In addition to the following, there are also numerous free events listed on our Special Events page as well as the Jazz Combo Showcases on the Jazz Concerts page.
Cal Poly Senior Vocal Recital: Liliana Puente
Sunday, April 27, 2025
3 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Free
Cal Poly Guitar Student Recital
Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
The full Guitar Ensemble will perform three works by George Frederic Handel, and Latin pieces by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Jorge Cardoso; a quartet will play Ray Henderson's "Bye Bye Blackbird," and duet performances will include "Twin Peaks Theme," Arioso in E Minor by Antonio Vivaldi and "Gypsy Swing" by ensemble members Jack Medina and Liam Sheehan. The recital will conclude with several solo performances.
Free
Cal Poly Woodwinds Student Recital
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
A free recital presented by Cal Poly Music Department student woodwind players.
Free
Cal Poly PolyRhythmics Percussion Recital
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Pavilion
This year the Cal Poly Percussion Ensemble will perform a variety of modern works for some very unusual and unexpected instruments, as well as some hot-off-the-presses newly composed pieces by Cal Poly students!
Free admission, parking permit required
Cal Poly Strings Student Recital
Friday, May 16, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
The recital will include performances by both chamber ensembles and individual students. Featured musical works include Antonín Dvořak’s String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77, movement 2; Bedřich Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life,” movement 1; Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major, movement 3; and Franz Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A Minor, D. 821, movement 3.
Free
Cal Poly Senior Saxophone and Conducting Recital: Ari Maman
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Free
Cal Poly Piano Student Recital
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
A free recital presented by Cal Poly Music Department student pianists, repertory includes the following:
- Rêverie by Claude Debussy
- Feroce, from Vision Fugitives, Op. 22, No. 14, by
Sergei Prokofiev
- Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, by J.S. Bach
- Sonata in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Missing Moon, from Eight Memories in Watercolour
by Tan Dun - Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2, by
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Stick Dance, from Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók
- Allegretto No. 1 from Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5, by Dmitri Shostakovich
- Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 94, by Franz Schubert
Free admission, parking permit required
Cal Poly All That Brass Student Recital
Thursday, May 22, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
A free recital presented by Cal Poly Music Department student brass players.
Free
Cal Poly Senior Violin Recital: Trinity Patterson
Saturday, May 24, 2025
3 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Free
Cal Poly Vocal Student Recital
Thursday, June 5, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Cal Poly music majors specializing in voice will perform a variety of art songs and arias in English, French, German and Italian, ranging from the Baroque to contemporary eras.
Free admission, parking permit required