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Our e-mail address is: CLASSICFM@wcny.org ********** Civic Morning Musicals offers another free program on Wednesday, February 10th at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison downtown Syraucse... Kevin Moore, piano, and Andrew Zaplatynski, violin, will present excerpts from their complete cycle of sonatas by Beethoven. ********** The LeMoyne College Jazz Ensemble celebrates African-American History Month starting on Thursday evening, February 11th at 7:30pm, with music by guest saxophonist Steve Wilson… plus you will hear LeMoyne’s own J.C. Sanford’s concert suite from his soundtrack composition to the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur…. For ticket and venue information, you may call 315-445-4523. ********** You invited to a concert given by Gregory Sheppard, bass, and piano collaborator Alice Muzquiz on Friday, February 12th at 7pm in Bethany Baptist Church, 149 Beattie Street, Syracuse. Mr. Sheppard will present a program of art songs, work songs, and spirituals by African American composers in celebration Black History Month. This event is offered to the public free of charge. ********** Hamilton College Performing Arts presents the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, February 12th at 7pm in Wellin Hall on the campus in Clinton, NY… Special guest will be soprano Twyla Robinson in Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs… plus the orchestra will perform the suite from Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and selections from Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette. For ticket information, you may call 315-859-4331. ********** The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra welcomes back Conductor Emeritus Kazuyoshi Akiyama and pianist Cecile Licad (lee-cah) for performances on Friday, February 12th and Saturday, February 13th at 8pm each evening in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montogomery Street, downtown Syracuse. You will hear Argento’s Valentino Dances, Ms. Licad performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and the highlight work, Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev. For ticket information, you may call the box office at 315-424-8200 or toll free at 800-724-3810... or visit www.SyracuseSymphony.org on the web. ********** Cornell organist David Yearsley will collaborate with guest violinist Martin Davids as they explore the six passions outlined by Descartes... wonder, desire, sadness, love, hate, and joy... The program will be presented on Saturday, February 13th at 8pm in Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus in Ithaca. Scheduled works include pieces by Allegri, Dowland, Biber, Corelli, and Lully. This program is offered free to the public. ********** Music At Colgate resumes on Sunday afternoon, February 14th at 3:30pm in Memorial Chapel on the campus in Hamilton, NY… pianist Gleb Ivanov will present works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev.
Music At Colgate is free and open to the public. ********** The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra presents a Valentine’s Day concert on Sunday, February 14th at 4pm in Unitarian Church of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora Street, downtown Ithaca... The program features music of Glière, Mozart, and Clarke followed by a reception featuring one of the main food groups... chocolate! For ticket information, you may call 607-273-4497. ********** The 14th season of the CNY Jazz Art Foundation continues when Antoinette Montague performs in the Persian Terrace Ballroom of the Hotel Syracuse, 500 S. Warren Street on Sunday, February 14th… music starts at 5pm with showtime at 6pm… tix available at the door starting at 4… or in advance at 315-479-JAZZ (5299). ********** Cornell alumnus John Nam returns to the campus in Ithaca on Sunday, February 14th at 8pm in Barnes Hall to present “Jazz for Valentine’s Day” with the Cornell Jazz Ensembles. The public is invited to this free performance. ********** The Count Basie Orchestra will perform a benefit concert for the Henninger High School Band on Tuesday evening, February 16th at 7pm in Henninger High School, 600 Robinson Street, Syracuse. The Henninger Alumni Jazz Band will perform followed by the Count Basie Orchestra… For ticket information, you may call
315-435-4343 or e-mail to henband@yahoo.com . ********** Civic Morning Musicals presents a free recital of works for flute and piano on Wednesday, February 17th at 12:30pm in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison downtown Syracuse... Martha Grener, flute, and Maryna Mazhukova, piano, will collaborate. ********** The Manhattan String Quartet will be in-residence at Colgate University this week and will present a lecture and demonstration on Thursday February 18th at 7pm and then a free concert open to the public on Friday, February 19th at 7:30pm, both events in Memorial Chapel on the campus in Hamilton, NY… the ensemble will offer Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in a Op. 13 and other works.
For more information, you may call 315-228-7642. ********** The Hamilton Theater, 7 Lebanon Street, Hamilton, NY, continues the series “Grand Operas in Cinema” on Sunday, February 21st at 2pm with a screening of Bizet’s Carmen recorded at La Scala with Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role... Daniel Barenboim conducts... tix available at the door or in advance at 315-824-8210 or on the web at www.hamitlontheater.net . ********** Internationally acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang will perform a solo piano program on Sunday, February 21st at 3pm in Wellin Hall on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. The program will include Chopin’s Prelude in c# and Sonata in b… and much more.
