Spring Semester Music and Theatre Performances Announced

Marywood University’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance has announced its schedule for performances throughout the spring semester.

The following concerts and events presented by the department are free and open to the public. If a signature event does require a modest admission fee, it will be noted in the information about the performance. Proceeds from any event that includes admission costs are used exclusively to support Marywood students’ performances.

FEBRUARY:

• February 15, 7:30 PM, Orchestra Concert, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life: The Marywood Orchestra's Winter Concert features a colorful marimba concerto by the Brazilian percussionist Ney Rosauro, performed by the winner of our 2024 Marywood Concerto Competition, Ben Werle. The concerto will be paired by two masterpieces of early romanticism—Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
  
  
• February 20-21-22 at 7:30 PM and February 23 at 2 PM, Musical: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812, often simply referred to as The Great Comet, is a brilliant, thrilling, and incredibly popular new musical that had a highly succesful braodway run, starrring Josh Groban, from 2016-2017. Author and composer Dave Malloy describes Great Comet as, "an electro-pop opera ripped from a slice of Tolstoy's War and Peace." It's a love story, it's a coming-of-age story, it's a midlife crises story, it's classical, it's contemporary, it's new, it's bold, it's The Great Comet of 1812! Tickets are $15 for General Admission, $10 for Students, or free with a Marywood I.D. and for IHM Sister. Tickets scan be purchased online at https://marywood.universitytickets.com or in advance or at the door.

MARCH:

• March 2, 3 PM, Northeastern Youth Wind Ensemble Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  The Northeastern Youth Wind Ensemble is affiliated with American Youth Ensembles, offering middle and high school musicians an opportunity to perform with other student instrumentalists who simply enjoy making music. They will perform a variety of repertoire ranging from traditional (transcriptions, marches and works of serious and artistic merit) to cutting-edge contemporary composition and music from popular media venues.
  
  
• March 29 at Noon, Children’s Theatre: Hansel and Gretel, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  The retelling of a classic German fairy tale where siblings Hansel and Gretel find themselves alone in the forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of sweet treats. Hansel and Gretel must save themselves by outsmarting the witch.

APRIL:

• April 4, 8 PM, Jazz Ambassadors Concert, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life
  Featuring iconic blues, funk, and swing charts - the Marywood Jazz Ambassadors in concert will explore the lasting charm of mid-century jazz with captivating arrangements, smooth style, impressive technique, and a profound dedication to the blues.
  
  
• April 5, 7:30 PM, Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra's spring concert will feature two French works: Ernest Chausson's Symphony in B-flat, considered the composer's greatest masterpiece, and the charming suite "Feuillets de Voyage" by Florent Schmitt.
  
  
• April 6, 3 PM, Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra Concert, Kirby Center for Creative Arts, Wyoming Seminary
  Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra's spring concert will feature two French works: Ernest Chausson's Symphony in B-flat, considered the composer's greatest masterpiece, and the charming suite "Feuillets de Voyage" by Florent Schmitt.
  
  
• April 13, 2 PM, Tutti Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  Music has the power to inspire, connect, and heal, which is exactly what the Tutti Ensemble is all about. Since 2016, Marywood University’s music therapy and music education students have collaborated to make this innovative adaptive music program possible, empowering individuals with diverse abilities to make music together. This semester’s free concert is especially meaningful, as it takes place during World Music Therapy Week. Celebrate the incredible achievements of our ensemble members as they showcase their talents, and enjoy a special interactive lobby experience to learn more about the transformative power of music therapy.
  
  
• April 13, 4 PM, Wind Symphony Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  Marywood's Wind Ensemble performs literature by Samuel Hazo, John Barnes Chance, Frank Ticheli, and others. A special highlight of the concert will be a performance of “My Life Flashed Before My Eyes,” by Marywood's own, Dr Diogo Carvalho
  
  
• April 25, 7:30 PM, Carmina Burana, with the Marywood Concert Choir and Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, at the F. M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA
  The Marywood Concert Choir will join forces with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic to present one of the most popular and exciting musical works for chorus and orchestra, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Visit nepaphil.org to purchase tickets for this not-to-be-missed event.
  
  
• April 27, 7 PM, Percussion Ensemble Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  The Marywood University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Steven Mathiesen, will present a free program of chamber music for percussion instruments. The program will include works by Alejandro Rutty, Chick Corea, and arrangements by Clair Musser of works by Anton Rubinstein and Albert Ketelbey.
• April 28, 7:30 PM, String Ensemble Concert, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life
  The University String Ensemble will give a free performance of Bloch's Concerto Grosso for strings and piano and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
• April 29, 7:30 PM, Evening Of Strings, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life
  Marywood String Majors will give a free performance of solo music for violin, viola, cello, and bass.

MAY:

• May 3, 7 PM, Guitar Ensemble Concert, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life
  An Intimate Latin Night With the Marywood Guitar Program, with Marywood's Guitar Ensemble, Beginning Guitar Class, and String Project Guitar, features Latin music from around the world, including Gabriel Fauré's Pavane and Maddalena Casulana's Amor per qual cagion.
• May 4, 2 PM, Chamber Singers Concert, Marian Chapel, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life
  Before embarking on its spring tour to Florida, Chamber Singers will present a free concert that includes motets by Orlando di Lasso and sacred and secular music from the American, English, and Eastern European choral traditions, as well as vocal jazz.

• May 5, 6:30 PM, String Project Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  String Project Spring Gala Concert, featuring Grammy-nominated guest artist, Nick Revel. This will be a culmination of a semester-long project exploring and creating new forms of notation and composition with students ages 4-18 and Marywood string students.
  
  
• 5/9/2025, 7:30 PM, Orchestra Concert, Munley Theatre, Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts
  The Marywood Orchestra's season finale features two Marywood string faculty, Sophie Till and Christiane Vaida, on the Double Concerto of Johannes Brahms.