Upcoming Concerts & Performances
9 upcoming concerts and performances from Bridgewater State University, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →
Tue Oct 6 · 7:00pm
Billed as “Nature Unbound: Music Inspired by the Great Outdoors,” the concert centres on Poulenc’s The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant, his setting of Jean de Brunhoff’s picture book for narrator and piano, with Jim Crowley of the English department narrating and Deborah Nemko of the music department at the piano. Also on the programme are Sibelius’s The Pines, Rachmaninoff’s Lilacs and Gershwin’s Promenade (Walking the Dog).
Fri Oct 23 – Sat Oct 31
Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel follows Orlando, a young nobleman at the court of Elizabeth I who lives on for more than three centuries, wakes one morning as a woman, and carries on into the twentieth century. Ruhl, a MacArthur Fellow, was twice a Pulitzer finalist, for The Clean House and In the Next Room.
Thu Nov 5 · 7:00pm
Bridgewater State University’s Wind Ensemble, directed by Donald Running, plays a programme of large-ensemble pieces by several composers. The group’s repertoire spans classic and contemporary wind-band literature, from standards by Holst, Grainger, Sousa and Alfred Reed to local, regional and world premieres, and its concerts often feature faculty and students as soloists. Admission is free, with no tickets required.
Fri Nov 6
Bridgewater State University’s Chorale, directed by Bradford Dumont, sings a mix of classical and contemporary pieces. Open to anyone in the university community, the Chorale is the larger choir from which the auditioned, largely a cappella Chamber Singers are drawn, and the university’s choral forces have recently sung Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation and Fauré’s Requiem. Admission is free, with no tickets required.
Sat Nov 14 – Sun Nov 15
Sat Nov 14 / Sun Nov 15
A two-day festival led by Bridgewater State’s Social Justice Choir of Southeastern New England, joined by singers from UMass Dartmouth and the wider community in what the university calls “music with a message.” The choir rehearses and performs music that carries a message of social justice, including repertoire by underrepresented composers, and takes part in non-musical projects that benefit the communities it shares. Admission is free.
Fri Dec 4 – Sun Dec 6
Fri Dec 4 · 7:30pm / Sat Dec 5 · 7:30pm / Sun Dec 6 · 2pm
BSU Dance's annual winter concert, billed as a celebration of "life, art, and dance," brings together choreography by faculty members, guest artists and the department's advanced students. WinterDance is one of two student-based concerts the Department of Dance stages each year, alongside a residency performance with professional artists.
Wed Dec 9 · 6:30pm
Bridgewater State’s Social Justice Choir of Southeastern New England takes its repertoire off campus into the town’s public library, a month after its two-day festival with singers from UMass Dartmouth and the wider community. The choir performs music that carries a message of social justice, including work by underrepresented composers, and joins non-musical efforts that benefit the communities it serves. Admission is free.
Thu Dec 10 · 8:00pm
Bridgewater State's percussion ensemble performs West African drumming repertory in the Horace Mann Auditorium. The department's own description runs to a single line and names no pieces, no guest artists and no director. It is one of a sequence of department ensemble concerts running through the end of the autumn semester.
Sat Dec 12 · 7:00pm
Every ensemble in the Bridgewater State music department — wind, choral and percussion — comes together for a holiday programme that closes the autumn semester. The department has posted the date and that description and no repertoire. It is the last of the department's concerts before the winter break.
