Spring semester 2009

	Event and time	Location
January
24	Premiere of CUA faculty member Andrew Earle Simpson's "Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano," Noah Getz, saxophone, Andrew Earle Simpson, piano, Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, Fairfax, VA, 4:00 PM	George Mason University Perf Arts Center
26	Guest composer: Michael Schelle, 3:00-4:00 PM.  "Film Music: The Gold Chain Around the Hairy Neck of Hollywood"	133
30	Guest artist recital: Noah Getz, saxophone, 7:00 PM (reception to follow).  Music by Andrew Earle Simpson, David Schober, Nathan Lincoln-de Cusatis, Jabob TV, and David Amram.	Ward Recital Hall
February
2	Guest artist: Donald Sosin, silent film pianist and composer, presents "A Study in Sepia: The Case of the Silent Doc." 11:10 AM-12:00 PM	Ward 211
12-15	"Duchess of Malfi," MFA Directing thesis project, music and sound design by DMA Composition student Kyle Gullings, 7:30 2/12, 2/13, 2:00, 7:30 2/14, 2:00 2/15)	Hartke Theatre Studio
13	Great Noise Ensemble concert (Rome School of Music Ensemble in Residence), 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
15	MM Stage Music thesis production: "Magnum Opus," chamber opera by Michael Oberhauser, 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall stage
21	2nd annual 24-hour Musical Project, 8:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall
26	Cardinal Composers Society spring concert, 7:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
March
11	"Silent Explosions, Invisible Jumps: Music, Dance, and Film Create a Ruckus" New silent film scores by CUA composers played both with film and danced to new choreography. Part of the 2009 CUA President's Festival of the Arts, 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall
27	Great Noise Ensemble concert (Rome School of Music Ensemble in Residence), 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
28-29	MM Stage Music thesis production: "Esther," opera by John Diomede, 7:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
April
3	Composition division spring recital, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
15	Guest Lecture: Augustus Arnone, pianist.  Marshall McLuhan's media theory applied to music composition.  Co-sponsored by the CUA Department of Media Studies.  3:10 PM	Ward 139
15	Guest Artist Recital: Augustus Arnone, pianist.  Music by CUA faculty Gorbos, Eckhart, Bailey, and Babbitt.  8:00 PM	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
16	Great Noise Ensemble student composer chamber music readings, 7-10 PM	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
16-17	MM Stage Music thesis production: "This is Not my Life," musical by John Maggi, 8:00 PM	Hartke Theatre
22	Composition division stage Music Scenes, 7:30 PM (NOTE TIME CHANGE)	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
26	CUA Women's Chorus, Keith Reas, conductor, 7:30 PM: music of DMA student Kyle Gullings, CUA faculty Simpson, and others	Ward Recital Hall
27	CUA Symphony Orchestra student composer orchestral readings, 7-9 PM	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
28	CUA Opera Workshop: scenes from "Esther" by John Diomede (MM Stage Music) and "Magnum Opus" by Michael Oberhauser (MM Stage Music), 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall

