MusicMusic Department Concert Schedule
Concerts held in McGuire Hall, Butler Reception Room, McDonough Chapel and the Performance Space are free for all SXU students, faculty and staff with an ID. General admission is $6; seniors, military and visiting students $5.
Sping 2013 Concerts
Faculty Recital
Monday, February 18, 7:30 p.m., McGuire Hall
Jeff Malecki, DMA, euphonium and trombone. Also featuring Brett Baxter, marimba, and Timothy Lenihan, piano.
Jazz Night
Friday, March 1, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Gilhooley's Grande Saloon
3901 W. 103rd Street
Join the SXU Jazz Combo & Jazz Ensemble for an exciting evening of small group and big band jazz. Enjoy the music, along with food and drink, in a casual setting just across the street from campus!
M. Frederick Miller, Director
Symphony Orchestra ~ Revolution!
Thursday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., Performance Space
Join the SXU Orchestra as we will follow Richard Wagner's path from early influences to later masterpieces in his bicentennial year.
Jeff Malecki, Director
Wind Ensemble - Band Masters
Friday, March 22, 7:00 p.m.
Mother McAuley High School
The SXU Wind Ensemble joins the Pritzker College Prep Concert Band to welcome to the podium Col. John R. Bourgeois, Director Emeritus of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, for a program of band masterworks including Sousa marches and Gustv Hoist's First Suite.
Jeff Malecki, Director
Honors Recital
Friday, April 5, 7:30 p.m., McGuire Hall
Each spring the Music Department faculty hold auditions for the annual Honors Recital. Students are nominated by their applied professor with only the top performers being selected to appear.
University Chorale
Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Performance Space
Join us for an exciting program of arias, scenes and choruses from opera and musical theater, including Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, J. Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Miserables.
Jan Bickel, Conductor/Director
Monica Kropidlowski, Accompanist
Flute Choir ~ A Celebration of Flutes
Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
McDonough Chapel
A bit of fun and serious flute choir music using the entire flute family.
Martha M. Morris, Conductor/Director
Guitar Ensemble & Jazz Combo
Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., McGuire Hall
The SXU Guitar Ensemble will perform arrangements of folk dances from locations around the world including Spain's Catalonia region, Jamaica, Mexico and more. The SXU Jazz Combo will play blues and bebop compositions, standards from the Great American Songbook and selections in tribute to the late Dave Brubeck.
M. Frederick Miller, Conductor/Director
Symphony Orchestra ~ London Everyday
Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., Performance Space
The orchestra's program includes chamber winds and strings, and von Suppe's Poet and Peasant overture, and it culminates by welcoming to the podium SXU Professor of Music Education Martha Morris in Eric Coates' London Everyday Suite.
Jeff Malecki, Director
Jazz Ensemble
Friday, May 3, 7:30 p.m., McGuire Hall
The SXU Jazz Ensemble will present a varied program of big band literature ranging from swing era classics to Latin jazz compositions to funk and rock/jazz fusion favorites.
M. Frederick Miller, Conductor/Director.
Wind Ensemble ~ Dance!
Saturday, May 4, 7:30 p.m., Performance Space
Join us for an eclectic program featuring music for winds inspired by dances from South America to Europe.
Jeff Malecki, Conductor/Director.
*Above dates are subject to change.
*Performance Space is located at the northwest entrance of Warde Academic Center, second floor.
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