Department of Music at Haverford College

The Guest Artist Series concert featuring the Dorian Wind Quintet on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm.

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V.S. Narasimhan, violinist and composer-in-residence with the John B. Hurford Humanities Center, 9/17/07 – 9/30/07.

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The Academic Choir of Adam Mickiewicz University from Poznan, Poland performing with the Chamber Singers on Monday, November 5, 2007

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Fall Orchestra Concert, November 16, 2007

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Events 2006-2007

Fall 2006

Spring 2007

Sunday, September 17th at 3:00 pm
AMERICAN STRING QUARTET

Thursday, September 28th at 4:00 pm
MUSIC AND CONVERSATION
with Curtis Cacioppo, piano

Saturday, October 28th at 8:30 pm
FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT

Sunday, October 29th at 3:00 pm
TEMPESTA DI MARE

Friday, November 3rd at 4:00 pm
MUSIC AND CONVERSATION
with Thomas Lloyd, Richard Stone and
Matt Bengtson

Friday, November 10th at 8:00 pm
NETWORK FOR NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Tuesday, November 14th at 7:00 pm
MUSIC AND CONVERSATION
with David Butler Cannata

Friday, November 17th at 8:00 pm
HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR ORCHESTRA

Sunday, December 3rd at 3:00 pm
AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET

Sunday, December 10th at 3:00 pm
HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR CHORALE

Wednesday, December 13th at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Bryn Mawr College)

Thursday, December 14th at 8:00 pm
CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD
AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES

Monday, December 18th at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Haverford College)

Tuesday, December 19th at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Bryn Mawr College)

Friday, February 2nd at 4:00 pm
MUSIC AND CONVERSATION
with flutist, Daniele Ruggieri, from Venice, Italy

Sunday, February 11th at 3:00 pm
THE ORLANDO CONSORT

Sunday, March 4th at 3:00 pm
MUSIC AND CONVERSATION
with Debra Lew Harder, piano

Saturday, March 24th at 8:00 pm
MOSCOW STRING QUARTET

Sunday, April 1st at 3:00 pre-concert talk /4:00 concert
TEMPESTA DI MARE

Friday, April 13th at 8:00 pm
HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR ORCHESTRA

Friday, April 20th at 8:00 pm
NETWORK FOR NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Sunday, April 29th at 3:00 pm
HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR CHORALE

Thursday, May 3rd at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Bryn Mawr College)

Monday, May 7th at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Haverford College)

Tuesday, May 8th at 7:30 pm
STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
(Bryn Mawr College)

Friday, May 18th at 9:00 pm
CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD
AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES


Guest Artist Series presents AMERICAN STRING QUARTET Mozart Quartet in F Major, K. 590 Bartók Quartet No. 4 Brahms Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Sunday, September 17th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Admission:$15 (General); $12 (Seniors); $8 (Students); $5 (7-17); Free to Bi-College Community For ticket reservation / more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
“The American String Quartet’s program was, simply put, a comprehensive display of ensemble mastery, of passion, precision and interpretive smarts in near perfect synchrony.” - Los Angeles Times Return to Top of Page

Haverford College Department of Music presents MUSIC AND CONVERSATION Curtis Cacioppo, piano “Previews of New Works” by Ingrid Arauco and visiting Venetian composer Marino Baratello Thursday, September 28th 4:00 pm MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Music Building Free Admission For more information: (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page


Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT Annual Student Ensembles Weekend Saturday, October 28th 8:30 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium	Featuring: Haverford/Bryn Mawr Orchestra Haverford/Bryn Mawr Student Chamber Ensembles Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges HUMTONES OUTSKIRTS LOONEY TUNES OXFORD BLUES S’CHORDS Return to Top of Page

Special Concert presented by the John B. Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center Residency Program TEMPESTA DI MARE “Heroes, Lovers & Villains" Soprano Michael Maniaci sings arias for Handel’s leading men Sunday, October 29th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 John B. Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center: http://www.haverford.edu/HHC/
Michael Maniaci makes his Philadelphia debut performing Handel opera arias as they were meant to be sung: by a true male soprano. Don’t miss this consummate artist and rising star of the opera world in his first Philadelphia performance – and possibly his only appearance in such an intimate setting. Featured music by Handel and his contemporaries performed by Michael Maniaci with Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare. Return to Top of Page