Fall semester 2008

	Event and time	Location
August
27	CUA composition students partner with CUA architecture students in new course, "Music and Architecture," A401
31	Reading, MM Stage Music thesis in progress: "This is Not My Life," by John Maggi (2nd-year student).  Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival, 5:00 -6:00 PM	Rehearsal Room #1, KCTR
September
1	Performance, MM Stage Music thesis work: "Life in Death," opera by Gregg Martin (MM Stage Music Emphasis, 2008).  Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival, 7:30 PM	Millennium Stage South, KCTR
19	Great Noise Ensemble concert (Rome School of Music Ensemble in Residence), 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
October
11	Performance of new silent film piano score ("Janice Meredith," 1924), Andrew Simpson, piano, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Italy	Teatro Verdi, Pordenone
16-19	CUA Department of Drama presents Carlo Gozzi's "The Serpent Woman," with incidental music/sound design by MM Composition, Stage Music Emphasis alumnus Gregg Martin	Hartke Theatre 7:30 Thu, Fri, Sat 2:00 Sat, Sun
November
6	Cardinal Composers Society fall concert, 7:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
13	Composition division fall recital, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
17	CUA Symphony Orchestra student composer readings, 7:00-9:00 PM	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
20	Composition division stage music scenes (POSTPONED)
22	Premiere, "Christmas on the Plains," by DMA student Kyle Gullings Commissioned by the CUA Women's Chorus, Keith Reas, conductor, 7:30 PM	St. Vincent's Chapel, CUA
20-23	CUA Department of Drama presents MFA Playwriting candidate Stephen Spotswood's "Miranda is Morning," with incidental music/sound design by MM Composition, Stage Music Emphasis alumnus and DMA Composition student Kyle Gullings	Hartke Theatre 7:30 Thu, Fri, Sat 2:00 Sat, Sun
December
5	CUA Annual Christmas Concert, featuring the premiere of DMA Composition student Ryan Keebaugh's new choral-orchestral fanfare, 7:30 PM	Basilica of the National Shrine
7	Great Noise Ensemble concert, featuring the premiere of a new work by CUA faculty composer Steven Strunk, 7:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall
8	Great Noise Ensemble student composer readings, 7:00-10:00 PM (Includes scores from Composition Seminar's music-architecture project)	Ward Recital Hall

Spring semester 2008

	Event and time	Location
January
18, 19	MM Stage Music Composition thesis production: Premiere of "Life in Death," a new opera by Gregg Martin, 8:00 PM (7:30 PM pre-performance discussion)	Callan Theater, Hartke
February
13	"Meet the Music Makers:" Andrew Simpson performs two original scores to silent films on the New York Public Library's series, 2:30 PM	Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. New York City
21/2/3	Gilgamesh, a new play by Steven Spotswood (CUA MFA Playwriting student) with sound design by Kyle Gullings (DMA composition), 6:00, 5:00, 5:30 PM	Callan Theater, CUA
27	"Playing, Singing, Talking Wilder:" Premiere of two new mini-operas and incidental music to four plays of Thornton Wilder, with music by Ryan Keebaugh (DMA), Steven Allen, Michael Oberhauser, John Maggi, and John Diomede (MM Stage Music Composition) and Andrew Simpson (CUA composition faculty), 7:30 PM.  Presented as part of the President's Festival of the Arts at CUA. Stage productions directed by drama students in the undergraduate and MFA Directing programs.  Music performed by CUA vocal and instrumental students, conducted by David Searle, CUA faculty and Director of the CUA Symphony Orchestra. Presented in cooperation with the CUA Department of Drama Roundtable discussion with Ned Rorem, J. D. McClatchy, and Tappan Wilder (moderated by Grayson Wagstaff) precedes performance; talk back with performers, composers, and directors to follow	Ward Recital Hall
28	Discussion with Our Town librettist J. D. McClatchy, 10:00-11:30 AM	Ward 138
March
14	Guest artist recital: Michael Cameron, double bass (with Andrew Simpson, piano), 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
28, 29	Opera Alterna presents "Dido and Aeneas," by Henry Purcell, with new dance interludes by Michael Oberhauser, MM Stage Music Composition student, 8:00 PM 3/28, 2:00 and 8:00 PM 3/29	Callan Theatre, Hartke, CUA
28	Cardinal Composers Society spring concert, 7:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
April
4	Composition recital: Stamos Martin, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
11	Composition division spring recital, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
20	MM Stage Music Composition thesis production: Premiere of Act I of "Count of Monte Cristo," a new musical by Ben Bernstein, 7:30 PM	Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE
26	"Green Dance": A Site-specific performance at the Anacostia River, with music by MM Stage Music student Gregg Martin, 12:30 PM.	1950 M St SE, Washington, DC
30	CUA Symphony Orchestra student composer orchestral readings, 4:10-6:10 PM	John Paul Rehearsal Hall
May
1-2-3	Richard III and Doctor Faustus, featuring incidental music by MM Stage Music composition student John Maggi and DMA composition student Kyle Gullings.  MFA Directing Projects (Dept of Drama), 7:30 PM May 1, 2, 2:00 and 7:30 PM, May 3	Callan Theatre, Hartke, CUA
2	BM Composition Minor Recital: Jonathan Hellerman, 6:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
6	Master Class II (CUA Department of Drama) presents "Jekyll and Hyde:" theatrical performance with music by MM Stage Music composition students John Maggi and Michael Oberhauser; Directed by Paata Tsikurisvhili, 7:30 PM	Callan Theatre, Hartke, CUA

