Calendar

Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:00 PM
Virginia Chorale Presents "Voices of Eternity"
Robert Shoup conducts a capella music by Palestrina, Duruflé, Howells
Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk

Sunday, October 28, 2001 3:00 PM
Virginia Art Song Society: Songs of Henri Duparc & Reynaldo Hahn
Tom Marshall, piano
Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk

Friday, November 2, 2001 7:15 PM Lecture, 8:00 PM Concert
Art Song of Williamsburg "The Inspiration of Poetry"
Michael Posey, tenor with Ruth Easterling Winters, piano
Songs by Britten, Zemlinsky, Liszt, Schönberg, Barber and Bowles
Williamsburg Regional Library, Scotland Street, Williamsburg

Sunday, November 4, 2001 8:00 PM
Christoper Newport Uiversity Faculty Recital Series
Dr. Lauren Fowler, soprano
Gaines Theatre

Sunday, November 4, 2001 3:00 PM
Academy of Music: High School Senior Recital
Nadia Williams and Matthew Sommer
Second Presbyterian Church, Norfolk

Friday, November 9, 2001 8:00 PM
Christopher Newport University, Virginia Chamber Music Academy
presents Colonial Singers (in full dress)
Gaines Theatre

Saturday, November 10, 2001 8:00 PM
Academy of Music: Cabaret
Academy of Music, Norfolk

Saturday, November 10, 2001 8:00 PM
Opera CNU presents Opera Scenes
Tod Fitzpatrick, director, Robert Smith, piano
Christopher Newport University

Monday, November 26, 2001 8:00 PM
Senior Voice Recital
Scott Sachs, tenor, Tom Marshall, piano
Gaines Theatre, Christopher Newport University

Friday, November 30 & Saturday, December 1, 2001 6:30 PM
Old Dominion University's Madrigal Banquet with music from the British Isles
Performed by the Madrigal Singers and the Collegium Musicum, directed by Lee Tepley
Diehn Fine Arts Center Atrium. Call 683-4061

Friday, November 30 & Saturday, December 1, 2001 8:00 PM
Virginia Chorale presents Holiday Illuminations
Music by Vivaldi, Vaughn Williams and holiday favorites
Robert Shoup conductor
Sacred Heart Church. Tickets: 627-8375

Monday, December 3, 2001 8:00 PM
Williamsburg Choral Guild presents Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
Gigi Padddock, soprano, Bekah Hughes, mezzo, Michael Posey, tenor, Doug Price, bass
John Guthmiller, conductor
Lafayette High School, Williamsburg. 757-229-1808

Monday, December 3, 2001 7:30 PM
Old Dominion University's Contemporary Music Ensemble Creo
Lisa Relaford Coston and instrumentalists performing music composed after 1945
Director Andrey Kasparov, music by Melinda Wagner, Libby Larsen, Glen Hackbarth and Andrey Kasparov
Chandler Recital Hall. Call 683-4061

Sunday, December 9, 2001 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM
Providence Presbyterian Church presents Caroles from Merrie England,
featuring the Boar's Head Carol
Composed and directed by John S. Dixon. Call 420-6159.

Sunday, December 9, 2001 3:00 PM Christ and St. Luke's, Norfolk
Monday, December 10, 2001 8:00 PM Eastern Shore Chapel, Virginia Beach
Sunday, December 16, 2001 3:00 PM Trinity Episcopal Church, Portsmouth
Cantata Chorus Winter Concert: A Festival of Christmas Music
Bach Magnificat, Handel, Coronation Anthems. Bryan Mittnaul conducts

Friday, December 14, 2001 8:00 PM, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Yorktown
Saturday, December 15, 8:00 PM, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Hampton
Sunday, December 16, 4:00 PM, Centenary United Methodist Church, Portsmouth
Monday, December 17, 8:00 PM, Trinity Lutheran Church, Newport News
Virginia Choral Society presents Family Festival of Carols
James Powers, Artistic Director

Friday & Saturday, December 14 & 15, 2001 7:30 PM and
Sunday December 16, 3:00 PM
Governor's School for the Arts presents Minotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors
and Bach's Magnificat
University Theatre, ODU. Shows sell out,call ahead for tickets: 683-4271

