philadelphia-area Premiere of Boulez's 'Le Marteau Sans Maître'
'La saison française' continues with this challenging masterwork by Pierre Boulez, with vocal soloist Freda Herseth; and solo works featuring guitarist Jason Vieaux and violist/composer Kenji Bunch.
The program continues with Suite for Viola and Piano, written and performed by violist and emerging composer Kenji Bunch, along with pianist Marcantonio Barone.
Orchestra 2001 will also perform Innocence and Experience by local guitarist and Temple faculty member Allen Krantz. The guitar soloist will be the renowned Jason Vieaux, who will also play in Le marteau sans maître.
Two Performances:
Saturday, January 26th, 8:00 p.m. Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing 211 S. Columbus Blvd. and Walnut St., Philadelphia
Sunday, January 27th, 7:30 p.m. Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College 500 College Ave., Swarthmore
For tickets: web: http://www.orchestra2001.org/ Phone 1.800.595.4TIX (4849)
Ticket prices for the Saturday concert: $32.00 Adult, $27.00 for Seniors, Students FREE with valid ID
Note: Swarthmore concert is free and open to the public - donations welcome.

Monday, February 4, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: Astral Artists
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Astral Artists: José Franch-Ballester - clarinet, Doug O’Connor - saxophone and Sonya Ovrutsky - piano perform works by Kovaks, Lauba, D'Rivera, Aguila, Piazzolla, Corea and Shrude.
Bring your Lunch!

The Feldenkrais Method with Diane Gaary
5:00 PM
Kohlberg - Scheuer Room

The Feldenkrais Method© was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais to teach people to develop their potential emotional and physical selves.  We will be exploring arm and spine movements through The Awareness through Movement© sequences, which are gentle movements designed to reprogram the human nervous system to work more efficiently.  When presented with the variety of movement options available to play an instrument, you will learn about your movement preferences and your body will naturally begin to choose the easiest way to move.
Bring a blanket or yoga mat.
Diane Gaary has been an Alexander Technique teacher for twelve years and has a fascination with the connections between body use and vocal use.  She has an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Virginia where she also studied speech pathology for two years.  She is a Feldenkrais Practitioner™ and is also certified as a Lessac Voice and Movement Instructor.  Diane has taught at Longwood College, Widener University, Beaver College, the University of Virginia, the University of Florida, and Westminster Choir College.  Diane has given workshops nationally and internationally, and is on the faculty of Temple University. She maintains private studios in both Philadelphia and Manhattan.
 
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Faculty and Friends Dance Concert
8:00 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Pearson-Hall Theatre

The Department of Music and Dance presents the Swarthmore Faculty and Friends Dance Concert on Saturday, February 9 at 8 pm in Pearson-Hall Theater, LPAC.
This concert features work by professors Pallabi Chakravorty, Sally Hess, Lisa Kraus and C. Kemal Nance, as well as work by alumni Liza Clark '03 and Cynthia Lee '02.

Monday, February 11, 2008
The Alexander Technique with Diane Gaary
5:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

The Alexander Technique is a hands-on kinesthetic training that has been used by performers for over 100 years to increase co-ordination, prevent or alleviate repetitive stress issues and stage fright. The Alexander Technique increases your awareness of how you’re organizing your body and thoughts to move and respond to life’s stresses.  The Alexander Technique also provides you with choices that lead to freer movement with less strain on your muscles and joints.  With increased awareness, you can improve your posture, coordination and physical comfort as you change how you go about your favorite activities. Bring your instrument if you'd like some hands-on work.
Diane Gaary has been an Alexander Technique teacher for twelve years and has a fascination with the connections between body use and vocal use.  She has an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Virginia where she also studied speech pathology for two years.  She is a Feldenkrais Practitioner™ and is also certified as a Lessac Voice and Movement Instructor.  Diane has taught at Longwood College, Widener University, Beaver College, the University of Virginia, the University of Florida, and Westminster Choir College.  Diane has given workshops nationally and internationally, and is on the faculty of Temple University. She maintains private studios in both Philadelphia and Manhattan.

Friday, February 22, 2008
Student Recital: Anne Searcy, flute
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music by Copland, Ewazen, Handel and Prokofiev.

Friday, February 29, 2008
High School Jazz Festival
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music by Strayhorn, Piazzolla, Ellington, Kern & Hammerstein, Mossman, Taylor, Baylock, Jones and others. Performances by the jazz ensembles of Haverford, Ridley, and Strath Haven High Schools, as well as the Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble.

