Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Multi-award-winning Russian-born pianist Vassily Primakov makes his AU PAC debut on Saturday, February 4, 2012. He has been hailed as a pianist of world class importance. Gramophone wrote that "Primakov's empathy with Chopin's spirit could hardly be more complete," and the American Record Guide stated: In Chopin, no one currently playing and recording sounds as good as this! This is a great Chopin pianist." His recording of Mozart concertos released last summer has won rave reviews including a "Grade A" from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Franz Schubert	14 Waltzes  (Suite compiled by Vassily Primakov)
Robert Schumann	Grand Sonata No.3 Op. 14 in F Minor  (Concert Sans Orchestre)             Allegro             Scherzo             Quasi variazioni: Andantino de Clara Wieck             Scherzo             Prestissimo possibile
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Frédéric Chopin	Scherzo No.1 Op. 20 in B Minor 3 Mazurkas             A Minor Op. 67             C Major Op. 24             B-Flat Minor Op. 24 Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 in B-Flat Minor Grande valse brillante in A Minor Op. 34-1 Scherzo No.3 Op. 39 in C-Sharp Minor Scherzo No.4 Op. 54 in E Major

Friday, February 10, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

By any standard, 3-time Grammy winner Bruce Hornsby has built one of the most diverse and adventurous careers in contemporary music. Drawing from a vast wellspring of American musical traditions, the singer/pianist/composer has created a large and remarkably accomplished body of work that has employed a vast array of stylistic approaches-jazz, classical, bluegrass, and popular, winning the coveted ASCAP Song of the Year award for “The Way It Is” in 1987.

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Saturday, February 11, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Olmsted Theatre

The New York ReelAbilities Film Festival presents Princess
Jim Gloster / USA / English / 104 min

Based on real-life events, the amazing and musical story of Anna Lappalainen who spent 50 years as a patient at a psychiatric hospital, where her lovable personality healed and brought joy to those around her and where she claimed to be a princess.

This film will be preceded by the short film Sound Shadows.
Julie Engaas, Norway, 2008, 7min, Documentary
Enter a world where sound gives shape to space.

There will be a discussion featuring members of the Adelphi University community following the screening.

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Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Trio Solisti, composed of three critically acclaimed musicians—violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach and pianist Jon Klibonoff. They will also be in residence at Adelphi for student training. Trio Solisti has earned a reputation for soulful and passionate performances marked by virtuosity, seamless ensemble playing, and thrilling abandon. Performing a broad spectrum of styles, their versatility extends to new music, most notably to the work of Adelphi's Paul Moravec, who composed his 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Tempest Fantasy for them.

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Mozart	Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502             Allegro             Larghetto             Allegretto
Moravec	Passacaglia (2005)
Piazzolla	from Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)             Primavera Porteña (Spring)             Otoño Porteño (Fall)
Dvorak	Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65             Allegro ma non troppo             Allegro grazioso – meno mosso             Poco adagio             Finale: Allegro con brio

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Adelphi’s superb artist-teachers perform a concert of great chamber music for instruments and piano.

Sunday, February 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Olmsted Theatre

The New York ReelAbilities Film Festival presents Ocean Heaven
Jim Gloster / USA / English / 96 min

Jet Li, in his first dramatic role, stars in this moving story of a father’s tireless love for his autistic son and his attempt to teach his son the life skills necessary to survive on his own. A poignant tribute to parents’ infinite love for their children.

This film will be preceded by the short film Anything You Can Do.
Emma Buckley, Australia, 2009, 7 min, Narrative
Two boys face off. But when the stakes are at their highest will victory be sweet?

There will be a discussion featuring members of the Adelphi University community following the screening.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Black Box Theatre

In the austere, degraded setting of a Nazi concentration camp, a group of French resistance fighters attempt to keep their sanity and hope as, one by one, they fall victim to the terror. Will anyone believe the story they tell?

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Saturday, February 25, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

The Best of Broadway Concert has become a popular biannual Adelphi tradition. Under director Michael Hume, Adelphi students recreate some of Broadway’s greatest moments.

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Stephanie Cadman is a triple-threat performing artist—she sings, plays a furious fiddle, and she's a world-champion tap dancer! Her show features Celtic music and dance through the bright prism of Ms. Cadman's Canadian heritage, uniquely blending her vast performance experience featuring Ottawa Valley-style Celtic step-dancing, and classical and Celtic fiddling. She is a founding member of the hit dance show The StepCrew, and is also one of Canada's top violinists featured in the acclaimed production of Bowfire. Audiences throughout North America, Asia, and even Canadian troops in the Middle East have been captivated by her multiple talents and joyfully uplifting performances.

