Central Piedmont Music Department Blog

The Music Department will be presenting many interesting concerts this academic season.  More will be added throughout the semester, so check back often!

Wed., Nov. 20 @ 12:30 p.m. — Early Music Consort — “From the Top, Again” — Music by medieval and renaissance composers for mixed instruments — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Wed., Nov. 20 @ 7:30 p.m. — “Luminous Baroque” — Baroque class concert — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Thurs., Nov. 21 @ 12:30 p.m. — Final Recital II — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Thurs., Nov. 21 @ 7 p.m. — Composer’s concert — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Mon., Nov. 25 @ 1:30 p.m. — CPCC Chorus concert — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Wed. & Thurs., Dec. 4-5 — Student Juries (private, closed to public)

Fri., Dec. 6 — Prospective student auditions (private, closed to public)

Past FALL 2024 Concerts:

Thurs., Aug. 22 @ 12:30 p.m. — Music meeting (Also, for those interested in learning more about the music department —Required for current music majors.)  Sloan 101

Wed., Sept. 11 @ 7:30 p.m. — Charlotte Symphony Orchestra on campus (required for MUS 110 and 112)  Halton Theater, Overcash

Tues., Oct. 1 @ 12:30 p.m. — Mid-term Recital I — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Thurs., Oct. 3 @ 12:30 p.m. — Mid-term Recital II — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Thurs., Oct. 17 @ 7 p.m. — Composer’s concert — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Sun., Oct. 20 @ 3 p.m. — U. S. Air Force Concert Band — Halton Theater, Overcash (free to CPCC students)

Thurs., Oct. 31 @ 12:30 p.m. — Faculty recital featuring Schubert’s “Shepherd on the Rock” — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Thurs. Nov. 7 @ 12:30 p.m. — “Homegrown Melodies” with Burnt Reeds (woodwind quintet) — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Wed. Nov. 13 @ 12:15 p.m. — Early Music Consort — “From the Top, Again” — Music by medieval and renaissance composers for mixed instruments — Levine Campus (in Matthews) in front of Room 1412

Thurs. Nov. 14 @ 6 p.m. — CPCC Music Club concert — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Mon., Nov. 18 @ 1:30 p.m. — CPCC Jazz Ensemble — Parr Center Theater

Tues., Nov. 19 @ 12:30 p.m. — Final Recital I — Tate Hall, 2nd floor Overcash

Past Spring 2024 Concerts:

• TUES. Feb. 27 @ 12:30 p.m. Mid-term recital I in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• WED. Feb. 28 @ 1:30 p.m. CPCC Jazz Combo concert in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• WED. Feb. 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Conversations and Dialogues with the CPCC Early Music and Baroque Consort in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• THURS. Feb. 29 @ 12:30 p.m. Mid-term recital II in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• THURS. Mar. 14 @ 12:30 p.m. Celtic music concert in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• THURS. Mar. 21 @ 7 p.m. Student composer’s recital in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• THURS. Mar. 28 @ 12:30 p.m. Corey Lovelace, faculty recital in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• WED. Apr. 17 @ 12:30 p.m. Conflict/Resolution, Open Mic @ Parr Center, Collaborative Staircase (music faculty and students)
• WED. Apr. 17 @ 7:30 p.m. War & Peace: Instrumental and Vocal Music from 16th-18th century in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• THURS. Apr. 18 @ 12:30 p.m. Battle of the Bands (Baroque Ensemble, Early Music Consort, Chorus, Jazz Combo) @ Parr Center, Collaborative Staircase
• MON. Apr. 22 @ 12 p.m. CPCC Percussion Ensemble in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• TUES. Apr. 23 @ 12:30 p.m. Final Student Recital I in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• WED. Apr. 24 @ 1:30 p.m. CPCC Jazz Combo concert — Sloan 101
• THURS. Apr. 25 @ 12:30 p.m. Final recital II in Tate Hall (Overcash)
• FRI. Apr. 26 @ 12 p.m. Dance and music from composition professor, Dr. Nathan Hudson, in Halton Theater (Overcash)  free to students with a CPCC ID.
• MON. Apr. 29 @ 1:30 p.m.  Chorus concert in Tate Hall (Overcash)

Past Fall 2023 Concert Dates:

• MON. Dec. 4 @ 1:30 p.m. — CPCC Chorus Concert (Tate Hall — 2nd floor Overcash)
• TUES. Dec. 5 @ 11:30 am — Group Voice Class Recital (Tate Hall — 2nd floor Overcash)
  
• TUES. Dec. 5 @ 12:30 pm — Composition Recital (Tate Hall — 2nd floor Overcash)
  
• TUES. Dec. 5 @ 2:30 p.m. — Collaborative Composition and Dance Recital (Worrell Hall Studio 2154)
• Wed-Thurs. Dec. 6-7 — Student Juries (private, closed to public)
• Fri. Dec. 8 — new music student Auditions (private, closed to public)

This is an informational meeting required for music majors, but also open to anyone interested in learning more about the music department!  There will also be a short meeting afterwards, with Dr. Postle, for those interested in being a part of the music club.

Th Apr. 27 @ 12:30 p.m. — CPCC Jazz Ensembles concert — Outside, in front of new library, Parr Center

FRI & SAT, Apr. 28-29 @ 7 p.m. &  SUN, Apr. 30 @ 3 p.m. — CPCC Dance Theater performances to the music of Bela Bartok, Craig Bove, and Tom Waits — Halton Theater (Overcash)

MON May 1 @ 1:30 p.m. CPCC Chorus Spring concert — Tate Hall (2nd floor Overcash)

WED May 3 @ 7:30 p.m. Early Music Consort spring concert— Tate Hall (2nd floor Overcash)

This TH Apr. 13 @ 12:30 p.m. in Sloan-Morgan 101.    Mahari Freeman, our new CPCC voice faculty, will give a lecture recital.  She will discuss the opera Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom, as well as sing selections from the opera.  A QR code will be provided at the end of the concert for attendance credit.

This THURS. 3/30, @ 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.  “How we Swing: the Evolution of Big Band Jazz” concert — Halton Theater (Overcash building)

You can choose from one of these performances to hear some outstanding big band music, that will take you back in time to the Swing Era.

CPCC Instructor Sung Lee and many students and faculty of the Music Department will be presenting 3 days of concerts celebrating the music and birthday of J. S. Bach:

TUES. 3/21 @ 12:30 OPEN MIC @ The  Parr — in the lobby and staircase area of the new Parr Center (central campus) will be an Open Mic BACH-a-THON!   Come and hear how Bach’s great music can be performed on so many different instruments and different styles!  Saxophones, drums, keyboards….even a harp!

WED.  3/22 @ 12:30 p.m. Tate Recital Hall in the Overcash building — “Cafe Zimmerman” — will include some of Bach’s most beloved music.

THURS.  3/23  @ 12:30 p.m. Tate Recital Hall in the Overcash building — “Love and Redemption,” — music to raise the spirits.

The Music Faculty will present a concert chock-full of variety and styles.  This is one you don’t want to miss!

TH Feb. 16 @ 7:30 p.m.  Music Department Gala concert — Halton Theater (Overcash building)

This is an informational meeting required for music majors, but also open to anyone interested in learning more about the music department!  There will also be a short meeting afterwards for those interested in being a part of the music club, with Dr. Postle.   Also, for vocalists, a presentation by Opera Carolina about a summer educational program that will be upcoming.

Come and enjoy the sound of blended voices in our final live concert of 2022!

MON. 12/5 @ 1:30 p.m. in Tate Hall (2nd floor Overcash)