Haverford College Department of Music presents MUSIC AND CONVERSATION Thomas Lloyd, tenor, Richard Stone, lute, theorbo, guitar Matthew Bengtson, fortepiano Friday, November 3rd 4:00 pm Performed on the stage of Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
*PROGRAM* Sigismondo D’India – Piangono al Pianger mio Barbara Strozzi – L’Amante Bugiardo Kapsberger – Toccata Prima (lute) Schubert – Liebesbotschaft – Am Meer – Ständchen Berlioz – Sérénade de Méphistophélès (from Huit scènes de Faust) (with guitar) Purcell – Lord, What is Man, Lost Man Monteverdi – Iro’s death monologue from Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria Schubert – tba (fortepiano solo) Schubert – Nachtstück – Das sie hier gewesen – Willkommen und Abschied Return to Top of Page

Special Concert presented by the Department of Music Residency Program NETWORK FOR NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE Jan Krzywicki, conductor *Program* – *Fragments of Love* Love and loss, longing and fulfillment -- the poet's lyric expression of this most elemental emotion speaks to us through song. Performed by the exquisite Janice Felty, the music of John Harbison, Sebastian Currier, and Pulitzer Prize winner Bernard Rands reveals the powerful yearnings of friendship and desire. Friday, November 10th 8:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Haverford College Department of Music presents MUSIC AND CONVERSATION Dr. David Butler Cannata, in a lecture "Granados Reads Goya," will discuss aspects of the relationship between Goya and Granados in his piano and opera 'Goyescas'. The 'Intermezzo from the opera version of the work will be performed by the Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra on Friday, November 17th at 8:00 pm in Marshall Auditorium. Dr. Cannata is a Professor of Music History at Temple University. Tuesday, November 14th 7:00 pm MacCrate Recital Hall, Union Music Building Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR ORCHESTRA Directed by Heidi Jacob Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” Granados’ “Intermezzo from Goyescas” Friday, November 17th 8:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	The orchestra currently has over sixty members and has performed works such as, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem in a joint performance with the chorale, and Dvorak's New World Symphony, among others. Return to Top of Page

Guest Artist Series presents AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET Sunday, December 3rd 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Admission:$15 (General); $12 (Seniors); $8 (Students); $5 (7-17); Free to Bi-College Community For ticket reservation / more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
"Now in their 46th season, the American Brass Quintet, this country's most distinguished brass ensemble, performs a diverse program including ABQ editions of Renaissance masters, selections of Civil War brass music from the archives of the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band, and Joan Tower's “Copperwave”, a 2006 ABQ commission." “The Rolls Royce of brass quintets” - Baltimore Sun Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR CHORALE Directed by Thomas Lloyd “Selections from Duke Ellington's Three Sacred Concerts” with the Tyrone Brown Big Band and original Ellington soloist DeVonne Gardner, who will perform as soloist alongside student soloists she has coached. Sunday, December 10th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	An oratorio choir of about 120 singers, performs a major work with orchestra each semester. Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES Directed by Thomas Lloyd “A Kwanzaa Holiday Celebration” Performing music from their upcoming tour of Ghana in January 2007 Thursday, December 14th 8:00 pm Founders Great Hall Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents FALL STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS Directed by Heidi Jacob Wednesday, December 13th at 7:30 pm (Bryn Mawr College – The Music Room, Goodhart) Monday, December 18th at 7:30 pm (Haverford College – Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium) Tuesday, December 19th at 7:30 pm (Bryn Mawr College– The Music Room, Goodhart) Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Haverford College Department of Music presents MUSIC AND CONVERSATION Flutist, Daniele Ruggieri, from Venice, Italy Friday, February 2nd 4:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
Daniele Ruggieri, flutist, is intensely active in performing both solo and chamber music. He recently made his Japanese debut accompanied by the Central Symphony Orchestra and is an active collaborator with the Ex Novo Ensemble of Venice of which he is a founding member. In addition to his performances Daniele teaches flute at the Conservatory of Rovigo. "Rarely will you hear the flute flutter around a concert hall in such a beautiful and playful display of virtuosity" (M. Connolly, The Times, London) "...magnificent performance of flautist Daniele Ruggieri…" (L. Hontañon, ABC, Madrid) Return to Top of Page