Sunday, March 2, 2008
A Window on the Work: "A Scandal in Bohemia"
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Excerpts from a new opera (work in progress - an unstaged concert version of Act I) by Swarthmore Faculty members Nathalie Anderson and Thomas Whitman. The cast: Markus Beam as Sherlock Holmes; Laura Heimes as Irene Adler; Julian Rodescu as The Reader/The King/Minister; and Henry Clapp '09 as Dr. Watson/Godfrey Norton. Conducted by Mark Loria '08.

A Window on the Work: Sasha Welsh '00
4:00 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Troy Dance Studio

The Music and Dance Department presents a Window on the Work with choreographer Sasha Welsh '00, who was in residence as part of The Swarthmore Project in Dance during the summer of 2007.  This informal showing will feature two new dances by Welsh and a question and answer period.  This event is free and open to the public. 

Trace Decay
is an experimental collaboration with Welsh's sister, video artist Kerrie Welsh. Exploring found footage from the 1940's with dancers Laurie Berg, Cindy Chung Camins and Cynthia St. Clair, Welsh investigates processes of memory (both cultural and personal), and the experience of the passage of time. Atopia, performed with Deborah Black and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, is a project exploring images of specific spaces, real and imagined, vast and constrained, and bringing a shadow of those spaces into the finished work. The piece is a collaboration with composer J Why.

Monday, March 3, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: Network for New Music
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Music by Carter, Bartok and Rakowski.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
"West Side Story" - The Making of a Broadway Classic
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

A talk in which Nigel Simeone (Sheffield University, UK) will trace the evolution of the show, from Leonard Bernstein's first meeting with Jerome Robbins and Arthur Laurents in 1949, to its opening on Broadway in September 1957. As well as audio and video clips, the talk will be illustrated with manuscript material for "West Side Story" in the Library of Congress, including Bernstein's sketches, unpublished songs, and draft lyrics and scripts. In particular, the talk will focus on the musical numbers that were cut, and on those that were extensively revised - including major rewrites of two of the most famous scenes in the show: the Prologue and the Balcony Scene.
Nigel Simeone holds the Chair of Historical Musicology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published extensively on French music, especially Messiaen, and also on Janacek. Nigel is currently writing a book on "West Side Story" for the series "Landmarks in Music Since 1950".

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Iyengar Yoga Master Class with Genny Kapuler
11:30 AM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Troy Dance Studio

The Department of Music and Dance and the William J. Cooper Foundation present a master class with Iyengar yoga teacher Genevieve Kapuler on Wednesday, March 26th from 11:30 am-1 pm in Troy Dance Lab.  This class is a prelude to "A Yoga Symposium: Practice in Body, Mind and Spirit" to be held on Sunday, March 30th from 10 am-4:15 pm. 

Genny Kapuler has studied yoga since 1976 and has been teaching since 1980. She has studied three times in India with the Iyengar family.  Her primary teacher in NYC is Mary Dunn.
Before the birth of her child and before she began teaching yoga, Genny performed as a modern dancer; for many years she had her own company. She is also trained as an Alexander-technique teacher and is a practitioner of Body-Mind Centering.
In addition to her yoga training, Genny has studied anatomy extensively.
She applies this knowledge to her understanding and teaching of yoga, directing her students toward a deeper awareness in asana and pranayama through precision of alignment. Genny also uses the poetics of language to guide her students, and to create "a mind-state in the room that is gentle and focused."

Friday, March 28, 2008
Jazz Recital
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Featuring: Mark Loria and Alicia Lemke; Greg Albright, Garth Griffin, Dan Vail, and Anna Grant; Yaeir Heber, Ben Rachbach, and Jacob Socolar. Swat's only jazz combo concert this school year.

Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
8:00 PM

Works include: Liberty Fanfare - John Williams, Trauersinfonie - Richard Wagner, Satiric Dances - Norman Dello Joio, Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Hands Across the Sea" March - John Philip Sousa, Chorale Prelude: O God Unseen - Vincent Persichetti, Postcard - Frank Ticheli, Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda" - Jaromir Weinberger

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Student Recital: Gerrit Straughter
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Works by Straughter, Bach and others.

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Student Honors Recital: Serena Le, violin
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Works for violin and piano by Prokofiev, Janacek, Bartok and Le (world premiere).

Friday, April 4, 2008
Mixed Company Spring Concert
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Come enjoy a fun night of co-ed a cappella with Swarthmore's oldest co-ed group and special guests: the Johns Hopkins Mental Notes! It's going to be a great show, so don't miss it!!!

