CONCERTS AT BATES
All concerts will be held in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, unless otherwise noted.
Admission is FREE, except where noted, but tickets are required.
Reserve tickets at batesconcerts.eventbrite.com.
For additional information, please call 207-786-6135 or email olinarts@bates.edu.
All performances are subject to change.
Upcoming Concerts
Saturday Nov 14
Bates College Orchestra
7:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: Experience an evening of live classical music as the Bates College Orchestra takes the stage. The program features the spirited energy of Beethoven’s…
Monday Nov 16
An Evening of Music with Kafari
7:00 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: Kafari, the musical alias of Portland, Maine-based Ahmad Muhammad, performs recent works with the Juno-106, jazz samples, rhythm bones, and dreamlike electronic textures…
Monday Nov 30
Bates Jazz Band
7:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: Director Larry Williams and Bates students present an array of classic and current jazz songs.
Wednesday Dec 2
Bates Piano Studio Recital, The Students of Chiharu Naruse
4:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: The students of Chiharu Naruse present an always ambitious concert of classical piano music.
Wednesday Dec 2
The Bates Brass Ensemble and Steel Pan Orchestra
7:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: One of our most popular events of the semester, don’t miss out on the fun!
Thursday Dec 3
Bates Voice Studio Recital, The Students of Joelle Morris and Jazmin DeRice
7:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: Join these brave students as they sing their hearts out!
Friday Dec 4
Bates College Choir Presents – Verses Reimagined: Choral Settings by Bates Composers, featuring works by Cannon Carr ’29, Owen Ferguson ’25, Brian Shankar Adler (applied music faculty), and Professors Hiroya Miura, Asha Tamirisa, and Sepehr Pirasteh
7:30 pm
Presented By: The Bates Department of Music: The Bates College Choir presents original compositions and arrangements by Bates composers. Every piece sets a beloved work of poetry, from Rumi to…
Sunday Dec 6
Gamelan
3:00 pm
Presented By: The Bates Depaertment of Music: Traditional and contemporary gamelan music from West and Central Java. Beginning gamelan students perform what they’ve been working on this fall.