March is an exciting month at Setnor! Along with our busy array of wonderful concerts and recitals, students will have unique learning opportunities in Brazil, New York City, and on campus. Professors Elisa Dekaney and Joshua Dekaney will be taking a group of students to Brazil March 7-15 for the class The Culture and Art of Brazil. This course combines on-campus classes with a 10-day trip to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, the coastal colonial city of Paraty, the Orquestra da Grota - a music school on the outskirts of a shanty town in Niterói and other inclusive educational settings.

Michelle Taylor, Setnor's Assistant Director for Operations, will lead the inaugural Gilbert Week March 9-15. It is a week-long immersion program in New York City where students will visit performing arts institutions - including Carnegie Hall, the League of American Orchestras, Lincoln Center Theater, the Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra of St Luke's, Steinway & Sons, and more. They will meet professionals and learn about the wide variety of career opportunities in music. We are grateful to Dennis and Nancy Gilbert (Dennis - BM '73 Music Education and Nancy -

BS '74 Education and English) for creating this new opportunity!

SU will be a stop on this year's American Whistleblower Tour  during the fourth week of March. The week-long activities will include a special performance by the Contemporary Music Ensemble on March 27.

Finally, March will end with a master class and performance by our final Baker Artist of the year, acclaimed heldentenor Jon Frederic West. His public performance will be in Setnor Auditorium on March 30. Thank you to the Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation (Dorothy Hess Baker, BM '49 and Ellen Baker Ghelardi, BS '73 Drama) for creating the Baker Artist Program!