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This master list displays the next 50 events sponsored by the Department of Music.   Use the links on the left side of the page to select specific types of events.

Sunday, May 19
   3:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium MAYFEST, Cornell’s 6th annual international chamber music festival: Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, artistic directors, with six international guests: Tatiana Samouil, violin (Belgium), Chezi Nir, horn (Israel); Pavel Gomziakov, cello (Portugal); Natalia Tchitch, viola (Russia); Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Germany); and Eyal Ein-Habar, flute (Israel). Concert #1 features: Mozart: Preludes and Fugues (after J. S. and W. F. Bach), K. 404a (Samouil, Tchitch, Gomiakov trio); Schumann: Piano Quartet, op.47 (Samouil, Tchitch, Gomiakov, Bjerken); Elliott Carter: Cello Sonata (1948) (Lyon, Anastasio); Brahms: Horn Trio, op. 40 (Nir, Samouil, Yampolsky). Tickets ($20 general, $10 students for each concert; festival pass $85) available at https://mayfest.ticketbud.com/mayfest2013 and at the door.
Monday, May 20
   8:00 pm		 Milstein Hall Dome MAYFEST, Cornell’s 6th annual international chamber music festival: Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, artistic directors, with six international guests: Tatiana Samouil, violin (Belgium), Chezi Nir, horn (Israel); Pavel Gomziakov, cello (Portugal); Natalia Tchitch, viola (Russia); Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Germany); and Eyal Ein-Habar, flute (Israel). Concert #2 features C. P. E. Bach: “Hamburger” Sonata for flute/fortepiano (Ein-Habar, Bilson); Amit Gilutz: Skins (premiere) for dancer and percussionist (Samama, Compitello); Schnittke: String Trio (Samouil, Tchitch, Gomiakov trio); Kagel: No. 14 from The Tower of Babel –Melodies for a Solo Voice (Vassiliev); William Kraft: Encounters IX, for alto sax and percussion (Spinazzola, Compitello); J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067 (Ein-Habar, etc.). Tickets ($20 general, $10 students for each concert; festival pass $85) available at https://mayfest.ticketbud.com/mayfest2013 and at the door.
Tuesday, May 21
   8:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium MAYFEST, Cornell’s 6th annual international chamber music festival: Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, artistic directors, with six international guests: Tatiana Samouil, violin (Belgium), Chezi Nir, horn (Israel); Pavel Gomziakov, cello (Portugal); Natalia Tchitch, viola (Russia); Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Germany); and Eyal Ein-Habar, flute (Israel). Concert #3 features: Schumann: Andante and Variations, for two pianos, two cellos and horn (Anastasio, Bjerken, Gomiakov, Haines-Eitzen, Nir); Erwin Schulhoff: Flute Sonata (1927) (Ein-Habar, Yampolsky); Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (Vassiliev, Yampolsky); songs of Poulenc and Rudi Stephan (Vassiliev, Bjerken); Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor (Samouil, Yampolsky). Tickets ($20 general, $10 students for each concert; festival pass $85) available at https://mayfest.ticketbud.com/mayfest2013 and at the door.
Wednesday, May 22
   8:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium MAYFEST, Cornell’s 6th annual international chamber music festival: Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, artistic directors, with six international guests: Tatiana Samouil, violin (Belgium), Chezi Nir, horn (Israel); Pavel Gomziakov, cello (Portugal); Natalia Tchitch, viola (Russia); Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Germany); and Eyal Ein-Habar, flute (Israel). Concert #4 features: Haydn: Flute Trio in D Major (Ein-Habar, Gomiakov, Bilson); Mozart: Horn Quintet, K. 407 (Nir, Samouil, Tchitch, TBA, Gomiakov); Mussorgsky: Without Sun (Vassiliev, Yampolsky); Dohnanyi: Sextet, op. 37 (Yampolsky, Samouil, Tchitch, Haines-Eitzen, Nir, and Lau). Tickets ($20 general, $10 students for each concert; festival pass $85) available at https://mayfest.ticketbud.com/mayfest2013 and at the door.
Thursday, May 23
   8:00 pm		 Carriage House Cafe Hayloft MAYFEST, Cornell’s 6th annual international chamber music festival: Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, artistic directors, with six international guests: Tatiana Samouil, violin (Belgium), Chezi Nir, horn (Israel); Pavel Gomziakov, cello (Portugal); Natalia Tchitch, viola (Russia); Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Germany); and Eyal Ein-Habar, flute (Israel). Concert #5: Ithaca’s favorite jazz pianist John Stetch joins in for an evening of duos with all of our guests . . . some serious, some fun. Tickets ($20 general, $10 students for each concert; festival pass $85) available at https://mayfest.ticketbud.com/mayfest2013 and at the door.
Saturday, May 25
   3:00 pm		 Arts Quad CU Winds: Wind Ensemble; Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor. Senior week concert features a fun mix of international and American music, as well as Cornell songs. As per recent tradition, an audience member will be invited to conduct the band! (In the case of rain, the concert will take place in Barton Hall.)
Saturday, May 25
   8:00 pm		 Bailey Hall Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club; John Rowehl, conductor: Senior week concert. Admission: $10, available at BaileyTickets.com and at the door.
Friday, June 7
   9:15 pm		 Bailey Hall Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club and their alumni; John Rowehl, conductor. The Reunion 2013 concert features old and new favorites, concluding with the greatest songs ever written for an Ivy League institution. Admission: $10, available at BaileyTickets.com and at the door.