MUSICAL NOTES
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Music at Colgate moves to the Palace Theater, Utica Street in the Village of Hamilton on Friday evening, March 28th at 7:30pm, for a performance by Danza Mexicana, a lively mix of pageantry, symbolism, and history of Mexican music. Everyone is invited to this free performance.
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The annual Bach Birthday Bash at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse is Friday evening, March 28th, at 7pm... The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble directed by James Spencer will perform, plus performances by featured organists Allison Evans Henry, Robert Kerner, Steven Seigart, and Glenn Kime. MMUUS is at 3800 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse... the concert is free & open to all.
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Polka fans will be pleased to know that “Stephanie and Her Polka Band” from Buffalo will perform a benefit concert for-and-in the Syracuse Center for the Performing Arts, 728 E. Genesee Street in Syracuse on Friday, March 28th at 8pm. Plenty of free parking... Advance tix available at 315-436-5541 or “nite-of” at the door.
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The Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club is recently returned from performances in China and will present a post-tour concert on Friday, March 28th at 8pm in Sage Chapel at Cornell... tix are $5 and available at www.gleeclub.com and at the door.
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A pioneer of the American gypsy jazz movement, John Jorgenson and his quintet will perform in the Center for the Arts in Homer on Saturday, March 29th at 8pm. For ticket information, you may call 607-749-4900 or visit the website www.center4art.org. The Center is at 72 South Main Street in Homer.
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Mignarda, the duo of mezzo-soprano Donna Stewart and lutenist Ron Andrico, will perform on Saturday, March 29th at 7pm in Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd. DeWitt. You will hear Italian & English-flavored pieces, including the original lute solos that Respighi later used in his “Ancient Airs & Dances”... viola da gamba specialist Alexander Rakov joins for songs by Dowland. Admission is $12-.
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra will perform in Ford Hall on the Ithaca College campus on Saturday, March 29th at 8pm... and the Orchestra welcomes the winners of the CCO Youth Concerto Competition... Emerson Millar, Eliot Heaton, and Meredith Riley, all violinists. Compositions by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Wieniawski, and Haydn are scheduled... for ticket information, you may call 607-273-4497.
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The Woods Tea Company will present a concert of bluegrass, celtic, and folk music spiced their dry New England humor in the Capitol theatre Center for the Performing Art, 220 W. Dominick Street, downtown Rome on Saturday, March 29th beginning at 7pm. Presented by the Rome Historical Society in their “Sounds of the Past” series, you may call 315-336-5870 for advance tix or try “nite-of” at the door.
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Guitarist Chris Smither will perform in the Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30pm. This solo, acoustic performance is the finale of this concert series. Tix are available at the door or in-advance at 607-547-1812.
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Mark Volker and Rick Balestra explore “Guitar Gifts: Classical & Jazz” in a program at Colgate on Sunday afternoon, March 30th at 3:30pm in the Chapel. They will perform separately and collaborate for a couple of pieces, as well, in this free recital.
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You are invited to the winter musical program of “Flutessence”, a group of talented high school flutists led by former principal flutist of the SSO, John Oberbrunner. There will be a performance on Monday, March 31st at 7:30pm in Liverpool Public Library, Tulip Street in Liverpool village... free and open to the public.
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A piano recital of duos and solos is the next presentation of Civic Morning Musicals... on Wednesday, April 2nd at 12:30pm come hear Gregory Mather and Stephen Pikarsky present pieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Khachaturian and a playful collaboration of student (Pikarsky) and teacher (John Spradling) of Milhaud’s “Scaramouche” in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State, downtown Syracuse.
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Wednesday evening, Apr. 2nd at 7:30pm, two-time Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Billy Childs joins the American Brass Quintet for a performance in the Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall, at SUNY Oswego. For ticket information you may call 315-312-2141 or visit www.tickets.oswego.edu on the web.
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The Manhattan String Quartet, featuring renowned cellist Chris Finckel, will present a concert in the Colgate Chapel on Friday evening, April 4th at 7:30pm. They will reveal the joys of Beethoven with performance of quartets in F, f, and a... stretching across the periods of Beethoven’s life. This concert is open to the public.
