Music

The Music program is one of three programs housed within the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. The program and all the curricular and co-curricular activities strive to:

• provide strong foundational training for students seeking to pursue a career or further study in music

• lead all students regardless of major, to the understanding that music is governed by the demands of a rigorous technical, intellectual, aesthetic, and spiritual process

• guide all students in the development of the ability to reflect critically and independently on the creative and aesthetic process and product

• provide a meaningful and excellent musical experience for all members of the Mount community

• serve the Mount community's academic, spiritual, and cultural needs

• impart upon the students and the community the understanding that we are all the stewards of a precious artistic and cultural legacy

Upcoming Concerts

Simple Scores

Date: March 14  •  7:30 p.m.
Location: Mount Cafe

Guest artist D. Edward Davis and Mount faculty Dr. Mark Carlson will present a program of music drawn from musical scores that any audience can understand.  The scores will be projected while the performers turn the scores into music!  Join our guest, faculty and students in the informal setting of the Mount Cafe. 

Free Admission. For more information call (301) 447-5308

Faculty Concert

Date: March 16  •  7:30 p.m.
Location: Knott Auditorium
Mount music faculty Dr. Mark Carlson will present portions of an exciting new work being written by composer D. Edward Davis.  This special performance of "passing lands", a concert-length "one man show" for euphonium player and electronics incorporates elements of monologue and theater and concludes a short residency by the composer.  The performer and composer will introduce the piece and give a glimpse of their creative process.

Free Admission.  For more information call (301) 447-5308

Brown Bag Recital

Date: March 20  •  12:00 p.m.
Location: Knott Auditorium
Bring your lunch and enjoy a concert by our very own Mount instrumental and vocal students.  Free Admission.

Eastern Connecticut State University Chamber Singers

Date: March 23  • 7:30 p.m.
Location: Immaculate Conception Chapel
Join us for a concert by this wonderfully talented chamber choir (with whom our own Chorale toured to Montreal in 2012!) in the beautiful setting of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. You won't want to miss this!

Mid-Semester Music Concert

Date: March 26  •  7:30 p.m.
Location: Knott Auditorium
Come and hear members of the department's musical performing ensembles perform a variety of music from chamber music to jazz.

Mount Wind and Jazz Ensemble Outdoor Concert

Date: May 1  • 4:00 p.m.
Location: Founder's Plaza (outside of Delaplaine Fine Arts Center)
Enjoy the beautiful sounds of our Wind and Jazz Ensemble as they perform outdoors in the lovely space of Founder's Plaza!

Student Instrumental and Vocal Recital

Date: May 1  • 7:30 p.m.
Location: Knott Auditorium
Please join us for our end-of-the-semester recital featuring students from the studios of our music program.

Want to see more? Check out our full Calendar of Events