Tufts Music and the Granoff Music Center
Events Calendar

All concerts are FREE unless noted in their descriptions below.

For events that require tickets, please call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679. Box Office window and phone hours are Mondays - Fridays, 10:15 am to 5 pm.
Program information is subject to change.

Click here for a PDF of the current Fall 2009 Events Calendar

For non-Tufts related inquiries regarding the rental of Granoff Music Center spaces, please call the Tufts University Conference Bureau at 617.627.3568.

SEPTEMBER 2009

Shona (Zimbabwe): A residency with Erica Azim and Patience Chaitezvi
September 15 - 18, 2009

Thursday, September 17th, 2009, 8PM
Ancient Mbira of Zimbabwe
Acclaimed mbira players, musicians, and Zimbabwean cultural experts Erica Azim (one of the first Americans to study the mbira in Zimbabwe, pictured below) and Patience Chaitezvi (pictured right) come to Tufts for a week-long residency featuring lectures, demonstrations, open workshops in singing, drumming, dancing, and expert mbira playing. Azim and Chaitezvi will present a formal performance together at Tufts in the Distler Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8 pm.
Tickets are are required. Tickets are free for anyone with a Tufts ID, $10 for the public. Call 617.627.3679 for ticket. Distler Performance Hall. Co-sponsored by the Tufts Arts and Sciences Deans Diversity Fund, the Tufts Dance Program, the Tufts Africana Center, the Tufts Africa and the New World Minor, the Tufts Anthropology Department, the Tufts Women’s Center, and the Tufts History Department.

Sunday, September 20th, 2009, 3PM
Javanese Gamelan Music: Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Boston Village Gamelan and Gamelan Sukar Maju Malah Mundur perform a concert of Javanese chamber music with guest director I.M. Harjito.
Free. No tickets required. Distler Performance Hall.

Voice of America: BMOP and the Florestan Recital Project @ Tufts
September 24 - 27, 2009

BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project) presents four days of American vocal music in partnership with the Florestan Recital Project and Tufts Department of Music. Gil Rose conducts three performances by BMOP encompassing a broad range of repertoire, including works for voice and ensemble by Milton Babbitt, Jacob Druckman, Alan Hovhaness, John McDonald, George Rochberg, Virgil Thomson, among others, with special guests Thomas Meglioranza, baritone, and Lucy Shelton, soprano. In three additional performances, the intrepid and enterprising Florestan Recital Project presents the complete songs of Samuel Barber, plus several unpublished works, which were obtained by special permission from the U.S. Library of Congress and Barber’s estate. Hailed as “incisive and stylish” (BMOP) and “enterprising” (Florestan Recital Project) by The Boston Globe, these ground-breaking organizations offer an unparalleled exploration of the impact that American composers have had on the future of vocal repertoire. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Performance Schedule - Distler Performance Hall @ Granoff Music Center
(Visit bmop.org or tufts.edu/musiccenter for programs for each concert)

Friday, September 25: 7 pm – Florestan; 8:30 pm – BMOP
Saturday, September 26: 7 pm – Florestan; 8:30 pm – BMOP
Sunday, September 27: 1:30 pm – Florestan; 3 pm – BMOP

Tickets: Call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679
Prices: Florestan tickets are $18; BMOP tickets are $30; Combo tickets (same day, two concerts) are $40. Students receive 50% discount on all tickets.

OCTOBER 2009

Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3PM
Songs of Heroines with Soprano Carol Mastrodomenico:
Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Soprano Carol Mastrodomenico and pianist Stephen Morris present Haydn's Arianna a nos, Schubert's Sulieka I and II, Poulenc's La Dame de Monte Carlo, and Songs from Letters (of Calamity Jane) by Libby Larson.
Free. No tickets required. Distler Performance Hall.

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 2:30PM to 7:00PM
Parents Weekend Arts Festival
Tufts presents its third annual Parents Weekend ‘Arts Alive Street Festival’ featuring concerts, shows, and interactive presentations by ensemble from Tufts Music, Drama/Dance, as well as student directed groups. For a schedule of events visit parentsprogram.tufts.edu

October 18, 2009, 3PM
An Afternoon of Chamber Music
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
Tufts Applied Music Faculty members Nina Barwell, Hisako Hiratsuka, Nando Michelin, Diane Richardson, and Sarita Uranovsky will present various works for violin, flute, piano, and jazz. The program will include works by Beethoven, C.P.E. Bach, Katherine Hoover, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, and Abbey Lincoln. This event is open to the Tufts Community and the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations required. Distler Performance Hall.

