Censored Composers Hikari Piano Trio Saturday, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer Chapel The Hikari Piano Trio explores Censorship Uncovered, the 2013-14 theme of Colby’s Center for the Arts and Humanities. The trio, comprising three seasoned chamber musicians including professor Yuri Funahashi, presents a program of works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Bright Sheng, and Fanny Mendelssohn, composers who struggled against forces of censorship. Professor Natasha Zelensky provides introductory remarks.

Rahim Alhaj with the Portland String Quartet Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m., Lorimer Chapel(This concert is funded in part by the Hazel Hoyt Witherell Memorial Concert Fund.)

Cited by the San Francisco Chronicle as “one of the top oud players in the world,” Iraqi-born Rahim Alhaj has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award. The venerable Portland String Quartet joins Alhaj in performances of his original compositions that combine

traditional Arabic influences with contemporary styling.

Juanito Pascual New Flamenco TrioJuanito Pascual with Tupac Mantilla and Brad BarrettThursday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., Page Commons, Cotter Union (This concert is funded by the Strider Concert Fund.)The Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio blends the talents of three master musicians to create a spellbinding experience. Led by virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer Juanito Pascual, the trio delivers traditional flamenco as well as music that draws on diverse influences such as Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, and Bach. The trio and their guest dancer capture the passion and intensity of flamenco through propulsive rhythms, intricate compositions, and daring improvisations.

2013–14 Concert Series Fall Season

Missing PiecesColby Jazz Band, Eric Thomas, conductorSaturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Given Auditorium Continuing the theme of Censorship Uncovered, the Colby Jazz Band offers a special opportunity to hear works that were previously censored, altered, or otherwise undelivered. The program includes “Django” by the Modern Jazz Quartet, an arrangement of “Sun Goddess” by Earth, Wind & Fire, “Peanut Brittle Brigade” and “Sugar Rum Cherry” by Duke Ellington, and movements from Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. The program also features the premiere performance of a Latin-inspired original composition by Luke Martin ’14.

Fortepiano RecitalDavid Hyun-su KimWednesday, Nov. 13, noon, Colby Museum of Art (Lower Jetté Gallery)(This concert is presented with support from the Colby College Center for the Arts and Humanities.) Virtuoso fortepianist David Hyun-su Kim performs compositions by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven on a five-octave fortepiano. Presenting a rare opportunity to hear these works on the instrument for which they were composed, this program features Beethoven’s beloved Moonlight Sonata as well as modulating preludes extemporized by Kim.

Colby Symphony Orchestra Stan Renard, conductorSaturday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelNewly appointed conductor and violin/viola instructor Stan Renard makes his Colby Symphony Orchestra debut with a rich program that includes Borodin’s mysterious In the Steppes of Central Asia, Rossini’s lively L’italiana in Algeri Overture, and Ravel’s colorful Pavane pour une infante défunte. The concert concludes with Beethoven’s exciting Symphony no. 1 in C Major.

Circa 1600Colby Collegium Chamber Singers and Players, Todd Borgerding, directorThursday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer Chapel

The Collegium Chamber Singers and Players explore Italian music created during the first decades of the 17th century, a time when expressive techniques revolutionized the music world and a new genre, opera, was heard for the first time. Look for music both grand and intimate, for various combinations of

voices and instruments, by Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Valentini, Alessandro Grandi, and the Gabrielis.

Banned Band Works Colby Wind Ensemble, Eric Thomas, conductor Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelFurther uncovering censorship, the Colby Wind Ensemble presents a program of music by composers whose works have been banned, including Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Hanns Eisler’s “Auferstanden aus Ruinen,” Aram Khachaturian’s Armenian Dances, and Richard Wagner’s “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral.” Another portion of the program features clarinet and saxophone ensembles, with Asymmetric Miniatures from the Doumka Clarinet Ensemble and a work by prolific contemporary composer and saxophonist Barbara Thompson.

