September

Afternoon Elegance 
- Early Music Recital

Sunday, September 9
 - 2:00 p.m.   -  Rowland Taylor Recital Hall

The Albany Consort of San Francisco plays the music of Bach, Rameau, Telemann, Biber, Handel and Matteis. Harpsichord, recorder, gamba and violin are featured in this early music recital.

Experience The Beat - North State Symphony

Saturday, September 22 - 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m.)   -   Cascade Theatre, Redding 

Sunday, September 23 - 2:00 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 1:00 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall)   -   Laxson Auditorium, Chico 

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Shostakovich, Jazz Suite #2; Dvorak Symphony #9. Kick off the season, and kick up your heels! Gershwin’s ever-popular, all-American Rhapsody in Blue plus Dvorak’s New World Symphony, two of our most-requested works!

Advance tickets range from $32 for premium seating to $6 for students and children. Chico tickets available at the University Box Office, corner Second Street and Normal Avenue. Chico Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone/online purchases; add $2 for tickets purchased at the door; for special needs seating call 530.898.6333. For Redding tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877

October

Hiestand Memorial Concert 
- Band


Saturday, October 13
 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Laxson Auditorium

Join us to honor the late Daniel Hiestand and to support the scholarship in his name. The Chico State Wind Ensemble will open the first half of the concert with the Alumni Band rounding out the second half. If you would like to participate in the Alumni Band, please call 530.898.5582. Free.

Experience the Intimate - NSS Chamber Music

Saturday, October 13  - 7:30 p.m.   -  Old City Hall, Redding 

Sunday, October 14 - 2:00 p.m.   -   Rowland Taylor Recital Hall 

Works for duos and trios presented in an intimate setting will delight the ears and feed the soul! Join members of the North State Symphony — Terri Baune (violin), Carol Jacobson (cello), Natalya Shkoda (piano) and Susie Lundberg (oboe) — as they perform Bacewicz’s Trio for Oboe, Violin and Cello, Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2.

Music for a Royal Court

Saturday, October 20 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

CSU, Chico choirs explore a variety of music written for the royals, including coronation anthems of Purcell and Handel. Also on the program is Parry’s I Was Glad, Tavener’s Song for Athene and madrigals by Moreley, Weelkes and Wilbye.

Shew In, Groove Out 
- Jazz X-Press


Saturday, October 27 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

The CSU, Chico Jazz X-Press proudly presents another evening of outstanding music with special guest Bobby Shew. Shew’s is a well-known trumpet player, having performed in many bands, including those of Buddy Rich, Elvis Presley, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Tommy Dorsey. A rare, not-to-be-missed concert!

November

Quasquicentennial - Symphonic Winds


 Saturday, November 3 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

Take a musical trip through band music performed over the past 125-years. The band will perform pieces by figures as diverse as Johannes Brahms and John Philip Sousa. Features Professor Rocky Winslow as the guest trumpet soloist.

Experience Mystery - North State Symphony

Saturday, November 10- 7:30 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall)   -   Laxson Auditorium, Chico  

Sunday, November 11 - 2:00 p.m. (Pre-concert talk at 1:00 p.m.)   -   Cascade Theatre, Redding  

Don’t miss this concert of orchestra spectaculars! NSS concert master, Terrie Baun, is featured in Berg’s Violin Concerto. Other works include R. Strauss’ romantic and sublime Der Rosenkavalier Suite and J. Strauss’ sparkling “Overture” from Die Fledermaus.

Advance tickets range from $32 for premium seating to $6 for students and children. Chico tickets available at the University Box Office, corner Second Street and Normal Avenue. Chico Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone/online purchases; add $2 for tickets purchased at the door; for special needs seating call 530.898.6333. For Redding tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877.

Cream & Sugar - Thank You Concert


Wednesday, November 14
 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

The concert band (cream) and Jazz II (sugar) have a special evening of music planned for you. The evening will include everything from overtures and marches to big band swing and fusion. Both groups will feature student guest conductors and student arrangements. Free.

December

Glorious Sounds of the Season

Friday, December 7 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

Saturday, December 8 - 7:30 p.m.   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

Sunday, December 9 - 2:00 p.m.
   -   Harlen Adams Theatre

Harlen Adams Theatre

This festive concert, a Chico holiday tradition, features music for the season. Performers include the 200-voice Choral Union, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz X-Press, several chamber ensembles and the University Organ, as well as the Children’s Choir of Chico.