Sunday, December 16, 2001 3:00 PM
A Seasonal Concert
Kathleen Franz, mezzo soprano, Charles Woodward, piano
St. Paul's Catholic Church, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 16, 2002 6:00 PM
Messiah Sing-a-long
Lorraine Bell, soprano, Jason Dungee, tenor
Merri L. Hansen, contralto, Royzell Dillard, baritone
First Baptist Church, 229 N. King Street, Hampton

Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:00 PM and
Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:30 PM
Virginia Symphony Orchestra presents Mahler's Third Symphony,
Joanne Falletta, conductor
With the women of Virginia Symphony Chorus, Robert Shoup, chorus master
and the Virginia Children's Chorus, Carol Thomas Downing, chorus director
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:00 PM
Marilyn Horne Foundation presents Warren Jones Master Class
Julliard Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City
Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:00 PM
Marilyn Horne Foundation presents Marilyn Horne Master Class
Julliard Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City
Friday, January 18, 2002 1:00 PM
Marilyn Horne Foundation presents Phyllis Curtin Master Class
Julliard Theatre, Lincoln Center, NYC
Friday, January 18, 2002 7:30 PM
Marilyn Horne Foundation Recital: Vienna to Broadway with SUPERTITLES
Monique McDonald, soprano, Liesel Fedkenheuer, mezzo soprano, Lawrence Brownlee,
tenor, Keith Phares, baritone, Special Guest Artist: Marvin Hamlisch
Julliard Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City

Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:00 PM
Hampton Arts presents: On the Road to Freedom
The Princely Players (4 men, 4 women)
Singing spirituals, work songs, hymns and songs of the freedom movement
American Theatre, Hampton 757-722-ARTS

Sunday,January 20, 2002 3:00 PM
Virginia Art Song Society presents Songs of Gustave Mahler
Peggy Kelley Reinburg, piano
Freemason St. Baptist Church, Norfolk

Monday, January 21, 2002 8:00 PM
Virginia Wesleyan College presents Sacred Seasons
World premiere of John Dixon's song cycle for harp and voice: Songs of Sion, Louie White's This Son So Young, Andrew Bleckner's Lenten Psalm Settings and variations of German and French settings of the Magnificat
Billye Brown Yeomans, soprano, Barbara Chapman, harpist, Charles Woodward, piano
Hofheimer Theatre

Friday, January 25, 2002 lecture 7:15, performance 8:00 PM
Art Song of Williamsburg presents: Let My Song Fill Your Heart
Songs of Rossini, Schumann, Barber, Beach and Charles
Barbara Quintiliani, soprano, Charles Woodward, piano
Williamsburg Regional Library. 757-229-7101

Saturday, February 2, 2002 8:00 PM
Christopher Newport University Faculty Recital Series
Tod Fitzpatrick, baritone
Gaines Theatre 757-594-7089; Cancelled

Saturday, February 2, 2002 7:30 PM and
Sunday February 3 3:00 PM
Governor's School for the Arts American Music Concerts
Opera, art song and musical theatre
Chandler Hall, ODU

Sunday, February 3, 2002 8:00 PM
Virginia Chorale presents Young Singers Project In Concert
Information on participation: 627-8375; location TBA

Wednesday, February 6, 2002 8:00 PM
Portsmouth Community Concerts presents the St. Olaf Choir
A group of seventy-five voices from Minnesota, conducted by Anton Armstrong
Willett Hall, Portsmouth. 686-5447

Sunday, February 17, 2002 3:00 PM
Virginia Art Song Society presents Songs of Russian Composers
Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano
Freemason St. Baptist Church, Norfolk; Cancelled

Friday, February 22, 8:00 PM and
Saturday, February 23 2:30 PM & 8:00 PM and
Sunday February 24, 2:30 PM
Virginia Chorale presents Unicorns, Gorgons and Sondheim!
Menotti's madrigal fable The Unicorn, The Gorgon and The Manticore
and selections by Sondheim A special collaboration with the Virginia Ballet Theatre
and Norfolk Chamber Consort
Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk 627-8375

