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MUSIC AT STONY BROOKCelebrating 50 Years

2017–2018 CONCERT SEASON

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MUSIC AT STONY BROOK H 2017–2018 CONCERT SEASON

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CONCERT SEASON AT A GLANCE

Stony Brook Symphony OrchestraSaturday, October 7, 2017, 8 pmSaturday, November 4, 2017, 8 pmSaturday, December 9, 2017, 8 pmSaturday, February 24, 2018, 8 pmSaturday, March 24, 2018, 8 pm

Fall Chamber Music FestivalMonday, December 11, 2017, through Friday, December 15, 2017, 5 pm, 7:30 pm

Spring Chamber Music FestivalWednesday, May 2, 2018, through Saturday, May 5, 2018

Contemporary Chamber PlayersThursday, November 16, 2017, 8 pm (Stony Brook Premieres!)Friday, November 17, 2017, 8 pm (Stony Brook Premieres!, Roulette, NYC)Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 7:30 pmThursday, March 8, 2018, 8 pmTuesday, April 17, 2018, 8 pm

Baroque EnsemblesSunday, October 22, 2017, 3 pmSunday, November 19, 2017, 3 pmSunday, February 11, 2018, 3 pmFriday, March 2, 2018, 8 pmSunday, March 4, 2018, 3 pmSunday, April 22, 2018, 3 pm

Stony Brook OperaFriday, November 17, 2017, 8 pmFriday, March 2, 2018, 8 pmSunday, March 4, 2018, 3 pmSaturday, April 28, 2018, 8 pmSunday, April 29, 2018, 3 pm

University OrchestraTuesday, November 14, 2017, 8 pmSunday, December 10, 2017, 3 pm (Annual Messiah Sing-Along)Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7:30 pmTuesday, May 1, 2018, 8 pm

Stony Brook Wind EnsembleWednesday, November 8, 2017, 8 pmWednesday, April 18, 2018, 8 pm

Stony Brook ComposersTuesday, October 17, 2017, 8 pmTuesday, November 7, 2017, 8 pmTuesday, November 28, 2017, 8 pmMonday, March 5, 2018, 8 pm Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 8 pm

Choral EnsemblesWednesday, December 6, 2017, 8 pmMonday, April 30, 2018, 8 pm

(631) 632-7330 • stonybrook.edu/music • Tickets: (631) 632-ARTS


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CONCERT SEASON AT A GLANCE

Electronic and Computer MusicWednesday, October 25, 2017, 8 pm (Aural Architectures) Thursday, February 15, 2018, 8 pm (Earfest)Friday, April 13, 2018, 8 pm (Sonic Spring)

JazzTuesday, December 5, 2017, 8 pm Friday, December 8, 2017, 8 pm Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 8 pm Friday, April 27, 2018, 8 pm

West African Music Ensemble (VOLTA)Thursday, November 30, 2017, 7 pmThursday, May 3, 2018, 5:30 pm

Undergraduate Recitals and Performance ShowcasesSaturday, December 16, 2017, 5 pm, 8 pmSunday, December 17, 2017, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pmThursday, May 10, 2018, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pmFriday, May 11, 2018, 12 pm, 3 pm

Ackerman Honors Chamber Concert Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8 pm

Stony Brook Premieres!Thursday, November 16, 2017, 8 pmFriday, November 17, 2017, 8 pm (Roulette, NYC)

Emerson String Quartet Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 8 pm

Thursday, December 7, 2017, 8 pm

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 8 pm

Starry NightsTuesday, November 21, 2017, 8 pm

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 8 pm

Annual Messiah Sing-AlongSunday, December 10, 2017, 3 pm

Special Events

Colin Carr in ConcertSaturday, October 21, 2017, 7 pm

40th Anniversary Emerson String Quartet CelebrationThursday, December 7, 2017, 6 pm

Department of Music 50th Anniversary Concert Featuring Christine GoerkeSaturday, December 9, 2017, 8 pm

