Music Department

Concert Calendar

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Violin close up at Gasson 100 performance The following lists only events sponsored by the Music Department and select other concerts, such as those by the University Chorale.  For a more complete list of arts-related events at Boston College, please visit the Arts Council home page.

For last minute changes and updates to Music Department events call our Concert Line at 617-552-6004.  We can be contacted at concerts@bc.edu.
Concerts are free of charge unless otherwise noted.



FALL-WINTER 2008



SEPTEMBER

Tuesday September 9
8 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
TRITON BRASS QUINTET 
Boston College Artists-in-Residence
Fall Concert:  Works by Persichetti & Bernstein


Sunday September 14
3 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
AN AFTERNOON OF VOCAL MUSIC: Light Classical, Broadway Tunes & Songs
Raisa Shapiro, soprano - Alla Katchan, piano



Monday September 29
4:15 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
Music in the Afternoon
WORKS FOR CLARINET: Francis Poulenc & Elliott Carter
Kristian Bäverstam (BC 05), clarinet - Jessica Modaff, piano - Richard Shaughnessy, clarinet




OCTOBER


Sunday October 5
3 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
CHOPIN

Cecilia Farrell, piano


Tuesday October 14
8 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
MUSIC OF ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Thomas Oboe Lee (BC faculty) & the Alex Brown Trio


Monday October 20
4:15pm  --  Gasson 100
Music in the Afternoon
DIVINA MATER: Baroque Songs to the Virgin Mary
Giorgio Carducci, countertenor
Giuseppe Schinaia, harpsichord


Friday October 24
Saturday October 25
8 pm  --  St. Mary's Chapel, Jesuit Residence
Music at St. Mary's
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER'S JUDICIUM SALOMONIS (Judgement of Solomon): A Jesuit Opera
John Finney, conductor



Sunday October 26
3 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
CHAMBER MUSIC OF DEBUSSY & RAVEL
(in conjunction with the Roualt Exhibit--Mystic Masque--at the McMullen Museum)
Kalliope Trio: Kirssi Perttuli, violin - Junko Simons, cello - Sandra Hebert (BC faculty), piano with Laura Teplitsky, piano


Friday October 31
4:15pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
Music in the Afternoon
CHAMBER MUSIC OF AMY BEACH
Lavazza Chamber Ensemble: Kristina Nilsson, Paula Oakes, violins - Frances Rios, viola - Jan Pfeiffer, cello - James Chubet, piano



NOVEMBER

Sunday November 2
3pm  --  St. Mary's Chapel, Jesuit Residence
A TOUR OF ITALY: Works by Vivaldi, Sammartini, Caldara
The Boston Collegium, Daniel Gostin director


Sunday November 9
4 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS
A Fairy Tale from the Brothers Grimm, Music by Alison Hedger
Students of the Dalcroze School for Music & Movement, Barbara S. Gawlick, director



Friday November 14
Saturday November 15
8 pm  --  Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus
CARL ORFF'S CARMINA BURANA
The University Chorale of Boston College & The Boston College Symphony Orchestra, John Finney conductor
Admission: $10, $5 with BC ID


Tuesday November 18
8 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
HAWTHORNE STRING QUARTET
Boston College Artists-in-Residence
Works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert & Kalabis


Saturday November 22
3 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
BOSTON COLLEGE FLUTE CHOIR
Judy Grant, director


Monday November 24
4:15 pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
Music in the Afternoon
BOSTON COLLEGE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Sandra Hebert, director




DECEMBER


Friday December 5 & Saturday December 6 -- 8pm 
Sunday December 7 --  2 pm
Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The University Chorale of Boston College & The Boston College Symphony Orchestra  -  John Finney, conductor
Admission: $10, $5 with BC ID.



Monday December 8
8pm  --  Gasson Hall, Room 100
BOSTON COLLEGE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Sandra Hebert, director



Tuesday December 9
4:15 pm  --  St. Mary's Chapel, Jesuit Residence
Music at St. Mary'
MUSIC AT ST. MARY'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Members of the University Chorale of Boston College  --  John Finney, conductor