Performances to Delight and Inspire
The Department of Music, Performing Arts and Music Technologies at County College of Morris (CCM) is wrapping up its spring season with several programs designed to entertain, delight and inspire audiences, including the musical Sondheim on Sondheim.
Get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Stephen Sondheim. CCM’s musical Sondheim on Sondheim will provide an intimate portrait of the award-winning, songwriter in his own words and music.
Sondheim’s best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Into the Woods. He is also known for writing the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Celebrate the legacy of Stephen Sondheim as he just turned 91 in March. Performances take place May 12 – 15, 7:30 p.m. in the Dragonetti Auditorium in the Student Community Center on the CCM campus, 214 Center Grove Road, Randolph. General Admission is $15 and for alumni, children under 12 and seniors 62 and over $10. Purchase Tickets at https://bookstore.ccm.edu/current-shows
Other upcoming performances are:
Spotlight on Music: Graduate Recital, Thursday, May 6, 12:30 p.m.
Dragonetti Auditorium
Cost: FREE
CCM graduates will perform, demonstrating the talent and skills they have mastered during their course of study.
Dance Theater Showcase, Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Outside the Music Technology Center
Cost: FREE
Dance students will delight audiences in a series of performances.
Masks are required for everyone who comes to campus and social distancing guidelines are in place.
To learn more about the Department of Music, Performing Arts and Music Technologies at CCM, go to https://bit.ly/CCM_Performing_Arts