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BILL WARFIELD & THE HELL’S KITCHEN FUNK ORCHESTRA A FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT

SAT SEP 11 | 8pm The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra is a group of NYC’s most sought after Broadway and studio musicians. The ensemble’s music is a mixture of adventurous, modernistic pieces, Jazz-tinged Salsa and Post-Bop hipness. Jazz Times refers to Warfield as a “top-rate craftsmen, perhaps one of the best on the scene.” The group performs pieces from their upcoming release entitled A Fountain in the Desert. Bill Warfield, director.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY FACULTY RECITAL SOARING TOGETHER: CONSONANCES

SUN SEP 19 | 3pm Music Department faculty and friends present their first event celebrating Lehigh women making music to mark the 50-year anniversary of the university becoming a co-ed institution!

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ACROBUFFOS AIR PLAY

SUN SEP 26 | 1*pm & 4pm

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In Air Play umbrellas fly, fabrics soar over the audience, balloons swallow people, and snow swirls, filling the stage. With stunning images and gales of laughter, Air Play bounces on the edge of definition: part comedy, part sculpture, part circus, part theater. It is a visual poem, using no words, bringing to life the very air we breathe.

*Relaxed Performance: This is a sensory-friendly show which creates a judgment-free and inclusive environment for patrons with a wide range of sensory and communication differences, including individuals on the autism spectrum, young children and families who would benefit from a relaxed theatre experience. Contact Ticket Services for details. ($10 adult | $5 child) WHERE YOUR KIDS CAN BE THEMSELVES

This engagement of Acrobuffos is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

GPS

DEVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

OCT 1, 2 • OCT 6-9 | 7:30pm | SUN OCT 3 | 2pm After an enthusiastic reception in the spring, GPS is back this fall with a new experience! As an online, nontraditional production that fuses elements of plays, choose-your-own adventures, and escape rooms, GPS innovates live performance via the digital format. The fall production will continue GPS's exploration of devised theatre, shared space, virtual immersion, and audience engagement. Will you help its characters seek another way forward?

Will Lowry, creative director. This is a virtual event.

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ATTACCA QUARTET MÜLLER, SHOSTAKOVICH & RAVEL

FRI OCT 1 | 7:30pm GRAMMY®Award-winning Attacca Quartet, as described by The Nation, ​“lives in the present aesthetically, without rejecting the virtues of the musical past,” and it is this dexterity to glide from the music of the 18th through to the 21st century repertoire that places them as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment — a quartet for modern times. Program: Müller, Shostakovich, Ravel and Salerni.

With support from The Presser Foundation

THE WEEKLINGS BEATLESBASH WITH THE HORNS & STRINGS ORCHESTRA

SAT OCT 9 | 7:30pm America’s most unique celebration of the music and muse of THE BEATLES, features former members of Styx, the original Beatlemania on Broadway, Jon Bon Jovi & The Kings of Suburbia, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, and BeatleFest house band, Liverpool. Experience a note-for-note celebration of the timeless music of The Beatles — Eleanor Rigby, Something, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Back in the USSR and more — featuring a 10-piece horns and strings orchestra. There is something in the way they play!

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TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE WITH TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET

FRI OCT 15 | 7:30pm Two-time Oscar® nominee, 2018 USA Fellow, and five-time GRAMMY®-winning trumpeter & composer Terence Blanchard celebrates the brilliance of Wayne Shorter’s legacy and the inspiration he has given Blanchard, influencing his ever-expanding amalgam of music and storytelling. For this monumental task, Blanchard unites his internationally acclaimed band The E-Collective, featuring young musical pioneers Charles Altura on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and David “DJ” Ginyard on bass, with the double-GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CHORAL ARTS LIVE!

SAT OCT 23 | 8pm • SUN OCT 24 | 4pm Lehigh's four choral ensembles join in a concert with guest Horger Artists-inResidence, The Princeton Singers. Music medieval to modern, featuring the world premiere performance of Steven Sametz's new work, For the Earth Steven Sametz and Sun Min Lee, directors.