Saturday, April 5, 2008
Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
8:00 PM

Featured composers will include: Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Gordon Goodwin, Duke Ellington, Frank Foster, Chick Corea, Charles Mingus, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Tower of Power.

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Tamagawa Taiko
7:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Tamagawa Taiko

Monday, April 7, 2008
Midday Monday Concert Series: The Beginnings of German Art Songs
12:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Clara Rottsolk, soprano and Sylvia Berry, fortepiano perform art songs by C.P.E. Bach, Schubert, Mozart and others.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
THE MERASI/ Folk Arts Rajastan
4:30 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Troy Dance Studio

The Department of Music and Dance present The Merasi's Hearts with Hope 2 Tour. The Merasi are a community of impoverished, marginalized lower caste musicians who live in Rajasthan,a sprawling desert state in northwestern India. They descend from a37-generation-old musical legacy that is on the verge of extinction dueto India's rapid modernization. The Hearts with Hope 2 Tour issponsored by Folk Arts Rajasthan, a US nonprofit, that is dedicated to empowering the Merasi community through educational initiatives, fair trade projects, and cultural exchange programs, such as this tour.  Their objective with the tour is to spread awareness about this vitalmusical legacy, the precarious reality of the artists who safeguard itand, ultimately, raise hope for a more expansive future.

Friday, April 11, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Sunday, April 13, 2008
Gamelan Semara Santi
3:00 PM
Outdoor Areas - Amphitheater

Music and Dance of Bali, Indonesia - Scott Outdoor Amphitheater (Lang Concert Hall rain location)

Orchestra 2001- Mysteries for Orchestra: Le Raccordement Français!
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001- Mysteries for Orchestra: Le Raccordement Français! La création du monde – Milhaud, The River Within: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra – Reise (world premiere) - Maria Bachmann, violin soloist, Symphony no. 2 – Honegger

Friday, April 18, 2008
Student Recital: Cara Arcuni and Henry Clapp
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Vocal music by Mozart, Bellini, Puccini, Copland, Schumann, Butterworth, Berlin and Whitman.

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert
7:30 PM

Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert Presents: The 9th Street Chamber Music Project with the Stott Alumnus Artist, pianist Mackenzie Carlson '04. Featuring the world premiere of "Divertimento" by David Ludwig and works by Mozart, Haydn and Patitucci.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Music 48 Recital I
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Music 48 Recital II
4:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Friday, April 25, 2008
Student Recital: Charles Inniss
5:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Suite for Flute and Piano - Claude Bolling

Spring Student Dance Concert

8:00 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Pearson-Hall Theatre

The Department of Music and Dance presents the Spring Student Dance Concert on Friday, April 25 & Saturday, April 26, at 8 pm in Pearson-Hall Theater, Lang Performing Arts Center.  The concert will feature works in the genres of African, Flamenco, Kathak, Tap, Modern and Taiko choreographed by faculty Kim Arrow, Pallabi Chakravorty, LaDeva Davis, Dolores Luis Gmitter, Lisa Kraus, and C. Kemal Nance.  Carmella Ollero '09 will also present a new work.  The performance is free and open to the public without reservations. 

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Spring Student Dance Concert
8:00 PM
Lang Performing Arts Center - LPAC Pearson-Hall Theatre

The Department of Music and Dance presents the Spring Student Dance Concert on Friday, April 25 & Saturday, April 26, at 8 pm in Pearson-Hall Theater, Lang Performing Arts Center.  The concert will feature works in the genres of African, Flamenco, Kathak, Tap, Modern and Taiko choreographed by faculty Kim Arrow, Pallabi Chakravorty, LaDeva Davis, Dolores Luis Gmitter, Lisa Kraus, and C. Kemal Nance.  Carmella Ollero '09 will also present a new work.  The performance is free and open to the public without reservations. 

Sunday, April 27, 2008
Swarthmore College Orchestra
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy - Tchaikovsky
El Salón México - Copland
Horn Concerto No.1 in Eb major - R. Strauss
*Bryce Wiedenbeck ‘08, horn soloist - winner of the 2008 Concerto Competition

Monday, April 28, 2008
Recital - Stephanie Hsu, Henry Heaton & Marcantonio Barone
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Schubert - Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 99 Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Chamber Winds Concert
4:30 PM
Lang Music Building

Works by Beethoven, Bozza, Haydn, Scheidt, N. Bizet, Ibert, Stich, Shaw and Boismortier.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert IV
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Program TBA

Friday, May 2, 2008
Senior Dance Concert
7:00 PM

The Department of Music and Dance presents the Senior Dance Concert on Friday, May 2 at 7 pm and Saturday, May 3 at 8 pm in Pearson-Hall Theater, Lang Performing Arts Center.  The concert will feature the work on senior dance majors and minors Marshall Morales, Michael Nguyen, Kate Speer, Hilary Tanabe, and Joanna Wright.  The performance is free and open to the public without reservations. 

