REGISTER FOR MUSIC LESSONS by Wednesday, Sept. 3, 4 p.m. 
Fill out the Lesson Intake Survey to begin the process. Lesson registration is for students only. Faculty and staff members interested in taking lessons may contact the instructors directly.

JOIN A CC MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Many of our ensembles are open to faculty, staff, and community members.

CHAMBER CHORUS AUDITIONS: Aug. 27
Chamber Chorus is open to students and, when space allows, recent alumni.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS: Aug. 28
Chamber Orchestra is open to students, staff, faculty and community members.

FOLK/BLUEGRASS OPEN HOUSE AND INFO SESSION
For Students Only 
Friday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m., Packard Hall Room 9
Get all of your questions answered about lessons and ensembles. Stay awhile and jam!

TIGER JAZZ AUDITIONS
Materials Due Friday, Aug. 28 at 11:59 p.m.
Tiger Jazz is supplemented by staff, faculty, and community members when instrument positions aren’t filled by CC students.

All performances are FREE unless otherwise indicated

Distinguished Visiting Composer Avner Dorman

Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., Packard Performance Hall

Avner Dorman writes music of intricate craftsmanship and rigorous technique, expressed with a soulful and singular voice.

TANASI Worldgrass Trio

Monday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m., Cossitt Hall Amphitheatre
TANASI is a worldgrass trio based in Asheville, North Carolina, channeling global folk traditions through the drive, textures, and close harmonies of an Appalachian string band.

This summer Professor Ofer Ben-Amots directed the two-week International Summer Academy of Music (ISAM) in Ochsenhausen, Germany. ISAM brings young, gifted musicians together from across the globe for lessons, workshops, masterclasses, lectures, and concerts in the unique setting of a Benedictine Monastery. 

Participation is limited to 12 pianists, 12 composers, and 12 organists. The program culminates in a competition with prizes and scholarships in each of the three categories. CC alum Eric Ponsky ’22 won third place in the composition category. 

The Academy celebrated its 40th anniversary with a production of Ben-Amots’ multimedia chamber opera, The Dybbuk. The Dybbuk is inspired by S. An-sky’s timeless Yiddish play, The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds. The play’s subtitle indicates the duality at the center of this haunting drama, which holds in tension life and death, the demonic and angelic, the natural and supernatural, and ancient traditions and modernity. There are at least 35 different operas and ballets based on this epic play, but Ben-Amots’ differs from all previous interpretations in telling the story from the woman’s point of view, in stark contrast to the original play, where the strictly orthodox community allows her no rights to express her wishes, hopes, or dreams. Professor Ben-Amots is teaching Composition in Block 1. Don’t miss this opportunity to study with a living legend!

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