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CALEB TEICHER & COMPANY with pianist Conrad Tao MORE FOREVER

FRI OCT 29 | 7:30pm Conceived of by one of the brightest stars in tap, this piece, humorous and sentimental, whimsical and heartbreaking, brings the excitement of percussive dance and contemporary music into full-scale collaboration. Performed on a custom-built sandbox stage and set to Tao’s contemporary score for piano and electronics, dancers explore the unique sonic potential of sand-dancing using such American dance traditions as Tap, Vernacular Jazz, and Lindy Hop. Blurring the lines between movement and music, Teicher explores the passage of time and the relationships we make with other people, the sadness and the beauty of watching people come and go in our lives.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA STUDENT COMPOSITIONS

SAT OCT 30 | 8pm Three of Lehigh University’s finest student Jazz composers—Andrew Johnson, Matthew Hornung and Yariel Henriquez—return to present their Capstone Project Jazz pieces that were completed in the spring of 2020. Local professionals join the orchestra to perform the creative works of these recent university graduates. Bill Warfield, director.

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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET SAT NOV 6 | 7:30pm

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On December 4, 1956, a twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET captures the contagious spirit, freewheeling excitement, and thrilling sounds of the once-ina-life-time event where four of music’s best talents came together, featuring timeless and enduring hits including Blue Suede Shoes, Fever, That’s All Right, Sixteen Tons, I Walk the Line, Great Balls of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Hound Dog and more.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY FACULTY STRING QUARTET DEBUT!

SUN NOV 7 | 3pm Join us for the debut of Lehigh University’s new Faculty String Quartet! This inaugural concert features Beethoven’s first string quartet, unsung AfricanAmerican composer Florence Price’s striking second string quartet, and Gabriela Lena Frank’s scintillating Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. Musicians: Michael Jorgensen, violin; Erica Dicker, violin; Sharon Fischer, viola; and Christopher Gross, cello.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIC RUSSIAN NIGHTS

FRI NOV 12 | SAT NOV 13 | 8pm The orchestra is excited to return to Baker Hall stage and begin their season with three Russian orchestral masterworks: the festive Procession of the Nobles Overture and colorful Capriccio Espagnole by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s stirring Symphony No. 5. Eugene Albulescu, director.

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OPEN UP! DEVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

NOV 12, 13, 17-19 | 7:30pm | SUN NOV 14 | 2pm Announcing a unique performance showcase celebrating Lehigh talent live on stage and online! Come experience a variety of performances ranging from song, dance and rap to drag and spoken word poetry. Get in where you fit in, there’s room for everybody! The show will use live feed camera technology to amplify the performers and stream the work to a larger audience. Join us!

Lyam Gabel and Kashi Johnson, co-directors.

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ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS VARIOUS OPERA ENSEMBLES

SUN NOV 14 | 4pm

OPERA & LIVE ORCHESTRA!

Great voices accompanied by live orchestra share the drama and the passion of classic opera in a celebration of various major opera ensembles. The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia trains young artists with tremendous potential as international opera soloists. These young singers share their talent, training and unique gifts on our concert stage with an orchestra.

With support from Victoria E. Zoellner

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY BIG BANDS & JAZZ COMBOS STUDENT JAZZ GROUPS FALL CONCERT

FRI NOV 19 | 8pm The Lehigh University student ensembles perform a variety of some of the old, and some of the new, with something for everyone! This is a great opportunity to support student musicians. Bill Warfield, director.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE UNFINISHED

SUN NOV 21 | 3pm Three concerts missed; music not performed; soloists not heard. Join us as we create live music again with a special appearance by pianist and music department professor Eugene Albulescu playing George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the ensemble. David B. Diggs, director.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CHORAL ARTS CHRISTMAS VESPERS IN PACKER MEMORIAL CHURCH

SUN DEC 5 • 4 & 8pm Lehigh University Choral Arts presents its annual Christmas gift to the community. Steven Sametz, and Sun Min Lee, directors.

Free; No Tickets Required; Early arrival suggested.

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WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR FRI DEC 17 | 7:30pm | PACKER MEMORIAL CHURCH In the spirit of the holiday season, bells will be ringing! The Westminster Concert Bell Choir has appeared on Public Television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and several holiday broadcasts of the Today show. Its holiday performances have been heard annually on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and it is included on NPR’s Christmas Around The Country II recording. Composed of students at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, the choir has performed at Carnegie Hall twice during the Christmas season. Most recently, the choir was featured on New Jersey Network’s State of The Arts. The ensemble joined Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a critically acclaimed 15-city tour entitled A Royal Christmas.

