music
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Concerts set for December
Cornell College’s Music Department will present two concerts in December: A choral holiday concert on Dec. 7 and a jazz ensemble concert on Dec. 10.
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The Saint Louis Brass Quintet to play year’s first Music Monday
Take two trumpets, one French horn, a trombone, and a tuba — put them in the hands of virtuoso performers — add some lighthearted demonstrations — and you have the Saint Louis Brass Quintet. Come see, hear, and enjoy the Saint Louis Brass Quintet for the first Music Monday of the year at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 14, in King Chapel.
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2013-14 Fine Arts Calendar
Cornell’s fine arts events for 2013-2014 include a performance by The Brazilian Guitar Quartet, a co-production with Riverside Theatres of “Birth Witches” with Guest Director Artist Leda Hoffman, a variety of Luce Gallery shows including sabbatical work from art professor Tony Plaut opening Sept. 1, and the annual holiday choral concert.
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Professor wins grant for new course
James Martin, professor of music at Cornell College, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to create a course designed to study an enduring question. Martin’s course will examine the relationship between tradition and innovation.
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Faculty Recital: Lisa Hearne, soprano; Joyce Strabala, piano
Soprano Lisa Hearne, professor of music, and Joyce Strabala, instructor of piano, will give a recital on Tuesday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Ringer Recital Hall of Armstrong Hall at Cornell College. The program includes Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber, The Promised Land, a new work of American spirituals by Gwyneth Walker, art songs in French and German, and songs from musical theater.
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Chamberlain receives emeritus status
Don Chamberlain, longtime music professor and conductor of the Cornell College Jazz Ensemble, was awarded status as an emeritus professor after the ensemble’s concert on Dec. 11.
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Handel’s “The Messiah” in photos
The Cornell College and Mount Vernon Community choirs, along with Cornell alumni, performed Handel’s “The Messiah” on Dec. 1 as the annual holiday concert.
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Martin has article published
An article by Profess of Music James Martin, “Confronting One’s Nazi Past: German Political History with Respect to Wagner and Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg,” appeared in the September 2012 issue of Wagner News (The Wagner Society of America). He continues to serve on the artistic advisory committee for Orchestra Iowa.
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2012-2013 Fine Arts Calendar
Cornell’s fine arts events for 2012-2013 include performances of the Tony Award winning Avenue Q, a variety of Luce Gallery shows honoring recently retired art professor Doug Hanson, the return of the female vocal ensemble Tapestry, and the annual holiday choral concert.
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Messiah Community Choir begins Oct. 7
Local singers, along with faculty and staff of Cornell College, are invited to join community choir rehearsals in preparation for a performance of Handel’s Messiah. Rehearsals begin Oct. 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in McCague Hall of King Chapel and will continue every Sunday in October and November.
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Concerts set for April 20 and 22
The Cornell College Orchestra, Chamber singers and Concert Choir will perform concerts in King Chapel on April 20 and 22 as part of the events of Inauguration weekend.
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Year’s final Music Mondays concert on Feb. 13
Cornell College will host its final Music Mondays concert of the year on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel.
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Stilwell wins Einstein award
Jama Stilwell, associate professor of music, has won the Alfred Einstein Award of the American Musicological Society, which recognizes an article of exceptional merit.
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Mozart on tap for next Music Monday
The Palisades Ensemble will perform Mozart’s “Gran Partita” for the second Music Monday performance of the year on Monday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel on Cornell College’s campus.
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Quartet San Francisco to play year’s first Music Monday
Grammy-nominated artists Quartet San Francisco will play the first show of the 2011-2012 Music Monday season on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel on Cornell College’s campus.
The Saint Louis Brass Quintet to play year’s first Music Monday 
2013-14 Fine Arts Calendar 
Professor wins grant for new course 
Faculty Recital: Lisa Hearne, soprano; Joyce Strabala, piano 
Chamberlain receives emeritus status 
Handel’s “The Messiah” in photos 
Martin has article published 
2012-2013 Fine Arts Calendar