Fall semester 2007

	Event and time	Location
September
3	Performance of MM Stage Music thesis musical, The Eden Diaries (Kyle Gullings, DMA Composition), Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival	Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center
27	Master class for CUA composers with John Adams, 2:30-3:30 PM	Comcast Music Lounge, Music Center at Strathmore
29	Guest artist concert: Great Noise Ensemble, with Duo 46, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
October
4-5-6-7	Production of The Beggar's Opera, Ben Bernstein (MM Stage Music student), Music Director and Conductor	Hartke Theatre
12	Presentation and master class, Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo, 2:10-4:00	Ward 127, JPH
19	Cardinal Composers Society fall concert, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
November
2	Residency, Robert Dick, composer and flutist (co-sponsored by Flute Society of Washington) Presentation and composition master class, Robert Dick, 2:10-4:00 PM	Ward 127
3	Flute master class with Robert Dick (sponsored by Flute Society of Washington) for CUA flute students and FSW flutists, 1:00-3:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
4	Guest Artist Recital (Robert Dick, composer-flutist), 3:00 PM, co-sponsored by Flute Society of Washington	Ward Recital Hall
5	Presentation and master class, William Bolcom, 2:10-4:00 PM	Ward 127
9	Performance of original score to silent film comedies, Andrew Simpson (associate professor), piano	Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress
11	Performance of adapted historical film score to Way Down East (D. W. Griffith, 1920), Andrew Simpson, piano	National Gallery of Art East Wing Auditorium
13	Performance of original score to Clara Bow film, Capital Punishment, (James P. Hogan, 1925), Andrew Simpson, piano	National Museum of Women in the Arts
17	Performance of original score to film The Merry Widow (Eric von Stroheim, 1925), Andrew Simpson, piano	National Gallery of Art East Wing Auditorium
20	Performance of original score to film Chicago (Frank Urson, 1927), Andrew Simpson, organ, 7:00 PM	American Film Institute Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD
24	Performance of original score to film Chicago (Frank Urson, 1927), Andrew Simpson, organ, 1:00 PM	American Film Institute Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD
28	CUA Symphony Orchestra student composer orchestral readings, 4:10-6:00 PM	JPH
30	DMA Composition lecture-recital: Jason Lovelace, 5:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
30	Composition Division Fall Recital, 8:00 PM	Ward Recital Hall
December
1	BM Composition graduation recital: Patrick Simon, 5:30 PM	Ward Recital Hall
3	Presentation and master class, Kyle Gann, 2-4 PM	Ward 139
6-7-8	Premiere of incidental music by 1st-year MM Stage Music Composition students Michael Oberhauser and John Diomede, for productions of Aristophanes' Frogs and Moliere's Le Medecin Malgre Lui, 7:30 PM	Hartke Theater Stage
7	Premiere of DMA student Jason Lovelace's choral-orchestral fanfare Hodie Nobis Descendit, Annual Christmas Concert, CUA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, 7:30 PM	Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
7	Premiere, Carol of the Magi, Andrew Simpson, Annual Christmas Concert, CUA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, 7:30 PM	Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
7	Premiere, lotus and poppy, Andrew Simpson, counter)induction, 8:00 PM	Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 120 W. 69th St., New York City