    
The Cali School of Music features concerts by students, faculty, alumni and visiting artists.
Locations for concerts are noted after each listing. Concerts in all locations except Kasser Theater are free unless otherwise noted. Programs are subject to change.
Tickets are required for Kasser Theater performances unless otherwise noted. Please contact the box office at 973-655-5112 or see www.peakperfs.org for ticket information. (Undergraduate students are admitted free of charge, but tickets are required.)
Season 2009-2010
September | October | November | December |
January | February | March |April | May | Summer '10
September 2009
| Wed. 9 — 1 pm |
Shanghai Quartet (Cali School of Music ensemble-in-residence) |
| Thur. 10 — 7:30 pm |
Newband - Dean Drummond, director
MSU Ensemble-in-Residence, Newband, presents the premiere of Café Buffé (music by Dean Drummond and text by Charles Bernstein). Café Buffé is a one-act comic opera about food. Set in a café/restaurant/bar, the cast consists of a waiter and several patrons who tell their absurd stories, filled with endless plays on words, completely illogical statements, and extreme exaggeration. Eighteen musicians playing a mixture of conventional, electronic, Harry Partch and Dean Drummond instruments are onstage throughout. Kasser Theater* |
| Sat. 12 — 8 pm |
Shanghai Quartet performs with members of the Tokyo String Quartet. Kasser Theater* |
| Wed. 23 — 1 pm |
Faculty Recital - McEachern Recital Hall |
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October 2009
Fri. 9 — 7:30 pm
Sat. 10 — 8 pm |
Kaleidoscope Concert - Kaleidoscope is a 90-minute non-stop extravaganza featuring music of all styles - choral, orchestral, band, jazz, vocal, chamber, musical theatre, and solo instrumental. Kaleidoscope is a celebration of the diverse programming and talented faculty and students of the Cali School of Music. Kasser Theater* |
| Wed. 14 — 1 pm |
Strings Recital - McEachern Recital Hall |
| Wed. 21 — 1 pm |
Voice Recital - McEachern Recital Hall |
| Wed. 28 — 1 pm |
Brass Recital - McEachern Recital Hall |
| Thur. 29 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Symphonic Band and the Campus – Community Band Thomas McCauley, Shelley Axelson, conductors; Gillian MacKay, guest conductor. Works by Persichetti, Grainger, and more. Kasser Theater* |
| Fri. 30 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, conductor. Works by Opperman, Ibert, Mozart, and Ravel, with guest conductor Nathanial White and saxophonist Robert Harvey. Kasser Theater* |
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November 2009
| Sun. 1 — 3 pm |
MSU Wind Symphony and University Singers - Thomas McCauley, conductor, Gillian MacKay, guest conductor; Anthony Mazzocchi, trombone, Charles Bumcrot, trumpet. Instrumental works include Joseph Turrin's Fandango with Charles Bumcrot, trumpet, and Anthony Mazzocchi, trombone. Vocal works include: Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams), Laudate Dominum (Mozart), 4 Shakespeare Songs (Mäntyjärvi), Let Everything That Hath Breath (Ames), and music from the choral-wind symphony repertoire. Kasser Theater* |
| Wed. 4 — 1 pm |
Woodwinds Recital McEachern Recital Hall |
| Wed. 11 — 1 pm |
Chamber Recital McEachern Recital Hall |
| Wed. 18 — 1 pm |
Piano Recital McEachern Recital Hall |
| Thur. 19 — 7:30 pm |
Leshowitz Chamber Music Series This concert marks the first of the three concert Leshowitz Chamber Music Series. It features the debut of the John J. Cali Trio with Boris Kucharsky, David Singer and David Witten. Faculty/student performances include works by of Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms, plus a performance by a tuba-euphonium 4tet, the "Eubaphones." Chapin 201 - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Fri. 20 — 7:30 pm |
David Bixler’s Auction Project featuring Grammy Award winning pianist Arturo O’Farrill, with Heather Bixler (violin), Roland Guerrero (percussion), Vince Cherico (drums and cymbals), Carlo DeRosa (bass), and David Bixler (composer, arranger, and alto saxophone). Mr. Bixler’s composition took shape at a fundraiser for his daughter’s school. Combining Latin and Celtic music and a unique instrumentation, Auction Project is jazz with Afro-Celtic sympathies. Mr. Bixler is a member of the faculty at the Cali School. Chapin 201 - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Sat. 21 — 5 pm |
