DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC BOWDOIN COLLEGE EVENTS FALL 2009 * * * * * * George Lopez, piano Saturday, September 12 at 3:00 PM Studzinski Recital Hall

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1 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC BOWDOIN COLLEGE EVENTS FALL 2009 * * * * * * George Lopez, piano Saturday, September 12 at 3:00 PM Laureate of several international competitions including the Xavier Montsalvatge Competition for 20th Century Piano Music in Barcelona, George Lopez has performed extensively in Europe, South America, Japan and the U.S and has taught piano at Phillips Exeter Academy since He will perform the 24 études, opus 10 and opus 25 of Fréderic Chopin. VentiCordi Saturday, September 19 at 3:00 PM An ensemble featuring Kathleen McNerney (oboe), Wren Saunders (bassoon), Dean Stein (violin) plus basso continuo will perform works by Bach, Zelenka and contemporary composer John Steinmetz. Teatime Concert: Haydn Piano Trios Friday, September 25 at 4:00 PM This concert celebrates the bicentenary of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn with the performance of two his piano trios. Performers are Mary Hunter (violin), chair of Bowdoin's Music Department, James Parakilas (piano), chair of the Music Department at Bates, and Steven Witkin (cello), principal cellist of the Colby Symphony.

2 Teatime Concert: Hilary & Duncan Cumming, violin & piano Friday, October 2 at 4:00 PM Hilary Cumming, a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Indiana, and her husband Duncan, a Maine native and graduate of Bates College and Boston University, are on the faculty of the University of Albany. The duo will perform works by Schubert, Brahms and Dvořák, as well as a piece by Bates composer William Matthews. Dunya Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 PM Dunya is a Boston-based ensemble devoted to presenting a wide variety of Turkish music, often in conversation with other Western and world musics. This performance will feature a trio of musicians playing the refined and spiritual music of the Ottoman court. Ingrid Jensen, trumpet And Project O with special guest Grace Kelly Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM Trumpet-player and bandleader Ingrid Jensen, a native of Canada and graduate of Berklee College of Music, will lead the ensemble: Grace Kelly, sax; Jon Wikan, percussion; IJ, trumpet and effects; and, Gary Versace, organ and piano. The evening will be a diverse and adventurous journey, spanning the many available directions of jazz and groove music. Bowdoin College Concert Band John P. Morneau, director Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 PM DaPonte String Quartet

3 Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 PM The quartet will present an all-mendelssohn program, including newlydiscovered fugues, with narration by Suzanne Nance. Admission (at the door only): Regular $25; Seniors $22; free for Bowdoin Friends, Bowdoin ID holders and those under 21. Bates/Bowdoin Orchestra Hiroya Miura & Roland Vazquez, directors Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 PM Olin Arts Center, Bates College Sunday, November 15 at 3:00 PM, Bowdoin College Bowdoin Chamber Choir Friday, November 20 at 4:00 PM [NOTE NEW TIME!] Saturday, November 21 at 3:00 PM Bowdoin Chapel The Bowdoin Chamber Choir, directed by Robert K. Greenlee, will present Musical Flora and Fauna, a concert including works by Gibbons, Stanford, Dello Joio, Randall Thompson and Eric Whitacre. Bowdoin College Concert Band John P. Morneau, director Sunday, November 22 at 2:00 PM Bowdoin Middle Eastern Ensemble Eric LaPerna & Amos Libby, directors Monday, November 30 at 8:00 PM Bowdoin Chorus

4 Saturday & Sunday, December 5 & 6 at 2:30 PM The Bowdoin Chorus directed by Anthony Antolini 63 with tenor soloist Martin Lescault performs Sergei Rachmaninoff s All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Opus 37. Written in 1915, this hour-long work for 8-part unaccompanied voices is considered Rachmaninoff s greatest choral work. Jazz Ensembles Frank Mauceri, director Tuesday, December 8 at 7:30 PM * * * * * * All events are open to the public; except where noted, admission is free of charge and there are no advance tickets or reserved seats. Parking on city streets is available on Park Row and Old Bath Road. After 5:00 PM and on weekends, visitors may park in the Blue-Designated Faculty/Staff parking lots. is handicapped accessible with a ramp to the lobby door (West side), near the circle on South Campus Drive. All events are subject to change. To confirm dates and locations, to inquire about additional concerts, or to be added to our mailing list, please contact the Department of Music at (207) or lrussell@bowdoin.edu. Bowdoin College Department of Music 9200 College Station, Brunswick, Maine

5 Photo credits: George Lopez Hilary & Duncan Cumming Ingrid Jensen (Angela Jiminez) Roland Vazquez Hiroya Miura Bowdoin Chorus (Dennis Griggs) Bowdoin Chamber Choir