Spring 2012 Events Calendar

Events are FREE and take place in Distler Performance, Granoff Music Center unless noted in their descriptions below. Program information is subject to change.

For events that require tickets, please call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679. The box office is closed on all Massachusetts and Federal holidays. Check our box office page for hours and more information on tickets.

For non-Tufts related inquiries regarding the rental of Granoff Music Center spaces, please call the Tufts University Conference Bureau at 617.627.3568.

JANUARY 2012

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Classically Romantic
Join performance faculty members Sarita Uranovsky, violin, and Hisako Hiratsuka, piano, for a classically romantic Sunday afternoon, with a program including works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Franck.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 12:00 PM
Colloquium: "Jewish Noir: Jewish Film Music between Utopia and Dystopia"
University of Chicago Professor of Music Philip Bohlman presents our first colloquium of the semester. Lunch to be served after the lecture.
Varis Lecture Hall. Free; no tickets required. This colloquium has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 8:00 PM
The Chronicle of Love and Death of the Flag-Bearer Christoph Rilke
Special guests Philip Bohlman and Christine Bohlman perform Viktor Ullmann's Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (1944), the final work for the musical stage composed in the concentration camps. For the text to this melodrama for speaker and piano, Ullmann (1898-1944) turned to the text of the prose-poem by his fellow Czech, Rainer Maria Rilke, which circulated widely in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt/Terezín. The narrative of the melodrama follows a young man to war in Eastern Europe in the late seventeenth century, where he comes of age but perishes in one of the most profound love-death works in the twentieth century, an allegory in Ullmann's setting for World War II, the Holocaust, and musical modernism. Ullmann's final great work is virtually unknown, and it will be performed in the version reconstructed from the sketches Ullmann completed ten days before his deportation to Auschwitz in October 1944.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required. This concert is co-sponsored by the Cummings/Hillel Holocaust & Genocide Education Program and the Tufts Music Department.

FEBRUARY 2012

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 6:30 PM
Lecture: "Nothing is Sacred to a Sapper': Café and Cabaret Songs of 19th-century Paris"
The Paris of Baudelaire, Offenbach, and the Impressionists lived to the rhythm of popular song emanating from music hall and open-air cafes. Satirical, salacious, and sentimental, they captured the topics and moods of the day. By the era of Toulouse-Lautrec, these songs took on a more brutal and social-protest tone, coming out of the artistic cabaret. Laurence Senelick, Fletcher Professor of Oratory in the Department of Drama and Dance, gives a lecture that provides a survey of these songs and their singers, with illustrations from recordings of the original performers. A light reception at 6 p.m. will precede the presentation.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required. This lecture is a part of the Pierrot Project, and is made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Music for Four Hands and Two Pianos
Tufts performance faculty pianists present an afternoon of works for four hands and two pianos. Thomas Stumpf, John McDonald, Gregg Pauley, Hisako Hiratsuka, and Edith Auner, performing works by Brahms, Stumpf, Colin McPhee, Schubert, and Ogura.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 12:00 PM
Colloquium: "Traveling Music: The Lively World of Ethio-Jazz"
Harvard University Professor of Music Kay Kaufman Shelemay presents our second colloquium of the semester. Lunch to be served after the lecture.
Varis Lecture Hall. Free; no tickets required. This colloquium has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 7:00 PM
Nearer to East: Contemporary Chamber Music from the Arab World & Beyond
Featuring music by Karim Al-Zand, Kinan Azmeh, Bushra El-Turk, Mohammed Fairouz, Zaid Jabri & Kareem Roustom
A Concert by LUNATICS AT LARGE
Lunatics at Large, the renowned New York City-based new music ensemble, will bring this exciting and unique program to Tufts University on their first visit to the area. Hailed by the New York Times as "...young, energetic, and finely polished," Lunatics at Large will explore music by composers who live and work in the U.S.A. and Europe but have strong ties to the Arab world. Avoiding exotic and orientalist cliches, this thoughtful program brings together a collection of passionate, eloquent, and bold works by a group of composers whose music both reflects the past and speaks in the idioms of the present.
Distler Performance Hall. Tickets are free with a Tufts ID card (limit two per ID) and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. This concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Brahms and His Circle
Performance faculty member Scott Woolweaver, viola, and colleague Frank Glazer, piano, perform the two Sonatas, Op. 120, for viola and piano, by Johannes Brahms. Works by Brahms's friends Robert Schumann and Heinreich von Herzogenberg will also be performed.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Ehrenreich, Stumpf, & Patterson
Performance faculty member and soprano Andrea Ehrenreich presents an all German voice recital with fellow performance faculty colleagues Thomas Stumpf, pianist, and David Patterson, guitar. Music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolf will be performed.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 12:00 PM
New at Noon: New Music for Strings and Other Things
Tufts composers Stefan Anderson, Nathan Caldwell, Phill Grannan, and Deniz Tetik present chamber and solo works in an informal atmosphere. The concert will feature performances by guest artists Jane Carter, cello, and Lisa Snyder, clarinet.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 8:00 PM
İki Cihan Arasında/Between Two Worlds—Turkey's West, Within
DÜNYA ensemble will present a program of folk, classical, religious, and popular music of the Ottoman/Turkish tradition, interwoven with classical Ottoman music newly transcribed from 19th century Greek sources, Bektaşi Sufi music, and newly-composed polyphonic makam compositions. DÜNYA's goal is to present a contemporary view of a wide range of Turkish traditions, alone and in interaction with other world traditions, through performance, publication, and other educational activities.
Distler Performance Hall. Tickets are free with a Tufts ID card (limit two per ID) and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. This concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Saxophone and Piano Duo Recital
Saxophonist Philipp A. Stäudlin and pianist Yoko Hagino present works by Denisov, Schmitt, Husa, Bassett, and others.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MARCH 2012