Swarthmore College Chorus
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

St. John Passion - J. S. Bach

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Senior Dance Concert
8:00 PM

The Department of Music and Dance presents the Senior Dance Concert on Friday, May 2 at 7 pm and Saturday, May 3 at 8 pm in Pearson-Hall Theater, Lang Performing Arts Center.  The concert will feature the work on senior dance majors and minors Marshall Morales, Michael Nguyen, Kate Speer, Hilary Tanabe, and Joanna Wright.  The performance is free and open to the public without reservations. 

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Student Recital: Mark Loria, piano
7:30 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Leoš Janácek, In the Mists
George Crumb, Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music): Ruminations on ‘Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time

Monday, May 5, 2008
West African Music for the American Melodic Percussionist
2:00 PM
Science Center - Science Center 101

Valerie Naranjo will teach a workshop on traditional west African music for the gyil. Known for her pioneering efforts on West African keyboard percussion, Valerie Naranjo is the first woman permitted (by chiefly decree) to perform African gyil publicly, and one of the only two Westerners to receive a first prize at Ghana's prestigious Kobine Festival.The workshop will introduce the traditional music of the gyil at a level appropriate to attendees. All are welcome to participate. RSVPs are recommended; contact Judy Voet (jvoet1) with a brief description of musical experience or for more information.

The gyil is a mallet keyboard from the Dagara and Lobi peoples of northern Ghana. Through the Cooper Foundation, the late master gyil player and maker Kakraba Lobi performed at Swarthmore. The college now owns gyils made by Kakraba Lobi before he passed away in 2007.

Sponsors of Valerie's visit include Pearl/Adams, Avedis Zildjian Inc., and Vic Firth Inc.

Gyil Performance by Valerie Naranjo
7:30 PM
Science Center - Science Center 101

Known for her pioneering efforts on West African keyboard percussion, Valerie Naranjo is the first woman permitted (by chiefly decree) to perform African gyil publicly, and one of the only two Westerners to receive a first prize at Ghana's prestigious Kobine Festival.

She received the Bachelor's and Master's degrees, studied in ten African countries, and has apprenticed with some of percussion's strictest masters in America and West Africa.

Valerie currently performs on six continents: (solo, with "Mandara"; The Saturday Night Live Band, Broadway's Lion King, Philip Glass, The Paul Winter Consort, Zakir Hussein) and created, with master percussionist Kakraba Lobi the series "West African Music for the Marimba Soloist."

The 2005 reader's poll for "Drum!" magazine named Valerie "World Percussionist of the Year."

More information about Valerie and the gyil can be found at:  www.mandaramusic.com 

Friday, May 9, 2008
Chester Children’s Chorus: Music for a May Evening
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Chester Children's Chorus: Music for a May Evening. 75 children from Chester will sing a varied repertoire including Renaissance madrigals and original gospel under the direction of John Alston, associate professor of music.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Chester Children’s Chorus: Music for a May Evening
8:00 PM
Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall

Chester Children's Chorus: Music for a May Evening. 75 children from Chester will sing a varied repertoire including Renaissance madrigals and original gospel under the direction of John Alston, associate professor of music.

Fall 2007

September

Midday Monday Concert Series: Momenta String Quartet
Music by Janacek, Feldman and Schuman.
September 10, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Crumb and Tchaikovsky - Three Premieres
Syrinx - Debussy
Density 21.5 - Varese
Concert Piece for Flute and Strings - Tchaikovsky (area premiere)
Jeffrey Khaner, flute soloist
Otherworldly Resonances - Crumb (area premiere)
American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World - Crumb (world premiere)
Saturday, September 15, 8pm

Lang Concert Hall

Simone Dinnerstein performs J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations"
Friday, September 28, 8pm.
Lang Concert Hall
The recital follows the August 28 release of Ms. Dinnerstein’s much-anticipated recording of the Goldberg Variations on Telarc International. Ms. Dinnerstein describes her approach to Bach’s music as a current interpretation of a timeless work. “Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a piece with a profound sense of structure and organization, and yet the listener never experiences these elements as constraints,” she said. “It is as expressive as it is diverse. Each variation explores a distinctive mood, a particular sound world, and a unique shade of character and emotion.”

