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  • Brian KM: Picture This - French Horn and Live Electronics
    Apr 03, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Recital Hall 101

    WP New Music Series

    Brian KM: Picture This - French Horn and Live Electronics

    Neoclassical musician Brian KM pairs his electronic French horn genre with his own photography, videography and drawings, creating multi-sensory fantasy landscapes connecting to the world around. Nominated for the 2023 Melbourne FRINGE Festival's Best Music Category, "Picture This" is sure to delight audiences with a focus on storytelling, accessible music, and interdisciplinary nature.


     

  • WP Music Song Evening - French-language art songs and arias
    Apr 04, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Recital Hall 101

    WP Voice students and pianists perform French-language songs and arias, with pianists Matthieu Cognet, Hannah Comia, and June Marano-Murray.

    Location: Shea Recital Hall 101

    FREE


     

  • Saxophonist Alexa Tarrantino
    Apr 07, 2024 @ 3:00 PM
    Location: Shea Center Auditorium

    Alto/soprano saxophonist Alexa Tarrantino is rapidly establishing herself as one of the most respected young saxophonists on the scene today, and is the newest member of the award-winning super-group ARTEMIS. Originally from Hartford, she earned degrees from Eastman and Juilliard, and went on to be a member first with DIVA Jazz Orchestra, then since that time has performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and Cecile McLorine Salvant.  Her solo albums have become best-sellers, most recently featuring drummer Ulysses Owens and pianist Christian Sands, and she was nominated as a “Rising Star” in several recent Down Beat Magazine’s Critics Polls.  Her positive energy as a leader, composer, educator and performer will be evident in this performance. 

    Admission: Public $15 • WP community and senior citizens $12 • Non-William Paterson students $8 • WP students admitted free with ID (1 ticket per student) at Box Office on day of show.
    Tickets are an additional $5 on show day.


     

  • Trumpeter Peter Nater with the WP Latin Jazz Ensemble
    Apr 14, 2024 @ 3:00 PM
    Location: Shea Center Auditorium

    Peter Nater is one of the most in-demand trumpeters on the Latin jazz scene today.  He has been a member and Grammy Award winner with the numerous ensembles, including many legends: Harlem Jazz Orchestra, Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Ray Sepulveda, the Mambo Legends, the Bronx Horns, the Machito Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Ruben Blades, and Marc Anthony.  This concert brings his high energy sound in collaboration with the William Paterson Latin Jazz Ensemble, led for over four decades by Chico Mendoza.  Every concert by this ensemble is an exciting event, but this one promises to be a special one because of Peter Nater’s long collaborations with a virtual who’s-who of Latin Jazz.

    Admission: Public $15 • WP community and senior citizens $12 • Non-William Paterson students $8 • WP students admitted free with ID (1 ticket per student) at Box Office on day of show.
    Tickets are an additional $5 on show day.


     

  • WP Music Department Spring Show: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas & A British Musical Theatre Review
    Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Auditorium

    Christopher Herbert, producer & stage director

    Hannah Comia, music director

    James Miles, dramatic consultant

    Emily Wynne, assistant stage director

    President Richard Helldobler, guest choreographer

    Experience the enchanting fusion of Purcell's 1689 opera Dido and Aeneas and a captivating British Musical Theatre Review at the WP Music Department Spring Show. Helmed by producer/director Christopher Herbert and music director Hannah Comia, watch this mesmerizing performance, with guest choreography by WP President Richard Helldobler, unfolds in the intimate setting of Hunziker Black Box Theatre.

    General Admission: $20.00 Public, $10.00 Senior Citizens, and WP students and employees

    Additional Performances:
    April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    April 20, 2024 @ 7:30 PMApril 21, 2024 @ 3:00 PM


     

  • WP Music Department Spring Show: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas & A British Musical Theatre Review
    Apr 19, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Auditorium

    Christopher Herbert, producer & stage director

    Hannah Comia, music director

    James Miles, dramatic consultant

    Emily Wynne, assistant stage director

    President Richard Helldobler, guest choreographer

    Experience the enchanting fusion of Purcell's 1689 opera Dido and Aeneas and a captivating British Musical Theatre Review at the WP Music Department Spring Show. Helmed by producer/director Christopher Herbert and music director Hannah Comia, watch this mesmerizing performance, with guest choreography by WP President Richard Helldobler, unfolds in the intimate setting of Hunziker Black Box Theatre.