October 21, 2009, 8PM
The Ragazzi – Michelin Guitar and Piano Duo
An Evening of South American Jazz
Join Tufts Faculty member and pianist Nando Michelin and acclaimed guitarist Claudio Ragazzi for a CD release concert featuring original South American Jazz compositions, plus classics by Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, Guinga, and more. Claudio Ragazzi is best known for his soundtracks for "Next Stop Wonderland" and "Blue Diner" as well as several film documentaries. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

October 24, 2009, 1PM
Music: The Incredible Time Machine!
Saturday Family and Children’s Concert Series
The Tufts Wind Ensemble invites children in the primary grades as our special guests as we journey through the beat, meter and rhythms of music. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

October 25, 2009, 3PM
Bamboo Related – An Afternoon of Japanese Chamber Music
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
Applied Faculty Member Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakahuchi, presents an afternoon for the shakahuchi and other ancient and modern instruments. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

October 30, 2009, 12PM
TCFN Concert No. 1
Tune into TCFN – the second season of the Tufts Composers Friday Noon Series, two concerts on Fridays at noon in the fall, featuring innovative programs of new music by undergraduate, graduate, guest and faculty composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

NOVEMBER 2009

November 1, 2009, 3PM
Choral Motets of the Millenium
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
The Tufts Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and special guest ensembles - the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Boston Modern Orchestra Project - present works from across the millenium, including pieces by Bach, Brahms, Di Lasso, Rheinberger, Sametz, Ockeghem, and Jameson Marvin. Featured is Lou Harrison's La Koro Sutro, a piece for chorus and American Gamelan. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Residency at Tufts – Three Public Events

12 pm: Roundtable on the Chansonnier cordiforme with Music Director Scott Metcalfe, Professor Jane Bernstein (Tufts) and others. Varis Lecture Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required.

3 pm: Blue Heron Early Music Masterclass with members of the Tufts Chamber Singers and the Tufts Early Music Ensemble, Distler Performance Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required.

8 pm: Boston’s Blue Heron, directed by Scott Metcalfe, presents a sample of chansons from across the 15th century, by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Morton, Frye and others. Five singers will be joined by three instrumentalists playing medieval fiddles and harps, douçaine (an early double reed instrument), and more. A significant portion of the repertoire will be drawn from the “Chansonnier cordiforme,” a lavishly illustrated and gilded heart-shaped songbook from the latter half of the century, a spectacular facsimile of which has recently been acquired by the Lilly Music Library. Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now.

November 6, 2009, 8PM
Osso String Quartet
Osso Performing String Arrangements of Sufjan Steven’s “Enjoy Your Rabbit”

String quartet with a modernist pulse, members of the New Work and Berlin-based Osso have collaborated and performed with an array of artists and genres, including Jay-Z, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, the New Pornographers, Antony and the Johnsons, the Polyphonic Spree, The National, Devotchka and Kanye West. Their performance of interpretations of Sufjan Steven’s eccentric electronica album Enjoy Your Rabbit – each song named for a year of the Chinese Zodiac – recomposes computer keystrokes into rhythmic classical arrangements, bridging the drama of experimental electornica, indie rock, and the nuance of chamber harmonies.

The evening will include a screening of Sufjan Steven’s ‘The BQE’, a 40-minute symphonic and cinematic exploration of the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a major traffic artery that severed several neighborhoods and contoured waterways with the brute force of modern urban planning. Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of their Next Wave Festival in November 2007, the film tells a quintessentially American tale through an original film by Stevens with a recorded soundtrack.

Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now. Distler Performance Hall.

