DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

EVENTS

Events Calendar

Current Season

Friday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, February 1, 3 p.m.

The Marriage of Figaro

Hofstra Opera Theater

Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse

Violetta Zabbi, Music Director Alex Paul Sheerin, Stage Director

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Sunday, March 1, 3 p.m.

American Chamber Ensemble

The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center

Performers include pianist and ACE Director Marilyn Lehman, along with violinists Eriko Sato and Deborah Wong, violist Lois Martin, cellist Chris Finckel, and clarinetist and Assistant ACE Director Mindy Dragovich.
Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID and will be available at the door. For ticket information or reservations, call 631-242-5684 or 516-586-3433 or visit the ACE website.

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Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m.

Indian Music Concert

The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center

Featuring David Trasoff (on sarod)

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Friday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.

Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra

Hofstra Opera Theater

Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse

Directed by Adam Glaser

This concert, titled “America 250: A Musical Revolution,” includes works by Copland, Rodgers, Gershwin, and John Williams, with special guest artists: Blair McMillen, pianist, and Scott Lefurgy, baritone and Hofstra professor of chemistry.

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Friday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble

Room 010, Shapiro Family Hall

Directed by Sean Ritenaue

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Sunday, April 19, Noon

Brass Ensemble

The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center

Directed by Michael Salzman

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Sunday, April 19, 3:30 p.m.

Chorale and Chamber Choir

Church of St. Patrick, 400 Main Street, Huntington, NY

Directed by David Fryling

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Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

Chorale and Chamber Choir

Cathedral of the Incarnation 50 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, NY

Directed by David Fryling
“I Will Be the Gladdest Thing” – Featuring Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year for double choir, as well as music by Aurora Aksnes, Eric Barnum, Shawn Kirchner, Annie Lennox, Laura Mvula, Eric Whitacre, and more. Ticket prices: $10; $8 for adults 65+ or non-Hofstra students with ID. Hofstra community members with current Hofstra ID receive one free ticket.

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Sunday, April 26, 7 p.m.

Jazz Orchestra

The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center

The Music of Count Basie

Directed by Alejandro Aviles

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Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

University Choir/Vocal Jazz Concert

Helen Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center

Directed by Brianna Blake, Brent Morden

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Saturday, May 2, 1 p.m.

Jazz Combos Concert

Room 010, Shapiro Family Hall

Directed by Shawn Lovato

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Saturday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble Concert

Hofstra Opera Theater

Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse

Directed by David Soto

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Student Honors Recitals

Free and open to the public.

The Helene Fortunoff Theater Monroe Lecture Center

Saturday, April 18, 7 p.m.

Rhoda Pinsley Levin Honors Recital

Featuring:
Benjamin Taylor, percussion.

Taylor is a student of Professor Sean Ritenauer.

The annual Rhoda Pinsley Levin Endowed Award for Excellence in Musical Performance was established in memory of the celebrated pianist, teacher and music patron Rhoda Pinsley Levin, who was active in the Hofstra community. It honors accomplished senior undergraduate performing musicians, provides financial assistance for related scholarly or vocational pursuits, and presents recitals featuring the award recipients each year. The award was created as a memorial by Mrs. Levin’s husband, the late Harvey J. Levin, a longtime Hofstra economics and research professor and pioneering, internationally influential economist.

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Saturday, April 18, 7 p.m.

William B. Rosencrans Honors Recital

Featuring:
Theodore Bazin, baritone.

Bazin is a student of Professor Peter Castaldi

The William B. Rosencrans Endowed Music Scholarship is awarded to a qualified junior or senior student majoring in music, whose work is then featured in this annual spring concert. The award was created in 1997 by Marion Rosencrans as a memorial to her husband and the first annual recital was presented in 1998.

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