Concert at Noon to feature 'Music from the Movies'
Lycoming College will present the Concert at Noon “You Must Remember This – Music from the Movies,” a combined lecture and recital by pianist Gary Boerckel, D.M.A., professor emeritus, on Thursday, March 13 in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming professor to conduct 'Strauss and Mozart for Winds'
Lycoming College will host “Strauss and Mozart for Winds,” a performance by the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra’s winds conducted by William Ciabattari, Ph.D., chair and assistant professor of music at Lycoming. The concert will be held Sunday, March 9 at 5 p.m. in Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall. Tickets are $10 at the door.
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Scientific wonder to perform at Lycoming
The Lycoming College Music Department will present “Neuroscience Meets a Musical Brain,” an event that will feature a performance by world-renowned ragtime pianist and scientific wonder Robert Milne along with a lecture by Kerstin Bettermann, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of neurology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, about her studies of Milne’s brain function. The event will be held Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. in Clarke Chapel and is free and open to the public. While on campus, Milne also will conduct a master class with Lycoming music students.
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Tour Choir's first trip with new director underway
The Lycoming College Tour Choir’s first tour under the direction of Christopher Jackson, D.M.A., director of choral activities and assistant professor of music, will begin Friday, Feb. 28 at the Charlton United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. in Harrisburg, Pa. During the trip, the choir will visit at least one area high school each day. According to Jackson, this type of educational outreach is central to the choir’s goal of creating a greater sense of community among all levels of music education.
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Music Department and Williamsport Symphony Orchestra present Close-Up Concert
The Lycoming College Music Department and the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will present a Close-Up Concert featuring Andrew Rammon on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall. Rammon is an adjunct instructor of music at Lycoming, principal cellist for the WSO and a member of the Grammy Award-winning Eaken Trio. Tickets are $10 at the door. Joining Rammon for the concert is pianist Gary Boerckel, professor emeritus at Lycoming and host of “Music to My Ears,” heard on local public radio station WVIA on Sundays at 1 p.m.
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Lycoming College Community Orchestra to perform with Uptown Music Collective
The Lycoming College Community Orchestra will collaborate with the Uptown Music Collective to perform “On and On: The Legacy of R&B” at the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. This unique musical performance will feature original orchestrations of songs by modern R&B artists such as Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Cee Lo Green and many more.
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Candlelight Service to be broadcast
Lycoming College's annual Candlelight Service will be broadcast Dec. 24 and 25 on several local radio stations. The traditional service of lessons and carols was performed by the college's choirs and instrumental ensembles on Dec. 8 in Clarke Chapel. The broadcast dates and times are as follows:
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Lycoming to start community orchestra
The Lycoming College Community Orchestra, a new ensemble for local amateur musicians, is being created thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Williamsport Lycoming Community Fund at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania.
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Student ensembles to perform
The Lycoming College Music Department will hold a performance of student ensembles at noon Thursday, April 4, in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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