David Poli, classical guitar (Senior Recital) — McEachern Recital Hall |
| Sat. 21 — 7:30 pm |
Melissa Donlay, soprano (Senior Recital) — McEachern Recital Hall |
Wed. 25 — 1 pm
*CANCELLED* |
Percussion Recital Chapin 201 |
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December 2009
| Tues. 1 — 8:30 pm |
Voice Night Chapin G55 |
| Tues. 1 — 8:30 pm |
Matthew Van Dongen, classical guitar (Senior Recital) — McEachern Recital Hall |
| Wed. 2 — 1 pm |
Collegium Musicum - Jeffrey Gall, director — Chapin G55 |
| Fri. 4 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Wind Symphony and MSU Symphonic Band 'Wildflowers' Thomas McCauley, conductor; Darrell Hendricks, guest conductor; David Singer, clarinet. Works by Grainger, Husa, Gillingham, Sparke, and more. Kasser Theater*
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| Fri. 4 — 7:30 pm |
Jazz Guitar Recital Chapin 201 |
| Sat. 5 — 1 pm |
Nora Kiefer, saxophone (Senior Recital) — McEachern Recital Hall |
| Sat. 5 — 8 pm |
Verdi Requiem “Behind-the-Scenes”
The MSU Chorale, Heather J. Buchanan, director. This performance of choral movements from the Verdi Requiem is in open rehearsal format with piano accompaniment. Valerie Bernhardt, soprano; Christina Carr, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Oosting, tenor; Kenneth Overton, baritone, Steven Ryan, accompanist, with Prof. Laura Dolp, guest speaker. Kasser Theater* |
| Sun. 6 — 3 pm |
MSU Jazz Band, Jeffrey Kunkel, director, performing literature of the contemporary jazz ensemble. Works include Jeffrey Kunkel’s Darkness Descending, composed in honor of his mentor, the legendary jazz pianist, composer and theorist George Russell who died in July 2009. Chapin 201
Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Mon. 7 — 7:30 pm |
Leshowitz Chamber Music Series Clarinetist David Singer and members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra perform Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Chapin 201 - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Tues. 8 — 8:30 pm |
Sax Night Chapin 201 |
| Wed. 9 — 8 pm |
MSU Jazz Band II and MSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Bill Moring and Holli Ross, directors, present a program of classic and contemporary music for jazz ensemble. Chapin 201 - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Fri. 11 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Opera Workshop
Scenes from Tamanduá - A Brazilian opera by João MacDowell. Staged by director Jeffrey Gall and led by the Brazilian conductor Federico Gouveia. With piano, cello and percussion. Kasser Theater* |
| Sat. 12 — 8 pm |
MSU Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, conductor. Works by Christopher Rouse, Leos Janacek, and Robert Schumann. Kasser Theater* |
| Sun. 13 — 3 pm |
An Afternoon of Chamber Music with pianist Peter Serkin, the Shanghai Quartet, clarinetist David Singer, pianist David Witten, and Cali School students. This concert is a free public performance supported by a generous grant from the Keating Crawford Foundation. It is presented at Montclair State University in memory of Beatrice Crawford, a Montclair musician who was the director of two choral groups “The Madrigals” and “The Choraliers.” (Kasser Theater - free admission but tickets are required)* |
| Mon. 14 — 8 pm |
Alice Yeo-Jin Lee, violin (Artist's Diploma Recital) — Chapin G55 |
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January 2010
| Wed. 20 — 1 pm |
Annual Jack Sacher Memorial Alumni Lecture - Lawrence Ferrara, Director and Professor at New York University's Steinhardt School, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, is a pianist and author with expertise in music theory, aesthetics, music history, and music copyright. Author of numerous journal articles and book chapters as well as books including Philosophy and the Analysis of Music (Greenwood) and Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation. He has recorded for Orion and Musique Internationale and is a forensic music copyright consultant for every major recording and publishing company and many artists, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gloria Estefan, BillyJoel, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Elton John, James Brown, Ludacris, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Eminem, Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Prince, Toby Keith, Beastie Boys, and Jennifer Lopez.- Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 27 — 1 pm |
