Malmgren Concert Series 2011-2012
All Concerts are free, handicapped accessible and are held in Hendricks Chapel on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
Hendricks Chapel is committed to bringing arts of the highest quality to the Syracuse community at the lowest possible cost. The Malmgren Concert Series was made possible by a generous gift to Hendricks Chapel in 1991 from Esther Malmgren, a Syracuse University alumna. The series usually consists of three or four concerts a year, many of which feature the organ, Mrs. Malmgren’s favorite instrument.
For more information, call 315-443-2901.
Rachel Laurin, organ
Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 4:00pm
Canadian organist Rachel Laurin has performed recitals across Canada, the United States and in Europe, and has made 11 recordings. In 2000 in Montreal and 2001 in Ottawa, Canada, she played the Six Organ Symphonies by Louis Vierne in three recitals. An award-winning composer of over sixty works, her two most recent compositions are Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani, and Sonata for Organ and Horn. This concert will feature music of Brahms, Daveluy, several of her own works, and an improvisation on submitted themes.
Justin Murphy Mancini, organ - “Rising Star Recital”
Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:00pm
Justin Murphy-Mancini is an undergraduate student in organ performance and composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, OH. He is an organ student of Jack Mitchener and has participated in masterclasses with Olivier Latry, Philippe Lefèbvre and John Ferguson. He serves as assistant organist and choral scholar at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, OH. Under the supervision of the composer, he performed David Lang’s the little match girl passion with the Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble at the Cleveland Museum of Art. A versatile musician, Justin also plays the piano, harpsichord and double bass.
SU Faculty Perform Chamber Music with Organ
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 4:00pm
Although the pipe organ has a large corpus of solo repertoire and is frequently used to accompany choral ensembles, it is not often heard in chamber music, because the placement of the organ often hinders communication between performers. This afternoon’s performance by faculty members of Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music will feature Josef Rheinberger’s Suite for violin, cello and organ, and rarely heard works for trumpet and organ by Tomaso Albinoni, Fritz Werner and Allen Vizzutti. Syracuse University Organist Kola Owolabi will be joined by Peter Rovit, violin, Caroline Stinson, cello and Gabriel DiMartino, trumpet.
musica intima, chamber choir
This concert has been cancelled.
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 4:00pm
Based in Vancouver, Canada, the twelve-voice chamber choir musica intima has performed at Festival Vancouver, the Domaine Forget International Festival in Quebec, the National ACDA Conference in Chicago, the World Symposium on Choral Music in Denmark, and choral festivals in France and Ireland. A distinctly Canadian ensemble, musica intima regularly commissions and premieres works by Canada’s leading composers, including José Evangelista, Peter Hannan, Jocelyn Morlock and Jeffrey Ryan. The group is frequently heard on national and international radio broadcasts, and has released five recordings with the ATMA label.
