BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:EST BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20061029T060000Z TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000402T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060402T070000Z TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:95vnp27gk057knuv4833lmlc68@google.com DTSTART:20130403T233000Z DTEND:20130403T233000Z DESCRIPTION:This well-known New Hampshire string quartet returns to the Re dfern with a new program by Boston composer (and avid beekeeper) Christine Southworth including her bee-inspired work "Honey Flyers." The Apple Hill String Quartet has earned accolades from around the world for their inter pretive mastery of traditional classical repertoire. Apple Hills' "music w as exciting\, engaging\, and beautifully performed ...\," according to The Monadnock Ledger. As 21st-century musicians\, the quartet is deeply commi tted to the commissioning of new works\, and partnered with Southworth\, w ho is making groundbreaking music based on the interaction between science \, technology\, and creativity. The Boston Herald praises Southworth's mus ic "as gently balladic (as it is) hard-driving and otherworldly."\n\nThis performance is funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts. SUMMARY:Apple Hill String Quartet with Christine Southworth URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/600/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1357670228507@keene.edu DTSTART:20130127T200000Z DTEND:20130127T213000Z DESCRIPTION:Keene State College faculty Fred Sienkiewicz\, trumpet\, and g uest artist Thomas Weaver\, piano\, will present a recital exploring the a spects of story and storytelling in music on Sunday\, January 27th at 3:00 PM at the Redfern Arts Center. The concert will include dramatic and bril liant concerti by Alessandro Marcello and Henri Tomasi\, Bohuslav Martinu' s witty “Sonatina”\, “Paths”\, an ethereal work for trumpet alone by Toru Takamitsu\, and Edvard Grieg's mystical and heartfelt song cycle “Haugtussa”.\n\nRecently appointed to the faculties of both Keene Stat e College and Plymouth State University\, Boston-based freelance trumpeter Fred Sienkiewicz enjoys a varied career performing solo\, chamber\, and o rchestral music throughout New England. He has performed with the Nashua S ymphony\, Vermont Symphony\, Cape Cod Symphony\, North Country Chamber Pla yers\, Bala Brass\, Majestic Brass\, and Epic Brass. Mr. Sienkiewicz has a lso given recital performances at King's Chapel in Boston\, Philips Recita l Hall at Gordon College\, and St. John the Evangelist in Hingham\, MA\, a nd has appeared as a guest soloist with the Gordon College Wind Ensemble a nd the Parkway Concert Orchestra. \n\nThe performance will take place in t he Alumni Recital Hall of the RAC and tickets are $5 students/$10 general admission. Tickets and information are available at the Redfern Arts Cente r Box Office\, 603-358-2168\, or online at www.keene.edu/racbp. \n SUMMARY:The Art of Storytelling URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/782/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1359403523575@keene.edu DTSTART:20130209T003000Z DTEND:20130209T020000Z DESCRIPTION:Keene State College Music department will present Saxophonist Scott Mullett in a faculty recital of American Jazz. Mr Mullett will prese nt a program of mainstream Jazz and standards supported by Berklee College professors Bruce Gertz (Bass)\, Russell Hoffman (Piano) as well as Jon Fi sher (Drums) and rising Vocal star Claire Dickson. Tickets are $5 & $10 an d can be purchased by contacting the box office at 603.358.2168 or boxoffi ce@keene.edu. The concert will be held in the beautiful Alumni Recital Hal l in the Redfern Arts Center. SUMMARY:Scott Mullett and Jazz Friends present American Jazz! URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/819/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1360346778201@keene.edu DTSTART:20130220T190000Z DTEND:20130220T200000Z DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2012-2013 KSC Music Education Guest Lecture Ser ies\, singer Aaron Russo will present a lecture and songs focused on the u nique characteristics of the countertenor voice. Mr. Russo will also be a featured guest soloist on April 14th at the KSC Chamber Singers performanc e. This event is free and open to the public. SUMMARY:The Countertenor Voice – Expanding the Boundaries of the Human I nstrument URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/858/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1361378219810@keene.edu DTSTART:20130329T233000Z DTEND:20130330T010000Z DESCRIPTION:The KSC Percussion Ensemble will feature several guest artists and collaborations on the spring concert. The program will include compos itions by Ney Rosauro\, Bobby Previte\, Alexander Lepak and KSC’s own co mposers Ted Mann and Chris Swist. Several of the pieces on this concert wi ll feature soloists: Professor Marcia Lehninger on violin\, Professor Ted Mann on electric guitar\, and Jimmy Caltrider (Class of 2013) on drum set. In addition\, Jon Ketelhut (Class of 2013) will continue his film collabo rations in the Music Department with a film set to a live percussion perfo rmance.\n\nMarimbas\, vibraphones\, xylophone\, bells\, 2 sets of timpani\ , 2 drums sets\, gongs\, congas\, cowbells\, bottles\, pipes\, spoons\, wa shboard\, synthesizers\, drum machine\, violin\, electric guitar\, a bullw hip\, and an interactive film all live on the Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center. Music inspired by Japan\, Airport Terminals\, Stereo Sound\, The Aztecs\, and Frank Zappa. Please join director Christopher Swist and t he KSC Percussion Ensemble for a journey through genre\, sound\, and sight .