Celebrating the Music of Sheila SilverWednesday, February 7, 2018, 8 pmThursday, February 8, 2018, 8 pm

(Merkin Concert Hall, NYC)

New Morse CodeThursday, March 22, 2018, 8 pm

Joanne Shenandoah in ConcertWednesday, April 11, 2018, 8 pm


Colin Carr in concert, October 21



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Saturday, October 7, 8 pm

STONY BROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAProgram: Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Miles Massicotte, winner of the 2015 Concerto Competition; Mahler, Symphony No. 1. Conducted by Eduardo Leandro. Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.Tickets: $20/$10 • MS

Wednesday, October 11, 8 pm

EMERSON STRING QUARTETThe honor and distinct pleasure of presenting the Emerson Quartet has been ongoing since 2002, when the Emerson became quartet-in-residence at Stony Brook University. In three concerts during 2017–2018, the Emerson will perform the complete late quartets of Beethoven plus works of Purcell, Shostakovich and Bartók.Tickets: $48 • RH

Tuesday, October 17, 8 pm

STONY BROOK COMPOSERSThe talented student composers at Stony Brook work side by side with the stellar performers of the Contemporary Chamber Players to present new music in a colorful range of styles.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, October 21, 7 pm

COLIN CARR IN CONCERTJoin the Staller Center for a rare musical experience when Colin Carr, virtuoso cellist and artist-in-residence, takes his European and Asian tour to Stony Brook to perform all six Bach cello suites in a one-night-only marathon event. Tickets: $46 • RH

Sunday, October 22, 3 pm

BAROQUE SUNDAYS AT THREELutenist Jason Priset, a Stony Brook alumnus, and the versatile soprano Emily Eagen bring a concert of gems from Elizabethan and

Jacobean England, as well as an offering of 17th-century European solo songs. In keeping with the improvisatory spirit of the Baroque era, a few 20th-century classics from the jazz catalog will be performed as well. Tickets: Free admission • RH

Wednesday, October 25, 8 pm

AURAL ARCHITECTURESComputers that listen, electronics that sing, and wired and wireless performers: We present an innovative concert in which the latest in sonic technology meets the most adventurous players and composers. Presented by the Stony Brook Computer Music Studios.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, November 4, 8 pm

STONY BROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAProgram: Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain; Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade; Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring Shir Semmel, winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition. Conducted by Jens Georg Bachmann. Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.Tickets: $20/$10 • MS

All concerts and events are subject to change or cancellation.

The Emerson String Quartet will perform on October 11.



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Tuesday, November 7, 8 pm


Wednesday, November 8, 8 pm

STONY BROOK WIND ENSEMBLE“Bound to Sound” features the music of Mozart, Puccini, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and a medley of music from Man of La Mancha. Conducted by Bruce Engel.Tickets: $10/$5 • MS


UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAThe University Orchestra’s opening concert features Mozart’s overture to Don Giovanni, Schumann’s Konzertstück for Four Horns and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 in G minor, “Winter Dreams.” Conducted by Susan Deaver.Tickets: $10/$5 • MS

Thursday, November 16, 8 pm Friday, November 17, 8 pm

30TH ANNUAL STONY BROOK PREMIERES!Created by Stony Brook faculty composer John Lessard in 1988, the Premieres! Series has commissioned more than 100 works for the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players from composers in the United States and abroad. This year’s Premieres! concerts feature new works by Michelle Lou, Wang Lu, Ushio Torikai and Amy Williams. Directed by Eduardo Leandro. Tickets: Free admission • November 16, RH November 17, Roulette, NYC

Friday, November 17, 8 pm

OPERA SCENESA gala program of scenes from familiar and contemporary operas, sung in the original languages with projected titles in English; semi-staged, with piano accompaniment. Conducted by David Lawton and staged by Brenda Harris. Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

