chamber seriesWhether it’s an immortal classic or an innovative new composition, a variety of chamber ensembles made up of music faculty and distinguished guest artists combine for truly memorable musical collaborations.

Sunday, Sept. 22Four Voices, Four Hands Pianists Margaret “Pej” Reitz and Michael Salmirs join their four hands with the four collaborative voices of soprano Mary Burgess, mezzo Kasey Stewart, tenor Thom Baker and baritone Thomas Goodheart to bring you

rarely heard chamber music for vocal quartet and piano four hands. The beautiful and theatrical

Spanisches Liebeslieder (Spanish Love Songs), Op. 138, of Robert Schumann features all six performers in a series of vocal solo, duet, quartet and piano duo settings of Spanish love poetry. You’ll hear an extra dollop of Spanish flair from the pianists in several of the Spanish Dances, for piano four hands, by Moritz Moszkowski. The concert concludes with Johannes Brahms’ beloved Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52, for four voices and piano four hands — an exhilarating afternoon of joyous, lilting romanticism!

3 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

Saturday, noV. 9piazzollaThe works of Argentinean tango master Astor Piazzolla are the theme for an evening filled with the many passions of modern Latin American music. Faculty members Janey Choi, violin, Stephen Stalker, cello, Timothy Perry, clarinet, and Margaret Reitz, piano, are joined by Bandoneon virtuoso Renato Hanriot for works by Piazzolla, Ginastera, Guastavino and more! Dancing shoes and roses optional!

8 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

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organ & pianoWorld-class performances by the faculty of the Department of Music and guest artists continue to bring the best in solo artistry to our campus and community.

Sunday, Sept. 29Guest organist robert parkinsDr. Robert Parkins, professor of organ at Duke University, will be featured in concert on the fabulous Guilbault-Thérien organ. The program will include works by composers of all periods, including works by J.S. Bach, and little-heard but stunning music by Spanish Baroque organ composers, for which Dr. Parkins is the acclaimed expert.

4 p.m., United Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

SunDay, nov. 17Stephen Zank, pianoPianist Stephen Zank, adjunct professor of music history and theory, will perform major Romantic, impressionist and 20th-century keyboard works from the period 1820-1940.

3 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

SaturDay, Dec. 7Holiday organ concert with Jonathan BiggersLink Professor of Organ, Jonathan Biggers, will again present a concert of organ music for the Christmas holidays, including selections from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, along with other works by J.S. Bach, Olivier Messiaen and more.

Sure to be a favorite among holiday concerts for Binghamton listeners, the program will include a short audience sing-a-long of Christmas hymns. Dr. Biggers will be joined in the concert with John Lathwell, oboe, Timothy Perry, clarinet and Stephen Stalker, cello. A concert not to be missed!

4 p.m., United Presbyterian Church, 42 Chenango Street, Binghamton, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

Jonathan Biggers

Robert Parkins

Stephen Zank

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ensemblesWhether your taste is for instrumental or choral, classical, jazz or popular, renaissance or contemporary, Binghamton University’s 300+ student musicians present a full range of skillful and exciting performances throughout the year.

SaturDay, oct. 19university Symphony orchestra: Opera without WordsStage music, intermezzi, preludes and dances from Romantic and modern operas by Wagner, Strauss, Saint-Saëns and others are combined in this unforgettable program.

3 p.m., Osterhout Concert Theater, $7 general public, $5 faculty/staff/seniors, free for students

Saturday, oct. 26Family Weekend concertThe Harpur Chorale, Women’s Chorus and University Wind ensemble perform for students and their families.

3 p.m., Osterhout Concert Theater, free

thurSDay, nov. 14Harpur Jazz ensemble concert with guest artist8 p.m., Osterhout Concert Theater, $7 general public, $5 faculty/staff/seniors, free for students

SunDay, nov. 17concerto competition6:30 p.m., Casadesus Recital Hall, free

Friday, noV. 22String orchestra4 p.m., Fine Arts Building Grand Corridor, free

SunDay, nov. 24 university chorus and orchestra: GaudeteA celebration to usher in the holidays: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Alice Parker’s settings of Medieval carols.

