NJCU's Music, Dance & Theatre 2015-2016 Calendar

The Caroline L. Guarini Department of

Music, Dance & Theatre

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY 2039 John F. Kennedy Blvd • Hepburn Hall Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597

Dean’s Welcome Welcome to the William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences at New Jersey City University, located only minutes away from New York City. NJCU has been a vital part of the Jersey City Community for more than 80 years. We are proud of our academic programs and the many opportunities we offer our students for a world class education in the art, sciences, and humanities.

The faculty of the William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences is comprised of dedicated educators committed to teaching and advising students for successful completion of their studies.

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On the undergraduate level, the College of Arts and Sciences is entrusted with providing the general education experience for all of our entering students.

Every semester, students choose from a variety of courses representing the disciplines and areas of study in the College in a program designed to fulfill our mission of educating the whole person and preparing our graduates for success in the 21st century workplace.

The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre shines as one our most accomplished programs. It offers several bachelors of music degrees as well

as bachelors of arts degrees, which prepare our students for careers in performance, music education, and music business. The department also offers a master of arts in music education.

I have no doubt that you will be impressed with the talent that exists within our Department of Music, Dance and Theatre among our students and our faculty.

Again welcome,

In addition to the campus experience, NJCU students are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the cultural resources in Jersey City and New York City. Our faculty has established connections to professionals in the music, dance and theatre industries which help our students experience the cultural life of the metropolitan area and pursue their careers.

Dr. Anne Mabry

Interim Dean William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences

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Caroline L. Guarini

Department of

Music, Dance and Theatre

The Department of Music, Dance and Theatre is unique among New Jersey’s public universities, offering students access to three performance disciplines – music, dance and theatre – within one department. NJCU’s location in the New York metropolitan area enables students to experience the finest in cultural events and to learn their craft from working artists in their fields. These resources enrich the educational experience for students enrolled in music, dance, and theatre courses.

The Department’s music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and the Middle States Association. Qualified undergraduate students are able to major in two music major disciplines simultaneously. Music, Dance and Theatre Department scholarships and assistantships are offered based on academic and performance excellence.

Degree Programs • Bachelor of Arts in Music • Bachelor of Arts in Music Business • Bachelor of Arts in Music Education • Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre • Bachelor of Music in Performance (Classical and Jazz)

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• Master of Arts in Music Education • Master of Music in Composition • Master of Music in Performance (Classical, Jazz and Multiple Woodwind)

Box Office Information Ticket Prices

Online Ticket Sales

Walk up sales will be cash or check only.

All sales are final non-refundable.

Tickets may be purchased in advance online by using a credit or debit card, up to 2 hours prior to curtain time.

$15.00 General Admission $5.00 Students and Senior Citizens

Hours of Operation

The box Office will open 1 hour prior to curtain time and will close one hour into the program, or at intermission, whichever comes first.

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You should print your receipt and bring it with you to claim your tickets during box office hours before entering the theatre on the day of the performance.

Please Note

There is no food or drink allowed in Margaret Williams Theatre, Ingalls Recital Hall, Sozio Rehearsal Hall, or the West Side Theatre, and the taking of photographs or the use of any recording device is strictly prohibited.

For further information please visit our website and refer to your area of study.

CONTACT

Music, Dance & Theatre Office Rossey Hall, Room 234 Tel: 201-200-3151 www.njcu.edu/mdt Min Kim, D. M. A., Chair 201-200-2025 mkim@njcu.edu Music, Dance & Theatre | 5

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“Smokey Joe’s Cafe” Spring 2015

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Location Time Admission Price Coordinator

Musical Theatre Faculty Recital: 16 Bars featuring Marc G. Dalio Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Marc G. Dalio

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Voice Faculty Recital

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

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Music@One presents Gloriosa Trio

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Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 1:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Min Kim

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Colors of the Winds Performance Series Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Joseph D’Auguste

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October

Fall ’15

Big Band Jam Spring 2014

1st

7th

Fall Big Band Jam

Music@One presents Timbila

OCTOBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

OCTOBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 1:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Ana Maria Rosado

7th

18th

String Faculty Recital featuring Frank Foerster

In RealTime presents Paul Robertson & Friends

OCTOBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Min Kim

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OCTOBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 3:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Ana Maria Rosado

Thomas Muraco

Frank Foerster

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21st

Great Performers Series: Art Hirahara, piano

Bel Canto Young Artist Recital Series: Thomas Muraco, Conductor and Master Coach Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

OCTOBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

OCTOBER

Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

22nd

28th

Dillon Music Legendary Performance Series presents Smitten with Britain!

Master Class and Recital by London Symphony Clarinetist, Chi-Yu Mo Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Jason Eckardt Speaks About His Music: From Jazz And Metal Guitar To New Harmonic And Timbral Resources Presented as a part of the Great Living Composers Series Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 6:30 p.m.

