Performance Calendar
2011-2012 Season
Student Recital: Alexis Flores, soprano
April 25 at 8 p.m.
Taube Center
Student Recital: Jayne Kenny, soprano
April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Student Recital: Carlo Olmos
April 28 at 2 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Student Recital: Jenny Matteucci, soprano
April 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Student Recital: Lauren Herman, soprano
April 29 at 4 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Student Recital: Amanda Andrews, soprano
April 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Earlier This Season
Musicians' Classical Cabaret
September 11 at 4 p.m.
Ralston Hall Mansion Ballroom
The annual performance by the Musical Arts faculty, including original works as well as a varied program of music by Debussy, Gershwin, Ravel, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rossini, Sondheim and Verdi. All proceeds benefit Musical Arts scholarships and programs.
Performing:
Clint Cancio, pianist
Louise Costigan-Kerns, pianist
Marcelle Dronkers, soprano
Thomas Hansen, pianist
Debra Lambert, mezzo
Daniel Lockert, pianist
Eric Morris, touch guitar
Gregory Stapp, basso profondo
Greg Sudmeier, pianist/percussionist
Admission is $25 general, $15 students/seniors/alumni, and free to NDNU students/staff/faculty.
Ralston Performers Series: Saint Michael Trio
October 30 at 4 p.m.
Ralston Ballroom
The composer Haydn has been criticized for being trivial, mechanistic and a mere stepping-stone to Mozart and Beethoven, but the Saint Michael Trio has arrived to defend Haydn’s case in "Haydn on Trial!"
Established in 2007, The Saint Michael Trio is Silicon Valley's update to the classical music scene. Hailed by the national press, they have vaulted to the front ranks of the music establishment, even though the artists (Russell Hancock, Daniel Cher, Michel Flexer) are Silicon Valley techies. In 2011 they were named affiliated artists at NDNU, where they teach master classes and provide concerts that are informative, engaging, and often funny.
Master Class
October 20 - November 6
In collaboration with Hillbarn Theatre
October 20, 21, 22 at 8 p.m., October 23 at 2 p.m.
October 27, 28, 29 at 8 p.m., October 30 at 2 p.m.
November 3, 4, 5 at 8 p.m., November 6 at 2 p.m.
All performances place at the Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City.
Greg Fritsch, Director
Daniel Lockert, Music Director
Notre Dame's Musical Arts Department provides operatic and directorial resources in this co-production with Hillbarn Theatre. For more information, please visit Hillbarn Theatre's website. Tickets for NDNU students are free on preview night and $10 on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Ralston Performers Series: Mike Greensill Trio
November 13 at 4 p.m.
Ralston Ballroom
Mike and the Quartet explore the repertoire and styles of jazz from New Orleans to Swing to Be-Bop. This concert features multi-instrumentalist Noel Jewkes.
Mike Greensill is musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield. He plays in jazz clubs throughout the Bay Area, and has accompanied such diverse talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas. Mr. Greensill is also the resident pianist for “Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live,” a weekly radio show.
Opera and Musical Theatre Fairy Tales:
Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel and Sondheim's Into the Woods
December 3-4, 8-11
Taube Center
The December Fairy Tales performances will take place in the intimate environment of the Taube Center. Seating is limited to 100 audience members per performance.
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Hansel & Gretel Music by Engelbert Humperdink English translation by Marcie Stapp Yefin Maizel, Director Louise Costigan-Kerns, Music Director December 3 & 11 at 2 p.m. December 4 & 9 at 7:30 p.m. |
The tuneful tale of the children who wander to the woods to find fairies, a gingerbread house, and the witch who lives there ...
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Into the Woods Book by James Lapine Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Greg Fritsch, Stage Director Daniel Lockert, Music Director Dottie Lester-White, Choreographer December 3, 8 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. December 4 at 2 p.m. |
Cinderella... Rapunzel... Princes... Giants and Witches... and a moral learned from a mysterious man...
Tickets
www.BrownPaperTickets.com or call 1 (800) 838-3006
Admission to each event $25, students/seniors $15, NDNU faculty/staff/students $5. Proceeds benefit Musical Arts scholarships and programs.
Hansel & Gretel: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/203722
Into the Woods: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/200909
For other information please call (650) 508-3429.
Camerata Chamber Ensemble
December 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Ralston Ballroom
Marcelle Dronkers and Michael Schmitz, Directors
Student Recital: Lauren Herman, soprano
January 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Ralston Ballroom
Graduate lecture recital: Broadway musicals that flopped. Admission is free.
Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza
February 24, 25 and March 2, 3 at 7:30 p.m., February 26 at 7 p.m., March 4 at 2 p.m.
NDNU Theatre
Book by Craig Lucas
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Diana Shuster, Director
William Liberatore and Daniel Lockert, Music Directors
Dottie Lester-White, Choreographer
Adam Guettel's lush score tells the story of love found and lost in the museums, plazas, and living rooms of Florence. The Tony Award winning musical is based on Elizabeth Spencer' 1960 novella and the 1962 film starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, George Hamilton and Yvette Mimieux.
Tickets can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets. Proceeds benefit Music and Vocal Arts scholarships and programs. For all other information please call (650) 508-3429.
Voci!
March 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Taube Center
Performances by voice students.
Ralston Performers Series: Saint Michael Trio
March 18 at 4 p.m.
Ralston Ballroom
"Musical Smorgasbord." Beethoven and Blues in a single concert? A whirlwind sampler, 300 years in 75 minutes! Admission free, donations welcome. To RSVP, please go to www.saintmichaeltrio.com/concerts. Admission free (donation suggested) but limited to the first 225 people.
Student Recital: Mary Garcia, soprano
March 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Raston Ballroom
Admission is free.
"Mack and Mabel" in Concert
April 1 at 2 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Hillbarn Theatre
Marc Jacobs, Director
William Liberatore, Music Director
Jerry Herman's outstanding 1974 score accompanies the tale of Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, pioneers and stars of the silent screen, whose offstage dramas often outshone the action on the set. MTC alumni and faculty contribute their talent. All proceeds will benefit student scholarships to the summer Music Theatre Conservatory program.
Hillbarn Theatre is located at 1285 Hillsdale Blvd. in Foster City. For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1 (800) 838-3006.
Student Recital: Leah Sawick, soprano
April 4 at 8 p.m.
Taube Center
Admission is free.
Camerata Chamber Ensemble
April 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Cunningham Memorial Chapel
Notre Dame Music and Vocal Arts students in performance, directed by Marcelle Dronkers, Michael Schmitz and Greg Sudmeier. Admission free, donations welcome.
Out of the Box Festival
April 13 - 22
Taube Center
OUT OF THE BOX FESTIVAL: Special Projects of NDNU Music and Vocal Arts students and faculty
Welcome to the Out of the Box Festival. We hope you see things that you’ve never seen before, hear things in a way that you’ve never heard them and experience new innovations in performance. We hope your imagination is enlivened, your mind challenged and your vision of how things should be is completely rethought. We have asked all our participants to leave the “box” of “the way it’s always been” and enter the world of “what if we…” We hope you enjoy the adventure.
Performances:
“The Old Maid and the Thief” and “The Women (...and The Men)”
April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
April 14 at 2 p.m.
“By Bohmler”
April 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.
“Fallings”
April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
April 22 at 2 p.m.
All Events are Free
Seating is Limited
Advanced Reservations at brownpapertickets.com
The Old Maid and the Thief: http:// www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/237207
The Women (and The Men...): http:// www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/237314
By Bohmler: http:// www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/237328
Fallings: http:// www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/237320
See flyer for information about each production.