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Sunday, March 3 

Princeton University Glee Club 
Gabriel Crouch, Director 
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 7:30PM
 
The Princeton University Glee Club presents the annual Walter L. Nollner Memorial Concert with a performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt with The Nassau Symphonia and an acclaimed roster of soloists including countertenor Ryland Angel, tenor Dann Coakwell, and bass-baritones Dashon Burton and Jonathan Woody, as well as sopranos Maya Kherani and Lily Arbisser, both Princeton graduates and now professional singers. Composed by Handel in 1738, the choruses take center stage in this vivid oratorio which tells the story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Maestro Crouch describes this spectacular work as "basically an opera for chorus on a biblical text." 
 
This concert is part of the American Handel Society Festival
Monday, March 4

Musicology Colloquium
Room 106, Woolworth Center, 4:30PM 

Margot Fassler, University of Notre Dame
"Where the Hudson Meets the Nile:  Coptic Chant and Liturgy in Jersey City"

Free Admission
Tuesday, March 5   

Princeton Sound Kitchen - "Braced"
Barbara White, Director
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

Works by graduate student composers including Andy Akiho, Quinn Collins, Dave Molk, Jonathan Russell, Feery Yeats and Professor Paul Lansky.
 
Free Admission
Thursday, March 7  

Jazz at Caf� Vivian 
Frist Campus Center, 11:00 PM
 
 
Featuring the Princeton University Miles Davis Ensemble coached by Saxophonist Ralph Bowen.

Free Admission

Friday, March 8  
Saturday, March 9

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

Winners of the 2013 Concerto Competition       
BACH  Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV      

VIVALDI  Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484       
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
WAGNER  Preludes to Acts I and III, Liebestod from
Tristan und Isolde     
Featured soloists include  Paul von Autenreid '16, piano, Louisa Slosar '15, bassoon, and Jeff Li '13, piano. 

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Sunday, March 10 

Derek Wu '13, Piano  
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 3:00PM

Program TBA

Free Admission
Tuesday, March 12

Princeton Sound Kitchen
Barbara White, Director
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

Roomful of Teeth
Program of new works written by Princeton composition students including Cenk Erg�n performed by Roomful of Teeth.

Free Admission
Wednesday, March 13

Music Without Borders:  An Evening with Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
 
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd and vocalist Maria Farantouri will be accompanied by Takis Farazis on piano, Eric Harland on drums, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Sokratis Sinopoulos on lyra. In addition to their performance, they will talk about the capacity of music for transformation. 

Presented by the Wilson College Signature Lecture Series and co-sponsored by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, supported by the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, the Center for African American Studies, the Program in Jazz Studies and the Department of Music, the Lewis Center for the Arts, the Council for the Humanities, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Department of Comparative Literature.

This event is free, but tickets are required.  

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Wednesday, March 13

Jazz Vespers
Princeton University Chapel, 8:00PM
 
 
Jazz Vespers at the University Chapel featuring the
University Jazz Vespers Ensemble.


Free Admission
Thursday, March 14

Artemis String Quartet
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 8:00PM
A musical preview concert featuring Princeton students will be free to ticket holders at 7:00PM
   
The Berlin-based Artemis String Quartet, one of the leading ensembles of their generation, perform Mendelssohn's exuberant String Quartet, Op. 44, and his anguished Quartet, Op. 80, along with works by Bach and Astor Piazzolla. READ MORE>

 
This concert is sponsored by Princeton University Concerts.
Wednesday, March 27

Alexander Gerson '13, Tuba 
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Joined by pianist Kathy Shanklin, the program features works by Anthony Plog, Bach, Strauss, and Hindemith.

Free Admission
Thursday, March 28

Colloquium
Room 106, Woolworth Center, 4:30PM 

Thomas Turino, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
"Peircean Semiotics and Phenomenology"

Free Admission
Thursday, March 28

Jazz Ensembles
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM
 
 
Performance featuring students in Music 321: The Improvising Ensemble led by Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker along with Estonia's Free Tallinn Trio with vocalist Anne-Liis Poll, guitarist Jaak Soo��r, and pianist Anto Pett.  Music 321 was created to provide instrumental and vocal students with opportunities to re-imagine the process of creative music-making through the use of improvisational concepts and activities in group collaboration. 
  
Sponsored by the Program in Jazz Studies

Free Admission
Friday, March 29

Princeton Opera Company (POCO)
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM
 
The Princeton Opera Company presents Amelia al Ballo, a comedic one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Amelia al Ballo recounts the exploits of Amelia, a wealthy young socialite, and her desire to attend the first ball of the season. Through a series of mishaps and follies, this 60 minute opera is sure to entertain. 
 
Free Admission
 
Co-sponsored by the Department of Music 
Saturday, March 30

Jeff Snyder '13, Jazz Piano
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 7:30PM

Program TBA
 
Free Admission
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