Music Department Concert Schedule

Concerts held in McGuire Hall, Butler Reception Room, McDonough Chapel and the Rehearsal/Performance Space are free for all SXU students, faculty and staff with an ID. General admission is $6; seniors and visiting students $5, *except where noted.

All dates are subject to change.

Spring 2012 Concerts

Wind Ensemble & University Orchestra ~ “Carmen”

Thursday, February 23, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Rehearsal/Performance Space

"The SXU Wind Ensemble will begin with works by Sparke, LaBounty, and John Barnes Chances's Symphony No. 2. Orchestral masterpieces by Dvorak and Mendelssohn will begin the second half, before we welcome SXU faculty member Dr. Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano, to the stage for a rousing suite from Bizet's Carmen."

Flute Choir ~ "Springtime Jubilation!"

Friday, April 13, 2012
7:30 p.m.
McDonough Chapel

Old time favorites and new works for flute choir with a springtime theme.

University Chorale

Saturday, April 14, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Rehearsal/Performance Space

The University Chorale and University Orchestra In Concert will present "In Celebration of Life and Love" on April 14th at 7:30 pm. Handel's "Zadock the Priest" with University soloists will be featured along with music by Dan Forest and Eric Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs".

Guitar Ensemble & Jazz Combo

Sunday, April 15, 2012
3:00 p.m.
McGuire Hall

The SXU Guitar ensemble will perform works by Dionsio Aguado, Thomas Campian, Muzio Clementi, George Frideric Handel, and others. The SXU Jazz Combo will perform music by Miles Davis, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, and Sam Jones.

Jazz Ensemble

Friday, April 20, 2012
7:30 p.m.
McGuire Hall

The SXU Jazz Ensemble will perform music by Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, W.C. Handy,Thelonious Monk, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Kurt Weill.

University Orchestra ~ “Finale: Beethoven’s First”

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Rehearsal/Performance Space

The University orchestra will conclude our 2012 season with the composer who concluded the classical period and propelled symphonic music to new heights, Ludwig van Beethoven.

Wind Ensemble “with special guests, the Kelly High School Band” ~ “Cartoon! Classical Pops”

Thursday, April 26, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Rehearsal/Performance Space

The SXU Wind Ensemble will end our season showcasing the lighter, dare we say FUN side of band music, ranging from a quirky Strauss polka, jewels from the great American musical composer Leonard Bernstein, and Paul Hart's wind band whirlwind, Cartoon.

*Opera Workshop ~ The Magic Flute 

Thursday, April 26, 2012(Special Student Performance)
3:00 p.m.
McGuire Hall

The Spring 2012 SXU Opera Workshop production will be a costumed, staged production of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, presented in English, featuring Michelle Gliottoni-Rodriguez as Queen of the Night, with Dorothy Hill, Nicole Henderson, and Amanda Thomas as the Three Ladies, Kojelyté Johnson as Pamina, Michael Murdie as Tamino, Vincent Dore as Papageno, Lanessa Vantrease as Papagena, Larry Sturghill as Monostatos, Katherine Heffron, Julia Marmo, and Michaeleen Christakos as the Three Spirits, and Michael Swisher as Sarastro.

Dr. Jan Bickel is musical director, Professor Carolyn Brady Riley is theatrical director, and Monica Kropidlowski is the rehearsal and performance accompanist.

*Opera Workshop ~ The Magic Flute

Friday and Saturday, April 27
April 28, 2012
7:30 p.m.
McGuire Hall

*Special Pricing - General admission: $8 / seniors and visiting students: $5