James Madison University School of Music

Vocal Area Events 2009 - 2010

Fall 2009

9/18 & 19- 9th Annual JMUACDA Choralfest
9/18 - Wilson Hall Auditorium, 7:30 pm
9/19 - Harrisonburg High School, 5:00 pm
For more information, please contact jmuchoralactivities@yahoo.com

10/ 7 - JMU Student Ensemble - University Chorus
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 8 pm, $2 at the door

10/10 - JMU Student Ensembles - Pops Concert
Convocation Center, 8:30 pm, go to www.jmu.edu/parents for tickets

10/16 - Faculty Recital - Dorothy Maddison, soprano
Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, 281 East Market, Harrisonburg, 7 pm
with Christoph Sandmann, the GMD of the Zwickau/Plauen opera house and Orchestral Conductor at the Dresden Conservatory, free

10/22 - JMU Student Ensemble - Madison Singers & Chorale
with Guest Artist-in-Residence and Conductor, Philip Cave
Harrisonburg Baptist Church, 8 pm, donations accepted
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
2 Double motets by Pachelbel
"Psalm 22"  for double choir and SATB soloists by Mendelssohn
Selected Choruses form "Messiah"
"Past Life Melodies" by Sarah Hopkins (using vocal harmonics!)
...and pieces by Monteverdi, Durante, Purcell, Barber, Dawson and Hogan
For information about Dr. Cave go to http://www.philipcave.net/bio.html

11/6 & 7 - Masterpiece Season - JMU Opera Theater, Carmen (in English)
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 8 pm, $12 general admission, $8 seniors, students & JAC cardholders; for ticket reservations, call the Masterpiece Season box office at 568-7000 or 877-201-7543 (toll free).

11/8 - Masterpiece Season - JMU Opera Theater, Carmen (in English)
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 4:30 pm

11/13 - Valley Collegium Musicum
The Shenandoah Valley's Ensemble for Early Music presents
Music from Renaissance England, Muhlenburg Lutheran Church, 8 pm, free

12/2 - JMU Student Ensemble - University Choruses
Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and Treble Chamber Choir
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 8 pm, free

12/5 - JMU Student Ensembles - Group Voice Class Recital
Music Building Room 142, 3 pm, free

12/5 - 5th Annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Madison Singers, Treble Concert Choir, Brass Ensemble
Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, 8 pm, donations accepted
Prelude begins at 7:50 pm

12/6 - Masterpiece Season - Holidayfest
Featuring the JMU Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, and the Brass Band, Wilson Hall Auditorium, 4 pm, $10 general admission, $8 seniors, students & JAC cardholders; for ticket reservations, call the Masterpiece Season box office at 568-7000 or 877-201-7543 (toll free). Click here for more information.

Spring 2010

1/22 - Faculty Recital - Carrie Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Keith Stevens, guitar; Eric Ruple, piano and guest artist John Hollenbeck
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8 pm, free

1/29 - 5th Annual JMUACDA Men's Chorus Invitational 2010
Wilson Hall Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $10 adults/$5 students/$3 JAC card holders