    General Admission: $20.00 Public, $10.00 Senior Citizens, and WP students and employees

    Additional Performances:
    April 18, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    April 20, 2024 @ 7:30 PMApril 21, 2024 @ 3:00 PM


     

  • WP Music Department Spring Show: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas & A British Musical Theatre Review
    Apr 20, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Auditorium

    Christopher Herbert, producer & stage director

    Hannah Comia, music director

    James Miles, dramatic consultant

    Emily Wynne, assistant stage director

    President Richard Helldobler, guest choreographer

    Experience the enchanting fusion of Purcell's 1689 opera Dido and Aeneas and a captivating British Musical Theatre Review at the WP Music Department Spring Show. Helmed by producer/director Christopher Herbert and music director Hannah Comia, watch this mesmerizing performance, with guest choreography by WP President Richard Helldobler, unfolds in the intimate setting of Hunziker Black Box Theatre.

    General Admission: $20.00 Public, $10.00 Senior Citizens, and WP students and employees

    Additional Performances:
    April 18, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 PMApril 21, 2024 @ 3:00 PM


     

  • WP Music Department Spring Show: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas & A British Musical Theatre Review
    Apr 21, 2024 @ 3:00 PM
    Location: Shea Auditorium

    Christopher Herbert, producer & stage director

    Hannah Comia, music director

    James Miles, dramatic consultant

    Emily Wynne, assistant stage director

    President Richard Helldobler, guest choreographer

    Experience the enchanting fusion of Purcell's 1689 opera Dido and Aeneas and a captivating British Musical Theatre Review at the WP Music Department Spring Show. Helmed by producer/director Christopher Herbert and music director Hannah Comia, watch this mesmerizing performance, with guest choreography by WP President Richard Helldobler, unfolds in the intimate setting of Hunziker Black Box Theatre.

    General Admission: $20.00 Public, $10.00 Senior Citizens, and WP students and employees

    Additional Performances:
    April 18, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    April 19, 2024 @ 7:30 PMApril 20, 2024 @ 3:00 PM


     

  • WP Percussion Ensemble
    Apr 22, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Auditorium

    New and classic works for percussion


     

  • Wingspan: Reunion Concert
    Apr 28, 2024 @ 3:00 PM
    Location: Shea Center Auditorium

    This important event brings together again the members of the landmark, critically acclaimed Wingspan sextet that was led by the late great pianist Mulgrew Miller.  This band was perhaps Miller’s great “voice,” in terms of the showcase of his compositions, and his long collaboration with the world-renowned players appearing on this concert.  Wingspan was called “dependably hard-charging” by The New Yorker, and that energy is apparent in all their performances.  The ensemble has previously come together at Jazz at Lincoln Center with great critical acclaim, and this concert also promises to be thrilling.  Reuniting will be vibraphonist Steve Nelson, trumpeter Duane Eubanks, saxophonist Steve Wilson, bassist Nat Reeves, and drummer Carl Allen.  Pianist Danny Grissett will perform as the group’s pianist. 

    Admission: Public $15 • WP community and senior citizens $12 • Non-William Paterson students $8 • WP students admitted free with ID (1 ticket per student) at Box Office on day of show. Tickets are an additional $5 on show day.


     

  • WP Choirs Concert
    May 03, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location:

    WP Concert Choir and WP Chamber Choir


     

  • Martin Wind All-Star Quartet, with Scott Robinson, Jim McNeely, and Matt Wilson
    May 05, 2024 @ 3:00 PM
    Location: Shea Center Auditorium

    This all-star foursome brings worlds of experience to our stage.  Multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson is a true virtuoso on everything from all saxophones, to trumpet and cornet, to such unusual creatures as the Theremin.  Pianist Jim McNeely spent many years with Stan Getz, and as a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra; he is one of the most influential arrangers today, and conducts worldwide.  Bassist Martin Wind is a busy jazz musician, has appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and was one of the three finalists in the Thelonious Monk Bass Competition. Drummer Matt Wilson is an inventive and often humorous composer and bandleader, a virtuosic drummer, and appears in a wide variety of musical surroundings.  Together, these four create a blend of their commanding playing and their wonderful compositions that will close the Jazz Room Series out with a memorable musical event. 

    Admission: Public $15 • WP community and senior citizens $12 • Non-William Paterson students $8 • WP students admitted free with ID (1 ticket per student) at Box Office on day of show. Tickets are an additional $5 on show day.


     

  • WP New Music Ensemble
    May 06, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Recital Hall 101

    WP New Music Series

    WP New Music Ensemble

    The WP New Music Ensemble and faculty present compositions of faculty, students and alumni, celebrating the long-standing new music tradition at William Paterson University.


     

  • Piano Night: Romanticism and the 20th Century
    May 08, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
    Location: Shea Recital Hall 101

    WP Pianists present compositions of the Romantic and early 20th Century, featuring compositions of Margaret Bonds, Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade, as well as repertory favorites of Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and more.