Concert Calendar: November 2011

Happy November!  Hope you are enjoying the cool nights and crisp days of this new season.  Feel like listening to some great live music this month?  Well, look no further.  We’ve got an impressive line-up of concerts in the area: Infinity Brass, the New Century Chamber Orchestra, the Avanti Wind Quartet, Barbershop, and more!

37th Annual MultiBand Pops Concert
Friday, November 4, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($15/$20, buy tickets here)
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Featuring the Chamber Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Horn Choir, Jazz Ensemble I, Mass Marimba Band, Minuteman Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Quartet, Symphony Band, Trumpet Ensemble, UMass Dancers, UMass Marimba Ensembles, University Orchestra, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Wind Ensemble.

Trombone Choir
Monday, November 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m. (free!)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA

Samulnori: Korean Drums & Dance
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Eight percussionists, musicians, and dancers perform traditional music and dance.

Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 12:00 p.m. (free!)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

152nd Worcester Music Festival Concert: The New Century Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

Avanti Wind Quartet
Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 8:15 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Christopher Krueger, flute; Frederic T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn; Stephen Walt, bassoon.  Program will feature music by Steven Stucky and Giuseppe Verdi.

With One Voice: Songs of Struggle, Patriotism, and Renewal
Salisbury Singers
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m. ($10/$18/$22, buy tickets here)
First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
With this concert we commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9-11, remembering the victims and paying tribute to the heroes who struggled to respond on that fateful day. We also celebrate the renewal of our democratic ideals and spirit as we honor our veterans and their sacrifices for freedom, as well as the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform who each day preserve, protect and defend us as a nation.

Pamela Hines Trio with April Hall
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 3:00 p.m. ($18, buy tickets here)
Camilla Blackman Hall, Littleton, MA
Jazz pianist/composer extraordinaire Pamela Hines offers up a soulful evening of jazz originals from her new release, “Lucky’s Boy.” Guest vocalist April Hall (“a voice of honey and smoke,” says The Boston Globe), has been the voice to many of Hines’s tunes since 2004. Bassist Justin Meyer and drummer Les Harris Jr. round out the trio.

With One Voice: Songs of Struggle, Patriotism, and Renewal
Salisbury Singers
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 4:00 p.m. ($10/$18/$22, buy tickets here)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Milton, MA
With this concert we commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9-11, remembering the victims and paying tribute to the heroes who struggled to respond on that fateful day. We also celebrate the renewal of our democratic ideals and spirit as we honor our veterans and their sacrifices for freedom, as well as the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform who each day preserve, protect and defend us as a nation.

Large Forces: Infinity Brass
Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Monday, November 14, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Eric Berlin and Scott Nicholas, trumpet; Laura Klock, horn; Greg Spiridopoulous, trombone; and John Bottomley, tuba.  Featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Victor Ewald, Salvatore Macchia, James Stephenson, and Jeff Tyzik.

Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:00 p.m. (free!)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

University Orchestra
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA

Bach’s Lunch
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (free!)
Indian Hill Music School, Littleton, MA
This concert (presented twice, back-to-back) will feature Indian Hill Music School faculty Arkady Beletsky, cello and friends.  The program will feature works from the Classical and Romantic periods.  Complimentary coffee, tea and cookies served; bring your lunch to enjoy.  Doors open at 10 am for first show and 12:30 pm for second show.  Reservations taken for parties of 5 or more. Call 978-486-9524 and press “0″.

Euridice Ensembles
Friday, November 18, 2011, 8:00 p.m. (free!)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Chamber Music for voices and instruments.  Performed by faculty and students of the Five College Early Music Program.

Worcester Men of Song Annual Barbershop Harmony Concert
“Thank You, Uncle Tim”
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

Russian Icons – Indian Hill Orchestra
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m. ($20/$32/$45, buy tickets online)
Indian Hill Music School, Littleton, MA
A night of twentieth century Russian masterpieces by Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev with superb violinist Irina Muresanu.  The program will include Mussorgsky’s “Sunrise” from Khovantchina, Shostakovich’s Symphony, No. 15, and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto, No. 2.  A pre-concert talk will begin at 6:45 pm with Maestro Hangen.  After the concert, enjoy complimentary coffee and desserts, plus a lively Q&A with Maestro Hangen and guests.

Chamber Choir
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bowker Auditorium, UMass, Amherst, MA

Advanced Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, November 20, 2011, 4:00 p.m. (free!)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA

Graduate Wind Quintet
Sunday, November 20, 2011, 8:00 p.m. (free!)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA

Jazz Ensemble I
Monday, November 21, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bowker Auditorium, UMass, Amherst, MA
Featuring a premiere by Paul Ferguson, commissioned for Jazz Ensemble I.  Guests to include Stephen Walt, bassoon; Christ Krueger, flute; Bruce Krasin, bass clarinet; and Jazz Lab Ensemble - Micah Maurio and Jon C. Gardner, directors.

UMass Marimba Bands and Ensembles
Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bowker Auditorium, UMass, Amherst, MA

Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 12:00 p.m. (free!)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

Brown Bag Concert
Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:00 p.m. (free!)
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

Avanti Plus: Wind Chamber Music
Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 8:15 p.m. ($10/$5/$3, buy tickets here)
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA
Avanti Wind Quintet faculty performers Christopher Krueger, flute; Frederic T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn; and Stephen Walt, bassoon are joined by select students for an evening of wind chamber music, including a Strauss Serenade.