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Guest cellist Elinor Frey returns to Barnes Hall at Cornell University to present a solo cello recital on Saturday, April 5th at 8pm. Her program will feature a wide range of music spread over four centuries including pieces by Rouse, Stucky, Clementi, JS Bach, and others... all for solo cello. This performance is presented free of charge.
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Their name inspired by a choir of angels, “Seraphic Fire” will shake the foundations of Hendricks Chapel when they perform on the Syracuse University campus on Sunday, April 6th at 4pm in the Malmgren Concert Series. Able to perform a wide repertoire, they are adventurous and strong. This closing concert in the Malmgren series is free and open to the public.
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The group is called “America’s Dream Chamber Artists”... and while there are 50 young professional musicians listed as members, only 8 will make the trip to perform in the season finale of the Chamber Music Society of Utica on Sunday, Apr. 6th at 2:30pm in the Munson Williams Arts Auditorium. The formal concert hall demeanor is replaced with a freshly-polished modern image... still exquisitely talented, perhaps the feel and the updated repertoire will appeal to those who have never experienced a chamber concert. For ticket information, you may either call 315-822-4392 or visit the website www.uticachambermusic.org .
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The Society for New Music collaborates with the SUNY Brockport Dept. of Dance for “Vision of Sound” on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 6th at 4pm in the Palace Theater, 2384 James St., Syracuse. Music of Marc Mellits, Ping Jin, Bernadette Speach, and others is featured... this program will be repeated at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY of Saturday, Apr. 5th at 4pm. For more information, you may call 315-468-0246 or visit the website www.societyfornewmusic.org
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The Colgate University Orchestra presents a concert on Sunday, April 6th at 3:30pm in the Colgate Chapel. We hope you will enjoy Berlioz’ “Roman Carnival Overture”, Hovhaness’ “Mysterious Mountain, Symphony No. 2”, Rossini’s “Overture to the Thieving Magpie”, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8. As is most often the case, this Music at Colgate event is free and open to the public.
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra will present a concert on Sunday, April 6th at 4pm in the Unitarian Church of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora Street... Britten’s Phantasy Oboe Quartet, Schoenfeld’s Café Music, and Beethoven’s String Quartet in F, the Razumovsky #1, are all scheduled.
For ticket information, you may call 607-273-4497.
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Civic Morning Musicals concentrates on music for the keyboard all April-long... and the next presentation on Wednesday, April 9th at 12:30pm is Anthony Crain performing “Milestones In Piano Writing” including pieces by Scarlatti, Debussy, and others... in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State, downtown Syracuse.
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The LeMoyne student dance company presents its annual spring concert, featuring choreography from area professionals and that of LeMoyne students... three performances... Friday, Apr. 11th at 8pm and twice on Saturday, the 12th, at 3 and 7pm. For ticket information, you may call 315-445-4523.
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In the world of chamber music, there are few groups that move the spirit quite like the Beaux Arts Trio. The Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music are quite pleased to present a concert on Saturday evening, Apr. 12th at 8pm in Lincoln Middle School when the Beaux Arts Trio will perform Ravel, Kurtag, and Schubert. For ticket information for this event you may call 315-446-3424 or visit the website
www.syracusefriendsofchambermusic.org
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Listen for “Sounds of Spring” a recital given by Amy & Steve Heyman in the Music at Colgate series on Sunday afternoon, April 13th at 3:30pm in the Colgate Chapel. Solo, 4-hand, and 2-piano pieces will be performed... including transcriptions of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and Gershwin’s “American In Paris”. This concert is free and open to the public.
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The Boccaccio Trio performs music of Schubert and Brahms in the Panasci Family Chapel at LeMoyne College on Tuesday evening, April 15th at 7:30pm. The trio is Dr. Fred Karpoff from Syracuse University, plus Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Associate Concertmaster Jeremy Mastrangelo and the symphony’s principal cellist, David LeDoux. Tix are available thru the box office at 315-445-4523.
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Civic Morning Musicals presents Cindy Josbena, piano, performing Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata and Debussy’s “Estampes” in a free noontime recital on Wednesday, April 16th at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State Streets, downtown Syracuse.
