For more information or to purchase tickets, please click here: The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts or call the box office (540) 568-7000.
Please check the Concert Hotline (540-568-3481) for venue and time changes. Also check our Workshops & Events Page.
Click here to download the Febuary 2013 calendar in printable format.
JMU String Project classes resume Wednesday, February 13. Returning students should plan to go to their same class, time and location as in the fall unless emailed separately. Parents will be asked to complete the necessary enrollment forms and make payment at that time to the class teacher. The group fee will be $60.00. Students and parents wanting to register for private lessons can do so also on Wednesday (2/13/13) in the foyer outside Anthony Seeger Auditorium between 4:00 and 5:45 pm. Students/parents who are new to our program this semester should email: maynarlm@jmu.edu to find out specific class information.
2/3 | Sunday - JMU Faculty Recital - Andrew Connell & Janice L. Minor,clarinets
Gabriel Dobner, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 2 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
2/3 | Sunday - JMU Student Ensemble - Steel Band under the direciton of
Michael Overman, Music Building Room 108, 4 pm, free *
2/3 | Sunday - JMU Student Ensemble - Choral Evensong with
JMU
Treble Chamber Choir under the direction of W. Bryce Hayes
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 5 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
2/4 | Monday - Guest Artist - John Sipher, trombone | Janna Ernst, piano
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 6:30 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
2/4 | Monday - JMU Faculty In-Residence Ensemble - Monticello Strings
Wanchi Huang, violin | Max Rabinovitsj, violin | Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Carl Donakowski, cello with JMU students
Forbes Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
2/5 | Tuesday - Master Class with Tommy Igoe
one of the world’s most prominent drummers and bandleaders, and member of
Birdland Big Band , Music Building Room 108, 3 - 4:30 pm, free and open to the public
2/5 | Tuesday - Masterpiece Season - Birdland Big Band
direct from Manhattan's Birdland Jazz Club
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$38 - $40
*MUS 195 CR
2/6 | Wednesday - Guest Lecture - Douglas Hill, Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin-Madison - Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning
This excellent presentation addresses the complex dynamics between teacher and student and how to cultivate a healthy, proactive, and rich learning environment.
Forbes Room 1115, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, free
2/7 | Thursday - Chamber Music Colloquium Concert featuring Guest Artist Douglas Hill
with JMU Horn Choir, Forbes Recital Hall, 8 pm
$12 Adult | $10 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
2/8 | Friday - DMA Recital - Ayn Balija, viola
Forbes Recital Hall, 4 pm, free
2/9 | Saturday - School of Music Auditions, all day
2/10 | Sunday - JMU Student Composers Concert
students of John Hilliard and Jason Haney
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 3 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
2/11 | Monday - JMU Faculty Chamber Music Extravaganza! - Wanchi Huang, violin
and Friends
Forbes Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
**CANCELLED** 2/12 | Tuesday - JMU Faculty Recital - Chris Carrillo, trumpet
2/13 | Wednesday - JMU Cello Studio Recital
Students of Carl Donakowski, Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8 pm, free
2/14 | Thursday - JMU Jazz Band under the direction of Taylor Barnett and
JMU
Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chuck Dotas
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
2/16 | Saturday - JMU Madison Singers & Chorale
under the direction of Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy and W. Bryce Hayes
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
2/17 | Sunday - JMU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert McCashin
Forbes Concert Hall, 2 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
2/17 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Stephanie Emberley, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 5 pm, free
2/18 | Monday - School of Music Auditions, all day
2/19 - 2/24 | Tuesday - Sunday - Masterpiece Season - Spring Awakening
Tuesday - Friday @ 8 pm; Saturday @ 3 pm & 8 pm; Sunday @ 2 pm
Forbes Mainstage Theatre
$18 Adult | $16 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $13 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
2/22 | Friday - JMU Student Ensemble - Brass Band under the direction of Kevin Stees
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
2/23 - Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association All-State Auditions
Forbes Center / Music Building / Festival Center, 8 am - 4 pm, free
Click here for more information.
2/23 | Saturday - JMU Student Ensemble - Wind Symphony
under the direction of Stephen Bolstad
Forbes Concert Hall, 1:00 pm, free
2/24 | Sunday - DMA Lecture/Recital - Pricilla Oliveira, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 5 pm, free
2/25 | Monday - Master Class with Chanticleer's Musical Director who will
work directly with The Madison Singers and KOR.
Forbes Concert Hall, 11:15 am - 12:40 pm, free
** SOLD OUT ** 2/25 | Monday - Masterpiece Season - Chanticleer
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm; $33 - $36,
*MUS 195 CR
2/26 | Tuesday - Madison Scholar Lecture - Dr. Jonathan Gibson
"Lully's Music, Le Brun's Sketches, and Descartes Theory: An Interdisciplinary Exercise"
Forbes Recital Hall, 6:30 pm, free
2/26 | Tuesday - JMU Student Ensemble - Bach Aria Concert
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8 pm, free *MUS 195 CR **Note the time change**
2/27 | Wednesday - JMU Student Ensembles - Treble Chamber Choir
under the direction of W. Bryce Hayes
University Women's Chorus under the direction of Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
and the University Men's Chorus and Combined Choruses
under the direction of W. Bryce Hayes
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
2/28 | Thursday - JMU Student Ensemble - Symphonic Band
under the direction of Steve Bolstad
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
* These concerts will provide attendance credit for MUS 195 for JMU students.
