Central Piedmont Music Department Blog

Just in time for Valentine’s — join us for a recital by CPCC’s own music faculty featuring new love songs.   Thursday, Feb. 13 @ 12:30 p.m. in Tate Hall/Overcash.

Come and enjoy an hour of wonderful chamber music this Thursday, 2/6 @ 12:30 p.m., in Tate Hall, as the Bechtler Ensemble returns to present a concert of piano trio music.  Leonora Leggatt, violinist/Cynthia Lawing, pianist/ and cellist Tanja Bechtler will be the featured musicians.   Included on the program will be an opportunity to hear a rarely-performed work by the Armenian composer, Arno Babjanian.

Former instructor Beverly Russell and music student Darin Kennedy will present a two piano recital on Thursday, January 30th at 12:30 pm in Bryant Hall  of the  Sloan-Morgan building.  The program will include etudes from  Six Studies in Canonic Form for Two Pianos, Op. 56  by Robert Schumann/Debussy, the Petite Suite of Claude  Debussy and Sonata for Piano Four Hands by Francis  Poulenc.

As we begin a new decade and a new semester, please check this site often — under the “CPCC MUSIC PERFORMANCE” drop-down menu and click on the “Concerts and Events” tab to stay updated on all our events and activities in the Music Department.

https://blogs.cpcc.edu/musicdepartment/performing/concerts-and-events/

There are two concert opportunities for everyone this final week of the semester:

Monday, Dec. 2 @ 1:30 p.m. in Tate Hall (2nd floor of Overcash) — the CPCC Chorus will present a holiday-themed concert with special guests, Daniel Cornejo, cello and Christine Leimer, harp.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ 12:30 p.m. in Sloan 101 — the final applied student recital.   There will be lots of variety:  guitars, piano, singing, winds and brass.

There are two opportunities remaining to attend the opera extravaganza, Orpheus & Eurydice!  There will be singers, a live orchestra, dancers and aerial artists, lovely costumes, scenery and more!

Saturday, Nov. 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24 @ 2:30 p.m.

Halton Theater.   Free to CPCC students with a student ID.

Come spend a relaxing lunch hour listening to the class music recital today at 12:30 p.m. in SL 101.

Early Music @ CPCC will present a concert featuring an incredible variety of instruments not typically seen in the concert hall:  viols, recorders, harps, shawms and more……come find out more about these fascinating instruments.  If you stay afterwards, you may get to try one yourself!

CPCC’s own jazz ensemble classes will present their concerts this week, directed by Dr. Matt.

Wednesday @ 12:30 p.m. — JAZZ IMPROV

Thursday @ 12:30 p.m. — BIG BAND JAZZ

Come and meet our new Early Music and Baroque ensemble faculty members — Janelle Davis and Sung Lee, performing on baroque violin and oboe — with special guests, Matthew Files on gamba and cello and Steve Hilton at the harpsichord.