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Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, September 30 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

Monday Morning Musicale
Monday, October 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Wake up to music as select Shepherd student musicians and ensembles perform in W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Enjoy complimentary coffee and conversation before and after the concert in the Dr. Robert Scott Beard Memorial lobby. Free and open to the public.

Natalie McGeachy, Clarinet Recital
Sunday, October 15 at 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

United States Navy Sea Chanters
Thursday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m.
The Sea Chanters, the United States Navy’s official chorus, performs a variety of music including traditional choral music, sea chanteys, patriotic fare, opera, Broadway and contemporary music. The Sea Chanters regularly perform for the public in the Washington, D.C., area and throughout the United States while on national tours. At home in Washington, they perform for the president, vice president and numerous congressional, military and foreign dignitaries. Frank Arts Center Theater. Free and open to the public.

Jazz at Shepherd — Jazz Masterpieces
Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.
The Shepherd University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Kurtis Adams, presents Duke Ellington’s tone poem Black, Brown, and Beige, along with other works from the composer’s catalog. Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Homecoming Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, October 21 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

Kaitlyn Warren, Piano Recital
Sunday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Jacob Miner, Saxophone Recital
Sunday, October 22 at 5:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Fall Choral Concert
Friday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.
The Shepherd University Camerata and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Steven Grives, present a fabulous fall concert. Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Jonathan Zutt, Percussion Recital
Sunday, October 29 at 3:00 p.m.
McCoy Rehearsal Hall. Free and open to the public.

Shepherd Salon Series— Classical Beats—Sonic Escape
Thursday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Sonic Escape is violinist Maria Kaneko Millar and flutist Shawn Wyckoff, a pair of Juilliard graduates whose blend of hyper-instrumentals, stories, moves and original works is “wonderfully imaginative… with a wide-ranging, anything-goes sense of fun.” (The Washington Post) In Classical Beats, they offer up hyper-instrumental renditions of original works and creative covers for flute and violin, incorporating multi-tracked production and instrumentals to instantly wow audiences, unfurling a symphony of sounds in real time. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Sponsored by Jefferson Security Bank. Free and open to the public.

Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, November 4 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

Zoey Breakall, Voice Recital
Sunday, November 5 at 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Jazz at Shepherd — Jazz Combos
Thursday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Shepherd Jazz Combos, under the direction of Peter Heiss, Kevin Pace and Kelton Norris. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, November 11 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

Masterworks Chorale—
Saturday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m.
The Masterworks Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Steven Grives, presents The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. Commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. The composition is based on the Catholic Mass, combined with other sources, principally the 15th-century folk song “L’homme armé.” Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Tristan Snyder, Trombone Recital
Sunday, November 12 at 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Jacob Routzhan, Guitar Recital
Sunday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Percussionist Steve Owen and Friends
Monday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Steve Owen presents a recital of mixed repertory including jazz fusion works. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Small Ensembles Recital
Tuesday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Come hear the best of our small ensembles. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Piano Ensemble and Studio Recital
Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Wind Symphony
Thursday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Come see and hear our newest class of student conductors as they present a program of band classics both old and new with the Wind Symphony. Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Composition Concert
Tuesday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Come hear a distinguished list of young composers as they present their vision of tomorrow’s music. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Annual Holiday Gala Concert
Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 3 at 3:00 p.m.
This warm and inspiring holiday musical tradition will feature the Shepherd Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Ensemble, the Chamber Singers, Camerata, and more! Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Shepherd Youth Chorus and Recorder Ensemble
Tuesday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m.
The Shepherd Youth Chorus directed by Dr. Austin Showen, and the Shepherd Community Recorder Ensemble, directed by Andrea Diggs, present their first concert of the season in the Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

Shepherd Community Orchestra and Sinfonia
Wednesday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m.
The Shepherd Community Orchestra, directed by Camilo Peréz-Mejía, and the Shepherd Sinfonia, directed by Renee Shaw Nutwell, present their first concert of the season in the Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets.

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The Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show—exhibition performance
Thursday, August 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Help! by the Beatles, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes and Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder. Ram Stadium.

Hallelujah Junction — Piano Duo Concert
Sunday, August 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Pianists Dr. Maggie Chen—Associate Professor at Ling-Tung University, Taiwan, and Dr. Yu-Hsuan Liao—Shepherd University Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor, combine forces to present a diverse and intriguing piano duo concert featuring John Adams’s monumental work ”Hallelujah Junction” for two pianos. Other works on the program include Carlos Guastavino’s “Tres Romances Argentinos” for two pianos; Taiwanese composer Ming-Hsiu Yen’s four intelligent and playful Children Games called “Toy Kaleidoscope,” with homages to composers Satie, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Rimsky-Korsakov; and Nikolai Kapustin’s jazzy piece “Sinfonietta.” McCoy Rehearsal Hall. Free and open to the public.

Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, September 2 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

Shepherd Salon Series—Faculty Jazz ensemble
Thursday, September 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Kick off this season’s Salon Series with a dynamic set of original music from the Shepherd University Jazz Faculty, featuring Kurtis Adams on saxophone, Peter Heiss on guitar, Bob Sykes on piano, Kevin Pace on bass, and Kelton Norris on drums. The performance will be recorded live in W.H. Shipley Recital Hall. Sponsored by Jefferson Security Bank. Free and open to the public.

Benjamin Smith, Voice Recital
Sunday, September 10 at 3:00 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Game Day — Ram Band 50th Anniversary Show
Saturday, September 23 at 12:00 p.m.
Join the Ram Band as they celebrate fifty seasons of marching band at Shepherd University with Shepherd fight songs SU Fight, Can’t Turn You Loose, and Fight On, and music from some of the Ram Band’s most popular half-time shows, including Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, Earth, Wind and Fire’s In The Stone/September, Mambo from West Side Story, Santana’s Smooth, Seasons of Love from Rent, Billy Joel’s And So It Goes, Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder, and Jump, Jive n’Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra. Ram Stadium.

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