Sunday, November 19, 3 pm

BAROQUE SUNDAYS AT THREEThe Stony Brook Baroque Players will usher in the holiday season with vocal and instrumental masterpieces from the entire Baroque period. Don’t miss this traditional autumnal treat featuring our cream-of-the-crop graduate students from the Stony Brook Department of Music.Tickets: Free admission • RH


STARRY NIGHTS NOVEMBERStaller Center’s Starry Nights features musicians who you’d otherwise find at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center or in a world-class concert hall in London or Paris. Artistic director and cellist Colin Carr — known for mixing music that you won’t hear anywhere else — plans an evening of magnificent music.Tickets: $38 • RH

Baroque Sundays at Three,

November 19



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Tuesday, November 28, 8 pmSTONY BROOK COMPOSERSThe talented student composers at Stony Brook work side by side with the stellar performers of the Contemporary Chamber Players to present new music in a colorful range of styles.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Thursday, November 30, 7 pmWEST AFRICAN DRUMMING ENSEMBLE (VOLTA)Stony Brook’s West African music student ensemble, VOLTA, will perform a selection of dance drumming pieces from Togo, Ghana and Benin. Featuring guest artists Nani Agbeli from Ghana and the Gnonlonfoun brothers from Benin.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Tuesday, December 5, 8 pmJAZZ GROUPSSmall jazz and improvising music groups led by Ray Anderson perform new works and jazz standards. Come hear the“Bright Moments.” Tickets: Free admission • RH

Wednesday, December 6, 8 pmCHORAL ENSEMBLESThe Camerata Singers presents Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna with piano. The Stony Brook Chorale will be performing love songs from around the world. Conducted by Shoshana Hershkowitz.Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

Thursday, December 7, 6 pm40TH ANNIVERSARY EMERSON STRING QUARTET CELEBRATION"Four Decades in the Life of the Emerson String Quartet": Department of Music Chair Perry Goldstein will moderate this panel discussion. A guided tour of the Library's exhibit of Quartet memorabilia to follow. Come listen to the Emerson as they share landmark moments and anecdotes from their distinguished history as one of the world's most celebrated string quartets.Tickets: Free admission • Melville Library Central Reading Room

Thursday, December 7, 8 pmEMERSON STRING QUARTETThe 2016–17 season marked the Emerson Quartet’s 40th anniversary. Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Featuring an all-Beethoven program.Tickets: $48 • RH

Friday, December 8, 8 pmJAZZ ENSEMBLEStony Brook University’s famed big band, The Blowage, swings the night away with original charts, sizzling classics and hot soloists; featuring Ray Anderson. Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

The VOLTA drumming ensemble will perform on November 30.

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This concert will benefit Stony Brook Opera and features dramatic soprano Christine Goerke — Metropolitan Opera star and Stony Brook alumna — with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra.

“Christine Goerke is the greatest Brünnhilde of our time.” — Opera News

Program: Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture; Elisabeth’s Aria “Dich teure Halle” from Tannhäuser; Strauss, “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome; Wagner, Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung. Conducted by Timothy Long. Free pre-concert lecture with David Lawton at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.

Tickets: $35 General/$25 Seniors/$15 Students, Children and Friends of Staller • MS

Saturday, December 9, 8 pmDEPARTMENT OF MUSIC 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT FEATURING CHRISTINE GOERKE



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The 2017–18 academic year ushers in the 50th anniversary of Stony Brook University’s Department of Music — a vigorous, thriving home for nearly 50 faculty in the areas of ethnomusicology, music history, theory, composition and performance, and approximately 350 students who are matriculated into one of eight degree programs.

Stony Brook music is a magnet for thousands of community members within and outside the University.

Every year, the department produces more than 300 events — including performances, lectures, colloquia and lecture-recitals. Its 14 ensembles perform a wide range of music: Baroque to music written yesterday; largely improvised jazz music to music that’s not written at all.

