Tuesday, April 2 At 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital at Georgia College & State University, guest artist and tenor Dr. Jonathan Yarrington will perform Franz Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.” Faculty pianist Owen Lovell will accompany Yarrington for this rare and complete performance of Schubert’s iconic song cycle written in 1823 at the end of the Viennese classical era. The concert title translates into “the Fair Maid of the Mill,” based on 20 poems by the German poet Wilhelm Müller...
Thursday, March 28 Georgia College & State University’s chamber music concert at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall will feature Ludwig van Beethoven’s early quartet masterpiece, “Op. 18 No.4,” which pays musical homage to Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as a piano quintet by Antonín Dvořák, featuring exotic Czech idioms with its Dumka movement. Two guest artists—Jennifer Drake, viola, and Ismail Akbar, cello—join faculty members and violinists David H. Johnson and...
Monday, March 25 A guest artist recital, featuring the Cantare Brass Quintet, will be at 6 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. The quintet brings together a group of dynamic chamber musicians, committed to delivering exceptional performances. Established in 2023, the ensemble has performed at universities and community music programs throughout the United States. Members are Dr. Maximilian McNutt, lecturer of trumpet at the University of Virginia; Dr...
Monday, March 25 A guest artist recital, featuring the Cantare Brass Quintet, will be at 6 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. The quintet brings together a group of dynamic chamber musicians, committed to delivering exceptional performances. Established in 2023, the ensemble has performed at universities and community music programs throughout the United States. Members are Dr. Maximilian McNutt, lecturer of trumpet at the University of Virginia; Dr...
Thursday, March 14 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music is hosting its third biennial Terry Endowed Concert, entitled “En Mémoire” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium with guest solo artists Riley Greer, a vocalist, and Stephen Hoy, a trombonist. They will perform alongside choral and instrumental ensembles, student pianists and guest artists. The GCSU Wind Ensemble will use selections from Hector Berlioz’s masterwork, “Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale.” Called...
Thursday, March 14 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music is hosting its third biennial Terry Endowed Concert, entitled “En Mémoire” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium with guest solo artists Riley Greer, a vocalist, and Stephen Hoy, a trombonist. They will perform alongside choral and instrumental ensembles, student pianists and guest artists. The GCSU Wind Ensemble will use selections from Hector Berlioz’s masterwork, “Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale.” Called...
Friday, March 8 Georgia College & State University’s Jazz Band presents “Tuneful Jazz” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium. The band consists of 15 students on trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar bass and “trap set”—drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. This year’s concert is a joyful combination of uplifting tunes like Hoagy Carmichael’s “The Nearness of You” and Ted Nash’s timeless, childhood classic, “Old MacDonald.” Whistle all the way home, unable to forget other great...
Friday, March 8 Georgia College & State University’s Jazz Band presents “Tuneful Jazz” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium. The band consists of 15 students on trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar bass and “trap set”—drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. This year’s concert is a joyful combination of uplifting tunes like Hoagy Carmichael’s “The Nearness of You” and Ted Nash’s timeless, childhood classic, “Old MacDonald.” Whistle all the way home, unable to forget other great...
Magnolia BallroomTuesday, Feb. 20 Georgia College & State University’s Music Department presents The Catacoustic Consort performing “Secret of the Muse” at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom. Guest artists and soprano Melissa Harvey with pardessus de viole Annalisa Pappano and Joanna Blendulf will entertain audiences with popular opera arias from 18th Century France. Prior to the performance at 7:30 pm, Dr. David de Posada from GCSU’s Department of World Languages and Cultures will give...
