Music At Lycoming: Spring 2013

THE ESSENCE OF JOY ALUMNI SINGERS

Friday, January 11, 7:30 PM

CLARKE CHAPEL

The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers®, under the direction of Dr. Anthony T. Leach, perform sacred and secular music from the African and African-American choral traditions. This concert is one of a series that the choir is presenting in locations that played a vital function in the Underground Railroad in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation.


PAMELA STAHEL, FLUTIST

Sunday, February 10, 3 PM

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


A native of the Williamsport area, Pamela Stahel went on to study music performance with Bernard Z. Goldberg. After performing with various American Orchestras, she relocated in Switzerland where she is a member of the Zurich Opera Orchestra. She performs music for flute and piano “From Two Hemispheres” with Gary Boerckel. Tickets $10 each at the door.

LYCOMING COLLEGE TOUR CHOIR

Wednesday, March 13, 8 PM

Clarke Chapel


The Lycoming College Tour Choir, directed by Fred Thayer, presents its Homecoming Concert following a 10-day tour to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Puerto Rico. Featured composers include: Casals, Lauridsen, Whitacre, Mulholland and Toch.


LYCOMING COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Friday, March 22, 8 PM

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


The typical Lycoming College Jazz Ensemble concert has something for everyone. The group will perform music in a wide range of styles from rock and funk to blues and Latin. Feature composers will be Thad Jones, Paul Ferguson, Jeff Jarvis, Duke Ellington and others.


PARIS BETWEEN THE WARS

Sunday, March 24, 3 PM

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


With Stravinsky and Les Six, the Ballets Rousses and Josephine Baker, Dada and surrealism, Paris was the musical capital of the world in the 1920s and ‘30’s. Our program includes Milhaud’s samba-inspired "The Ox on the Roof," Poulenc’s "Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano," the flute sonata of Dutilleux and the Stravinsky "Octet." Tickets $10 each at the door.


LYCOMING COLLEGE CHAMBER CHOIR

Friday, April 5, 8 PM

Clarke Chapel


The Lycoming College Chamber Choir, directed by Fred Thayer, presents four movements from Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms and Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein. Featured performers are Richard Lakey and Lee Saville-Iksic, pianists, and Donald Fisher, percussionist.


LYCOMING COLLEGE CONCERT BAND

Thursday, April 11, 7:30 PM

Community Arts Center


The Lycoming College Concert Band will celebrate John Philip Sousa. The band will be under the direction of guest conductor, Loras John Schissel. The band will have a special guest narrator, Sousa’s great grandson, John Philip Sousa IV.


SENIOR RECITALS

Saturday, April 13, 3 PM

Saturday, April 13, 4:30 PM

Sunday, April 21, 3 PM

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall

Bryan Stillman, saxophonist, from Williamsport, PA, performs his senior recital on Saturday, April 13 at 3 PM.

Tyler Wuerthner, tenor, from Monticello, NY, performs his senior recital on Saturday, April 13 at 4:30 PM

Laura Anderson, pianist, from Williamsport, PA, performs her senior recital on Sunday, April 21 at 3 PM

Concerts at Noon

MARC THAYER, VIOLINIST

Thursday, January 17, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


Marc Thayer, violinist with the Kingsbury Ensemble, St. Louis, and coordinator of the US Dept. of State’s cultural touring program, American Music Abroad, presents a concert of Baroque music with Maryse Carlin, harpsichordist and Andrew Rammon, cellist. Repertoire includes sonatas by Corelli, Handel, Biber and Bach.


SEZI SESKIR, PIANIST

Thursday, February 28, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


Sezi Seskir, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Bucknell University, performs a lecture recital comparing the expressive nuances of late 18th century and late 19th century keyboards. The program features works by C.P.E. Bach and W. A. Mozart and will include demonstration and discussion of each instrument’s effect on interpretation.


FACULTY VOICE RECITAL

Thursday, March 14, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall

 


Lycoming College applied voice faculty, Janice Mianulli and Emily Wertz, will present a recital of beloved vocal repertoire. They will be assisted by pianist, Amanda Gunderson, and clarinetist, Judy Burke.


RIANA MULLER, VIOLINIST

ANDREW RAMMON, CELLIST

Thursday, March 21, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


Riana Muller, instructor of violin, performs music by Vivaldi, Veracini, Tartini, Torelli and Paganini with Amanda Horn Gunderson, piano; Betty Landon, violin; William P. Muller, viola; and Andrew Rammon, cello.


STUDENT ENSEMBLES

Thursday, April 4, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


A program of instrumental chamber music presented by the Lycoming College Brass and Woodwind Quintets, piano ensemble, clarinet ensemble, percussion ensemble, flute ensemble, string ensemble and saxophone quartet.


STUDENT RECITALS

Thursday, April 18, Noon

Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall


Lycoming College music students present a program of instrumental and vocal music in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall. The public is cordially invited to attend.


All events are free except as noted above. You are welcome to bring your lunch to noon concerts (nothing “crunchy,” please).

Coffee and tea are provided.