Semester of music offers favorites, guests, different venues

The schedule of musical performances and events being presented by Rowan University's Department of Music and College of Performing Arts during the Spring 2016 semester includes traditional favorites, special guests, and unique venues.

The kick-off is the 46th Annual Rowan Jazz Festival on February 10, 11 & 12. Hosted by Rowan's Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz Studies, the festival welcomes school bands from around the region for adjudication sessions, clinics, and performances. This daytime schedule in Wilson Hall includes one-hour jazz clinics at 11:45 am which are open to the public. The festival's Closing Night Concert on February 12 at 8 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall is a reunion of sorts when alumni musicians return to perform, in addition to the Rowan Lab Band and Jazz Band. Tickets for the evening concert are $15 available online at rowan.tix.com; or call 856-256-4545 for reservations. For more information on daytime programming, contact festival director Denis DiBlasio at 856-256-4500, ext. 3528 or via email at diblasio@rowan.edu.

Special programming brings two separate events featuring visiting groups on Saturday, February 20. The United States Navy Band's Concert Band performs at 7:30 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall. The Navy Band's premier wind ensemble, featuring 56 performers on a range of instruments, presents a repertoire of marches, symphonic selections, patriotic works, and popular favorites. Admission is FREE, but advance advanced tickets are required. For reservations and other information, call 856-256-4545 or email arts@rowan.edu. There is a limit of 6 tickets per person.

The Cory Band, hailing from Wales and winner of the 2015 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, performs earlier in the day on February 20, at 2 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall as part of the 2016 Marie Rader Presenting Series. The concert offers a varied program, including a uniquely English showcase that pays musical tribute to a host of great Britons. Visit rowan.tix.com for tickets and information.

Two ensembles venture off-campus for concerts on January 31. The Rowan University Concert Choir and the VOCES XII vocal ensemble share the bill on January 31 at 4 pm for the "Sundays at Four" concert series at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, White Horse Pike at Green Street in Haddon Heights, NJ. Admission is FREE. Rowan's Lab Band performs at the First Presbyterian Church, 10 Wildwood Avenue in Pitman, at 5 pm nm January 31. Admission is FREE.

For its first "Concert on the Lawn," Rowan's Wind Ensemble presents "Marches and Musicals" on April 8 at 12:30 pm at the Hollybush mansion. The audience is invited to bring a blanket and picnic lunch for this FREE outdoor performance of works by Sousa, Goldman, and Fillmore, as well as medleys from classic musicals.

The remaining schedule of events is listed below:

Rowan University Orchestra: February 23 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Concert Band: February 25 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Percussion Ensemble: February 29 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Small Jazz Ensembles: March 1 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Faculty Spotlight - vocalists Marian Stieber & Jon Garrison: March 2 at 8 pm in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Rowan Wind Ensemble: March 3 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Faculty Spotlight - Robert Weintraut, guitar: March 23 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Faculty Spotlight - Tim Schwarz, violin: April 6 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Collegium Musicum: April 11 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Faculty Spotlight - Douglas Mapp, bass: April 13 at 8 pm in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Small Jazz Ensembles: April 19 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

Rowan Lab Band & Jazz Band: April 21 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Percussion Ensemble: April 25 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Contemporary Music Ensemble: April 26 at 8 PM in Boyd Recital Hall (FREE)

WOCHO & Statesmen Choruses: April 27 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Concert Band: April 28 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Concert Choir and Orchestra: April 30 at 8 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Rowan Wind Ensemble: May 1 at 3 PM in Pfleeger Concert Hall ($10 and $5)

Admission for ticketed music events is $10 (general admission) and $5 (seniors, non-Rowan students, staff, and alumni). Unless otherwise noted. Admission is free for Rowan students with valid ID, based on availability.

For more information on performances and programming presented by the Department of Music, visit www.rowan.edu/music, call the box office at 856-256-4545, or email arts@rowan.edu. For ticketed events, call the box office or purchase online at rowan.tix.com.