document.write("<br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sunday, September 27, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4809&information_id=15971&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Orchestra 2001: George Turns 80 and Music At Penn</span></a><br/>3:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1324\" border=\"0\" /><br/>O2001 salutes Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb on his 80th birthday with performances of excerpts from his monumental American Songbook series, all written for O2001. Works of the current University of Pennsylvania Composition faculty, where Mr. Crumb taught for more than 30 years, will also be performed - including a premiere by Anna Weesner. <br /><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Monday, October 5, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4810&information_id=15973&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Midday Monday Concert Series: Dolce Suono Trio</span></a><br/>12:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1325\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Mimi Stillman - flute, Yumi Kendall - cello, <br />Charles Abramovic - piano<br /><br />Works by Weber, Goossens, Gaubert, Martinu, and Jeremy Gill<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Friday, October 23, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4843&information_id=16096&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Melody of China Lecture and Musical Demonstration</span></a><br/>7:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1398\" border=\"0\" /><br/>San Francisco-based ensemble Melody of China holds a unique position in the world of Chinese music. Since its conception, the group has drawn together enthusiastic professional musicians from some of the most prestigious conservatories in China for a common goal: advancing the Chinese musical tradition within the context of the dynamic American music world. <br /><br />Melody of China has continued to impress diverse audiences with their expansive repertoire, which, alongside folk music from the different ethnic groups of China, includes classical, contemporary, and jazz. They have commissioned and premiered 40 new works by 20 composers and remain dedicated to their mission of blurring boundaries between East and West, ancient and contemporary. <br /><br />The lecture and demonstration will be followed by a performance by Melody of China<br /><br /><em>Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.</em><br /><br /><hr/><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4844&information_id=16100&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Melody of China Concert</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1368\" border=\"0\" /><br/>San Francisco-based ensemble Melody of China holds a unique position in the world of Chinese music. Since its conception, the group has drawn together enthusiastic professional musicians from some of the most prestigious conservatories in China for a common goal: advancing the Chinese musical tradition within the context of the dynamic American music world. <br /><br />Melody of China has continued to impress diverse audiences with their expansive repertoire, which, alongside folk music from the different ethnic groups of China, includes classical, contemporary, and jazz. They have commissioned and premiered 40 new works by 20 composers and remain dedicated to their mission of blurring boundaries between East and West, ancient and contemporary. <br /><br /><em>Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.</em><br /><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thursday, October 29, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=5239&information_id=17495&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Trio Ivoire Presentation/Clinic</span></a><br/>4:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1501\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Master class with two of our student ensembles as well as the Trio Ivoire.<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Friday, October 30, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=5240&information_id=17497&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jazz Today Class</span></a><br/>2:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1503\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Lecture and performance. Open to all, even if not enrolled in class.<hr/><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4811&information_id=15975&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Trio Ivoire Concert</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1502\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Hans L&#252;demann - piano &amp; electronics<br />Aly Keita - Balaphon &amp; Sanza<br />Chander Sardjoe - drums &amp; percussion<br /><br />The TRIO IVOIRE is unique in instrumentation and musical scope, melting personal roots of African, European and Jazz traditions and uniting African balafon with piano, drums and electronics to create a contemporary sound that is without comparison. This has little to do with traditional African music, but a lot with finding artistic expression in a globalized reality. On the search of transporting traditional African instruments into the modern world on one hand, looking for new ways of expression in piano and Jazz music on the other, two worlds are approaching each other that seem far apart.<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Saturday, October 31, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=5241&information_id=17499&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Trio Ivoire Presentation/Clinic</span></a><br/>3:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1504\" border=\"0\" /><br/><div>A Trio Ivoire led jam session for all interested performers.&#160;No jazz training necessary.</div><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Monday, November 2, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4812&information_id=15977&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Midday Monday Concert Series: Temple University Tuba Ensemble</span></a><br/>12:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1327\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Temple University Tuba Ensemble<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Saturday, November 7, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4813&information_id=15979&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1328\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Swarthmore College Wind Ensemble Performs<br /><br />Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger<br />Nitro - Ticheli<br />The Student Prince - Romberg<br />Fanfare Ode and Festival - Margolis<br />Lament (for a fallen friend) - Spittal<br />Symphony for Band - Gould<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Saturday, November 14, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4814&information_id=17263&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Karen Guan Senior Recital</span></a><br/>7:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1472\" border=\"0\" /><br/><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"3\">    <span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Goldberg Variations, BWV 988</span>  </font><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sunday, November 15, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4815&information_id=15983&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Orchestra 2001 and Hila Plitmann</span></a><br/>7:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1392\" border=\"0\" /><br/>2009 Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann joins James Freeman and O2001 for concerts of music on texts by two remarkable poets: Sappho and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Schreker's rarely performed masterwork of 1916 completes this exciting program. <br /><br /><em>Cooper Series events are free and open to the public; there is no reserved seating. Event details may be subject to change without notice.