Past Events

Spivey Hall Summer Music Camp 2024

June 3-7, 2024

The Spivey Hall Summer Music Camp is a fun, week long, in-person, day camp for boys and girls entering grades 4 through 7.

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program Spring Concert

Featuring the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Tour Choir

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program Spring Concert

Featuring the Spivey Hall Young Artists, the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir, and the Spivey Hall Tour Choir

Season 34 Brochure

Ying Quartet with Xavier Foley, double bass

Precarious balance where sheer agony and triumphant beautify intersect.” (Washington Post)

Pre-concert talk, hosted by  Kurt Zeller at 2:00 PM

Emanuel Ax, piano

“Thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous” (Washington Post)

110 in the Shade

Clayton State University Department of Film, Communication, and Performing Arts Music Drama Workshop present “110 In The Shade”

Visit the link to purchase tickets for both showings on Saturday, April 5th & Sunday, April 6th

Alexander Malofeev, piano

Organ Discovery for Classrooms

This two-hour, hands-on experience stars Spivey Hall’s Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ and explores the history, science, and art of the pipe organ. Groups must have between 10 and 45 students and be fully registered in advance.  

Spivey Hall
Elementary Honor Choir

Led by Dr. Craig Hurley, Spivey Hall’s Elementary Honor Choir will feature talented 4th-6th grade singers who have been nominated by their teachers for a day-long choir intensive.

Jacksonville State University A Cappella Choir: Young People's Concert

The A Cappella Choir is Jacksonville State University’s flagship ensemble performing a wide variety of standard choral literature from all musical periods, contemporary art music, and world music.

Justin Austin, baritone
Howard Watkins, piano

“Vocally impressive, verbally elegant, and duly seductive.“  (Opera News)

Pre-concert talk, hosted by Kurt Zeller at 2:00 PM

Organ Discovery for Classrooms

This two-hour, hands-on experience stars Spivey Hall’s Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ and explores the history, science, and art of the pipe organ. Groups must have between 10 and 45 students and be fully registered in advance.  

Balalaika Fantasie: Young People's Concert

The ensemble recreates a sense of old world history and the spirited excitement of Eurasian folk melodies and rhythms.

The Atlanta Opera: The Bilingual Barber of Seville: Young People's Concert

In this updated take on a classic, witty score takes center stage. The 45-minute adaptation is performed in Spanish and English and demonstrates the power of love to triumph over adversity of every kind. (br) Performances at 9:45 & 11:15 AM

Hélène Grimaud, piano

Hélène Grimaud is a singular pianist known around the globe for her fierce intelligence, fearless interpretations, and sincere freedom of expression. (Newport Classical)

Reggie Harris presents I Have a Dream: How Martin Climbed the Mountain: Young People's Concert

Skillfully using stories and music, Reggie highlights how the contributions of historical heroes helped young Martin become a man who changed the world.

Spivey Hall Children's Choir: Young Artists Audition REGISTRATION Spring 2024

Find your voice! Find your family!  Audition registration is open for the 2024 Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Young Artists season.

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program Holiday Concert

Featuring the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program Holiday Concert

Featuring the Spivey Hall Young Artists, Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir

Joe Alterman, jazz piano

“Atlanta native Joe Alterman expresses a certain upbeat naiveté, with a broad smile and bright eyes that make you feel welcome.“ (Atlanta Jazz Festival)

Georgia Tech Glee Club: Young People's Concert

Founded in 1906, we are a band of brothers and sisters schooled in tomfoolery and excellent music.
Performances at 9:45 and 11:15 AM

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Young Artists Bring a Friend to Rehearsal Day on January 8th!

The deadline to audition for the Spring 2024 program is January 11th, 2024.

Atlanta Brassworks presents Disney Magic: Young People's Concert

Featuring famous melodies from hit movies like Toy Story, Frozen, Encanto, Aladdin, Jurassic Park, and more. 
Performances at 9:45 & 11:15 AM

Simone Dinnerstein, piano

“Ultimately, it is Dinnerstein’s unreserved identification with every note she plays that makes her performance so spellbinding.” (The Washington Post)

CSU Division of Music Student Recital

Free and open to the public.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Joshua Stafford, organ

JOSHUA STAFFORD, organ
Performing with the 1923 classic film, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Seasonal Attire Welcome

Christian Sands Quartet, jazz

Steinway Artist and five-time Grammy Nominee, Christian Sands is an emerging jazz force.

“My music is about teaching the way of jazz and keeping it alive” (Christian Sands).

