Fall 2008 Concert Schedule

Senior Recital Featuring Giovanni Crooks, cello.
Date/Time: Saturday, September 13, 8 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: Free admission.

Fourth Annual Benefit Concert
A varied program featuring the faculty of the Department of Music. Proceeds from this concert will benefit a local school district.
Date/Time: Friday, October 3, 8 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: $15 general admission
$12 senior citizen (over 65), Hofstra student with current HofstraCard, or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Tickets on sale beginning September 16.

American Chamber Ensemble
Blanche Abram and Naomi Drucker, co-directors. Performers include Chris Finckel, violoncello; Marilyn Sherman Lehman, piano; Lois Martin, viola; and Eriko Sato, violin.
A program of works by Elie Siegmeister (former Hofstra professor) and Elliot Carter to celebrate their 100th birthdays, as well as premiere performances of works by Long Island composers.
Date/Time: Sunday, October 12, 3 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: $15 general admission
$12 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning September 23.

Senior Recital Featuring Mike Franzone, tenor
Date/Time: Friday, October 24, 8 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: Free admission.

Hofstra String Quartet
Featuring Alexander Sharpe, violin; Matthew Lehmann, violin; Todd Lowe, viola; and Benjamin Wolff, violoncello.
Featuring Haydn's String Quartet Op. 64 no. 6, Puccini's "Crisantemi" and Schubert's String Quartet in D Minor: "Death and the Maiden."
Date/Time: Sunday, November 9, 3 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: $15 general admission
$12 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning October 21.

Hofstra Collegium Musicum
William E. Hettrick, director
"Ye Shall Have a Song"
A program of early music with Tammy Hensrud, soprano, and Matthew Korauss, bass.
Date/Time: Saturday, November 15, 8 p.m.
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 182 First Street, Mineola, NY
Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning October 28.

Hofstra Chorale and Chamber Singers
David Fryling, director
A program of selected works for a cappella choir.
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 19, 8 p.m.
Location: Cathedral of the Incarnation, Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY.
Tickets: Available only through the Cathedral of the Incarnation office; please call (516) 746-2955 for information.
$15 general admission, $5 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID, children under 13 are admitted free.
One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard.

Hofstra Opera Theater
Isabel Milenski, artistic director
David Ramael, musical director
Featuring scenes from our most beloved operas.
Date/Time: Sunday, November 16, 3 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus.
Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning October 28.

Hofstra Jazz Ensemble
David Lalama, director
"Jazz and the Afro-Cuban Tradition"
The annual Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert, with guest artist Alejandro Aviles, saxophone.
Date/Time: Sunday, November 23, 7 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning November 4.

Hofstra Symphony Orchestra
David Ramael, musical director
Featuring Chandler Carter's Orchestral Suite from "Strange Fruit," Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony," and Chinese orchestral works led by guest conductor Jiang Liu.
Date/Time: Saturday, December 6, 8 p.m. (There will be a pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m.)
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Tickets: $10 general admission
$8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning November 18.

Senior Recital Featuring Matthew Koraus, composer
Date/Time: Sunday, December 7, 3 p.m.
Location: New Academic Building, 010, South Campus
Tickets: Free admission.

Hofstra Chorus and String Orchestra
Cindy L. Bell and David Ramael, directors
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 9, 8 p.m.
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Tickets: $10 general admission
$8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard. Tickets on sale beginning November 25.

Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
Peter Loel Boonshaft, director
A program of traditional and contemporary works for wind band.
Date/Time: Saturday, December 13, 8 p.m.
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Tickets: $10 general admission
$8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID
One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard
Tickets on sale beginning November 25.

Senior Recital Featuring Andres Soto, composer
Date/Time: Sunday, December 14, 3 p.m.
Location: Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Tickets: Free admission.

Unless otherwise indicated, for tickets and information, please call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644, M-F, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m. For more information on student recitals, please call the Hofstra Music Department at (516) 463-5490.