The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will present a concert Thursday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the concert. The wind ensemble performs [...]

Syracuse University’s “Pride of the Orange” Marching Band (SUMB) has been invited to perform at the 77th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Gala on Monday, Dec. 12, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. [...]

The Syracuse University Symphony Band will present a concert Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the concert. The Symphony Band performs [...]

On Nov. 11, Samba Laranja: the Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble won a 2011 Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY) in the category Best Recording, Other Styles, for its second and most recent album “Native Orange.” The SAMMYs celebrate the Syracuse music scene and inspire innovation and creativity. Released in April 2011 by Syracuse University Recordings (SUR), [...]

“Holidays at Hendricks,” the annual Syracuse University holiday concert featuring the Hendricks Chapel Choir, Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), Hendricks Chapel Handbell Ringers, Syracuse University Organist Kola Owolabi and Kenneth Meyer, guitarist and Setnor School of Music faculty member, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 4, in Hendricks Chapel. The concert will begin in the [...]

The Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra (SUSO) will present a concert Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The SUSO performs under the direction of James Tapia, faculty member in [...]

Syracuse University’s Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble will present a concert on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the concert. The ensemble [...]

London. The war is on and the bombs are falling. Four children—Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy—flee the perils of the Blitz to the safety of the countryside. In an old wardrobe, they discover a portal to the land of Narnia, where a fearsome White Witch holds the inhabitants spellbound in a winter lasting 100 years. [...]

The Center for Live Music in the 21st Century in Syracuse University’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will host a public conversation on programming for the Syracuse Philharmonic on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Fayetteville Free Library, 300 Orchard St., Fayetteville. The public is invited to attend [...]

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), a 35-piece group housed in The College of Arts and Sciences, continues its 2011-12 season with three holiday concerts. Performances are Sunday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. at Saints Peter and John Episcopal Church (169 Genesee St., Auburn); Sunday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in SU’s Hendricks Chapel, with [...]

Paul Steinbeck, an assistant professor of musicology in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, will present a concert of jazz, blues and gospel music Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St. He will be joined by special guests Myles [...]

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, be a part of “Music Beyond Borders,” an event designed to illustrate the intercultural connectedness of music by using video narratives that weave together the cultural, social and historical contexts of the live performances. It is part of Syracuse University's celebration of International Education Week, and will take place at Hendricks Chapel from [...]

Joel Peresman, the president and chief executive officer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Inc., will present a lecture on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars [...]

Rising star guitarists Gohar Vardanyan and Jon Fitzgerald will be featured in a concert presented by the Great Lakes Guitar Society (GLGS) on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at XL Projects, 307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. Tickets for the concert are $10 for the general public, $7 for students and senior citizens and free [...]

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present a concert on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in the West Genesee High School auditorium, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus. The concert program features Berlioz’s “La damnation de Faust: Rákóczy March” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, in D Major. [...]

Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference, increase cultural competency and discuss the role of religion and spirituality in the arts. The [...]

The Syracuse Symposium™ and the Society for New Music will present “The Geography of the Imagination,” a performance featuring the world premiere of a commissioned musical work by Gregory Wanamaker and visuals by renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The performance, which is free and open [...]

The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Joshua Dekaney has been named interim director of the Setnor School’s new Center for Live Music in the 21st Century. The Center for Live Music in the 21st Century is a [...]

Artist manager and attorney Michael Lehman and music producer Scott Billington will give a talk on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series in the College of [...]

The talent of organist Justin Murphy-Mancini will be featured during this year’s Malmgren Concert Series “Rising Star Recital” at Syracuse University on Sunday, Nov. 6. The recital will begin at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the Irving Garage. Murphy-Mancini is an undergraduate [...]

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), a 35-piece group housed in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, kicks off the 2011-12 season with its popular “Silver Screen” program. The concert—emceed by WCNY-FM’s Bruce Paulsen, with projected images coordinated by Larry Royer G’79 of Animotion Inc.—is on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in the [...]

Canadian organist Rachel Laurin will be the first guest in Hendricks Chapel’s Malmgren Concert Series at Syracuse University on Sunday, Oct. 16. The recital will begin at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the Irving Garage. Laurin will perform works by Brahms and [...]

WERW, Syracuse University’s student-run, free-format Internet radio station, is hosting its first fall concert in the Schine Underground on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature Brooklyn pop‐electro artist Class Actress, lo-fi garage rock band Guards and local hip-hop act Mouth’s Cradle. This is WERW’s first concert as a recognized student organization. [...]

Rapper Lil B is set to headline University Union Concerts’ first Bandersnatch Music Series show of the year on Nov. 9 as part of Orange Central 2011. Opening acts include up-and-coming hip-hop artist Tayyib Ali and a student act to be announced at a later date. The show will be held in the Schine Underground, [...]