44th Annual Service of Carols and LightsFriday, Dec. 6, prelude 7 p.m., service 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, preludes 3:30 and 7 p.m., services 4 and 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelThis Colby tradition continues to thrive. The service includes Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany readings, carol singing by candlelight, and the sounds of the Nickerson Carillon. Student vocalists, instrumentalists, choral and a cappella groups, and dancers provide a festive evening of traditional and contemporary seasonal music from around the world. A musical prelude begins one half hour before the processional and includes the Colby Handbell Choir.

*Free tickets are required and will be made available on a limited basis to music series subscribers before they are offered to the general public.

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www.colby.edu/artsatcolby.

All Music at Colby and Music from Colby concerts are free and open to the public.

2013–14 Concert Series Spring Season

Aditya VermaSaturday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer Chapel(This concert is funded in part by the Freda M. Charles Music Fund.)

One of the premier forces in the international world music scene, charismatic sarod player Aditya Verma has won the admiration of audiences across North America, Europe, and India. His electrifying performances reveal his virtuosity, passionate energy, and intensely emotional approach to music. Come experience the sacred ragas that, according to Sruti magazine, “seem to put the audience in a trance.”

Colby Symphony Orchestra Stan Renard, conductorSaturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer Chapel

The Colby Symphony Orchestra presents Mendelssohn’s fifth symphony, Reformation, composed in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary

of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession. Never performed at the intended occasion, this marvelous work underwent many layers of censorship—even from the composer himself. This concert showcases the symphony in all its glory along with three of Brahms’s enchanting Hungarian Dances and Aaron Copland’s hauntingly beautiful Quiet City.

Wind for WindsColby Wind Ensemble, Eric Thomas, conductorSaturday, April 5, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelThis concert features wonderful compositions originally written for band: Samuel Barber’s Commando March, Terry White’s Musica de Menearse, Paul Hindemith’s Symphony in B-flat, and Roland Barrett’s Ancient Visions, as well as a new work by Luke Martin ’14. The instrumental choirs will perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no. 2 arranged for saxophone choir and Franz Gruber’s “Stille Nacht” arranged for clarinet ensemble.

Two to Two TooColby Jazz Band, Eric Thomas, conductorSaturday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., Given Auditorium

Featuring the not-to-be-missed performance of famed duo Lauren Sterling and Bro Adams, this program explores many variations on “two.” Delight in magical duos in Darmon Meader’s arrangements of “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” and “I Could Write a Book,” and enjoy dueling instrumentalists in Gordon Goodwin’s “Samba Del Gringo”

and “Hunting Wabbits 2,” as well as in “Hank’s Symphony” as recorded by the Jazz Messengers.

JephteColby Collegium Chamber Singers and Players, Todd Borgerding, directorSaturday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelWith his Historia di Jephte, Giacomo Carissimi offers a musical telling of the Old Testament story of Jephte, who, because of an unfortunate vow on the eve of a battle with the Ammonites, is compelled to sacrifice his only daughter. One of the most important examples of the 17th-century oratorio—a sacred genre closely related to opera—Jephte portrays the contrasting emotions of joy and sorrow with some of the most dramatic music from the period, including the celebrated lament of Jephte’s daughter.

Mozart’s Coronation Mass Colby College Chorale and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, Nicolás Alberto Dosman, directorColby Symphony Orchestra, Stan Renard, conductorSaturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, 7:30 p.m., Lorimer ChapelLed by Nicolás Dosman, the Colby College Chorale and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society join the Colby Symphony Orchestra to close the season with one of Mozart’s most popular sacred works, the Coronation Mass. The orchestral portion of the program, conducted by Stan Renard, will include Weber’s charming Invitation to the Dance and a work featuring the winner of the Colby Concerto Competition.

For up-to-date information on performances, go to

www.colby.edu/artsatcolby.

All Music at Colby and Music from Colby concerts are free and open to the public.