Composer Reading: Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet
Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet read new works by School of Music student composers.
Faculty Artist Series: Stern and Andrist Duo
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled, click here for more information.
The duo presents the lush, ultra-Romantic Sonata, Op. 34 by Amy Beach along with a world-premiere performance composed by Dana Wilson and titled Of my dream before me…. This piece was inspired by the Langston Hughes poem As I Grew Older. James Stern is a violin professor at the School of Music and Audrey Andrist is a guest artist.
Chamber Music Recitals
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled, click here for more information.
School of Music student artists perform a moving collection of chamber music repertoire for strings, woodwinds, brass and piano. The culmination of rehearsal and coaching during the spring semester, these concerts are an integral part of coursework for School of Music students and provide a glimpse into the training they receive for performing in major ensembles.
NextLOOK ft. Dominic Green: The Final Genocide
Set in the year 2093, this play reading follows Davu, a young Black man, through the ruins of a futuristic African-American history museum. There, Davu encounters androids who help him uncover a past unrealized, as they reenact stories of both the heroism and the destruction of Davu’s predecessors. The Final Genocide is a story of the possibilities and dangers faced by black men in America.
New Work Reading: Four Freedoms
A new chamber opera by Joseph C. Phillips, Jr., Four Freedoms is inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 "Four Freedoms Speech." While this speech was delivered almost 80 years ago, its four philosophical pillars — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear and freedom from want — still resonate today.
NextLOOK: Simone Baron
This new work for dance and chamber ensemble examines the mystery and elusive magic of ruins. Ruins remind us of a past that could have been and a future that never took place, tantalizing us with dreams of escaping the irreversibility of time. Exploring the disharmonious relationship of human, historical and natural temporality, ruin gaze makes a powerful case for connection.
Teatro y Su Doble (Chile)
Teatro y Su Doble: FEOS
Ahamefule J. Oluo
Ahamefule J. Oluo: Susan
A Doll House
Performed by an all-women cast, this production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic A Doll House questions the roles that society assigns to men and women. Set in late nineteenth-century Norway, the play follows Nora, a woman who seeks self-fulfillment and slams the door on the dollhouse that is her marriage. This fresh perspective on the classic play encourages audiences to question what has changed since 19th-century Europe through the interpretations of six women actors playing male and female characters.
Leyla McCalla Quartet (USA)
Leyla McCalla Quartet (USA)
Pages
