This concert will feature student vocalists performing with the Colby Jazz Ensemble, presenting many classics from the jazz big band repertoire. The program will include “Cry Me a River” (Arthur Hamilton), considered one of the greatest torch songs of all time, and Thad Jones’s “Backbone,” a swinging blues made famous by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz…
Choruses have their origins in the theater of Ancient Greece. A Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities theme event, the Choirs at Colby gather to celebrate the fusion of these artistic domains. This concert will feature pieces from operas, operettas, musical theater, and movie soundtracks. Reserve your free tickets at arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets.
Cappella Nova Mundi, a specialized choral ensemble based in Dover, N.H., will perform Renaissance répertoire, focusing particularly on the works of Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452–1518). Reserve your free tickets at arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets.
The Colby Symphony Orchestra highlights two canonical composers, Brahms and Poulenc, for the ensemble’s season opener. The concert features two contrasting works by Johannes Brahms: his Academic Festival Overture (1880), which quotes multiple student tavern songs, and his melancholy, rich Symphony No. 4 in E Minor (1885). Pianists Steven Pane and Colby Associate Professor of Music…
