MUSICAL NOTES

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The Auburn Chamber Orchestra announces their winter concert titled “Americana” to be presented Friday, March 5th at 7:30pm in Cayuga Community College Bisgrove Theater, 197 Franklin Street, Auburn.  Guest artist will be Dr. Daniel P. Larson, baritone, President of Cayuga Community College... featured composers include Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin, Ellington, and other... suggested donation is $5-.

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The Cornell University Jazz Ensemble presents “Spring Swing Fling” on Friday, March 5th at 8:30pm in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room, featuring the Cornell Big Band with guest vocalists, dancing, and refreshments… dance instruction at 7:30pm… tix available only “at the door”… $10- general admission, $8- students.

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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.

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As founder and artistic director  of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus Dr. Barbara Marble Tagg prepares to pass the baton after many years of leadership, 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.

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The Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club present a concert of works by Scandinavian and Russian composers entitled “Northern Lights”.  This free concert will be presented in Sage Chapel on Saturday, March 6th at 8pm.

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Cazenovia College presents a trio of exceptional performers on Sunday afternoon, March 7th at 2 o’clock in the Theater on Lincklaen Street in Cazenovia village... Associate Concertmaster of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Jeremy Mastrangelo and Sarah Mastrangelo, violins, will collaborate with pianist Ida Trebicka for a series of works.  Tix will be available at the door.

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The Fayetteville Public Library invites patrons to another free program in the Stickley/ Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Series... on Sunday, March 7th at 2pm in the library at 300 Orchard Street, Fayetteville... Lovely music for a Sunday afternoon, then there will be a workshop series presentation about handwoven rugs following the performance. 
For more information, you may call 315-637-6374.

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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 .

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The Cornell Symphony and Chamber Orchestras will present a free program on Sunday, March 7th at 3pm in Bailey Hall on the campus in Ithaca… works by Ithaca College Assistant Professor Nicholas Walker… Frank Proto, Dvorak, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39.  This concert is part of the “Orchestras Feeding America 2010” project... please bring a non-perishable food item for the local food pantries.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 & Richard Strauss and a solo clarinet work by Shulamit Ran in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison, downtown Syracuse.  

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The B# Musical Club will present a free concert on Wednesday, March 10th at 11:30am in the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Genesee Street, Utica... Performers include Judith Marchione, bassoon, Irina Popov, Arthur Durando, and Peter Costianes, vocals, with piano collaboration by Vera Brindisi.

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Standardbearers of the klezmer genre, The Klezmatics will perform at SUNY Oswego in the Waterman Theatre on Wednesday evening, March 10th at 7:30pm.  For ticket information, you may call 315-312-2141 or visit the website www.oswego.edu/arts.

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We are all invited to a free guitar recital featuring Professor Ken Meyer on Wednesday, March 10th at 8pm in Setnor Auditorium on the campus of Syracuse University.  We will hear works by Henze, de Falla, and the premiere of S.U. faculty composer Ian Hartsough’s for solo guitar Apologies.  The program will feature Ken’s colleagues Judith Kellock, Janet Brown, and Nicolas Scherzinger. 
Parking will be available in Irving Garage. 

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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.

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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.  The SSO will collect non-perishable food items as part of Orchestra Feeding America, in partnership with the Food Bank of Central New York… look for bins as you enter the Civic Center. 
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.

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The comic opera The Cunning Man by Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most popular and influential musical works of the 18th century… performances of the work will be presented at Cornell University in Great Hall of Risley Residential College on Friday, March 12th at 8:30pm, and Saturday the 13th & Sunday the 14th at 8pm each of those evenings.  Musical ensemble “Les petits violons” will collaborate with a visiting cast.  There is no charge for admission, but tickets are required due to limited seating.  For information, stop-by Lincoln Hall 101 or you may call 607-255-4097.

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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 .

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The CU Winds and Cornell Chorale will perform on Saturday, March 13 at 8pm in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus in Ithaca… music by Alfred Reed, Percy Grainger (the well-known Lincolnshire Posey), Mason Bates and Igor Stravinsky in this program, free to the public.

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The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra will sit side-by-side with their younger counterparts from the Youth Orchestra and Youth String Orchestra for their annual concert on Sunday, March 14th at 2pm in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse.  The concert features a world premiere performance of Marc Mellits’ piece titled Octet and performance by the winners of the annual Concerto competition:  Cecilia Lee, violin, Adam Rothenberg, piano, and Mark Sieling, piano.  Tix available at 315-424-8200, toll-free at 800-724-3810, and online at www.SyracuseSymphony.org .

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The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble presents a multmedia event on Sunday, March 14th at 3pm in The Palace Theater, 2384 James Street, Syracuse… the program is called “Silver Screen Spectacular” and feature live music and projected images from Aladdin, Mary Poppins, The Mission, Silverado, and more.  While donations will be accepted, ensemble director James Spencer invites everyone to this free event.

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We are all invited to a free Faculty Chamber Music Concert in Barnes Hall on the Cornell campus in Ithaca on Sunday evening, March 14th at 8pm… the program features works by Kodaly plus Cornell alumnus Steven Burke and doctoral composer Jesse Jones… artists include soprano Judith Kellock, pianist Xak Bjerken, cellist Heidi Hoffman, and Syracuse University’s professor of guitar Ken Meyer.

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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. 

