SUNY Orange will host several concerts this holiday season.
The Jazz Ensemble at SUNY Orange performs in concert on Friday, December 6. Start time: 7:30 p.m. Venue: Orange Hall Gallery. Director: Darius Beckford. The concert is free and open to the public.
Jazz Ensemble is comprised of SUNY Orange students and community people:
Voice: Gina Ferrari; Piano & Keyboards: Megumi Kinoshita, Steven Stanford; Drums: John Eitel; Bass: John Parodi; Guitars: Thomas Brendel, Milton Peters, Larry Clemente; Sax: Thomas Brendel; Trombone: Kareem Dilworth.
The Setlist which the Ensemble will follow includes many jazz standards as well as new pieces on its program: Deluge - Wayne Shorter; Blue Dreams - Thomas Brendel; There Will Never Be - Harry Warren; Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers - Steve Kuhn; Pent Up House - Sonny Rollins; Twilight World - Marian McPartland; Butterfly - Herbie Hancock; Blue Skies - Irving Berlin.
The SUNY Orange Chamber Ensembles are giving a free concert that is open to the public on Sunday, December 15, at 2 p.m. in Orange Hall Gallery.
Under the direction of Richard Simon, the performance highlights the Waltz No.2 from the Suite for Variety Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich and the rarely performed Octet, Op.80 by Heinrich Hofmann. Also, because it is the holiday season, the Ensembles offer the audience the opportunity to participate by playing a few festive sing-a-long tunes.
The Chamber Ensembles are comprised of eight musicians who are SUNY Orange music students or players from the local community: Donna Lavins (flute), Deborah Simons (clarinet), Lara Sibley (bassoon), Marcello Citriniti (tuba), Kareem Dilworth (violin), Caroline Tippin (violin), Sandy Brandman (viola), and Richard Simons (cello).
Orange Hall with parking lot #1 is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues at GPS 24 Grandview Ave, Middletown.