Sound Choices presents “the best of the best,” highlighting IUP's Music Department faculty, students, alumni, and honored guests in a specially selected and exceptional lineup of concerts and recitals.
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Ferenc Molnar’s Play Liliom, as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Original Choreography by Agnes de Mille
Directed by James Beaudry, Music Direction by Oliver Lo, Conducted by Alexandra Dee, Choreography by Joan Van Dyke
Sound Choices Series
IUP Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance and IUP Department of Music, Theater-by-the-Grove, and Music Theater Event
Live, in-person event
Fisher Auditorium
- Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
The second hit musical by the acclaimed writing team after their tremendous success with Oklahoma!, Carousel includes the well-known songs “If I Loved You,” “June Is Bustin' Out All Over,” and “You'll Never Walk Alone.” Set in late nineteenth-century coastal Maine, Billy Bigelow, a swaggering, carefree carnival barker, falls in love with and marries the sweet but naive millworker Julie Jordan. After the marriage costs them both their jobs, and dwarfed by the immensity of their situation, Billy’s tragic effort to provide for his wife leads each of them on a different and difficult path toward forgiveness. A story about the triumph of the human spirit in the face of seemingly impossible odds.
“Oklahoma! is about a picnic, Carousel is about life and death.” —Stephen Sondheim
Carousel is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
IUP Jazz Festival
Sound Choices Series
IUP Department of Music
Live, in-person event
Fisher Auditorium
7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 23
The twenty-first annual IUP Jazz Festival features the IUP Jazz Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble. The IUP Jazz band is led by James Flowers, and Kevin Eisensmith directs the IUP Jazz Ensemble.
This event will be streamed on the IUP Department of Music's YouTube channel.
Sims Fellows Series
Thanks to the generous donation of Edward R. Sims ’53, the IUP Department of Music hosts nationally recognized artists for short residencies on the IUP campus. Sims Fellows present recitals and give master classes throughout the academic year. These performances are open to the public, and many of the performances are free.
Jim Self Chamber Music Concert
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Gorell Recital Hall, second floor Sutton Hall
7:00 p.m. Monday, March 28
IUP students and faculty will perform solo and chamber works of Jim Self ’65.
Viva Opera
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Gorell Recital Hall, second floor Sutton Hall
8:00 p.m. Friday, April 1
The IUP Vocal Area welcomes a distinguished opera conductor and coach to present two recitals with IUP students and faculty.
An Die Musik
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Gorell Recital Hall, second floor Sutton Hall
8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2
The IUP Vocal Area welcomes a distinguished opera conductor and coach to present two recitals with IUP students and faculty.
Galan Piano Trio
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Gorell Recital Hall, second floor Sutton Hall
7:00 p.m. Monday, April 18
The Galan Piano Trio from Athens, Greece will perform a recital of recently commissioned works. Included is the world premiere of John Levey's Ghost Town Sounds.
IUP Jazz Festival
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Fisher Auditorium
7:00 p.m. Friday, April 23
The twenty-first annual IUP Jazz Festival features the IUP Jazz Band and the IUP Jazz Ensemble. The IUP Jazz band is led by James Flowers, and Kevin Eisensmith directs the IUP Jazz Ensemble.
This event will be streamed on the IUP Department of Music's YouTube channel.
Symphony Orchestra
Sims Fellows Series
Live, in-person event
Fisher Auditorium
8:00 p.m. Friday, April 29
Join the IUP Symphony Orchestra for an evening of music for the spring 2022 season.