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1:00 PM
Saturday Family and Children's Concert Series
Tufts Takht
Tufts Takht (the Arabic Music Ensemble) performs, featuring Kareem Roustom, director.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
March Forth! Procession, Pageant, and Pilgrimage
The Tufts Wind Ensemble, under the direction of John McCann, performs music of physical, emotional, and spiritual journeys, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Procession of the Nobles, Vincent Persichetti's Pageant, Richard Wagner's Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, and Alan Hovhaness' Three Journeys to the Holy Mountain.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 8:00 PM
My Business is to Sing: Settings of Poetry by Emily Dickinson — A Tufts Composers Concert
Tufts Composers presents new vocal and chamber works, including settings of the written work of Emily Dickinson, performed by guest artists Sarah Pelletier, soprano, and Lois Shapiro, piano. Works to be performed include a song cycle by guest composer Eric Sawyer (Amherst College), solo piano music by Tufts Professor Emeritus Mark DeVoto (with John McDonald, piano), and works by Alex Barstow, Hannah Brotherton, Nathan Caldwell, Michael Laurello, Maimuna Majumder, Brian McLaughlin, John McDonald, and Kevin Warren.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

* RESCHEDULED for March 11 *
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 8:00 PM
Something Old, Something New England
Tufts Chamber Singers (Jamie Kirsch, conductor) presents a concert featuring classic and modern choral music from England and New England.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 8:00 PM
Tishler Performance Competition Finals
Tufts students compete for the Tishler Music Prize for solo performance.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 8:00 PM
Tufts/New England Conservatory Dual-Degree Program Concert
Students studying in this program present an evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Music for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
Performance faculty members Jane Hershey and Frances Conover Fitch present a recital featuring music for viola da gamba and harpsichord, playing works of Marin Marais, J.S. Bach, and Francois Couperin. Musical collaborators for many years, Hershey and Fitch have delved deeply into French 17th century repertoire, and their program will include Fitch's arrangements of Marais' "Pieces de viole" for harpsichord solo, as well as music by Couperin, and a suite for viol and continuo from Marais' 1686 publication, his "First Book." The program will conclude with Bach's "Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Obbligato Harpsichord in G major". Hershey will play her late 17th century viol, made by Barak Norman, and Fitch willl perform on Tufts' double manual French style harpsichord, made by H. Broekman.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 8:00 PM
Something Old, Something New England
Tufts Chamber Singers (Jamie Kirsch, conductor) presents a concert featuring classic and modern choral music from England and New England, featuring Randall Thompson's The Peaceable Kingdom.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 8:00 PM
In Front of My Eyes: A Celebration of Music by and for Thomas Jefferson Anderson
With a title taken from his work In Front of My Eyes: An Obama Celebration (with text by Robert Pinsky), this concert celebrates the musical inspirations that have led to Tufts Music Professor Emeritus T.J. Anderson’s prominence and influence as an African-American setting trends and asserting personality in classical music. Composers Stephen Jaffe (Duke University) and Tufts graduate and former Anderson student Paul Siskind (Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam) join the celebration by offering their new works in honor of Anderson, performed by the stellar Borromeo String Quartet, soprano Louise Toppin (performing a new Anderson work with poetry by Elye Alexander), the BeatCity Art Ensemble, and Tufts Music Professor and pianist John McDonald.

