News and Events

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Spring 2020 Events

Shepherd Salon Series—Early Music Masterpieces Brooke Evers, soprano and ensemble
Thursday, January 30, 2020, at 7:30 pm
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Friday, February 14, and Saturday, February 15, at 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 16, at 3:00 pm
Frank Center Theater

Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band
Friday, February 21, at 7:30 pm
Pre-Concert Lecture at 7:00 pm
Frank Center Theater

Shepherd Jazz Festival Concert
Saturday, February 22, at 5:00 pm
The Shepherd University Jazz Festival is an educational experience open to middle school and high school jazz ensembles of any size. Performing ensembles receive an individual clinic with our one of our adjudicators in addition to written and recorded comments. There will also be jazz clinics for individual instruments and master classes in jazz improvisation.

 Shepherd Salon Series—Lynne Mackey
Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Pianist Lynne Mackey combines masterful technique with extraordinary expressiveness to present an entertaining and eclectic mix of repertoire and styles from around the globe, with composers ranging from Chopin, Ravel and Rachmaninoff, to Albeniz, Cowell, Tan Dun and more. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Annual Honors Recital
Sunday, March 1 at 2:30 p.m.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

ALL FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE CANCELLED:

Shepherd Salon Series—Robin Rhodes and Friends
Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 pm
Shepherd University adjunct faculty, bassist Robin Rhodes and friends will play selections from AfroHouse’s house concert experimentation, featuring twenty-fifth Century Afrofuturistic music that is disruptive, exuberant, innovative, emergent, and transformative, with beats, noise, and lush harmonies. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Shepherd Salon Series—State of American Trombone Music
Thursday, April 2 at 7:30 pm
Shepherd adjunct trombone professor James Martin and Shepherd faculty pianist Dr. Julianna Martin-Hayward “The State of American Trombone Music” featuring important and lesser known American trombone works by contemporary composers Eric Ewazen, Anthony Barfield, Anthony Plog and Frank Gulino. W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

Choral Concert
Friday, April 3 at 7:30, pm
Shepherd Chamber Singers, Camerata Soprano/Alto Choir, and Shepherd’d new Ramblers Vocal Jazz Ensemble present a fabulous spring concert of varied repertory. Frank Arts Center Theater. $15 general admission, $10 faculty, staff. Shepherd alumni, senior citizens, and students 18 and under; free for Shepherd. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

Musical Showcase for Scholarships
Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 pm
Frank Center Theater

Percussion Ensemble and Studio Recital
Tuesday, April 7, at 7:30 pm
Frank Arts Center W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

Jazz at Shepherd — Jazz Combos
Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m.
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.

 Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
Friday, April 17, at 7:30 pm
Pre-Concert Lecture 7:15 pm
A free pre-concert lecture describing the works will begin at 7:15 p.m. Frank Center Theater. $15 general admission, $10 faculty, staff. Shepherd alumni, senior citizens, and students 18 and under; free for Shepherd. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

Composition Recital
Sunday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Student composers will present a concert of their works in the W. H. Shipley Recital Hall at the Frank Arts Center. Come hear a concert of premieres. Free and open to the public. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

Small Ensembles Recital
Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 pm
W. H. Shipley Recital Hall

Jazz n Java
Thursday, April 23, at 7:00 pm
Come out for jazz and java in our makeshift coffee house at the Marinoff Theater. An evening of hot coffee and even HOTTER jazz with a mix of our jazz ensemble and jazz combos under the direction of Dr. Kurtis Adams and Kevin Pace. Coffee and refreshments are offered free with admission! $15 general admission, $10 faculty, staff. Shepherd alumni, senior citizens, and students 18 and under; free for Shepherd. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

Masterworks Chorale
Saturday, April 25, at 7:30 pm
The Masterworks Chorale, the Eastern Panhandle’s premiere vocal ensemble, under the direction of Rachel Carlson. Frank Arts Center Theater. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 faculty, staff and seniors, students age 18 & under.

Shepherd Community Orchestra and Youth Chorus
Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 pm
The Shepherd Preparatory Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Scott Hippensteel, and the Preparatory Chorus, under the direction of Dr. David Gonzol, will present their final concert of the season in the Frank Arts Center Theater. $5 general admission, free for Shepherd students. For information call 304-876-5555 or www.shepherd.edu/music.

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