Duke University’s music department presents many free concerts, lectures and master classes throughout the year, open to the public. Here’s a list of some of the upcoming free events. Follow the links for information on location. Visit Duke University Music Department’s website for the full list.
Follow the link for each event for more information, including the specific location within the building.
Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – 7:00pm
Event Price:
Free
East Duke Building, 1304 Campus Drive, Durham
Advanced musicians in the chamber music program perform works from the 18th-21st centuries, including Quartet in D Major for flute and strings K. 285 by W.A. Mozart, String Quartet in E minor “From My Life” by Bedrich Smetana, Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7 by Zoltan Kodaly, Quartet for Piano and Strings Op. 30 by Ernest Chausson, Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” by Antonin Dvorak, Quintet for Piano and Strings in A, Op. 81 by Dvorak, and works for saxophone quartet by Philip Glass, Selena Gomez, and Camilla Cabello.
Duke Chorale Celebration Concert
Friday, April 20, 2018 – 8:00pm
Event Price:
Free
Biddle Music Building, 9 Brodie Gym Drive, Durham
The Duke Chorale, directed by Rodney Wynkoop, presents a celebration concert featuring highlights from the group’s 2017-18 season. The Chorale will perform an eclectic array of selections ranging from the Baroque to modern, including folksongs and spirituals. The Duke Chorale is a primarily undergraduate concert choir at Duke University, performing an extensive repertoire of choral pieces, ranging from Renaissance German and French works to Latin Requiems and spirituals. The Chorale performs numerous concerts around central North Carolina each year and makes an annual concert tour over spring break. This spring, the Chorale toured the Northeastern United States. Refreshments served.
Duke Opera Workshop Performance: Operas Comic and Comique
Saturday, April 21, 2018 – 8:00pm
Event Price:
Free
Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus Drive, Durham
Opera excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, The Elixir of Love, and Carmen, sung in English with costumes and staging. Piano accompaniment by David Heid.
Duke Opera Workshop Performance: Operas Comic and Comique
Sunday, April 22, 2018 – 3:00pm
Event Price:
Free
Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus Drive, Durham
Opera excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, The Elixir of Love, and Carmen, sung in English with costumes and staging. Piano accompaniment by David Heid.
Organ Recital Series – David Briggs, FRCO
Sunday, April 22, 2018 – 5:00pm
Event Price:
Free
Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham
David Briggs, FRCO, recently appointed Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, has built a worldwide reputation as a dazzling performer and creative improviser. In recent years he has become increasingly sought after for his organ arrangements of massive orchestral scores. The final concert of this season’s series will feature Briggs performing his transcription of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection). He will be joined by a choir and soloists under the direction of Dr. Rodney Wynkoop. A recent review extolled David Briggs’s playing as “unquestionably marvellous: shapely, virtuosic, and poetic in turns,” and lauded his “stupendous technical brilliance, musical imagination of the first order, and breathless inspiration” (The Organists’ Review).—–A staple of the Chapel Music calendar, the Organ Recital Series showcases internationally acclaimed organists performing beloved favorites, modern masterpieces, and original improvisations. The Chapel’s Aeolian, Flentrop, and Brombaugh organs are all featured in this series.Parking will be available for $5 in the Bryan Center Parking Garage. ADA parking will be in the Bryan Center Surface Lot.
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