Dec 5: Jazz Ensemble Concert

Monday, December 5, 2016

8:00 p.m.

Perimeter College Jazz Ensemble –

one of the most accomplished community big bands in the Atlanta area!

In addition to enjoying jazz standards and originals composed and arranged by many of the top writers in big band jazz, enjoy some holiday favorites, such as a theme and variations on Jingle Bells written by Greg McLean, PC Associate Professor of Music and Jazz Ensemble director.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021

 

 

Dec 4: Gala Holiday Concert

Gala Holiday Concert

December 4, 2016 @ 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Gala Holiday Concert @ Rialto Center for the Arts | Atlanta | Georgia | United States

Presented by Georgia State University School of Music

Get in the holiday spirit with the Georgia State University School of Music’s 19th-annual Gala Holiday Concert, a university-wide musical celebration. More than 200 student and faculty musicians from the Georgia State University Symphony Orchestra, choruses, Jazz Band and community ensembles will warm your heart as they perform beloved holiday favorites with an international twist. Bring the entire family and celebrate the season with this Atlanta holiday tradition!

Rialto Center for the Arts
Georgia State University
80 Forsyth Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303

Tickets $17 and up

CONTACT: Rialto Box Office,404-413-9849

Dec 3: GSU Holiday Gala Concert – Ticketed

Gala Holiday Concert

December 3, 2016 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Gala Holiday Concert @ Rialto Center for the Arts | Atlanta | Georgia | United States

Presented by Georgia State University School of Music

Get in the holiday spirit with the Georgia State University School of Music’s 19th-annual Gala Holiday Concert, a university-wide musical celebration. More than 200 student and faculty musicians from the Georgia State University Symphony Orchestra, choruses, Jazz Band and community ensembles will warm your heart as they perform beloved holiday favorites with an international twist. Bring the entire family and celebrate the season with this Atlanta holiday tradition!

Rialto Center for the Arts
Georgia State University
80 Forsyth Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303

Tickets $17 and up

CONTACT: Rialto Box Office,404-413-9849

12/1 Concert: Perimeter College Wind Ensemble

Thursday, December 1, 2016

8:00 p.m.

Perimeter College Community Wind Ensemble

The Wind Ensemble’s winter concert will include musical highlights from the movie “Frozen,” Polovetsian Dances by Borodon, and Saint-Saens’ Cavatine.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021

 

11/30 Recital: Perimeter College Student Musicians

Student Instrumental Recital

November 30, 1 p.m.

Students of the Perimeter College music program

will perform classical works they have studied this semester!

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021

 

Concert 11/16: DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra!

DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra

(the honor orchestra for the DeKalb County School District)

performs November 16, 2016 at 8 p.m.

Program Features

Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture – Franz von Suppe
Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 80 – Gabriel Faure
The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Arrangement – Calvin Custer
Conductor – Robert Goin
(Intermission)
Symphony No. 5 in e minor, op. 64 – Peter Ilitch Tschaikowsky
I. Andante: Allegro con anima
Danzas Cubanas – Robert Sheldon

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021

 

The DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra is made up of more than 70 musicians, aged 13 – 18, from high schools throughout the county.  The youth orchestra was started in 1967 to expand the musical horizon of DeKalb County’s young musicians as the string orchestra program developed in DeKalb County, part of metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  DYS is a symphony orchestra with strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion, with students auditioning for admission.  DYS has performed in Washington, D.C., Boston, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Lucerne, Paris, Budapest, Prague, Tinjian, Beijing, Rome, Florence, Venice, Montreal, Galway, Dublin, Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki and has performed several times at the Georgia Music Educator’s Association conference in Savannah.  Earl Kuutti has led the orchestra for the past 33 years.  DYS rehearses once every week during the school year at Chamblee High School and performs three regular free concerts (Fall, Winter, and Spring) on Georgia State University’s Clarkston campus.  DYS also presents an annual Youth Concert for the elementary string players in DeKalb County, giving them a chance to hear what they can achieve if they practice and continue to grow musically.

 

11/17 Concert: Perimeter College Chorale

Perimeter Chorale presents

Music on Music 

This eclectic program will feature everything from Renaissance madrigals to contemporary vocal jazz arrangements. Music with lyrics will reflect on beat, melody, voices and instruments. 

Thursday, November 17, 2016, 8 p.m.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.

 

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021

 

11/15 Julie Coucheron on piano: DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (ticketed)

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra is holding a concert featuring:

Julie Coucheron, piano

November 15, 2016, 8 p.m.

Georgia State University’s Perimeter College

Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus

Performing: Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto

Also on program: Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act III Lohengrin

              Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2

Tickets are $22, $20 Senior & $10 student. Contact for group rates.

The DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) plays up to 8 concerts each year including the Subscription Series, Children’s Concert, Picnic Pops Concerts, Free Community Concerts, and special performances. DSO has been housed since its inception at Georgia Perimeter College in Clarkston (now known as Perimeter College of Georgia State University’s Clarkston Campus); however DSO is a regional organization and is not limited to DeKalb County in its service, operations or personnel. DeKalb Symphony Orchestra is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Atlanta Coalition for the Performing Arts.

555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Map & DirectionsPhone: (678) 891-3565
Email: dso@DeKalbSymphony.org
Website: http://www.DeKalbSymphony.org

 

Author, Alice Hoffman, to speak at 25th Annual Book Festival, Nov 14

 Cattahoochee-Logo
The Chattahoochee Review (TCR) in partnership with the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) is pleased to support the 25th Annual Book Festival of the MJCCA. Taking place from November 5-20, the festival will feature a lineup of the year’s most exceptional authors, celebrities, and thought-leaders including Jonathan Safran Foer, Kenny Loggins, and Jeffrey Toobin.

In this, its fifth consecutive year of community partnership with the festival, The Chattahoochee Review is honored to have been selected to host New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the center’s Zaban Park facility.

faithfulMs. Hoffman will be discussing her latest novel, Faithful, in conversation with Melissa Long, Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter for Atlanta’s WXIA 11-Alive television station.

Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emotion—a moving portrait of a young woman finding her way in the modern world. For anyone who’s ever been a hurt teenager, for every mother of a daughter who has lost her way, Faithful is a roadmap.” (Source)

For details on how to purchase tickets to this year’s TCR partnership event with the Book Festival of the MJCCA, go to the journal’s blog, where more information about the event can also be found.

Save

Save

Save

Save

Express Yourself! (Open Mic!) on Nov 17 @ Decatur

The Georgia State University Perimeter College Decatur Writers Group presents “Express Yourself,” an Open Mic event and opportunity for students, faculty and staff to share their creative gifts and talents through spoken word, poetry, stand-up comedy, music and the like. Bring your talents. Let them shine!!

  • When? Wednesday, November 17, 2016: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • Where? Decatur Campus, SF building, Room 2100 

Lunch will be served. Interested presenters should sign-up no later than Monday, November 14, in the Decatur Learning and Tutoring Center, SF -1200.