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11/1 | Tuesday - JMU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert McCashin
The performance features Beth Chandler, who will perform the Carl Nielsen Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. To open the concert, the ensemble will perform Brahm’s
Tragic Overture, and the second half will be Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite.
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
* MUS 195 CR
11/3 | Thursday - JMU Student Ensemble - Wind Symphony
under the direction of Stephen Bolstad featuring David Pope, saxophone
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
11/4 | Friday - Valley Collegium Musicum
The Shenandoah Valley's Ensemble for Early Music
under the direction of Jonathan Gibson
Muhlenburg Lutheran Church, 8 pm, free
*MUS 195 CR
11/5 | Saturday - Masterpiece Season - Tenebrae
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$33 - $36
*MUS 195 CR
11/6 | Sunday - JMU Percussion Ensemble under the direction of C. WIlliam Rice
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 2 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
11/7 | Monday - JMU Steel Band under the direction of Michael Overman
Music Building Room 108, 8 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
11/10 | Thursday - JMU Chamber Orchestra
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
11/10 - 11/13 | Masterpiece Season - Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
featuring the JMU Opera Theater under the direction of Don Rierson
Friday – Saturday, November 11–12 @ 8 pm; Sunday, November 13 @ 2 pm
Forbes Center Mainstage Theatre
$20 Adult | $18 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) / $15 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
11/14 | Monday - JMU Student Ensemble - Chamber Winds I
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium,
8 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
11/15 | Tuesday - JMU Concert Band under the direction of Scott Rikkers
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
Latin American Chamber Music Festival
November 15 & 16, 2011
11/15 | Tuesday
Concert - Latin American Chamber Music - School of Music student ensembles perform works by Villa-Lobos, Revueltas & Soro | Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Pedro Aponte
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium,
6 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
11/16 | Wednesday
Masterclass - 12:15 pm - composer Roberto Sierra discusses his work, Music Building Room 142, free and open to the public
JMU Faculty/Guest Recital - Arcos Trio
Seunghee Lee, violin | Carl Donakowski, cello | Anthony Padilla, piano
Music from Latin America: Piano Trios by Piazzolla, Fernadez, del Aguila and a newly commissioned work (La Noche) by Roberta Sierra
Pre-concert Lecture by Roberta Sierra - 7 pm, Forbes Center Recital Hall
Concert - 8 pm, Forbes Center Recital Hall
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
This project received financial support from the Arts Council of the Valley, the JMU School o f Music, the JMU Office of Diversity, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
11/17 | Thursday - JMU Faculty Recital - Amadi Azikiwe, viola | Lori Piitz, piano
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
11/17 through 11/19 - VMEA (Virginia Music Educators Association) Conference
11/18 | Friday - JMU Concert: 3:30 pm | JMU Reception: 6 - 7:30 pm
Location: Norfolk Waterside Marriott - Norfolk, Virginia
11/29 | Tuesday - JMU Student Ensemble - Guitar Ensemble
under the direction of Keith Stevens
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student *MUS 195 CR
11/30 | Wednesday - JMU Student Ensemble - Chamber Winds II
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8 pm, free *MUS 195 CR
* These concerts will provide attendance credit for MUS 195 for JMU students.