Advance tickets, at $20 for all seats, available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Experience the Season - North State Symphony
 Christmas Concert

Friday, December 14 - 7:30 p.m.

Chico (location TBA)

Saturday, December 15 - 7:30 p.m.

State Theatre, Red Bluff

Sunday, December 16 - 2:00 p.m.

Our Lord of Mercy Church, Redding

‘Tis the season for the North State Symphony’s traditional Christmas concert! The NSS baroque ensemble performs gorgeous Christmas works and beautiful arrangements of your favorite carols. Chico State vocalist Heather Rice, a recent NSS Young Artist Audition Winner, is featured in selections from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Concert sponsors include Red Emmerson and Maria Ecosa-Emmerson. Tickets available at the door and also by calling the NSS Office, 530.898.5984.

February

North State Symphony: Young Artists Auditions

Sunday, February 17 - Noon

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Each year young classical musicians from the North State area compete in high school and university divisions of auditions sponsored by the Chico Guild and Redding League on behalf of the North State Symphony. First-place winner in each division wins the opportunity to solo with the NSS the following year. The public is invited to watch the students as they audition. Free.

Experience Charm - North State Symphony

Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. *Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m.
 

Cascade Theatre, Redding 

Sunday, February 24 at 2 p.m. Pre-concert talk at 1 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
  

Laxson Auditorium, Chico

The North State Symphony’s first concert of the new year shines a spotlight on the last great work written by the greatest composer of all time — Mozart’s charming and powerful Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter.” Also on the program is Barber’s Violin Concerto, “Mvt. 1,”  featuring 2012 Young Artist Audition Winner Nellie Ponarul, and Honegger’s delicate and graceful Symphony No. 4, a tribute to his home city of Basel. 

Advance tickets range from $32 for premium seating to $6 for students and children. Chico tickets available at the University Box Office, corner Second Street and Normal Avenue. Chico Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone/online purchases; add $2 for tickets purchased at the door; for special needs seating call 530.898.6333. For Redding tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877.

Honoring Alfred Loeffler: New Music Symposium

Thursday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. - Rowland Taylor Recital Hall  

Student Composers

Don’t miss this highlight of the season — an evening of original music from student composers and musicians. Free.

March

Honoring Alfred Loeffler: New Music Symposium

Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. - Rowland Taylor Recital Hall

Composer Paul Dresher

Acclaimed composer Paul Dresher, along with percussionist Joel Davel, perform a program of original compositions for electric guitar, quadrachord and marimba lumina, which combine elements of minimalism, rock’n’ roll, non-western music and electronics. Free.

Piano: 15th Kruschke Piano Competition

Saturday, March 2 - Noon

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Don’t miss outstanding California high school and college pianists as they vie for the $2,000 prize awarded by Marilyn Ann Kruschke. For more information, please visit the competition’s website or contact Dr. Natalya Shkoda at 530.898.4043. Free.

Theatre: 12 Ophelias

Wednesday, March 6 – Sat., March 9 at 7:30 p.m., Sun., March 10 at 2 p.m., Tues., March 12 – Thurs., March 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Wismer Theatre

Wismer Theatre

Shakespeare’s Ophelia finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy and nothing is what it seems. Ophelia cuts a new path for herself in this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Third and Chestnut Streets. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Experience the Lyrical - NSS Spring Chamber Music Concert

Saturday, March 9 - 7:30 p.m. 

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico

Sunday, March 10 - 2 p.m. 

Old City Hall, Redding

The North State Symphony’s second chamber music offering of the 2012-2013 season features jazzy and light-hearted pieces. For this concert a “micro” NSS orchestra led by Maestro Kyle Wiley Pickett performs Beethoven’s Septet, Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 and Martinu’s Le Revue de Cuisine – Jazz Suite.

Advance tickets are $20 for adults and seniors and $6 for students and children. Chico tickets available at the University Box Office, corner Second Street and Normal Avenue, and online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone/online purchases; add $2 for tickets purchased at the door; for special needs seating call 530.898.6333. For Redding tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877.

