music
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Amber Swenson ’05
For Amber Swenson ’05, dual majors in theatre and vocal music education provided the platform for both a successful acting career and a teaching job she loves just as much.
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Cornell hosts Maia String Quartet Sept. 23
MOUNT VERNON — The Maia String Quartet will be in concert Sunday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. in Ringer Recital Studio of Armstrong Hall on the Cornell College campus. Admission is free.
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Cornell music professor Chamberlain receives Kimmel residency
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College associate professor of music Don Chamberlain will be in residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Neb., during May.
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Cornell choirs spring concert April 29
MOUNT VERNON — Music of North, Central and South America will be featured at the Cornell College spring choral concert Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. in King Chapel. The choirs are conducted by associate professor of music Lisa Hearne. Admission is free.
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Cornell jazz ensembles concert April 22
MOUNT VERNON — Two Cornell College jazz ensembles will present a concert Sunday, April 22, that emphasizes important aspects of jazz tradition. The performance begins at 3 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall on the Cornell campus. Admission is free.
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Cornell Lyric Theatre presents an American musical triptych, ‘Triple Shot!’
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College Lyric Theatre presents an American musical triptych — three one-act seriocomic operas — in “Triple Shot!” opening Thursday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall.
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Cornell choirs perform holiday concert, ‘Gloria in Excelsis!’
MOUNT VERNON — The Cornell College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will present “Gloria in Excelsis!” for the annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in King Chapel. Admission is free. The program includes four settings of the “Gloria” text. The Concert Choir will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, featuring soloists senior […]
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Cornell jazz concert Dec. 3 in Kimmel Theatre
MOUNT VERNON – The Cornell College Jazz Ensembles concert is 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall. Admission is free. The concert will feature the 5 O’clock Combo and the 3 O’clock Big Band, under the direction of Don Chamberlain, associate professor of music. The concert had been postponed from its […]
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Cornell jazz ensembles concert April 30
MOUNT VERNON — Two Cornell College jazz ensembles will perform Sunday, April 30, at 3 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall on the Cornell campus. Admission is free. The 3 O’clock Big Band will feature two tunes by Duke Ellington, “Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me,” with sophomore vocalist Amelia Engelbert, and “The […]
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Ensemble performs Baroque chamber music at Cornell
MOUNT VERNON — Frutti Musicali, a chamber ensemble from Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, will perform “An Evening of Baroque Chamber Music” on Sunday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in King Chapel at Cornell College. Admission is free. The ensemble will perform on period instruments and play works by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Joseph […]
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Cornell soprano Lisa Hearne presents faculty recital March 14
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College soprano Lisa Hearne will present a faculty recital Tuesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Ringer Recital Studio of Armstrong Hall at Cornell. Admission is free. The recital will feature songs by American composer Richard Wilson on the poetry of humorist Phyllis McGinley, including a set called “Three Painters: Marc […]
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Sweeney Todd showcases synergy of music and theatre
Sweeney Todd is no ordinary production, but Cornell’s Lyric Theatre is no ordinary company. During Block 5 each year, Cornell’s music and theatre departments combine to produce ambitious works of opera and musical theater, and Sweeney Todd provided a formidable challenge to all involved.
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Cornell Lyric Theatre presents musical thriller ‘Sweeney Todd’
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College Lyric Theatre presents the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” opening Friday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall. Remaining performances are Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. and Feb. 2-4 at 8 p.m. With music […]
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Cornell choirs perform holiday concert, ‘The Peaceable Kingdom,’ Dec. 3
MOUNT VERNON — The Cornell College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will present their holiday concert, “The Peaceable Kingdom,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in King Chapel. Admission is free. The Concert Choir will perform “The Peaceable Kingdom,” American composer Randall Thompson’s 1935 work inspired by the paintings of Edward Hicks, a 19th-century folk […]