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The LeMoyne College Jazz Ensemble welcomes guest artist, drummer Matt Wilson for the spring jazz concert. Performance on Wednesday evening, Apr. 16th at 7:30pm in the Coyne Center... For ticket information, you may call 315-455-4523.
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SUNY Oswego presents another in the “ke-nekt Concert Series” on Wednesday, April 16th at 7:30pm in the Ballroom at Sheldon Hall... the Eastman School of Music Gamelan angklung orchestra “Lila Muni” or “Heavenly Sound” performs... for tickets you may call 315-312-2141 or visit tickets@oswego.edu .
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The J.C. Sanford Quartet will present some lesser-heard gems of jazz on Thursday, Apr. 17th at 7:30pm in the Coyne Center on the LeMoyne Campus... guest drummer Matt Wilson will perform... for ticket information, you may call 315-445-4523.
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The Utica Symphony Orchestra closes a fine season with a performance by one of Central New York’s best and best-known artists... pianist Andrew Russo will perform the remarkable Piano Concerto of Aram Khachaturian on Saturday, Apr. 19th at 8pm in Clinton Central Schools Performing Arts Complex... the world premier of Edward Marcus’ Symphony No. 1 opens the program and Beethoven’s 5th closes it. for ticket information, you may call the Stanley Theatre box office at 315-724-4000.
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LeMoyne College’s vocal jazz ensemble “The Jazzuits” presents their spring concert on Saturday, Apr. 19th at 7pm in the Coyne Center... this is a side-by-side concert with CNY’s finest high school jazz musicians. This event is offered free of charge.
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Jon Nakamatsu returns to perform for the Adams Foundation Piano Series on Sunday, April 20th at 2pm in Westminster Presbyterian Church, 17 William Street, Auburn. His program will include works by Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, and Chopin. Ticket information online at www.westminsterauburn.org
or by telephone at 315-253-3331.
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Civic Morning Musicals presents “Gems of the Baroque”, a concert given by Syracuse University organist Kola Owolabi in First Presbyterian Church, 620 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse, on Sunday, April 20th at 2pm. Dr. Owolabi will provide commentary with his performance of pieces by Bach, Scheidemann, Frescobaldi, and others. Tickets for this performance are available by telephone at 315-699-5856 or on the web at www.civicmorningmusicals.org .
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The Syracuse Chorale, directed by Warren Ottey, will perform a newly completed and edited version of Mozart’s “Requiem” on Sunday, April 6th at 3pm in Most Holy Rosary Church, 111 Roberts Avenue, Syracuse. This revised edition of the “Requiem” is by Robert Levin and features members of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the voices of Nora Fleming, Jean Loftus, Robert Allen, and Jimi James. For ticket information you may call 315-437-1995 or visit the website www.syracusechorale.org .
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On Sunday, April 20th at 3:30pm in the Chapel, Music at Colgate presents the Choral Ensembles in a recital called “The Name Game”, a joint concert of short choral works that unabashedly name names... choral music from every conceivable genre presented free of charge.
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You are invited to the first concert of the LeMoyne College Community Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of LeMoyne students and some of CNY’s professional musicians... This performance on Tuesday, Apr. 22 at 7pm will include excerpts from Mozart’s “Requiem”. This event is free of charge.
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Steven Rosenfeld performs Schubert’s Sonata in A for piano, music of Scarlatti, and other pieces in the next Civic Morning Musicals free noontime recital... on Wednesday, April 23rd at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State Streets, downtown Syracuse.
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“Tashi” is a Tibetan word meaing “good fortune”... Tashi is also one of the world’s renowned chamber music groups, and it is our good fortune that members Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Ida Kavafian, violin, Fred Sherry, cello, and Peter Serkin, piano, have reunited for a tour that includes Ithaca College’s “Legends” concert series on Wednesday, April 23rd at 8:15pm. Their signature work Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” will be heard, along with works by Morley, Carter, and Takemitsu. For ticket information, you may call 800-284-8422.
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The Oswego State Theatre Company presents “Cabaret” in the Waterman Theater at Tyler Hall, Thursday through Saturday, April 24th, 25th, and 26th, at 8pm each evening. Advance sale tix available at 315-312-2141 or tickets@oswego.edu .
