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Thursday, Nov. 21 This year’s Creative Expressions concert, performed by Georgia College & State University music therapy students and adults with ‘disAbilities’ from the Life Enrichment Center in Milledgeville, will be at 6 p.m. in New City Church at the Mill. “When You Wish Upon a Star” will bring the magic and wonder of Disney’s uplifting animations to your evening. A $5 donation is encouraged. All proceeds benefit music scholarships or the GCSU Department of Music through GCSU...

Thursday, Nov. 14 Georgia College & State University’s Music Department presents the “GCSU Opera Scenes Ensemble: Desire & Destiny” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Fourteen students and a community member will perform six scenes from different operas, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Gaetano Donizett’s L’elisir d’amore, Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Georges Bizet’s Carmen...

Saturday, November 9 GCSU’s three choral ensembles will present a combined concert at 7:30 p.m. in First Baptist Church on 330 S. Liberty Street. “Americana” will feature choral works by American composers which span over two hundred and fifty years. The selections are by such notable composers and arrangers as William Billings, Amy Beach, William Dawson, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker and Moses Hogan. University Chorus and Max Noah Singers will perform...

Thursday, Nov. 7 Georgia College & State University will hold its Chamber Music Ensembles concert at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. This evening features students performing violin, viola, cello, flute, saxophone, trombone, piano, bass and drums, as well as vocals. Come hear Bedřich Smetana’s “String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor,” Nicole Chamberlain’s “Dizzy” and Fernande Decruck’s “Variations Saxophoniques.” This concert will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment. A...

Thursday, Feb. 20 Georgia College & State University welcomes saxophonist Dr. Claire Salli for a Guest Artist Recital,  “The Stylistic Saxophone,” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall.  Each piece on the program has its own unique style, each different from the rest, creating a fun program that is accessible for all audiences. The program starts off with a neo classical French piece, “Improvisation et Caprice” by Eugene Bozza. Two short etudes composed by Argentine composer Astor...