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All performances presented by the Department of Music are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. All events are held in the Gerald G. Wilmot Recital Hall which is located on the ground floor of the Nazareth College Arts Center. The Linehan Chapel is located in the Golisano Academic Center, also on the Nazareth campus.
For more information, please contact the Music Department Office: (585) 389-2700

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Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute/Oboe Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, April 17, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Percussion Studio Recital
Kristen Shiner McGuire, director
Wilmot Hall

4:30 PM Senior Recital

Jacqui Nichols, soprano
Wilmot Hall

6:00 PM Senior Recital

Nick Cicero, trumpet
Kyle Potter, percussion
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Senior Recital

Sarah Chasey, mezzo soprano
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, April 18, 2009
1:30 PM Senior Recital

Annie Rimbach,viola
Kristina Klodnicki, piano
Wilmot Hall

3:00 PM Senior Recital

Katelyn Marasco, mezzo soprano
Mary Kate Walsh, soprano
Wilmot Hall

4:00 PM Nazareth College Concert Band

Persichetti's Symphony for Band and Bennett's Suite of Old American Dances
John Hain, conductor
Linehan Chapel

4:30 PM Senior Recital

Rachael Esposito
Pat Abbott, bass
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital Piano Studio Recital
Beverly Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall
7:30 PM Nazareth College Percussion Ensemble Kristen Shiner McGuire, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, April 23, 2009
12:10 PM Convocation Honors Convocation
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Nazareth College Jazz Ensemble

Paul Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, April 24, 2009
4:30 PM Senior Recital Kyle Yacobucci, oboe
Wilmot Hall

6:00 PM Senior Recital

Mary Hellings, flute
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Senior Recital

Christine Voldan, clarinet
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, April 25, 2009
1:00 PM Senior Recital Alex Dedicke, guitar
Wilmot Hall

2:00 PM Senior Recital Justin Passamonte, percussion
Wilmot Hall

3:00 PM Senior Recital

Ashley Rohauer, mezzo soprano
Ashley Schmaltz, voice
Wilmot Hall

4:30 PM Senior Recital

Megan Smith, piano
Christa Fortin, clarinet
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Senior Recital

Nathan Frink, saxophone
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, April 26, 2009
2:00 PM Chamber Concert Nazareth College Chamber Orchestra Concert
Conductor's Debut Concert'
featuring nine orchestral student conductors in works by Mozart, Bloch, Stamitz, Mendelssohn and Beethoven
Linehan Chapel
3:30 PM Outreach Concert NEW MUSIC from NAZARETH
Jonathan Turner, director
Pittsford Community Library
Sunday, May 3, 2009
2:00 PM Faculty Recital

Nazareth College CMP Faculty Recital
A multifaceted program showcasing the talents of the Community Music Program faculty.
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, September 6, 2008

7:00 PM

Faculty & Guest Recital

Performance: "Finding a Way Back"
Chandra Downs, soprano
Don Kot, piano
Rob Strauss, tenor
Wilmot Recital Hall

Sunday, September 7, 2008
3:00 PM Faculty & Guest Recital

Labyrinth of Light and Sound: Poetry of Piano and the Art of Assemblage
Kevin Nitsch, piano
Kathy Nicastro, artist
Linehan Chapel

Saturday, September 27, 2008
2:30 PM Family Weekend Student Recital

featuring students from the Department of Music
Wilmot Recital Hall

Sunday, September 28, 2008
3:00 PM Alumna Recital

Jessica Best, soprano
Linda Boianova, piano
Soprano Jessica Best, recent graduate of the Nazareth Department of Music, is joined by Nazareth faculty member, Linda Boianova, in a song recital featuring the music of Mozart, Dvorak and Puccini
Wilmot Recital Hall

 

Friday, October 3, 2008
9:30 AM Keyboard Forum Is Music in My Student's Future?
Keyboard Faculty
Rehearsal Hall
Saturday, October 4, 2008
2:30 PM Junior Honors Recital

Beth Bushaw, soprano
Wilmot Recital Hall

Sunday, October 5, 2008
3:00 PM Faculty & Guest Recital

Fables, Street Dances, and Other Environments for Jazz Trio
Paul Smoker Trio
Paul Smoker, trumpet
Tony Marino, double bass
Phil Haynes, percussion

Wilmot Recital Hall

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, October 16, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, October 17, 2008
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, October 19, 2008
3:00 PM Faculty Recital

Interactive Strings: Music for Violin and Piano

Margaret Leenhouts, violin
Beverly Smoker, piano

Wilmot Recital Hall

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, October 23, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Guitar Studio Recital
Petar Kodzas, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, October 24, 2008
12:10 PM Workshop

YOUR BODY BREATHES: A Workshop in Breathing and Application
Kevin Nitsch, presentor
Rehearsal Hall

7:30 PM Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra

Nancy Strelau, conductor,
Kristen Shiner McGuire, percussion and Nazareth College Chamber Singers

An evocative musical imagery 'painted' by Holst's Planets, Smetana's Moldau and Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony.

