Join us for an exciting and informative journey through the second two hundred years of the compelling art form of opera. The program will feature scenes, arias and duets from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri, Verdi’s La Traviata, Puccini’s La Bohème and more. Don’t miss this exciting program featuring
As part of the 66th Ojai Music Festival, six members of the Chapman Percussion Ensemble and adjunct professor of music Dr. Justin DeHart joined 40 additional percussionists from Southern California in a performance of John Luther Adams’ outdoor musical installation Inuksuit . The music featured a wide variety of exotic percussive music, including
When local teenagers sashayed onto a stage in Salmon Recital Hall, singing a lively Swahili song under the direction of an especially animated director, the energy level grew. And grew some more. Whoa, said Stephen Coker, D.M.A., associate professor and director of choral activities at Chapman University. Dial it down a bit. “If you
Get your whimsy fix this weekend with Opera Chapman as it presents Mozart’s fantastical fairy tale fantasy, The Magic Flute , which opens Friday, April 27, with a 7:30 p.m. performance at Memorial Hall. Mozart’s final opera has enchanted audiences for more than 220 years with its journey through strange lands full of
If you see a blur of musicians dashing by, it just might be the Chapman Chamber Orchestra. The Chapman University group, under the direction of Daniel Alfred Wachs, assistant professor and director of instrumental studies, has had an especially busy semester. Most recently the orchestra performed at the Orange County Museum of Art as part
The College of Performing Arts is pleased to announce an exciting new collaboration between the Pacific Symphony and Opera Chapman. Prior to the Pacific Symphony concerts on February 23, 24 & 25 and March 1, 2 & 3, Opera Chapman soloists performed musical selections in the lobby of the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The
A longstanding Chapman tradition, the Holiday Wassail has delighted sold-out capacity crowds for many years. We can trace the long history of the Holiday Wassail back to many familiar venues on our beautiful campus: intimate dinners in DeMille Hall, Argyros Forum, and most recently in the Bush Conference Center; holiday-themed concerts in Wilkinson Hall,