November 7, 2009, 8PM
Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Recital
Students studying in the Tufts and New England Conservatory Dual Degree program present a concert of classical and jazz works for a variety of instruments. Performance date subject to change. Works and musicians to be announced. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
November 12, 2009, 8PM

Tufts Composers: Chamber Music
In the Tufts Composers String Quartet perform new works by Hahn, Tierney, Toscano, and others; new works by first-year graduate composers Ferro, Lin, and Molk will also be featured alongside undergraduate creations. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 14, 2009, 8PM
The Boston Village Gamelan & Rinengga Sih Tentrem (Tufts)
Boston Village Gamelan and the Tufts ensemble, Rinengga Sih Tentrem, perform an evening of traditional Javanese gamelan. Directed by Barry Drummond; guest artists include I.M. Harjito. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 15, 2009, 3PM
Arabic Music with Tufts Takht
Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Tufts Takht (The Arabic Music Ensemble) presents new and traditional music from across the Middle East. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 15, 2009, 7PM & November 18, 2009, 8PM
Small Jazz – Portrait of a Jazz Man
Tufts University’s three small jazz combos (Joel LaRue Smith, Paul Ahlstrand, and Scott Aruda, directors), present two evening of jazz for smaller ensembles. Music by Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Mario Bauza, Pedro Flores, Joel LaRue Smith and others will be featured. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Fisher Performance Room.

November 19, 2009, 8PM
Tufts Chamber Music
Student chamber musicians present music for strings, winds, brass, and piano featuring music from the 17th century to the present. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 20, 2009, 12PM
TCFN Concert No. 2
Tune into TCFN – the second season of the Tufts Composers Friday Noon Series, two concerts on Fridays at noon in the fall, featuring innovative programs of new music by undergraduate, graduate, guest and faculty composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 20, 2009, 8PM
The Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir
Join the 220-voice Gospel Choir as they present their fall concert. Tickets are $7 and are on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office (call 617.627.3679). Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center.

November 22, 2009, 3PM
The Tufts Symphony Orchestra
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
Gil Rose leads the Tufts Symphony Orchestra in their fall performance works, composers, and soloists to be announced in early October. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

November 23, 2009, 8PM
The Tufts Flute Ensemble
The talented members of the Tufts Flute Ensemble perform traditional and new music for full flute choir (which includes C flutes, bass flutes, and others.) This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

DECEMBER 2009

December 1, 2009, 8PM
Du Fay & Co.
The Tufts Early Msuic Ensemble, a mixed ensemble of voices, viols, lute, recorders, harp and other early instruments, will explore the secular music of Guillaume Du Fay and his contemporaries, with special emphasis on songs set to Italian texts. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 2, 2009, 6 & 8PM
Applied Student Recitals
Students studying in the Tufts Applied Music program present solo and unaccompanied works from their semester of study. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 4, 2009, 8PM
NME: Not Just Sitting Here
NME, the Tufts New Music Ensemble, continues its adventurous series of concerts with electro-acoustic works, new music for old instruments, works of minimalism and maximalism, and the continuing drama of original NME music-theater production of “Joe, the Plumber.” A performance of Alvin Lucier’s 1967 classic “I Am Sitting in a Room” will take place, along with work of special guest violinist Michelle Makarski. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 5, 2009, 1PM
Good Cheer! A Holiday Concert
Saturday Family and Children’s Concert Series
In a special concert designed for children and their families, the Choruses of Tufts University present popular holiday works of different styles from a variety of traditions and cultures from all over the world. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 5, 2009, 8PM
The Tufts Jazz Orchestra
Praise God and Dance! – Sacred and sacred dance inspired by African Diaspora traditions are the focus for this program led by conductor Joel LaRue Smith. The TJO mounts the stage performing Duke Ellington’s sacred dance pieces as well as secular dance music by North American and Latin American composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Goddard Chapel.

December 6, 2009, 3PM
Wassail! A Tufts Choral Holiday
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present popular works for the season featuring jazz and pop standards, world music carols and classical masterpieces. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 6, 2009, 7PM
The Jumbo Knish Factory
The Tufts Jumbo Knish Factory, Tufts Klezmer, presents a night of Yiddish tango and Klezmer Music. Form the Gauchos Judios of Argentina to American Yiddish Theater and the European Cafes, Tango and Yiddish culture have had a fruitful marriage. The Jumbo Knish Factory will perform some of the best of these tangos with special guests Barbara Grossman and Carol Mastrodomenico. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 7, 2009, 8PM
The Firebird Ensemble
A Night of New Compositions in the Distler Performance Hall
Tufts Music Guest Ensemble-in-Residence ‘The Firebird Ensemble’ present a conflagration of new music featuring Boston-area performances of commissioned works by guest composers Donald Crockett and Eric Moe, presented alongside the world premieres of thesis compositions by Master of Arts candidates Justin Tierney (“The God Script”, featuring actor and Tufts Professor of Drama Laurence Senelick as soloist) and Roberto Toscano (New Work to be announced). An exciting finale to the 2009 new music season. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 8, 2009, 8PM
Kiniwe with Nani Agbeli
Kiniwe, the Tufts African Music and Dance ensemble presents a program of instrumental music, songs and dancing from both the Ewe and Dagomba traditions of West Africa (Ghana). Items to be performed include fun-loving social dances – Gahu (Ewe) and Takai (Dagomba) – and more serious ritual dances – Agbekor (Ewe). Nani Agbeli, who will teach the Kiniwe curriculum in the spring term during Professor Locke’s sabbatical leave, will dance the spectacular Adzogbo.