Hildegard Chamber Players Barbara Govatos - violin, Michal Schmidt - cello, Charles Abramovic - piano. Music by Amy Beach, Sylvia Glickman, Shulamit Ran and Heidi Jacob.
Sunday, September 30, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

October

Midday Monday Concert Series: Metal and Wood Band: Mimi Stillman - flute, Allen Krantz - guitar,
Burchard Tang - viola, Emilio Gravagno - double bass.
Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series - Suburban Concert

Music of Handel, Dowland, Johnson, Schulhoff, Kreutzer and Piazzolla
.
October 1, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Exotic Birds, Kurt Weil and Gilbert Kalish (Cooper Series Event)
Violin Concerto - Weill, Igor Szwec - violin soloist
No Two Breaths - Mackey (area premiere)
Oiseaux exotiques - Messiaen, Gilbert Kalish - piano soloist
Sunday, October 7, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Symposium
Peter Gram Swing Lecture Series Presents:
Mercedes Ellington
Duke Ellington's "Such Sweet Thunder - The Shakespearean Suite"
3-5pm - Student-led mini-lectures and mini-concerts.
5-6pm - Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble and Mercedes Ellington present excerpts from "Such Sweet Thunder". As Ms. Ellington delivers her lecture on the relationships between jazz, dance and literature, the ensemble will play live examples of the music from the suite. Please join us for this unique and interactive event.
Saturday, October 27, 3-6pm
Lang Concert Hall


Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 1
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, October 28, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

November

Gamelan Semara Santi will host Gamelan Çudamani of Pengosekan, Bali. A master class led by Çudamani musicians and dancers will be at 2pm in Lang Concert Hall, followed by a concert of classical and modern compositions at 8pm.
(Cooper Series Event).
Friday, November 2nd, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001: Imani Winds Joins Orch. 2001
La création du monde - Milhaud
Umoja - Coleman
Quintette en forme de choros - Villa-Lobos
Divertimento, K. 270 - Mozart
New Work - Coleman
Sunday, November 4, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series: Delaware Steel Drum Band
November 5, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, November 10, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 2
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, November 11, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall


Music 48
Wednesday, November 28, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Music 48
Thursday, November 29, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
Friday, November 30, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

December

Pamela Frank Masterclass
Saturday, December 1, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Chorus
Sunday, December 2, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program
Tuesday, December 4, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program
Friday, December 7, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College Orchestra
Saturday, December 8, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Gamelan Semara Santi
Sunday, December 9, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall.

Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Part 3
Marcantonio Barone - piano, Barbara Govatos - violin
Sunday, December 9, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Music Program
Monday, December 10, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fall 2006

September 2006

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Diane Monroe & Friends
September 11, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Presents: “The String Orchestra”
Featuring works by Rochberg, Ligeti & Bernstein
Sunday, September 17, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Peter Gram Swing Lecture Series Presents: The Music of Olivier Messiaen
Friday, September 29
7:00pm lecture "Messiaen amid Nature" by Nigel Simeone - Lang Concert Hall
8:00pm concert featuring pianist, Peter Hill - Lang Concert Hall

October 2006

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Members of Philomel
Philadelphia's premiere original instruments ensemble
October 9, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Keiko Sato & Ohad Bar-David
Friday, October 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

November 2006

Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert Presents: Momenta Quartet
Featuring the world premiere of "Intelligent Design" by Daniel Koontz's,
as well as works by Mozart, Kurtag and Beethoven.
Friday, November 3, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Series Presents: Slowind Woodwind Quintet
Slowind is made up of soloists of the Slovene Philharmonic, an orchestra with
a rich musical tradition since its beginnings more than 300 years ago in 1701, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

November 6, 12:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program Presents:
Chamber Music Masterclass with Pamela Frank
Friday, November 10 7pm
Lang Concert Hall

Wind Ensemble Concert
Featuring works by Bernstein, Persichetti, Lauridsen, McBeth and others.
Friday, November 17, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Featuring music by Sonny Rollins, Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks,
Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Denis DiBlasio and Charles Strouse
Saturday, November 18, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Student Chamber Concert
Sunday, November 19, 2pm
Lang Concert Hall

