Wednesday, September 2
7:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Occidental Glee Club
Frosh Welcome Concert

For information about the Glee Club, click here

Friday, September 4
5:00 p.m., Booth Music Quad

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

Saturday, September 5
8:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $20 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Aishwarya Venkataraman, violin, with Vinod Venkataraman, mrdangam, and Srinivasan Govindarajan, moorsing

For information, click here

Friday, September 11
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

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

Friday, October 2
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, October 10
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital

The Larry Karush Quintet
This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Sunday, October 11
11:00 a.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $20 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Shashank, bamboo flute, with H.V. Srivatsan, violin, and Anantha Krishnan, mrdangam

For information, click here

Monday-Tuesday, October 19-20: FALL BREAK

Friday, October 16
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, October 17
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital

Riner Scivally, guitar and the Scivally/Sills Quartet, with David Sills, tenor saxophone and flute, Putter Smith, bass, and Dean Koba, drums. Music by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Thelonious Monk as well as original compositions and jazz standards.
 
This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Friday, October 23
5:00 p.m., Thorne Hall
NOTE NEW TIME!
CSP 99

Occidental Glee Club: SPECIAL INAUGURAL CONCERT
Directed by Desiree La Vertu

For more information, click here

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

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon):

SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EDITION!
Informal student recital

Tuesday, November 3
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Cathy Segal-Garcia, jazz voice, with Riner Scivally, guitar
Music from the Great American Songbook -- Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and the like

Friday, November 13
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday, November 13
8:00 p.m., Ramo Auditorium, Caltech
Free

Caltech-Occidental Concert Band
Directed by William Bing
For more information about the Concert Band, click here

Friday, November 20
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99*

Faculty Artist Recital
Junko Ueno Garrett, piano, with David Garrett, cello
Music by American composers Vincent Persichetti, William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, John Williams, Arthur Foote, Charles Ives, and Gabriela Lena Frank, with comments from the stage

Saturday. November 21 (CSP 99)

7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall
Sunday, November 22

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

Occidental-Caltech Symphony
Directed by Allen Gross

For more information, click here

Tuesday, December 1
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital

The Tim Emmons Trio, with Tim Emmons, bass, Kenton Youngstrom, guitar, and Henry Spurgeon, accordion. Music by Piazzolla, Ravel, Satie, and Brazilian composers Moacir Santos and John Pizzano.

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Friday, December 4
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday and Saturday, December 4-5
7:30 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Occidental Choral Program Holiday Concert
College Chorus and Occidental Glee Club
Directed by Desiree La Vertu

For more information, click here

Sunday, December 6

7:00 p.m., Bird Studio
Free
CSP 99

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

Tuesday, December 8

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

Student Composers in Concert
Works composed in MUSC 257 (Composition II) under the direction of Andre Myers

Wednesday, December 9

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

OxyJAZZ: Occidental College Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Tim Emmons

Monday, January 25

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Raymond Tischer, viola

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

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

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, February 6
8:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel
Free to Oxy community with ID.; $20 general admission; $5 non-Oxy students; free to Music Circle members and Occidental community members with ID.

The Music Circle
Shujaat Khan, sitar, with Abhiman Kaushal, tabla

For information, click here

Friday, February 19
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio

CSP 99

Guest Artist Recital
Mixed-Flock Project, with Andrew Lamy, clarinet, and Gary Kirkpatrick, piano
Music by Messiaen, Myers, Logan, and Beethoven

Saturday, February 20

7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall
Free

CSP 99

Caltech-Occidental Concert Band
Directed by William Bing
 

For more information about the Concert Band, click here

Monday, February 22
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Catherine Del Russo, oboe, with friends

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Tuesday, February 23
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Master Class, strings
Robert Vijay Gupta will work with Margaret Leith, cello; Alyson Melzer and Alexandra Forman, violin

Tuesday, February 23
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

Friday, February 26
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, February 27
7:30 p.m., Thorne Hall

CSP 99

Sunday, February 28
3:30 p.m., Ramo Auditorium, Caltech
Free

Occidental-Caltech Symphony
Directed by Allen Gross

For more information, click here

Sunday, February 28
7:00 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Galina Barskaya, piano, with David Mergen, cello
Music by (mostly) Chopin

This concert is cosponsored by the Musicians Performance Fund

Thursday, March 4 - Friday, March 5

Thursday, 8 p.m., Thorne Hall (CSP 99)

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

Tickets: $36.50 general / $26.50 Occidental faculty, staff, alumni / $11.50 students and seniors

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

2010 Hume Visiting Artist

Recital, with Jake Heggie, piano

Master class with Occidental College voice students

For information and ticket sales, click here

Monday-Sunday, March 8-14: SPRING BREAK

Monday, March 15
12:30 p.m., Bird Studio
Free

CSP 99

Faculty Artist Recital
Gloria Lum, cello

Friday, March 19

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, March 27

2:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Junior Recitals
 

Friday, April 2

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, April 3
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Margaret Leith, cellist, from the studio of Gloria Lum

Saturday, April 10

2:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Brian Flynn, composer, from the studios of Andre Myers and Jennifer Logan

Saturday, April 10

7:30 p.m., Herrick Chapel
Sunday, April 11
3:30 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Occidental Choral Program Spring Concert
College Chorus and Occidental Glee Club
Directed by Desiree La Vertu

For more information, click here

Sunday, April 11

2:00 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Rebecca Buhr, mezzo-soprano, from the studio of Diane Thomas

Sunday, April 11

7:00 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Diego Alcantara, composer, from the studios of Andre Myers and Jennifer Logan

Monday, April 12
4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Senior Comprehensives group presentation
Dylan McCalmont, Jacob Groen

Friday, April 16

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Friday, April 16
7:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Mandlenkosi Gobledale, composer, from the studios of Andre Myers and Jennifer Logan

Saturday, April 17
3:30 p.m., Thorne Hall

CSP 99

Sunday, April 18
3:30 p.m., Ramo Auditorium, Caltech
Free

Occidental-Caltech Symphony
Directed by Allen Gross

For more information, click here

Saturday, April 17

7:30 p.m., Bird Studio

Music Department Senior Recital

Caroline Wade, mezzo-soprano, from the studio of Diane Thomas

Tuesday, April 20

5:00 p.m., JSC quad
Free
CSP 99

OxyJAZZ: Occidental College Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Tim Emmons

Friday, April 23

4:30 p.m., Bird Studio

MOFA (Music on a Friday Afternoon)
Informal student recital

Saturday, April 24

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

SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL: Faculty Composers Concert
Music by Andre Myers, Bruno Louchouarn, and Jennifer Logan
 

Thursday, 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 2009-2010

Tuesday, May 4
1:00-5:00 p.m., Johnson 200
Free

Ring Festival Los Angeles
Wagner's Ring: an interdisciplinary symposium
Profs. Eric Frank (Art History and Visual Arts), Irene Girton (Music), David Kasunic (Music), Juergen Pelzer (German), and Marla Stone (History), panelists

Saturday, May 15
4:00 p.m., Herrick Chapel

Commencement Concert
Occidental Glee Club
Directed by Desiree La Vertu

For information, click here

For an up-to-date Occidental Choral Program schedule, click here