This event is free and no tickets are required. Kiniwe’s performance is presented by Tufts Music and Tufts Drama/Dance. Jackson Dance Lab.

December 9, 2009, 8PM
The Tufts Wind Ensemble
The Tufts Wind Ensemble performs Symphony for Concert band in B flat by Paul Hindemith along with recent pieces by Ahitacre and Corigliano.This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

December 10, 2009, 8PM
A Night at the (Tufts) Opera
Join us for an evening of fully staged opera scenes performed by the members of Tufts Opera. Chosen from a variety of composers and spanning many periods, you are sure to enjoy the evening. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.

Granoff Music Center Colloquia Series

Join us for one of four (free) music colloquia offered by distinguished music scholars from all over the country. The colloquia are offered in the Varis Lecture Hall (Room 155) of the Granoff Music Center.

Sept. 21, 12PM – Alex Rehding, Harvard University
On Sirens Old and New

Oct. 19, 12PM – Jeffrey Summit, Tufts University
Cabaret at the End of the World; Music as Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust

Nov. 4, 12PM – Scott Metcalfe, Blue Heron, & Jane Bernstein, Tufts, & others.
A Roundtable on the Chansonnier’s cordiforme as part of the Blue Heron Rennaissance Choir’s November 4th Residency at Tufts University

Dec. 7, 12PM – Eric Moe, University of Pittsburgh
Dead Cat Bounces: Strange Narratives in My Recent Work (An event paired with the Firebird Residency and evening concert).