Sunday, February 24, 2002   4:00 pm
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church Candlelight Concert Series presents Sacred Seasons
John Dixon's song cycle for harp and voice: Songs of Sion,
Louie White's This Son So Young, Andrew Bleckner's Lenten Psalm Settings,
and variations of German and French settings of the Magnificat
Billye Brown Youmans, soprano, Barbara Chapman, harpist, Charles Woodward, piano
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 28, March 1 & 2   8:00 pm
Sunday, March 3   2:30 pm
Loesser and Abbott's Where's Charlie
Tod Fitzpatrick,music director, George Hillow,stage director
Gaines Theatre, Christopher Newport University

Monday, March 11, 2002   7:30 pm
The Unitarian Church of Norfolk presents a Benefit for the Homeless
Billye Brown Youmans, soprano; Janet Kriner, cello and members of the Virginia Symphony
Unitarian Church of Norfolk

Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Yiddish and Ladino Art Song Recital
Jennifer Bern Vogel, soprano
We regret to announce that this event is cancelled

Sunday, March 17, 2002   3:00 pm
Christopher Newport University Student Recital
Jennifer Smith, soprano, John Murdock, piano
Works by Brahms, Faure, Menotti and others.
Ms. Smith is a voice student of Shirley Thompson
Gaines Theater, Christopher Newport University

Wednesday & Thursday, March 20 & 21, 2002   7:30 pm
Friday, March 22, 2002   8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 23 & 24, 2002   2:30 pm
Hampton Arts presents Mahalia: A Gospel Musical
American Theatre, Hampton. Tickets: 722-ARTS

Friday, March 22, 2002   8:00 pm
Virginia Chorale presents They're Playing My Song
Hits of Gershwin, Kern, Porter
Nauticus, Norfolk

Saturday, March 23, 2002
Noh Theatre Workshop for Musicians
Call 683-3020 for details.
Sunday, March 24, 2002   2:30 pm
Noh Theatre traditional performance
Japan's National Living Treasure; Tadashi Nagashima and others
University Theatre, ODU. Adults $10. For more information call 683-3020

Monday, March 25, 2002   8:00 pm
Harolyn Blackwell, Soprano in Recital
Chandler Hall, ODU. Free admission. Get there early for a seat!

Tuesday, March 26, 2002   3:00 pm
Master Class with Harolyn Blackwell
Chandler Hall, ODU. Free admission. Get there early for a seat!

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 4, 5, & 6, 2002   8:00 pm
ODU Opera Workshop presents The Fantastics
Culmination of a semester-long residency in opera and musical theatre
Chandler Hall, ODU, Norfolk. Tickets: $10. Call 683-4061

Friday, April 5, 2002   8:00 pm Christ and St. Luke's, Norfolk
Sunday, April 7, 2002   8:00 pm Eastern Shore Chapel, Virginia Beach
Cantata Chorus presents Sacred Music of the Esterhazy Court
Hayden and Polzelli; Guest conductor Dr. James Armstrong

Sunday, April 7, 2002   3:00 pm
Virginia Art Song Society: Richard Hundley Master Class
Patrick O'Donnell, piano
Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk

Sunday, April 7, 2002 Lecture 7:15 pm, performance 8:00 pm
Art Song of Williamsburg: Loves Lost and Found
Pamela Armstrong, soprano, Melanie Day, piano
Songs of Strauss, Debussy, Rodrigo and more
Williamsburg Regional Library

Monday, April 8, 2002 8:00 pm
Cantor Jennifer Bern-Vogel sings with Marilyn Buxbaum's group The Frailache Klezmer
ODU Fifth Annual Symposium: Jewish Culture - Western Civilization and Beyond
Webb University Center, South Cafeteria

Monday, April 8, 2002   8:00 pm
Virginia Wesleyan College Annual Spring Composers Concert: G.F. Handel
Billye Brown Youmans, soprano; Lee Jordan-Anders, piano; George Corbett, oboe;
Choir under the direction of Dr. David Clayton.
Hofheimer Theater, Virginia Wesleyan College

Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 2002   7:30 pm
Sunday, April 14, 2002   3:00 pm
Governor's School for the Arts presents Hunperdinck's Hansel and Gretl
Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk. Call 683-4271.

