MARCH 2011
 
Thursday, March 3  

JAZZ AT CAF VIVIAN 

featuring the University Modal Ensemble, Ralph Bowen, coach

Frist Campus Center, 11:30PM

For more information about the Program in Jazz Studies, click here.

Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5 

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA CONCERTO CONCERT

Michael Pratt, conductor

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

 

PROGRAM

 

MARK DANCIGERS (Graduate Student) Electric Guitar Concerto

MOZART Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major, K.314 

    Jessica Anastasio '11, flute

SIBELIUS Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor

    Yoon Won Song '11, violin

 

TICKETS:

$15 (general), $13 (seniors), $8 (students).

Call University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 or click here.

 

For more information about Princeton University Orchestra, click here.    

 

(Kevin Laskey '12, marimba, was also a competition winner this year, but will perform in the fall). 


Monday, March 7 

POPULAR MUSIC COLLOQUIUM

 Woolworth Center Room 102, 4:30PM   

 

 Speaker: Jairo Moreno, University of Pennsylvania  

"Aurality and Letradismo in Ruben Blades"


Thursday, March 10
ADASKIN STRING TRIO 

sponsored by Princeton University Concerts

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
Adaskin Trio
Adaskin String Trio

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN
String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
MARTINU
String Trio No. 1
HADYN
String Trio in A Major (Baryton Trio No. 71)
DOHNANYI
Serenade for String Trio

 

TICKETS:
Visit University Ticketing or call 609-258-9220.  For more information about this concert, visit the Princeton University Concerts website.

 

Monday, March 21 
COMPOSITION COLLOQUIUM
Woolworth Center Room 102, 4:30PM
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Heiner Goebbels

Speaker:
Heiner Goebbels, Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany


For more information about the Program in Theater and Princeton University, click here.

 

This program is co-sponsored with the Lewis Center for the Arts.


Monday, March 21 
COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE AT PRINCETON 

Brentano String Quartet (Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence)

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

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Brentano String Quartet

Performing new works by graduate students Elliot Cole, Cenk Ergun, Caroline Shaw, and N. Cameron Britt

For more information about Composers Ensemble at Princeton, click here.

For more information about the Brentano String Quartet, visit their website.
 
Tuesday, March 22
COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE AT PRINCETON

Barbara White & Michael Pratt, directors

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

New works by graduate students Andrea Mazzariello, Anne Hege, and Cenk Ergun


For more information about Composers Ensemble at Princeton, click here.

Wednesday, March 23 

VOCAL MASTER CLASS, MARNI NIXON 

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 3:00PM

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Marni Nixon


2011Peabody Award Winner for "Outstanding Contribution to American Music" and the

singing voice of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn in the Motion Pictures and on the Soundtracks of The King and I, An Affair to Remember, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady.

 

Co-sponsored by the Certificate Program in Musical Performance and the Lewis Center for the Arts. For more information about the certificate program, click here

For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts, click here.

Visit Marni Nixon's website.  

 


JAZZ VESPERS

Featuring the University Jazz Vespers Ensemble,

Anthony D.J. Branker, director

University Chapel, 8:00PM

For more information about the Program in Jazz Studies, click here.



Thursday, March 24 & Friday, March 25 
NERO ARTIFEX 
(a dissertation opera with a new take on the life of one of history's most notorious rulers) 

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM


Theodor Popov '11, composer
Veronica Shi '11, translator/historian
Mariah Min '10, librettist  
David Kellett, director 

Friday, March 25 

Q&A WITH DJ KRUSH 

101 Friend Center, Williams Street, 4:30PM

CONCERT WITH DJ KRUSH
The Terrace Club, 62 Washington Road, 8:00PM

Part of "In the Mix: Asian Popular Music " Conference. For full schedule and registration, click here.

Friday, March 25 

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE RECITAL

Will Livengood, jazz trumpet   

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Featuring original compositions as well as works by Woody Shaw, John Coltrane, and Mark Nagy '11.

For more information about the certificate program,   click here.

Saturday, March 26

TAIKO PERFORMANCE & WORKSHOP 

with Princeton Tora Taiko and Kaoru Watanabe  

Woolworth Center McAlpin Rehearsal Hall,
Performance 5:00PM, Workshop 6:00PM


Part of "In the Mix: Asian Popular Music " Conference. For full schedule and registration, click here.

Friday, March 25 & Saturday, March 26  

"IN THE MIX: ASIAN POPULAR MUSIC" CONFERENCE

 

Co-sponsored by the  Program in East Asian Studies, Council of the Humanities, PIIRS, Lewis Center for the Arts, Program in American Studies, and Program in African-American Studies


For full schedule and registration, click here.

Sunday, March 27 

FACULTY RECITAL

Jennifer Tao, piano 

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 3:00PM

PROGRAM

HAYDN Fantasia in C Major Hob.XVII/4
MESSIAEN Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux
MEDTNER Fairy Tales, Op. 26 & Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 11, No.1
SCHUMANN Davidsb�ndlert
nze, Op. 6

For more about Jennifer Tao, click here
 
Monday, March 28
MUSICOLOGY COLLOQUIUM 

Mendel Music Library Cone Seminar Room, 4:30PM

 

Speaker: Lewis Rowell, Indiana University

"Tribal Musics of India"


CHAMBER MUSIC MASTER CLASS

The Nash Ensemble of London 

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

Visit the Nash Ensemble Web Site for more information on this ensemble.
 
Tuesday, March 29  

COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE AT PRINCETON  

The Nash Ensemble of London  

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

PROGRAM

POULENC Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 185
TROY HERION (Graduate Student) Sextet
GILAD COHEN (Graduate Student) Ten Variations
RAVEL Piano Trio in A minor

For more information about Composers Ensemble at Princeton, click here.

Wednesday, March 30

A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MORRIS & SIMON MORRISON

50 McCosh Hall, 5:00PM
Co-sponsored with the Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Dance.
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Mark Morris & Simon Morrison


 

 

For more information about the Program in Dance, click here.

 

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE RECITAL

Anand Krishnamurthy, jazz guitar  

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Featuring original works and selections by J. Henderson, W. Shaw and others.

For more information about the Certificate Program, click here

 

Thursday, March 31
NASH ENSEMBLE OF LONDON

presented by Princeton University Concerts

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM 

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Nash Ensemble

PROGRAM

  

MOZART  Piano Quartet in G  minor, K. 478

MOZART  Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370

BRAHMS  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

 

PERFORMERS:  Ian Brown, Piano; Gareth Hulse, Oboe; Marianne Thorsen, Violin; Laura Samuel, Violin; Philip Dukes,Viola; Paul Watkins, Cello

TICKETS:
Visit  University Ticketing or call 609-258-9220.  For more information about this concert, visit the Princeton University Concerts website. 

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