Fall 2025 Series
The Friday Noon Concert Series is jointly sponsored by the Pomona and Scripps Colleges Departments of Music, and features performances by professional musicians including faculty and friends of the colleges.
All concerts start promptly at 12:15 p.m.
Most performances are held in Balch Auditorium on the Scripps College campus unless noted below.
9/5 – Dhiren Panikker Trio
Dhiren Panikker (Scripps), piano; and guests
A selection of jazz standards and original compositions
9/12^ – Music for Four-Hand and Two Pianos
Jennie Jung (Pomona and Scripps), piano; Kyungmi Kim (Scripps), piano
Music by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Moszkowski
^ SPECIAL LOCATION: Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
9/19 – Midcentury/Modern
Aron Kallay (Pomona and Scripps), piano
Prokofiev’s monumental Seventh Sonata, plus music by Beethoven
9/26^ – Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble
Melissa Givens (Pomona), soprano; Alfred Cramer (Pomona), violin; Carolyn Beck (Pomona), bassoon; Sherrill Herring, traverso; Roger Lebow, cello; Graydon Beeks (Pomona), harpsichord
Music by Boismortier, Handel, and Telemann
^ SPECIAL LOCATION: Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
10/3 – Maestro and Virtuoso
Hao Huang (Scripps), piano
Music by Beethoven and Liszt
10/17~ – Early Music for Vocal Trio
Jeffrey Bernstein, Charles Kamm (Scripps), Lika Miyake
Music by Byttering, Dufay, Mouton, Byrd, and Tavener
~ SPECIAL LOCATION: Garrison Theater Lobby, Scripps College
10/24 – Earth, Winds, and Sky
Francisco Castillo (Pomona), oboe; Carolyn Beck (Pomona), bassoon; Phillip Young (Pomona), piano
Music by Jenni Brandon, Francisco Castillo, and Francis Poulenc
10/31 – Brahms Piano Quartet
Rachel V. Huang (Scripps), violin; Cindy Fogg, viola; Tom Flaherty, cello; and Jennie Jung (Pomona and Scripps), piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor
11/7 – Autumn Bamboo: Sounds of Shakuhachi
Rachel Rudich (Pomona) and Kaoru Kakizakai, shakuhachi
Traditional and 20th century pieces for the Japanese bamboo flute
11/14 – Islands
Nic Gerpe (Scripps), piano
Music by Almeida Prado, Salina Fisher, Christopher Cerrone, and Thomas Osborne
11/21^ – Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble
Preethi de Silva, music director
Music for St. Cecilia’s Day by Purcell, Bach, and others
^ SPECIAL LOCATION: Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
We look forward to seeing you soon!
• Doors open at 12 noon
• Admission is free and open to the public
• Food is not permitted in the concert halls
• All artists and programs subject to change
For more information call 909-607-3266 or scrippscollege.edu/events/fnc
Balch Auditorium, Scripps College
1030 Columbia Ave
Claremont CA 91711