Saturday, April 13, 2002   1:00 pm
The Academy of Music presents The Second Annual Vocal Health Seminar
Voice Experts: Dr. Randall L. Plant, Otolaryngologist
Ann Cyptar, Speech Pathologist
EVMS Hofheimer Hall Auditorium, 805 Fairfax Ave., Norfolk. $20/$15. Call 627-0967

Sunday, April 14, 2002   4:00 pm
Fine Arts Guild of Christ and St. Luke's presents a Concert of Sacred Organ and Vocal Music
Emily Labidi, soprano, Henry Faivre, organ
Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Norfolk. Offering. 627-5665 voice mailbox 30

Sunday, April 14, 2002   7:00 pm
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church presents Candlelight Concert Series
Christ lag in Todesbanden by J.S. Bach, Mozart's Divertimento #1, K. 136, Presto.
String Quintet, K. 593, Minuetto & Trio, Allegro.
Billye Brown Youmans, music director.
Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, Chesapeake. Phone: 547-4706

Tuesday, April 16, 2002   7:30 pm
Old Dominion University's contemporary music ensemble Creo
with Alicia Terzian, Artist in Residence
Directed by Andrey Kasparov
Chandler Hall, Old Dominion University. For more information call 683-4061

Tuesday, April 16, 2002   8:00 pm
Jason Dungee Senior Recital
Lorraine Bell, vocal teacher
Hampton University

Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:00 pm
LaVell Thompson CNU Senior Recital
Featuring works of Schubert, Fauré and Quilter
Mr. Thompson is a student of Dr. Tod Fitzpatrick
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Main Street, Newport News

Monday, April 22, 2002   12 noon
Peggy Kelley Reinburg, organ; Sherie Aguirre, oboe; Rita Addico-Cohen, soprano
First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk. Call 625-5888 or 420-9627.

Monday, April 22, 2002   8:00 pm
Dwight Davis Requests . . .
Dwight's favorite music performed by Amanda Armstrong, Beverly Kane Baker, Kristy Barnett Green
George Corbett, Michael Daniels, Lee Jordan-Anders, Andrey Kasparov, and Billye Brown Youmans
Hofheimer Theatre,Virginia Wesleyan College. Call 455-2101

Wednesday, April 24   7:30 pm
Virginia Arts Festival presents Marilyn Horne Foundation artist Charles Castronovo, tenor
Harrison Opera House, Norfolk

Thursday, April, 25, 2002   7:30 pm
Old Dominion University Student and Faculty Chamber Music Recital
Featuring Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Performed by Agnes Mobley-Wynne, soprano
We regret to announce that this event is cancelled

Friday, April 26, 2002   12 noon
Carl Haywood,organ; Lisa Relaford Coston, alto; James Herbison, violoncello
Grace Episcopal Church, Norfolk. Call 625-5888 or 420-9627.

Saturday, April 27, 2002   5:00 pm
Norfolk State University Alumni Association presents
the 2002 Noah Ryder Commemorative Concert
Honoring Harry T. Burleigh, featuring the NSU Concert Choir, Terry Butler, conductor
Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church, 7036 Chesapeake Blvd., Norfolk. Free.

Saturday, April 27, 2002   8:00 pm
The Bagels & Fraylox Klezmer Band with special guest Cantor Jennifer Bern-Vogel
Instrumental and vocal music from the Klezmer tradition and Yiddish theater
Williamsburg Regional Library Performing Arts Center. Call 259-4070

Sunday, April 28, 2002   3:30 pm
Schola Cantorum presents A Capella VI
Celebrating American a capella music by John Antes, Johann C Bechler, John J Niles,
Virgil Thomson, R Nathaniel Dett, Randall Thompson and others
First Lutheran Church, 1301 Colley Ave., Norfolk. Free. Call 623-1862.