Linehan Chapel

Sunday, October 26, 2008
3:00 PM Guest Recital

Nazareth College Piano Scholarship Recital
Lok Ng, piano
music of Beethoven, Busoni, Chopin and Liszt
Wilmot Recital Hall

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

String Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Friday, October 31, 2008
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall


Saturday, November 1, 2008

4:00 PM

Nazareth College Concert Band

John Hain, conductor
Band classics including Shostakovich's Festive Overture, Milhaud's Suite Francaise and Grainger's Molly on the Shore.

Linehan Chapel

Sunday, November 2, 2008
3:00 PM Nazareth College Jazz Combo

Paul Smoker, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Monday, November 3, 2008
7:00 PM Nazareth College Flute Ensemble

Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director

Music by Scarlatti, Bach, Sibelius, Adler, Mower and others
Linehan Chapel

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Strings Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

4:00 PM Vocal Fest

Children Are Singing; Teachers Need To Be Teaching Them
Robert Edwin, master teacher/presenter

Linda Boianova, pianist
A workshop/presentation on the training of children's voices.
Wilmot Recital Hall

6:30 PM Vocal Fest

Master Class- Musical Theater Techniques
Robert Edwin, master teacher

Linda Boianova, pianist

Wilmot Recital Hall

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
3:00 PM Vocal Fest

Teaching Teachers Teaching Music Theater
Robert Edwin, master teacher/presenter

Linda Boianova, pianist
A-183

Open only to voice teachers and NATS members

5:30 PM Vocal Fest

Strings Studio Recital
Master Class- Musical Theater Techniques
Robert Edwin, master teacher

Linda Boianova, pianist

A-183

Thursday, November 6, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute/Oboe Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Friday, November 7, 2008
10:00 PM Masterclass

Guitar Masterclass
Matthew Ardizzone, masterclass teacher
A-183

2:30 PM Studio Recital

Saxophone Studio Recital
Chisato Eda Marling, director
Wilmot Hall

4:00 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, November 8, 2008
7:00 PM Nazareth College Clarinet Choir

Marcy Bacon, director

Works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Borodin, J.C. Bach and more
Wilmot Recital Hall

Sunday, November 9, 2008
1:00 PM The Barbara Staropoli Singing Competition

Open to high school students in their junior and senior years (11 & 12 grades), in classical and musical theater categories.
Competition is closed to the public
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Strings Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Thursday, November 13, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Low Brass Studio Recital
Chris Van Hof, director
Wilmot Recital Hall

Friday, November 14, 2008
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Percussion Studio Recital
Kristen Shiner McGuire, director
Wilmot Hall

4:00 PM Studio Recital

Piano Studio Recital
Beverly Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, November 16, 2008
4:00 PM Nazareth College Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus, and Symphony Orchestra

Nancy Strelau, orchestral director
Mark Zeigler, choral director
James Douthit, piano

Linehan Chapel

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Piano Studio Recital
Beverly Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

8:00 PM Studio Recital

Percussion Ensemble Recital
Kristen Shiner McGuire, director
Wilmot Hall

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
8:00 PM World Music Series

Turkish Folk Orchestra of Rochester
Sponsored by the Center for International Education
Linehan Chapel

Thursday, November 20, 2008
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Trumpet Studio Recital
Steven Marx, director
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Nazareth College Jazz Ensemble

Paul Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, November 21, 2008
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Clarinet Studio Recital
Marcy Bacon, director
Wilmot Hall

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
7:00 PM Community Outreach

Winter Holiday Concert
Nazareth piano students take their talents to the Friendly Home
Beverly Smoker, director
The Friendly Home
3156 East Avenue

