Music, Department of

Tuesday, Nov. 7 Georgia College & State University will hold its “Voice and Piano Recital” with guest artists baritone Marcel Ramalho and pianist Martin David Jones at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Ramalho is a professor of voice and Jones is a music professor at Augusta University. Their program encompasses opera arias and art songs from the Baroque period through the 21st century. Compositions represent different cultures sung in Brazilian Portuguese, Greek, Italian, French,...

Monday, Nov. 6, the music department at Georgia College & State University presents its student Chamber Ensembles at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. The concert will feature classical and jazz selections from the Classical era to the present day. The university Saxophone Quartet, brass ensemble, woodwind ensemble and various string ensembles will perform. Selections include “Polar Vortex” by Chris Evan Hass and “Serenade Suite” by Gordon Jacob. A $5 donation is encouraged. All...

Friday, Nov. 3, get into the swing of things at Georgia College & State University’s annual Jazz Band concert, “Groove in the Pocket,” at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium. A variety of 1950’s jazz grooves like swing, bop, Latin and 6/8 require a different ‘pocket’—a concept being studied by students this semester. In jazz, pockets mean a musician is playing in a solid way with great feeling. The title of the concert comes from the famous bassist, Victor Wooten, who said, “You can’t...

Tuesday, Oct. 31, guest artist and flutist Ziqing Guan, along with pianist Lev Ryabinin, will perform “Women in Music—a Flute Recital” at 7:30 p.m. in Georgia College & State University’s Max Noah Recital Hall. Originally from Guangzhou, China, Guan is a Haynes Young Artist and recently earned her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of South Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s in flute performance at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China and her master’s at Texas State University. This...

Interdisciplinary Studies – Special Topics East meets West or West meets East?  Dr. Evren Kutlay,  Spring 2024 Newell scholar Music Culture, Politics & Diplomacy at the Ottoman Intersection Spring 2024 - IDST 2310 (CRN 21394) Tuesday and Thursday:  2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. in A & S, room 240 Note: Course serves as a core requirement for Area C2 Fine Arts Course Description: This course introduces and explores the two-sided nature of interactions between the East and the West with an interdisciplinary...