Strings Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
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February 2010
| Wed. 3 — 1 pm |
Faculty & Student Chamber Recital with David Singer — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
Fri. 5 — 7:30 pm
Sat. 6 — 3 & 8 pm
Sun. 7 — 3 pm |
Musical Theatre in Concert: The Spitfire Grill, Music and Book by James Valcq; Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley. Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff. Directed by Aaron Jodoin. Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Wed. 10 — 1 pm |
Jazz Combos — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 17 — 1 pm |
Composition Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Thur. 18 — 7:30 pm |
Leshowitz Chamber Music Series A recital featuring performances by Cali School of Music faculty and students including works by Schubert, Brahms and Beethoven. Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Fri. 19 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, conductor, in works by Robert Aldridge and Serge Rachmaninoff. Kasser Theater* |
| Sat. 20 — 8 pm |
Chamber Music Concert — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sun. 21 — 3 pm |
MSU Wind Symphony and the Mount Olive High School Wind Ensemble, Thomas McCauley and Russell Tybus, conductors; Darrell Hendricks, guest conductor. Works by: Dvořák, Mackey, and more. Kasser Theater* |
| Mon. 22 — 7:30 pm |
An Evening with Chopin in Paris with Tatyana Kebuladze, and faculty and students of piano. Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sat. 27 — 8 pm |
Tenor Stephen Oosting and film-maker Anthony Pemberton present a live performance with film of Benjamin Britten’s Five Canticles. - Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Sun. 28 — 2 pm |
Tara Rosanski, flute (Senior Recital) Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sun. 28 — 5 pm |
Kristen Briggs, piano (Senior Recital) Leshowitz Recital Hall |
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March 2010
| Wed. 3 — 1 pm |
Percussion Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
Tues. 9 — 7:30 pm
Wed. 10 — 7:30 pm
Thur. 11 — 7:30 pm
Fri. 12 — 7:30 pm
Sat. 13 — 2 & 8 pm |
Side Show — Composer: Henry Krieger; Lyricist & Librettist: Bill Russell; Musical Conductor: Greg Dlugos; Director & Choreographer: Clay James. Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely in song, the show follows their progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks. Kasser Theater* |
| Wed. 10 — 1 pm |
Woodwinds Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 24 — 1 pm |
Brass Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Thur. 25 — 7:30 pm |
Evening of Chinese-influenced music by Chinese and western composers. Performances by pianist David Witten, students, and guest artists. Sponsored by Global Education Center’s “Chinese Festival of the Arts and Humanities.” Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Fri. 26 — 7:30 pm |
Pianist Steven Ryan plays Ravel, Poulenc, Liszt, Chopin and Granados. Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Sat. 27 — 3 pm |
Jeffrey Kunkel & Friends: Another Afternoon of Brazilian Jazz. The director of the Cali School of Music jazz program, Jeffrey Kunkel, returns with more friends and more Brazilian jazz. Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Sun. 28 — 5 pm |
Piano duets with Tatyana Kebuladze and Hsin-Yi Tsai Tatyana Kebuladze is a member of the Cali School faculty. Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 31 — 1 pm |
Voice Recital Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 31 — 7:30 pm |
Leshowitz Chamber Music Series: A recital featuring performances by Cali School of Music faculty and students. Leshowitz Recital Hall |
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April 2010
| Thur. 1 — 7:30 pm |
Duo Prism: Jesse Mills, violin & Reiko Aizawa, piano – Works by Mozart, Takemitsu, Bartok and Grieg. Formed in 2005, Duo Prism won 1st Prize at the Gaetano Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in Verona, Italy in 2006. They are known for performances of contemporary and traditional works. Ms. Aizawa, the last pupil of Miecyslaw Horszowski, made her United States debut in 1988 under the baton of Alexander Schneider at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Mills, a member of the Cali School faculty, was nominated for a Grammy in 2005 for his work with renowned cellist Fred Sherry. Leshowitz Recital Hall - Seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please contact Bonita Kates at katesb@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-6792. |
