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MUSIC AT PRINCETON DECEMBER 2011

 

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Thursday, December 1

 
Georgian & Ukrainian Folk Polyphony
Taplin Auditorium In Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Featuring Ensemble Hilka and the Princeton University Georgian Choirs. 
 
Masterclass with Ensemble Hilka at 4:00PM in Woolworth Center Room 102.
 
Co-sponsored by:
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Graduate School Events Board.
 

FREE ADMISSION

Friday, December 2 

 
Princeton University Glee Club &
Chamber Choir
Gabriel Crouch, Conductor
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

READINGS AND CAROLS
Featuring great Christmas music from four centuries as well as readings drawn from the most uplifting, provocative and funny literature inspired by the season. Follow the lights to Richardson Auditorium for a wonderful evening of music and the spoken word.

TICKETS
$15, $5. Call 609-258-9220 or order online here

Saturday, December 3  

 
Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

"CONVERSATIONS: THE COLUMBIA/PRINCETON JAZZ SUMMIT"
Featuring the Jazz Programs of Columbia University with Dr. Chris Washburne, director and Princeton University, Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, director. The concert will spotlight the Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble along with two Columbia Jazz Combos coached by trumpeter Don Sickler and pianist Ben Waltzer, and will feature students from both institutions performing together in two small groups.

TICKETS
$15, $5. Call 609- 258-9220 or order online here

Sunday, December 4 

 
Princeton University Wind Ensemble
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 3:00PM
Robert Gravener, Conductor

"WINTER TALES OF KINGS AND CANDLES"
Featuring "Dance of the Reed Flutes" from the Nutcracker Suite, music from the Christmas classic "Home Alone," a lively rendition of "Good King Wenceslas" and more.

TICKETS
$10 general, $6 student, and $5 children 12 and under. Call 609- 258-9220 or order online here

Monday, December 5  

Pop / Non-Western Colloquium
Woolworth Center Room 106, 4:30PM

"Musics of Memory and Amnesia: The Struggle for the Future of the Past in Central Eurasia"

Speaker
Theodore Levin, Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music, Dartmouth College

Co-sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies.

FREE ADMISSION

Tuesday, December 6   

Eberhard Faber Lecture
209 Scheide Caldwell House, 4:30PM
"Music, Affect, and Sign: A Ficinian Genealogy"

Speaker
Gary Tomlinson, Yale University

FREE ADMISSION

Tuesday, December 6  

Composers Ensemble at Princeton
Barbara White and Michael Pratt, Directors
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

"3-2-1: T
RIOS, DUOS, SOLOS"
DAVE MOLK 5 Movements for Piccolo
JONATHAN RUSSELL Bass Clarinet Sonata
RYAN BROWN Four Short Pieces for Solo Piano
ANDY AKIHO Five Movements for Piano Trio
CENK ERGUN Small Small
KATE NEAL Dead Horse Trio
PAUL LANSKY Notes to Self

FREE ADMISSION

Wednesday, December 7 

Rebecca Pottenger '12, Senior Jazz Recital
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Featuring works by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Kern and others on this Certificate Program in Musical Performance Recital.

Logan Roth, piano
Han Tran, guitar
Austin Gengos, bass
Arjun Dube, drums
David Zheng, trumpet
Divya Farias, alto saxophone

FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, December 8 

Making Tunes! Series
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM


"THIS IS HOW WE FLY!"
In this final Making Tunes! concert, Brittany Haas '09 and Professor Dan Trueman will share tunes that they've made over the last few years. Joining them in this performance are cellist Natalie Haas (returning to Making Tunes! after her sold-out opening show with Alasdair Fraser), guitarist Jordan Tice, and returning bassist Corey DiMario.


TICKETS
$18, $10. Call 609-258-9220 or order online here 

Thursday, December 8 

Jazz at Café Vivian
Frist Campus Center, 11:00PM

Featuring the University Ron Carter Ensemble, Kenny Davis, coach


FREE ADMISSION

Friday, December 9 

Handel Singing Competition
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 4:00PM

Adjudicated by William Hobbs, Director of Opera, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton voice students will be competing to perform with members of the Princeton University Orchestra on January
14, 2012. 

FREE ADMISSION

Friday, December 9 & Saturday, December 10 

Princeton University Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
Hobart Earle, Guest Conductor

Hobart
Hobart Earle
PROGRAM
GRIEG Music from Peer Gynt
SATIE Gymnopedies
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

TICKETS
$15 general, $13 seniors and $8 students.  Call 609- 258-9220 or order online here for Friday tickets or here for Saturday's concert..

Sunday, December 11 

Program in Jazz Studies Recital
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 3:00PM

MUS 215: Projects in Jazz Performance, Adam Cruz, Facult
y
PLAYERS
Christina Bott, Amali Gunawardana and Charmaine Lee
    vocals / percussion
Noah Freedman, violin
Reuben Shorser, trumpet
Peter Gustafson, trombone
Divya Farias, alto saxophone
Colby Pines, tenor saxophone
Keshav Singh, guitar
Spencer Caton, piano
Eric Weiser, bass
Arjun Dube and Phil McNeal, drums

PROGRAM
OUMOU SANGARE Saa Magni
THELONIOUS MONK Misterioso and Evidence
ALTMAN/LAWRENCE All or Nothing at All
BROOKS BOWMAN East of the Sun
DUKE/GERSHWIN I Can't Get Started
BRUCE BARTH By the Rio Grande
PAUL BARBARIN Bourbon Street Parade

FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, December 15 

Princeton University Sinfonia
Ruth Ochs, Conductor
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM

PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
BRAHMS "Allegro molto" from Serenade No. 1, Op. 11
DVORAK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

TICKETS
$5 general. Call 609-258-9220 or purchase at the Richardson Auditorium box office one hour before the performance (not sold online).
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