EAST LANSING, Mich. - The College of Music will host several events throughout April and the beginning of May.
April 5
Faculty Artist: Yuri Gandelsman, viola, with Janna Gandelsman, piano
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available before and after the recital from MSU's Grand River Avenue Parking Ramp (located behind Morrill Hall and just west of Olin Health Center on East Circle Dr.) Cost is $2 per person for roundtrip and tickets may be purchased from the driver.
April 6
Faculty Artist: Ralph Votapek, piano
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 9
Greater Lansing Community Concert: Voice and guitar duo - Mighty Medicine
10:30 a.m.
Ingham Country Medical Care Facility, 3860 Dobie Road, Okemos
Cost: Free
April 9
Musique 21
Joseph Lulloff, saxophone - faculty artist
Gordon - The Low Quartet
Part - Fratres
Ruggiero - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
8 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: Free
April 10
State Singers and Women's Chamber Ensemble
8 p.m.
Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 Grand River Ave., Lansing
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 11
Music at the Museum: Percussion Ensemble
1:30 p.m.
Michigan Historical Museum, 703 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing
Cost: Free
April 11
Lansing Symphony Orchestra with University Chorale and Choral Union
David Rayl - conductor
Handel - Messiah, parts II and III
7 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 955 Alton Road, East Lansing
Cost: $10-$20
Tickets are available from Lansing Symphony Orchestra by calling (517) 487-5001 or visiting http://LansingSymphony.org.
April 12
Faculty Artist: George Vatchnadze, piano
Part of Chopin Bicentennial Celebration
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 13
Guest Artist: Alexander Korsantia, piano, New England Conservatory faculty member
Part of Chopin Bicentennial Celebration
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 14
Concert Band and Chamber Winds
7:30 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 15
Concert Orchestra
Sibelius - Valse triste
Hanson - Love Duet from "Merry Mount" Suite
Copland - Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo
Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette
Offenbach - Overture to "Orpheus in the Underworld"
7:30 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 15
Faculty Artist: George Vatchnadze, piano, with Alexander Korsantia, piano, and piano students
Part of Chopin Bicentennial Celebration
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 16
Greater Lansing Community Concert: Voice studio
7 p.m.
Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive, East Lansing
Cost: Free
April 17
Faculty Artist: Yuri Gandelsman, viola, with Ad Libitum chamber group
8 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 17
Men's Glee Club and Women's Glee Club
8 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 18
Essentially Ellington Jazz at Lincoln Center Regional Festival High School Jazz Band Competition
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
MSU Union Lobby
Cost: Free
April 18
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone, with Jazz Orchestra I, and guest artists
Additional guest artists include: Michael Mossman, trumpet; Dana Hall, drums; Tim Warfield, tenor saxophone; Bruce Barth, piano; Fareed Haque, guitar; Robert Hurst, bass; Steve Sveum, alto saxophone
7:30 p.m.
MSU Union Ballroom
Tickets: $20, $18 for seniors and $10 for students; available at the door only
April 19
Faculty Artists: Richard Sherman, flute, and Ralph Votapek, piano
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 20
Campus Bands
6 p.m.
Concert Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 20
WKAR Backstage Pass: MSU Voice Faculty Quartet
Recording of hour-long television performance with faculty artists Melanie Helton, soprano; Molly Fillmore, mezzo-soprano; Richard Fracker, tenor; Rod Nelman, bass-baritone
6:30 p.m.
WKAR television studios, Communication Arts and Sciences building, Red Cedar Road, Cost: Free
Reservations required: (517) 432-3120 Ext. 354 or e-mail reservations1@wkar.org
April 21
Guest Artist: Ivano Rondoni, clarinet, with Deborah Moriarty, piano
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 22
Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 24
An Evening with John Corigliano
8 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Fourth and final concert in the Showcase Series, featuring MSU's Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, State Singers and Wind Symphony, capping off the weeklong residency of Corigliano.
Richard Sherman, flute - faculty artist
Margarita Krein, violin - artist diploma soloist
Corigliano - Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3)
- Pied Piper Fantasy (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra)
- Fern Hill
- DC Fanfare
- The Red Violin Caprices
Tickets: $25, $20, $15 available from Wharton Center Box Office only: (517) 432-2000, (800) WHARTON, whartoncenter.com
April 25
Greater Lansing Community Concert: Clarinet and string quintet
2 p.m.
Hospice of Lansing, 4052 Legacy Parkway, Lansing
Cost: Free
April 25
Symphony Band and Spartan Youth Wind Symphony
3 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 25
Faculty Artists: Molly Fillmore, soprano and Alan Nathan, piano
7 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 27
Chamber Choir and Collegiate Choir
7:30 p.m.
Martin Luther Chapel, 444 Abbot Road, East Lansing
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
April 28
Jazz Ensembles (part of 30th annual Jazz Spectacular)
12:30-7 p.m. MSU Union
Cost: Free
April 28
Swing Dance (part of 30th annual Jazz Spectacular)
8 p.m.
MSU Union
Cost: Free
Co-sponsored by the MSU University Activities Board
April 29
Faculty Artist: Suren Bagratuni, cello
7:30 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
April 30
Faculty Artists: Professors of jazz with guest artists (part of 30th annual Jazz Spectacular)
8 p.m.
Music Building Auditorium
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Vivace shuttle service is available
May 1
Symphony Orchestra
Richard Sherman, flute - faculty artist
Wagner - Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
Corigliano - Pied Piper Fantasy (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra)
Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, for 52 Strings
Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
8 p.m.
East Lansing High School Center for the Performing Arts, 509 Burcham Dr., East Lansing
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
May 1
Jazz at Dem Hall: "Work to Do," A Cabaret Concert
8 p.m.
Demonstration Hall Ballroom
Rodney Whitaker, double bass, and Carl Allen, drums, will perform their unique brand of 21st-century soul jazz from their recent album "Work to Do." Allen and Whitaker's performance will be followed by a Big Band Dance with Jazz Orchestra I, conducted by Whitaker.
Tickets: Reserved seating is $350 for tables of eight (includes $150 tax-deductible donation) and $50 for individuals (includes $25 tax-deductible donation); reserved seating guests will enjoy dessert/coffee service. Contact the College of Music Advancement Office to reserve this special seating at (517) 353-9872. General admission is $25, $20 for seniors and $15 for students and those under 18. Contact the College of Music to purchase general admission tickets at (517) 353-5340.
May 2
Concert Band and Alumni Band
3 p.m.
Fairchild Theatre
Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, free for students
Tickets for events may be purchased at the door 30 minutes before an event or at 102 Music Building on West Circle Drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. They may also be purchased through Wharton Center at the box office, via telephone at (800) WHARTON or online at www.whartoncenter.com.
For more information on events visit www.music.msu.edu.
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