Ensemble Concerts

Saturday, October 5, 2019

HOMECOMING JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT
5 p.m. | Phillips Recital Hall

Gordon College Jazz Band ("The Coy Pond Piranhas") presents a concert of jazz standards for homecoming weekend.

FREE Admission 

Saturday, October 12, 2019

SYMPHONIC BAND FALL CONCERT
7 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

Rossano Galante: Mt. Everest
Johannes Hanssen: Valdres March
Frank Ticheli: Amazing Grace
Arturo Márquez (trans. Oliver Nickel): Dánzon No. 2
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring
Gustav Holst: First Suite in E-flat

The Symphonic Band Fall Concert will thrill listeners with treasured classics of the wind band repertoire, such as Holst’s First Suite in E-flat and Hanssen’s Valdres March, as well as exciting new works by Galante, Márquez, and Ticheli.

FREE Admission

Sunday, October 27, 2019

COMMUNITY OF SONG
3 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

Community of Song is an intergenerational choir concert, featuring performances by the Gordon College Children's Choir, College Choir, Men's Choir, and Women's Choir. Audience participation is encouraged, and all ages are welcome.

FREE Admission

Saturday, November 2, 2019

GORDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT: Into All the World
7 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

Gioachino Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri Overture
Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London")

The fall GSO concert—Into All the World—will feature music inspired by international travel. From the sounds Mendelssohn scribbled in a letter home upon visiting islands off Scotland's west coast, to dances Bartók recorded on a wax cylinder throughout the Romanian countryside, to Haydn’s crowning symphonic achievement, which he bestowed on the English audiences that welcomed him to London in his retirement, Into All the World will celebrate the transforming influence of traveling abroad. In partnership with Gordon’s Global and Experiential Learning Office, the concert will highlight experiences of Gordon students studying in programs around the globe, and celebrate the College’s unique international student community.

FREE Admission

Thursday, November 21, 2019

JAZZ ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT
8 p.m. | Phillips Recital Hall

The Gordon College Jazz Band ("The Coy Pond Piranhas") presents a concert of jazz standards.

FREE Admission
 

Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, 2019

29TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GALA
7:30 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

The Department of Music presents its Annual Christmas Gala – an event that has become a staple of the Christmas celebration on the Northshore. Featured are the Gordon College Women's Choir, Men's Choir, Children's Choir, College Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Carol singing and Christmas readings are also a highlight of this performance.

Tickets and Information:
General Admission $15 | Seniors $12
Children 12 and under FREE

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Monday, December 9, 2019

FALL CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
7 p.m. | Phillips Recital Hall

Join us for the Fall chamber music concert featuring Department of Music students under the direction of Dr. Sarita Kwok and performance faculty.

FREE Admission

Saturday, February 29, 2020

SYMPHONIC BAND WINTER CONCERT
7 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

The Gordon College Symphonic Band will perform their annual spring concert featuring a wide variety of music from the wind band repertoire.

FREE Admission

Saturday, March 28, 2020

GORDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT: Eastward in Eden
7 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

Heralding the arrival of spring with music for singing and dancing, GSO presents the orchestral suite from Aaron Copland’s beloved score for the ballet Appalachian Spring, Otto Nicolai’s exuberant overture to the opera The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Edward Elgar’s heartfelt Serenade for Strings. The program also features two concert arias of W. A. Mozart performed by soprano Rosemary Crimp, the 2019-20 winner of the Department of Music’s annual concerto competition.

FREE Admission

Sunday, April 19, 2020

VOICES OF SPRING
3 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

The Gordon College Choir, Men's Choir, and Women's Choir join forces to present an evening of choral music of various time periods and genres.

FREE Admission

Thursday, April 30, 2020

JAZZ ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT
8 p.m. | Phillips Recital Hall

The Gordon College Jazz Band ("The Coy Pond Piranhas") presents a concert of jazz standards.

FREE Admission

Saturday, May 2, 2020

ANNUAL SPRING POPS CONCERT
7 p.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

The Symphonic Band performs in the Department's annual Spring Pops concert, featuring many popular selections, including musical favorites from Broadway and film.

FREE Admission