Department of Music

Fall 2009
Faculty Recital: Charlton–Fisher Duo
Sunday, September 13, 3:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
Susan Charlton, flute, and Alexis Firstenberg Fisher, piano, present their annual chamber music concert.

Faculty Recital
Wednesday, September 16, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Skip Wilkins Trio
Sunday, Novemer 22, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Jazz Ensemble
Friday, December 4, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
This big band’s repertory ranges from swinging classics by such greats as Duke Ellington to contemporary music from , Matt Harris, Lennie Niehaus and others. The band also features original compositions and arrangements.

Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Saturday, December 5, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
Concert Choir is a large ensemble that sings a wide range of literature for men’s, women’s, and mixed-voice choir. Chamber Singers, a small select choir, sings a variety of early music and music from contemporary times.
Come early to hear the Brass Ensemble play in the lobby, and stay after the concert to sing carols with us!

Orchestra
Sunday, December 6, 3:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
The program for this conductorless ensemble includes flute soloist Susan Charlton playing Bach, plus Corelli's Christmas Concerto.

Percussion Ensemble
Monday, December 7, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
The program features John Cage's Living Room Music, selections by Steve Reich and Henry Cowell, Japanese Taiko ensemble music, and variations on traditional Ghanaian drumming.

Concert Band
Saturday, December 12, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
Enjoy a wide variety of traditional and modern concert band selections from stirring marches to overtures, from classic transcriptions of orchestral literature to original concert band repertoire.

Marquis Consort
Sunday, December 13, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Spring 2010
Faculty Recital: Skip Wilkins and the International Quintet
Friay, February 12, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Orchestra
Sunday, April 25, 3:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Percussion Ensemble
Monday, April 26, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)
Taiko Damashi, "the spirit of the drum," is the theme of this highly energetic performance highlighting music from around the world.

Marquis Consort
Friday, April 30, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Saturday, May 1, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Jazz Ensemble
Friday, May 7, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

Concert Band
Saturday, May 8, 8:00 p.m., FREE (tickets required)

No tickets are needed for these recitals in room 123.

First Wednesday Recitals
Wednesday, October 7, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, November 4, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, December 2, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, February 3, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, March 3, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, April 7, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Wednesday, May 5, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Bring your lunch and enjoy informal performances by Lafayette instrumental and vocal students and faculty. Both polished selections and “works in progress” will be presented. Dessert will be provided by the Arts Society.

Juried Student Recitals
Friday, December 11, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Friday, May 7, 12:00 noon, Williams Center 123
Select student performers and small ensembles are presented, based on successful auditions.