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THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY FRI JAN 28 | 7:30pm A huge success in London’s West End, this critically acclaimed concert-style theatre show chronicles how two young boys from Queens, NY, went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time. Using state-of-the-art video projection and lighting, this immersive celebration of timeless music and nostalgic images features a full live band playing all the hits — Mrs. Robinson, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, Scarborough Fair, The Sound of Silence and many more.

“The standing ovation at the end of this impressive show was a given as soon as the final note faded from the very first song.” — Burnley Express

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY JAZZ FACULTY THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

SAT FEB 5 | 8pm Lehigh’s Jazz Faculty present their annual tribute to America’s greatest Jazz and Pop composers—George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Stevie Wonder, Benny Golson and many more. Bill Warfield, director.

FLIP FABRIQUE SIX

SAT FEB 12 | 4pm

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Comprised of world-class cirque artists, this Canadian troupe crafts contemporary circus shows with an uncanny ability to have fun and move audiences. On stage, six envelopes contain six mysterious invitations for six strangers. The guests have arrived, but one is missing. What to do while we wait? Six° explores the sweet madness of waiting, the intricate beauty in a correspondence, unexpected encounters, joyful laughter, and breathtaking feats of acrobatics.

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RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET SLEEPING BEAUTY

FRI FEB 18 | 7:30pm

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Tchaikovsky’s adored music and Petipa’s challenging yet beautiful choreography have made The Sleeping Beauty one of the most popular ballets in modern day repertoire. Be spellbound as the beneficent Lilac Fairy outwits the evil Carabosse Fairy and spares Princess Aurora in this classic sleepy fairy tale brought to luxurious life by the finest Russian dancers.

NEW YORK JAZZ REPERTORY ORCHESTRA LEHIGH WOMEN MAKE MUSIC: PRESENTING THE MUSIC OF CECILIA COLEMAN

SAT FEB 19 | 8pm In the Spring of 2021, Lehigh Jazz students were given an opportunity to work with the very talented Jazz composer and pianist, Cecilia Coleman. The Lehigh Jazz Program would like everyone to hear this wonderful music—there might even be an appearance by the Lehigh Jazz Band performing work Coleman wrote especially for them. Bill Warfield, director.

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THE POLISH WIENIAWSKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ROSSINI, CHOPIN & BEETHOVEN

SUN FEB 20 | 4pm Founded in December 1944, the orchestra’s beginnings go back to numerous chamber and solo concerts given by musicians, who after World War II, established ties within Poland. Their huge repertoire encompasses compositions from Baroque to contemporary music. Program: Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Silken Ladder); Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2; Beethoven, Symphony No. 5.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIC SPRING AWAKENING

FRI FEB 25 | SAT FEB 26 | 8pm The stirrings of spring can be heard in this lively offering of orchestral favorites, including some quintessential French joie de vivre with Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld Overture, Aaron Copland’s heartfelt Appalachian Spring, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. Eugene Albulescu, director.

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GODSPELL (IN CONCERT)

BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ AND JOHN-MICHAEL TEBELAK

MAR 4, 5, 9-12 | 7:30pm | MAR 6 | 2pm This hit musical follows an ensemble growing together in love and faith, paralleling the journey of Jesus Christ and the Apostles. After Lehigh’s Spring 2020 production of Godspell was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we shifted fully to virtual production for the ‘20-’21 season. Now, as we transition safely back into in-person performance, we honor the energy of this lost production, newly reinvisioned in concert format, as traditional theatre engagement is reborn!

STUDENT, FACULTY & STAFF ENSEMBLES RAISE YOUR VOICE: 6TH ANNUAL GALA CONCERT

FRI MAR 4 | 7:30pm | FREE This annual concert features wonderfully musical students, faculty and staff from various Lehigh ensembles in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Lehigh University.

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©Brian Skerry

ATTACCA QUARTET SAT MAR 5 | 7:30pm Grammy-winning string quartet Attacca performs contemporary music by Phil Glass, Paul Wiancko, and Caroline Shaw. Percussionist Miles Salerni joins the ensemble for the premiere of Paul Salerni’s My Two Als, a piece celebrating the lives of jazz singer Al Jarreau and Lehigh’s longtime Marching 97 director, Al Neumeyer.

SECRETS OF THE WHALES: FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN SKERRY

SUN MAR 6 | 4pm

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©Steve De Neef

“Their playing is exuberant, funky and more exactingly nuanced.”