In 1962, Music was an offshoot of the Department of Fine Arts. At that time, students could only earn a BA degree and take classes with three music faculty members. Five years later, Stony Brook Music became an independent department that swelled to 12 faculty, and by 1969, added master’s degree programs in composition, musicology and performance.

In those early days, the department established core values that continue to the present day. Founding chairman, composer and musicologist Billy Jim Layton envisioned a place where contemporary music would be nurtured and prized, one where composers, musicologists and performers would work together harmoniously to create an integrated learning and research environment.

Critical faculty-staff expansions occurred

during the late 1960s and 1970s, leading to the development of doctoral programs in 1978. The department today competes with the finest music institutions in the world, thanks to a senior administration that values music, and aided by its generous donors, including the Staller family and many others. The opening of the Music wing of the Fine Arts Center in 1975 (one of the two buildings was renamed the Staller Center in 1988), provided the department with much-needed facilities.

With our distinguished faculty, the Department of Music has established a national reputation for outstanding education in composition, music history and theory, and musical performance. Establishment of the pre-college division in 1996, and the addition of classes for younger children and an adult chamber music program, have provided further outreach and training to the community, serving musicians from the ages of 5 to 75.

Many faculty have found a home here for decades, including musicologist Sarah Fuller, pianist Gilbert Kalish, conductor and Verdi scholar David Lawton, and composer Peter Winkler. They provide the continuity that links our past and our present.

As is evident in this brochure, the department continues its tradition of offering performances in the music of many genres and periods. We are especially pleased to welcome alumna Christine Goerke, regarded as one of the leading Wagnerian sopranos in the world, to perform with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra on December 9, 2017. We invite you to come to the Main Stage and Recital Hall throughout the year to celebrate 50 years of fine music at Stony Brook University.

50 YEARS OF MUSIC


Sunday, December 10, 3 pmANNUAL MESSIAH SING-ALONG The audience is the chorus in this seasonal tradition at Stony Brook. The performance features members of the University Orchestra, guest soloists and conductors in a performance of Handel’s Messiah. Scores will be available for purchase at the door.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Monday, December 11, through Friday, December 15, 5 pm, 7:30 pmFALL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVALFaculty, students, guest artists and members of the Emerson String Quartet will perform chamber works of all genres, style periods and configurations. Check the Department of Music website for the complete list of concerts and repertoire.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Tuesday, December 12, 7:30 pm

CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER PLAYERSThe New York Times called the Stony Brook Contemporary Players “a small army of musicians who demonstrate consistent accomplishment.” Two seminal works by Iannis Xenakis — Palimpsest, for piano and ensemble, and Persephassa, for six percussionists — frame this portrait concert of one of the most influential composers of the second half of the 20th century. Directed by Eduardo Leandro.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, December 16, 5 pm, 8 pm Sunday, December 17, 1 pm, 4 pm, 7 pmUNDERGRADUATE RECITALSUndergraduate music majors perform select solo and chamber works in these featured recitals.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Wednesday, February 7, 8 pm Thursday, February 8, 8 pmCELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF SHEILA SILVERAn all-Silver program spanning 25 years will feature Silver’s work for two pianos and percussion, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, performed by Gilbert Kalish, Christina Dahl and Eduardo Leandro. The program will include Silver’s To the Spirit Unconquered and songs and arias, including a guest appearance by soprano Dawn Upshaw. Tickets: Free admission • February 7, RH February 8, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

Sunday, February 11, 3 pmBAROQUE SUNDAYS AT THREEThe Parnassus Historical Dance Ensemble presents the glorious music of French Baroque opera with the original dances by the ballet masters of the royal court and theater. You will be awed by the deft footwork, dramatic gestures and lavish costumes of one of New York’s premier historical dance companies, accompanied by a period instrument band.Tickets: Free admission • RH


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Celebrating the Music of

Sheila Silver, February 7 and 8



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Thursday, February 15, 8 pm

EARFESTSit back in your chair and be surrounded by sumptuous sound, including the latest in fixed-media audio and video. Presented by the Stony Brook Computer Music Studios. Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, February 24, 8 pm

