Spring 2013 Concert Schedule
All concerts are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.
Combined Choral Concert
Rhodes Singers & Otterbein College Concert Choir
Gayle Walker, James Cornfoot and William Skoog, conductors
Evergreen Presbyterian Church
613 University Street
Monday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
James Harr, tenor; Tom Bryant, piano
A recital, featuring Gerald Finzi’s “A Young Man’s Exhortation”
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Wednesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz at Café Eclectic
Featuring Rhodes jazz combos
John Bass, director
Café Eclectic, 603 N. McLean Blvd.
Sunday, April 7, 3:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
“Bob Sunda’s Spring Jazz Extravaganza/
An Exploration of Harmonic Freedom”
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Monday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
Laurence Albert, bass-baritone
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Sunday, April 14, 3:30 p.m.
Spring Choral Concert
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battles of Shiloh and Gettysburg,
this concert features music and texts from the civil War era
Rhodes Singers, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus
James Cornfoot, Mona Kreitner and William Skoog, conductors
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1695 Central Ave.
Monday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
Rhodes Chamber Music Concert
Select student chamber ensembles will perform classical and contemporary works
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Thursday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.
Rhodes Jazz Festival at Crosstown
Featuring the Rhodes Jazz Band and Combos
John Bass, director
Crosstown Arts
430 N. Cleveland
Sponsored by the Mike Curb Institute for Music,
the Memphis Center at Rhodes, Urban Studies Program,
and the Department of Music
Friday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Choral Celebration: the Music of Benjamin Britten
Choirs of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Church of the Holy Apostles,
and the Rhodes Women′s Chorus
Church of the Holy Apostles
1380 Wolf River Blvd., Collierville, TN
Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
“It’s Raining Men!”
A Concert of Male Choruses, featuring:
Bartlett High School Men’s Chorus
BealeCanto, A Professional Men’s Chamber Chorus
CoroFuente, of the Mid-South Music Institute
R.S.V.P. Chorus
Rhodes Men’s Chorus
St. Anne Catholic Church
706 South Highland St.
Monday, April 22, 8:00 p.m.
“Rhodes Night at the Movies V”
The fifth annual pops concert, featuring music from today’s most beloved films
Rhodes College Orchestra
Joseph Montelione, conductor
McCallum Ballroom/Bryan Campus Life Center
Sunday, April 28, 3:30 p.m.
Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
“A Tribute to Tony and David: J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor”
Tim Sharp and William Skoog, conductors
First Baptist Church
200 East Parkway North
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 Rhodes faculty & staff; free to students with I.D.
PREVIOUS EVENTS DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER:
Thursday, January 24, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
John Ross, guitar
Works by Bach, Rodrigo, Sor, Ohana and Koshkin
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Monday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
Carole Blankenship, soprano; Tom Bryant, piano
“A Woman’s Wisdom,” music by Robert Schumann and Jake Heggie
Hardie Auditorium/Palmer Hall
Wednesday, February 6, 8:00 p.m.
Jazz at Café Eclectic
Featuring the Rhodes Faculty Jazz Players
John Bass, director
Café Eclectic, 603 N. McLean Blvd.
Monday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital
Terry McRoberts, piano
Dr. McRoberts is Professor of Music at Union University,
where he teaches applied piano, piano ensembles,
accompanying, piano literature and piano pedagogy.
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Sunday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Lecture Recital
“For Thee We Sing: The Historical Implications of Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter Concert”
Sonya Baker, soprano/lecturer
Dr. Sonya G. Baker is Assistant Dean and Professor of Music,
Murray State University, specialist in African-American
and women composers.
Hardie Auditorium/Palmer Hall
Monday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
(re-scheduled from January 15)
Springfield Music Lecture
Jason Robert Brown
Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, pianist and singer
McCallum Ballroom/Bryan Campus Life Center
Friday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.
Musical Theatre Scenes—Broadway and Beyond
Rhodes voice students perform scenes from the stage
Carole Blankenship, director
Andrew Drannon, piano
Hardie Auditorium/Palmer Hall
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
Gerald Stephens, piano
“Jazz Guy Goes Classical”
Works by Beethoven, Bach, Bud Powell and more
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Monday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Concert Series
Courtenay Harter, oboe; Brian Ray, piano
“Baroque Homages”
Tuthill Performance Hall/Hassell Hall
Wednesday, March 6, 8:00 p.m.
Jazz at Café Eclectic
Featuring Rhodes jazz combos
John Bass, director
Café Eclectic, 603 N. McLean Blvd.