— New York Times

Celebrated National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has spent nearly four decades exploring and documenting Earth’s oceans. For his latest project, he turns his lens to one of the world’s most beloved animals to illuminate startling new insights into their lives and culture. Discover the extraordinary communication skills and intricate social structures among four different species of whales—from the international cuisines of orcas to families of beluga whales playing at their “summer resort”—and learn what these majestic creatures can teach us about ourselves and our planet.

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MEMPHIS JOOKIN’ THE SHOW: FEATURING LIL BUCK SAT MAR 12 | 7:30pm Renowned dance artist Lil Buck conceived of, choreographed and is the featured performer in this creative homage to his hometown and the singular dance style known as Memphis Jookin’, a street dance that became an international artform.

His credits: performing with Madonna for her Super Bowl halftime show; working with renowned NYC Ballet artistic director Benjamin Millepied; and becoming a YouTube sensation after director Spike Jonze uploaded a video of his dance improvisation with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He stars alongside eight highly skilled dancers and a DJ performing to a soundtrack that evokes the energy of the streets, the hallways and the clubs where Memphis Jookin’ was born.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CHOIR, GLEE CLUB & DOLCE CHORAL MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

FRI MAR 25 | SAT MAR 26 | 8pm In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Lehigh, this concert features choral music written by women composers from around the world, including Caroline Shaw, Chen Yi, Lili Boulanger, Amy Beach, Ysaye Barnwall and more. Sun Min Lee and John Wilson, conductors.

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RESISTANCE REVIVAL CHORUS SAT APR 2 | 7:30pm The Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 women and nonbinary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices, especially the voices of black women and women of color, and how historically marginalized they have been in the music industry. When they’re not performing on stages like Carnegie Hall and the Apollo, the RRC regularly hits the NYC streets, advocating for social justice across the spectrum.

“The RRC is like an antidote to silence and submission. In this age of division and hopelessness, let us listen to their collective voice and get lifted. Let us remember who we really are.” — Ani DiFranco

MICHAEL JORGENSEN, VIOLIN INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN LIFE

SUN APR 3 | 3pm Jorgensen and pianist Steven Beck perform American music for violin and piano.

African-American composer William Grant-Still’s thrilling Suite for Violin and Michael Piano is featured along with the at timesJorgensen comical and poignant Charles Ives Violin Sonata No. 2, immigrant Paul Hindemith’s powerful Violin Sonata in C Major, and John Adams pulsing Road Movies. Also featured is Vespers, a work by “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” Missy Mazzoli for amplified violin and soundtrack.

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PABLO SÁINZ-VILLEGAS' AMERICANO TRIO TUE APR 5 | 7pm Praised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar”, Sáinz-Villegas has become a worldwide sensation known for his “virtuosic playing characterized by irresistible exuberance.” (The New York Times) His musical interpretations conjure the passion, playfulness, and drama of Rioja, his homeland’s rich cultural region. He is known for his emotive and open-hearted playing, whether he is performing at intimate recital halls, or playing with Plácido Domingo to an audience of over 85,000 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, where maestro Domingo hailed him as “the master of the guitar.” Villegas performs alongside master percussionist Nacho Arimany and Latin Grammy Award-winning bassist Pedro Giraudo in an intimate evening exploring the diverse and colorful music genres that have originated on the American continents.

SMALL ISLAND BIG SONG SAT APR 9 | 7:30pm Here you will hear those who sing for the seas. From Taiwan to Aotearoa/ New Zealand – Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language. Over three years, Small Island Big Song evolved from visits to 16 Island Nations, and work with over 100 artists, solo artists, elders, community groups and grassroots musicians, all recorded in their homelands in nature using traditional instruments and languages, with each contributing to each other’s songs. The result is a surprising and stunning musical collaboration reuniting the distant yet interconnected musical traditions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans in a multimedia concert performance featuring eight island nation musicians. In 2018, the collaboration launched its fair trade and climate action driven project through social, audio, film, and performance content on a global scale.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY JAZZ REP ORCHESTRA THE MODERN BIG BAND

SUN APR 10 | 3pm Lehigh faculty and students team up to perform a program of high-powered modern Big Band Jazz pieces including McNeely, Jones, Nestico and more.

These are great tunes to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon! Bill Warfield, director.

