This year, Fresno State is proud to welcome Prof. Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, one of the most notable musicians of his generation and respected mentor. He was Professor of Cello at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, President of the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan, Music Director of Kirishima International Music Festival, and is currently the President of the famed Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He is a recipient of the National Academy of Arts Prize in music by the Emperor, Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, the highest honor in Japan, and was awarded Person of Cultural Merit in 2013.
The Fresno State Music Department invites the community experience two nights of exquisite strings during the 2019 Fresno State Violin and Viola Festival concerts at 8 p.m., Oct. 4 and 5 at the Concert Hall, featuring renowned guest artists, violinist Martin Beaver, and violist, Che-Yen Chen.
French horn student Anthony Perez-Medina will perform as a featured soloist with the Fresno State Wind Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Gary P. Gilroy at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 in the Fresno State Concert Hall.
The concert marks the beginning of the Chamber Singers and Concert Choir Spring Choir Tour and will include be something for everyone with music by Poulenc, Palestrina, Whitacre, Forrest, Kverno and more.
The public is invited to the Fresno State Holiday Choral Concert “Here We Come A-Caroling” 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9 in the Concert Hall. Tickets are $12 general, $8 seniors and $5 for students. Music includes traditional holiday music and carols. The show will feature performances by the Fresno State Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Masterworks Chorus […]
The Fresno State Jazz Orchestra, Fresno State Wind Orchestra, and Bulldog Marching Band combine for the “Band Spectacular” at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 19th at the Fresno State Concert Hall. The fall tradition continues as three of Fresno State’s finest ensembles unite for an evening of music both inside the Concert Hall and on the […]
Indian slide guitarist Pandit Debasis Chakroborty will be performing with special guest Dr. Lovely Sharma on sitar, accompanied on the tabla by Pandit Shashanka Bakshi at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 in the Wahlberg Recital Hall located in the Music Building at Fresno State. General admission tickets are $15 and will be available for purchase […]
The Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series presents renowned Irish pianist Barry Douglas at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the Concert Hall at Fresno State. Douglas will perform works by Schubert, Brahms and Mussorgsky.
