Music Events

Deborah Griffin Memorial Faculty Recital

When: 2/10/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The eighth annual Faculty Recital on Feb. 10 showcases members of the RIC Music, Theatre, and Dance faculty. Donations received benefit the Deborah Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to outstanding music majors.

Bach to Basie: Brass Quintet Repertoire
with Judith Lynn Stillman*

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

When: 2/24/2010 at 1:00pm - This event has been cancelled
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The Brass Quintet Repertoire will take the stage on Feb. 24 performing, Bach to Basie, directed by Judith Lynn Stillman, pianist and artist-in-residence at RIC. Question/Answer Session Follows.

New England Voices
RIC Wind Ensemble

Robert Franzblau, Conductor

When: 2/26/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

On Feb. 26, the RIC Wind Ensemble, led by Robert Franzblau, presents New England Voices, offering music written by past and present New England composers such as Charles Ives, Roger Cichy and RIC faculty member Barbara Kolb. The concert will mark the world premiere of a concerto for flute and wind ensemble by Michael Weinstein, acclaimed Boston-area composer. The featured soloist will be Mary Ellen Guzzio, assistant professor of flute at RIC. Keith Brion, international expert on the music of Charles Ives, will guest conduct. General Admission $10

Chamber Music at Rhode Island College*

John Sumerlin, Conductor

When: 2/28/2010 at 7:30pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The RIC Chamber Orchestra and Small Ensembles will perform.

RIC Spring Choral Concert
Featuring the Music of Joshua Jacobson
RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus

Teresa Coffman, Conductor
Tianxu Zhou, Conductor

When: 3/5/2010
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The March 5 RIC Spring Choral Concert will feature the RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, conducted by Teresa Coffman, and the Men's Chorus, conducted by Tianxu Zhou. This concert culminates the brief residency of guest composer/conductor Joshua Jacobson including his some of his arrangements and recommendations of Jewish choral music. Jacobson is the founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston. General Admission $10

RIC Symphony Orchestra*
15th Samuel and Esther Chester Performance Award Concert

Edward Marward, Conductor

When: 3/8/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The RIC Symphony Orchestra will present the 15th Samuel and Esther Chester Performance Award Concert on March 8. Aaron Copland's serial composition, Inscape will be performed, led by student conductor Jenna Ramos. Charles and Consuelo Sherba are featured violin and viola soloists in Mozart's magnificent Sinfonia Concertante. The program concludes with Antonin Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, conducted by Symphony Orchestra leader Edward Marward.

RIC Jazz Workshop Combos Performance*

Greg Abate, Director

When: 3/10/2010 at 6:30pm
Where: Forman Theatre in the Nazarian Center

On March 10, Greg Abate, RIC educator and noted saxophonist, will direct the RIC Jazz Workshop Combos Performance.

Members of the New York Philharmonic*
with Judith Lynn Stillman, Piano

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

When: 3/24/2010 at 1:00pm and 7:30pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

On March 24, members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Lynn Stillman will perform piano quartets in two concerts with works by Mozart and Schumann including a special extended version in the evening show. Question/Answer Session Follows

RI College Faculty Chamber Players*
William Walton's Façade, an Entertainment to Poems by Edith Sitwell

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

When: 4/14/2010 at 1:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The Wednesday Chamber Music Series concludes with the RIC Faculty Chamber Players performance of William Walton's Façade, an Entertainment with Poems by Edith Sitwell, on April 14. Question/Answer Session Follows

(Re-) Made in America
The RIC Wind Ensemble

Robert Franzblau, Conductor

When: 4/23/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The RIC Wind Ensemble will present on April 23. (Re-) Made in America, which offers music written in America with musical inspiration coming from overseas. The concert will feature David Del Tredici's In Wartime, a monumental impression written during the height of America's 2002 invasion of Iraq. Two young American composers, Steven Bryant and Kathryn Salfelder, will perform opening works. The winner of the 2010 RIC Senior Concerto Competition will also perform. General Admission $10

The RIC Symphony Orchestra
32nd Annual Bicho Family Scholarship Concert

Edward Markward, Conductor

When: 4/26/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

The RIC Symphony Orchestra's 32nd Annual Bicho Family Scholarship Concert will perform Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G Major, famous for its depiction of "a child's vision of heaven." Edward Markward, in his 37th year at the college, conducts this April 26 concert. RIC alumna Patrice Tiedemann is featured as soprano soloist. General Admission $10

Bon Voyage Choral Concert
RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus

Teresa Coffman, Conductor
Tianxu Zhou, Conductor

When: 4/30/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

On April 30, the RIC Bon Voyage Choral Concert will "send off" graduating music majors and celebrate the Chorus and Chamber Singer members' fifth international choral concert tour, as they prepare to voyage to Portugal and Spain in May. This concert will feature the RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, conducted by Teresa Coffman, and the Men's Chorus, conducted by Tianxu Zhou. General Admission $10

RIC Concert Jazz Band
Featuring the Music of Doc Severinse

Joseph Foley, Director

When: 5/3/2010 at 8:00pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

Join music director Joseph Foley and the Rhode Island Concert Jazz Band on the evening of May 3, for a concert featuring the music of the legendary trumpeter Doc Severinsen of the Tonight Show. General Admission $10

RIC Opera Workshop Performance

Susan Rodgers and Edward Markward, Co-directors
Christina Breindel and John Henry Burns, Piano

When: 5/9/2010 at 7:30pm
Where: Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center

Students in the Opera Workshop at Rhode Island College will perform with pianists Christina Breindel and John Henry Burns on May 9. Selections include scenes from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr., Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti, Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, among others. Edward Markward and Susan Rodgers co-direct. Suggested Donation $5

* = Free Admission