The concert will be preceded by two other events. From 4:30-6:30 p.m., composers Anderson, Jaffe, and Siskind will host a symposium with poet Alexander, discussing the interplay between music and words. The symposium will take place in Granoff Room 251 as part of the Tufts Composers Seminar. Immediately following the symposium, join the speakers at a dual-reception for the concert and Pierrot Project Exhibition in the Slater Concourse next door in the Aidekman Arts Center.

The concert will take place in the Distler Performance Hall. All events are free and no tickets are required.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 8:00 PM
Modern Majesty: New Works for Tenor, Horn, and Piano
Performance faculty members Thomas Gregg (tenor), Anne Howarth (horn), and John McDonald (piano) present an exciting concert of new and recent compositions, featuring the premiere of Andy Vores's complete Wasserabsteiglieder, a song cycle for voice and piano.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 3:30 PM
Community Music at Tufts Presents a Benefit for the Save a Life Foundation
Community Music at Tufts presents a benefit concert for the Save a Life Foundation. The concert will feature Community Music faculty and will include performances by several Community Music student groups. Save a Life Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide education, health and nutrition, and mentoring services to children in need in Haiti. The foundation has a collaboration with community leaders and local supporters that has taken them into the heart of poverty stricken communities, where they help the children and families help themselves. Save a Life works with local volunteers to mentor and counsel the children and to help lead them into a path of future success. The children of Haiti face ongoing struggles every day, such as poverty, hunger, disease, and illiteracy. Save a Life Foundation works to replace those struggles with hope for the future.
Distler Performance Hall. Tickets are available at the door only, and are $15 for adults ($25 for two adults together) and $8 for children ages 5-12. For more information, please contact Gerald Paul at pa_ger9@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 12:00 PM
New at Noon
Tufts professors Ray Jackendoff, basset horn, and John McDonald, piano, along with Sarah Freiberg, cello, present works by Schubert, Wyner, and Jackendoff.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1:00 PM
Saturday Family and Children's Concert Series
Kiniwe
Kiniwe (Tufts African Music Ensemble) performs instrumental music, songs, and dancing from the Ewe and Ga traditions of West Africa (Ghana), featuring Nani Agbeli, director.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

APRIL 2012

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Festival of Russian Music
Come see an exciting combination of East European classical and folk music performed by musicians from the area as well as our very own Tufts students. The festival will be followed by a reception at the Russian House (101 Talbot Avenue).
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00 PM
The Pierrot Project: Moondrunk Madness, Transgression, and Transcendence
The Pierrot Project is a semester-long interdisciplinary exploration of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire (1912), for voice and chamber ensemble, one of the most important and influential works of the twentieth century. It includes undergraduate and graduate courses on the work's historical and cultural origins team-taught by musicologist Joseph Auner and pianist Donald Berman; faculty and student ensembles performing the piece; new Pierrot-inspired compositions by Tufts composers Stefan Anderson, William Kenlon, Kevin Laba, Michael Laurello, and Kevin Warren; an exhibit in the Slater Concourse of the Aidekman Arts Center; and guest lectures by faculty from across the university. The project will culminate with a performance of Pierrot lunaire and related works, featuring guest vocalist Susan Narucki, on April 5 in the Distler Performance Hall.
View full details of the events surrounding the project here. The concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 6:00, 7:15, 8:30 PM
Applied Student Recitals
Students in the Applied Music Program perform solo works.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 8:00 PM
Tufts Wind Ensemble
The Tufts University Wind Ensemble performs under the direction of John McCann. Program to include works by Copland, Curnow, and Iannaccone.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 8:00 PM
Lost in the Words: New Music for Voices and Instruments
A Tufts Composers concert by M.A. candidates Stefan Anderson and William Kenlon.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 8:00 PM
Small Jazz Concert I
Two ensembles led by Nando Michelin and the Tufts Jazz Choir, led by Tisha Stadnicki, perform works for smaller combos, including music by Simons and Marks, Hanley and Buck, Michel Legrand, Smokey Robinson, and Billie Holiday.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 8:30 AM and 7:30 PM
"Music and Islam: Sonic Dimensions of Piety, Politics, and Pleasure" - A Symposium and Concert
This symposium will feature presentations by renowned scholars and performers of music in the world of Islam, and will provide global perspectives on the diversity of the musical practices and how they articulate with local political, historical, religious, sociocultural, and aesthetic contexts. It will challenge monolithic interpretations of Islam and provide a forum for understanding the multiple and complex forces that shape (and are shaped by) musical expression. Martin Stokes (Oxford University), the 2010 recipient of the Royal Musical Association’s Dent Medal, will deliver the keynote address.