Music industry entrepreneur Josh Grabelle ’96, G’01, founder of KillerTours.com and Bullet Tooth, will give a talk on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series in the [...]

Technology giants Dell and Intel are partnering with VICE Media to present the first-ever Noisey College Tour, a two-week, 10-campus music tour featuring indie chillwave rockers Neon Indian and rapper Kreayshawn. The Noisey College Tour will make its way to Syracuse University on Nov. 1 in Goldstein Auditorium at the Schine Student Center. Doors will [...]

Open End, a new music and improvisation ensemble featuring Andrew Waggoner and Caroline Stinson, faculty members in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will perform on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, [...]

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) will inaugurate an ongoing campus-community art, humanities and democracy project on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. at La Casita Cultural Center at 109 Otisco St., with a performance, meal and conversation. The ongoing project is “Dr. Reverend Ebenezer Abernathy’s Mellifluously, Melodious and Medicative Freedom Revival of [...]

The Syracuse University Women’s Choir, under the direction of Barbara M. Tagg, faculty member in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will hold its ninth annual Women’s Choir Festival concert on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Rose [...]

Renowned composer Philip Rothman will join Patrick Jones, director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 12:30 p.m. for “Conversations at Setnor: Philip Rothman on Being a Professional Composer in the 21st Century.” The talk, [...]

Arts Engage, in collaboration with Phi Beta Kappa and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will host renowned pianist Stephanie Trick on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium, in Crouse College. Arts Engage, the portal of Syracuse University’s Office of the Arts Presenter, engages and inspires the SU community through diverse [...]

Ulrika Davidsson, a versatile musician and assistant professor of historical keyboards at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, will present a harpsichord recital on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in [...]

The relationship between American music and Spanish poetry will be explored at a major conference at Syracuse University and Le Moyne College. The program, “Jazz and Blues Rhythms: The Influence of Contemporary North American Music on 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish Poetry,” runs Sept. 27-29 on both campuses. It is free and open to the public. [...]

Organist Adam Pajan, winner of the 2011 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, will present an organ recital on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The recital is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in [...]

Syracuse University has announced the creation of two new orchestras for young musicians in Central New York: the Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and the Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO). Both orchestras are part of the Community Music Division of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in SU’s College of Visual [...]

David Israelite, the president and chief executive officer of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series [...]

The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will offer live audio and video streaming of the discussion “Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians in the 21st Century” with Daniel Hege and Patrick Jones on Friday, Sept. 9, at [...]

Loren Chodosh, an entertainment attorney and founding member of Loren Chodosh, P.C., will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series in the College [...]

The Syracuse International Film Festival has commissioned composer Phillip Rothman to write a score for the 1920 D.W. Griffith silent film “Way Down East.” Rothman will debut the original composition, scored for eight musicians, with the film screening Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, 2384 James St., Eastwood. Rothman’s music has been [...]

“Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians in the 21st Century” will be the topic of a conversation led by Daniel Hege and Patrick Jones of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) on Friday, Sept. 9, at 1 [...]

Kola Owolabi, Syracuse University organist and assistant professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present organ recitals on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and Wednesday, Sept. 7, on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor [...]

Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that conductor and scholar Patrick M. Jones has been named director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. Jones, who assumed the duties of director on July 1, is responsible for the creative and academic leadership and vision of [...]

Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and VPA’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will host a concert by the Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestra (SSYO) on Sunday, May 22, at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The concert is free [...]

A tribute concert to the late Howard and Helen Boatwright, both legends in American music and central figures in the history of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will be held on Saturday, May 21, at 3 p.m. in the Rose and [...]

In the Department of Drama’s production of “A New Brain,” a talented young composer named Gordon Schwinn struggles with a creative block. For a brief diversion, he meets a friend for lunch and promptly passes out in his pasta. Rushed to the emergency room, he discovers he has a brain condition requiring surgery. Face to [...]

Joel Schoenfeld ’73, an entertainment attorney and partner at Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLC, will present a lecture on Tuesday, April 26, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series in [...]

The Syracuse University Oratorio Society, a vocal ensemble comprised of SU students and Syracuse community members, will present a concert featuring Haydn’s Mass in D minor on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at Park Central Presbyterian Church, 504 E. Fayette St., Syracuse. The concert is free and open to the public. The Oratorio Society [...]

The Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra (SUSO) will present a concert Tuesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The SUSO performs under the direction of James Tapia and James Welsch, [...]

The indie pop band Big Tree will play at Syracuse University’s Jabberwocky Café in the Schine Student Center at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 27. This free, general admission concert is part of a weeklong schedule of events leading up to SU Showcase “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” which will take place on May 2 in the [...]

The Syracuse University Concert Band will present a concert on Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The Concert Band performs under the direction of Justin J. Mertz, assistant [...]