December 2006

Fetter Chamber Concert
Friday, December 1, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chorus Concert
Featuring Schönberg’s "Friede auf Erden" and Carissimi's "Jephte"
Saturday, December 2, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Gamelan Semara Santi Concert
Sunday, December 3, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Concert
Sunday, December 3, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Wind Concert
Wednesday, December 6, 6:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Caleb Ward
Friday, December 8, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Gerrit Straughter
Saturday, December 9, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra Concert
Featuring Haydn Symphony No. 101 "The Clock", Brahms "Three Hungarian Dances"
and Britten "Five Folk Songs of the British Isles" with Tamara Ryan soprano soloist.
Sunday, December 10, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Spring 2007

January 2007

Orchestra 2001 Concert - Cooper Series Event
"From Mozart to a World Premiere"
Featuring works by Mozart, Rudin, Ligeti & Thomas
Saturday, January 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Concerto Competition
Monday, January 29, 9am
Lang Concert Hall

February 2007

Claudia Stevens - Cooper Series Event
"Dreadful Sorry, Guys"
A monodrama with music and audience participation
performed by Claudia Stevens ― pianist ― actor ― vocalist
Claudia Stevens’ eerie vocalizations, interlocking monologues and fierce
piano playing combine and collide in a haunting, bittersweet and
sardonic work inspired by the murder of a gay friend by hate criminals.
Sunday, February 4, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
SPARX flute & harp duo, with tenor Robert Grenfell
February 5, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

A Window on the Work: "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Excerpts from a new opera (work in progress) by Swarthmore Faculty members Nathalie Anderson
and Thomas Whitman. The cast: John Andrew Fernandez as Sherlock Holmes; Laura Heimes as
Irene Adler; Julian Rodescu as The Reader/The King; and Henry Clapp '09 as Dr. Watson.
Saturday, February 17, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert - Cooper Series Event
"Personal Passions"
Featuring works by Ligeti, Prado, Kim & Menotti
Friday, February 23, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

*Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert Presents:
The 9th Street Chamber Music Project
with the 2007 Stott Alumnus Artist, pianist Mackenzie Carlson
Featuring the world premiere of "Divertimento" by David Ludwig
Sunday, February 25, 8pm
Lang Concert Hal
*Postponed until Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:30 pm

March 2007

Swarthmore College High School Jazz Festival
Friday, March 2, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
Wister String Quartet
March 5, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert
Featuring works by Ligeti, Nelson, Maneval & Schreker
Sunday, March 18, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Keiko Sato & Ohad Bar-David
Friday, March 23, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Gerrit Straughter
Saturday, March 24, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

April 2007

Wind Ensemble Concert
Saturday, April 7, 8:15pm
Lang Concert Hall

Midday Monday Concert Season Presents:
Chestnut Brass Company
April 9, 12:30-1:20pm
Lang Concert Hall

Tamagawa
Tuesday, April 10, 6pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Rachel Rynick
Saturday, April 14, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Gamelan Semara Santi Concert
Sunday, April 15, 3pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra 2001 Concert
Featuring works by Ligeti, Clearfield, Knussen & Schwantner
Sunday, April 15, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Music Concert - Music 48
Friday, April 20, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Saturday, April 21, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chorus Concert
Sunday, April 22, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Music Concert - Music 48
Tuesday, April 24, 4pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chamber Wind Concert
Wednesday, April 25, 4:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Recital - Mark Loria
Friday, April 27, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Orchestra Concert
Saturday, April 28, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

May 2007

Fetter Chamber Concert
Thursday, May 3, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Concert
Saturday, May 5, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fetter Chamber Concert
Sunday, May 6, 7:30pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chester Children’s Chorus
Friday, May 11, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Chester Children’s Chorus
Saturday, May 12, 8pm
Lang Concert Hall

Fall 2005

September 2005


Monday 9/12 Members of the 9th Street Chamber Project
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 9/18 Orchestra 2001 - 'The Winds of Destiny'
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

October 2005

Monday 10/03 Members of Piffaro, the Renaissance Wind Band
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Friday 10/14 Tempesta di Mare
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 10/24 Gerrit Straughter and Friends
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 10/30 Galina Sakhnovskaya, soprano and Marcantonio Barone, piano
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

November 2005

Friday 11/04 A Cappella'Toejam'
7.45pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 11/06 Recital - Mark Thatcher
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Works by Graziani, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Purcell, Finzi, Ravel and Schubert.

