Music Department

Concerts & Events

All concerts subject to change without notice. Performances are free and open to the public. For the most updated information about our concert series, please visit naz.edu/events.

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Concert Series 2018-19

September

Friday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Alumni Ensembles Concert (livestreamed) 
Nancy Strelau, conductor

Saturday, September 15 at 1 p.m., Front Lawn of GAC
Annual Bands on the Lawn
Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band

Sunday, September 16 at 5 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Graduate Recital
Lily Han, voice

Sunday, September 23 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Gala Concert (livestreamed) 

Friday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Collaborations (livestreamed) 
Keith Koster, bassoon & Jared Chase, trumpet

Saturday, September 29 at 4 p.m., Beston Hall
Music for a Late Summer Evening (livestreamed) 
Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, September 30 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
The Rita Collective (livestreamed) 

October

Sunday, October 7 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Summer Shimmers: The Magic of the Season: (postponed to November 16 at 7:30 p.m.)
Wilmot Woodwind Quintet

Friday, October 12 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 1 Recital

Sunday, October 14 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
A Baroque Kaleidoscope (livestreamed) 
Margaret Leenhouts, violin & leader

Thursday, October 18 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Saxophone 1 Studio Recital

Friday, October 19 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 2 Studio Recital

Friday, October 19 at 4 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Guitar Studio Recital

Saturday, October 20 at 2:30 p.m, Wilmot Hall
Family Weekend Student Recital

Sunday, October 21 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Faculty Showcase Concert (livestreamed) 

Tuesday, October 23 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
String 1 (cello) studio Recital

Thursday, October 25 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 3 Studio Recital

Friday, October 26 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Tuba/Euphonium/Trombone Studio Recital

Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Modern Clarinet Sonatas (livestreamed) 
Marcy Bacon, clarinet

Saturday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Raymond Shiner Jazz Award Concert (livestreamed) 

Sunday, October 28 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Festmusik! (livestreamed) 
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band

Tuesday, October 30 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Horn/Bassoon Studio Recital

Wednesday, October 31 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Lucas Krupinski, guest piano (livestreamed) 
 

November

Thursday, November 1 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Percussion Studio Recital

Friday, November 2 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 4 Studio Recital

Friday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
The Synergy of Music (livestreamed) 
Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, November 3 at 4 p.m., Beston Hall
The Bernstein Centennial: Chichester Psalms
Chamber Singers

Sunday, November 4 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
'Like rain it sounded till it curved' - Musical responses to poetry
Trio Alexander

Tuesday, November 6 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Clarinet/Oboe Studio Recital

Thursday, November 8 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Piano 1 Studio Recital

Friday, November 9 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 5 (Freshmen) Studio Recital

Friday, November 9 at 4 p.m., Wilmot Hall
String 2 Studio Recital

Friday-Saturday, November 9-10 All Day, Wilmot Hall & Beston Hall
Bernstein Centennial Celebration

Saturday, November 10 at 5:00 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Graduate Recital
Stephanie Mercer, piano

Saturday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Bernstein at 100: A Celebration

Monday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Jazz Combos

Tuesday, November 13 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Trumpet Studio Recital 

Thursday, November 15 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Flute 1 Studio Recital 

Friday, November 16 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Saxophone 2 Studio Recital

Friday, November 16 at 4 p.m., Wilmot Hall
String 3 Studio Recital

Friday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Summer Shimmers: The Magic of the Season
Wilmot Woodwind Quintet

Sunday, November 18 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Music from my Childhood
Esther Park, guest piano

Monday November 19 at 12:30-2:30pm.  
Masterclass: Esther Park, piano

Tuesday, November 20 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Piano 2 Studio Recital

Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Nazareth College Percussion Ensemble

Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Spotlight on Excellence
Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and ECMS Music Educators Wind Ensemble 

Friday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Of Light and Love
Concert Choir

Friday, November 30 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 6 Studio Recital

Friday, November 30 at 4 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Composition Studio Recital

December

Sunday, December 2 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
The John and Mary Beston Holiday Prism Concert

Tuesday, December 4 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Flute 2 Studio Recital 

Tuesday, December 4 at 7:30 pm, St. Mark's and St. John's Episcopal Church
Brass Choir Concert
1245 Culver Rd. Rochester

Thursday, December 6 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Performance Major Studio Recital 

Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Jazz Ensemble and Lab Band

January

Friday-Saturday, January 25-26 at 7:30 p.m., Callahan Theater
Nazareth College Opera Workshop

