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DECEMBER 2012

 

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Saturday, December 1  

Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
Ralph Bowen, Guest Conductor
Thad #2
Thad Jones


"Tribute to Thad Jones," played by the Concert Jazz Ensemble with guest artists The Ralph Bowen Quartet.
Ralph Bowen, Saxophone; Jared Gold, Organ; Mike Moreno, Guitar and Donald Edwards, Drums.

Tickets are $15 general, $5 students.

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Sunnday, December 2  

"Monk's Mood: A Performance Meditation on
the Life and Music of Thelonious Monk"
Hagan Dance Studio, Lewis Center for the Arts, 7:00PM

Presenter: Thomas DeFrantz, Duke University.

Sponsored by the Program in Dance and Theatre, Program in Jazz Studies, and the Center for African American Studies

 

FREE ADMISSION 
Monday, December 3  

Musicology Colloquium
Woolworth Center Room 106, 4:30PM

Speaker: Markus Rathey, Professor of Music History at Yale University.
"Concepts of Time and Music in Bach's Christmas Oratorio."

 

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Tuesday, December 4  

Princeton Sound Kitchen
(Formerly Composers Ensemble)
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

"Furious Bulb: Healthy Start" featuring works by graduate student composers Gilad Cohen, Ryan Brown, Jonathan Russell and Visiting Scholar Donnacha Dennehy.

FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, December 6  

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

Speaker: Alejandro L. Madrid, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago. "Pachuco Nostalgia: Danz�n and Masculinity on the Mexican Dance Floor."

Co-sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.

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Friday, December 7 & Saturday, December 8

Princeton University Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 7:30PM
Michael Pratt, Conductor

Featuring the world premiere of graduate student composer Gilad Cohen Dragon Mother with Martha Elliott, Soprano. The program also includes Copland El salon Mexico; Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2,  Caitlin Wood '15, Violin; and the Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Max Jacobson '13, French Horn.

Tickets are $15 general, $5 students.

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Sunday, December 9  

Princeton University Glee Club &
Chamber Choir

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 3:00PM
Gabriel Crouch, Conductor

"Readings and Carols" an annual concert of seasonal music and readings in celebration of the holiday season.

Tickets are $15 general, $5 students.

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Tuesday, December 11  

Student Jazz Concert
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

A program presented by students enrolled in MUS 215 "Projects in Jazz Performance," taught by visiting lecturer James Ridl.

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Thursday, December 13   

Princeton University Sinfonia
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 7:30PM
Ruth Ochs, Conductor

"Winter Symphonic Celebration"               

Chadwick Hobgoblin from Symphonic Sketches 

Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat Major, KV 365,

    Francis Ricci '15 and Jennifer Tao, Pianos

Martin Ballade for Flute, String Orchestra and Piano

Jamie Chong '15, Flute (Winner of the 2012 Sinfonia Concerto Competition)

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 "Polish"

 

Tickets: $10 general admission, $6 students, $5 children.

 

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Friday, December 14   

Student Recital
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

Dean Wang '13, Violin; Jeff Li '13, Piano

Bach Sonata No. 3 in C Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
Beethoven Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 47


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