Music at Goucher

At Goucher music is one of the liberal arts. Questions about the place of music in culture, its power, and hence its mystery, and the diversity of its appearances are important issues in the department curriculum. Goucher’s approach to music is not for everyone, but it is ideal for the student who wishes to explore musical interests in depth and who also wants the kind of intellectual challenge that is not often available in a conservatory setting.

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Fall 2009 Concerts

(Revised 09/18/09) - Programs subject to change. A revised concert schedule will be posted in September. 

The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo

Wednesday, October 7, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

This innovative ensemble returns to Goucher for a program of composer Stuart Saunders Smith’s percussion-text-theatre works.

 

Václav Kučera 80th Birthday Tribute with Guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz

Wednesday, October 21, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Václav Kučera, chair of the Guitar Department at Prague Conservatory, turns 80 this year, and we pay tribute to this engaging, exciting composer.  Stanley Alexandrowicz will present his Diario – Omaggio a Che Guevarra and, with a string orchestra conducted by Elisa Koehler, Concierto Imaginativo „Homenaje a Salvador Dalí.”

 

Yogurt Concert: Chris Correlli, tenor and Lisa Weiss, piano

Wednesday, October  28, 12:30 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Music faculty members Christopher Correlli and Lisa Weiss will present a joint concert of piano and vocal works by German Romantic composers

 

Canzoni di Napoli

Student Voice Recital with Jackson Gilman-Forlini

Wednesday, November 4, 8:00 pm, Merrick Lecture Hall

Sophmore, Jackson Gilman-Forlini, tenor, will perform a repertoire of traditional songs from Naples.

 

Junior Voice Recital with Emily Davies

Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m., Haebler Memorial Chapel

Junior, Emily Davies will perform works by Gluck, Handel,  Kander and  Ebb, Mozart,  Porter,  Rogers and  Hart,  Sondheim, and others.  

 

Sing Me to Heaven

Senior Choral Conducting Project

Arreon Harley, Conductor

Wednesday, November 11, 8 p.m.

Haebler Memorial Chapel

Senior, Arreon Harley and the Chambers will embark on a journey through choral literature.  Works for chorus by Bach, Vivaldi, Gawthrop, Thompson, and Morely will be performed.

 

Guest Voice Recital with Lamar Hylton

Tuesday, November 17, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Lamar Hylton, of Goucher’s Office of Student Engagement, is also a trained tenor and has sung with our Opera Workshop.  He will present a recital program of art songs, arias and sprituals.

 

Yogurt Concert: Lisa Weiss, Chamber Music Respite

Wednesday, November 18, 12:30 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Join Pianist Lisa Weiss, and colleagues Heather Haughn (violin), David Drosinos (clarinet) and Laura Ruas (bass) for an enjoyable midday chamber music respite.

 

Goucher Chamber Symphony Concert

Wednesday, November 18, 8:00 p.m. Haebler Memorial Chapel

The Goucher Chamber Symphony, under the direction of Elisa Koehler, will perform Bartok’s Rumanian Dances and Mozart’s dramatic Symphony No. 40 in G Minor along with Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins in D, Op. 3, No. 1 featuring four Goucher students as soloists. Goucher senior Susannah Edwards will be featured in Vaughan Williams’s Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra.

 

Hartzell Studio Recital

Monday, November 23, 8:00 p.m., Haebler Memorial Chapel

Students in Richard Hartzell’s vocal studio will perform art songs and arias.

 

Goucher African Drum and Dance Ensemble

Monday, November 30,  8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

The Goucher African Drum and Dance Ensemble, directed by Kwame Brew, performs its fall concert.

 

Chamber Music Seminar Concert

Tuesday, December 1, 8:00 p.m. Merrick Lecture Hall

Students from Goucher’s Chamber Music Seminar, directed by Lisa Weiss, will present a showcase of  chamber music works.

 

Ridgeway Studio Recital

Wednesday, December 2, 6:00 p.m., Haebler Memorial Chapel

Students in Betty Ridgeway’s vocal studio perform art songs and arias.

 

Digital and Multimedia Concert

Wednesday, December 2,  8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

An evening of computer music and multimedia compositions by Goucher students, faculty, and staff.

 

Goucher Jazz Ensemble Concert

Thursday, December 3, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

The Goucher Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of professor Jeffrey Chappell, will perform a program of standard jazz repertoire and original compositions.

 

Goucher/Hopkins Chorus

Combined Concert

Saturday, December 5, 8:00 p.m., Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins University

The Goucher Chorus joins forces with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra and the JHU Glee Club for a performance of Gounod’s monumental St. Cecelia Mass.  For tickets, call 410-516-6542

 

The Annual Service of Lessons and Carols

Monday, December 7, 5:00 p.m., Haebler Memorial Chapel

The annual service of Lessons and Carols, presented by the Office of the Chaplain and the Goucher Chorus.

 

A...My Name is Alice

Goucher’s Musical Theatre Workshop

Tuesday, December 7, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Wednesday, December 8, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Goucher’s Musical Theatre Workshop will present a musical revue featuring original songs by a variety of composers and authors..

 

The Magic Flute

Goucher’s Opera Workshop

Thursday, December 9, 8:00 p.m.,Merrick Lecture Hall

Friday, December 10, 8:00 p.m., Merrick Lecture Hall

Goucher’s Opera Workshop will present Mozart’s masterpiece in a fully staged production.