Moravian University –
Department of Music
2023-2024 Concert Calendar
-for information: 610-861-1650 / music@moravian.edu
-tickets are only available at the door 30 minutes prior to the event (cash or check preferred)
(No charge with Moravian ID)
-web page: www.moravian.edu/music
Updated: 10/15/2023 - This information is subject to change/update/alteration.
TBA information will be added as it comes in
-tickets are only available at the door 30 minutes prior to the event (cash or check preferred)
(No charge with Moravian ID)
-web page: www.moravian.edu/music
Updated: 10/15/2023 - This information is subject to change/update/alteration.
TBA information will be added as it comes in
FALL 2023
Student Recital
Reid Clymer, tenor, & Samuel Lingen, baritone
7:30 PM – Friday, October 6, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
Betty Aierstock Moore Memorial Concert
Sean Riedy, '26; Amal Shokr, '24; & Skip Wilkins, piano
4:00 PM – Saturday, October 7, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
This annual concert honors benefactress Betty Aierstock Moore, '45, who, along with her husband Bob, created a generous charitable trust that enabled Moravian to become an "All Steinway" school. We honor and acknowledge them with this concert of piano music.
Student Recital
Josequiel Guerra, saxophone, & Spencer Guido, trumpet
7:00 PM – Sunday, October 22, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
Spencer Guido offers his senior recital “Jazzy Times & Jazzy Hands with SG” with side people: Jesse Leahey, tuba, Mitch Hourt, trombone, Matt Miller-Brown, drum set, Kellen Pisani, guitar, & Paul Rostock, bass. Josequiel Guerra presents his senior recital with a number of others joining him.
Student Ensemble
Sinfonia on Broadway You'll See
7:30 PM - Friday, October 27, 2023
Foy Concert Hall - Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: TBA
The brothers of Sinfonia offer the audience insight into the beautiful Broadway works of our time & tell the story of some of our time's most prominent American composers.
Faculty Recital
Dr. Annie Rose Tindall-Gibson, piano, & Mike Montero, violin
7:30 PM – Saturday, October 28, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
Student Ensembles
Early Music Ensembles: Baroque & Monteverdi
Dr. Larry Lipkis, director
5:00 PM – Sunday, October 29, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
The Monteverdi and Baroque Ensemble perform English and French popular music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The groups commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the “First Folio” of Shakespeare’s plays and the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, England’s greatest composer of the Shakespearean era. There will also be lively country dance tunes and ballads. The second half will feature French music, including country dances, chansons, and opera excerpts. Peabody Conservatory graduate harpist Liv Castor is the guest artist for this concert.
Student Recital & Ensemble
Hailey Dudinyak, alto saxophone, plus “Hailey & the Comets”
7:30 PM - Sunday, October 29, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
“Hailey & the Comets” is comprised of saxophonists Hailey Dudinyak, Dr. Neil Wetzel, Coby Gumulak, & Nick Mancini.
Student Recital
Steffani Smith, trumpet, and Benjamin Stefan, tenor
7:30 PM – Saturday, November 4, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
Piano accompaniment provided by Dr. Annie Rose Tindall-Gibson.
Student Ensembles
Jazz Vocal & Jazz Fusion Ensembles
Lora Sherrodd & Paul Rostock, directors
4:00 PM – Sunday, November 5, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
Student Ensembles
Jazz Combo I & Combo II
Tony Gairo & David Roth, directors
7:00 PM – Sunday, November 5, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
Student Recital & Ensemble
Mitchell Hourt, trombone, and the Moravian University Trombone Ensemble
Ralph Brodt III, ensemble director
7:30 PM – Friday, November 10, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
Student Recital & Ensemble
Hailey Belverio, guitar, and the Moravian University Guitar Ensemble
John Arnold, ensemble director
7:30 PM – Saturday, November 11, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge
Student Ensemble
Moravian University Celtic Ensemble
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor – Songs of the Working People”
Alison Gillespie, director
4:00 PM – Sunday, November 12, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
Student & Community Ensemble
Moravian University Orchestra
featuring Concerto Competition winner - Mitchell Hourt, trombone
Michael Montero & Larry Lipkis, conductors
7:00 PM – Sunday, November 12, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
Senior trombonist Mitchell Hourt is the featured soloist in Ferdinand David's Concertino for Trombone & Orchestra, Op 4. Also on the program is a new work by Larry Lipkis, Columbina, featuring concert master Michael Montero, violin. Other works on the program are Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Overture Fantasy, Ryan Anderson's ('25) Lament for String Symphony, and Ravel's immortal Bolero.
Student Ensemble
Moravian University BIG Band
Dr. Neil Wetzel, director
7:30 PM – Friday, November 17, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
This fall’s rendition of the Moravian University BIG Band will feature a variety of soloists along with our spectacular jazz band, under the direction of Dr. Neil Wetzel. Tunes include: Salt Peanuts, Mambo Inn, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, Norwegian Wood, On Green Dolphin Street, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing) and others. This concert features a new arrangement of I’ve Never Been in Love Before by Moravian grad Joseph Hall (featuring Steffani Smith, ’24, on trumpet [which was Joseph’s instrument while at Moravian!]) Other featured soloists are: Josequiel Guerra, ’24, tenor saxophone; Nina Worsley, ’25, vocals; Mitch Hourt, ’24, trombone; Christian Beebe, ’25, piano; Reid Clymer, ’24, vocals; and Sapphire Johnson,’25, vocals. Join us for a jazzy evening in Moravian’s Foy Concert Hall.
Student Ensembles
“Everything But the Candles”
Moravian University Christmas Vespers – In Preview
Moravian University Vocal Ensembles and Student Chamber Ensembles
Dr. Paula Zerkle, director
7:00 PM musical prelude begins - Saturday, November 18, 2023
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
No admission charge / Free-will offering
As a precursor to the ever-popular Moravian University Christmas Vespers held at Central Moravian Church, this preview is offered for those unable to attend that annual December event. All of the music is presented – all of the appropriate hymns are sung, and the charming Morning Star, led by a youthful soloist, is presented. Catch the holiday spirit early.
Student Ensembles
Moravian University Clarinet, & String Ensembles
Wendy Bickford, & Michael Montero, directors
7:00 PM – Sunday, November 19, 2023
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University
General Admission: $15 / Seniors & Students: $10
The Clarinet Choir offers holiday music including Carol of the Bells, selections from The Nutcracker, and Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. The String Quartet presents Laks’ Quartet No. 3 and Mendelssohn’s Quartet Op. 80, No. 6. Come enjoy this chamber music in the acoustic splendor of Peter Hall.
SPRING 2024