MIWA MATREYEK INFINITELY YOURS & THE WORLD MADE ITSELF

TUE APR 19 | 4pm | FREE Further pushing her medium of layered animated projections, visual performance artist Matreyek creates an emotional, dream-like meditation on climate change and the anthropocene - the proposed current era where human influence has effected almost all realms of earth’s natural systems. Her shadow traverses micro and macro worlds, as her silhouette shape-shifts to experience the world from various perspectives.

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Courtesy NASA JPL-Caltech

EXPLORING MARS FEATURING ENGINEER KOBIE BOYKINS

FRI APR 22 | 7:30pm

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Courtesy NASA JPL-Caltech

As senior mechanical engineer for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kobie Boykins is intimately involved with the planet Mars. As supervisor of the mobility and remote sensing teams for the rover Curiosity, Boykins has monitored headline-making studies, including proof of the former presence of water on Mars indicating that the red planet could have supported life. Join Boykins, winner of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal, as he shares his boundless enthusiasm for unraveling the mysteries of outer space and recounts the latest exciting chapter of Mars exploration.

A WALRUS IN THE BODY OF A CROCODILE

BY MJ KAUFMAN

THE ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE

BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG

APR 22, 23, 27-30 | 7:30pm | SUN APR 24 | 2pm In our jobs, families, and social spheres, there may not be a script telling us what to say, but there is certainly pressure from many angles to fill a determined role.

Explore identity, performance, and confusion of all kinds, through the laughs of these two one acts! Daniel Brody ’22, director.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY BIG BANDS & JAZZ COMBOS STUDENT JAZZ GROUPS SPRING CONCERT

SAT APR 23 | 8pm Our student Jazz musicians present a spring concert of the some of the old, the some of the new and something for everyone! Bill Warfield, director.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND A CELEBRATION – SPRING IS HERE!

SUN APR 24 | 3pm | FREE Spring is the time for renewal, and the same is true for this concert by the Symphonic Band. Hear them as they swing into summer with marches, show tunes and much more. David B. Diggs, director. This concert is dedicated to Nadine Caputo Haines ’80.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CHORAL ARTS HAYDN: LORD NELSON MASS

FRI APR 29 | SAT APR 30 | 8pm Lehigh University Choral Arts, a professional orchestra, and an international cast of soloists perform one of the most beloved and largest choral-orchestral works, Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass). It has been called Haydn’s greatest single composition. Steven Sametz and Sun Min Lee, directors.

WIND ENSEMBLE AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY MY FAVORITES

SUN MAY 1 | 3pm Music department professor David B. Diggs has often been asked, “What is your favorite piece of music?” At his final concert as director, hear some of the pieces that are special to him. Also featured, a newly commissioned work by one of his favorite composers, Martin Ellerby. David Diggs, director.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIC CONCERTO MARATHON!

FRI MAY 6 | SAT MAY 7 | 8pm Enjoy exciting performances by Lehigh student orchestra soloists as they play selected movements from classical orchestral concertos for a variety of instruments at our annual Concerto Marathon! After intermission, the entire Lehigh University Philharmonic joins together to perform Antonin Dvořák’s beloved New World Symphony No. 9. Eugene Albulescu, director.

SQUONK HAND TO HAND

FRI, SAT, SUN MAY 6-8 | time tba

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Join Pittsburgh’s Squonk Opera’s Squonkers as they manipulate gargantuan puppet hands (the size of houses!) to tell a spectacular and comic story. In this rock opera melee, giant thumbs detach to become truly opposable and challenge each other with guitars. Featuring original chamber rock music and an opportunity for audience members to come together to grab rigging, each individual powers a larger movement of giant fingers, a web of connections, a single dance. Hand to Hand encourages shared discovery and making a community of the imagination.

Held outdoors in Tamerler Courtyard next to the arts center.

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COMPAGNIA TPO FARFALLE

SAT MAY 14 | SUN MAY 15 | 11am & 2pm

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Italy’s COMPAGNIA TPO (Teatro di Piazza o d’Occasione) is a pioneer in creating interactive performance media by melding astonishing digital imagery with multi-disciplinary techniques in the use of music, dance, art, sculpture, digital media, computer technology, lighting and sound. Their vision of accessibility in the arts is unprecedented, simultaneously creating rewarding audience experiences while redefining them from the inside out. In a brilliantly staged story, Farfalle loosely follows the life cycle of a butterfly — from egg to caterpillar, cocoon to butterfly--with beautiful botanical images and captivating rainforest sounds emerging from every direction.

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