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Tonight! 🎼 FREE ADMISSION CONCERT ! 🎶 7:00 PM. URI Fine Arts Center 🎻 🎻
05/21/2026

Tonight! 🎼 FREE ADMISSION CONCERT ! 🎶 7:00 PM. URI Fine Arts Center 🎻 🎻

🎶 Free Concert - This Thursday! 🎶You are cordially invited to a free admission concert this Thursday, May 21 at 7:00 PM ...
05/20/2026

🎶 Free Concert - This Thursday! 🎶

You are cordially invited to a free admission concert this Thursday, May 21 at 7:00 PM at the URI Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.

Join us for an inspiring evening featuring a chamber sinfonietta of distinguished URI faculty, alumni, and professional musicians from across New England, under the direction of Dr. Luis Viquez, Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

✨ Program Highlights

* Eliane Aberdam – Kaddishanta & Otohime
* Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 (Arr. Farrington)

🎶 Soloists
Logan Trotter, soprano
Joe Bentley, double bass

🎻 Featured Musicians
Alexey Shabalin (violin), Joyce Ryu (violin), Consuelo Sherba (viola), Fairies Deeb (cello), Mary Ellen Kregler (flute), Jane Murray (oboe), Vincent Dominguez (clarinet), Scott Bartlett (bassoon), Roger Caruk (horn), Longino Villareal (trumpet), Adam Hanna (trombone), Kyle Forsthoff (percussion), Michael Kelly (piano)

This special event is made possible through the support of the URI Division of Research and Economic Development and the Faculty Senate Committee on Research and Creative Activities.

Admission is free and open to all —we hope you’ll join us for this celebration of music! 🎵

This Thursday! Free Admission event URI Music Alumni Network
05/17/2026

This Thursday! Free Admission event
URI Music Alumni Network

On Thursday, May 21st at 7:00 pm, join us for a FREE ADMISSION CONCERT featuring a unique chamber ensemble of URI facult...
05/16/2026

On Thursday, May 21st at 7:00 pm, join us for a FREE ADMISSION CONCERT featuring a unique chamber ensemble of URI faculty, alumni, and local music professionals in a program showcasing the music of URI Music Professor and composition instructor Dr. Eliane Aberdam alongside Sibelius’s celebrated Symphony No. 2, under the direction of URI Director of Orchestral Studies Dr. Luis Viquez

📅 May 21st
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 URI Fine Arts Center – Concert Hall

Guest Soloists:

Logan Trotter – Soprano
Joseph Bentley – Double Bass

PROGRAM

🎼 Eliane Aberdam
“Kaddishanta” for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
&
“Otohime” Concerto for Double Bass

🎼 Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
(arr. Iain Farrington)

🎟 FREE ADMISSION

This event is made possible thanks to support from the URI Division of
Research and Economic Development and the Faculty Senate Committee on
Research and Creative Activities.

Calling all URI Music Alums and Friends of the URI Music Department! Come join Mark Conley and members of the URI Concer...
05/14/2026

Calling all URI Music Alums and Friends of the URI Music Department! Come join Mark Conley and members of the URI Concert Choir in Spain next late May / Early June for a performance of the Faure Requiem... AND and a separate concert featuring a new work by John Rutter, with the composer conducting! Mark has been invited by MidAm International to conduct the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès in Barcelona.  
There will be opportunities to rehearse in the new, improved Fine Arts Center just before leaving as well - so come see how much has changed since the last time you were here.  
You can contact Mark Conley directly for more information. We hope you can join your URI family for this unforgettable 8-day/7-night residency.
🎶 Make Music. We will… in Spain!

Calling all URI Music Alums and Friends of the URI Music Department! Come join Mark Conley and members of the URI Concer...
05/14/2026

Calling all URI Music Alums and Friends of the URI Music Department! Come join Mark Conley and members of the URI Concert Choir in Spain next late May / Early June for a performance of the Faure Requiem... AND and a separate concert featuring a new work by John Rutter, with the composer conducting! Mark has been invited by MidAm International to conduct the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès in Barcelona.

There will be opportunities to rehearse in the new, improved Fine Arts Center just before leaving as well - so come see how much has changed since the last time you were here.

You can contact Mark Conley directly for more information. We hope you can join your URI family for this unforgettable 8-day/7-night residency. 🎶 Make Music. We Will... in Spain!

05/13/2026

Join us for one or both weeks at the URI Summer Music Academy! We create pathways for students to participate in both large and small ensembles, giving everyone a chance to hone their listening, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Chamber concerts and large ensemble performances will take place at the end of Weeks 1 and 2, celebrating all of the hard work and music-making throughout the program!

Check the website for more details; we can’t wait for all of the music, friendships, and fun to begin on July 19, 2026!

Join us for a FREE ADMISSION CONCERT featuring a unique chamber ensemble of URI faculty, alumni, and local music profess...
05/11/2026

Join us for a FREE ADMISSION CONCERT featuring a unique chamber ensemble of URI faculty, alumni, and local music professionals in a program showcasing the music of URI Music Professor and composition instructor Dr. Eliane Aberdam alongside Sibelius’s celebrated Symphony No. 2, under the direction of URI Director of Orchestral Studies Dr. Luis Viquez

📅 May 21st
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 URI Fine Arts Center – Concert Hall

Guest Soloists:
Logan Trotter – Soprano
Joseph Bentley – Double Bass

PROGRAM
🎼 Eliane Aberdam
“Kaddishanta” for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
&
“Otohime” Concerto for Double Bass

🎼 Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
(arr. Iain Farrington)

🎟 FREE ADMISSION
This event is made possible thanks to support from the URI Division of Research.

05/02/2026

Our very own Dr. Luis Víquez, URI's Director of Orchestral Studies, will both perform as a clarinet soloist and conduct the Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John's - COBSJ tomorrow May 3 at 3:00 pm in works by Mozart and Beethoven.

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