Guest Artist Series presents THE ORLANDO CONSORT The Rose, the Lily, and the Whortleberry” Medieval and Renaissance musical representations of gardens and horticulture Sunday, February 11th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Admission:$15 (General); $12 (Seniors); $8 (Students); $5 (7-17); Free to Bi-College Community For ticket reservation / more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
“No one ever goes away from one of their concerts without a smile of happiness at the artistic and human experience” - San Diego Chronicle Return to Top of Page

Haverford College Department of Music presents MUSIC AND CONVERSATION Debra Lew Harder, piano "Narrative in the Art of Piano Music" including a world premiere by Ingrid Arauco Sunday, March 4th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Guest Artist Series presents THE MOSCOW STRING QUARTET Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2 Curt Cacioppo’s “Ma'iijí hatáál” ("Coyoteway"), inspired by the Navajo ceremony Borodin String Quartet No. 1 in A Saturday, March 24th 8:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Admission:$15 (General); $12 (Seniors); $8 (Students); $5 (7-17); Free to Bi-College Community For ticket reservation / more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	“Life gushes forth, pure and tremulous, filled with lyrical breath...it turns these chamber musicians into messengers of poetry and transparence” - Revue Belgique, Belgium Return to Top of Page

Special Concert presented by the John B. Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center Residency Program TEMPESTA DI MARE “Hoshanna!” Hebrew music of the High Baroque Sunday, April 1st 3:00 pm: Pre-concert talk 4:00 pm: Concert Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 John B. Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center: http://www.haverford.edu/HHC/
Hoshanna! features recently-rediscovered, grand-scale Hebrew cantatas from eighteenth-century Italy and Holland composed in the styles of Handel and Haydn. This rare intersection of Jewish ceremony and Western art music reflects the freedom of The Enlightenment, a moment of peace and curiosity among cultures. Featured music includes Hebrew cantatas & motets for soloists, chorus & orchestra performed by the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare with Sheryl Heather Cohen & Nell Snaidas, sopranos, David Newman, bass, and the Chamber Singers of Haverford & Bryn Mawr Colleges Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR ORCHESTRA Directed by Heidi Jacob Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition” Winner of Student Concerto Competition Friday, April 13th 8:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	The Orchestra's spring concert each year features the winner(s) of the student concerto competition. Return to Top of Page

Special Concert sponsored by the Department of Music Residency Program NETWORK FOR NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE Jan Krzywicki, conductor *Program – A New World* Network brings a world of chamber music to your doorstep! Music by composers Zhou Long, Curt Cacioppo, Richard Festinger and more – bringing you the exhilarating promise of an encounter with new and exciting voices. Also featured on the concert is the incomparable Charles Abramovic on piano. Friday, April 20 8:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR CHORALE Directed by Thomas Lloyd Andrea Clearfield's "The Golem Psalms" with Cantor Eliot Vogel and student soloists Ernst Bloch's “Sacred Service” The landmark first concert setting of the Jewish liturgy Sunday, April 29th 3:00 pm Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	An oratorio choir of about 120 singers, performs a major work with orchestra each semester. Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents SPRING STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS Directed by Heidi Jacob Thursday, May 3rd at 7:30 pm (Bryn Mawr College – The Music Room, Goodhart) Monday, May 7th at 7:30 pm (Haverford College – Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium) Tuesday, May 8th at 7:30 pm (Bryn Mawr College – The Music Room, Goodhart) Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011	Return to Top of Page

Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr presents CHAMBER SINGERS OF HAVERFORD AND BRYN MAWR COLLEGES Directed by Thomas Lloyd *“Annual Commencement Concert ”* Featuring: Renaissance motets by Taverner and Josquin, Eric Whitacre - Water Night, Aaron Copland - In the Beginning and Highlights from their Ghana tour repertoire Friday, May 18th 9:00 pm Thomas Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College Free Admission For more information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011