Department of Music
 

Performance Listing

Faculty Recital: David Jacobsen, saxophone - 3:00 pm, Sunday, September 14, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Pianist Caryl Conger returns to Blacksburg to perform with David Jacobsen, Virginia Tech Professor of Music. The program includes pieces by Robert Schumann, Warren Benson, Paul Creston, Fernande Decruck, and Piet Swerts.


University Chamber Music I: Flute, Cello, and Piano Trios - 8:00 pm, Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
The season opens with captivating trios by Haydn, Farrenc, and Liebermann, performed by David Jacobsen, flute, Alan Weinstein, cello, and Tracy Cowden, piano. Come discover why Haydn is celebrated for his inventive elegance, why Farrenc is the unsung heroine of the French Romantic movement, and why the brilliant and charismatic writing of Liebermann makes him one of the most-commissioned American composers today.


University Chamber Music I: Flute, Cello, and Piano Trio - 3:00 pm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
The season opens with captivating trios by Haydn, Farrenc, and Liebermann, performed by David Jacobsen, flute, Alan Weinstein, cello, and Tracy Cowden, piano. Come discover why Haydn is celebrated for his inventive elegance, why Farrenc is the unsung heroine of the French Romantic movement, and why the brilliant and charismatic writing of Liebermann makes him one of the most-commissioned American composers today.


Student Recital: Matt Barbee, percussion. - 3:00 pm, Saturday, September 27, 2008 - The Amphitheater at the Duck Pond
Percussionist Matt Barbee presents a recital at the outdoor amphitheater on the Virginia Tech Duck Pond. Rain location is Squires Recital Salon.


Musica Viva presents the Perlman, Schmidt, Bailey Piano Trio - 3:00 pm, Sunday, September 28, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Navah Perlman, piano Giora Schmidt, violin Zuill Bailey, cello This acclaimed trio boasts three charismatic artists: pianist Navah Perlman, cellist Zuill Bailey, and violinist Giora Schmidt. Though they each enjoy significant solo careers, when they join together, the power of this perfectly honed ensemble is undeniable. They will play a varied program from the piano trio literature.


University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band Concert - 8:00 pm, Friday, October 3, 2008 - Burruss Auditorium [map]
Travis Cross and John Adler direct the University Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Band in a joint concert.


Student Ensemble Concert: The University Jazz Bands - 8:00 pm, Friday, October 17, 2008 - Squires Haymarket Theater [map]
John Adler directs the University Jazz Bands in an evening concert in Haymarket Theatre.


Faculty Recital: University Chamber Music II, New Music From Virginia Tech - 8:00 pm, Saturday, October 18, 2008 and 3:00 pm, Sunday, October 19, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
New Music From Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech celebrates the music of music composition faculty members Kent Holliday, James Miley, Ico Bukvic, and other influential contemporary composers. Virginia Tech music faculty artists and guests will perform.


The Blacksburg Master Chorale - 7:30 pm, Friday, October 24, 2008 - Blacksburg Presbyterian Church [map]
Maestro Brian Gendron conducts the Blacksburg Master Chorale in an evening concert.


Musica Viva presents Romantic Sextets - 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 25, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Musica Viva presents performers Adela Pena, violin, Marc Johnson, cello, Sheila Browne, viola, David Ehrlich, violin, Benjamin Wyatt, cello, and Teresa Ehrlich, piano. Pieces include P. Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence and R. Strauss, String Sextet from the Opera Capriccio


Student Recital: Ben Beasley, horn - 3:00 pm, Sunday, October 26, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Ben Beasley presents a senior horn recital featuring works by Arnold, Bernstein, Ewazen, Nielsen, Persichetti, Schumann, and Wilder.


Student Ensemble Concert: The University Choirs - 8:00 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Brian Gendron conducts the University Choirs in an evening concert.


University Chamber Music III: Opera Roanoke - 8:00 pm, Monday, November 3, 2008 - Lyric Theater [map]
Opera Roanoke presents Mahler?s Das Lied von der Erde and Handel arias featuring Elizabeth Futral (***one night only at Blacksburg?s historic Lyric Theater) Opera Roanoke, under the direction of maestro Steven White, presents Gustav Mahler?s masterpiece, Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earch). Performed in Arnold Sch?nberg?s ingenious transcription for chamber orchestra, the program will feature mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby and tenor Donald George in this expansive song-symphony that explores life, death and renewal in the context of nature. Also featured, the gilded splendor of George Frederick Handel?s vocal music, with soprano Elizabeth Futral singing a collection of some of the great master?s most beautiful and exciting opera arias.


Student Recital: Karen Caruso, Soprano - 3:00 pm, Saturday, November 8, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Karen Caruso presents a student voice recital.


Student Ensemble Concert: University Wind Ensemble and Campus Band - 8:00 pm, Saturday, November 8, 2008 - Burruss Auditorium [map]
Travis Cross and David McKee conduct the student ensembles in an evening concert.


Student Ensemble Concert: The Early Music Ensemble - 8:00 pm, Sunday, November 9, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
John Howell conducts The Early Music Ensemble in a Fall concert.


Student Ensemble Concert: The New River Valley Symphony Orchestra - 8:00 pm, Saturday, November 15, 2008 - Burruss Auditorium [map]
James Glazebrook conducts the New River Valley Symphony Orchestra in concert.


Faculty Recital: David Jacobsen, flute and Robert Trent, guitar - 3:00 pm, Sunday, November 16, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
David Jacobsen joins Radford University's Director of Guitar Studies, Robert Trent for a flute and guitar recital.


Student Ensemble Concert: The University Jazz Bands - 8:00 pm, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - Squires Haymarket Theater [map]
John Adler conducts the Virginia Tech Jazz Bands in an evening concert.


Student Ensemble Concert: Band O Rama - 7:30 pm, Friday, November 21, 2008 - Burruss Auditorium [map]
Join the University Wind Ensemble, Marching Virginians and the Jazz Bands in a fun combined concert!


Student Ensemble Concert: Opera Workshop - 8:00 pm, Friday, December 5, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Virginia Tech's Opera Workshop presents an evening concert.


Faculty Recital: Theodore Sipes, Baritone - 3:00 pm, Sunday, December 7, 2008 - Squires Recital Salon [map]
Faculty artist Theodore Sipes, baritone and guest artist pianist, Erica Sipes perform a program of engaging vocal art music. The program will include a group of Aria Antiche, Robert Schumann's "Liederkreis," opus 24, Francis Poulenc's "Le Travail du Peintre" and selections from Gerald Finzi's "Earth and Air and Rain."


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