Events

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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					Junior Recital Ana Howland, Piano 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Piano students of Brian Connelly 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Shepherd School Opera Handel’s Alcina 7:30pm Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera	Community Event Shepherd Alumni Tailgate Party on the Piazza 1:30pm Piazza Della Musica Junior Recital Anika Veda, Flute 2:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall New Art / New Music New Art / New Music 3:00pm Rice University Moody Center for the Arts Junior Recital Ryan Clever, Flute 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Junior Recital Camille Cole, Viola 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall
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Shepherd School Opera Handel’s Alcina 2:00pm Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Cancelled Doctoral Recital Jonathan Mak, Piano 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Junior Recital Kaoruko Hayashi, Piano 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall		Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra Virtuoso Spotlight 7:30pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Master’s Recital Colin Hill , Cello 12:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Master’s Recital Suseong Park, Violin 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Chamber Music for Percussion 7:30pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Sharing the Spotlight Ivo-Jan van der Werff & Friends 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Master’s Recital Jean Chien, Violin 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Master’s Recital Quincey Trojanowski , Bassoon 12:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Senior Recital Katie Butler, Violin 2:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Viola students of Ivo-Jan van der Werff 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Postponed Opera Ryan McKinny & Friends in Recital 7:30pm Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Senior Recital Sajdah Muhammad, Cello 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall
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Class Recital Piano students of Jeanne Kierman Fischer 12:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Postponed Opera Tonya and Ryan McKinny 2:00pm Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Class Recital Viola students of James Dunham 2:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Composer Forum Composers’ Forum 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Trumpet students of Barbara Butler 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Guest Artist Master Class Ruckus 2:30pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Senior Recital Maximus Gurath, Cello 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Junior Recital Miyabi Henriksen, Violin 7:00pm Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Sharing the Spotlight Brinton Averil Smith, Cello 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Class Recital Piano students of Jon Kimura Parker 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Senior Recital Benjamin D’Haiti, Trumpet 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Chamber Music Chamber Music for Brass 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Preparatory Program Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program Master Class 7:00pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Faculty & Guest Artist Recital Earl. 7:00pm Wortham Theatre at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Master’s Recital Hanna Hrybkova, Violin 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Prelude Concert 5:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 1 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 2 10:00am Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 3 1:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 4 4:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 5 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall
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Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 6 1:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 7 3:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Festival Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 8 5:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Junior Recital Jake Glaser, Clarinet 12:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Doctoral Recital Isaac Foreman, Piano 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Cello students of Brinton Averil Smith 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Guest Artist Master Class Bennewitz Quartet 12:00pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Junior Recital Najee Greenlee, Clarinet 12:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Master’s Recital Triniti Rives, Clarinet 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Houston Bennewitz Quartet with Arsentiy Kharitonov, Piano 7:30pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Junior Recital Ivan Wang, Cello 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Rice Chorale Rice Chorale 4:15pm Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Doctoral Chamber Recital Yu-Ming Ma, Violin 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Chamber Music Chamber Music for Winds 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Senior Recital Samantha St. John , Double Bass 12:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Violin students of Paul Kantor 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Cello students of Desmond Hoebig 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Hear&Now Hear&Now 7:30pm Wortham Theatre at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Junior Recital Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina, Violin 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Doctoral Recital Martin Jones, Organ 7:00pm Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Cello students of Norman Fischer 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Preparatory Program Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program 12:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Cancelled Master’s Recital Luke Oldroyd, Baritone 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Senior Recital Sebastian Berofsky, Cello 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall
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Rice University Ensemble Campanile Orchestra 4:00pm Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Master’s Recital Xingyi Betty Chen, Composer 7:00pm Wortham Theatre at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Master’s Recital Edmond Rodriguez, Tenor 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Class Recital Piano students of Brian Connelly 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Doctoral Recital Rebecca Benjamin, Viola 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall	Doctoral Recital Chennie Sung, Cello 5:00pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall Class Recital Violin students of Cho-Liang Lin 7:30pm Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Performances are subject to change without notice. Please check this calendar often for the most up-to-date information.

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Visitor Information

Located on the southwest side of Rice University’s campus, the Shepherd School of Music is best reached by using Campus Entrance 18 at the intersection of Rice Blvd. and Stadium Rd/Entrance 18 Rd.

The Shepherd School of Music has numerous performance spaces spread between two adjacent buildings, Alice Pratt Brown Hall and Brockman Hall for Opera. Morrison Theater, Patrons' Suite, and the Dean's Rehearsal Hall are located in Brockman Hall for Opera. Stude Concert Hall, Duncan Recital Hall, Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall, and Wortham Theatre are located in Alice Pratt Brown Hall.

Plan Your Visit

Box Office Information

Phone: 713-348-8000 (Monday through Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm)

Email: contactshepherd@rice.edu

In person: One hour prior to performances that are ticketed in the Grand Foyers of Stude Concert Hall and Brockman Hall for Opera

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Upcoming Events

Mon, Dec 2

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Zachary Wuorinen, Double Bass

Tue, Dec 3

Ed Barker, Double Bass

Students of Susan Lorette Dunn’s Presence on Stage

Violin students of Kathleen Winkler

Wed, Dec 4

Ed Barker, Double Bass

Kayleigh Kim, Violin

Thu, Dec 5

Saehyun Park, Piano

Shepherd School Chamber Players

Fri, Dec 6

Viola Holiday Concert

November 2024

Ana Howland, Piano

Piano students of Brian Connelly

Handel’s Alcina

Shepherd Alumni Tailgate Party on the Piazza

Anika Veda, Flute

New Art / New Music

Ryan Clever, Flute

Camille Cole, Viola

Handel’s Alcina

Jonathan Mak, Piano

Kaoruko Hayashi, Piano

Virtuoso Spotlight

Colin Hill , Cello

Suseong Park, Violin

Chamber Music for Percussion

Ivo-Jan van der Werff & Friends

Jean Chien, Violin

Quincey Trojanowski , Bassoon

Katie Butler, Violin

Viola students of Ivo-Jan van der Werff

Ryan McKinny & Friends in Recital

Sajdah Muhammad, Cello

Piano students of Jeanne Kierman Fischer

Tonya and Ryan McKinny

Viola students of James Dunham

Composers’ Forum

Trumpet students of Barbara Butler

Ruckus

Maximus Gurath, Cello

Miyabi Henriksen, Violin

Brinton Averil Smith, Cello

Piano students of Jon Kimura Parker

Benjamin D’Haiti, Trumpet

Chamber Music for Brass

Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program Master Class

Earl.

Hanna Hrybkova, Violin

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Prelude Concert

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 1

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 2

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 3

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 4

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 5

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 6

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 7

Fall Chamber Music Festival: Concert 8

Jake Glaser, Clarinet

Isaac Foreman, Piano

Cello students of Brinton Averil Smith

Bennewitz Quartet

Najee Greenlee, Clarinet

Triniti Rives, Clarinet

Bennewitz Quartet with Arsentiy Kharitonov, Piano

Ivan Wang, Cello

Rice Chorale

Yu-Ming Ma, Violin

Chamber Music for Winds

Samantha St. John , Double Bass

Violin students of Paul Kantor

Cello students of Desmond Hoebig

Hear&Now

Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina, Violin