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Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Adventurous contemporary music including Sidney Boquiren’s music for the film Cuttlefish and other works by the composers/performers of pulsoptional.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 30, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Olmsted Theatre

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

An all-Beethoven program juxtaposes two contrasting works written during the same period: the oratorio Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives) and the Symphony No. 2. The oratorio, a dramatic depiction of Christ’s hours spent in prayer just before his arrest, trial and death, features faculty member and tenor Jonathan Goodman as Christ, and bass Jeremy Wright, a senior music major, as Peter. In contrast, the Symphony No. 2, first performed in the same concert as the oratorio, is remarkable for its optimistic and buoyant energy. The symphony’s connection to the tradition of Haydn and Mozart is evident, but so, also, is the innovation and genius that would lead Beethoven on his new, “heroic” path.

Ludwig van Beethoven	Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85
	Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
	Jonathan Goodman, Tenor Soprano soloist, to be announced Jeremy Wright, Bass The Adelphi Chorus Michael Hume, Director

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Black Box Theatre

The parking lot of a mini-mall convenience store is the private domain of three slackers in their early twenties. Stuck in the purgatory of suburbia, they talk trash, harass the Pakastani owner of the store and revel in their high school glory days while waiting for the arrival of Pony—one of their old buddies who has escaped to a semi successful life on the pop music scene. The night turns violent and by dawn all have to reckon with each other and their personal demons and choices.

(Adult Situations, Strong Language)

Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Adelphi students of exceptional talent are chosen for this special program of vocal and instrumental works.

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Formed in 2001, this Boston-based group has built a national and international reputation for its dynamic performances. "This gifted and youngish foursome presented an ambitious program," said the Washington Post, "and brought them off superbly." The Kansas City Star said "they played as if they were on fire, with passion and energy galore." This will be the fourth year that violinists Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel, and cellist Daniel McDonough will perform two concerts and conduct master classes.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Olmsted Theatre

Over the last three decades, one troupe has reigned over Chicago's dance scene growing its reputation beyond the Midwest to points around the world—the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

As the finale in the AU PAC Masters series, Hubbard Street 2 (HS2), will bring the distinct Hubbard Street style of modern dance to Long Island. Hubbard Street's national and international touring company will perform a pair of concerts in our state-of-the-art facility. HS2's six talented professional dancers will also be in residence at Adelphi to train students.

Program is to be announced.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

All music, it can be said, is an extension of the human voice. For Franz Schreker, an Austrian composer of the early 20th century, a passion for opera colored the lush and melodious Intermezzo and Scherzo. This performance of Beethoven’s Romance No. 2, an elegant piece that displays the iconic composer’s lyrical side, features the Orpheus debut of German violinist Vivian Hagner. Hagner also performs Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 5, a virtuoso tour-de-force in the grand Romantic tradition made famous by legendary violinists like Eugène Ysaÿe and Jascha Heifetz. The young composer Alex Mincek, providing the last of the commissioned works for Project 440, has a voice for the 21st century, one that teems with surprising patterns and refractions. Finally, Orpheus brings to life Mozart’s famed Symphony No. 40, a thrilling masterwork that speaks as pure music.

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Franz Schreker	Scherzo for Strings
Ludwig van Beethoven	Romance No. 2 in F Major
Henri Vieuxtemps	Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor
Alex Mincek	Project 440 Commission (World Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Olmsted Theatre


Our distinguished faculty of seasoned choreographers bring you the debut of new works of ballet and modern techniques. Choreographers include Frank Augustyn, Catherine Denisot-Lawrence, and Orion Duckstein. Be the first to experience this must-see event.

Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

The talented students of the Jazz Ensemble rock the house with the hot sounds of Latin, swing, bebop, fusion and funk by some of the greatest names in jazz.

Sunday, April 29, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Celebrate spring with a rousing afternoon of songs performed by the sixty-voice ensemble, under the direction of Michael Hume.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Be ready for anything when the students of the Improvisation Ensemble create spontaneous musical magic with voices, percussion, classical and folk instruments!

Friday, May 4, 2012, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Location: Dance Theatre

Adelphi dance students debut original works in one exhilarating performance!

Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Enjoy an evening of unforgettable music from the world of opera and operetta, performed by Adelphi’s talented music students.

Monday, May 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Directed by Georgia Newlin, this new Adelphi vocal ensemble is comprised of students selected for their musical skill. They will perform a challenging program of choral repertoire, from Renaissance madrigals to the latest compositions written by Adelphi student composers.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Under the direction of Professor Mory Ortman, the students of the ensemble perform a program of works for a variety of instruments and voices by some of history’s finest composers.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Concert Hall

Brian D. Meyers, Adelphi’s new band director, leads students in music written for concert winds and percussion.

Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Location: Black Box Theatre

The Adelphi Department of Theatre tradition continues with Adelphi students performing an original evening of cabaret scenes and songs.