| Wed. 7 — 1 pm |
Chamber Music Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sat. 10 — 8 pm |
Dan Lyman, euphonium (Senior Recital) Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sun. 11 — 5 pm |
Jacek Blaszkiewicz, piano (Senior Recital) Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 14 — 1 pm |
Piano Recital — Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Sat. 17 — 8 pm |
Opera Workshop The MSU Opera Workshop presents an evening of opera scenes featuring excerpts from favorite operas both old and new. Staged and in costume with piano accompaniment. - Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Thur. 22 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, conductor. Works by Higdon, Gang/Zanghao, and Shostakovitch with violinist Weigang Li. Kasser Theater* |
| Fri. 23 — 11:30 am |
MSU Singers and Chorale, Heather J. Buchanan, director. Concert includes Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 with Peter Gillis, tenor; Steven W. Ryan & Ruth Rendleman, piano duet; Renée Louprette, organ. {Kasser Theater* - free concert for schools & community groups} |
| Fri. 23 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Wind Symphony and MSU Symphonic Band in Premieres! Thomas McCauley, conductor; Ruth Rendleman, piano. Works include new compositions by O'Neal Douglas, Patrick Burns, James Beckel, and a special performance of Stravinsky's Piano Concerto. Kasser Theater* |
| Sat. 24 — 8 pm |
MSU Singers and Chorale, Heather J. Buchanan, director. Concert includes Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 with Peter Gillis, tenor; Steven W. Ryan & Ruth Rendleman, piano duet; Renée Louprette, organ. Kasser Theater* |
| Sun. 25 — 3 pm |
MSU Jazz Band I, Jeffrey Kunkel, director, featuring Cali jazz trombone faculty artist Alan Ferber in a program that will include Mr. Ferber’s compositions. Leshowitz Recital Hall** |
| Sun. 25 — 3 pm |
Shanghai Quartet, with Christian McBride, bass. Renowned jazz bassist Christian McBride joins Shanghai in an eclectic program that features Dvořák’s String Quintet in G major with Double Bass Op. 77. Also included in the program are selections from ChinaSong, a piece that celebrates the group’s rich Chinese heritage. From the classical repertoire, the quartet offers Haydn’s Quartet No. 1 in G Major Op.77. Kasser Theater* |
| Wed. 28 — 1 pm |
Cali School Annual Awards Concert Leshowitz Recital Hall |
| Wed. 28 — 7:30 pm |
MSU Jazz Band II and MSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble Bill Moring and Holli Ross, directors. Presenting a program of classic and contemporary music for jazz ensemble. Leshowitz Recital Hall |
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May 2010
Sat. 1 — 8 pm
Sun. 2 — 3 pm
Mon. 3 — 7:30 pm
Tues. 4 — 7:30 pm |
La Scala di Seta (The Silken Ladder)) by Gioacchino Rossini MSU Opera Workshop, Jeffrey Gall, Director MSU Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hostetter, Director.
In partnership with MSU’s Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, the MSU Opera Workshop and MSU Symphony join forces to offer a fully-staged production of Rossini’s beloved operatic romp. La Scala di Seta portrays the confusion that results when a girl and her lover try unsuccessfully to conceal their secret marriage from the young lady’s guardian. A masterpiece of comic timing, complete with characters hidden in closets who misunderstand what they overhear to hilarious effect, the opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. Kasser Theater*
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Summer 2010
There are no performances scheduled at this time.
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* Kasser Theater - Unless otherwise noted, tickets are required for Kasser Theater performances. Please contact the box office at 973-655-5112 or see www.peakperfs.org for ticket information. (Undergraduate students are admitted free of charge, but tickets are required. Other discounts may apply.)
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