Moravian University –
Department of Music
2022-2023 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)
-web page: www.moravian.edu/music Updated: 1/18/2023 - This information is subject to change/update/alteration.
SPRING 2023
Student Ensemble Phi Mu Alpha – Sinfonia 7:30 PM – Friday, March 17, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University Offering accepted.
Student Recital Matt Miller-Brown, jazz drum set
"The Rhythm Section" 7:30 PM – Saturday, March 18, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Senior music & management major Matt Miller-Brown will be joined by Kellen Pisani, guitar, Dave Roth, piano, & Paul Rostock, bass for this evening's performance. Music of Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, and John Mayer will fill Foy Concert Hall for this evening.
Student Recital & Student Ensemble Amal Shokr, composition & piano and Moravian University Clarinet Choir Wendy Bickford, Clarinet Choir director 4:00 PM – Sunday , March 19, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student Recital Corey Mathis, bass trombone 7:30 PM – Friday, March 24, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student Ensemble Moravian University & String Ensemble Michael Montero, director 7:30 PM – Saturday, March 25, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Student Ensembles Moravian University Early Music Ensembles "A Lieta Vita! (To the Happy Life!" Dr. Larry Lipkis, director 7:00 PM – Sunday, March 26, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
The three Early Music ensembles of Moravian University - The Monties, The Baroque Ensemble, and The Collegium Musicum - team up for a lively program of Renaissance & Baroque music from Italy, featuring compositions by Josquin de Prez, Monteverdi, Corelli, and others. There will also be a musical tribute to the late Ilse Stoll Zinnes, beloved Collegium member from 1976 to 2016.
Student Ensemble Moravian University Celtic Ensemble “The Celts in Canada: Exploring the musical cross section of Scots, Irish, French, & English in the Great White North” Alison Gillespie, director 7:30 PM – Friday, March 31, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Student Recital Jesse Leahey, tuba 7:30 PM – Saturday, April 1, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student Recital Grace Yohe, violin 4:00 PM – Sunday, April 2, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student & Community Ensemble Moravian University Orchestra
featuring guest artist Peter Winograd, violin Donald Spieth, director 7:00 PM – Sunday, April 2, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
World renowned violinist Peter Winograd will perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy with the orchestra. Mr. Winograd is a member of the American String Quartet. Additionally, the orchestra will perform Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88.
Guest Artist Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano 7:30 – Friday, April 14, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9 Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the First Viennese School – that of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. He will perform on his own copy of Mozart's Anton Walter fortepiano.
Student Ensemble Moravian University Wind Ensemble
featuring Concerto Competition winner Corey Mathis, bass trombone Dr. JoAnn Wieszczyk, director 7:30 PM – Saturday, April 15, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Senior music performance major, Corey Mathis, bass trombone, will perform Gregson's Tuba Concerto with the Wind Ensemble. Additional music on the concert will be announced at a later date. Will this be a taxing evening? You’ll need to attend to find out!
Student Ensembles Moravian University Jazz Fest @ Foy Concert Hall Jazz Combo I, Jazz Combo II, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Vocal, & BIG Band Tony Gairo, David Roth, Paul Rostock, Najwa Parkins, & Dr. Neil Wetzel, directors 1:00 – 5:00 PM – Sunday, April 16, 2023
1:00 - 2:00 PM - Jazz Vocal & Jazz Combo 1
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Jazz Combo II & Jazz Rock Fusion
4:00 - 5:00 PM - BIG Band
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission: $9 per ensemble; $20 for all day
Student Ensemble Moravian University Guitar Ensemble John Arnold, director 7:00 PM – Sunday, April 16, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Student Ensembles Moravian University Brass Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble Larry Wright & Steven Mathiesen, directors 7:30 PM – Monday, April 17, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Students in Recital Moravian University Dance Concert Lisa Busfield, artistic director, & Karen Riehl, assistant director 7:30 PM – Friday & Saturday, April 21 & 22, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission & ticketing information – TBA
Student Concert Moravian University Composers’ Concert Dr. Larry Lipkis, director 7:00 PM – Sunday, April 23, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student Recital Nicholas Sears, tuba 7:30 PM – Friday, April 28, 2023 Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University No admission charge
Student Ensembles "A Night at the Opera" featuring Moravian University Choir, Chorale, and Vocalis accompanied by the Moravian Festival Ensemble Dr. Paula Ring Zerkle and Suzanne Kompass, directors 7:30 PM – Saturday, April 29, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
Student & Community Ensemble Moravian University Trombone Ensemble & Friends (all 76 of them!) Ralph Brodt, director 7:30 PM – Monday, May 1, 2023 Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian University General admission $9
There will be LOTS of brass sliding during this concert! Ralph Brodt is planning a variety of marches & chorales for the evening with a rousing 76 trombones playing the ever popular “Seventy-Six Trombones” from Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Something not to be missed!