</em><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Wednesday, November 18, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4816&information_id=15985&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chamber Winds</span></a><br/>4:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1331\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Chamber Winds<br /><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Saturday, November 21, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4817&information_id=15987&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Swarthmore College Chorus</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1405\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Swarthmore College Chorus Performs <br />Handel's Messiah<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tuesday, November 24, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4818&information_id=15989&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1333\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert I<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tuesday, December 1, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4819&information_id=15991&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Music 48 Recital I</span></a><br/>4:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1346\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Music 48 Recital I<hr/><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4821&information_id=15995&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1336\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert II<br /><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thursday, December 3, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4820&information_id=15993&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Music 48 Recital II</span></a><br/>4:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1347\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Music 48 Recital II<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Friday, December 4, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4822&information_id=15997&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Swarthmore College Orchestra</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1406\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Swarthmore College Orchestra Performs<div><br />A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn</div><div>Overture&#160;&#8211; Nocturne&#160;&#8211; Wedding March<br /><br />Excerpts from \"The Fairy-Queen\" - Purcell<br /><br />Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 - Villa-Lobos</div><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sunday, December 6, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4823&information_id=16001&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Gamelan Semara Santi</span></a><br/>3:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1340\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Gamelan Semara Santi is the Philadelphia area's only Gamelan (Indonesian percussion orchestra) devoted entirely to performance of traditional compositions from Bali, Indonesia. All of our performances include both music and dance, as is typical in Bali.<hr/><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4824&information_id=16003&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble</span></a><br/>7:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1523\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble performs charts made famous by some legendary bands.<br /><br /><div>The Ellington Band - Ko-Ko; Prelude to a Kiss<div>The Basie Band - 920 Special</div><div>The Buddy Rich Band - Groovin' Hard</div><div>The Stan Kenton Band - Pegasus</div><div>The Oliver Nelson Band - Hoe Down</div><div>The Charles Mingus Band - Sue's Changes</div><div>The Seatbelts - Tank!</div></div><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Monday, December 7, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4825&information_id=16005&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Midday Monday Concert Series: Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles</span></a><br/>12:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1342\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Midday Monday Concert Series: Fetter Student Chamber Ensembles<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tuesday, December 8, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4827&information_id=16009&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hans Lüdemann - Between the keys: Jazz explorations</span></a><br/>4:30 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1348\" border=\"0\" /><br/>As a composer, Hans L&#252;demann has worked with many instruments and settings, from piano music and chamber music to the orchestral piece \"Geschichte 2\" and \"Verloren ins weite Blau,\" a song cycle with orchestra. He has performed solo piano concerts at the Musiktriennale K&#246;ln, the HIFA Festival Harare, the piano festival of the Prague Philharmonic, \"Vues d'Afrique\" in Montreal, and at many other festivals and concert stages.<br /><br />Some of L&#252;demann's current projects include \"Trio Ivoire\" with Aly Keita (balaphon) and&#160; Chander Sardjoe (drums), the solo program \"African Variations,\" and duos with trumpet player Reiner Winterschladen and kora player Tata Dindin. His latest CD, \"Between the Keys,\" was issued this spring.<hr/><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4826&information_id=16007&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III</span></a><br/>8:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1343\" border=\"0\" /><br/>Fetter Chamber Music Program Concert III<hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sunday, December 13, 2009</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4828&information_id=16011&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Orchestra 2001: Happy Birthday Jim Freeman</span></a><br/>3:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1351\" border=\"0\" /><br/>We celebrate Orchestra 2001's founder and conductor James Freeman's70th birthday with the performance of the premieres of 7 new works byPhiladelphia-based composers, all written for this occasion - as wellas the local premiere of a new song cycle by George Crumb. <br /><hr/><br /><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Monday, April 5, 2010</span><br /><a href=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=5031&information_id=16744&type=&syndicate=syndicate\" target=\"blank\" ><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tamagawa University Taiko and Dance Ensemble</span></a><br/>7:00 PM<br/>Lang Music Building - Lang Concert Hall<p></p><img src=\"http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/displaymedia.aspx?whatToDo=picture&thumbnail=thumbnail&thumbnailwidth=150&id=1420\" border=\"0\" /><br/>The Department of Music and Dance presents the Tamagawa University Taiko Drum and Dance Ensemble on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 7 pm in the Lang Concert Hall. &#160;This ensemble from Tokyo returns to Swarthmore for their 9th annual thrilling performance of taiko repertory. &#160;The performance is free and open to the public without advance reservations.<hr/>");