This program is offered to the public free of charge. ********** Music At Colgate presents Meredith Ziegler, mezzo-soprano, and Stephen Scarlato, piano, on Sunday, February 21st at 3:30pm in Memorial Chapel on the campus in Hamilton, NY… this free concert will offer works by Bach, Rossini, and American composer Jake Heggie. ********** The LeMoyne College vocal ensemble “Jazzuits” welcome Ronnie Leigh and Nancy Kelly to the James Commons on the LeMoyne campus in Syracuse, on Sunday, February 21st at 4pm for a collaboration of standard jazz tunes that are well-known for appearing in classic films. Tickets for this jazz cabaret are available by calling 315-455-4523. ********** LeMoyne College’s recital series “Piano at the Panasci” will feature Steve Rosenfeld on Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:30pm in the Panasci Family Chapel on the LeMoyne campus in Syraucse. This is an all-Chopin concert that will include selections from the soundtrack of the biographical film Impromptu that starred
Hugh Grant as the Polish master pianist/ composer. ********** The Hamilton College Department of Music will present a Faculty Concert on Tuesday, February 23rd at 8pm in the Fillius Events Barn on the Hamilton campus in Clinton, NY. “Doctuh” Mike Woods will lead some of the area’s best jazz and classical musicians in a funky hybrid of brand new American Music from a variety of style. Featured soloist will be pianist Sar-Shalom Strong. This event is offered free of charge. ********** Civic Morning Musicals presents another free recital, this one of works by American composers Leonard Bernstein, Libby Larsen, and Juliana Hall... on Wednesday, February 24th at 12:30pm in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State downtown Syracuse... soprano Danya Katok and pianist Sabine Krantz will perform works set to texts other than poetry... remember there is reduced rate parking in the lot across the street. ********** Syracuse Opera presents Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman on Friday, February 26th at 8pm and Sunday, February 28th at 2pm in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse. Dutchman is an eerie pirate ghost tale wrapped around a love story... with Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone Greer Grimsley in the title role. For ticket information, you may call 315-47-OPERA. ********** Performing Arts at Hamilton College presents Aaron Parks Jazz Quartet in concert on Friday, February 26th at 8pm in Wellin Hall on the College Hill Road campus in Clinton, NY. The ensemble explores the common influences among modern progressive jazz, indie rock, and hip-hop. For ticket information, you may call 315-859-4331 or visit
www.hamilton.edu/college/performingarts . ********** The Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music present the Miró Quartet on Saturday, February 27th at 8pm in Lincoln Middle School, 1613 James Street, just west of Teall Avenue, Syracuse. The primary work is Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-Flat with the Grosse Fuge. For ticket information you may call 315-446-3424 or visit www.SyracuseFriendsOfChamberMusic.org on the web. ********** Baritone Timothy Lefebvre will present a recital of art songs and arias by Handel, Strauss, and Leguerney on Sunday, February 28th at 3pm in Wellin Hall on the Hamilton College campus in Clinton, NY. Hamilton’s own Sar-Shalom Strong will collaborate at the piano. Ticket information for The Performing Arts at Hamilton series is available at 315-859-4331. ********** Music At Colgate offers another recital on Sunday, February 28th at 3:30pm in Memorial Chapel on the campus in Hamilton, NY… the free program is titled “The Romance of Sibelius” and features the Colgate University Orchestra led by Marietta Cheng performing the Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43 and young violin virtuoso Hahn-Bin performing Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in b. ********** Liverpool First United Methodist Church (the church with the purple doors) hosts another “Joyful Noise” concert on Sunday afternoon, February 28th at 4pm in the church at 604 Oswego Street in the heart of Liverpool village. This program is titled “French Trios” and features Caroline Stinson, cello, Peter Rovit, violin, and Steven Heyman, piano.
A free-will offering is requested. ********** “Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester” will perform in the next program of The Great Artists Series presented by the Munson-Williams Institute on Tuesday, March 2nd at 8pm in The Stanley Theatre, 259 Genesee Street, Utica. The orchestra and Max have a repertoire of over 400 works, from early jazz to ragtime to high-life big band numbers. For ticket information, you may call 800-754-0797 or visit the website www.mwpai.org . ********** Civic Morning Musicals presents a free concert on Wednesday, March 3rd at 12:30pm in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State and Harrison, downtown Syracuse... it is the bicentennial of the birth of Chopin and CMM president John Spradling will present a program of piano works, including Chopin’s Ballade in g, the Polonaise-Fantaisie, and more. ********** The LeMoyne College Chamber Orchestra welcomes Central Winds for a collaborative performance in May Memorial Unitarian Church, 3800 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse, on Thursday evening, March 4th at 7:30pm… The concert will include music from John Williams’ scores for Star Wars and Jurassic Park… Pianist Anthony Molinaro caps off the evening with his individual take on Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. For more information, you may call 315-445-4523. ********** The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse University Oratorio Society, with several soloists, test themselves on Friday, March 5th and Saturday, March 6th at 8pm each evening in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse, as Music Director Daniel Hege leads them in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9... the first half of the program features Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. For ticket information, you may call the box office at 315-424-8200 or toll free at 800-724-3810... or visit www.SyracuseSymphony.org on the web. ********** Alumnic choristers will join the Syracuse Children’s Chorus for a celebration of 29 years of choral music on Saturday, March 6th at 7:30pm. You will be treated to the familiar Jubilate Deo plus solos and ensembles throughout the evening. For ticket information, you may call 315-478-0582. ********** A quintet of teachers & soloists The Prairie Winds will blow into town in the next presentation by the Chamber Music Society of Utica on Sunday, March 7th at 2:30pm in the Munson-Williams Auditorium, 310 Genesee Street, Utica. Works by Ligeti, Nielsen, and some popular selections from Copland, Gershwin, and Rutter are scheduled. For ticket information, you may call 315-822-4392 or visit the website www.UticaChamberMusic.org . ********** Music At Colgate presents “Images and Impressions”, a free program offered to the public on Sunday afternoon, March 7th at 3:30pm in Colgate Memorial Chapel on the campus in Hamilton, NY by the Colgate Chamber Players, directed by Laura Klugherz… you will hear works of Gabriela Lena Frank, Revueltas, Beethoven, and Foote. ********** The Malmgren Concert Series continues on Sunday, March 7th at 4pm in Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus with a recital given by “rising star” Ahreum Han. Miss Han will present works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Karg-Elert.
