Elon University Performing Arts Series* & Music Department Concerts, Elon - Fall 2009

336/278-5610 (12:30-5:00 p.m., M-F); information: 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml

*Tickets for performances in McCrary Theatre and Whitley Auditorium may be purchased or picked up from [the Elon] Box Office 12:30 - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. The Box Office phone number is: 336/278-5610. Please call or come by for tickets during these hours.

Thursday September 3 – Elon
Elon Music: Phoenix Piano Trio (Dan Skidmore, violin, Meaghan Skogen, cello, & Victoria Fischer Faw, piano)
Program includes Mendelssohn’s Trio in D, Op. 49
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Tuesday September 8 - Elon
Elon Music: Polly Cornelius, soprano, Hallie Hogan, mezzo soprano, Meaghan Skogen, cello, Carey Harwood, guitar, Omri Shimron, & Inara Zandmane, piano
Program: Music by Schumann, Ravel, Rodrigo, & Villa-Lobos
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Friday September 18 – Elon
Elon Music: Omri Shimron, piano
Program: Music by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, & Wiesenberg
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Friday September 25 – Elon
Elon Music: Faculty Gala
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Wednesday-Tuesday October 7-13 – Elon
Elon Department of Performing Arts
Program: Charles Busch: Psycho Beach Party*
Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30p except 10/10 @ 2p & 7:30p, & 10/11 @ 2p
$12 - reservations (recommended) will be taken beginning 9/30. 336/278-5650.
*"Originally titled Gidget Goes Psychotic, Busch's campy play lampoons the beach and psychological thrillers of the early '60s. Surfers, beach bums, a Joan Crawford-like mother, a multiple personality-afflicted teen and a B-movie queen all mix together for a wacky evening in the theatre! Note: contains mature subject matter - viewer discretion is advised."
Thursday October 8 – Elon
Elon Music: Giuseppi Pelli & Stefano Ragni*
Program: Lecture-recital - "Italian Music, Ambassador of Culture in the World" Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
*"Pelli and Ragni are a pianistic duo teaching at the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. Their program connects Italian music with important manifestations of Italian patrimony in literature, theatre and art. Their collaborative work is inspired by Tullio Macoggi, a maestro of refined sonorous sensibility with a profound capacity of interpretation."
Sunday October 11 – Elon
Elon Music: Bel Canto Company
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Tuesday October 27 – Elon
Elon Music & Adams Foundation: Jeanne Stark, piano
Program: Music by Beethoven, Chopin, & Debussy
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Reserved seating $15 - available 10/6. 336/278-5610 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Thursday-Saturday October 29-31, & Friday-Sunday November 6-8 - Elon
Elon Department of Performing Arts
Program: Porter: Kiss Me, Kate, directed by Catherine McNeela, with choreography by Lynne Kurdziel Formato, & Nathaniel Fox Beversluis, music director
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m. except 11/8 @ 2p
$12 or Elon ID - tickets available 10/8. 336/278-5610
Tuesday November 3 – Elon
Elon Music: Borealis Wind Quintet
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
$12 - available 10/13. 336/278-5610 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Tuesday November 10 – Elon
Elon Music: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra*
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
$12 - available 10/20. 336/278-5610.
*"Take a rollicking ride with turn-of-the-century popular music, from marches and waltzes to novelty numbers and long-time favorites. Paragon Ragtime Orchestra performs its highly spirited cinema orchestra scores with chamber music precision and accompanied by silent film projection."
Wednesday November 11 – Elon
Elon Music: Percussion Ensemble, Jon Metzger, director
Yeager Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Tuesday November 17 – Elon
Elon Music: Daniel Skidmore, violin, & Elon University Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Erdman, director
Program includes "Autumn" and "Winter," from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; Haydn: Symphony No. 45 (Farewell); & Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen.
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Friday November 20 – Elon
Elon University Jazz Ensemble, Jon Metzger, director
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Monday November 23 – Elon
Elon University Chorale, Gerald Knight, director
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Monday December 7 – Elon
Elon University Camerata, with Don Grady, narrator, & Mary Alice Bragg, organ
Program: “A Celebration of Light,” with narration, carols, poems, & processional
Whitley Auditorium, Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m.
Free. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Sunday December 20 – Elon
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Program: Holiday Pops Concert with carols and an audience sing-along.
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center, Elon University, Elon. 3:00 p.m.
Free with a donation of canned goods to support the Alamance County Salvation Army Food Drive. 336/278-5565 or http://www.elon.edu/e-web/news/cultural_events/fall09/default.xhtml
Spring 2010 includes: Ciompi Quartet: Tuesday March 2, 8:00pm, Elon University, Elon, NC - Box Office Hours: 12:30 5:00 p.m., Monday Friday Phone: 336-278-5610.