The Malmgren Concert Series of Hendricks Chapel has been made possible by a generous gift from Syracuse University alumna Ester Malmgren to Hendricks Chapel in 1991. The concert series offers the Syracuse community the highest quality of arts at no cost. See below for parking and accessibility information.
Many of our concerts are live-streamed and/or recorded. To view a live or recorded show, visit our YouTube page!
Upcoming Shows | Fall 2025
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Past Shows
Denmark’s Rudersdal Chamber Players
Apr. 13, 2025 | 4 PM
Denmark’s acclaimed piano quartet performs music by Nordic composers Carl Nielsen, Poul Ruders, and Amanda Maier-Röntgen. Co-sponsored by the Setnor School of Music.
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Immerse yourself in lush sounds of classical and contemporary music of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the skilled hands of the Rudersdal Chamber Players. Led by violinist and founder Christine Pryn, this group specializes in premiering new works and shedding light on lesser known composers. Their 2022 recording of contemporary Danish composer Poul Ruders’ chamber music received brilliant international reviews from Fanfare Magazine and five stars in BBC Music Magazine’s review. They will include Ruder’s Piano Quartet on their Malmgren Concert program.
Other program selections include Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Helios Ouverture presented in an arrangement for piano quartet by Karl Aage Rasmussen. Nielsen composed the piece when he accompanied his wife, Anne Marie, to Athens, where she had a residency as a sculptor. Inspired by the sun rising and later sinking over the Aegean Sea, the piece is one Nielsen’s most popular works, and the Danish Radio plays it every New Year right after midnight.
The program will close with a beautiful piano quartet by nineteenth century composer Amanda Maier-Röntgen, the first woman to complete a music degree in Sweden.
Virtuoso Organist Nathaniel Gumbs
Apr. 6, 2025 | 4 PM
Gumbs, director of chapel music at Yale University, gives a solo recital as part of the Syracuse Pipe Organ Festival.
Nathaniel Gumbs is a native of the Bronx, NY and has performed throughout the
United States and abroad, including Antigua, St. Thomas, Ghana, Paris, and Munich, and
is consistently gathering new fans and followers. The New York Times described
Nathaniel’s playing in their review of his recording with bass-baritone Dashon Burton, as
“mature, lyrical, accurate and energetic,” and that his performance was presented “deftly
and with feeling.” Dr. Gumbs will present a program that includes music by J. S. Bach, Florence Price, Max Reger, and Charles-Marie Widor.
Dr. Gumbs’ performance is the culminating event in the second annual Syracuse Pipe Organ Festival. The festival begins on Friday, April 4 at 7pm with the Arthur Poister Competition in Organ Playing at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, for which Dr. Gumbs will be a judge. Other events include a film screening sponsored by Syracuse Symposium on Saturday, April 5 at 7pm in Hendricks Chapel.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Sept. 22, 2024 | 4 PM
Performing worldwide for more than 101 years under the guidance of three generations of Ellington’s family, this Grammy Award-winning supergroup has produced more iconic jazz classics than any other band.
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Today, The Duke Ellington Orchestra comprises brilliant musicians who dedicate themselves to performing Duke’s music while adding—just as their predecessors did–their own creative styles. Together they share a history and lineage that goes back to Duke’s original band members.
Musicians like tenor saxophonist Shelley Paul honor their place in the Orchestra’s legacy: “All the people that have come through the orchestra and all the music,” said Paul, “it is constantly revealing to me over time that I am part of something bigger than I can understand. The way the band has affected not only American society but the world, it just makes me want to be better.”
Artistic director and conductor, Charlie Young is a recognized clinician in the field of jazz education as well as in classical and jazz saxophone performance, including 30 years as a Professor of Saxophone at Howard University and Coordinator of Instrumental Jazz Studies. Clinic presentations in Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Singapore, and throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan have earned Charlie Young a stellar reputation among the most respected in saxophone performance and education.
Today’s Duke Ellington Orchestra stands on the shoulders of all the great and beloved musicians who came before them, lifting for all to hear the indelibly, powerfully American sound that is the music of Duke Ellington.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra’s performance will include several of the jazz great’s signature tunes, such as Take the A Train, Sophisticated Ladies, Satin Doll, Caravan, Cottontail, and Mood Indigo. The band will also collaborate with the Hendricks Chapel Choir on a selection from Ellington’s Sunday Music. “We are always looking to bring guest artists who are committed to being part of our academic mission,” says Anne Laver, associate professor of organ at the Setnor School of Music and artistic director of the Malmgren Concert Series. “We are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to make music and interact with these incredible musicians.”
This event is co-sponsored by the Syracuse University Art Museum, The Arts at Syracuse University and the Setnor School of Music, College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Each Moment Radiant: Music of Johannes Brahms and Kurt Erickson commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 Disaster
Oct. 20, 2024 | 4 PM
The Malmgren Concert Series of Hendricks Chapel invites you to a profoundly moving concert on Sunday, October 20th at 4 PM, marking the beginning of Remembrance Week (October 20-26). The event features the world premiere of “Each Moment Radiant,” a newly commissioned chamber work by composer Kurt Erickson and poet Brian Turner commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 Air Disaster. Setnor School of Music faculty and guest musicians will perform Erickson and Turner’s song cycle “Here, Bullet” and Johannes Brahms’s piano trio in C minor.
Program:
“Here, Bullet” — Kurt Erickson with text by Brian Turner
- Joel David Balzun, baritone; Scott Cuellar, piano
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101 — Johannes Brahms
- Philip Marten, violin; Holgen Gjoni, cello; Scott Cuellar, piano
“Each Moment Radiant” — Kurt Erickson with text by Brian Turner
- Joel David Balzun, baritone; Katie Weber, mezzo-soprano; Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, mezzo-soprano; Philip Marten, violin; Holgen Gjoni, cello; Scott Cuellar, piano
Events are co-sponsored by Syracuse Symposium, the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, Society for New Music, the Setnor School of Music, and the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars.
The commission for “Each Moment Radiant” was made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature, the Office of the Governor and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.
More information on Kurt Erickson
More information on Brian Turner.
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Accessibility:
For accessible parking, please call Hendricks Chapel at 315.443.2901 or email chapel@syr.edu.
CART, ASL and Aira will be offered at this event.
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