Wednesday, May 1, 2002   7:30 pm
An Evening with Adolphus Hailstork
Premiere of a new work commissioned by the Virginia Chamber Players:
Beverly Kane Baker, viola; Barbara Chapman, harp; Debra Wendells Cross, flute.
Chandler Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk. Free

Thursday, May 2, 2002   8:00 pm
Virginia Arts Festival presents Mozart's Requiem & Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna
Featuring Virginia Chorale and Virginia Symphony and Chorus
Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk. 627-8375

Friday, May 3, 2002   8:00 pm, First Baptist Church, Newport News
Sunday, May 5, 2002   4:00 pm, Centenary United Methodist Church, Portsmouth
Virginia Choral Society presents Haydn's Mass in Time of War
James Powers, Artistic Director

Sunday, May 5, 2002   4:00 pm
Schola Cantorum presents A Capella VI
Celebrating American a capella music.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norfolk. Call 623-1862.

Monday, May 6, 2002   12 noon
James S. Darling, organ; Lorraine Bell, soprano
First Presbyterian Church, Hampton. Call 625-5888 or 420-9627.

Thursday, May 9, 2002   12:00 noon
Thomas Marshall, organ; Georgeanne Paddock, soprano; Wendell Banyay, trumpet
Williamsburg Baptist, Williamsburg. Call 625-5888 or 420-9627.

Sunday, May 12, 2002  4:00 pm
A Mother's Day afternoon concert: A Yiddishe Momme
Cantors Jennifer Bern-Vogel (Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk) and Fran Goldman
(Beth Ahaba, Richmond), Natan Berenshteyn, pianist
Kaufman Hall, Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk. Call 625-4295

Saturday, May 18, 2002   7:30 pm
Schola Cantorum presents A Capella VI
Celebrating American a capella music by John Antes, Johann C Bechler, John J Niles,
Virgil Thomson, R Nathaniel Dett, Randall Thompson and others
All Saints Episcopal Church, 1968 Woodside Lane, Virginia Beach.
Tickets: $8, $5 for students/seniors. Call 623-1862.

Sunday, May 19, 2002   4:00 pm
Schola Cantorum presents A Capella VI
Celebrating American a capella music by John Antes, Johann C Bechler, John J Niles,
Virgil Thomson, R Nathaniel Dett, Randall Thompson and others
Eastern Shore Chapel, 2020 Laskin Rd., Virginia Beach
Tickets: $8, $5 for students/seniors. Call 623-1862.

Sunday, May 19, 2002   6:00 pm
Lisa Relaford Coston, mezzo-soprano, Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Virginia Beach. Free. Call 340-8420.

Thursday, May 30, 2002   8:00 pm   Jamestown High School, Williamsburg
Saturday, June 1, 2002   8:00 pm   Hampton Roads Academy, Newport News
Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Jupiter and Debussy
Michael Galanter, tenor sings Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Joanne Falletta conducts Britten, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and Mozart

Saturday, June 1, 2002   7:30 pm
Governor's School for the Arts presents Scenes, Songs and Arias Concert
Chandler Hall, ODU. Call 683-4271.

Sunday, June 2, 2002   3:00 pm
Governor's School for the Arts presents Seniors Concert
Chandler Hall, ODU. Call 683-4271.

Sunday, June 2, 2002   3:00 pm
Virginia Art Song Society: Songs on the Poetry and Prose of William Shakespeare
Charles Woodward, piano
Freemason Street Baptist Church, Norfolk

Tuesday, August 20, 2002, 7:00 pm
The Academy of Music presents A Night of Song at Uncle Louie's
With the Students of Karen Scott
Featuring Justin Senense; with Catherine Fulton, Didi Granger, Gilbert Hoy, Kristina Irani, Anwei Kilgore, Heather McLewin and Melani Middleton.
Uncle Louie's, Norfolk.

Wednesday, August 28, 2002, 8:00 pm
The August Musicales Concert Series presents Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano, Russell Wilson, piano, and guest artist Leslie Burrs, flute
Performing works by Purcell, Handel, Schubert, Bellini and others.
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Phone (804) 359-2463

Friday, August 30, 2002, 8:00 pm
Tod Fitzpatrick, baritone, in recital
with Robert Smith, piano, Beverly Baker, viola
Performing works by Beethoven, Bridge, Musto, and Ravel
Christopher Newport University, Gaines Theatre.

Wednesday, August 28, 7:00 pm
Rita Addico Cohen, soprano in concert with
the Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra
Performing Summertime by Gershwin, Les Filles de Cadix by Delibes,
America the Beautiful
24th Street Stage, Virginia Beach