Saturday, December 6, 2008
1:00 PM Graudate Recital

Michael Telesca, jazz piano
Wilmot Hall

4:00 PM Senior Recital

Lindsey Everitt, voice
Wilmot Hall

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
6:00 PM Masterclass Masterclass
Michael Salmirs, piano
Wilmot Hall
Friday, January 23, 2009
8:00 PM Faculty Recital Voice with Pluck
Andrea Folan, soprano
Petar Kodzas, guitar
Deborah Fox, theorbo and lute
Grace Wong, harp

Works for voice and plucked instruments by Joaquin Rodrigo, John Dowland, Robert Schumann, Barbara Strozzi, and Matyas Sieber
Linehan Chapel
Sunday, January 25, 2009
3:00 PM Faculty Recital Three Classical Sonatas in D Major and French Connections
Kevin Nitsch, piano
Wilmot Hall
3:00 PM Community Outreach Recital

Music from Nazareth
Continuing Nazareth's tradition of musical community outreach by students and faculty
Beverly Smoker, director
St. Andrew's Church
923 Portland Avenue

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
12:10 PM Nazareth College Chamber Orchestra music of Bloch, Albinoni and Handel
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Hall

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Sunday, February 1, 2009
3:00 PM Guest Recital

Poetry and Romance of the Piano Virtuoso
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7
Eunsil Park, piano
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, February 3, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital Piano Studio Recital
Beverly Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday & Saturday February 6-7, 2009
7:30 PM Opera Workshop

An EVENING of Half-Act Operas
includes The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti, Hin und Zuruck by Paul Hindemith, and Roman Fever by Robert Ward
Robert Strauss, stage director
Linda Boianova, musical director
Cleary Family Auditorium
St. John Fisher College

Admission is free of charge, but tickets are required. To get tickets, please call the Nazareth College temporary box office at (585) 389-2170.

Saturday & Sunday, February 7-8, 2009
2:00 PM Opera Workshop

An AFTERNOON of Half-act Operas
includes The Audition by Martin Kalmanoff and L'enfant et les Sortileges by Maurice Ravel

Robert Strauss, stage director
Linda Boianova, musical director
Cleary Family Auditorium
St. John Fisher College

Admission is free of charge, but tickets are required. To get tickets, please call the Nazareth College temporary box office at (585) 389-2170.

Sunday, February 8, 2009
3:00 PM Faculty Recital

Chamber Music for Winds
Euridice Alvarez Izcoa,oboe
Marcy Bacon, clarinet
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, flute
Chisato Eda Marling, saxophone
Christopher Naugle, French horn
Heather Wagner, bassoon
Kristen Shiner McGuire, marimba
Kevin Nitsch, piano
Wilmot Hall

Friday, February 13, 2009
7:30 PM Senior Recital

Kyle Yacobucci, flute
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Faculty Recital

A Little Night Music
Josh Massicot, piano
Wilmot Hall
CANCELLED

Sunday, February 15, 2009
3:00 PM Faculty Recital

Preludes and Etudes
music of Bach, Scriabin,Albright and Liszt

Beverly Smoker, piano
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
12:10 PM Presentation "The Hand"
Staffan Elgelid, presenter
Dr. Elgelid will be working with musicians and their physical problems and challenges associated with
playing music.
Rm. 72
Friday, February 20, 2009
7:30 PM Guest Recital Abra Bush, soprano
Wilmot Hall
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital String Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Hall
Friday, February 27, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

5:30 PM Honors Recital

Lauren Audette, clarinet
Kailey Pulos, soprano
Wilmot Hall

7:00 PM Honors Recital

Nick Gerling, tenor
Keri Cerio, soprano
Linehan Chapel

Saturday, February 28, 2009
1:00 PM Honors Recital

Jessica Jarvis, piano
Abigail Amidon, viola
Wilmot Hall

2:30 PM Honors Recital

Amy Schnitzler, soprano
Julia Natoli, mezzo soprano
Wilmot Hall

4:00 PM Honors Recital

Stephanie Kawzenuk, soprano
Kristina Knowles, soprano
Wilmot Hall

5:30 PM Honors Recital

David Pacific, piano
Mary Hellings, piccolo
Wilmot Hall

7:00 PM Honors Recital

Alex Barbato, flute
Elaine Vuong, piano
Linehan Chapel

8:30 PM Honors Recital

Zach Ligas, voice
Megan Bailey, voice
Wilmot Hall

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Sunday, March 1, 2009
3:00 PM Faculty Recital

