Max Noah Recital Hall

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...

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...

Faculty Recital“Crossover”Owen Lovell, pianoMonday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.Max Noah Recital Hall

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...

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,...

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...