Sunday, January 27 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Orchestral Songs/Symphonic Dances
Keyboard faculty

February

Saturday, February 2 at 3:00 p.m., Beston Hall
A Festival of Trombones

Sunday, February 10 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band

Friday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
The Piano at its Summit: Franz Liszt’s Complete Piano Etudes
Asiya Korepanova, piano

Saturday, February 16 at 4 p.m., Beston Hall
Rising Stars
Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m.,Wilmot Hall
Jazz Faculty Assortment

Tuesday, February 26 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 1 Studio Recital

Thursday, February 28 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Saxophone Studio Recital

March

Friday, March 1 at 2:30 pm, Wilmot Hall
Voice 2 Studio Recital

Friday, March 1 at 4 pm, Wilmot Hall
Guitar Studio Recital

Tuesday, March 5 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Voice 3 Studio Recital

Thursday, March 7 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Horn/Bassoon Studio Recital

Friday, March 8 at 2:30 pm, Wilmot Hall
Voice 4 (Freshmen) Studio Recital

Thursday, March 21 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Percussion Studio Recital

Friday, March 22 at 2:30 pm, Wilmot Hall
Tuba/Euphonium/Trombone Studio Recital

Friday, March 22 at 4 pm, Wilmot Hall
String 1 Studio Recital

Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
In Good Company: Music for Guitar, Piano, and Voice
Kim Upcraft, voice

Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Rhythm and Brass 
Wilmot Wind Quintet

Tuesday, March 26 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
String 2 (cello) Studio Recital

Thursday, March 28 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Voice 5 Studio Recital

Friday, March 29 at 2:30 pm, Wilmot Hall
Flute 1 Studio Recital

Friday, March 29 at 4 pm, Wilmot Hall
Piano 1 Studio Recital

Friday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Song and Strings
Joshua Bouillon, tenor

Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Leonard Bernstein, Up Close and Personal Music
Faculty Chamber Ensemble

April

Tuesday, April 2 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Trumpet Studio Recital

Thursday, April 4 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Flute 2 Studio Recital

Friday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Voice 6 Studio Recital

Friday, April 5 at 4 p.m., Wilmot Hall
String 3 Studio Recital

Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Saxophone Quartet/Ensemble

Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m., Wilmot Hall
"Loose Change" Jazz Combos 

Tuesday, April 9  at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Piano 2 Studio Recital

Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band

Thursday, April 11 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Clarinet/Oboe Studio Recital

Friday, April 12 at 2:30 pm, Wilmot Hall
Saxophone 2 Studio Recital

Friday, April 12 at 4 pm, Wilmot Hall
Performance Major Studio Recital

Friday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m., Beston Hall
Nazareth Choirs and Houghton Choir

Thursday, April 18 at 12:10 pm, Wilmot Hall
Composers Forum Studio Recital

Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Nazareth College Percussion Ensemble

Thursday, April 25 at 12:10 p.m., Wilmot Hall
Honors Convocation

Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m., Beston Hall
Jazz Ensemble 

 



 

Past Concerts

September, 2017
October, 2017
November, 2017
December, 2017
January, 2018
February, 2018
March, 2018
April, 2018
May, 2018

JANE AND LAURENCE GLAZER MUSIC PERFORMANCE CENTER

About the new Center, including Beston Hall

Concert Series

    Nazareth College Chamber Singers
    Jacob Ertl: Stravinsky Finale from Firebird
    Nazareth Symphony Orchestra: Sarah Rhee-Tirré, piano
    Calendar

    Music Events

    Sep 28
    Faculty Recital: Keith Koster, bassoon; Jared Chase, trumpet 7:30 – 9 p.m.
    Sep 29
    Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra 4 – 5:30 p.m.
    Sep 30
    The Rita Collective 3 – 4:30 p.m.
    Oct 14
    Faculty/Guest Recital: A Baroque Kaleidoscope 3 – 4:30 p.m.
    Oct 21
    Faculty Showcase Concert 3 – 4:30 p.m.
    Oct 26
    Faculty Recital: Marcy Bacon, clarinet 7:30 – 9 p.m.
    Oct 27
    Raymond Shiner Jazz Award Big Band 7:30 – 9 p.m.
    Oct 28
    Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band 3 – 4:30 p.m.
    Nov 2
    Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra 7:30 – 9 p.m.
    Nov 3
    Chamber Singers 4 – 5:30 p.m.
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