November 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Set in the housing projects of San Pere, Louisiana, this coming-of-age story blends grief, queerness, and Southern Black tradition with the lyricism of Yoruba spirituality and community memory. Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet is the final story in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister trilogy.
November 6 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Conservatory Orchestra Conservatory Orchestra II Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Beethoven, Coriolan Overture; Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 2; Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King; Debussy, Clair de Lune; Chabrier, Habanera. George Rothman, Conductor.
November 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 34th Biannual International Electroacoustic Music Festival 34th Biannual International Electroacoustic Music Festival Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater A cornucopia of cutting‐edge works by masters and emerging composers. George Brunner, Director
November 10 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Ensemble in Residence: Yarn/Wire Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Yarn/Wire is a New York-based percussion and piano quartet (Russell Greenberg, percussion and Sae Hashimoto; Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, pianos) dedicated to the promotion of creative, experimental new music.
November 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Voice Departmental Recital–Paul Sperry Concert for American Music Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Students in the Voice Performance area present works. Malcolm J. Merriweather, Coordinator
November 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Graduate Recital Day Advanced Diploma Recital: Laura Virginia Pernas, soprano Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Advanced Diploma Recital Day
November 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio Music by Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Brouwer, and others.
December 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm conTEMPO conTEMPO New Music Ensemble Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater The Conservatory’s New Music ensemble performs contemporary works. Ursula Oppens, Director
December 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Conservatory Jazz Ensemble Conservatory Jazz Ensemble Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Classic and original works by the masters and young lions. Ronnie Burrage, Director.
December 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Staged Opera Scenes Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Don Buchwald Theater Voice students from the Techniques for Performance class and Opera Workshop present an evening of fully staged scenes and songs. Isabel Milenski, Director and Violetta Zabbi, Music Director and pianist.