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Fall 2015 Concert Schedule

August 2015
Aug 30 (Sun) 8:00pm	Welcome Concert for the Class of 2019
	Presented by members of the music department faculty: Gail Archer, organ, Paul Bellino, trombone, Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano, Robert Osborne, bass-baritone, Thomas Sauer, piano, and Richard Wilson, piano.

September 2015
Sep 5 (Sat) 8:00pm	Dover Quartet
	The exceptional young string quartet performs Wolf’s Italian Serenade and Janáček’s Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters.” Faculty member Todd Crow then joins the ensemble for Schumann’s exuberant Piano Quintet. A Barbara Woods Morgan Event
Sep 20 (Sun) 3:00pm	Blanca Uribe, professor emerita, and Richard Wilson, piano.
	The duo presents music for two pianos by Schumann, Stravinsky, Infante, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Britten, marking the 40^th anniversary of their first two-piano program at Vassar.
Sep 27 (Sun) 3:00pm	The Donald and Kathleen Pearson Memorial Organ Recital
	Professor of Organ at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, Robert Bates has been hailed by The American Organist as having “a beautifully refined technique, a profound understanding of rhythm and its subtleties, and a thorough sense of style.” He will present works by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, and Brahms on the Paul Fritts organ in Skinner Hall.

October 2015
Oct 3 (Sat) 8:00pm	Vassar College Orchestra
	Eduardo Navega, conductor. View the program here. View webcast here.
Oct 4 (Sun) 3:00pm	Todd Crow, piano.
	Works by Bartók, Debussy, Chopin and others.
Oct 24 (Sat) 8:00pm	Fall Jazz Event
	Faculty members James Osborn, trumpet, Peter Tomlinson, piano, and Louis Pappas, bass, present an evening of jazz collaborations including original works by Mr. Tomlinson.
Oct 25 (Sun) 3:00pm	Aulos Ensemble with Drew Minter, countertenor
	“Handel’s London.” George Frederic Handel had an extraordinary international career, in an age when most of the great composers spent their lives close to the place of their birth. When he visited London for the first time in 1711 and permanently settled there one year later, he was welcomed as the most acclaimed composer of his day. He found a city hungry for his operas and when he left his native Germany for Italy, he quickly assimilated the styles and culture (notably the music of Henry Purcell) of his new home. The program contains Purcell’s Suite from The Fairy Queen and selected airs, Handel’s Agrippina and some chamber music from his time in London, and a quartet by Georg Philip Telemann, a life-long friend and correspondent of Handel.
Oct 30 (Fri) 8:00pm	Vassar College Women’s Chorus
	Christine Howlett, conductor. “A Little Night Music.” Music for Allhallowtide featuring works by Mendelssohn, Verdi, Britten, Libby Larsen, and others. View webcast here. View program here.

November 2015
Nov 7 (Sat) 8:00pm	Vassar College Choir
	Christine Howlett, conductor, Drew Minter, stage director. Purcell’s beloved Dido and Aeneas is presented in a semi-staged version with orchestra. View webcast here. View program here.
Nov 8 (Sun) 3:00pm	Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble
	James Osborn, conductor View webcast here. View program here.
Nov 14 (Sat) 12:00pm	Senior Recital: Patrick Walker, organ.
	Works for solo organ by Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, and Reger. Members of the Vassar Camerata join for Handel's Concerto for Organ No. 13, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." The concert will begin in Skinner Hall and, after a brief intermission, will conclude in the Chapel.
Nov 15 (Sun) 3:00pm	Gail Archer, organ.
	An all-Russian program on the Vassar College Chapel’s Gress-Miles organ. Chapel
Nov 21 (Sat) 4:00pm	Senior Recital: Corinne Cotta, soprano.
	Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano. Works by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Gounod, Mozart, Rossini and others.
Nov 21 (Sat) 8:00pm	Vassar College Orchestra
	Eduardo Navega, conductor. View webcast here. View program here.
Nov 22 (Sun) 3:00pm	Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
	“The Power of Love: Fireworks from Handel & Vivaldi.” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, and Amanda Forsythe, soprano. Vassar alumna Ms. Forsythe ’98 collaborates with the esteemed early music ensemble. A Dickinson-Kayden Event

December 2015
Dec 4 (Fri) 8:00pm	Vassar College Jazz Ensembles
	James Osborn, director. View webcast here. View program here.
Dec 5 (Sat) 3:00pm	Vassar College Madrigal Singers
	Drew Minter, conductor. "Caroling, Caroling Near and Far: A Program of Seasonal Carols from Different Lands." View webcast here. View program here.
Dec 6 (Sun) 7:00pm	A Service of Lessons and Carols
	Christine Howlett and Drew Minter, conductors. Vassar College Choir, Madrigal Singers, and Women’s Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber and Treble Choir. This annual Christmas service includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols that culminates in a candle lighting ceremony. Chapel View webcast here.
Dec 11 (Fri) 7:00pm	Vassar Camerata
	Patrick Walker ’16 and Sarah Johnson ’16, directors. "Te Deum." A program of Christmas music featuring works by Handel, Haydn, Sweelinck, and Vulpius.
Dec 12 (Sat) 8:00pm	Mahagonny Ensemble
	Jaylin Remensperger ’17 and Joseph Sopchak ’16, directors.