STONY BROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAProgram: Rossini, Overture to La gazza ladra; Magnus Lindberg, Clarinet Concerto, featuring Carina Canonico, winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition; Ginastera, Variaciones Concertantes. Orpheus-style concert performed without a conductor except for the concerto. Conducted by Alan Kay. Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.Tickets: $20/$10 • MS

Friday, March 2, 8 pm Sunday, March 4, 3 pm

STONY BROOK OPERA AND BAROQUE ENSEMBLEStony Brook Opera joins with the Stony Brook Baroque Players to present a staged production of Rameau’s celebrated Pygmalion, an opera-ballet in one act, based on the story of Pygmalion from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” Arthur Haas conducts the Stony Brook Opera cast and Stony Brook Baroque Players; Catherine Turocy directs.Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

Monday, March 5, 8 pm


The University Orchestra will perform on March 6 and May 1.

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

FAMILY ORCHESTRA CONCERT“Adventures in Orchestral Music”: This one-hour concert, an annual favorite of the Stony Brook community, will feature pieces by well-known classical composers, including John Williams. Featuring the winner of the 2017 Young Artist Concerto Competition; conducted by Susan Deaver. Tickets: $5 • MS

Wednesday, March 7, 8 pm

STARRY NIGHTS MARCHThe stars of Starry Nights March— artists-in-residence, professors of music and doctors of musical arts — come together for a concert that is unique.Tickets: $38 • RH

Thursday, March 8, 8 pm

CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER PLAYERSOne of the country’s finest collegiate contemporary music ensembles performs Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, the piece that shaped minimalism. The evening will feature constant hypnotic pulses, human breath pulses and 11 chords in a continuous hourlong performance. Directed by Eduardo Leandro.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Tuesday, March 20, 8 pm

EMERSON STRING QUARTETThe Emerson Quartet’s March concert includes "a fearless embrace of the new and the unusual as well as the classics" (The Seattle Times). Sit back and enjoy an exciting mix of music from the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. Christina Dahl joins the Emerson for the William Bolcom quintet.Tickets: $48 • RH

Thursday, March 22, 8 pmNEW MORSE CODECellist Hannah Collins and percussionist Michael Compitello are New Morse Code, a chamber group devoted to bold and engaging performances that champion the compelling works of young composers. Featuring the premiere of a new work by Stony Brook composer Matthew Barnson.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, March 24, 8 pmSTONY BROOK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAProgram: Berlioz, Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict; Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3, featuring Dami Kim, winner of the 2016 Concerto Competition; Beethoven, Symphony No. 2. Conducted by Larry Rachleff. Free pre-concert lecture with Michael Hershkowitz at 7 pm in the Recital Hall.Tickets: $20/$10 • MS

Tuesday, April 3, 8 pmSTONY BROOK COMPOSERSThe talented student composers at Stony Brook work side by side with the stellar performers of the Contemporary Chamber Players to present new music in a colorful range of styles.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Wednesday, April 11, 8 pmJOANNE SHENANDOAH IN CONCERTThe Associated Press called Joanne Shenandoah one of “America’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed Native American musicians of her time.” She garnered a Grammy Award and more than 40 additional awards for work that runs the gamut from solo songs to symphonic pieces, and is captured on 18 recordings. She will perform original music that represents her work as a peace advocate. This event is co-sponsored by the Stony Brook Department of Music and Stony Brook University Libraries, and is supported by a Stony Brook Presidential Mini-Grant for Departmental Diversity.Tickets: Free admission • RH


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Hannah Collins and Michael Compitello are New Morse Code, performing on March 22.

Joanne Shenandoah will perform on April 11.



