Events 2005-2006
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Fall Events |
2006
Spring Events |
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Sunday,
September 18th at 2:30 pm/ 3:00 pm Sunday,
October 2nd at 3:00 pm Saturday,
October 22nd at 8:00 pm Saturday,
October 29th at 1:00 pm Saturday,
November 5th at 8:00 pm Friday,
November 18th at 8:00 pm Friday,
December 2nd at 8:00 pm Thursday,
December 8th at 8:00 pm |
Friday,
January 20th at 4:00 pm Sunday,
January 29th at 3:00 pm Sunday,
February 12th at 3:00 pm Wednesday,
February 15th at 4:00 pm Wednesday,
February 22nd at 4:15 pm Sunday,
March 19th at 3:00 pm Friday,
April 7th at 8:00 pm Sunday,
April 9th at 4:00 pm Friday,
April 21st at 8:00 pm Thursday,
April 27th at 8:00 pm |
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| Guest Artist Series Presents AMERICAN STRING QUARTET
Sunday, September 18th, 2005
Roberts
Hall, Marshall Auditorium |
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recognized as one of the world's finest quartets, the American
String Quartet is celebrating its 30th anniversary during the
2005-2006 season. Highlighting the anniversary year is the Quartet's
debut in a new series of recordings on the Arabesque label, including
quartets of celebrated composer Richard Danielpour and the launch
of the Complete String Chamber Music of Johannes Brahms featuring
a stellar list of collaborative artists. |
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Guest Artist Series Presents
TEMPESTA di MARE Sunday,
October 2nd, 2005 |
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Philadelphia-based Tempesta di Mare has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence on the local, national and international cultural maps with trailblazing productions of baroque orchestral, choral, operatic and chamber music since its founding in 1996. In 2002, Tempesta launched its Greater Philadelphia Concert Series, hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a major addition to the local musical landscape,” with concerts that possess “off-the-grid chic.” They become the first American baroque ensemble to join the British label Chandos with their 2004 world premiere release of the Weiss lute concerti. A second Chandos disc, with Julianne Baird, is underway for 2006. Past touring engagements include Prague Spring International Music Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival and the Amherst Early Music Festival. Their concerts can be heard nationally on NPR. |
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| College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERT Annual Student Ensembles Weekend Saturday,
October 22nd, 2005 |
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Haverford College Department of Music William Appling, pianist and composer Masterclass on "Joplin and Ragtime" featuring students in Music 207 "Topics in Piano: American Roots" performing Joplin Rags Saturday,
October 29th, 2005 |
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| Additional Concert USTAD MAHWASH AND ENSEMBLE KABOUL Saturday,
November 5th, 2005 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
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This concert is sponsored by the John B. Hurford Humanities Center and the Kessinger Family Fund for Asian Performing Arts |
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| Celebrate the survival of one of the world's artistic treasures when Ensemble Kaboul performs a concert of traditional Afghan music, weaving together Indian, Persian, and Arabic influences reflecting that country's history at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road trade route. Ensemble Kaboul was founded in 1995 by a group of defiant expatriates who fled Taliban rule, and its concerts are intoxicating, blending airy melodies of Tajik minstrels, ecstatic festival songs, classical ragas, and brilliant instrumental pieces. The group will be joined by Ustad ("master musician") Farida Mahwash, acknowledged internationally as Afghanistan's greatest female singer. |
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Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr ORCHESTRA Mendelssohn's "Symphony No. 3" ("Scottish") Friday,
November 18th, 2005 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 |
The orchestra currently has over sixty members and has performed works such as, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem in a joint performance with the chorale, and Dvorak's New World Symphony, among others. The spring concert each year features the winner(s) of the student concerto competition. |
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Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr CHORALE Handel's "Messiah" Friday,
December 2nd, 2005 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 |
An oratorio choir of about 120 singers, performs a major work with orchestra each semester. |
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Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr
CHAMBER SINGERS "Annual Holiday Concert" Thursday,
December 8th, 2005 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 |
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Additional Concert MATT BENGTSON and Friends "Mozart's New Year" Friday,
January 20th, 2006 |
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This
recently-formed group consisting of Matthew Bengtson, fortepianist,
Fran Berge, violinist, Laura Heimes, soprano, and Rebecca Humphrey,
cello, came together through their enjoyment of playing Classical
music on period instruments. All four musicians are known for
their wide range of repertoire and their careful attention to
details of historical performance practice. On this concert they
will perform music of Mozart and Haydn on original instruments.