Malmgren concerts are presented free of charge. ********** You can hear another “Joyful Noise” Concert on Sunday, March 7th at 4pm in Liverpool First United Methodist Church(the church with the purple doors), 604 Oswego Street, in the heart of Liverpool village… This concert features pianist Robert Auler and colleagues in the Oswego Jazz Project from SUNY Oswego in the program “American Jazz Classics”.
A free-will offering is requested. ********** Civic Morning Musicals presents a free program of music they are playfully calling “Beauty and the Beast”... Wednesday, March 10th at 12:30pm you will hear Allan Kolsky, clarinet, Sar-Shalom Strong, piano, and Greg Quick, bassoon, collaborate for works by Brahms and Shulamit Ran in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison, downtown Syracuse. ********** The Society for New Music presents the program “Trendsetters” on Thursday, March 11th at 8pm in Setnor Auditorium on the Syracuse University campus featuring guest artists Philip von Maltzahn, cello, and conductor Armando Bayolo leading the Society ensemble… music of Carter Pann, Virgil Thomson, and Mr. Bayolo.
Tix available at the door. ********** The classical piano is featured in the next program from the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra... Friday, March 12th and Saturday, March 13th at 8pm each evening in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse, guest artist Jon Nakamatsu will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 and then collaborate with LeMoyne College artist-in-residence Andrew Russo for Mozart’s Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos... the program includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher, and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. For ticket information, you may call the box office at 315-424-8200 or toll free at 800-724-3810... or visit www.SyracuseSymphony.org on the web. ********** Syracuse Vocal Ensemble presents its third concert of the season, “Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil” will be presented on Saturday, March 13th at 8pm in St. Mary’s Church, 410 N. Main St. Minoa, and again on Sunday, March 14th at 3pm in St. Patrick’s Church, 215 N. Lowell Ave., Syracuse... The work is one of the great a cappella choral works. For tix you may try at the door, at 315-637-3899 or visit the website www.SyracuseVocalEnsemble.org . ********** Civic Morning Musicals presents the ensemble “Dolce Flutes” in a free recital on Wednesday, March 17th at 12:30pm in the Hosmer Audtorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison, downtown Syracuse. You will hear Smetana’s Die Moldau and the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. ********** The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra welcomes percussionist Colin Currie for programs on Friday, March 19th and Saturday, March 20th at 8pm each evening, in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse. Guest conductor Gerard Schwarz will lead the SSO in Diamond’s Rounds for Strings, Higdon’s Percussion Concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. For ticket information, you may call the box office at 315-424-8200 or toll free at 800-724-3810... or visit www.SyracuseSymphony.org on the web. ********** The next program in the CNY Jazz Orchestra Concert Series will feature a tribute to Harry Warren with guest conductor Dave Berger leading a select octet on Saturday, March 20th at 8pm in the Carrier Theater at the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse… or ticket information, you may call 315-435-2121 or visit www.cnyJAZZ.org . ********** “Young and lively” seems to be the theme of the artists in the next program from the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music... But you will hear a solid, traditional program performed by the Cypress String Quartet with guest cellist Amit Peled... Bach’s cello suite No. 2, Haydn’s quartet “The Bird”, and the Schubert String Quintet in C are on this program for Saturday, March 20th at 8pm in Lincoln Middle School, 1613 James Street, just west of Teall Avenue, Syracuse. For ticket information visit www.SyracuseFriendsOfChamberMusic.org on the web or call 315-446-3424. ********** The “Joyful Noise” Concert series continues in Liverpool First United Methodist Church (the church with the purple doors), 604 Oswego Street, in the heart of Liverpool village on Sunday afternoon, Mrach 21st at 4pm… the vocal ensemble “Women of Note” will present “Choral Favorites”. A free-will offering is reuqested. **********
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