All concerts are Tuesdays or Thursdays at Common Hour (12:30pm-1:45pm) in Shea Auditorium and are Free! (unless otherwise indicated). WP Midday Artist Series Bobby Mahoney (acoustic duo with Andrew Saul)Sep 12, 2024 @ 12:30 PM Location: Shea Center for Performing ArtsA native of East Brunswick, NJ, and an alumnus of William Paterson University, Bobby Mahoney brings his signature sound to the stage in an acoustic duo as part of WP’s Midday Artist Series. When you grow up within earshot of the Jersey Shore, and just a bridge or tunnel away from New York City, inspiration comes in waves. Mahoney’s music is a blend of Springsteen and Bon Jovi mixed seamlessly with Gaslight Anthem, Against Me! and the Menzingers; generating a ground-breaking approach. The result has led to Mahoney joining the robust roster of New Jersey icon Stevie Van Zandt’s (The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul) Wicked Cool Records and releasing Another Deadbeat Summer, his first album with the label. Mahoney has spent the last decade honing his live performance, and his prowess has not gone unnoticed. When he wasn’t blowing the roof off dive bars, college basements, and music halls - along with his band, currently consisting of Andrew Saul (guitar), James McIntosh (drums, and Jon Chang Soon (bass) - he was opening for Against Me!, Frank Turner, Bon Jovi, and Steve Earle. Most recently, Mahoney played The Continental Club in Austin, TX as part of the Wicked Cool Records Rock & Roll Revue for the 2024 South By Southwest festival. That cutting edge attitude, along with a blue-collar work ethic and an education that was born out of a relentless touring schedule has given Bobby Mahoney a creative foundation in song craft and a solid understanding of what it takes to succeed. He has done all of this before hitting 30 years old, and is just getting started. Free admission WP Midday Artist Series Spin CycleSep 19, 2024 @ 12:30 PM Location: Shea Center for Performing ArtsTom Christensen, sax; Pete McCann, guitar; Matt Pavolka, bass; Scott Neumann, drums “Spin Cycle is one of the freshest groups on the scene today. With a quartet composed of some of New York’s best players, great solos abound from start to finish.” [Rochester City News] Free admission WP New Music Series Gabriel Kahane's Book of TravelersSep 30, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Location: Shea Center Recital HallChristopher Dylan Herbert, baritone and Carl Patrick Bolleia, piano Heralded by Rolling Stone as “a stunning portrait of a singular moment in America", WP music faculty Christopher Dylan Herbert and Carl Patrick Bolleia present Gabriel Kahane's gripping collection of songs entitled Book of Travelers. Based on the composer's conversations with dozens of strangers during an 8,980-mile Amtrak journey embarked on the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Kahane writes, "...these songs are intended as a kind of loose diary of that journey, and as a portrait of America at a time of profound national turbulence." Free admission WP Midday Artist SeriesOct 24, 2024 @ 12:30 PM Location: Shea AuditoriumTBA The Hunchback of Notre Dame Dress RehearsalOct 31, 2024 @ 12:30 PM Location: Shea AuditoriumCome to the first act of our rehearsal of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. WP Music Department presents Hunchback of Notre DameNov 01, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Location: Shea Center AuditoriumFrom the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero. Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel. The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all. A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame an instant classic. Audiences will be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.comTickets: $25 general admission; $10 for students WP Music Department presents Hunchback of Notre DameNov 02, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Location: Shea Center AuditoriumFrom the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero. Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the film’s Academy Award-nominated score, as well as new songs by Menken and Schwartz. Peter Parnell’s new book embraces story theatre and features verbatim passages from Hugo’s gothic novel. The musical begins as the bells of Notre Dame sound through the famed cathedral in fifteenth-century Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer who longs to be "Out There," observes all of Paris reveling in the Feast of Fools. Held captive by his devious caretaker, the archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, he escapes for the day and joins the boisterous crowd, only to be treated cruelly by all but the beautiful Romani woman, Esmeralda. Quasimodo isn’t the only one captivated by her free spirit, though – the handsome Captain Phoebus and Frollo are equally enthralled. As the three vie for her attention, Frollo embarks on a mission to destroy the Roma – and it’s up to Quasimodo to save them all. A sweeping score and powerful story make The Hunchback of Notre Dame an instant classic. Audiences will be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.comTickets: $25 general admission; $10 for students
