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 September 2011 calendar in printable format.
JMU String Project
Registration for instrumental lessons on violin, viola, 'cello, bass, harp or guitar will be held on Wednesday, September 21 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm, Anthony-Seeger Auditorium
Questions? Please email jmustringproject@gmail.com
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9/6 | Tuesday - Guest Artist - Rogério Souza, guitar
with Leonardo Lucini, bass | Alejandro Lucini, drums & percussion
and JMU Faculty member Andrew Connell, clarinet & saxophone
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/8 | Thursday - JMU Faculty Piano Recital - The Music of Schumann
Gabriel Dobner, Lori Piitz, Eric Ruple and Paulo Steinberg, piano with
Kevin McMillan, baritone | Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/9 | Friday - JMU Faculty Recital - David Pope, flute / percussion / saxophones
"Tibetan Book of the Dead." JMU Professor David Pope performs the transformative work he wrote for first performance in 2007; the unique piece is played on various woodwind and percussion instruments and features eight movements, each based on a meditation state expressed in the ancient Tibetan "Bardo Thodol," a text of funeral rites used by Tibetan Buddhist; | Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/13 | Tuesday - JMU Faculty/Student Opera - Eros and Psyche
with music by Larry Taylor and libretto by Tom Noe. Soloists include
Dorothy Maddison, Soprano as the aged Psyche, Leah Hill, Soprano as the Young Psyche, Kevin McMillan, Baritone, as Zeus and Ross Neal, Baritone as Eros.
This joint production with students from JMU and Bridgewater College as a Chorus of Furies will include a faculty and student chamber orchestra.
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/17 | Saturday - Special Event - Jazz 4 Justice - JMU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chuck Dotas with JMU Faculty Andy Connell, Marlon Foster, Bob Hallahan, David Pope and Taylor Barnett. Musicians of all levels, bring your instruments! All guests are welcome to a post–concert jam session. Proceeds from this fundraiser benefit JMU School of Music scholarships, the pro bono programs of Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc. (www.brls.org), and Virginia’s State Bar’s Diversity Conference (www.dcvsb.org). Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm, $15 all seats *MUS 195 CR
9/18 | Sunday - JMU Steel Band under the direction of Michael Overman
Music Building Room 108, 2 pm, free,
*MUS 195 CR
9/20 | Tuesday - JMU Faculty & Student Ensemble - Harmoniemusik
Chamber music conducted by Stephen Bolstad with Beth Chandler, flute
Janice L. Minor, clarinet | Michele Kirkdorffer, oboe | Susan Barber, bassoon
Ian Zook, horn | Carl Donakowski, cello
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/21 | Wednesday - JMU Faculty Recital - Andrew Lankford, trombone
Louise Leech, piano;
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/23 & 24 - 11th Annual JMUACDA ChoralFest
9/24 | Saturday - Choral Concert - Forbes Center Concert Hall, 4 pm
Featuring the James Madison University Chorale, The Treble Chamber Choir and 10 participating area high schools, to build a choir of over 250 voices!
Invited Guest Conductor Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/26 | Monday - JMU Faculty Recital - Sonatas & Nocturnes
Ian Zook, horn | Gabriel Dobner, piano with Adrienne Wager, harp | Beth Chandler, flute Wanchi Huang, violin
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/27 | Tuesday - Guest Artist - Adam Garcia, marimba
Forbes Center Recital Hall, 8 pm
$10 Adult | $8 JMU Faculty / Staff / Senior (62+) | $4 JMU Student
*MUS 195 CR
9/29 | Thursday - International Week Performance - A Musical Event: The Middle East!
We welcome you to join us on this exploration of chamber music, choral works and songs written or inspired by Middle Eastern composers, including a world premiere jazz piece by Chuck Dotas. This performance is presented by the Staunton Music Festival in cooperation with the Office of International Programs and faculty from the School of Music.
Forbes Center Concert Hall, 8 pm, free, no ticket required *MUS 195 CR
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JMU Student Ensembles - Jazz Chamber Ensembles Jam Session
Artful Dodger, downtown Harrisonburg, 8 - 10pm, Dates TBA
* These concerts will provide attendance credit for MUS 195 for JMU music majors.
