February

February 3

School of Natural & Social Sciences Lecture: Andrew Revkin
“The Hot Seat : Making Sense of Global Warming, From the North Pole to the White House.”
7 PM, The Performing Arts Center, Free
Andrew Revkin has reported on the global environment for a quarter century from the Amazon to the North Pole chronicling efforts to understand human impact on the Earth and sustain the human adventure without wrecking the planet. He has been an environmental reporter for the New York Times since 1995 and is the author of three books on the environment.

February 4

Armenian Music
8 PM, Recital Hall, Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform as part of this performance-Lecture with visiting composer-pianist Artur Avanesov on Contemporary Armenian Music. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

February 5

Percussion Concert
8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
IKTUS: Percussion Ensemble in-Residence performs. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

February 6-7

BFA Dance Concert
8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg., $5
Conservatory of Dance BFA candidates Nina Hudson, Leah Katz, Jessica Merritt, Christopher Ralph and Jonathan Windham produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography. For more information, call 914-251-6800.

February 8

Noon Music
12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
Voice and Opera students perform. For more information call 914-251-6700.

February 10-15

Purchase Repertory Theatre: “An Evening of One Act Plays”
Feb. 10-14 at 8 PM and Feb. 14-15 at 2 PM, The Performing Arts Center
The Purchase Repertory Theatre presents a selection of exciting new works by noted contemporary playwrights in “An Evening of One Act Plays.” Tickets are $20, $15 seniors and students and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online at www.artscenter.org.

February 11

Concert: Colorado String Quartet and faculty member, pianist Margaret Kampmeier
7 PM, Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, Free
Program includes Barber’s Quartet, Op. 11; Bartok’s Quartet No. 6 in D Major, sz. 114, BB 119; Cowell’s “Mosaic Quartet” and the Shostakovich Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 .

February 12

Symphony Space: Chamber Music 1939: US and European Counterpoints
The Colorado Quartet with Margaret Kampmeier on piano
7:30 PM, 95th Street and Broadway, NYC
Recognized as one of the finest string quartets on the international scene, the Colorado Quartet and esteemed pianist Margaret Kampmeier return to Symphony Space with a program examining the profound stylistic and emotional differences between the musical worlds of Europe and the US at the outset of World War II. For tickets and information, call 212-864-5400 or www.symphonyspace.org

February 13-14

BFA Dance Concert
8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg.,$5
Conservatory of Dance BFA candidates Jamison Goodnight, Cara McMullen, Julianne Pavelle, Chihiro Shimizu and Gilbert Small produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography. Tickets are $5, cash or check only, available at the door. For more information, call 914-251-6800.

February 16-March 13

David Schwarz Project 10: The Environment is Everything: Creative Communities, Changing Climates
9 AM -5 PM, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, School of Art+Design Bldg., Free
Reception 5-7 PM. Thursday, Feb. 19
The exhibition will redefine the terms related to the environment and expand the viewers’ assumptions and expectations by focusing on the intersections of community and climate, change and creativity. The exhibition will include the work of emerging artists who are exploring the sociopolitical effects of humanity on the environment. For more information call, 914-251-6750.

February 18

Pete Malinverni Performs at Carnegie Hall
8 PM, Weill Recital Hall
Pete Malinverni performs jazz piano compositions and improvisations. Special guests “Joyful!” Choir from the Devoe Street Baptist Church. Purchase Soul Voices Gospel Choir from Purchase College. Tickets available at Carnegie hall box office at end of December -- $35 adults, $15 for students and seniors. For more information call 914-251-5925.

February 19

Noon Concert: Spotlight on Percussion and Contemporary Music
12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

February 20

Purchase Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Michael Adelson
8 PM (“Environment is Everything” at 7:30 PM), The Performing Arts Center, $20
The Purchase Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Michael Adelson, presents a concert featuring the music of Haydn and Bartok February 20 at 8 PM in the Purchase College Performing Arts Center. A pre-concert performance at 7:30 by soloists from the Conservatory’s Voice and Opera Studies program will be presented as part of the College’s campus-wide theme “Environment is Everything.”

The evening’s program includes Haydn’s “Symphony No. 103 in E Flat Major” (“Drum Roll”) and Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra” featuring the winner of the 2008-2009 Concerto Competition. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online at www.artscenter.org.

February 20-21

BFA Dance Concert
8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg., $5
Conservatory of Dance BFA candidates Lauren Ferguson, McKay Montz, Amber Morgan, Jackie Strubberg and Evelyn Wheeler produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography February 20 & 21 at 8 PM in the Dance Theatre Lab in the Dance Building. For more information, call 914-251-6800.

February 23

Noon Music
12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
Voice and Opera students perform.For more information, call 914-251-6700.

February 26

Symphony Space: “The Pulse of 1939” With Talujon Percussion String Quartet and Friends
8 PM, 95th Street & Broadway, NYC
The Talujon Percussion Quartet and Friends, including Percussion Ensembles from Purchase Conservatory of Music and Queens College.

In the 1030s-40s, a new kind of music was taking shape in the U.S., spearheaded by experimentalists John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, and others. New modes of expression unfolded as they explored music of the Far East and Africa, incorporating these exotic sound worlds into their own works. Challenging convention, they made music on non-traditional instruments and built percussion orchestras out of the detritus of the modern age-car parts, flower pots, slabs of wood, and plumbing pipes.For tickets and information, call 212-864-5400 or visit www.symphonyspace.org.

February 27-March 1

Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents Laughter by Noel Coward
Feb. 27 & 28 at 8 PM and Feb. 28 and March 1 at 2 PM, The Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck, NY
At the center of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa the full extent of his misdemeanors is discovered. And all hell breaks loose. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students. For tickets, call 914-698-0098 or visit www.emelin.org. For more information, call 914-251-6830.

February 27-28

BFA Dance Concert
8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg., $5
Conservatory of Dance BFA candidates Catherine Cogliandro, Caitlin Fennick, Amanda Miller, Chloe Slade and Danielle Verderese produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography. For more information, call 914-251-6800.