Music Performance Program: Events

DATES FOR SPRING MUSIC PERFORMANCE PROGRAM EVENTS 2008-2009

VENUE ADDRESSES AND LOCATIONS:

Italian Academy: 1161 Amsterdam Avenue b/w 116th and 118th Streets
Philosophy Hall Lounge: 301 Philosophy Building (Grad Student Lounge), Columbia University
Miller Theatre: 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street next to Columbia gates)
Yamaha Artists' Center: 689 Fifth Avenue 3rd Floor b/w 54th and 55th Streets
Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall: 57th Street b/w 6th and 7th Ave: just next door (East) of main Carnegie Hall
St. Paul's Chapel: up steps to the right of Low Library, Columbia University
Low Library: Center of campus behind Alma Mater statue. 116th between Broadway and Amsterdam, Columbia University
Roone Arledge Auditorium (Lerner Hall): 2920 Broadway (on 114th street), Columbia University

All MPP and MPP-sponsored events are free to the public, unless otherwise noted. Please scroll down for listings of MPP-sponsored concerts and Columbia University Orchestra concerts. For past MPP and MPP-related events, please click here.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Music from Columbia Undergraduate Composers
Performed by counter)induction
8:00 PM Merkin Concert Hall
129 W. 67th Street (just west of Broadway)
New York, NY 10023

Featuring works composed by CU students Richard Cook, Jacob Friedman, Alex Klein, Leah Germer, Mike McKeever, Calvin Dotsey, and Martin Wallace. For full program information, please visit: http://music.columbia.edu/event/964/music-columbia-performed-counter)induction

The music for this concert was composed as part of the Columbia College course, Advanced Composition, taught by Professor Fred Lerdahl. The concert is supported by the Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music and the Music Performance Program at Columbia University. Admission is free.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Klezmer and Bluegrass Concert
6:00 PM & 7:00 PM Philosophy Hall

Columbia Klezmer Band: 6 PM
Lion in the Grass, Columbia's Bluegrass Band: 7 PM

Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Columbia Wind Ensemble
2:00 PM Riverside Park Overlook
(at 116th & Riverside Dr. on the middle level of Riverside Park)

With Andrew Pease, conductor. A big band of young musicians who play rousing music from the Renaissance to the present. Sponsored by the Riverside Park Fund.

Monday, May 4, 2009

CU Jazz Vocal Ensemble directed by Christine Correa
7:00 PM Casa Italiana

Monday, May 4, 2009

CU Latin Jazz Ensemble directed by Ole Mathisen & Adriano Santos
10:00 PM Casa Italiana

Monday, May 4, 2009

Columbia Jazz Ensembles directed by Victor Lin
7:00 PM Dodge Hall 112

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Columbia Gagaku Ensemble Spring Concert
6:00 PM St. Paul's Chapel

Playing ancient court music of Japan, a type of music rarely played outside of Japan.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

A Columbia Composers Collaboration with the Daedalus Quartet
8:00 PM Casa Italiana

The Daedalus Quartet performs works by graduate composers Yoshiaki Onishi, Ashley Nail, Sampo Haapamäki, Josh Cody, Sam Pluta, and Mika Pelo.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

CU Vocal Ensemble directed by Patrick Calleo & Sarah Wolfson
7:00 PM Casa Italiana

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Evening Chamber Music Soirée
5:00 PM Philosophy Hall

A program of short pieces & chamber works from the viola, piano, oboe, & string trio literature.
Works by Britten, Pärt, Sitt, Schnittke, Schumann, Saint-Saens, and more.

Featuring MPP students:
Theo di Castri, piano
Carrie Esko, violin
Mi-Eun Kim, piano
Susanna Mendlow, cello
Maryam Parhizkar, viola
Caroline Robertson, oboe

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Senior Voice Recital: Gloria Makino
7:00 PM Philosophy Hall

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Senior Voice Recital: Kate Smith
8:30 PM Philosophy Hall