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 March 2013 calendar in printable format.
3/1 & 3/2 - VANATS Conference (Virginia National Association of Teachers of Singing)
Forbes Center, all day
3/12 & 13 | Tuesday & Wednesday - Masterpiece Season - Sing Out!
An A Cappella Celebration
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$15 Adult | $14 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $10 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
**CANCELLED** 3/14 | Thursday - JMU Concert & University Bands
3/16 | Saturday - Masterpiece Season - Marimba Orchestra and Friends
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$15 Adult | $14 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $8 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
3/17 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Ryan Hoffman, cello
Forbes Recital Hall, 1 pm, free
3/18 & 3/19 | Monday & Tuesday - Special Event - March Mallet Madness
Forbes Recital Hall, 8 pm, free,
* MUS 195 CR
3/19 | Tuesday - Special Event - JMU Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts
under the direction of Robert McCashin
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 9:15 am, repeating at 10:45 am; free and open to the public
3/19 | Tuesday - Student Ensemble - Trombone Choir
under the direction of Andrew Lankford
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 6:30 pm, free
Residency: George Shirley, tenor
3/20 | Wednesday - Vocal Area Master Class, Music Building Room 142, 12:30 - 2:15 pm
3/21 | Thursday - Lecture: "The Molding of the Arts in America via the African American Experience: The Arduous Expedition from Sambo to Aida, Rodolfo, and Otello."
Taylor Room 405, 2:30 - 4 pm
3/22 | Friday - Vocal Area Master Class, Forbes Center Recital Hall, 1:25 - 3:30 pm
All events are free and open to the public.
3/20 & 3/21 | Wednesday & Thursday - Masterpiece Season - Opera Spotlight
Students from the JMU Opera Theater perform songs and scenes from the world’s greatest operas.
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$12 Adult | $11 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $8 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
Please note: Paula Robison's Residency is being held this year in lieu of Flute Fling!. Please join us again in spring 2014 for Flute Fling 2014!
4/12 | Friday - Masterpiece Season - Paula Robison, flute
Forbes Center Concert Hall,
8 pm; $16 - $18
*MUS 195 CR
3/22 | Friday - DMA Recital - Gustavo Peterlevitz, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 6 pm, free
3/24 | Sunday - Special Event - The Music of John Hilliard Celebration Concert
Forbes Concert Hall, 2 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
3/24 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Stephen Carver, conducting
Forbes Concert Hall, 7 pm, free
3/26 | Tuesday - Guest Artist - Salome Jordania, piano
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 6:30 pm, free
3/26 | Tuesday - JMU Faculty Recital - Eric Ruple & Paulo Steinberg, pianos
Forbes Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
3/27 | Wednesday - JMU Student Ensemble - Chorale
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 6 pm, free,
*MUS 195 CR
3/27 | Wednesday - JMU Faculty Recital - Andrew Lankford, trombone
with Amy Robertson, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $5 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
**Postponed** Beth Chandler, flute | David Norfrey, piano - due to unforeseen circumstances this concert has been postponed.
* These concerts will provide attendance credit for MUS 195 for Music Majors.
