Past Events
March 15, 2013
Sala Competition
The Twelfth Annual Jerome G. Sala Concerto Competition will be held on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 4 to 7p.m. in the Music Department. Named after the late professor Jerome G. Sala, a 20-year member of the Music faculty who taught music history, instrumental methods, and was the founding director of the Lehman College Community Band, the competition is open to any high school senior who plays a woodwind, brass, or mallet percussion instrument and who resides in the New York tri-state area. Please click here for more information.
January 30, 31, 2013
Auditions for Musical Production
Professor Penny Prince holds auditions for new musical production, Rumpelstiltskin '13.
The Lehman Music Department's 2013 Original Musical production, Rumpelstiltskin, tells the story of bullying and friendship with music, choreography, and original dialogue, written by the cast collaboratively. Auditions will be held Wednesday and Thursday, January 30 and 31. Please click here for more information.
November 14 - 16, 2012
Fourth Annual Jazz Festival
The Fourth Annual Johnny Pacheco Latin Music and Jazz Festival at Lehman College took place November 14-16. Please click here for more information.
Summer 2012
Ninth Annual Music Education Symposium
Our annual symposium affords music educators opportunities for peer networking, and to earn academic credit towards fulfilling professional development requirements and salary increments. Five different courses are offered this year, in concert band literature, percussion methods, music therapy, piano, and ear training.
Please click here for more information.
August 6 - 10, 2012
Music Department hosted unique Music Improv Camp for Middle & High School Students
The only program of its kind in the United States!
This one-of-a-kind NYC summer camp experience offers singers, string, brass, woodwind, percussion, keyboard and guitar players the opportunity to learn and develop their skills for improvising in Blues, Jazz, Rock, Latin, World and Classical music styles. Campers interact with like-minded musicians in a creative environment designed to promote learning and artistic freedom.
Please click here to learn more about the program and obtain application materials.
May 20, 2012
The Lehman College Community Band
America’s Pastime: a concert featuring a mix of popular selections for wind band the entire family can enjoy, with flute soloist Christine Dookie, winner of the 2012 Jerome G. Sala Memorial Competition.
May 17, 18, and 19, 2012
Original Musical Production
Wonderful Flight to Mushroom Planet
Music by Professor Penny Prince; script by Jeffrey Beer; based on the book by Eleanor Cameron.
May 16, 2012
Genesis Gospel Choir
Premiere Performance by Lehman's newest ensemble!
The Genesis Gospel Choir, which is entirely student-organized and run, performed
Genesis, The Beginning: An Evening of Gospel Music featuring the music of Richard Smallwood, Israel Houghton, Kurt Carr, and others.
May 10, 2012
Student Recital - Piano
Lehman Keyboards: a recital by the students of Professors Molly Morkoski, Suna Chung, and Peter Vinograde.
May 9, 2012
The Lehman Jazz Band
Lehman College Lonely Hearts Club Band: Music of the Beatles as well as American Jazz standards.
(Repeat performance).
May 8, 2012
The Lehman College Latin Jazz Ensemble
Fiesta en Primavera: the music of Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Bobby Rodríguez, Zequinha de Abreu, and others.
May 7, 2012
Student Recital - Guitar
Students of Professor Francisco Roldan performed works for solo guitar by Aguado, Carcassi, Giuliani, Shearer, Sor, Tarrega and others.
May 6, 2012
The Lehman College and Community Chorus
Spring Concert: Mozart's Requiem; shorter works by Vivaldi, Copland, Whitacre, and a medley from the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha.
May 3, 2012
The Lehman Percussion Ensemble
Spring recital of works written entirely for drums and "mallet" percussion instruments.
May 2, 2012
Faculty Recital
Professor Molly Morkoski performed works from her new CD, Threads.
April 29, 2012
The Lehman Jazz Band
Lehman College Lonely Hearts Club Band: Music of the Beatles as well as American Jazz standards.
April 26, 2012
The Lehman Brass Quintet
Spring recital featuring works from the Renaissance to the Modern era, composed and/or arranged for brass quintet.
April 22, 2012
The Lehman Woodwind Quintet
Winds of Change: music by Barber, Francaix, Mozart, Porter, and others.
April 1, 2012
The Lehman Jazz Combos
Keep It Simple: contemporary arrangements for small to mid-sized ensembles in a variety of Jazz styles.
March 25, 2012
The Lehman College Community Band
Spring Ahead: welcoming the new season with selections by Bennett, Bilik, Reed, Rossini, Vivaldi, and others.
March 18, 2012
The Lehman Chamber Players
Alan Hollander, oboe; Alexander Meshibovsky, violin; Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, piano
Works for violin and piano including Saint-Saens' Sonata in D Minor opus 75 and Introduction and Rondo Capricioso
Works for oboe and piano including Haydn's Concerto in C, and other selections by Henriques, Sargon, and Colin.
March 8, 2012
Faculty Chamber Recital
Professor Molly Morkoski, paino, with special guest Caroline Stinson, cello
Variations: works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Martinu, Waggoner, and Lutoslawski.
February 15, 2012
The Lehman Chamber Players
Paul Roczek, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello;
Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, piano
Prokofiev – Sonata in D Major opus 94 for violin and piano
Brahms – Sonata in E Minor opus 38 for cello and piano
Dvorak – “Dumky” Trio
December 11, 2011
The Lehman College Community Band
Holiday Hurrah: festive selections of the season by Anderson, Goldman, de Hazo, Jutras, Porter, Sparke, and others.
December 8, 2011
The Lehman Percussion Ensemble
Fall performance of compositions written entirely for drums and "mallet" percussion instruments.
December 7, 2011
The
Lehman Jazz Band
Here's That Rainy Day: the title work and other selections from the American Songbook, including works by Stan Kenton, George Gershwin, and others.
December 6, 2011
The
Lehman Latin Jazz Ensemble
Salsa Picante: exciting arrangements of Latin American classics by Machito, Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez and others.
December 4, 2011
The Lehman College and Community Chorus
The Lehman Chamber Orchestra
Winter Concert: Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Telemann's Concerto for Two Violas featuring viola soloists graduate students Edmundo Ramirez and Pedro Libert, and other works by Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Strauss and others.
Jazz Festival concluded, will air on Bronxnet!
Lehman's Third Annual Jazz Festival: The Johnny Pacheco Latin Music and Jazz Festival at Lehman College ran from Wednesday, November 16 to Friday, November 18. The evening concerts were video recorded by Bronxnet, and will be broadcast Winter 2011/12.
Please click here to visit the Third Annual Lehman Jazz Festival webpage, or here to visit the Facebook page.
November 15, 2011
Faculty Recital
Professor Peter Vinograde performed Franz Liszt’s Fantasy and Fugue on the Name BACH, Alfred Fisher’s Three Scenes from the Life of Innocente,
and other works by J. S. Bach, and C. P. E. Bach.
Second Annual Lehman College Jazz Festival
The Second Annual Lehman College Jazz Festival took place in the
Lovinger Theater from Wednesday, November 17 through Friday, November
19, 2010. Featured performers included the Celia Cruz High School Jazz Band under the direction of Lehman alumna
Uma Karkala (pictured above), with guest vocalist Leslie Lewis. New York-area High school ensembles were judged via videoconference from Kansas and Hong Kong. Please click here to visit the Second Annual Lehman College Jazz Festival webpage and photo gallery.
Meet Our Graduate Students
Former professional violinist Taichi Akutsu and music teacher Heidi Chisholm discuss why they chose to pursue their graduate studies in music at Lehman and how the program has helped bring their career goals within reach. More
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