Free Concert Thursday!

The Old Dominion University Libraries presents its 8th annual student concert, “Monarchs Made Merry: Brass in the Archive,” featuring the ODU Brass Choir under the direction of Mike Hall, on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 12:30-1:15pm in the Diehn Composers Room.

The series was created by the Library to provide students with the opportunity to perform for the University community and to celebrate 20th century composition.
The Brass Choir will perform songs such as Let it Snow, Greensleeves, The Earl of Oxford’s March, Sleigh Ride, and more.

The University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room is located in Room 189 of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the F. Ludwig Diehn Music Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation.

For more information, please contact Jessica Mirasol, Librarian Archivist for Music Collections, at 683-4175.

FREE concert: "DECEMBER JAZZ" December 3

The Old Dominion University Libraries presents its 6th annual student concert, “December Jazz,” featuring the ODU Jazz Choir and Jazz Combo under the direction of John Toomey, on Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 12:30-1:15pm in the Diehn Composers Room.

The series was created by the Library to provide students with the opportunity to perform for the University community and to celebrate 20th century composition.
The Jazz Choir will perform songs such as Exactly Like You, Just Squeeze Me, Embraceable You, So Danco Samba, Silent Night, and a Christmas Medley. Works will also be performed by the Jazz Combo.

A well-known keyboardist and leader of the John Toomey Trio, Toomey is associate professor of jazz studies and music technology at ODU and the recipient of a 2000 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award. Prior to joining Old Dominion, he was keyboardist and music director for jazz legend Maynard Ferguson, with whom he recorded several compact discs. Toomey has traveled the globe to perform at such venues as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the Berlin Jazz Festival.

The University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room is located in Room 189 of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the F. Ludwig Diehn Music Fund of the Norfolk Foundation.

For more information, please contact Jessica Mirasol, Librarian Archivist for Music Collections, at 683-4175.

Student Concert of Music for Film, Theatre, and Dance

Students of Old Dominion University music faculty member Dr. Andrey Kasparov will present a concert entitled “Incidentally Speaking: Music for Film, Theatre, and Dance.” The event will take place on Thursday, March 26, 2009, from 12:30pm-1:15pm in the Diehn Composers Room. The concert will include works by Andrey Kasparov, Dinos Constantinides, Brian Robison, John Corigliano, and Yann Tiersen. Lisa Relaford Coston will perform as guest soloist on a work written by Andrey Kasparov.

Andrey Kasparov’s manuscripts are a part of the Contemporary Music Research Collection and Brian Robison’s compositions are held in the New Music Performance Collection of the Old Dominion University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room.

Dr. Kasparov is Professor of Music at Old Dominion University, where he also directs Creo, the contemporary-music ensemble.

The University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room is located in Room 189 of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the F. Ludwig Diehn Music Fund of the Norfolk Foundation.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Hogue, Instruction and Music Collections Librarian, at 683-4131.