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Syracuse Stage closes its performance season with the best-known, longest running musical you may never have seen... “The Fantasticks”. The boy and girl next door really do fall-in-love, despite every effort of their fathers to make sure that’s what happens! Performances Wednesday, April 23rd through Saturday, May 17th... Ticket and general information at the box office, 315-443-3275 and online at www.SyracuseStage.org .
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The Society for New Music draws your attention to a program of new music with film on Saturday, Apr. 26th at 7:30pm in collaboration with the 5th Syracuse International Film Festival... music from modern day composer Martin Matalon back to Louis Buñuel’s 1930 classic L’age d’or performed in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State, downtown Syracuse. For ticket information you may call
315-468-0246 or visit www.societyfornewmusic.org on the web.
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The Boccaccio Trio will present Schubert’s “Piano Trio in B-Flat” in a program on Saturday, April 26th at 7:30pm in First Unitarian Universalist Church, corner of Waring and Nottingham Roads, Syracuse... the trio of Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin, David LeDoux, cello, and Fred Karpoff, piano will be joined by Sara Mastrangelo, violin, and Amy Diefes, viola, for Brahms’ “Piano Quintet in f”. Suggested donation is $10.
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The Cornell Chorale will perform on Saturday, Apr. 26th at 3pm in Sage Chapel on the campus of Cornell University. This free event will feature Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore plus works of Gabrieli, Legrenzi, and Verdi.
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The subject of the next Civic Morning Musicals free noontime recital is “The Piano Trio through the Centuries” with examples by Ravel, Brahms, and of course others... the performers will be John Harnois (har-NOISE) , violin, Nancy Pease, piano, and Christine Prevost (long e, long o), cello. The performance will be given on Wednesday, April 30th at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State, downtown Syracuse.
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Music at Colgate closes the season with the Colgate University Concert Jazz Ensemble and a program called “Big Bands Are Back”... Thursday, May 1st at 7:30pm, guest director Joe Carello shows us what this large jazz ensemble can really do... in the Palace Theater, just down the street from Colgate, on Utica Street in the village of Hamilton. General admission is $4-
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The Oswego Valley Snowbelters Chorus proudly presents a concert they call “Indecision 2008”... on Saturday evening, May 3rd at 7:30 in Oswego High School Auditiorium... for ticket information, you may call 315-342-9297.
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Schola Cantorum of Syracuse closes the performance season with “Music from the Habsburg-Burgundian Court”, 15th century sacred and secular music of Pierre de la Rue. Well-known in his time, we will hear a range of his compositions, including the somber tones of his Requiem Mass. The performance is on Sunday, May 4th at 4pm in Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, DeWitt. For ticket information, you may call 315-446-175 or visit the website www.scholacantorumofsyracuse.org .
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Civic Morning Musicals presents pianist Richard Smernoff in an all-Chopin recital on Wednesday, May 7th at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State Streets, downtown Syracuse. The recital is free and open to the public.
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Pianist Susan Crocker, will perform music of Brahms, Bach, and Chopin in the next Civic Morning Musicals free lunchtime recital on Wednesday, May 14th at 12:30pm in the Everson Museum of Art downtown Syracuse, corner of Harrison and State.
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Trio music by Brahms, Bernstein, and Boatwright during next Civic Morning Musicals free lunchtime recital on Wednesday, May 21st at 12:30pm. Allan Kolsky, clarinet, David LeDoux, cello, and Sar-Shalom Strong will perform together in the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State Streets, downtown Syracuse.
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Sar-Shalom Strong will close the performance season for Civic Morning Musicals with an exceptional program of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, Prokofiev, and others on Sunday, June 8th at 2pm in the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art, corner of Harrison and State in downtown Syracuse. For ticket information you may call 315-699-5856 or go online to www.civicmorningmusicals.org
Keep your musical event top-of-mind for CLASSIC FM listeners. Send us the details of your musically related event at least a couple of weeks ahead so we may call it to everyone’s attention.
Our mailing address is:
CLASSIC FM, P.O. Box 2400, Syracuse, NY 13220
Our e-mail address is:
CLASSICFM@wcny.org
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