\n SUMMARY:KSC Percussion Ensemble persents Percussion Plus! URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/896/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1361378490881@keene.edu DTSTART:20130320T233000Z DTEND:20130321T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Max Lifchitz\, pianist\, conductor\, composer and Professor of Music at SUNY - Albany\, will give a piano recital of works from Latin Am erica\, entitled\, "Tangos and More\," Wed.\, March 20\, at 7:30 PM at the Redfern Arts Center on Brickard Pond\, Alumni Recital Hall. His appearan ce is made possible by funding from the Office of Diversity and Multicultu ralism\, and the Keene State Music Department. Mr. Lifchitz is the founde r and conductor of the New York City based North-South Chamber Orchestra n ow celebrating its 33rd season. He has appeared on concert stages throug ht Europe\, Latin American and the US\, and his numerous recordings are a vailable for streaming and download through North South Recordings. \n \n His program will include nineteenth-century contradanzas by Cuban composer Manuel Saumell\, two works by the eclectic American composer Louis Moreau Gottscahalk\, and Brazilian tangos by Ernesto Nazareth. From the twentie th century\, he will present works by Heitor Villa-Lobos (the lyrical and passionate Choros no. 5\, subtitled "Brazilian Soul")\, a milonga by Argen tinean tango-master and bandoneon virtuoso Astor Piazzolla\, and Manuel Po nce's Sonata for keyboard and guitar\, a fusion of Mexican folklore and Fr ench impressionism. For this work he will be joined by KSC Professor of M usic\, Dr. Jose Manuel Lezcano. Rounding out the program is a recent work by Mr. Lifchitz\, his Piano Silhouettes of 2012. \n \nHe will also give a public lecture\, entitled Mestizo Modernism: Music and Revolution in Mex ico during the 20th century. This free talk is offered March 20 at 2 PM i n Redfern Recital Hall and is part of the Music Department's Afternoon Wor kshop series of events. \n SUMMARY:KSC Music Department & Max Lifchitz present Tangos and More URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/897/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1361378039893@keene.edu DTSTART:20130308T003000Z DTEND:20130308T020000Z DESCRIPTION:Keene\, NH 3/7/2013 – The Keene State College Concert Band Concert will be held at the Redfern Arts Center on Thursday March 7th at 7 :30 PM in the Main Theatre. Tickets are $5/$10. This year the “Keene is Reading” program is reading Shakespeare’s the Tempest. In keeping wit h the Shakespearian theme\, the Concert Band is performing works about and from the homeland of William Shakespeare. The Keene State College Saxopho ne Ensemble will be the featured guest ensemble. Assistant conductor\, Kat hryne Lundstedt ’14\, will conduct Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb.. Other selections performed on the concert include Guy Woolfenden’s Illyr ian Dances\, And Flights of Angles Sing Thee To Thy Rest by Thomas C. Duff y\, and two relatively unknown pieces by Percy Granger\, Arrival Platform Humlet and Sheep Shearing Song.\n\nTickets and information are available a t the Redfern Arts Center box office\, 603-358-2168\, or online at www.kee ne.edu/racbp. \n SUMMARY:KSC Concert Band presents "This Blessed Plot\, This Earth\, This E ngland" URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/895/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1361377771578@keene.edu DTSTART:20130307T003000Z DTEND:20130307T003000Z DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 6 at 7:30pm the Keene State College Depar tment of Music will present the 12th Annual Faculty Composers Recital. Th e program will feature world premieres by Christopher Swist\, Heather Gill igan\, and Ted Mann\, as well as works by José Lezcano\, Elaine Broad Gin sberg\, Timothy Rogers\, and Craig Sylvern. The compositions will showcase our talented faculty as both composers and performers. As has become the tradition for this event\, the pieces will run the gamut of styles and in strumentation -- from solo piano to electronics to songs. Come hear the la test creations of the Keene State Department of Music. SUMMARY:KSC 12th Annual Faculty Composers Concert URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/894/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1361479591383@keene.edu DTSTART:20130305T003000Z DTEND:20130305T020000Z DESCRIPTION:Flamenco dancer\, Niurca E. Marquez\, and guitarist\, Jose Lui s Rodriquez Garcia de la Torre will perform in the Mabel Brown Room\, free and open to all. SUMMARY:Flamenco Dance Performance URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/905/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1362424166561@keene.edu DTSTART:20130324T190000Z DTEND:20130324T203000Z DESCRIPTION:A Keene State College Faculty Recital will be held at the Redf ern Arts Center on Sunday March 24th at 3:00 PM in the Alumni Recital Hall . Tickets are $5/$10. The concert features Keene State College faculty C raig Sylvern\, saxophone\, Christopher Swist\, percussion\, Diane Cushing\ , soprano\, Robin Mattathais\, flute and Maura Glennon piano. Also on the program will be special guest-trombonist Vicki Moore.\n\nThe musical menu includes modern works such as composer Doug Bristol's Five Miniatures for trombone and tenor saxophone\, songs by Charles Gounod and Georges Bizet\ , flute works by Henri Dutilleux and Eldin Burton and a few more surprises . Tickets and information are available at the Redfern Arts Center box off ice\, 603-358-2168\, or online at www.keene.edu/racbp. \n SUMMARY:KSC Faculty Recital URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/954/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR