Schedule of Concerts and Recitals

Performances with an * can be watched on the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department Facebook page.

Fall 2022 Recitals and Concerts

September 22 Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Faculty Recital: Dr. Rebecca Geihsler and Mrs. Sarah Waters Enjoy an evening of vocal duets from the Renaissance to the Romantic era, joined by Dr. Tanja Miric, guitar, and Mr. Daniel Jones, piano/organ. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm.
October 25 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Shoe Bird Cafe	Student Composers Concert Preview The Composers Forum brings an interactive preview of compositions and improvisations featured on next week’s concert. Enjoy FIKA at the Shoe Bird Café and join us in bringing newly minted music to life. Complimentary admission. FIKA starts at 7 pm.
November 1 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Instrumental Rehearsal Hall	Student Composers Concert XXVII The Composers Forum invites you to participate with Belhaven student composers and performers in making new music. Join us as we bring freshly fabricated compositions and improvisations to life. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
November 11 Friday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Symphony Orchestra Concert You don’t want to miss an evening of profound symphonic masterworks performed by the Belhaven University Symphony Orchestra. On tonight’s concert you will hear the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius and his triumphant Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43 and from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, the all-time audience's delighted, "Prelude to Act 1.” Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
November 15 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Belhaven Chorale and Vocal Chamber Ensemble Join us for an evening of beautiful vocal music for large and small ensemble presented by the Belhaven Chorale and Vocal Chamber Ensemble. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 p.m. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
November 21 Monday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Best of Belhaven Showcase The Music Department presents the most outstanding student performances of the semester on one concert. Musical variety and excellence are the gifts from our student performers to you. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
December 2-3 Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Belhaven Bowl Stadium	The 90th Annual Singing Christmas Tree Voices! Carols! Lights! The Belhaven University Singing Christmas Tree is the oldest continuous outdoor singing Christmas tree tradition in North America. Mr. Tim Walker conducts the tree made up of Belhaven Choral Arts singers along with additional students, faculty, staff, alumni, and choristers from area churches, in collaboration with Belhaven’s other fine arts programs. Together we join forces to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas! Complimentary admission. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.

Spring 2023 Recitals and Concerts

January 28 Saturday, 7:00 PM Center for the Arts Concert Hall	C2 Arts Concert: Community and Collaboration This event features dance companies, schools, and ministries from the community alongside collaborative works created from the Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Art, Film, and Graphic Design Departments. General Admission, $10, Seniors/Students $5. Complimentary admission for Belhaven Faculty/Staff/Students and immediate families. Doors open at 6:30pm.
March 21 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Shoe Bird Café	Student Composers Concert Preview The Composers Forum brings an interactive preview of compositions and improvisations featured on next week’s concert. Enjoy FIKA at the Shoe Bird Café and join us in bringing newly minted music to life. Complimentary admission. FIKA starts at 7 pm.
March 24 Friday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Belhaven Strings & Orchestra Showcase Please come to cerebrate and enjoy an evening with Belhaven University’s outstanding string soloists, chamber ensembles and the Symphonic Orchestra. You are guaranteed a night full of musical variety and delight! Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
March 25 Saturday, 2 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	All-State Strings Festival Concert Mississippi All-State String Orchestra consists of talented pre-collegiate string students from all over Mississippi. This concert is the culmination of their two-day intensive orchestra training. Please come to support our young generation of talented Mississippi musicians. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 1:30 pm.
March 28 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Instrumental Rehearsal Hall	Student Composers Concert XXVIII The Composers Forum invites you to participate with Belhaven student composers and performers in making new music. Join us as we bring freshly fabricated compositions and improvisations to life. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 pm. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.
April 17 Monday, 7:30 p.m. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall	Best of Belhaven II and Music Awards The Music Department presents the most outstanding student performances of the semester on one concert. We will also present music awards to several of our talented majors. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 p.m. Watch the livestream on the Belhaven University Music Department page on Facebook.