The Ithaca College Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will present a free concert  on Wednesday, November 4 at 8:15 pm in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  Under the direction of Jeffery Meyer and Richard Faria, the ensemble combines faculty and student musicians for music of our time by Saariaho, Adès, and Stucky.  The second half of the concert will be Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” led by graduate conductor Jesse Livingston and with sopranos Katie Cohen, Sarah Toth, and Ashley Carver.

Ithaca College School of Music faculty clarinetist Richard Faria will perform a free recital on Saturday, October 24 at 2 pm in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  He will be joined by violinist Nicholas DiEugenio, cellist Heidi Hoffman, and pianist Josh Oxford.  The program will include a Brahms sonata, “Cookbook” by Kenji Bunch, and trio premieres by Perry Goldstein and Josh Oxford.

The Ithaca College Concert Band will give a free concert entitled “Bloc Party” on Wednesday, October 7 at 8:15 pm in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.  Mark Fonder will conduct music about or from Russia and eastern Europe, including music by Kozhevnikov, Husa, Tschesnekov, Gulyas, Gliere, Cesarini, and Doss.