Music

McDaniel College students perform vocal and piano solos of musical selections spanning from classical to contemporary.

The Monday Night Music series presents adjunct faculty member Nick Reider on trumpet. Reider has been performing and teaching trumpet in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area for the past 17 years. He has been a featured soloist in the Westminster Symphony Orchestra and the Carroll County Jazz Ensemble, and has performed with Grammy Award winning artists The Isley Brothers and The B-52s. 

Chamber Music on the Hill, in residence at McDaniel College, showcases McDaniel College music faculty members performing a variety of musical styles and works, including solos, duets and ensembles. 

Faculty include senior lecturers Linda Kirkpatrick on flute and David Kreider on piano, as well as adjunct faculty members David Duree on clarinet; Lynne Griffith on French horn; pianist Don Horneff; percussionist Mark Lortz; oboist Melinda Niles; bassoonist Robert Sirois; drummer Jon Seligman; and bassist Alex Weber. 

McDaniel College’s Evelyn Mackenzie Performance Series highlights a diverse selection of post-1800 piano works by women composers in honor of Women’s History Month. Original works by composers Sabrina Clarke, a 2010 McDaniel alumna, as well as Krystal Folkestad-Grant and Anne Neikirk, will be performed. 

The Monday Night Music series presents adjunct lecturer David Duree on clarinet and saxophone and senior lecturer Linda Kirkpatrick on flute. Duree performs with the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, Hood Chamber Players, MISTRAL Woodwind Quintet and the Dumale Trio. He has recorded for Centaur Records. Kirkpatrick has been a member of the National Flute Association Professional Flute Choir and is currently the director of Flute Cocktail, a 20-piece flute choir based in Columbia, Md., formed as an outgrowth of the Columbia Concert Band. 

Nothing soothes the soul like a little live music! Let's get this weekend going!