Wednesday Chamber Music Series
When: 9/16/2009 at 1:00pm & 7:30pm
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The Wednesday Chamber Music Series will present an exciting lineup of talented artists in Celebrity Series: Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends. On Sept. 16, Stillman, RIC's artist-in-residence, will be joined by four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman and broadway singer and actress Karen Mason for two performances of Broadway Extravaganza! – including a special extended version in the evening show. |
John Sumerlin, Conductor
When: 10/04/2009 at 7:30pm| The RIC Chamber Orchestra and RIC String Chamber Ensembles, conducted by John Sumerlin, perform together. |
Edward S. Lisk, Conductor
When: 10/09/2009 at 8:00pm
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featuring wind band repertoire from the past 100 years. Guest conductor Edward S. Lisk will lead the Wind Ensemble in a concert of exemplary works written for young musicians by some of the greatest composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Earlier in the day, Lisk will join a panel of national experts in a town-hall style forum on the future of music education.
General Seating: $10 |
Edward Markward, Conductor
When: 10/12/2009 at 8:00pm| The RIC Symphony Orchestra will feature RIC Faculty
member Stephen Martorella as piano soloist in Vincent
D’Indy’s stunning but rarely performed Symphony on a
French Mountain Air, in its Oct. 12 concert. Also on the
program will be the Rhode Island premiere of awardwinning
composer Aleksandra Vrebalov's Orbits and
Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major. Edward Markward,
beginning his 37th year at RIC, conducts.
General Admission: $10 |
Sponsored by Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
Greg Abate, Director
When: 10/14/2009 at 7:00pm
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the RIC Jazz Workshop Combos Performance takes the stage under the direction of legendary saxophonist and RIC educator Greg Abate. |
Sponsored by Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
When: 10/15/2009 at 8:00pm| The Faculty Recital, on Oct.15 will present a varied program of vocal and instrumental solo and chamber music performed by the Rhode Island College music faculty. |
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
When: 10/30/2009 at 8:00pm| The Annual Halloween Collage Concert held on Oct.
30 offers performances from a variety of RIC ensembles.
Performers appear in costume and the audience is also
encouraged to dress in the spirit of Halloween.
General Admission: $10 |
Wednesday Chamber Music Series
When: 11/04/2009 at 1:00pm
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Pianists Stephen Martorella
and Judith Stillman will collaborate in Duo-Pianists on Nov. 4.
Martorella is the minister of music for the First Baptist
Church in America and an adjunct instructor at Rhode
Island College.
Question/Answer Session Follows |
Sponsored by RIC Chorus
Teresa Coffman, Conductor
When: 11/06/2009 at 8:00pm| The RIC High School Invitational Choral Concert, a varied and popular performance presented on Nov. 6, will showcase invited choirs from local high schools who will perform for each other and the community at large. The RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers and student-run RIC ensembles will perform. The concert concludes with a massed choral piece in which all involved ensembles participate. The RIC Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association sponsors this concert annually. |
John Sumerlin, Conductor
When: 11/22/2009 at 7:30pm| The RIC Chamber Orchestra and RIC String Chamber Ensembles, conducted by John Sumerlin, perform together. |
Sponsored by RIC Wind Ensemble
When: 11/24/2009 at 7:00pm (Note: time has been corrected from 8:00pm)|
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Junior and Senior Youth Wind Ensembles will collaborate with the RIC Wind Ensemble in a concert of works chosen from the standard repertoire for wind band.
General Admission: $10 |
Robert Franzblau, Conductor
When: 12/04/2009 at 8:00pm|
The Wind Ensemble will perform Pillars,
showcasing selections from the middle of the 20th
century. The two central pillars of this concert are Vincent
Persichetti's Symphony #6 for Band and Leonard Bernstein's
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. In addition, works
from Samuel Barber, Norman Dello Joio and William
Schuman will be performed.
General Admission: $10 |
Edward Markward, Conductor
When: 12/07/2009 at 8:00pm
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On Dec. 7, the Symphony Orchestra will present the
world premiere of James Bohn's MF, Concerto for Electric
Guitar and Orchestra. Guitarist Joshua
Millard, who has performed with the
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
and the Dedalus New Music Ensemble,
is the soloist. The Symphony Orchestra
will also perform Roy Harris' iconic Third
Symphony and César Franck’s ultraromantic
Symphony in D Minor.
General Admission: $10 |
Wednesday Chamber Music Series
When: 12/09/2009 at 1:00pm
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Judith Lynn Stillman will be joined by two-time Grammy Award
winner Richard Stoltzman on clarinet and Muir String
Quartet member Michael Reynolds on cello on Dec. 9 for
Trios for Clarinet, Cello and Piano by Beethoven and Zemlinsky.
Question/Answer Session Follows |
Teresa Coff, Conductor
Tianxu Zhou, Conductor
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On Dec. 11,
the RIC Winter
Choral Concert will
feature RIC Chorus,
Chamber Singers,
Women’s Chorus
and Men’s Chorus
in performances of
works by important
composers
throughout western music history as well as holiday
favorites, non-traditional and lesser known composers and
pieces. Teresa Coff man conducts the RIC Chorus, Chamber
Singers and Women’s Chorus. The RIC Men’s Chorus is led
by Tianxu Zhou.
General Admission: $10 |
Joseph Foley, Director
When: 12/14/2009 at 8:00pm
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General Admission: $10 |
* = Free Admission