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The Binghamton University Wind Symphony presents, Heroes Take Flight. Get ready to soar with music inspired by courage, adventure, and larger-than-life legends. This program blends thrilling flight, heart, and a little mayhem. Also featuring a special salute to those teachers who gave us wings to fly.

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Our voice students are on their way to compete in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. Come hear the selections they will be performing before they go to N.A.T.S. Free Admission

Chandler Johnson, Director of the Santa Opera Apprentice Artist Program, and International Soprano and Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, will be in residence with the Binghamton University Music Department, March 2-5. While here, the artists will lead masterclasses, private coachings, and a recital on March 4th. EVENT SCHEDULE Masterclass, March 2, 2:00pm, Anderson Center Chamber Hall (open to Binghamton University Students) Alumna Recital, March 4, 7:30pm, Casadesus Recital Hall (open to the public) Masterclass, March 5, 10:30am, Tri-Cities Opera Center (315 Clinton Street) ARTISTS BIOS Chandler Johnson Chandler Johnson has extensive professional experience on and off the operatic stage. He joined the artistic staff of The Santa Fe Opera in 2021 as the Artistic Associate, and now he serves as the Director of the Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera. Previously, Chandler was the Associate Manager of Artistic Programs at the Los Angeles Opera, and was one of the first Artistic Fellows chosen by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as part of their Clayco Future Leaders Fellowship Program. He served as an artistic intern with Stratagem Artists and was selected to participate in the M3 seminar hosted by L2 Artists aimed to develop candidates from diverse backgrounds for artist management and arts administration. On stage, Chandler has performed with companies including Opera Santa Barbara, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Columbus, and Cincinnati Opera. Chandler holds both a Bachelor’s of Music and a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Caitlin Gotimer In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris.  Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.

Binghamton University Alumna, Caitlin Gotimer, B.M. 2015, returns to Binghamton University in recital with Binghamton University students and pianist, Curt Pajer. Ms Gotimer is enjoying an international career. Having recently covered Mimi at the Metropolitan Opera. A 2023 Operalia finalist, she has appeared in leading roles with the Deutsche Opera Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Royal Danish Opera and opera companies throughout the US. Come hear works by Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, and more!

COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS:
Curt Pajer, piano
Binghamton University Voice and Opera Students

CAITLIN GOTIMER BIO
In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Gotimer reprises the title role in Tosca at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival under Robin Ticciati; she makes a thrilling debut at the Royal Danish Opera, singing Nedda in Pagliacci under the baton of Giulio Cilona; makes her role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with North Carolina Opera; and joins the roster at the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La bohème. In concert, she sings Handel’s Messiah with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and appears at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens for a special performance of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Recent operatic credits include La Madre (La Fiamma) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for Deutsche Oper Berlin; Nedda (Pagliacci) for Pittsburgh Opera; Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist; Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Mimì (La bohème) for Arizona Opera; and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also covered Musetta (La bohème) at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the title role in Suor Angelica and Giorgetta in Il tabarro in a high-profile production led by Carlo Rizzi for Opéra national de Paris.  Equally at home on the concert stage, Ms. Gotimer has performed Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe and Idaho Falls Symphonies, Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem at the Royal Concertgebouw, and Bach’s Missa Brevis with Binghamton University. A 2023 Operalia finalist and winner of multiple national and regional competitions, Gotimer is a graduate of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio and Pittsburgh Opera's residency program. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Binghamton University, where she studied with Thomas Goodheart.
CURT PAJER BIO
Equally at home on the concert stage, opera podium and coaching studio, Curt Pajer has forged a teaching and performing career that balances collaborative piano, vocal coaching and conducting.

For 15 years, he served as the musical and managing director of opera and musical theater at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; prior to that, he was the head of music staff at both the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Wexford Festival Opera. He has also served as an assistant conductor and vocal coach at prestigious opera houses and festivals, including New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Prague National Theater (Czech Republic), the Nissei Theater (Tokyo), New York Philharmonic, Bard SummerScape, Palm Beach Opera, Toledo Opera and Baltimore Opera. In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Prague Summer Nights festival.

As an operatic conductor, Pajer’s repertoire ranges from Mozart to world premieres, including the Mozart/DaPonte trilogy, La Clemenza di Tito, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Hansel and Gretel, Ariadne auf Naxos, Zanetto, Une education manquée, Docteur Miracle, Les mamelles de Tirésias, Postcard from Morocco and Glory Denied. He also led a complete cycle of Benjamin Britten's chamber operas in San Francisco. A champion of modern opera, Pajer conducted the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park and The Enchanted Pig, as well as the world premiere of William Bolcom's orchestrated version of his opera Lucrezia. In 2021, San Francisco's classical radio station KDFC broadcast Pajer's recording of Giancarlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief; it was recorded with soloists and orchestra during the COVID-19 lockdown, using state-of-the-art closed-circuit audio and video technology with the singers and orchestral musicians in separate rooms.

Pajer is also an active recitalist, most recently performing with renowned soprano Lisette Oropesa at the opening night concert of Festival Napa Valley

Music Department Faculty, Jeanne Sperber, flute, and Michael Salmirs, piano, present Winter Winds. An exploration of repertoire, new and old, that loves rhythm from swing to driving and everything in between. Featured works will include the ever favorite Henri Dutillieux's Sonatine, Amanda Harberg's Court Dances, Ali Ryerson's Jazz Dream, and more! 

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Doors open at 9:00p.m.  Door cover $10.00 D. Baneni performs from 9:30 - 10:00 p.m. Main Stage show at 10:00 p.m. Performers: Nicky Kuláy and friends THE PROMENADE by Nicky Kuláy is a concert of original electronic dance music and cross-discipline collaboration between the diverse music scene of Binghamton and the local drag/burlesque community in the Southern Tier/Upstate NY region.

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A recital of students in the saxophone studio of Dan Miller.  Featuring solo performances with piano and multiple various sized saxophone ensembles, with music by Paul Creston, Robert Schumann, André Waignien, J.S. Bach and many others.  

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The Binghamton University Chamber Singers join with the Southern Tier Singers' Collective and members of the Syracuse University Oratorio Society for a performance with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Daniel Hege the BPO performs Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Broome County Forum Theater.  Soloists: Sophia Hunt, soprano Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano Ethan Burck, tenor Erik Tofte, baritone (Binghamton University Music Department Alumus '19) Ticketing: https://binghamtonphilharmonic.org/event/6010559/715009758/ode-to-joy

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Members of the Binghamton University Composition Studio present new compositions. Featuring graduate and undergraduate composers, Music Now!, showcases the cutting edge work created by the studio.

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University Composers premiere pocket sized operas, transforming stories written by local students into new works for the stage, performed by Tri-Cities Opera's resident artists.


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