Following the symposium, the Boston-based Al-Noor Ensemble will perform a concert including Sufi, Moroccan Andalusian, and Syrian Sufi music in the Distler Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m., co-sponsored by the Tufts Middle Eastern Studies program.

View the complete schedule of the day for the symposium and read abstracts of the papers to be presented.

Varis Lecture Hall and Distler Performance Hall. The symposium and concert are free and open to the public, and no tickets are required. Both events have been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1:00 PM
New, But Not at Noon
A special Tufts Composers event featuring the Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet. Works by McDonald, Rakowski, Schwartz, and others will be performed.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 8:30 AM & 8:00 PM
NECSEM Conference and Javanese Gamelan Concert
The Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology holds its annual conference at Tufts. The society promotes the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts. The activities of the chapter are designed to provide a forum for the discussion of current scholarly research and to promote and develop the multitude of traditional art forms found in the communities of the northeast and around the world. The conference will conclude with a performance by Rinengga Sih Tentrem, Tufts Gamelan Ensemble, and the Boston Village Gamelan under the direction of Barry Drummond. Guest artists include I.M. Harjito.
Distler Performance Hall. The conference at 8:30 AM and concert at 8:00 PM are free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 8:00 PM
Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir
Join the 220-voice Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir as they present their spring concert.
Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center. Tickets are $7 general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 7:00 PM
Small Jazz Concert II
Tufts Small Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Paul Ahlstrand and Tufts student Michael Siegel perform am evening of works for smaller combos.
Fisher Performance Room. Free; no tickets required.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1:30 PM
Colloquium: "The End of Exoticism or the Break-In of the Other in Western Art Music"
University of Pavia Professor of Musicology Gianmario Borio presents our final colloquium of the semester. Lunch to be served after the lecture.
Varis Lecture Hall. Free; no tickets required. This colloquium has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 8:00 PM
The Cat's Paw
As a celebration of spring, the Early Music Ensemble (under the direction of Jane Hershey) offers Renaissance music from Germany, a program of songs of pleasure and longing, the game of love, and the beauty of Nature. In the 15th and 16th centuries, much of instrumental music was directly derived from vocal music. In this spirit, we have created our program, exploring favorites from the Glogau Songbook such as "The Cat's Paw", as well as those from the enormous Franco-Flemish repertory, such as "Tandernaken" and "Fortuna desperata". We will also include "quodlibets"–pieces in which two or more tunes are cleverly combined and heard simultaneously, a favorite device of our composers, Renaissance masters Heinrich Yzak and Ludwig Senfl.

EME welcomes our guests and collaborators for this program, The Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Band, a professional wind ensemble of cornetti, sackbuts, dulcians and shawms based in Somerville. As well as joining us for several pieces, Seven Hills will perform works from the Copenhagen manuscript KB 1872.

