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Tuesday, Oct. 8 Georgia College & State University welcomes guest artist and pianist Silvan Negrutiu for “Sacred & Profane” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Negrutiu is an associate professor in the Kitt School of Music at Northern Arizona University. According to Clipa Magazine: “Silvan Negrutiu displays a very special, rare quality: he knows how to build structures from sound, dislocating the air, eliminating emptiness, evil, and inoperable space.” The concert will include...

Sunday, Oct. 6 Members of the Flute & Saxophone Studios at Georgia College & State University will give a 3 p.m. performance of solos and chamber music in Max Noah Recital Hall. Eclectic sounds from the classical period to present day will be featured. This concert will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment. A $5 donation is encouraged. Online donations can be made at give.gcsu.edu/g/department-of-music/. All proceeds benefit music scholarships or the GCSU Department...

Sunday, Sept. 29 “Old and New Works for Prepared Piano” is the theme of Georgia College & State University’s studio recital at 3 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom at the Student Activities Center. Piano majors, music minors and other GCSU students will perform short compositions, about 3 minutes each. The recital features work by experimental composer John Cage and others for prepared piano. By ‘preparing’ pianos with things like nuts, bolts, screws, rubber and plastic, the sound can be completely...

Wednesday, Sept. 25 A concert for saxophone and mixed media, “Of Dreams and Nightmares,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Guest artist saxophonist Paula Van Goes of Atlanta will perform nine compositions, taking listeners “through a night of insomnia.” This begins with a blend of euphoric exhaustion in Alex Temple’s “This Changes Everything” and Marc Mellits’ calming “Mara’s Lullaby” to the graveyard feeling of Jacob TV’s “Garden...

Monday, Sept. 23 Guest artists Dr. Kyoung Cho and Dr. Won Cho, acclaimed worldwide as leading scholars and performers of Korean art song, will give a lecture recital, “Korean Voices,” at 7:30 p.m. in Georgia College & State University’s Max Noah Recital Hall.  Kyoung Cho, soprano and Won Cho, bass, will perform along with GCSU faculty and pianist Dr. Hue Jang. This multimedia lecture-recital includes photos, live performance, audio and video, showcasing Korean art songs and folk tunes...

Thursday, Sept. 19 Award-winning guest artist and flutist Nave Graham will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. Graham is an assistant professor of flute at the University of Central Arkansas and also serves as faculty for the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ summer art camp in Michigan. She is a founding member of the contemporary chamber music sextet, “All of the Above,” and certified in mindfulness. She likes to integrate meditation,...

Tuesday, Sept. 17 As part of Georgia College & State University’s annual “Constitution Week,” a lively production of political campaign music and a lecture will be at 6 p.m. at Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion. The concert, “All Hail for Music on the Trail: A program featuring music from U.S. Presidential Campaigns, 1840-1964,” will feature campaign songs like “The Red, White, and Blue,” “Wake Ye Numbers!” and “Hello Lyndon.” The lecture, “Why Sing Campaign Songs?  Music, Popular Democracy,...

The 6th annual Jazz at the Magnolia event featuring trombonist Bill Gibson will take place on Saturday September 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m. at the Magnolia Ballroom in downtown Milledgeville on the Georgia College Campus. Tickets are $20 each and include refreshments; tickets can be purchased at https://www.milledgevillealliedarts.com/event-details/jazz-at-the-magnolia-2  (milledgevillealliedarts.com) or by visiting the Marlor House at 201 N Wayne St, Milledgeville. This event supports Allied...

Max Noah Recital HallMonday, Sept. 9 The Allen Duo faculty recital, “I Will Not Be Sad In This World,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall at Georgia College & State University. The duo consists of faculty members Andrew J. Allen and Elise Naber Allen. They will perform flute and saxophone duets, as well as compositions for solo instruments and electronics. The recital title is borrowed from Eve Beglarian’s work using alto flute and electronics. Her piece and other contemporary...

Tuesday, Sept. 3 Pianist Sergio Ruiz, former chair of Georgia College & State University’s Music Department, returns to campus with violinist Javier Pinell for a concert, “From Bolivia with Love: an evening of violin and piano music,” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Ruiz is now professor of music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He and Pinell, a professor of violin and chair of string studies at Sam Houston State University, chose to perform the unique style of Bolivan...