Special Events
Event Details
Advanced Study Ensembles Student Recital
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3:00 p.m.
PNC Bank*Presser Recital Hall, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
Featuring works by Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel and others. Reception with the performers to follow, with special thanks to Moore Brothers Wine Company.
Admission is Free. To RSVP, call Rejoice Jula at 215-320-2684 or .
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
PNC Bank*Presser Recital Hall, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts showcases the diversity of the arts throughout the Philadelphia region, and after a remarkable debut in 2011, this year's festival takes the form of a month-long journey through time from March 28 to April 27, 2013. With the mysterious prompt "If you had a time machine..." Settlement Music School joins dozens of local arts organizations in collectively revisiting the past and imagining the future. Settlement's contribution to this wide-reaching festival takes just a short trip back in time -- to 2011 -- but with music that reaches back to much more ancient traditions. We're honored to partner with Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in West Fairmount Park in presenting "Hiraki," a newly written piece that commemorates the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. The piece will be performed by Settlement's KyoDaiko Taiko drum ensemble, along with composer and performer Kaoru Watanabe, a New York-based practitioner of various Japanese transverse bamboo fue or flutes, the taiko drum as well as the Western flute.
Tickets are $20 and available for purchase through the PIFA website.
$15 tickets for seniors and students are available at the Kimmel Center box office, and children under 12 will be admitted for free.
The Annual Concert
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
PNC Bank*Presser Recital Hall, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
Showcases outstanding students at all levels from all branches.
Admission is Free. To RSVP, call Rejoice Jula at 215-320-2684 or .
Gleeksman-Kohn Children's Choir Concert
Sunday, May 5, 2013, 4:00 pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA
This concert will feature the premiere of "Time Machine," a new work by faculty member and Robert Capanna Fundamentals of Music Distinguished Faculty Chair Roberto Pace. The piece was commissioned by Ben and Carol Auger and will receive its formal premiere on May 21 in a performance at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Admission is Free. To RSVP, call Rejoice Jula at 215-320-2684 or .
Karin Fuller Capanna Faculty Recital
October 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
PNC Bank*Presser Recital Hall, Mary Louise Curtis Branch
Katherine Mallon-Day, mezzo-soprano, and Irene Pokrovsky, piano
This art song recital will begin with a set of works by Baroque composer Henry Purcell, followed by American songs by Adam Guettel and Jason Robert Brown, sets by Romantic composers Henri Duparc and Hugo Wolf, and the Cabaret Songs of Benjamin Britten.
105th Anniversary Gala
Presenting Sponsor:
The Daniel Veloric Foundation
Design Sponsor:
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Wine Sponsor:
Moore Brothers Wine Company
Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Gala and to everyone -- Gala chairs, co-chairs and committee members, corporate sponsors and board members, student performers, faculty, staff, musicians, and others -- who helped make the evening such a success.
Click here to view the 2013 Gala Program Book.
Open Houses
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Held annually at each of Settlement's six branches, this popular event is open to everyone who wants to learn more about the programs, events and services of Settlement Music School. Staff, faculty and board are on-site to answer questions, give tours, offer suggestions and share personal experiences. It is a great opportunity to see students and faculty perform and to register for summer camps, our six-week “mini” summer session or the upcoming fall season of music and dance instruction.