Nobuntu: Women of Zimbabwe: Young People's Concert

This family-friendly concert features vocals, percussion, traditional Zimbabwean instruments, and dancing!

CSU
Choral Invitational

Free

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Film, Communication, and Performing Arts 

Inon Barnatan, piano

Season Opening Celebration

“A true poet of the keyboard: refined, searching, unfailingly communicative.” (The Evening Standard)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program Recital

Phenomenal performances by the student musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program in celebration of the program’s 30th anniversary.

Spivey Hall Summer Music Camp 2023

June 5-9, 2023
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

The Spivey Hall Summer Music Camp is a fun, week long, in-person, day camp for boys and girls entering grades 4 through 7.

$25.00 late fee added after May 26

Final day for registration is June 2

Franklin Pond Competition Awards Concert

The Franklin Pond Chamber Music Competition and Awards Concert is both free, family-friendly, and open to the public. RSVP required

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Spring Concerts '23

Featuring the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir

Behzod Abduraimov, piano

“Wow. Just wow” (The New Criterion)

CSU Music Preparatory School Recital

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Clayton State University Chorale
Masterworks Chorus at Spivey Hall
Clayton State University Orchestra
Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra

Requiem by Gabriel Faure

Sean Vogt and Richard Bell, conductors

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

“The Glenn Miller Orchestra is worth hearing anywhere… Excellent” (TripAdvisor.com)

CSU Music Drama Production: Patience by Gilbert & Sullivan

Patience by Gilbert & Sullivan

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Camilla Tilling, soprano
Jonathan Ware, piano

“Tilling is on ravishing form” (BBC Music)

Ying Quartet
Xavier Foley, double bass

The Ying Quartet combines brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world.

Spivey Hall Children's Choir: St. Matthew Passion with ASO

Spivey Hall Children’s Choir is performing St. Matthew Passion with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Clayton State University
Faculty Recital
Kurt-Alexander Zeller, tenor
Michiko Otaki, piano

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Julius Drake, piano

“Astonishing” (Forum Opera)

Clayton State University Orchestra
Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra

Treasures from Europe

Works by Bizet, Brahms, Dvorak and Glinka

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Boris Giltburg, piano

“Fantastically sensitive and beautiful” (Aachener Zeitung)

Spivey Hall
Elementary Honor Choir

Conducted by Dr. Craig Hurley
Concert is free and open to the public.

Catalyst and CSU Orchestra Open Rehearsal

Catalyst String Quartet joins our own Clayton State University Orchestra for an Open Rehearsal.
The concert is free and open to the public.

Catalyst Quartet

“Quartet playing at its very best” (Peninsula Reviews)

Annual Educator Appreciation Concert (Educators are free)

Lucille Chung, piano

“Chung’s blazing gutsy performance was exciting and rewarding” (The Washington Post)

Young People's Virtual Concert: Reggie Harris' Music & the
Underground Railroad

with special guest speaker
Christopher Miller from the
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Young People's Concert: Moksha Dance

Experience Indian culture past and present through this exciting dance performance.

Young People's Concert: Atlanta Opera presents Hansel & Gretel

Once upon a time … two children named Hansel & Gretel learn valuable lessons about being polite and making friends!

Alan Morrison, organ

“Morrison’s performance was riveting” (The Diapason)

Pre-concert talk, hosted by Alan Morrison on stage at 2:15pm 

Dover Quartet

“Sublime playing” (The New York Times)

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Joins Christmas with the ASO

The Spivey Hall Children’s Choir, under the artistic direction of Dr. Martha Shaw, has been invited to perform with the Grammy award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Holiday Concerts

Featuring the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir and the Spivey Hall Tour Choir

CSU Music
Preparatory School Recital

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Clayton State Community Band & Chamber Ensembles

Dr. Stephen Anderson, conductor

Jayme Alilaw: La Femme Noir

An artistic celebration of African-American women and the contributions they have made to Western classical music as composers, poets, and performers.

Merz Trio

“Impeccably elegant” (All About the Arts)

Division of Music
Curated Recital

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Ben Bliss, tenor
Craig Terry, piano

Magnificent” (Houstonia)

Antonio Meneses, cello & Paul Galbraith, guitar

“Musically compelling . . . a highly virtuosic and engaging performance that drew audience raves.” —San Francisco Classical Voice

Joshua Milner, Guitar: CSU Student Recital

Joshua Milner, a Georgia native, is currently a CSU Senior and Music Education Major at Clayton State University.

