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.1358430847956@keene.edu DTSTART:20130414T183000Z DTEND:20130414T200000Z DESCRIPTION:The Keene State College Department of Music is delighted to pr esent an upcoming performance by the KSC Chamber Singers entitled “ARISE ! Songs of Triumphant Beauty” on Sunday\, April 14\, 2013. A pre-concert lecture panel will begin at 2:30 p.m. followed by a performance at 3:00 p .m. in Redfern Art Center’s Alumni Recital Hall. The Chamber Singers are conducted by Dr. Sandra Howard and student assistant conductor\, Hannah H all with collaborative pianist\, Cheryl Sharrock.\n\nDuring the Spring 201 3 semester\, the Chamber Singers are partnering with the Phoenix House Kee ne Center to learn about its mission\, volunteer\, and prepare concert rep ertoire centered on the themes of perseverance and triumph\, ascending bir ds\, and the Resurrection. The concert will feature W.A. Mozart’s “Reg ina Coeli” KV 276 and Bernstein’s “The Lark”\, which will feature guest countertenor soloist\, Aaron Russo. Other works by Nystedt\, Arcadel t\, Stanford\, Gibbons\, and Passereau will also be performed.\n\n20% of a ll concert proceeds will be donated to the Phoenix House Keene Center. Tic kets for this event are $10 for adults\, $5 for students and senior citize ns\, which may be purchased at the Redfern Ticket Office: 603.358.2168 or www.keene.edu/racbp.\n SUMMARY:ARISE! Songs of Triumphant Beauty URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/789/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1358431305521@keene.edu DTSTART:20130420T230000Z DTEND:20130421T003000Z DESCRIPTION:The community-based ensemble\, the Chamber Singers of Keene\, under the direction of Dr. Sandra Howard\, will present “With a Voice of Singing: Celebrating Our 20th Season!” on Saturday\, April 20\, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Keene State College Redfern Arts Center Alumni Recital H all.\n\nThe concert will feature Purcell’s "Te Deum" Z. 232 with songs b y Byrd\, Lasso\, Handel\, Mendelssohn and others.\n\nTickets for this even t are $12 and can be purchased from CSK members in advance of the performa nce or at the door. \n\nFor more information about the The Chamber Singers of Keene and its members\, please go to: www.chambersingerskeene.org or c ontact us via email: chambersingerskeeneinfo@gmail.com\n\n SUMMARY:With a Voice of Singing: Celebrating Our 20th Season!” URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/790/ 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 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1363628664882@keene.edu DTSTART:20130420T190000Z DTEND:20130420T203000Z DESCRIPTION:The Keene State College Concert Choir will present a concert o f pieces reflecting ‘Light From Darkness’ on Saturday April 20th at 3p m directed by Diane Cushing in the Alumni Recital Hall at the Redfern Arts Center. The first third of Haydn’s Creation will be performed with Sco tt White on organ. In addition\, the choir will perform Arise\, Shine! by Dan Forrest and Song to the Moon by Randall Stroope featuring Susan Henke l on oboe and Sarah Wolff on flute. Amy St. Louis will direct ‘O Lux Be atissima’ by Howard Helvey and ‘Joy in the Morning’ by Natalie Sleet h. Tickets are $5 & $10 and can be purchased at the door or from the box office\, 603-358-2168. SUMMARY:KSC Concert Choir presents Light From Darkness URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/984/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1364839625311@keene.edu DTSTART:20130407T190000Z DTEND:20130407T203000Z DESCRIPTION:The KSC Brass and Saxophone Ensembles present their spring con cert on Sunday\, April 7 at 3:00pm. Come hear a potpourri of music celebr ating the awakening of spring and all that spring brings to Southern New E ngland. The brass ensemble will be performing music of Bach\, Handel\, an d Hindemith with pieces that awaken the spirit of spring. The saxophone e nsemble will be playing music the lifts the spirit with works by Stravinsk y\, Respighi\, and Lady Gaga. Come celebrate springtime in the Monadnocks on Sunday\, April 7th! Tickets are $5 & $10 and can be purchased at the door or by calling ahead to the box office: 603.358.2168 SUMMARY:The KSC Saxophone and Brass Ensembles present their Spring Concert URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1015/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1364840055825@keene.edu DTSTART:20130406T130000Z DTEND:20130407T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Keene State College will offer its second bi-annual Guitar Fes tival\, featuring faculty and guest artists in clinics and concerts\, and student soloists and ensembles\, on April 6\, Saturday\, 2013. Featured gu est artists include guitarist Stephen Aaron\, of the University of Aakron and Oberlin Conservatory\,and flutist Jane Berkner of the University of Aa kron\, appearing as Aaron/Berkner Duo. Also appearing are members of the N ew England Mandolin Ensemble\, August Watters and Charles Moser. Faculty a rtists include guitarists Ted Mann\, Jeremy Milligan\, and Jose Lezcano\, and percussionist Christopher Swist. Students and faculty will perform in the KSC Guitar Festival Orchestra to conclude the evening's concert which begins at 7:15 PM\, and registration begins at 9:00 AM with the orchestra rehearsal at 9:30 AM. There will be clinics on Guitar and Midi\; Guitar En semble for non-readers\; Latin American guitar\; Improvisation\; and Suzuk i. Attendance is free to auditors\; participants and clinic performers are $30\; scholarships are available for NH high school students. For more in formation contact Dr. Jose Lezcano\, at 603-358-2180 or email him at jlezc ano@keene.edu. SUMMARY:KSC Guitar Festival URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1016/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1364853867120@keene.edu DTSTART:20130414T110000Z DTEND:20130414T130000Z DESCRIPTION:A night of worship and fellowship featuring students and local christian musicians!