Monday 11/07 Laura Heimes and Friends
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Wednesday 11/09 Violin Master Class with YuMi Hwang-Williams
4.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Cooper Foundation

Friday 11/11 Violin Master Class with Pamela Frank
7pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 11/13 Orchestra 2001 Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
YuMi Hwang-Williams joins Orchestra 2001 for Aaron Kernis's Lament and Prayer. Also on the program, two premieres by Philadelphia composer Jennifer Higdon, and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's haunting "Nymphea Reflection".
Sponsored by The Cooper Foundation

Friday 11/18 Wind Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
"National Emblem March" by E.E.Bagley; "Fascinating Ribbons" by Joan Tower;"Chant Funeraire" by Gabriel Faure; "Cajun Folk Songs 2" by Frank Ticheli; "Silhouettes" by John Cheetham; "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovitch.

Saturday 11/19 Jazz Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
This season's concert will feature both the jazz combos as well as the big band. Come and enjoy the music of Duke Wellington/Billy Strayhorn, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus.

Sunday 11/20 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

December 2005

Friday 12/02 Chorus Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 12/03 A Cappella Jamboree
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 12/04 Gamelan and Drum and Dance Ensemble Concert
3pm, Lang Performing Arts Centre
Music and Dance from Indonesia, Japan and Africa.

Sunday 12/04 Fetter Chamber Music Concert (2nd)
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Monday 12/05 A Cappella Jamboree (2nd)
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Wednesday 12/07 Chamber Winds Ensemble Concert
4 pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 12/08 Peter Gram Swing Lecture
4.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Michael Beckerman, professor and Chair of Music, New York University:
"Dancing with Dvorak's Doves and Other Tales of the 'New World' Symphony"

Friday 12/09 Orchestra Concert
8 pm, Lang Concert Hall
Dvorak's Symphony no. 9, "From The New World"; Mozart's Symphony No. 41, "The Jupiter"

Spring 2006

January 2006

Friday 1/20 The Elixir of Love
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 1/22 The Elixir of Love
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

February 2006

Monday 2/06 The Ron Kerber Quartet
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Saturday 2/11 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Program Concert
(Postponed due to severe weather. Concert will be rescheduled to Fall '06)
The concert will feature the world premiere of the string quartet Intelligent Design, commissioned by the 2005-2006 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Commissioning Program's Competition winner Dr. Daniel Koontz. The piece will be performed by New York-based ensemble The Momenta Quartet featuring the 2005-2006 Gil and Mary Roelofs Stott Alumna Artist, Joanne Lin '98 on cello. Also on the program: Joseph Haydn Op. 76 No. 5 in D major; György Kurtág Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánsky, Op. 28; and Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet (1965)

Saturday 2/18 Sixteen Feet - CD Release Concert
7pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 2/19 Oriental Music Ensemble
3.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Classical and contemporary Near Eastern music including a world premiere by famed Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife combining Arab and Western instruments. This concert is sponsored by the W. J. Cooper Foundation of Swarthmore College, and it has been greatly enhanced by a partnership between Intercultural Journeys and Orchestra 2001 acting as co-hosts.

Saturday 2/25 The Transformation of Jazz
7pm, Lang Concert Hall

March 2006

Monday 3/13 The Philadelphia Trio
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
The Philadelphia Trio was formed in 1971 and performs extensively in the Delaware Valley, with additional concert and workshop appearances throught the United States.
The Midday Monday Concert Series is sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 3/19 Orchestra 2001 Concert - Rhapsody Romaniana
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
The Romanian tradition lives with Orchestra 2001!
Romania's most famous composer, George Enescu (composer of the beloved Romanian Rhapsody) is showcased in the area premiere of his Chamber Symphony. Continuing the tradition, we'll hear the world premiere of Liviu Marinescu's Ostinato, Bela Bartok's Romanian Fold Dances and Brian Kershner's Pastorale and Scherzino. You've got a friend in transylvania with Jon Deak's Lucy and the Count.
Featuring: Lenuta Ciulei, violin; Ovidiu Marinescu, cello; and Jon Deak, double bass.

Friday 3/31 Colin Palmer '06 Senior Recital
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

April

Saturday 4/01 Jazz Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/02 Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance
7pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 4/03 Trio Arundel
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall
Trio Arundel was formed in 1992 and has performed widely on college campuses, performing arts series and national conferences both in the United States and abroad.
The Midday Monday Concert Series is sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Friday 4/07 Chorus Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Brahms - A German Requiem

Saturday 4/08 Wind Ensemble Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/09 Festival of Indonesian Arts
Afternoon, In and around the Lang Music Building
The centerpiece of the festival will be the 3pm performance of "Arjuna Tapa", a Balinese Shadow Play (Wayang Kulit). For this, Dalang (Shadow Puppet Master) I Nyoman Suadin will be accompanied by Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi and musicians from gamelan Mitra Kusuma of Washington DC. The Department will also host an exhibition of Batik paintings by acclaimed local artist Laura F. Cohn in the lobby of the Lang Music Building for the entire weekend.

Sunday 4/09 Gamelan Semara Santi Spring Concert
3pm, Lang Concert Hall
"Arjuna Tapa", a Balinese Shadow Paly (Wayang Kulit).
Dalang (Shadow puppet Master) I Nyoman Suadin will be accompanied by Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi and musicians from Gamelan Mitra Kusuma of Washington DC. The program will also include "Panyembrama", a traditional greeting dance from Bali. Families with children are welcome!

Sunday 4/09 String Quartet Concert
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall
Program: Three Shostakovitch quartets:
No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (1944)
No. 7 in F Sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960)
No. 15 in E Flat minor, Op. 144 (1974)
Featuring: Miranda Weinberg and Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten, violins; Twan Claiborne, viola; Harrison Russin, cello

Monday 4/10 Jessica Gersh '06 Senior Recital
12.40pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 4/17 Spring Recital of Song
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/22 Orchestra Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/23 Orchestra 2001 - One Day New Music Festival
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 4/24 Matthew Woodbury '06 Senior Recital
7pm, Lang Concert Hall

Wednesday 4/26 Chamber Winds Ensemble Concert
4.30pm, lang Concert Hall

Thursday 4/27 Music 12 Concert
4.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/28 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Saturday 4/29 Fetter Chamber Music Concert (2)
8pm, Lang Concert Hall
Sponsored by The Elizabeth Pollard Fetter Chamber Music Program

Sunday 4/30 Scott Long '06 and Tammy Ryan '06 Senior Recital
3pm, Lang Concert Hall

May 2006

Friday 5/12 Tempesta di Mare Concert
8pm, Lang Concert hall

Saturday 5/13 Chester Children's Chorus Concert
8pm, Lang Concert Hall

Spring 2005

January 2005


Friday 1/21 Tempesta di Mare
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 1/28 Network for New Music
8-10.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 1/30 Dawn Upshaw meets Orchestra 2001
3-5pm, Lang Concert Hall

February 2005

Saturday 2/05 Faculty Dance Concert
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 2/11 Susan Marshall and Company (Cooper event)
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Saturday 2/12 Adam Grabois ’83 cello recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 2/25 Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

March 2005

Friday 3/18 Tempesta di Mare
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 3/19 Sixteen Feet Concert
7-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 3/20 Orchestra 2001
Mozart’s “Zaide” with new overture by Peter Schikele
7.30-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 3/25 Shea Scruggs ’05 recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Monday 3/28 David Kim master class
7-9pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 3/31 Peter Gram Swing lecture
Simon Morrison of Princeton University
4.30pm. Lang Concert Hall

April 2005

Friday 4/01 Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/01 Freres Guisse Concert
Senegalese Traditional Acoustic Band
8-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Saturday 4/02 Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/03 Tamagawa University Taiko Ensemble
7-10pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 4/08 Mark Thatcher ’06 recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/09 Senior vocal recital
3-5pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/10 Orchestra 2001
7.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/10 Window on the Work, Sita Frederick '97
4pm, Troy Dance Studio

Friday 4/15 Tamara Ryan ’06 recital
8-9.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/16 Swarthmore College Orchestra Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 4/17 Gamelan and Taiko Concert
3-6pm, Scott Outdoor Amphitheatre
(rain location: Lang Concert Hall)

Friday 4/22 Spring Student Dance Concert
4.30-6.30pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Friday 4/22 Emery Ku ’05 recital
7.30-9.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/23 Spring Student Dance Concert
8-10.30pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Wednesday 4/27 Music 12 Concert
4.30-6pm, Lang Concert Hall

Thursday 4/28 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/29 Chamber Wind Ensemble Concert
4.30-6pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 4/29 Swarthmore College Chorus Concert
8-10.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 4/30 Fetter Chamber Music Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

May 2005

Sunday 5/1 C. White – recital
7.30-9.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Sunday 5/1 Joseph Small - Senior concert
7-9pm, Lang Performing Arts Center

Monday 5/2 E. Rodriguez - recital
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Tuesday 5/3 Jamboree
7.30-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Wednesday 5/4 Jamboree
7.30-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

Friday 5/6 K. Davenport - recital
7.30-8.30pm, Lang Concert Hall

Saturday 5/14 Chester Children’s Chorus Spring Concert
8-10pm, Lang Concert Hall

 

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