Music Events

Lauretian String Quartet with Judith Lynn Stillman, pianist

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 9/20/2006 1:00 PM

Dvorak Quintet in A Major for Piano and String, Op. 81 Barber String Quartet, Op. 11 Wednesday Chamber Music Series Question/Answer session follows Admission free

Student Composer Concert

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 9/28/2006 8:00 PM, 5/2/2007 8:00 PM

Under the tutelage of world-renowned composer and RIC music faculty Barbara Kolb, student composers at Rhode Island College present world premieres of their recent works. Highlighted on this free concert is "Who Follows Whom", a collaborative piece written in sections by several different students, and chained together seamlessly by Ms. Kolb. Student compositions from the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Rebel: Ensemble for Baroque Music

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/4/2006 1:00 PM

Ensemble for Baroque Music Jorg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer, directors Wednesday Chamber Music Series Question/Answer session follows

RIC Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/4/2006 7:30 PM, 11/19/2006 7:30 PM

John Sumerlin, Conductor

Admission free

"Rocky Point Holiday"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/13/2006 8:00 PM

The Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble begins its 2006-07 season with "Rocky Point Holiday", an evening of music which captures the joys and innocence of childhood. This concert features Percy Grainger's Children's March, James Barnes's tour de force "Fantasy Variations", and Ron Nelson's brilliant overture, "Rocky Point Holiday". Rob Franzblau, Conductor General seating $7

RIC Symphony Orchestra with guest Katherine Supove, Piano

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/16/2006 8:00 PM

Katherine Supove, Piano
Edward Markward, Conductor

PROGRAM
Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major (Haffner)
Kolb, Voyants (RI premiere)
Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 in E-flat

General admission $7

Rhode Island College Faculty Recital

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/18/2006 1:00 PM, 2/11/2007 8:00 PM

Featuring Guitar Duo Eric Christiensen and Bill Maker

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

Admission free

Question/Answer session follows
This is the fifth annual Faculty Recital sponsored by the RIC Student Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The concert showcases members of the RIC Music, Theatre, and Dance faculty. Donations received benefit the Deborah Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund which will provide scholarships to outstanding music majors.

Donations accepted.

RIC Jazz Workshop Combos Performance

Where: Helen Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/18/2006 7:00 PM

Greg Abate, Director

Admission free

RIC Faculty Jazz Recital

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/19/2006 8:00 PM, 4/2/2007 8:00 PM

The creative output of Rhode Island College?s jazz faculty is on display in this free recital. Vocalist Shawnn Montiero and saxophonist Greg Abate lead an all-star cast of musicians, all of whom teach in RIC?s jazz studies program. featuring Greg Abate and Shawnn Monteiro

Annual Halloween Collage Concert

Where: The Auditorium in Roberts Hall
When: 10/27/2006 8:00 PM

General admission $7

Deborah Griffin Memorial Faculty Recital

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 10/30/2006 8:00 PM

Rhode Island College is proud to count among its faculty some of New England's finest musicians, and their talents will be on display at 8:00 pm in Sapinsley Hall on Monday, October 30th. A free-will donation to benefit the Deborah Griffin Family Memorial Scholarship Fund will be taken. Ms. Griffin was a much-loved music education student at Rhode Island College in 2000 when she and four of her five children died tragically in a fire at their Providence home.

The Marcy & Zina Show

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 11/1/2006 1:00 PM

Original music with the New York-based award-winning songwriting team of composer Zina Goldrich and lyricist Marcy Heisler

Wednesday Chamber Music Series
Admission free
Question/Answer session follows

"Songs and Dances"

Where: The Auditorium in Roberts Hall
When: 12/1/2006 8:00 PM

The Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble will join forces with the Roger Williams University Dance Theatre to present "Songs and Dances", featuring the world premiere of "Taking Flight" by RIC percussion instructor Michael DeQuattro, with choreography by Kathy Gordon Smith. Other highlights of the concert include Igor Stravinsky's "Circus Polka", Frank Zappa's "Dog Breath Variations", and Alfred Reed's glorious setting of "Russian Christmas Music". Rob Franzblau, Conductor General admission, $7

RIC Symphony Orchestra with guest Mihail Jojatu, Cello

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 12/4/2006 8:00 PM

Mihail Jojatu, Cello
Edward Markward, Conductor

CONCERT IN MEMORIAM PERRY ROSENTHAL PROGRAM
Wagner, Prelude to Act III "Lohengrin"
Bloch, Schelomo for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D Major (Reformation)

General admission $7

Sara Sant'Ambrogio and Judith Lynn Stillman

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 12/6/2006 1:00 PM

Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Wednesday Chamber Music Series
Question/Answer session follows
Admission free

RIC Winter Choral Concert

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 12/8/2006 8:00 PM

RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Men's Chorus

General admission $3

RIC Concert Jazz Band

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 12/11/2006 8:00 PM

Joseph Foley, Director

Admission free

Mindy Kaufman and Judith Lynn Stillman: "Flights of Fancy"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 2/7/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

The flute and piano duo, Stillman & Kaufman, will be presenting works from their upcoming cd. Kaufman has been a flutist and piccoloist with the New York Philharmonic since 1979, and has performed as soloist with the NYPO under the direction of Kurt Masur and Zubin Mehta.

Question/Answer Session follows

Rhode Island College Faculty Recital

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 2/11/2007 8:00 PM

This is the fifth annual Faculty Recital sponsored by the RIC Student Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. The concert showcases members of the RIC Music, Theatre, and Dance faculty. Donations received benefit the Deborah Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund which will provide scholarships to outstanding music majors.