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Click here for a PDF of the current Fall 2009 Events Calendar For non-Tufts related inquiries regarding the rental of Granoff Music Center spaces, please call the Tufts University Conference Bureau at 617.627.3568. SEPTEMBER 2009 Shona (Zimbabwe): A residency with Erica Azim and Patience Chaitezvi September 15 - 18, 2009 Thursday, September 17th, 2009, 8PM Ancient Mbira of Zimbabwe Acclaimed mbira players, musicians, and Zimbabwean cultural experts Erica Azim (one of the first Americans to study the mbira in Zimbabwe, pictured below) and Patience Chaitezvi (pictured right) come to Tufts for a week-long residency featuring lectures, demonstrations, open workshops in singing, drumming, dancing, and expert mbira playing. Azim and Chaitezvi will present a formal performance together at Tufts in the Distler Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8 pm. Tickets are are required. Tickets are free for anyone with a Tufts ID, $10 for the public. Call 617.627.3679 for ticket. Distler Performance Hall. Co-sponsored by the Tufts Arts and Sciences Deans Diversity Fund, the Tufts Dance Program, the Tufts Africana Center, the Tufts Africa and the New World Minor, the Tufts Anthropology Department, the Tufts Women’s Center, and the Tufts History Department. Sunday, September 20th, 2009, 3PM Javanese Gamelan Music: Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series Boston Village Gamelan and Gamelan Sukar Maju Malah Mundur perform a concert of Javanese chamber music with guest director I.M. Harjito. Free. No tickets required. Distler Performance Hall. Voice of America: BMOP and the Florestan Recital Project @ Tufts September 24 - 27, 2009 BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project) presents four days of American vocal music in partnership with the Florestan Recital Project and Tufts Department of Music. Gil Rose conducts three performances by BMOP encompassing a broad range of repertoire, including works for voice and ensemble by Milton Babbitt, Jacob Druckman, Alan Hovhaness, John McDonald, George Rochberg, Virgil Thomson, among others, with special guests Thomas Meglioranza, baritone, and Lucy Shelton, soprano. In three additional performances, the intrepid and enterprising Florestan Recital Project presents the complete songs of Samuel Barber, plus several unpublished works, which were obtained by special permission from the U.S. Library of Congress and Barber’s estate. Hailed as “incisive and stylish” (BMOP) and “enterprising” (Florestan Recital Project) by The Boston Globe, these ground-breaking organizations offer an unparalleled exploration of the impact that American composers have had on the future of vocal repertoire. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Performance Schedule - Distler Performance Hall @ Granoff Music Center (Visit bmop.org or tufts.edu/musiccenter for programs for each concert) Friday, September 25: 7 pm – Florestan; 8:30 pm – BMOP Saturday, September 26: 7 pm – Florestan; 8:30 pm – BMOP Sunday, September 27: 1:30 pm – Florestan; 3 pm – BMOP Tickets: Call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679 Prices: Florestan tickets are $18; BMOP tickets are $30; Combo tickets (same day, two concerts) are $40. Students receive 50% discount on all tickets. OCTOBER 2009 Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3PM Songs of Heroines with Soprano Carol Mastrodomenico: Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series Soprano Carol Mastrodomenico and pianist Stephen Morris present Haydn's Arianna a nos, Schubert's Sulieka I and II, Poulenc's La Dame de Monte Carlo, and Songs from Letters (of Calamity Jane) by Libby Larson. Free. No tickets required. Distler Performance Hall. Saturday, October 17, 2009, 2:30PM to 7:00PM Parents Weekend Arts Festival Tufts presents its third annual Parents Weekend ‘Arts Alive Street Festival’ featuring concerts, shows, and interactive presentations by ensemble from Tufts Music, Drama/Dance, as well as student directed groups. For a schedule of events visit parentsprogram.tufts.edu October 18, 2009, 3PM An Afternoon of Chamber Music Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series Tufts Applied Music Faculty members Nina Barwell, Hisako Hiratsuka, Nando Michelin, Diane Richardson, and Sarita Uranovsky will present various works for violin, flute, piano, and jazz. The program will include works by Beethoven, C.P.E. Bach, Katherine Hoover, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, and Abbey Lincoln. This event is open to the Tufts Community and the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations required. Distler Performance Hall. October 21, 2009, 8PM The Ragazzi – Michelin Guitar and Piano Duo An Evening of South American Jazz Join Tufts Faculty member and pianist Nando Michelin and acclaimed guitarist Claudio Ragazzi for a CD release concert featuring original South American Jazz compositions, plus classics by Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, Guinga, and more. Claudio Ragazzi is best known for his soundtracks for "Next Stop Wonderland" and "Blue Diner" as well as several film documentaries. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. October 24, 2009, 1PM Music: The Incredible Time Machine! Saturday Family and Children’s Concert Series The Tufts Wind Ensemble invites children in the primary grades as our special guests as we journey through the beat, meter and rhythms of music. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. October 25, 2009, 3PM Bamboo Related – An Afternoon of Japanese Chamber Music Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series Applied Faculty Member Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakahuchi, presents an afternoon for the shakahuchi and other ancient and modern instruments. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. October 30, 2009, 12PM TCFN Concert No. 1 Tune into TCFN – the second season of the Tufts Composers Friday Noon Series, two concerts on Fridays at noon in the fall, featuring innovative programs of new music by undergraduate, graduate, guest and faculty composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. NOVEMBER 2009 November 1, 2009, 3PM Choral Motets of the Millenium Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series The Tufts Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and special guest ensembles - the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Boston Modern Orchestra Project - present works from across the millenium, including pieces by Bach, Brahms, Di Lasso, Rheinberger, Sametz, Ockeghem, and Jameson Marvin. Featured is Lou Harrison's La Koro Sutro, a piece for chorus and American Gamelan. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 The Blue Heron Renaissance Choir Residency at Tufts – Three Public Events 12 pm: Roundtable on the Chansonnier cordiforme with Music Director Scott Metcalfe, Professor Jane Bernstein (Tufts) and others. Varis Lecture Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required. 3 pm: Blue Heron Early Music Masterclass with members of the Tufts Chamber Singers and the Tufts Early Music Ensemble, Distler Performance Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required. 8 pm: Boston’s Blue Heron, directed by Scott Metcalfe, presents a sample of chansons from across the 15th century, by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Morton, Frye and others. Five singers will be joined by three instrumentalists playing medieval fiddles and harps, douçaine (an early double reed instrument), and more. A significant portion of the repertoire will be drawn from the “Chansonnier cordiforme,” a lavishly illustrated and gilded heart-shaped songbook from the latter half of the century, a spectacular facsimile of which has recently been acquired by the Lilly Music Library. Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now. November 6, 2009, 8PM Osso String Quartet Osso Performing String Arrangements of Sufjan Steven’s “Enjoy Your Rabbit” String quartet with a modernist pulse, members of the New Work and Berlin-based Osso have collaborated and performed with an array of artists and genres, including Jay-Z, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, the New Pornographers, Antony and the Johnsons, the Polyphonic Spree, The National, Devotchka and Kanye West. Their performance of interpretations of Sufjan Steven’s eccentric electronica album Enjoy Your Rabbit – each song named for a year of the Chinese Zodiac – recomposes computer keystrokes into rhythmic classical arrangements, bridging the drama of experimental electornica, indie rock, and the nuance of chamber harmonies. The evening will include a screening of Sufjan Steven’s ‘The BQE’, a 40-minute symphonic and cinematic exploration of the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a major traffic artery that severed several neighborhoods and contoured waterways with the brute force of modern urban planning. Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of their Next Wave Festival in November 2007, the film tells a quintessentially American tale through an original film by Stevens with a recorded soundtrack. Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now. Distler Performance Hall. November 7, 2009, 8PM Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Recital Students studying in the Tufts and New England Conservatory Dual Degree program present a concert of classical and jazz works for a variety of instruments. Performance date subject to change. Works and musicians to be announced. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 12, 2009, 8PM Tufts Composers: Chamber Music In the Tufts Composers String Quartet perform new works by Hahn, Tierney, Toscano, and others; new works by first-year graduate composers Ferro, Lin, and Molk will also be featured alongside undergraduate creations. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 14, 2009, 8PM The Boston Village Gamelan & Rinengga Sih Tentrem (Tufts) Boston Village Gamelan and the Tufts ensemble, Rinengga Sih Tentrem, perform an evening of traditional Javanese gamelan. Directed by Barry Drummond; guest artists include I.M. Harjito. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 15, 2009, 3PM Arabic Music with Tufts Takht Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series Tufts Takht (The Arabic Music Ensemble) presents new and traditional music from across the Middle East. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 15, 2009, 7PM & November 18, 2009, 8PM Small Jazz – Portrait of a Jazz Man Tufts University’s three small jazz combos (Joel LaRue Smith, Paul Ahlstrand, and Scott Aruda, directors), present two evening of jazz for smaller ensembles. Music by Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Mario Bauza, Pedro Flores, Joel LaRue Smith and others will be featured. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Fisher Performance Room. November 19, 2009, 8PM Tufts Chamber Music Student chamber musicians present music for strings, winds, brass, and piano featuring music from the 17th century to the present. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 20, 2009, 12PM TCFN Concert No. 2 Tune into TCFN – the second season of the Tufts Composers Friday Noon Series, two concerts on Fridays at noon in the fall, featuring innovative programs of new music by undergraduate, graduate, guest and faculty composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 20, 2009, 8PM The Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir Join the 220-voice Gospel Choir as they present their fall concert. Tickets are $7 and are on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office (call 617.627.3679). Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center. November 22, 2009, 3PM The Tufts Symphony Orchestra Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series Gil Rose leads the Tufts Symphony Orchestra in their fall performance works, composers, and soloists to be announced in early October. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. November 23, 2009, 8PM The Tufts Flute Ensemble The talented members of the Tufts Flute Ensemble perform traditional and new music for full flute choir (which includes C flutes, bass flutes, and others.) This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. DECEMBER 2009 December 1, 2009, 8PM Du Fay & Co. The Tufts Early Msuic Ensemble, a mixed ensemble of voices, viols, lute, recorders, harp and other early instruments, will explore the secular music of Guillaume Du Fay and his contemporaries, with special emphasis on songs set to Italian texts. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 2, 2009, 6 & 8PM Applied Student Recitals Students studying in the Tufts Applied Music program present solo and unaccompanied works from their semester of study. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 4, 2009, 8PM NME: Not Just Sitting Here NME, the Tufts New Music Ensemble, continues its adventurous series of concerts with electro-acoustic works, new music for old instruments, works of minimalism and maximalism, and the continuing drama of original NME music-theater production of “Joe, the Plumber.” A performance of Alvin Lucier’s 1967 classic “I Am Sitting in a Room” will take place, along with work of special guest violinist Michelle Makarski. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 5, 2009, 1PM Good Cheer! A Holiday Concert Saturday Family and Children’s Concert Series In a special concert designed for children and their families, the Choruses of Tufts University present popular holiday works of different styles from a variety of traditions and cultures from all over the world. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 5, 2009, 8PM The Tufts Jazz Orchestra Praise God and Dance! – Sacred and sacred dance inspired by African Diaspora traditions are the focus for this program led by conductor Joel LaRue Smith. The TJO mounts the stage performing Duke Ellington’s sacred dance pieces as well as secular dance music by North American and Latin American composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Goddard Chapel. December 6, 2009, 3PM Wassail! A Tufts Choral Holiday Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present popular works for the season featuring jazz and pop standards, world music carols and classical masterpieces. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 6, 2009, 7PM The Jumbo Knish Factory The Tufts Jumbo Knish Factory, Tufts Klezmer, presents a night of Yiddish tango and Klezmer Music. Form the Gauchos Judios of Argentina to American Yiddish Theater and the European Cafes, Tango and Yiddish culture have had a fruitful marriage. The Jumbo Knish Factory will perform some of the best of these tangos with special guests Barbara Grossman and Carol Mastrodomenico. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 7, 2009, 8PM The Firebird Ensemble A Night of New Compositions in the Distler Performance Hall Tufts Music Guest Ensemble-in-Residence ‘The Firebird Ensemble’ present a conflagration of new music featuring Boston-area performances of commissioned works by guest composers Donald Crockett and Eric Moe, presented alongside the world premieres of thesis compositions by Master of Arts candidates Justin Tierney (“The God Script”, featuring actor and Tufts Professor of Drama Laurence Senelick as soloist) and Roberto Toscano (New Work to be announced). An exciting finale to the 2009 new music season. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 8, 2009, 8PM Kiniwe with Nani Agbeli Kiniwe, the Tufts African Music and Dance ensemble presents a program of instrumental music, songs and dancing from both the Ewe and Dagomba traditions of West Africa (Ghana). Items to be performed include fun-loving social dances – Gahu (Ewe) and Takai (Dagomba) – and more serious ritual dances – Agbekor (Ewe). Nani Agbeli, who will teach the Kiniwe curriculum in the spring term during Professor Locke’s sabbatical leave, will dance the spectacular Adzogbo. This event is free and no tickets are required. Kiniwe’s performance is presented by Tufts Music and Tufts Drama/Dance. Jackson Dance Lab. December 9, 2009, 8PM The Tufts Wind Ensemble The Tufts Wind Ensemble performs Symphony for Concert band in B flat by Paul Hindemith along with recent pieces by Ahitacre and Corigliano.This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. December 10, 2009, 8PM A Night at the (Tufts) Opera Join us for an evening of fully staged opera scenes performed by the members of Tufts Opera. Chosen from a variety of composers and spanning many periods, you are sure to enjoy the evening. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall. Granoff Music Center Colloquia Series Join us for one of four (free) music colloquia offered by distinguished music scholars from all over the country. The colloquia are offered in the Varis Lecture Hall (Room 155) of the Granoff Music Center. Sept. 21, 12PM – Alex Rehding, Harvard University On Sirens Old and New Oct. 19, 12PM – Jeffrey Summit, Tufts University Cabaret at the End of the World; Music as Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust Nov. 4, 12PM – Scott Metcalfe, Blue Heron, & Jane Bernstein, Tufts, & others. A Roundtable on the Chansonnier’s cordiforme as part of the Blue Heron Rennaissance Choir’s November 4th Residency at Tufts University Dec. 7, 12PM – Eric Moe, University of Pittsburgh Dead Cat Bounces: Strange Narratives in My Recent Work (An event paired with the Firebird Residency and evening concert).
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Tufts Music and the Granoff Music Center Events Calendar

Tufts Music and the Granoff Music Center
Events Calendar