Mr. Greg's Musical Madness presents
Many Ways to Count

Learning numbers and counting has never been as easy, or as fun!

Igor Levit, piano

“One of the essential artists of his generation” (The New York Times)

Georgia Ensemble Theatre presents
She Persisted, The Musical

Fourth-grader Naomi’s field trip to a Women’s History Museum turns into a time travel adventure where she encounters inspirational women like Harriet Tubman, Sally Ride, and Sonia Sotomayor, who have overcome barriers and made waves throughout U.S. history.

Spivey Hall Treble Honor Choir Concert

Conducted by the renowned composer and master clinician, Susan Brumfield, the Spivey Hall Treble Honor Choir Concert will feature talented middle school students singing beautiful repertoire in a world-class concert hall.

Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, violin

“Buoyant spirit…fresh, vibrant performances” (The New York Times)

Joshua Bell, violin
Peter Dugan, piano

“The greatest American violinist active today” (The Boston Herald)

Clayton State University
Division of Music
Guest Artists Recital

Laurin Smith, violin
Paul Warner, cello
You Ju Lee, piano

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Clayton State University
Music Faculty Showcase

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Franklin Pond Chamber Music Competition Awards Concert

Free – RSVP required

Alan Morrison & Friends

Atlanta native Alan Morrison is praised for his “colorful and thrilling playing,” “unsurpassed technical virtuosity,” and “imaginative and brilliant registration choices” (The American Organist)

Spivey Hall Children's Choir Spring Concerts

Featuring the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir & Spivey Hall Tour Choir.

CSU Music Preparatory School Recitals

6:30PM

Free

General Admission

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Jake Heggie, piano

“A once-in-a-generation voice, a born communicator, a deeply compassionate human being with so much to give to audiences – Jamie Barton is an artist whose time truly has come.” Opera Magazine

CSU Chorale,
Masterworks Chorus at Spivey Hall,
Griffin Choral Arts

Consider the Lilies – An Appalachian Requiem

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Division of Music Curated Recital

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission, Capacity Limited to 200

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Clayton State University Chorale

Dr. Sean Vogt, conductor

Hope for the People

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

David Russell, guitar

“The indisputable maestro of the classical guitar” (El Commercio)

David Russell Master Class

Open the the public! Audit a guitar masterclass with David Russell. $10 adults $5 students

CSU Music Drama Production

Clayton State University’s Music Drama Workshop presents

Franz Joseph Haydn’s 1777 comic sci-fi opera, The World of the Moon (Il mondo della luna)

Hopkinson Smith, lute

“Hopkinson Smith is surely the most charismatic lutenist in the world today” (Kronen Zeitung)

Spivey Hall
Elementary Honor Choir

Dr. Craig Hurley, Clinician

March 4 • Nomination Deadline
March 26 • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Spivey Hall Tour Choir:
The Sounds of Ireland,
Virtual Young People's Concert

Conducted by Dr. Martha Shaw and singing with unmistakable spirit, refinement, and remarkable beauty of tone and expression, the Spivey Hall Tour Choir is the select group of the renowned Spivey Hall Children’s Choir.

Shana Tucker: Chambersoul, Cello & Song

Cellist. Singer-Songwriter. Arts Advocate. Teaching Artist. Collaborator. Cultural Conduit.

Alan Morrison &
The King of Instruments,
Virtual Young People's Concert

To state that this concert will be filled with spirited organ music is an understatement! You won’t want to miss this fun, virtuosic performance that will show off the artist’s skill and Spivey Hall’s magnificent Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ!

Nathan Laube, organ

“His playing was flawless, inspired, and for want of a better word, transporting” (The Diapason)

Steven Osborne, piano

“Music making of the highest caliber” (Bachtrack)

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Southeast Region Results

The results are in …

Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Julius Drake, piano

“Finley and Drake are impeccable” (Gramophone)

Regina Carter Quartet - jazz

“The finest violinist in jazz” (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Christmas with
The King's Singers

“Still unmatched for their sheer musicality and ability to entertain” (The Times)

Roger Day presents Invincible!
Virtual Young People's Concert

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the power of the brain!

Roger Day’s newest show empowers young superheroes to solve the problem and save the day with the greatest super power of all…imagination!

