Flutist Beth Chandler Cahill enjoys a performance career as soloist and chamber musician. Praised for her musical versatility and colorful sound, she has been featured at major venues, universities, and festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. She can be heard on TIME PLACE SPIRIT (MSR Classics), an album of music for flute and piano. In demand as a pedagogue, she is Professor of Flute at James Madison University. She is a past president of the National Flute Association. Dr. Paulo Steinberg has performed as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist across the U.S., Canada, South America, and Europe, including prestigious music venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo.

Written when Mozart was only 25, this operatic masterpiece filled with stunning arias, choruses, and ensembles, brings the myth of Idomeneo to life. On his way home at last from the Trojan War, the King of Crete, Idomeneo, is shipwrecked at sea. In desperation, he promises to sacrifice the first creature he finds if he safely survives the storm. However, in a twist worthy of the greatest Greek tragedies, it is his son, Idamante, he first encounters along the beach. Sung in Italian with English Surtitles.

Before each performance, JMU Director of Opera Theatre Joshua Borths will share his insights about the work, starting one hour before curtain and lasting 30 minutes. 

This performance replaces the March 13 date.
Jason Haney was chosen as a National Merit Scholar in 1988. His latest CD, Resonant Edges, was recently released by  Capstone Records. (It is also available from Amazon.) His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Scotia Festival, Music2000 in Cincinnati, the Composers Inc. concert series in San Francisco, Richmond’s ChamberFest,  the Staunton Music Festival, and elsewhere throughout the US, as well as in Canada, Europe and Hong Kong, and by groups such as the New Millennium Ensemble, the Chester Quartet, the Sunrise Quartet, Colloquy, and the Indiana University New Music Ensemble.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning musical comedy about a group of pre-teenagers competing in a spelling bee. The story follows the contestants as they navigate the pressures of the tournament, share personal stories, and learn that there’s more to life than winning. This show is directed and produced by JMU students.  Contains adult language and sexual content.  Parental discretion is advised. The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).  All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Join our all-American family as they travel down the Trail To Oregon! After their farm burns down, Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, and Grandpa take the journey through this adult comedy musical to the promised land where their new lives begin. Along the way, they face plenty of obstacles from snake bites, to dysentery, and even the notorious Bandit King! With the audience there to guide the Wagon Party along their adventure, no two shows will ever be the same! This show is directed and produced by JMU students. Contains adult language, adult content, sexual content and gun violence. 

Revel in the delightful sound of glorious classical music as JMU’s Symphony Orchestra joins the esteemed 2024 School of Music Concerto Competition winners Jondra Harmon, mezzo-soprano and Dylan Royal, alto saxophone to bring you a captivating concert. Majors from each of the six areas of the School (woodwinds, brass and percussion, strings, piano, and voice) competed, and two finalists were then selected to compete in the finals in February for a coveted spot in this concert.