Bailey Hall

Sunday, November 8    8:00 pm

Bailey Hall

Founded and based in the ancient capital of Nara, the Japanese taiko (drum) group Yamato brings exuberant new energy and meaning to old traditions. "The rhythmic beating in my heart and yours become one through the taiko", says founding director Masa Ogawa: Yamato expresses and celebrates the continuous sound of life from the beginning until today. "When we feel the pulsating power of life and the surge of energy between our spectators and ourselves ... we become united with the sound." – Yamato, the Drummers of Japan TICKETS can be purchased (starting mid-August 2009) online at BaileyTickets.com or via Ticket Center Ithaca, 171 The Commmons, Center Ithaca, tel. (607)273-4497 or (800)248-8422

Sunday, November 22    8:00 pm

Bailey Hall

Cornell University Wind Symphony; Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor, and the Cornell University Percussion Ensemble; Tim Feeney, director. CUWS presents David Gillingham's Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble and works by Kim Portnoy and Robert Russell Bennett. CUPE performs John Cage's Amores and Lou Harrison's Fifth Simfony.

Saturday, December 5    8:00 pm

Bailey Hall

Cornell University Jazz Ensemble I; Paul Merrill, director, with guest guitarist/composer-arranger Steve Brown.

Sunday, December 6    3:00 pm

Bailey Hall

Cornell University Wind Ensemble; Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor, and the Cornell Symphony Orchestra; Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. In preparation for its return to Costa Rica, the CUWE presents Bernstein's West Side Story, Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium, and Stephen Gryc's Las Campanas. The CSO performs Wolf songs, orchestrated by Steven Stucky with soloist Judith Kellock, and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.