Music Oct. 2-5: Homecoming concerts and historical keyboards

Several Cornell Department of Music ensembles present fall concerts as part of Homecoming weekend.

The annual Cornell Glee Club and Chorus Homecoming Concert takes place Friday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Conducted by Sean Linfors, "There and back again" features music that tells of journeys and returns, finishing with a few Cornell songs and choir favorites. Attendees of the concert can head over to the laser light show at Schoellkopf afterwards. Parents and families are welcome. Tickets are $3 and available at cornelltickets.com.

Then on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. in Bailey Hall, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra perform "Music in Motion," a program of music inspired by dance and dramatic motion. The Cornell Chamber Orchestra opens with Norman Dello Joio's vibrant Choreography, brought to life through a special collaboration with dancers from the Department of Performing and Media Arts, choreographed by Danielle Russo. Mozart's elegant and spirited Symphony No. 29 in A Major follows.

Additionally, there are two opportunities to hear instruments from the collection of the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards. On Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall, fortepianist Matthew Bengtson and cellist John Haines-Eitzen perform an evening of music by Beethoven.

The second iteration in the new series at the Johnson Museum of Art takes place in the Robinson Lecture Hall on Friday, Oct. 3 at 5:15 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibition Margarethe Geibel: The Goethe House Series.

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