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MAY 2012

 

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Tuesday, May 1

Wednesday, May 2  

 
Composers Ensemble at Princeton
Sō Percussion, 2011-2012  Performers-in-Residence
Barbara White and Michael Pratt, Directors
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM  

So Percussion
Featuring new works by graduate students Leila Adu-Gilmore, Wally Gunn, Dave Molk, Caroline Shaw, Elliot Cole, Quinn Collins, Cenk Ergün, Troy Herion, Kate Neal and Jonathan Russell.

FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, May 3  

 
David Daniels, Countertenor
Martin Katz, Piano
Mark Morris, Choreographer

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
Pre-concert Talk between Professor Wendy Heller & Mark Morris, 7:00PM

The greatest choreographer of his generation and perhaps the greatest countertenor of any generation continue a partnership that began with Glück's Orfeo at the Metropolitan Opera. READ MORE>

PROGRAM:
Songs by Brahms, Berlioz, Hahn and Steven Mark Kohn

TICKETS:
$40, $30, $20 general $10, $5 students. 

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Friday, May 4 

 
Masterclass by David Daniels, Countertenor
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 4:00-6:00PM
 
Countertenor David Daniels coaches Princeton vocal students in works of Handel and Schubert.
 
FREE ADMISSION 
 
Friday, May 4 

Musica Alta
Rockefeller College Common Room, 7:00PM

Performing seventeenth- and eighteenth- century music from England, France, Germany, and Italy. The program includes a recorder concerto by Robert Woodcock; chamber works of Francois Couperin, Jean-Marie Leclair, George Frideric Handel, and Giovanni Battista Fontana; and a cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude as performed in Stockholm in May, 1682.

Sponsored by the Rocky Classical Music Hour.

FREE ADMISSION  
        

Friday, May 4 

 
Junior-Senior Concert
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Featuring works by undergraduate music majors Jackson GreenbergChristina Hummel and Sarah Strenio.   
   
FREE ADMISSION

Friday, May 4 

 
Princeton University Wind Ensemble
Robert Gravener, Conductor
Frist Campus Center North Lawn, 9:00PM

"Concert Under the Stars" including music from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Co-sponsored by Frist Campus Center and the Alcohol Initiative.   
          

FREE ADMISSION/REFRESHMENTS. 

Sunday, May 6     

 
Richardson Chamber Players
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 3:00PM


PROGRAM

"Constable & Landscape," hosted by James C. Steward, Director of thePrinceton University Art Museum 

DEBUSSY  Nuages from Nocturnes, arr. Ravel
BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte
BRITTEN Phantasy Quartet
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 

Played by Princeton's performance faculty and supremely talented studentsREAD MORE>

TICKETS
$15 general $5 students

Tuesday, May 8    

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

NewspeakFeaturing new works by graduate students Lainie Fefferman (Dissertation), Quinn Collins, and Professor Dmitri Tymoczko.



FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, May 10    

 
Princeton University Wind Ensemble
Robert Gravener, Conductor
 
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM 
 

"Movie Music Madness" showcasing film music at its finest, featuring soundtracks from Catch Me if You Can with guest soloist Paul Cohen, Alto Saxophone, An American in Paris, and James Cameron's Titanic commemorating the 100th anniversary of the most famous maritime disaster in history.   

 

Tickets  

 $10 general, $6 students, $5 children 12 and under. 

 

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Friday, May 11   

 
Composition Senior Thesis
Jacinth Greywoode '12
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, 6:30PM  

Featuring a Mass in E Major for Choir and Chamber Orchestra.

FREE ADMISSION

Friday, May 11  

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

PROGRAM

TURINA Danzas Fantásticas  

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"    

 

Tickets  

$5 general. Call (609) 258-9220. Passport to the Arts eligible.  

 

Saturday, May 12 

Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble & The Birth of the Cool Ensemble
Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker, Director
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM


"Sounds of Revolution or Evolution? The Music of Bebop, Cool Jazz, and Hard Bop"

Tickets
 
$15 general, $5 students

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Tuesday, May 15 

Performance Faculty Recital
Jack Hill, Double Bass, with John Kamitsuka, Piano,
Dan Hudson, Double Bass
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM 
 

  

PROGRAM 
SCHUBERT "Arpeggione" Sonata  

BOTTESINI Grand Duo No. 1  

MARK ZUCKERMAN Touching Bass (Premiere)  

 

FREE ADMISSION 

Thursday, May 17

Student Recital
Julianna Traicoff '12, Violin
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM 
 

  

Featuring works by Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, and Rachmaninoff. 


FREE ADMISSION 

Friday, May 18  

Student Recital
Nathan Pell '12, Cello
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

  

Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Piazzolla, and Chopin.

 

FREE ADMISSION 

Sunday, May 20  

Student Recital
Francesca McNeeley'12, Cello
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 3:00PM
 

  

Featuring works by Beethoven, J. S. Bach, Schumann, and Ginastera.

 

FREE ADMISSION 

Sunday, May 20  

Student Recital
Mariana Olaizola '13 and Nicholas Stead '15, Piano
Woolworth Music Center McAlpin Rehearsal Hall, 7:30PM 
 

  

PROGRAM 

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn

VINE Piano Sonata No. 1 

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in C-sharp Minor

RAVEL Ondine 

 

FREE ADMISSION 

 

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