The Badass & The Beautiful
Ms. Lisa Fischer
with Taylor Eigsti, piano

“She brought down the house in the single best show I’ve seen in the many years I’ve visited Birdland” (The New York Times)

Clayton Community Big Band

Stacey Houghton, director

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission, Capacity Limited to 200

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Clayton State University
Jazz Combo

Stacey Houghton, director

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission, Capacity Limited to 200

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Division of Music Vocal Studios

Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller and
Dr. Francisca Maxwell, directors
Grant Jones, pianist

Songs of Persistence, Persuasion, and Power: Women Composing

Free, Tickets Required.

General Admission, Capacity Limited to 200

Presented by Clayton State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts

ThatViolaKid
Virtual Young People's Concert

Violist Drew Alexander Forde, known online as ThatViolaKid, has a reputation not only as an accomplished performer but also as one of classical music’s most recognizable online brands. 

Spivey Hall's
High School
Honor Chamber
Orchestra Concert

Brian Balmages is an award-winning composer and conductor. His music has been performed throughout the world with commissions ranging from elementary schools to professional orchestras.

Brien Engel presents
The Glass Harp,
Virtual Young People's Concert

Whether played with simple melodies or complex and ethereal harmonies, glass music has an unmistakable sound. Brien’s extensive repertoire includes his own originals, popular songs, Jazz standards, and classical music, featuring historical compositions written for the glass harmonica.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

“Triumphant… a star duo is born” (The Independent)

Jeremy Denk, piano

Season 31 Opening Celebration

“A pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs” (The New York Times)

Spivey Hall Children's Choir
Spring Concert
Songs of Hope

The renowned Spivey Hall Children’s Choir performs their annual Spring Concert virtually.

Benjamin Appl, baritone
José Gallardo, piano

“Appl sounds as if singing is his most natural mode of expression…he has an extraordinarily beautiful voice” (BBC Music).

Imogen Cooper, piano

“Music-making of this calibre transports us into another plane of existence” (Evening Standard).

Spivey Hall Music Olympics

A virtual musical event for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students.

Fred Hersch

Proclaimed as “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade.” (Vanity Fair)

George Li,
piano

“Mr. Li’s playing combined youthful abandon with utter command” (The New York Times).

Jerusalem Quartet

“What distinguishes this particular quartet is its sense of refinement and natural feeling for line, coupled with a fever-pitch intensity and commitment to the music. Musical electricity may be unfathomable, but one thing is for sure – they have it” (The Strad).

Alan Morrison, organ

Recorded at Spivey Hall
With his “unsurpassed technical virtuosity” and “imaginative and brilliant registration choices” (The American Organist), Morrison reveals his exceptional musicianship in masterful performances of music both familiar and new.

Reggie Harris' Music &
the Underground Railroad K-5
Young People's Concert

Through song, story, and a multi-media presentation, Reggie Harris’ Music and the Underground Railroad provides an understanding of the secrets and passion of this powerful era.

Virtual Young People’s Concerts
The Atlanta Opera Studio
The Barber of Seville

The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour presents The Barber of Seville featuring opera’s most famous barber, Figaro, who plays the role of translator as Rossini’s witty, sparkling score takes center stage.

Kenny Broberg
piano

A prizewinner at the Cliburn and Tchaikovsky competitions, young virtuoso Broberg is gifted with “a blazing intellect” (Theatre Jones) and “delivers a highly emotional performance” (BigIslandMusic.net).

Spivey Hall Children's Choir
Winter Dreams

Join the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir for their first virtual holiday concert, Winter Dreams

Calidore String Quartet

“Astonishing” (Los Angeles Times).

“This is an ensemble as capable of whipping up storms as enchanting us with breathless moments of utter magic” (The Scotsman).

Calidore String Quartet

“Astonishing” (Los Angeles Times).

“This is an ensemble as capable of whipping up storms as enchanting us with breathless moments of utter magic” (The Scotsman).

Strings Attached: On the Road with the Dover Quartet

A documentary film by Bruce Broder

“STRINGS ATTACHED” #1 VIEWED FILM IN
MV FILM SOCIETY’S FILMUSIC FESTIVAL!

Hold Fast to Dreams
Spivey Hall Tour Choir
Video Release

The first virtual release from the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir. Hold Fast to Dreams, reflects both the pain of these difficult times and the hope that young people and beautiful music represent.

Stephen Hough
piano

“A virtuoso who begins where others leave off” (The Washington Post).

One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer.

Strings Attached: On the Road with the Dover Quartet

A documentary film by Bruce Broder

“STRINGS ATTACHED” #1 VIEWED FILM IN
MV FILM SOCIETY’S FILMUSIC FESTIVAL!