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Friday, April 13, 8 pm

SONIC SPRINGExperience the sizzling energy and subtle expressions of electronic sounds and “musique concrete.” This dazzling program includes electronic music sound sculptures, virtuoso instrumental performances and video projections.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Tuesday, April 17, 8 pm

CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER PLAYERS"Young America, Let’s Do It Again!" We feature our annual concert of works by young American composers, including Christopher Cerrone, Alex Mincek, Paula Matthusen and others. Directed by Eduardo Leandro.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Wednesday, April 18, 8 pm

STONY BROOK WIND ENSEMBLE“Child’s Play”: This performance features music from the opera Hansel and Gretel and excerpts from The Nutcracker, plus music from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and a medley of music from The King and I. Conducted by Bruce Engel.Tickets: $10/$5 • MS

Thursday, April 19, 8 pm

CHRISTINA DAHL AND OKSANA EZHOKINASergei Rachmaninoff composed three major works for two pianos, which spanned the entirety of his compositional life and reflected his nostalgia for his Russian roots. Longtime Stony Brook faculty member and alumna Christina Dahl and alumna Oksana Ezhokina, currently chair of the piano faculty at Pacific Lutheran University, have embarked on a recording project of these towering works. They present all three in concert and honor the 50th anniversary of the Department of Music. Tickets: Free admission • RH

Sunday, April 22, 3 pm

BAROQUE SUNDAYSThe Stony Brook Baroque Players brings its season to a rousing finale with vocal and instrumental treasures featuring virtuoso graduate students performing music from the early 17th century to the late Baroque.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Tuesday, April 24, 8 pm

JAZZ AND NEW MUSIC NIGHTSmall jazz and improvising music groups led by Ray Anderson perform new works and jazz standards. Come hear the “Bright Moments.”Tickets: Free admission • RH



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Friday, April 27, 8 pmJAZZ ENSEMBLEStony Brook University’s famed big band, The Blowage, swings the night away with original charts, sizzling classics and hot soloists; featuring Ray Anderson. Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

Saturday, April 28, 8 pm Sunday, April 29, 3 pmSTONY BROOK OPERADie Fledermaus: The Stony Brook Opera and Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra present a staging of Johann Strauss’ popular comic operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat), sung in English with projected titles. David Lawton will conduct the Stony Brook Opera cast and Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, and Brenda Harris will direct the production.Tickets: $20/$15 • MS

Monday, April 30, 8 pm

CHORAL ENSEMBLESThe Stony Brook Chorale performs Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with Stony Brook University voice faculty member Randall Scarlata. The Camerata Singers perform a set of classic and contemporary choral works. Conducted by Shoshana Hershkowitz.Tickets: $10/$5 • RH

Tuesday, May 1, 8 pm

UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRASpotlighting Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, and Brahms, Symphony No. 4. Featuring the winner of the 2018 Undergraduate Concerto Competition; conducted by Susan Deaver.Tickets: $10/$5 • MS

Wednesday, May 2, through Saturday, May 5

SPRING CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVALFaculty, students, guest artists and members of the Emerson String Quartet will perform chamber works of all genres, style periods and configurations. Check the Department of Music website for the complete list of concerts and repertoire.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Thursday, May 3, 5:30 pm

WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING ENSEMBLE (VOLTA)Stony Brook’s West African music student ensemble, VOLTA, will perform a selection of dance drumming pieces from Togo, Ghana and Benin. Featuring guest artists Nani Agbeli from Ghana and the Gnonlonfoun brothers from Benin.Tickets: Free admission • Staller Center Steps(Rain location: RH)

Christina Dahl Oksana Ezhokina



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Thursday, May 10, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pm Friday, May 11, 12 pm, 3 pm

UNDERGRADUATE RECITALSEach semester undergraduate music majors and minors are given the opportunity to perform solo and chamber works in a series of free recitals at the Staller Center.Tickets: Free admission • RH

Saturday, May 12, 8 pm

ACKERMAN HONORS CHAMBER CONCERTThe Lauren V. Ackerman Memorial Chamber Concert was endowed by Dr. Ackerman’s family as a tribute to his memory and a continuing reminder of the art that he cherished. Beginning in 2010, the Department of Music established a competition for the purposes of identifying a particularly worthy group to receive a prize and to perform at this concert. Tickets: Free admission • RH

Ackerman Honors Chamber Concert, May 12


For more information about giving to the Department of Music, please call (631) 632-7330 or visitstonybrook.edu/music.