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The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble will present the annual springtime favorite “Bachfest” on Friday, March 19th, at 7pm in May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 East Genesee Street, Syracuse.  Celebrating JS Bach’s birthday on March 21st, the program features soprano Laura Enslin, Led Strickland, trumpet, and the conclusion with a sing-along of the choral finale from “St. John Passion”.  This program is free of charge.

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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.

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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… for ticket information, you may call 315-435-2121 or visit www.cnyJAZZ.org .

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“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 you may visit www.SyracuseFriendsOfChamberMusic.org on the web or call 315-446-3424.

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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, March 21st at 4pm… the vocal ensemble “Women of Note” will present “Choral Favorites”.  A free-will offering is reuqested.

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The Fredonia Chamber Singers from the School of Music at SUNY Fredonia will present a concert on Sunday, March 21st at 7:30pm in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 2222 Genesee Street, Utica...Tix available at the door or in advance by telephoning 315-724-3155.

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The Masterworks Chorale will sing Mozart’s Grand Mass in c on Sunday, March 21st at 8pm in First English Lutheran Church, 501 James Street, Syracuse.  Featured guest artists will be Janet Brown, soprano, Bridget Moriarty, mezzo-soprano, Jonathan English, tenor, and Eric Johnson, bass... Dan Larson will conduct. 
Tix available at the door.

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LeMoyne College presents another program in the “Piano at the Panasci” series on Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30pm featuring ensemble works of George Tsontakis, the much lauded Greek-American composer... Andrew Russo, Robert Auler, and friends will perform in Panasci Family Chapel on the LeMoyne campus, Syracuse... tix at the door or in advance at 315-445-4523... free admission for students.

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The Malmgren Concert Series wraps-up on Tuesday, March 23rd at 8pm in Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus with a recital by the vocal ensemble “Amarcord”... you will hear music in the tradition of famous boys choirs of Europe with selections spanning from the Middle Ages to modern times.  Malmgren concerts are presented free of charge.

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Pianist Maryna Mazhukova returns to perform in the next Civic Morning Musicals free recital on Wednesday, March 24th at 12:30pm in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison downtown Syracuse. 
You will hear works of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin featured.

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The Oswego Chamber Music Series “ke-nekt” presents a free concert on Wednesday, March 24th at 7:30pm (pre-concert talk at 7) in Sheldon Hall Ballroom on the SUNY Oswego campus in Oswego, NY… pianist Robert Auler in collaboration with Andy Russo will host a tribute to composer George Tsontakis.

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Maureen McGovern will perform a concert of popular favorites with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March 26th and Saturday, March 27th at 8pm each evening in the Mulroy Civic Center, Montgomery Street, downtown Syracuse.  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.

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The French Teachers of Central New York will sponsor a fundraising program for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti... Saturday morning, March 27th at 10 o’clock in C.W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville Mlle Josée Vachon will present a program of both original and traditional French, Québecois, and Acadian songs.  The concert should run about 90 minutes... advance sale tix available at 315-446-1176.

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The Kingston Symphony presents “Classics 101”, an evening of classical music’s greatest hits, on Saturday, March 27th at 8pm in the Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street, Kingston… Violinist Gisèle Dalbec will be featured in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, plus you will no doubt enjoy Handel’s Water Music, Pachelbel’s Canon, and much more… For ticket information, you may call 613-530-2050 or visit the symphony webiste at www.kingstonsymphony.on.ca .

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The Society for New Music presents the program “The Young  & Restless” on Sunday afternoon, March 28th at 2:30 in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison, downtown Syracuse.  Marc Mellits’ new work for double string quartet will receive its 2010 premiere, plus works of Crowell, Davidenko, and Jocelyn Hagen… performers include Eileen Strempel, soprano and piano collaborator Sylvie Beaudette presenting musical settings of Margaret Atwood poetry, with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra String Quartet alongside the Youth Orchestra Quartet. 
Tix available at the door.

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In the next Stained Glass Series concert, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Children’s Chorus, and Syracuse University Singers will collaborate for the program “The Glory of Venice”... Sunday, March 28th at 3pm in Most Holy Rosary Church, 111 Roberts Avenue, Syracuse... the program is a recreation of the glorious sounds of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice.  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.

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The next presentation in the series “Piano at the Panasci” at LeMoyne College is really piano and cello… on Tuesday, March 30th at 7:30pm, cellist Caroline Stinson will collaborate with LeMoyne’s artist-in-residence Andrew Russo for Korngold’s “Cello Concerto”, written for the 1946 film noir Deception starring Bette Davis.  For more information, you may call 315-445-4523.

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Civic Morning Musicals next presents a rather “novelty” program... the ensemble is called “Il Quattro Pianisti” and they are eight hands on the two pianos in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of State & Harrison downtown Syracuse... the program will be heard on Wednesday, March 31st at 12:30pm and is offered free to the public by Civic Morning Musicals.

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Arts at Grace and SUNY Cortland’s Department of Performing Arts will collaborate for a production of The St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach on Good Friday, April 2nd beginning at 4pm in Grace Episcopal, 19 Church Street, Cortland... featured performers are Steven Stull, Lianne Coble, and David Neal... Stephen Wilson will conduct.  The program is free but donations are gratefully accepted...
for more information you may call 607-753-3073.

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Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel resumes on Saturday, April 3rd at 8pm in the Munson-Williams Arts Auditorium, 310 Genesee St. Utica with the program “Chopin the Passionate Patriot”... Jeffrey will perform Polonaises and Mazurkas by Chopin with colorful commentary about the works.  For ticket information, you may call 800-754-0797 or visit www.mwpai.org  on the web.

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