Hamilton, NY — 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s music department announces a collection of concert events currently scheduled for the fall semester. The concert series includes musical endeavors by various groups, such as the Manhattan String Quartet and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s own Concert Jazz Ensemble. September’s four thematic performances, all of which take place in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Memorial Chapel, feature an array of famed compositions and performers.
Friday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m. A Concert Artists Guild Winner, Imani Winds features five musicians of African-American and Latin heritage who have expanded the meaning of a traditional wind quintet. Their repertoire, including works by Villa-Lobos, Paquito d’Rivera, Eliot Carter and Valerie Coleman, highlights the group’s commitment to diversity through music. Imani Winds includes Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, French horn; and Monica Ellis, bassoon. The concert is co-sponsored by the Core Cultures Department.
Sunday, September 15 at 3:30 p.m. An afternoon enchanted by the ‘Romantic Ideals’ of Society for New Music will include selections from Beauty and the Beast for string quartet by R. Murray Schafer, as well as pieces by Bonnie Miksch and Robert Schumann. The concert will consist of performances by Neva Pilgrim, voice (with masks); Steven Heyman, piano, and the Clinton String Quartet.
Sunday, September 22 at 3:30 p.m. Anonymous 4 will surely send audiences into the Middle Ages. Specializing in the performance of medieval chant and polyphony, Marsha Genesky, Johanna Maria Rose, Susan Hellauer and Jacqueline Horne combine musical, literary, and historical scholarship with 20th century performing intuition to interweave music with poetry and narrative.
Saturday, September 28 at 9 p.m. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will celebrate the Inauguration of its 15th President, Rebecca Chopp. Marietta Cheng will conduct the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Orchestra through selections by Dvorak, Chadwick, and Beethoven, and later, G. Roberts Kolb will direct the University Chorus through Ives’ Psalm 67 and Dello Joio’s Song for the Open Road.