Contact UsThe main offices of the Department of Music are located in Fine Arts I, Third Floor, Room 3304. Business hours are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.stonybrook.edu/musicInformation: (631) 632-7330Box Office: (631) 632-ARTSEmail: [email protected]

For an accessibility-related accommodation, call (631) 632-2787.

This publication was produced by the Office of Communications and Marketing. ©2017.

Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. 17061931


TicketsTickets can be purchased online or from the Staller Center Box Office. Seniors 65 and older and students of any school (with ID) can purchase tickets at a 50 percent discount for shows with the exception of faculty recitals, opera and Emerson String Quartet performances. To order tickets, visit stallercenter.com, call (631) 632-ARTS or visit the box office in the lobby of the Staller Center, Monday through Saturday, 12 pm to 6 pm.

Venues and DirectionsAll performances take place at the Staller Center for the Arts on the campus of Stony Brook University unless otherwise specified. Directions to Stony Brook University can be found atstonybrook.edu/directions.

ParkingThe most convenient place to park for Department of Music events is in the Administration Building parking garage. The parking garage charges $3 per hour until 11 pm on weekdays. Parking is free after 5 pm on Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

Friends of Music at Stony BrookThe Department of Music is pleased to announce the Friends of Music at Stony Brook. As one of the premier music programs in the United States, the Department looks to its friends and colleagues to help provide financial support for the numerous and various events that it presents at Stony Brook’s Staller Center for the Arts and in New York City. In addition to concerts and recitals — many of which are free to the public — the Department sponsors various master classes and colloquia that are open to interested people. The Department also is home to a thriving outreach program that services all the school districts on Long Island and provides on-campus programs for the community.

GENERAL INFORMATION


COMMUNITY CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOPThe Community Music Program’s Chamber Music Workshop is designed for adult musicians, providing a place for them to come together to make music in a supportive and enriching environment. Participants are placed in well-matched ensembles based on level and interest, and meet with a coach for five 90-minute sessions in preparation for an informal concert in the Staller Recital Hall. Two eight-week sessions per academic year; ability to read music is required. .


Tuition assistance is available for qualified applicants. For registration and audition information, email [email protected], call (631) 632-7313 or visit stonybrook.edu/sbcmp for more details.

COMMUNITY MUSIC PROGRAMS

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Enrichment is at the core of Stony Brook University’s Community Music Programs, characterized by a commitment to education, accessibility and community. Our programs are designed for all ages, from children to adults, and offer access to conservatory-level music instruction from one of the nation’s premier collegiate training grounds for musicians. With stellar faculty and resources, the Community Music Programs are equipped to broaden your musical skills, showcase your musical growth and above all, instill a lifelong love of music.

CHILDREN’S MUSIC PROGRAM (PRE-K THROUGH 3RD GRADE)In the Stony Brook Children's Music Classes, children learn the basics of pitch, rhythm and notation through games and exercises involving singing and physical movement. By developing their musicianship at an early age, students will be in a better position to begin their formal musical study with deeper understanding and skill.

YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM (6TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE)The Young Artist Program (formerly the Pre-College Division) is aimed at talented young musicians who are looking for exciting, new experiences to enrich their musical training. Students can choose to focus on jazz improvisation or classical chamber music and participate in performances and coachings alongside a rich curriculum of creative and informative offerings. Students can try their hand at composition, delve into the complexities of music theory to better understand the masterworks, and develop their musical ears through aural skills courses. Not only will students emerge as stronger musicians, they also will have a leg up in college applications.


The Community Music Programs are designed for all ages, from children to adults, to instill a lifelong love for music.


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