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Thursday, Feb. 13 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music presents a Faculty Recital, “The New Madness,” 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall, featuring Andrew J. Allen, saxophone; and Owen Lovell, piano. This concert will include themes of love and loss by composers from a diverse number of musical trends of the twentieth century, including lush romanticism to avant-garde experimentalism.  William Albright’s Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, whose second movement,...

Monday, Feb. 10 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music presents a Faculty Recital, “Content to Be Behind Me,” 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall, featuring Bradley Sowell, baritone; and Lev Ryabinin, piano. Often, the pianist is treated as the “accompanist” in voice recitals; however, this performance will showcase the pianist as a concert soloist in addition to a collaborative artist with the singer. There will be voice and piano works by Robert Schumann, Frédéric...

Saturday, Feb. 8 Georgia College’s Max Noah Singers will present “Valentine’s Day Rendezvous” at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom at the Student Activity Center. The concert will also be live streamed at facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment. A variety of old and new love songs will be performed by the full ensemble, from the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” to hits released by Billie Eilish. In addition, there will be a assortment of solos, duets, a trio, and small ensembles performing pop music, musical...

Tuesday, Feb. 4 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music presents a Faculty Recital, “Classical Fantasy and Fireworks,” 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall, featuring  Bryan Emmon Hall, violin; and Hue Jang, piano.  They will perform works by Ginastera, Paganini, Bach, and Schubert.  The title is based on the highly virtuosic nature of the program, and the featured work which is the last work that Schubert wrote for violin, the C major Fantasy.  This concert will also...

Thursday, Jan. 30 Georgia College & State University’s Department of Music presents a Faculty Recital, “Singing Through Life,” 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall, featuring  Samantha Frischling, soprano; Camilla Packroff, soprano; Laurie Peebles, flute; and Lev Ryabinin, piano.  They will perform art songs and arias that highlight different aspects of life, love and humanity.  It spans a wide variety of works from Baroque chamber cantata arias and German Lieder to a contemporary art...