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Guest Artist Series Presents MIMI STILLMAN, Flute Sunday,
January 29th, 2006 |
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| Mimi Stillman is one of the most highly regarded flutists in the concert world today. "A magically gifted flautist, a breath of fresh air," wrote the Washington Post after her acclaimed recital at the Kennedy Center. "A seasoned artist of spirited, unbridled virtuosity," according to the New York Concert Review. At the age of 12, Ms. Stillman was the youngest wind player ever admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Julius Baker and Jeffery Khaner and received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1999. That same year she became the youngest wind player ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, joining the Young Concert Artists roster. Ms. Stillman has performed recitals at the Kennedy Center, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, The Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and other orchestras throughout the United States and Mexico. Respected for her inspiring teaching, Ms. Stillman regularly conducts masterclasses and performs recitals at universities and flute societies across the U.S. At home, she teaches privately and coaches flute ensembles at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a frequent guest on NPR's "Performance Today" and WGBH Boston, and is host and performer on the Musical Encounters TV show and video "The Magic Flute." |
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Guest Artist Series Presents
LYRIC FEST Sunday,
February 12th, 2006 |
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| Born of a passion for word and song, Lyric Fest was conceived to bring people together through the shared experience of song. Their concerts give context to the rich heritage of vocal music that has been handed down through the centuries and which hails from around the globe. By blending a pianist, singers, the spoken word - and spiced with audience interaction and even dance - Lyric Fest seeks to explore and celebrate the dynamic possibilities of song. “Myth and The Muse”: Inspired by the myth of gods, nature and civilization, the muse takes us on a powerful journey—an exploration of myth in song. Discover the ancient stories that have sparked the imagination of great composers throughout all time. Greek and Roman mythology in Purcell, Debussy, and Schubert—Nordic mythology in Wagner, Sibelius, Grieg, and more as presented by Suzanne DuPlantis, Lesley Johnson, Tom Lloyd, Randi Marrazzo, Julian Rodescu, Matthew Shaw, Barbara Shirvis, Lisa Willson and Sheryl Woods with Laura Ward and Harold Evans at the piano. "Lyric Fest's program formed an impressive yet unaffected definition of 'diversity', performed with both artistry and energy. Its surest sign of success was having entranced its audience, both young and old." .....Michel Caruso, Chestnut Hill Local |
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| Guest Artist Series Presents ROBERT DICK, Flute Sunday,
March 19th, 2006 |
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Robert
Dick is one of the most prominent of the generation of flutist-composers
after World War 2 who extended the flute's musical language
by employing new techniques, such as multiphonics and key noises,
to make sounds not previously considered musical. He has also
enthusiastically adopted flutes in large sizes or with innovative
mechanisms by flute makers such as Eva Kingma to expand the
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Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr ORCHESTRA "Berlioz'
Symphonie Fantastique" Friday,
April 7th, 2006 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011
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Bi-College Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr
CHAMBER
SINGERS "College Choir Festival" Sunday,
April 9th, 2006 For Program Information: (215) 567-1267 |
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Ensembles of Haverford and Bryn Mawr
CHORALE Verdi's "Requiem" Friday,
April 21st, 2006 For Program Information: nmerriam@haverford.edu / (610) 896-1011 |
An oratorio choir of about 120 singers, performs a major work with orchestra each semester. |
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| The
Department of Music at Haverford College in connection with Music
207: Topics in Piano: “Transatlantic Connections”
presents:
DUO ALTERNO Thursday,
April 27th, 2006 |
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DUO ALTERNO is from Turin, Italy. Through concerts and master classes they seek to promote the vocal-piano repertoire from the early Twentieth Century to living composers, with particular attention to Italian music. Many composers (including Giacomo Manzoni and Ennio Morricone) have written pieces for soprano, Tiziana Scandaletti, and pianist-composer, Riccardo Piacentini. "Duo Alterno in English means ‘alternate pair’ or ‘couple of different elements.’ This name fits perfectly to the Duo formed by the pianist Riccardo Piacentini and the soprano Tiziana Scandaletti. The mix of piano and soprano creates something very interesting, especially if you think to works written by Italian composers in 20th Century [...] The high level of maestro Riccardo’s piano performance was harmoniously molded on the extraordinary voice of Tiziana, which was skill to adapt the expression of her face to each piece she was singing [...] very fascinating Madrileño, composed and performed by the same Riccardo. In this piece inspired by Spain, which he performed alone without the voice of Tiziana, maestro was able to make something unique, continuously alternating normal sounds on the keyboard to direct sounds on the strings [...] with "Four popular Songs" the atmosphere became lighter and full of enthusiasm, the sound of Riccardo became more complicated and more dynamic as well as Tiziana’s voice, which sang opening and closing her mouth alternately, with a unique resonant effect." From Suara Pembaruan of Jakarta – 7th October 2004: "Duo Alterno’s musical Romance" |
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