Wednesday, August 27
7:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Occidental Glee Club
Frosh Welcome Concert

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Friday, August 29
5:00 p.m., Booth Music Quad

Music at Oxy Mixer
Mingle with the Occidental College Music faculty, including applied music teachers

Friday, September 5
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music majors/minors/interested parties meeting
Here's the agenda 

Sunday, September 14
11:00 a.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $10 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Roopa Mahadevan, voice, and Aishwarya Venkataraman, violin

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Saturday, September 27

7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall

Sunday, September 28

3:30 p.m., Ramo Auditorium (Caltech)
Free
CSP 99

Occidental-Caltech Chamber Orchestra, directed by Allen Gross, with Samuel Fischer, violin

Music by Barabba, Mozart, Handel, and Haydn

Saturday, October 4
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99*

Guest Artist Recital
Joseph Gold, violin, and Jaume Torrent, guitar
Music by Paganini, Sarasate, Rodrigo, Torrent, and Granados

Sunday, October 5
11:00 a.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $10 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.
CSP 99

The Music Circle
Nilanjan Chaudhuri, voice, Debasish Cuahdhuri, tabla, and Smita Rawal Alves, dance

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Friday, October 10
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Monday-Tuesday, October 13-14: FALL BREAK

Friday, October 17
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
 

CSP 99*

Guest Artist Recital
Steve Swanson, baritone, with David Gompper, piano
Was My Brother in the Battle? Songs about war and peace.

Friday, October 24
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday, October 31
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Sunday, November 2
11:00 a.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $10 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Prasad Upasani, voice, and Gopal Marathe, composer, singer, harmonium

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Tuesday, November 11
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital with comments from the stage
Junko Ueno Garrett, piano, and David Garrett, cello

Sonata for cello and piano (1948) by Elliott Carter, in celebration of his 100th birthday

Friday, November 14
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Riner Scivally, guitar, and the Trio del Sol, with David Sills, flute and tenor saxophone, and Zac Matthews, acoustic bass, playing music by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and improvisations on a Renaissance theme.

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Friday, November 14
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday, November 14
7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall
Free to Oxy community with ID; all others $10.00 (at the door or at the Occidental College Bookstore).
CSP 99

Occidental Glee Club Homecoming Concert, directed by Desiree LaVertu

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Friday, November 14
8:00 p.m., Ramo Auditorium, Caltech
Free

Caltech-Occidental Concert Band, with the CSUN Wind Ensemble, directed by William Bing

Saturday, November 15

7:30 p.m.Thorne Hall

Sunday, November 16

3:30 p.m., Ramo Auditorium (Caltech)
Free

Occidental-Caltech Symphony Orchestra, directed by Allen Gross
Music by Mussorgsky, Berlioz, and Chopin

Sunday, November 16

4:00 p.m., Thorne Hall
Free to Oxy community with ID

Santa Cecilia Orchestra, directed by Sonia Marie de Léon de Vega
Music by Piazzola, Revueltas, Galindo, Márquez, and de Falla

Saturday, November 22

2:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital
Stephen Bent, trombone, from the studios of James Sawyer and Loren Marsteller

Sunday, November 23
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free
CSP 99

OxyJAZZ: Occidental College Jazz Ensemble, directed by Tim Emmons

Monday, December 1

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

Chamber Music
Chamber works performed by students, under the direction of Prof. Allen Gross

Wednesday, December 3
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

Student Composers in Concert
Works composed in MUSC 357 (Composition II) under the direction of Prof. Jennifer Logan

Saturday, December 6
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Faculty Artist Recital
Larry Karush, piano, and The Combination
 

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Saturday, January 24

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Guest Artist Recital
Los Angeles Chamber Players,  directed by John M. Kennedy

Music by Nielsen, Beethoven, and Stravinsky

Monday, January 26
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
 

CSP 99

OxyJAZZ: Guest Artist Recital
Mark Sherman, vibraphone

Friday, February 6
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Sunday, February 8
4:00 p.m., Thorne Hall

Free to Oxy community with ID

CSP 99

Santa Cecilia Orchestra, directed by Sonia Marie de Leon de Vega, with Elena Urioste, violin

Music by Beethoven, Bruch, and Brahms

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Monday, February 9
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Galina Barskaya, piano, and David Mergen, cello
Music by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Friday, February 20
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday, February 20
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Junko Ueno Garrett, piano

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Saturday, February 21
7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall

Free

CSP 99

Caltech-Occidental Concert Band, directed by William Bing

Saturday, February 28

7:30 p.m.Thorne Hall

Sunday, March 1

3:30 p.m. Ramo Auditorium (Caltech)

Occidental-Caltech Symphony Orchestra, directed by Allen Gross
 

Friday, March 6
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Monday-Sunday, March 9-15: SPRING BREAK

Friday, March 20

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Sunday, March 29

2:00 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Junior Recitals
Reba Buhr, Jacob Groen, Margaret Leith, Carrie Wade

Thursday, April 2

12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Guest Artist Recital
Mojave Trio: Sara Parkins, violin; Margaret Parkins, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

Thursday, April 2

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
My Whole Fire: Music of Andre Myers, featuring new chamber and vernacular music.

Friday, April 10

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, April 11
2:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital
Diana Keeler, composition, from the studios of Andre Myers, Jennifer Logan, and Bruno Louchouarn

Saturday, April 11
8:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $10 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Aashish Khan, sarod, and Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla

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Sunday, April 19

7:00 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

Chamber Music
Chamber works performed by students, under the direction of Prof. Allen Gross

Monday, April 20
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Senior Comprehensives group presentation

Friday, April 24

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Sunday, April 26

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio (note time change)
Free

Composition II Class Concert
Students from the class of Prof. Andre Myers present compositions written in 2008-2009

Tuesday, April 28

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

OxyJAZZ: Occidental College Jazz Ensemble, directed by Tim Emmons

Wednesday, April 29

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Electronic Music Class Concert
Students from the class of Prof. Jennifer Logan present electro-acoustic music written in 2008-2009

Friday, May 1

7:30 p.m., Herrick Chapel
Free

Occidental Glee Club Spring Concert, directed by Desiree LaVertu

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Saturday, May 2

7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall

Sunday, May 3

3:30 p.m., Ramo Auditorium (Caltech)

Free

Occidental-Caltech Symphony, directed by Allen Gross   
Concerto concert

Sunday, May 3
2:00 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital
Mieczyslaw Daniel, voice, from the studio of Alma Mora Ponce

Saturday, May 16
4:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Occidental Glee Club Commencement Concert, directed by Desiree LaVertu

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