Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts

Music Series at the Lenfest Center

Concert Hall/Wilson Hall

Fall Music Events 2007

FALL CHORAL CONCERT

Tues., Oct. 16, 2007
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Hear the University Chamber Singers and University Chorus in their first performance of the year. Repertoire will include a preview of the Chamber Singers’ spring tour and An American Retrospective by the University Chorus. Guests of this performance include a cappella ensembles Southern Comfort, JubiLee, and General Admission.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

PARENTS' WEEKEND:
CHORAL CONCERT

Fri., Oct. 26, 2007
Concert Hall / 7:30 p.m.
Wilson Hall

This performance repeats the exciting repertoire of the Fall Choral Concert. Guests of this performance include W&L’s gospel choir, Joyful Noise.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

PARENTS' WEEKEND:
APPLIED STUDENT RECITAL

Sat., Oct. 27, 2007
Concert Hall / 10 a.m.
Wilson Hall

No tickets are required.

PARENTS' WEEKEND:
A CAPPELLA CONCERT

Sat., Oct. 27, 2007
Lee Chapel / 6 p.m.
W&L Campus

One of the most popular concerts of the year. Always a
winner! Don’t miss General Admission, JubiLee and
Southern Comfort.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

PARENTS' WEEKEND:
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Sat., Oct. 27, 2007
Concert Hall / 7:30 p.m.
Wilson Hall

A special program for friends and family alike by the University Wind Ensemble. A concert of traditional band favorites mixed in with a few surprises.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Tues. Nov. 13, 2007
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Featuring the ever-popular Jazz Ensemble as they explore
everything from early swing era works to modern jazz
compositions, under the expert direction of Chris Magee.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Thurs., Nov. 29, 2007 &
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007
Concert Hall / 7 p.m.
Wilson Hall

The ensembles of the Music Department present two unique holiday concerts this year! For either concert, join the University Chorus and University Wind Ensemble as they perform delightful arrangements of holiday tunes for the entire family, including carol sing-alongs for the audience and a spectacular combined finale. Each concert will also feature a sampling of other ensembles including the University String Ensemble and University Jazz Ensemble, or the a cappella ensembles Southern Comfort, JubiLee, and General Admission.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

APPLIED STUDENTS RECITAL

Sun. Dec. 2, 2007
Concert Hall / 3 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Tickets are not required.

LEE CHAPEL CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
LESSONS AND CAROLS

Thurs. Dec. 6, 2007
Lee Chapel / 8 p.m.
Main Campus

The University Chamber Singers provide the choral selections for this traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols. The prayers, lessons, and hymns tell the story of sacred history from the Creation to the Incarnation.

Tickets are not required.

Winter Music Events 2008

APPLIED STUDENTS RECITAL

Tues., Feb. 5, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Tickets are not required.

SENIOR VOICE RECITAL:
NICOLE CONKLING ’08

Tues., Feb. 12, 2008 / 8 p.m.
Concert Hall/Wilson Hall

Soprano, Nicole Conkling performs the finest operatic and contemporary repertoire in culmination of her voice study at W&L. 

Tickets are not required.

FACULTY RECITAL:
ARDO CONSORT: NEW AND OLD

Sun., Mar. 2, 2008 / 3 p.m.
Concert Hall/Wilson Hall

A concert presented by W&L faculty, Tim Gaylard, Byron W. Petty and Shuko Watanabe, along with area musicians.


Tickets are not required.

UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Thurs. March 20, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Featuring the ever-popular Jazz Ensemble as they explore
everything from early swing era works to modern jazz
compositions, under the expert direction of Chris Magee.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT

ROAD TO EGYPT TOUR CONCERT

Tues., March 25, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

This concert kicks off the University Wind Ensemble’s Cultural and Musical Tour to India. Come and wish these mighty musicians a fond farewell as they get ready to travel to the other side of the world as musical ambassadors.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

HAYDN'S LORD NELSON MASS

Sat., March 29, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Conductors Barry Kolman and Jerry Myers lead the combined forces of  the University Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus in performance of Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Mozart’s Te Deum, K.141.

Tickets are required. 

CHAMBER SINGERS: PRE-TOUR CONCERT

Tues., April 1, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

JDr. Gordon Spice will lead the University Chamber Singers in performing the repertoire for the group’s concert tour to Turkey.  Choral music from Zambia, Latvia, and Indonesia, as well as traditional spirituals from America will be featured along with compositions by Z. Randall Stroope, George Gershwin and Rossini.

Tickets are free, but required. Free tickets are not available online. Please contact the Box Office to reserve your seat(s). Box Office hours, Monday - Friday, 9-11 a.m., 2-4 p.m., and two hours before each performance, (540) 458-8000.

APPLIED STUDENT RECITAL

Thurs., April 3, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Tickets are not required.

JULIAN LEDFORD, ’06, BARITONE CONCERT

Sunday, April 27, 2008
Concert Hall / 3 p.m.

Wilson Hall

Ledford is a graduate student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Program will include works by Dowland, Beethoven, Berlioz, Rossini, Gurney and others.

Tickets are not required.


Spring Music Events 2008

SENIOR THESIS PRESENTATION:
THERESA DOUGHERTY ’08

Sunday, May 11, 2008
Concert Hall / 3 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Dougherty will present a lecture on Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony as part of the requirements for her Honors Thesis in Music Theory.

Tickets are not required.

SENIOR VOICE RECITAL: 
DANE BOSTON ’08

Tues., May 13, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Tenor, Dane Boston, will present a varied program of songs based on texts by Irish poets. He will also perform a number of duets and ensembles with fellow students.

Tickets are not required.

SENIOR PIANO RECITAL:
KATHRYN GEORGE ’08 & MARKUS MUST  ’08

Sun., May 18, 2008
Concert Hall / 3 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Kathryn George will play two Chopin Nocturnes and Gershwin's Three Preludes. Markus Must will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466 complete.

Tickets are not required.

APPLIED MUSIC RECITAL

Thurs., May 29, 2008
Concert Hall / 8 p.m.
Wilson Hall

Tickets are not required.