Noon Concerts

Featuring the Music Department's varied and diverse performance activities, the Department of Music presents a series of free weekly concerts each semester in Hertz Hall. Inaugurated in 1953, these concerts are very popular and well attended by those on campus and in the wider community. Traditionally on Wednesdays, now expanding into Fridays, each concert begins promptly at 12:15 and ends by 1pm.

Priority for the limited number of concert dates is given to Music Department students, in particular music major soloists and chamber groups. Department ensembles and faculty performers are regularly featured. Guest musicians occasionally perform new works by student and faculty composers. Auditions for the Noon Concert Series are held each semester for the following semester.

Audition information for all performance opportunities in the Music Department.

Current Noon Concert Series Fall 2009: Calendar

Current Audition Schedule in Fall 2009, for concerts in Spring 2010

Noon Concert Series Auditions for concerts in Spring 2009: Monday, November 16, 2009, 8 pm in Hertz Hall

  • Auditions are not open to the public
  • Application deadline: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5 pm.
  • Audition schedule will be posted Thursday, November 12, and applicants will receive email confirmation of their audition time.
  • Campus affiliation required but preference is given to Music majors, and then other students and faculty in the Music Department.
  • Audition form

Return the form to the Music Department office, 104 Morrison Hall, Attn: Penny Boys. Auditions are booked as applications are submitted. Applications received after all slots are scheduled may be put on a waiting list. Questions? Contact Penny Boys: phone: (510) 642-4864 email: pennyb@berkeley.edu

Information for Noon concert performers

You will be notified shortly after the auditions if you have been awarded a concert, and a date for your concert will be finalized by the Concert Office, with your consultation and you have as much notice as possible.

Your concert will be advertised in the Music Department's brochure and other publicity materials at the beginning of the semester, and you will have the opportunity for rehearsal time in the hall.

There will be a printed program, for which you can provide program notes and a biography. You will be contacted about these and other details by the Concert Manager.

If you have any questions regarding the noon concerts, please contact the Concert Office, (510) 642-4864, or email: concerts@berkeley.edu