\n SUMMARY:New Life Rising at KSC! URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1019/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365609487587@keene.edu DTSTART:20130425T233000Z DTEND:20130426T010000Z DESCRIPTION:The Keene State College Concert Band Concert\, conducted by Dr . Jim Chesebrough\, will be held in the Redfern Arts Center on Thursday Ap ril 25\, 2013 at 7:30 PM in the Main Theatre. Tickets are $5/$10. The “S omething Old” will be music from the Renaissance including Tielman Susat o’s Battle Pavane. The “New” will be a world premiere of Amun-Ra by Keene State student composer\, Josh Brennan\, and the band’s “Borrowed ” performance is the “Hut of Baba-Yaga” and “The Great Gate of Kie v”- movements from Pictures at an Exhibition\, a classic from the orches tral repertoire by Modest Mussorgsky. This work will be conducted by assis tant conductor\, Kirk Bobkowski (KSC’14)\, and assistant conductor\, Kat hryne Lundstedt (KSC ’14)\, will conduct Dusk by Steven Bryant. Tickets and information are available at the Redfern Arts Center box office\, 603- 358-2168. SUMMARY:Concert Band presents Something Old\, Something New\, Something Bo rrowed URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1048/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365609345171@keene.edu DTSTART:20130424T233000Z DTEND:20130425T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Keene State College’s Chamber Orchestra\, directed by Don Ba ldini\, will present a concert Wednesday\, April 24\, at 7:30pm\, in the M ain Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center. The concert will feature student s oloists in voice\, clarinet and trumpet. Well-known orchestral works will also be featured. This is a concert for the whole family to enjoy!\n\nTick ets are $5 & $10 and can be purchased at the door or by calling ahead to t he box office at 603.358.2168.\n SUMMARY:KSC Chamber Orchestra URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1047/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365609208544@keene.edu DTSTART:20130421T190000Z DTEND:20130421T203000Z DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, April 21 at 3:00pm\, composition students of Dr. H eather Gilligan will present their musical creations. This concert will be held in the Alumni Recital Hall in the Redfern Arts Center and is a free concert. Come support our students and enjoy their hard work! SUMMARY:Student Composers Concert URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1046/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365608912647@keene.edu DTSTART:20130419T233000Z DTEND:20130420T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the spring concert for the Flute Ensemble\, Clarine t Choir\, and the Jazz Combos! SUMMARY:KSC Student Chamber Ensembles URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1044/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365608781295@keene.edu DTSTART:20130417T233000Z DTEND:20130418T010000Z DESCRIPTION:The Keene State College Guitar Orchestra and Latin American En semble will present a program entitled "From Bohemia to Beatlemania\, and from Sierra to Altiplano\," on Wednesday\, April 17\, 7:30 PM\, in Alumni Recital Hall\, Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The 15-member Guit ar Orchestra and 28-member Latin Ensemble are both directed by Dr. José M anuel Lezcano\, Professor of Music. \n\nThe program includes the beloved Slavonic Dance no. 4 by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak\, a wonderfully craf ted exploration of Bohemian melodies and rustic rhythms\, and a \nstaple o f the orchestral repertoire. Also on the program is "Cuban Landscape with Rain\," by Leo Brouwer\, an appealing blend of minimalism\, New Age harmo nies\, and \nprogram music\, even depicting a hailstorm. The haunting an d lyrical "Summa" by Estonian composer Arvo Part provides an example of th is composer's style described as \n"holy minimalism." The evening will in clude a performance of former LA Guitar Quartet member Andrew York's newly minted "Hemingway" for guitar orchestra\, a tone-poem that skillfuly blen ds spatial effects\, orientalist melodies\, and idiomatic guitar writing. Rounding out the program are two standards by Lennon/McCartney (Day-Tripp er and Lady Madonna)\, and a Venezuelan joropo. \n \nThe Latin American ensemble\, assisted by members of the Flute Choir and Guitar Orchestra\, will present folk dances from the Andes on panpipes\, charango\, and bombo . Music Education major Amy St. Louis will sing "Crying She Left\," an A fro-Bolivian song by "Los Kjarkas" that became an international hit in 19 89 when recorded by French pop group Kaoma\, spearheading the Brazilian "L ambada" dance-craze. \n\nTickets are $5 & $10 and can be purchased at the door or by calling ahead to the box office at 603.358.2168.\n SUMMARY:Guitar Orchestra & Latin American Ensemble present From Bohemia to Beatlemania URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1043/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event.1365607922409@keene.edu DTSTART:20130413T233000Z DTEND:20130414T010000Z 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 vocalist star Aliya Cycon. SUMMARY:Scott Mullett and Jazz Friends URL:http://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/1042/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR