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Saturday, January 21 at 2:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium
Piano: Monster Concert
The thunder of 16 digital pianos simultaneously played by 32 children resounds at the 13th Annual Monster Piano Concert that features favorites such as Pachebel, Mozart and Vivaldi. More than 200 local children play piano in this unique fundraising event to support CSU, Chico's piano program. Sponsored by MTAC.
- Advance tickets, at $12 for each performance, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Friday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Music Department Fundraiser: Let's Get It On
Motown's greatest hits are just in time for the Valentine season. This rockin' concert features music department faculty and students as well as community musicians performing your favorites. (Call 530.898.5151 to audition.) All proceeds benefit the music department.
- Advance tickets, at $20 for all seats, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Honoring Alfred Loeffler: New Music Symposium—Student Composers
Don't miss this highlight of the season—an evening of original music from student composers and musicians. Free.
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Friday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Honoring Alfred Loeffler: New Music Symposium — Pianist Sarah Cahill
Acclaimed pianist and recording artist Sarah Cahill presents a concert of evocative new music. She also conducts a master class. Free.
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Saturday, March 3 at Noon
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Piano: 14th Kruschke Piano Competition
Don't miss California pianists as they vie for the $2,000 First Prize awarded by Marilyn Ann Kruschke. Second Prize and a Special Prize are awarded by the MTAC, Butte Chapter. Free. More information: Dr. Natalya Shkoda, 530.898.4043; Kruschke Piano Competition Website.
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Thursday, March 8 at 4 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
2012 Chico Bach Festival: Totally Baroque
Chico State music students kick off this year's Bach Festival with works by Bach and his contemporaries. Free.
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Friday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre Stage
2012 Chico Bach Festival: Beautifully Bach
Christa Rakich from the New England Conservatory of Music plays Johann Sebastian Bach's Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb and Prelude and Fugue in B minor on the Centennial Pipe Organ.
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Saturday, March 10 at 1 p.m.
St. John's Catholic Church
2012 Chico Bach Festival: Bachathon
Organists from Northern California present a marathon of Bach's music during this afternoon recital featuring performances on the Chico State Centennial Pipe Organ. Presented by the Sacramento Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. $5 suggested donation. More information: 530.898.6127.
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Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
2012 Chico Bach Festival: Bach to the Future
The Suzuki Music Teachers' Association of California presents young musicians performing the music of Bach and other Baroque composers. Violinists, cellists, violists, pianists and harpsichordists show off their talents as they look "Bach to the future!" Free.
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CANCELLED
Sunday, March 11
2012 Chico Bach Festival:
Bach & the Spirit of Improvisation
This event has been cancelled.
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Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Chico State Wind Ensemble: Band Classics
The lightness of Mendelssohn's Overture for Band contrasts starkly with the heavy music of Trauersinfonie by Wagner, but is rounded out by the delight of H. Owens Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana, Charles Ives' Variations on America and Leonard Bernstein's bubbly Overture to Candide.
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Thank You Concert: Doppelganger
The Concert Band and Jazz II join forces to provide a wide array of concert music, including works from Bach, Reed, Barnes and big band music and fusion, all in one concert! Free.
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Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Choral Concert: Romantic Masters
Franz Schubert's Mass in G is performed by the University Chorus, while the A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers round out the concert with works by other Romantic era composers such as Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger and Grieg.
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Friday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Chico State Guitar Ensemble: Strings Attached
Talented classical guitar students performing solos, duets and quartets, alongside program director Tobin Roye, showcase repertoire from Bach to the Beatles. The concert ends with the stage filled with guitars and fabulous music!
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Jazz X-Press: Up Jumped Spring (formerly "Spring is Here")
Celebrate springtime with an amazing evening of new charts composed by Chico State students including Adam Ferris, Chris Navaratte, Robert Delgardo, Alex Heath and Trevor Thompson.
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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Wednesday, April 25 & Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Opera Highlights: Viva Opera!
Opera Workshop's talented singers present a vigorous array of breathtaking opera. Dido and Aeneas recounts the love story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero Aeneas, while The Elixir of Love is a comedy about a love potion so powerful it turns the dullest of men into an irresistible Don Juan.
- Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets also available online at chicostatetickets.com or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.
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