3 p.m., Osterhout Concert Theater, $7 general public, $5 faculty/staff/seniors, free for students

WeDneSDay, Dec. 4percussion concert8 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $7 general public, $5 faculty/staff/seniors, free for students

tueSDay, Dec. 10nukporfe african drumming and dance ensemble7 p.m., Watters Theater, $5 general public

WeDneSDay, Dec. 11Wind Symphony: Larger Than Life — Epic Fright! in a concert devoted to frightening characters and stories, and featuring compositions by Julie Giroux’s Kahn and John Mackey’s Xerxes, the program highlight may very well be eric Whitacre’s Godzilla Eats Las Vegas. Join the Wind Symphony for what’s sure to be an epic night of fright!

8 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $7 general public, $5 faculty/staff/seniors, free for students

thurSDay, Dec. 12Harpur chorale and Women’s chorusThe Harpur Chorale and Women’s Chorus will present a festive concert with a variety of holiday choral pieces.

8 p.m., Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton, a good-will donation to be collected at the door

fall mid-day concertsthurSDayS, oct. 3 through Dec. 12 (while classes are in session)

1:20 p.m., Casadesus Recital Hall

For more information including a complete listing of fall 2013 concerts, visit the Department of Music website at music.binghamton.edu.

ticket informationanderson center Box office (Mon.-Fri., noon to 5:30 p.m.)607-777-artSanderson.binghamton.edu

opera Since 1979, the Binghamton University Department of Music and Tri-Cities Opera have partnered to provide a master of music (MM) in opera degree program in conjunction with TCO’s Resident Artist Training Program. All three mainstage operas in the 2013-14 season will feature MM/opera candidates in leading roles.

Bizet’s Carmen FriDay, oct. 25 at 8 p.M., anD SunDay, oct. 27 at 3 p.M. tri-citieS opera

Mozart’s Don Giovanni FriDay, FeB. 7 at 8 p.M., anD SunDay, FeB. 9 at 3 p.M. tri-citieS opera

Strauss’ Die Fledermaus FriDay, May 2 at 8 p.M., anD SunDay, May 4 at 3 p.M. tri-citieS opera

All Tri-Cities Opera performances will be held at the Forum Theatre in Binghamton. Call 729-3444 for tickets.

Sunday, dec. 8Hansel and GretelThe whole family will enjoy this classic children’s story by the Brothers Grimm, set to music by englebert Humperdinck, that has become one of the most popular fairy-tale operas of all times. Our own one-act, fully staged, holiday-season adaptation will be sung in english by graduate and undergraduate voice majors. (There will be a special performance for school groups on Friday, Dec. 6.)

1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall, $10 general public, $7 faculty/staff/seniors, $5 students

Sunday, oct. 6arias at phelps Mansionvoice majors from the Binghamton University Department of Music will perform opera scenes and arias. The students are members of the Stage Techniques class taught by Associate Professor Thomas Goodheart and vocal students of Professor Thomas Goodheart and Professor Mary Burgess.

3 p.m., Phelps Mansion and Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton. Tickets will be $10.00 for the general public and free to Binghamton University students with ID. For reservations, call the Phelps Mansion at 607-722-4873. The concert is co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Department of Music and Phelps Mansion Museum.

Timothy Perry

Bruce Borton

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friedheim lecture/recital seriesRevived in honor of former faculty member Philip Friedheim, this series includes two special Tuesday evening programs this fall. Each program combines brilliant faculty performances with fascinating introductory lectures on the history, structure and significance of major musical compositions.

tueSday, oct. 8 paul hindemith 1895–1963 instrumental MusicOn the 50th anniversary of Hindemith’s passing, Roberta Crawford, viola, Timothy Perry, clarinet, Michael Salmirs, piano, Stephen Stalker, cello and the University Symphony String ensemble join forces to present this special tribute to a leading 20th-century composer. The program includes discussion and performances of the Sonata Op. 25, No. 3 for Solo Cello (1922), Trauermusik for Viola and String

Orchestra (1936), and the Sonata in B flat for Clarinet and Piano (1939).

8 p.m., Casadesus Recital Hall, $5 general public, free for students

tueSDay, nov. 19opera at the piano: Liszt’s transcriptions of Wagner2013 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Richard Wagner, the most important composer of German opera in the 19th century. Then, as now, full productions of Wagner’s stage works are rare outside the largest opera houses; his music reached a far wider audience through transcriptions for piano played by touring virtuosos, particularly those by his close friend (and father-in-law) Franz Liszt. Join speaker Paul Schleuse and pianist Michael Salmirs as they explore the musical and personal links between these two composers. Liszt’s transcriptions of some of Wagner’s best-known music from Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, and Der Ring des Nibelungen will be featured.

8 p.m., Casadesus Recital Hall, $5 general public, free for students

Paul Hindemith