Contemporary Chamber Music for Percussion
Kristen Shiner McGuire, percussion
John Hain, percussion
Mark Maynor, percussion
Chisato Eda Marling, saxophone
Wilmot Hall

3:00 PM Nazareth College Jazz Ensemble

Paul Smoker, director
Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square
274 Goodman, Rochester

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

7:00 PM Nazareth College Concert Band

with guest University of Rochester Wind Symphony
John Hain, conductor
William Tiberio, conductor
March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith
Festive Overture by Dimitri Shostakovich
Elegy for a Young American by Ronald Lo Presti
Original Suite by Gordon Jacob
John Hain, conductor
Linehan Chapel

Thursday, March 5, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, March 6, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Saxophone Studio Recital
Chisato Eda Marling, director
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra Concert

Featuring winners of the Nazareth College Concerto Competition, as well as Rimsky-Korsakoff's orchestral showpiece, Capriccio Espagnole
Nancy Strelau, conductor
Linehan Chapel

Saturday, March 7, 2009
4:00 PM Qualifying Recital

Tasha George-Hinnant, piano
Evan Meccarello, violin
Wilmot Hall

7:00 PM Qualifying Recital

Laura Isabella, soprano
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, March 8, 2009
2:30 PM Outreach Recital

Nazareth College Saxophone Quartet
Ruth Braman Room
Fairport Public Library

3:00 PM Guest and Faculty Recital

From France to Russia: Sonatas by Ravel and Prokofiev
Duo Supernova
Linda Boianova, piano
Liana Koteva, violin
Wilmot Hall

7:00 PM Nazareth College Chamber Singers

Nazareth College Chamber Singers in concert with Rochester Chamber Orchestra
David Fetler, conductor
Soo Yeon Kim, soprano
Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 Plymouth
Tickets: $15, $10 & $5 students)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, March 12, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Guitar Studio Recital
Petar Kodzas, director
Linehan Chapel

Friday, March 13, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, March 26, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Flute Studio Recital
Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, March 27, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Voice Studio Recital
Mario Martinez, director
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Faculty Recital

Rameau: Friends and Impostors
Bonnie Choi, harpsichord
Ingrid Bock, cello
Sophia Gibbs Kim, flute
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, March 28, 2009
1:30 PM Senior Recital

Elise Provenzano, soprano
Kyle Meek, baritone
Wilmot Hall

3:00 PM Senior Recital

Julia Broman, piano
Linehan Chapel

4:30 PM Senior Recital

Audra Cramer, soprano
Wilmot Hall

7:30 PM Guest Recital

Kabir Singers
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, March 29, 2009
3:00 PM Nazareth College Jazz Combo

From the Science Fiction Sessions of Ornette Coleman
Paul Smoker, director
Wilmot Hall

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital String Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Hall

 

Thursday, April 2, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Low Brass Studio Recital
Chris Van Hof, director
Wilmot Hall

Friday, April 3, 2009
2:30 PM Studio Recital

Clarinet Studio Recital
Marcy Bacon, director
Wilmot Hall

4:30 PM Senior Recital

Leah Gorbaletov, piano
Theresa Lemmerman, violin
Wilmot Hall

Saturday, April 4, 2009
2:00 PM Honors Recital

Zachary Ligas, Baritone
Wilmot Hall

3:00 PM Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra

Pops Concert
A little jazz, a little pop and certainly a good dose of humor are all offered as the orchestra plays pieces by Ellington, Williams and others
Nancy Strelau, conductor
Linehan Chapel

3:00 PM Senior Recital

Deanna Spiotta, soprano
Wilmot Hall

Sunday, April 5, 2009
4:00 PM Nazareth College Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus, and Chamber Singers

A program of American songs featuring music by Copland and Randall Thompson (Frostiana, based on poetry by Robert Frost).
Mark Zeigler, choral director
Linehan Chapel

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital

Trumpet Studio Recital
Steven Marx, director
Wilmot Hall

Thursday, April 9, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital String Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Hall
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
12:10 PM Studio Recital String Studio Recital
Nancy Strelau, director
Wilmot Hall
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
6:00 PM Guest Recital Kilbourn Saxophone Quartet
Chien-Kwan Lin, soprano saxophone
Andrew Stoker, alto saxophone
Jamal Rossi, tenor saxophone
David Yusko, baritone saxophone
Wilmot Hall

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