OCTOBER

Free Admission Joseph D’Auguste

OCTOBER

Free Admission Dr. Amparo Fabra

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October

November

Fall ’15

29th

OCTOBER

Music Theatre Workshop West Side Theatre 7:30 p.m. (Oct 29, 30)

Chamber Singers

Free Admission Marc G. Dalio

Fall 2013

2nd

8th

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

“Winds of Change” – Woodwind Euphonium Faculty Recital Chamber Music Performance featuring Aaron Vanderweele Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 3:00 p.m.

9th

9th

The Jungle Book: An educational children’s concert (after Kipling) with musicians of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 10:30 a.m. (Nov 9, 11, 13)

Piano Recital featuring Kevin Ayesh

Free Admission Joseph D’Auguste

NOVEMBER

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Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard

NOVEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Min Kim

The Impresario Fall 2014

11th

12th

Music Education Workshop

Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 6:00 p.m.

Opera Workshop Scenes West Side Theatre 7:30 p.m. (Nov 12, 13)

Free Admission Dr. Maredia Warren

Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

15th

17th

Choral Concert

Symphony of Winds and Percussion

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER Margaret Williams Theatre 3:00 p.m.

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Dr. Robert Prowse

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

Margaret Williams Theatre 7:30 p.m.

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Patrick Burns

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“Little Women”

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Ashley Leone and Kirk Lambert Fall 2014

November Fall ’15

Catherine Russell

18th

19th

Brass in Motion

Percussion Concert

NOVEMBER Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard

NOVEMBER

Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Greg Giannascoli

21st

23rd

Woodwind and Brass Day

NJCU Jazz Ensemble featuring Catherine Russell, vocalist

NOVEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 9:00 a.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard & Joseph D’Auguste

NOVEMBER

Margaret Williams Theatre 7:30 p.m.

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Walt Weiskopf

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November

December

Fall ’15

“Choral Concert” Fall 2013

30th

2nd

Brass Chamber Ensemble

Voice Student Recital

NOVEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard

DECEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

3rd

3rd

Region Band Mock Audition

Children of Eden

DECEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 4:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard & Joseph D’Auguste

DECEMBER West Side Theatre 10:30 a.m. (Dec 9, 11) Student matinée by reservation only.

7:30 p.m. (Dec 3 – 5, 10 – 12)

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Marc G. Dalio

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6th

7th

NJCU Orchestra Concert

Fall Jazz Bash

DECEMBER

Margaret Williams Theatre 3:00 p.m.

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Lou Kosma

DECEMBER Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

9th

13th

Emerging Composers Concert

Pop/R&B Ensemble

DECEMBER

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 6:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Amparo Fabra

DECEMBER

Margaret Williams Theatre 3:00 p.m.

Free Admission Andrew Schwartz

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Azudei Dubois Spring 2015

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Spring / FEBRUARY

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Great Performer Series featuring Robert Dick, flute

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Giuseppe Fusco

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Spring Big Band Jam

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

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Great Performer Series featuring Mike Rodriguez, trumpet Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

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Percussion Festival

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 2:00 p.m. (Apr 1) 10:00 a.m. (Apr 2, 3) Free Admission Greg Giannascoli

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April

Spring ’16

Little Women

Katherine Acosta Fall 2014

6th

6th

Music@One presents Eleftheria Kotzia

Music Education Workshop

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 1:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Ana Maria Rosado

APRIL

Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 6:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Maredia Warren

8th

11th

Hairspray

NJCU Jazz Ensemble featuring Alan Ferber, trombone

APRIL

TBD 7:30 p.m. (Apr 8, 9, 14 – 16) 3:00 p.m. (Apr 10)

$15 General, $5 Senior Citizen, $5 Students Marc G. Dalio

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APRIL

Bernards High School Bernardsville, NJ 7:30 p.m.

TBD Walt Weiskopf

Alan Ferber

“Jazz Faculty Recital ” Fall 2014

12th

13th

Symphony of Winds and Percussion

Brass in Motion

APRIL

TBD 7:30 p.m. (Apr 12, 19, 26) TBD Patrick Burns

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard

17th

21st

In RealTime presents City Winds Trio

Opera Workshop Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 3:00 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Ana Maria Rosado

APRIL

West Side Theatre 7:30 p.m. (Apr 21, 22) Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

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April

Spring ’16

NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion

25th

26th

Spring Jazz Bash

Emerging Composers Concert

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 Sozio Rehearsal Hall, Room 105 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Walt Weiskopf

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 6:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Amparo Fabra

27th

28th

Voice Student Recital

Brass Chamber Ensemble

APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Donna Connolly

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APRIL

Ingalls Recital Hall, Room 101 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission Dr. Gilles Bernard

April

May

Jazz Bash Spring 2014

29th

29th

NJCU Orchestra Concert

Music Theatre Workshop

APRIL

Bergenfield High School 7:30 p.m.

TBD Lou Kosma

APRIL

West Side Theatre 7:30 p.m. (Apr 29, 30) Free Admission Marc G. Dalio

APRIL

MAY

TBD

TBD

Choral Concert Dr. Robert Prowse

Pop/R&B Ensemble Andrew Schwartz

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The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance & Theatre Rossey Hall, Room 234 2039 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597