Date: December 11, 2009 8:00pm - December 12, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Most Holy Redeemer Parish, 100 Diamond St., San Francisco

The SF State Chamber Singers and University Chorus perform their annual celebration of holiday music, amid the glow of candles.

Date: December 2, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall

Students perform scenes from well-known operas including L’Amico Fritz, Yeoman of the Guard, Old Maid and the Thief, L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Cosi fan tutte.

Date: March 14, 2010 3:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre

The only ensemble of its kind ever to win first prize of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the New Century Saxophone Quartet brings its pioneering and versatile sound to the Morrison Artists Series at SF State. The quartet is winning new-found enthusiasm for its repertory, ranging from Bach’s complete The Art of the Fugue to innovative contemporary works.

Date: November 16, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall

Performing “All Things Californian,” this big band takes you on a musical journey of our state.

Date: December 3, 2009 8:00pm - December 13, 2009 2:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Little Theatre

In this modern classic of 20th century drama, Luigi Pirandello depicts the compelling story of an Italian aristocrat who suffers amnesia after a severe fall in an equestrian escapade. He wakes up thinking he is Henry The Fourth of the German Holy Roman Empire. Modern psychiatry bursts violently into this world of masquerade and illusion when his friends permit a less-than-expert psychologist to conduct a peculiar “shock treatment” involving medieval portraits that transform themselves into living figures, an experiment that invites unforeseen disaster. Translated by Edward Storer.

Date: December 3, 2009 8:00pm - December 5, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre

Intersections of the Old and New presents advanced student choreography exploring diversity, expressing complex emotion and observing the iconic intricacies of modern life. Thirteen student voices offer a wide range of dynamic pieces, including a sophisticated twist on traditional tap, experimental theatre-dance fusion, modern, hip-hop, contemporary, abstract, gestural quirky and a fascinating fusion of modern movement with exotic belly dance. As varied as these dance forms are, a common ground exists—the desire to explore and express personal creativity through movement.

Date: November 20, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, McKenna Theatre

The 40-member SF State Gospel Choir will perform a mix of traditional and contemporary songs, including Richard Smallwood’s Anthem of Praise—backed by the SF State Orchestra. Guest appearances by Stellar Award nominee Malcolm Williams and the San Jose State Gospel Choir.

Date: November 19, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall

Student vocalists perform with Brazil Vox, a Bay Area-based Brazilian music band. Professor Victoria Neve stops by to play a Thelonious Monk-based piano composition by George Crumb. The Afro-Cuban Ensemble of SF State has a loyal following on and off campus, performing a wide variety of Latin jazz genres, from traditional and folkloric Afro-Cuban styles to the most contemporary sounds.

Date: November 18, 2009 8:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall

Instrumental bands present their take on the standards of straight-ahead, post-bop jazz.

Date: November 7, 2009 3:00pm
Location: Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall

Professor William Corbett-Jones leads a concert of contemporary music in memory of alumna Margery C. Tede, a mezzo-soprano well known in the Bay Area for her luminous voice and support of the arts.