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Marking
a Century—Music at Smith 1909-2009
October 6
Music in
the Noon Hour Avanti Wind Quintet plays the 1955
Wind Quintet No. 1 by Professor Emeritus Alvin Etler (1913-1973);
Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997), Piano pieces, Judith Gordon,
piano. 12:30 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage.
Faculty
Chamber Music Concert featuring
Smith composers Alice Parker ’47, and Professor Emeritus
Werner Josten (1885-1963). 8 p.m.,
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage.
Concert
Trefoil, a medieval trio of voices, harps and
lute, features Drew Minter, countertenor in a Spanish program In
the Chamber of the Harpers. 4 p.m., Sweeney Concert
Hall, Sage.
Kahn Institute
short term project “Music
and Science”
(part of Rachmaninoff celebration).
Rachmaninoff
in Songs and Dances Smith College Chamber Singers,
Jonathan Hirsh, conductor and Grant Moss, piano, perform
Rachmaninoff’s
Songs for Treble Voices, Opus 15. Also featured
are Karen Smith Emerson, soprano, and pianists Elizabeth
Joy Roe, Judith Gordon and Clifton J. Noble. 8 p.m., Sweeney
Concert Hall, Sage.
Pianist
Vladimir Tropp The centennial of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s
North American debut at Smith College, an all-Rachmaninoff
recital, with Russian pianist Vladimir Tropp. 8
p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage (7:30 Dedication of bust
of Rachmaninoff – by
Carol Christ).
Fall
Orchestra Concert Smith College Orchestra premieres A
Short Drive,
by Jennifer Griffith MM ’01. 7 p.m.,
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage.
Christmas
Vespers
Featuring new works of Smith composers Alice Parker ’47,
Ryan Brandau, Ronald Perera, and Clifton J. Noble. 4 and
7 p.m., John M. Greene Hall.
Music
in the Noon Hour Works by Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Joel Pitchon, violin, and Kivie
Cahn Lipman, cello. 12:30 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall,
Sage.
Smith
Musicology:
The Present and the Future Conference Smith Alumnae
Musicologists Judith Tick ’64,
moderator, Ruth Solie ’64,
Sophia Smith Professor of Music, host.
A
Pioneer Venture in Music: Werner Josten & Baroque Opera
at Smith
An exhibit in Werner Josten Library, Mezzanine Level.
Lecture "Ivory
Tower Romantic: John Duke and the American Art Song." Marlene
Wong, Head Librarian of Josten Library. 5 p.m., Earle Recital
Hall, Sage.
Louise
Rood (Professor Emeritus
1910-1964) Concert Dominique Labelle,
soprano, Yehudi Wyner, piano. Songs of Professor Emeritus
John Duke (1899-1984), Yehudi Wyner, and Rachmaninoff.
Elsie's
World: 1910 and beyond Karen Smith Emerson,
soprano,
and Victoria Fraser ’10, soprano, with Judith Gordon,
piano. World premiere of a song by Donald Wheelock, Paul
Alper Glass Professor of Music.
4 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage.
Spring
Serenade
125th anniversary concert with Alumnae of Smith College
Glee Club, and current students
Recreation
of Judith Raskin ’49 senior
recital Victoria Fraser ’10,
Laura Henderson ’10, Sarah Mischner ’10,
Magdalene Rascoe ’10.
Works by Handel, Wolf, Strauss, Debussy, Ravel and John
Duke. 8 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage. |
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