Bach’s German Organ Mass

Friday, March 15 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre stage

San Francisco organist Angela Kraft Cross plays selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Clavierubungen III (also known as the German Organ Mass), including the mighty “E-flat Prelude and Fugue,” on the newly refurbished Centennial Pipe Organ.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

The Glorious Baroque: Bach and Beyond

Saturday, March 16 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre

The North Valley Chamber Chorale and CSU, Chico music students perform music of Bach and his Baroque contemporaries in this eclectic concert. Works by Bach, Handel, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Pergolesi and others will be featured.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

April

Theatre: On the Verge

Tuesday, April 2 – Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. / Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m.

Wismer theatre

This barebones production follows three Victorian lady adventurers as they spin through time travel in a play that is both joyfully feminist as well as a masterpiece of rhythm and word.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Third and Chestnut Streets. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

North State Symphony: Gala Fundraisers

Thursday, April 11

Butte Creek Country Club, Chico

Saturday, April 20

Riverview Country Club, Redding

Fine dining, fine music and two opportunities to support the North State Symphony! The Chico Guild’s scholarship fundraiser, Mad About Music, on April 11 features a gourmet dinner, musical entertainment, raffle and silent auction; call 530.898.5984. The Redding League’s Sounds of the Symphony: A Showcase for Support on April 20th will be a grand affair held in a beautiful riverfront setting; call 530.547.3321.

Symphonic Winds: Catfish Row

Saturday, April 13 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre

Written by George Gershwin, our concert version of Porgy and Bess, featuring soprano Daun Weiss and baritone Chris Withrow, includes such pieces as “Summertime” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing.” The band also performs aqq by Bert Appermont, featuring Professor Tobin Roye on guitar and student Chris Navarrete on trumpet, and the Fenland Suite with Professor Emeritus David Rothe playing the Centennial Pipe Organ.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Thank You Concert: Vinegar & Oil

Wednesday, April 17 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre

The concert band (vinegar) and Jazz II (oil) join forces to provide a wide array of concert music, including the music of Bach, Reed, Barnes and big band music, fusion, all in one concert! Free.

Chico State Guitar Ensemble: Closer to the Heart

Friday, April 19 - 7:30 p.m

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Talented classical guitar students perform solos, duos and quartets, alongside Program Director Tobin Roye. The concert explores a repertoire ranging from Bach to the Beatles, and it culminates with works performed by the full, 15-member guitar ensemble.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Choral Concert: Sacred & Profane

Saturday, April 20 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre

The University Chorus sings selections from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, while the A Cappella Choir sings a variety of pieces, including Benjamin Britten’s Sacred and Profane.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Jazz X-Press: Jazz X-Pressions

Saturday, April 27 - 7:30 p.m.

Harlen Adams Theatre

The CSU, Chico Jazz X-Press invites you to a personal night of music expression. This concert intends to focus on music created and expressed by members of the Jazz X-Press for the Jazz X-Press.

Advance tickets, at $15 general, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Second Street and Normal Avenue. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

May

2013 Spring Musical: The Music Man

Wednesday, May 1 – Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m.
Laxson Auditorium

Laxson Auditorium, Chico

Fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band, but his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian.

Advance tickets, at $20 premium, $16 general, $14 senior citizens, and $10 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, corner of Third and Chestnut Streets. Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone and online ticket purchases. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door. For special needs seating call 530.898.6333.

Experience Joy - North State Symphony

Saturday, May 11 - 7:30 p.m. *Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Laxson Auditorium, Chico

Sunday, May 12 - 2 p.m. * Pre-concert talk at 1 p.m.

Cascade Theatre, Redding

This not-to-be-missed season-ending concert by the North State Symphony features a full-length performance of one of the greatest orchestral works of all-time, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Joined by chorus and guest vocalists the NSS’ performance of “the 9th” promises to be thrilling, uplifting and, need we say, “live and loud.” This concert is sure to sell out, so get your tickets early!

Advance tickets range from $32 for premium seating to $6 for students and children. Chico tickets available at the University Box Office, corner Second Street and Normal Avenue. Chico Tickets are also available online at the University Box Office or by phone, 530.898.6333; additional $4 handling fee for phone/online purchases; add $2 for tickets purchased at the door; for special needs seating call 530.898.6333. For Redding tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877.