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Concerts

The Department of Music sponsors more than a hundred concerts on campus each year, given by faculty members, students, departmental ensembles, and distinguished visiting artists. All are open to the public and most are free, unless ticketing information is given. The listings below also include the Cornell Concert Series, which brings artists of international stature to campus; admission is charged for all of these events. The Cornell Concert Commission hosts large-scale pop and rock acts, and many additional student-organized musical events take place on campus; for information, check with the Willard Straight Hall Ticket Office at 255-3430 (Mon-Fri).

Sunday, May 20
   3:00 pm		 Milstein Hall Mayfest: Cornell's 5th annual international chamber music festival (http://mayfest-cornell.org). Concert I features Gideon Klein’s String Trio (Ariana Kim, Xiao-Dong Wang, Zvi Plesser), Christopher Stark’s Red Ochre for violin and pre-recorded sounds (Ariana Kim), J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Mike Lee with Susan Waterbury, Ariana Kim, Xiao-Dong Wang, Zvi Plesser), and and selections from Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers,” conducted by Scott Tucker with the Chorus and Glee Club. Tickets ($15 general, $8 students for each concert) available at Ticketbud.com and at the door.
Monday, May 21
   8:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium Mayfest: Cornell's 5th annual international chamber music festival (http://mayfest-cornell.org). Concert II: “Three Generations of Cornell Pianists” features Malcolm Bilson (F-Minor Sonatas by Hummel, op. 20, and Schubert, D. 625), Miri Yampolsky (Schuman Sonata in G Minor, op. 22), and Andrew Zhou (Thomas Adès’ Traced Overhead, op. 15). Tickets ($15 general, $8 students for each concert) available at Ticketbud.com and at the door.
Tuesday, May 22
   8:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium Mayfest: Cornell's 5th annual international chamber music festival (http://mayfest-cornell.org). Concert III features Ives’ Largo for clarinet, violin and piano (Richard Faria, Ariana Kim, Andrew Zhou), Beethoven’s String Trio in C Minor, op. 9, no. 3 (Xiao-Dong Wang, Katherine Murdock, Zvi Plesser), Bizet’s Jeux d’Enfants for piano four-hands (Xak Bjerken and Roger Moseley), and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 (Xiao-Dong Wang, Zvi Plesser, Miri Yampolsky). Tickets ($15 general, $8 students for each concert) available at Ticketbud.com and at the door.
Wednesday, May 23
   8:00 pm		 Barnes Hall Auditorium Mayfest: Cornell's 5th annual international chamber music festival (http://mayfest-cornell.org). Concert IV features Janacék’s Violin Sonata (Ariana Kim, Miri Yampolsky), Bartók’s Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano (Richard Faria, Xiao-Dong Wang, Xak Bjerken), and Brahms’ Piano Quartet in A Major, op. 26 (Xiao-Dong Wang, Katherine Murdock, Zvi Plesser, Xak Bjerken). Tickets ($15 general, $8 students for each concert) available at Ticketbud.com and at the door.
Saturday, May 26
   3:00 pm		 Arts Quad CU Winds: Wind Ensemble; Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor. Senior week concert features international and American music, as well as Cornell songs. (In the case of rain, the concert will take place in Barton Hall.)
Saturday, May 26
   8:00 pm		 Bailey Hall Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club; Scott Tucker, conductor. The Senior Week concert features music from their 2011–12 repertoire, including works for men’s voices and for women’s voices, and the two choirs join forces to present mixed-voice works, including selections from Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (“Vespers”). The concert continues with those ever-popular Cornell songs, concluding with Evening Song and Alma Mater. Admission: $10, available at BaileyTickets.com, in person at Ticket Center Ithaca (273-4497), and at the door.
Friday, June 8
   9:15 pm		 Bailey Hall Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club and their alumni; Scott Tucker, conductor. The Reunion 2012 concert features old and new favorites, concluding with the greatest songs ever written for an Ivy League institution. Admission will be charged; details to be announced later.