Paul Phillips and Kathryne Jennings: "Love and War"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 2/21/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

Phillips and Jennings, Brown University faculty members, will present a varied program of works for soprano and piano including excerpts from Phillips' War Music. Phillips is a renowned conductor, composer, author and pianist. Jennings, his wife, an award-winning soprano, is the former Artistic Director of Opera Providence.

"It's Only Natural"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/2/2007 8:00 PM

RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Women's Chorus, Teresa Coffman, Conductor

RIC Men's Chorus, Tianxu Zhou, Conductor

The RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Men's Chorus will perform in a concert featuring pieces based around a nature theme. Works featured include Eric Whitacre's Little Birds, and Vier Gesange for women's voices, two horns and harp by Johannes Brahms.

General Admission: $3

Chamber Music at Rhode Island College

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/4/2007 7:30 PM, 4/15/2007 7:30 PM

RIC Chamber Orchestra and Small Ensembles, John Sumerlin, Conductor
RIC Chamber Music Orchestra and Small Ensembles

John Sumerlin, Conductor

Triton Brass Quintet: "Time Travel"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/7/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

Triton Brass is an exciting musical collaborative comprising five of the region's most promising young talents. Prize winners at the 2003 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition, Triton is in its fourth year as artists-in-residence at Boston College.

Question/Answer session to follow.

"American Originals"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/9/2007 8:00 PM

Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Robert Franzblau, Conductor

Three ground-breaking American composers will be featured in this concert by the Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble. The music of Charles Ives, a native of New England, was almost unknown during his lifetime, but his musical innovations have steadily grown in esteem, and today he is considered one of the true pioneers of American classical music. Guest conductor Frank L. Battisti, emeritus conductor of the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble and himself an American original, will lead the RIC Wind Ensemble in Ives's music. Also featured on the concert will be a world premiere by esteemed composer Barbara Kolb and The Dog Breath Variations by innovative rock musician Frank Zappa. General Admission: $7

RIC Symphony Orchestra

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/19/2007 7:00 PM

12th Samuel and Esther Chester Performance Award Concert

Edward Markward, Conductor
Rosilyn Chua, Piano

Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

Generations Trio: "Rameau to Ragtime"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 3/21/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

Question/Answer session follows

The acclaimed Generations Trio features artists of three generations: John Sant'Ambrogio, Principal Cellist of the Saint Louis Symphony for 37 years and soloist with the BSO under Arthur Fiedler; Russian violinist Dmitri Pogorelov, First Prize winner at both the 2005 National Society of Arts and Letters Competition and the 2004 William C. Byrd International Competition; and RIC's Artist-in-Residence, Pell Award-winning pianist Judith Lynn Stillman.

Fluttr Effect Trio: "Swallows and Sparrows"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 4/4/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series

Haunting classical style sounds with rock inspired melodies. The Fluttr Effect Trio, an all-women band characterized by acoustic-style experimentation, is carried by the melodic power of Vessela Stoyanova's midi marimba, the bass-like lilt of Valerie Thompson's flower topped cello, and the hypnotizing lead vocals of Kara Trott.

Rhode Island College Faculty Recital: "Musical Potpourri"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 4/18/2007 1:00 PM

Wednesday Chamber Music Series Some of RIC's outstanding faculty members will present an eclectic program of musical delights including Jazz Sonata by Philip Martorella performed by the composer and saxophonist Greg Abate.

Spring Chamber Choral Ensembles Concert

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 4/22/2007 8:00 PM

Featuring the RIC Chamber Singers and Women's Chorus conducted by Teresa Coffman, and the RIC Men's Chorus conducted by Tianxu Zhou.

This Spring concert will feature the RIC Choral Chamber Ensembles, RIC Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Men's Chorus, as well as graduating senior music majors in an evening celebrating spring.

"Music of the Spheres"

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 4/27/2007 8:00 PM

Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Robert Franzblau, Conductor The 2006-07 RIC Wind Ensemble season concludes with a concert for eclectic tastes. Gustav Holst's The Planets, new works by RIC student composers, and the winner of the Rhode Island College Student Concerto Competition will be presented.

29th Annual Bicho Family Memorial Scholarship Concert

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 4/30/2007 8:00 PM

RIC Symphony Orchestra Edward Markward, Conductor General Admission Donation: $10

Choral Music and Opera Choral Scenes of Carlisle Floyd

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 5/4/2007 8:00 PM

The 2006-07 Rhode Island College Choral concert season will conclude with this concert featuring the RIC Chorus, conducted by Teresa Coffman, and the Henry Barnard School Chorus, conducted by Jay MacCubbin, in a performance of music by Carlisle Floyd. Featured works include his pieces for elementary treble voices and concert versions of scenes from his operas The Passion of Jonathan Wade, Willie Stark, Susannah, and Of Mice and Men. The concert is the culmination of Mr. Floyd's three-day residency at RIC, during which he will work with the performers.

General Admission: $3

Massenet, Menotti, Mozart, & Purcell

Where: The Helen Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 5/6/2007 7:00 PM

RIC Opera Workshop Performance

Susan Rogers and Edward Markward, Co-directors
Christina Breindel, Repetiteur

Jazz Concert

Where: Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
When: 5/7/2007 8:00 PM

RIC Concert Jazz Band

General Admission: $5