Distler Performance Hall; Free. no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 4:30 PM
Classroom Colloquium: "The Medicine of Music and Dance"
Join the students in the Music and Trance course, taught by Professor Rich Jankowsky, for a presentation by Chief Phillip Scott/Tsunka Wakan Sapa (Black Horse) on the healing power of music and dance in the context of Native American traditions.
Varis Lecture Hall. Free; no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 8:00 PM
Tufts Chamber Music
Students present chamber works for strings, winds, brass, and piano.
Distler Performance Hall; Free. no tickets required.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 8:00 PM
Small Jazz Concert III
Tufts Small Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Scott Aruda and Nando Michelin perform an evening of works for smaller combos.
Fisher Performance Room. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 8:00 PM
Groove Shop
Tufts Jazz Orchestra brings another concert of jazz, Latin, Tin Pan Alley, and R&B to make the spirit soar and the heart sing, including music by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder, Tito Puente, and Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Goddard Chapel. Free; no tickets required.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 8:00 PM
Tufts Symphony Orchestra
The Tufts Symphony Orchestra performs Overture to Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber, Cello Concerto in A minor by Robert Schumann (Nikolai Renedo, cello), and Symphony No. 8 in G Major by Antonin Dvořák, under the direction of Gil Rose.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Agbadza and Missa in tempore belli
Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers (Jamie Kirsch, conductor) and Kiniwe (Nani Agbeli, director) present Agbadza, a performance of traditional Ewe music from Ghana and Togo. Tufts choruses will also join members of the Tufts Symphony Orchestra for Haydn's powerful Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War).
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 7:00 PM
Kiniwe: A Performance of Adzogbo
Adzogbo, a spectacular work of performance art, has complex drumming, beautiful singing, and energetic dancing. With support from the Agbekor Society, this performance features special guest Gideon Alorwoyie and a special dance choreographed by director Nani Agbeli.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 8:00 PM
Two One-Act Operas: Lantern Marriage and Slow Dusk
Join the Tufts Opera Ensemble for an evening of comedy and tragedy. Jacques Offenbach's Lantern Marriage will get you laughing as you watch a young farmer figure out his love life. Carlisle Floyd's Slow Dusk explores the difficulties of two youths from different religious sects trying to marry.
Distler Performance Hall; Free; no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 8:00 PM
Two One-Act Operas: Lantern Marriage and Slow Dusk
Join the Tufts Opera Ensemble for an evening of comedy and tragedy. Jacques Offenbach's Lantern Marriage will get you laughing as you watch a young farmer figure out his love life. Carlisle Floyd's Slow Dusk explores the difficulties of two youths from different religious sects trying to marry.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

* RESCHEDULED for April 20 *
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 8:00 PM
Groove Shop
Tufts Jazz Orchestra brings another concert of jazz, Latin, Tin Pan Alley, and R&B to make the spirit soar and the heart sing, including music by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder, Tito Puente, and Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Goddard Chapel. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 8:00 PM
New Music Ensemble
NME, Tufts New Music Ensemble, performs under the direction of Donald Berman.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
The Rhythm of the Nile: Music and Songs from Egypt
Tufts Takht, the Arab Music Ensemble, performs the music of Mohammad Abdel Wahab, Ahmad Fou'ad Hassan, and Umm Kulthum. The concert will feature guest artists Kareem Azab, voice; Dr. Ann Lucas, nay; and Beth Bahia Cohen, violin and rabab.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

* CANCELLED *
SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 7:00 PM
Tufts Electronic Music Ensemble Debut Concert
Under the direction of Dr. Paul Lehrman, TEME debuts with a performance of classic and original repertoire spanning seven decades, for live performers and electronics, including instruments, computers, game controllers, and some surprises.
Fisher Performance Room. Free; no tickets required.

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 8:00 PM
Tufts Flute Ensemble
The Tufts University Flute Ensemble performs music from the 17th to 21st centuries under the direction of Nina Barwell. Program to include works by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Matt Doran, Raymond Guiot, Giuseppe Richter, and Ian Clarke.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

MAY 2012

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 8:00 PM
Tufts Composers Spring Premieres
Program to be announced.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 8:00 PM
Klezmer and Yiddish Folk Music
A post-May Day celebration of this traditional music as only the Jumbo Knish Factory can deliver!
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 8:00 PM
An Evening of Music by Kevin Laba
Tufts Composers present music by graduate composer Kevin Laba.
Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

SUNDAY, MAY 6, 3:00 PM
Sunday at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Fusion: The World in American Music
Pianists Susan Grace and Alice Rybak bring together two distinguished careers. As Quattro Mani, they share a special interest in the vast repertoire for two pianos and the unique collaboration involved in its performance. This program presents American works influenced by music from around the globe: from the Latin beats of Bolcom's Recuerdos to the Armenian Kanoon orchestra of Hovhaness, the magic of the Balinese Gamelan, and the cotton mill blues of Rzewski.
Distler Performance Hall. Tickets are free with a Tufts ID card (limit two per ID) and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. This concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 12:00 PM
Class of 2012 Graduation Recital
Graduating seniors perform solo instrumental and vocal works in their final recital at Tufts! Distler Performance Hall. Free; no tickets required.

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