Purchase College Conservatory of Music Announces Fall Season

The Purchase College Conservatory of Music has announced its 2019 fall season which will include exciting collaborations, classical, Jazz, and chorus concerts, and a full opera production. All performances will feature the professional-caliber students selected from the highly competitive conservatory.

Highlights of the fall season include the interdisciplinary event Haiti Alive. The event, which will take place on Friday, November 15 at 7pm in The Performing Arts Center, will feature the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, local high school musicians, the Purchase Jazz Interpretations Combo, and members of the Purchase Dance Company performing as part of the annual (T)Here Global Festival of Art, Culture & Ideas.

On December 7 and 8, the National Opera Award-Winning Purchase Opera will present a visionary staging of Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas. The performances, which will take place at The Performing Arts Center, which will also feature members of the Purchase Dance Company.

Other highlights this season include a series of free concerts in the Music Building including the Purchase Symphony Orchestra performing Verdi, Mozart, and Rimsky-Korsakov on October 18; the Soul Voices choir performing music honoring African American musical heritage on November 13; the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra on November 19; and the Purchase Jazz Orchestra on December 2.

“The Purchase College Conservatory of Music thrives as part of a dynamic arts community, both at the College and in the larger Westchester area,” says Jennifer Undercofler, director of the Conservatory at Purchase College, SUNY. “We are thrilled to invite the public to enjoy a season of collaborative, joyful, and thought-provoking performances presented by young musicians who are poised to change the world with their lives and art.”

CONCERT SCHEDULE

All concerts will be held at Purchase College, SUNY, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY. Events at The Performing Arts Center require tickets. Visit www.purchase.edu/music for more information.

· Purchase Symphony Orchestra presents Concerto Competition Winner

Friday, September 20, 7 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Symphony: Spain and Destiny

Friday, October 18, 7:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Chorus

Sunday, November 10, 4:00 pm, The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall

· Soul Voices: Many Rivers to Cross

Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Percussion Ensemble: Looking Backward III: 1970s-80s

Thursday, November 14, 8:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Haiti Alive

Friday, November 15, 7:00 pm, The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall

· Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

Tuesday, November 19, 8:00 pm, Music Building, Choral Hall

· Purchase New Music: A Concert of Premieres

Wednesday, November 20, 8:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Contemporary Ensemble: Unconventional, Unprecedented, Unparalleled

Thursday, November 21, 8:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Jazz Orchestra

Monday, December 2, 7:00 pm, Music Building, Choral Hall

• Open Classroom: Camerata

Wednesday, December 4, 12:30 pm, Neuberger Museum of Art

· Purchase Symphony Orchestra: Open Reading Session

Friday, December 6, 4:00 pm, Music Building, Recital Hall

· Purchase Opera: Dido and Aeneas

December 7-8, The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall

About Purchase College, SUNY

Purchase College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) network of 64 universities and colleges, was founded in 1967 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. His aspiration for Purchase was to create a dynamic campus that combined conservatory training in the visual and performing arts with programs in the liberal arts and sciences, in order to inspire an appreciation for both intellectual and artistic talents in all students. Today, Purchase College, SUNY is a community of students, faculty, and friends where open-minded engagement with the creative process leads to a lifetime of intellectual growth and professional opportunity. For more information about the College, visit www.purchase.edu.