Carrying on the great tradition of the longest running ensemble devoted to classic Big Band Music in the five boroughs.  Hear the works of Basie, Jones, Mingus and other jazz masters.

Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 7pm Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

General Admission - $5

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Царская невеста
With The Brooklyn College Opera Theatre
Richard Milton Barrett, Conductor

Tsarskaya Nevesta (The Tsar's Bride) is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer's tenth opera.  The libretto, by Il’ya Tyumenev, is based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. 

This concert version by the The Brooklyn College Opera Theatre is not to be missed; This Rimsky-Korsakov's seldom-performed Russian masterpiece will be the first time it has ever been performed on the Walt Whitman Theatre's Great Stage and brought to life under Maestro Barrett's able baton.

While the opera is based on historical figures, they play out a fictional and wildly dramatic story of betrayal, intrigue, and corruption, nothing that can't readily be found in today's headlines, and evoking a dark and threatening world with plenty of contemporary resonance.

This is a fitting -- one might even say thrilling -- work with which the Conservatory opens its season of operatic offerings and it is a rare opportunity to enjoy this gem of an opera.

Concert Version

	Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 7:30pm Evening
	Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 2pm Matinee

Walt Whitman Theatre
General Admission - $15

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Conservatory of Music students perform contemporary works in a double header -- a pair of concerts.  The first concert at 5:30pm will feature works by Christian Wolff, Franςois Rabath, Catherine Hoover, Hindermith, Schoenberg and Jeffrey Nitch,
plus a World Premiere of a new work by John Dunlop.

On the second program at 7pm, audiences will be treated to premieres of works by Conservatory composers  along with performances of pieces by Piazzolla, Shostakovich and David Lang, plus World Premieres of new works by Chadwick Walther, Lauren Klasewitz, Andre Juan, Abraham Z. Morrison, Hyun-Kyung Lee, Will Orzo, Whitney George including composer-in-residence Rebekah Driscoll.

Monday, December 5, 2011 - 5:30pm and 7pm Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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A smaller, more intimate group of the Jazz Ensemble perform works by Coltrane, Mingus, Ellington, and other jazz masters.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 7pm Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt

Admission is FREE

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Conservatory of Music students present solo and chamber works for strings.

Wednesday December 7, 2011 - 5pm Early Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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Conservatory of Music students present solo and chamber works for strings.

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 1pm Matinee
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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Opera and Operetta choruses including selections from Rimsky-Korsakov's The Bartered Bride, Gilbert and Sullivan, and various settings of Ave Maria and O Magnum Mysterium. 

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 7pm Evening
Walt Whitman Theatre

General Admission: $5

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Directed by Adrian Wattenmaker
A Thesis Production

One word might be all it takes to tear a man and a woman apart. Neil LaBute’s incendiary, Tony-nominated play explores the minefields of language, image, and relationships after Greg is overheard comparing his girlfriend, Steph, to a co-worker he admits is “prettier.” In LaBute’s battlefields, no one emerges unscathed.

".... Reasons flows with the compelling naturalness of overheard conversation.  It’s never easy to say what you mean, or to know what you mean to begin with. With a delicacy that belies its crude vocabulary, Reasons To Be Pretty celebrates the everyday heroism in the struggle to find out."
                       -- New York Times, Ben Brantley 

Thursday thru Saturday, Dec 8 - 10, 2011 -  7:30pm Evenings
Saturday and Sunday, Dec 10 & 11,  2011 - 2pm Matinees
The New Workshop Theatre

General Admission $6

  Brooklyn College Theater Department Official Website

Richard Milton Barrett, Conductor
with the Brooklyn College Opera Theatre

Brooklyn College Opera Theatre presents students in scenes and vignettes from famous beloved operas and musicals. .

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 7pm Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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An annual holiday favorite at Brooklyn Center, Dance Theatre in Westchester performs an abridged, narrated version of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet set in wintry colonial Yorktown, complete with a red-coated mouse army and an enchanted nutcracker prince. A Target FamilyFun presentation.

Recommended for ages four and up.

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 2pm Matinee
Walt Whitman Theatre

All Seats: $7

Conservatory of Music composers present their new acoustic and electro-acoustic works.

Monday & Tuesday, December 12 & 13, 2011 - 7pm Evenings
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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Douglas Geers, Director

Works by Conservatory Computer Music students.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 5pm Evening
Studio 312, Roosevelt Hall

Admission is FREE

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Featuring works by Reed, Ticheli, Schuman, Biebl and Chance.

Wednesday December 14, 2011 - 7pm Evening
Walt Whitman Theatre

General Admission: $5

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