Music in the Stacks

Just in time for the holidays, Penn Flutes, one of the largest active flute choirs in the United States, will perform a concert of seasonal favorites in the lobby of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

In this installment, a celebration of the art of chamber music, ensembles in the Penn Chamber music program will come together for an intimate and inspiring program.

In the season opener, Penn Flutes will perform in the lobby of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

Students from the Penn “Flow” Chinese-Western Chamber Music Ensemble will perform in Van Pelt Library's main lobby. The ensemble features an innovative orchestration that juxtaposes Chinese instruments such as erhu side-by-side with Western instruments such as the violin.

Penn Flutes (in full force) perform in Van Pelt Library's main lobby. This program will feature Irish tunes. A post-spring break treat!

Penn Flutists perform duos and quartets in the Van Pelt Library's main lobby. This program will feature a new piece called Traveling for alto and C flute, and then a quartet by Casterede called Flutes en Vacation. A post-spring break treat!

Back by popular demand, this wonderful group of flutists will present a holiday-themed program. This concert will take place in the main lobby of Van Pelt (first floor near entrance).

The recital is part of an ongoing exhibit project about the Turkish four reed-Ney instruments acquired by the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania as a gift given by Sarah Frishmuth, renowned collector of antique musical instruments at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The recital offers an organological contribution informed by the ethnomusicological research on Muslim mysticism and listening by Juan Castrillón (PhD student, Penn).

The intimate group of flutists known as the "Library Choir" will perform music from Holst's The Planets, de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.