The COD music faculty created Music Fridays @ Noon to showcase student, faculty, alumni and guest artists in a free, accessible daytime series of music performances and related events. The series is open to the entire COD community as a place where a broad spectrum of music is on display. Concerts are approximately one hour in length.

AUGUST:

August 30: COD Jazz/Pop Combo: outdoors at the Lakeside Pavilion

SEPTEMBER:

September 6: Faculty Spotlight: Timothy Archbold, solo cello recital
September 13: Guest Artists Juan Pastor’s Chinchano: Peruvian-inspired jazz*
September 20: Guest Artist: Eric Lindell – New Orleans-based blues/roots rock guitarist and singer/songwriter
September 27: Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Ken Paoli News from the Frontlines of Computer Music

OCTOBER:

October 4: Guest Artists: The Bluegrass Mercenaries
October 11: Student Recital
October 18: Faculty Recital
October 25: Guest Artists: Alto Saxophonist Sharel Cassity and Guests*

NOVEMBER:

November 1: Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Patrick O’Shea: Too Many Notes? Whatever Happened to Polyphonic Music?
November 8: Guest Artists: Native American Music by Midwest SOARRING Foundation
November 15: Faculty Spotlight: The Matt Shevitz Organ Quartet*
November 22: Student Recital
November 29: No program – Thanksgiving Holiday

DECEMBER:

December 6: Student Recital

All events are free and begin at noon in MAC Room 140, unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Matt Shevitz at, shevitzm@cod.edu.

*Additional support is provided by the College of DuPage’s own WDCB, 90.9 FM, Chicago’s Home for Jazz.

For ADA accommodations, please email access@cod.edu with the event title in the subject line and your accommodation request. Please email two weeks in advance.