CSI in the News October 2011 - CSI Today

For the Viva Italia Contest Finale at Wagner College on Sunday (4 p.m. in the Campus Hall PerformanceCenter) the College Choir, Chamber Singers and Treble Chamber Singers will perform sacred works andopera choruses by Italian composers as well as a medley from Adam Guettal’s “The Light in the Piazza,” (inwhich Florence, Italy, plays an essential role).Music faculty members Alan Dornak, Janet Pranschke, Elizabeth McCullough and James Sergi, who willperform scenes from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Verdi’s “La Traviata.”MONDAY: CSI CHAMBER MUSIC & ST. ALBAN’S SERIESCollege of Staten Island faculty, led by pianist Sylvia Kahan and united under the banner Chamber MusicCollective of CSI, will play chamber concertos by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, withsome special guests, the Tottenville High School String Orchestra.The 7:30 concert will be given in the Center for the Arts on the Willowbrook campus.And beyond: The excellent Music at St. Albans series, a bright spot on the musically under-served SouthShore, launches its season Oct. 30 at 3:30 p.m. with “A Greek Musical Odyssey” starring soprano JulieZiavras , pianist Spiro Cardamis and bouzouki player Kostas Psarros. (at St. Albans Episcopal Church inEltingville. Seats, $25 and $20.The same afternoon (3 p.m.), the Serenade Series at Christ Episcopal Churchin New Brighton will present Sandro Russo, a pianist prized for his sensitive work on difficult showpiececompositions by Liszt, Chopin and others. Admission is free but donations are accepted.© 2011 SILive.com. All rights reserved.Page 10 of 154