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Music for Sarah Bernhardt
Washington University Symphony Orchestra in concert Nov. 22
Nov. 11,
2009 --
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| Sarah Bernhardt |
In a career spanning more than 50 years, the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) emerged as one of the most celebrated women of her day, known for a signature acting style based on grand, theatrical gestures and a famously melodious voice. On Nov. 22 the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will highlight a series of rarely heard works originally composed for "The Divine Sarah," who commissioned and revived dozens of musical scores to accompany her plays.
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Brass Tacks
Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony in concert Nov. 20
Nov. 10,
2009 --
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The Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony are one of the nation's leading brass chamber ensembles, dedicated to elevating the status of the trombone quartet and to expanding the trombone quartet repertoire. At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, the group will present a free concert at Washington University, with a program spanning four centuries.
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Liederabend
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva in concert Oct. 18
Oct. 8,
2009 --
Soprano Jennifer Jakob and pianist Maria Sumareva will perform an intimate Liederabend for the Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Graham Chapel. Literally translated as "evening of song," Liederabend is a German term referring to a recital given by a singer and pianist, particularly of works by 19th-century Austrian or German composers. The program will include examples by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.
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Theme and Variation
Martin Kennedy to present faculty recital Oct. 10
Oct. 5,
2009 --
Pianist Martin Kennedy, assistant professor of composition and theory in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a free faculty recital at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the 560 Music Center's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. The program will include five original works by Kennedy, performed by Kennedy and guest musicians from Washington University, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Maryville University and the University of Missouri—St. Louis.
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Chance Aesthetics Concert
Performance to feature avant-garde music Oct. 7
Sept. 29,
2009 --
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| John Cage |
Since the early 20th century avant-garde writers, artists and composers have championed the creative possibilities of the arbitrary and the accidental. Next week the Department of Music and the Dance Program in the Performing Arts Department, both in Arts & Sciences, along with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a concert exploring the use of chance in modern and contemporary music. The performance — held in conjunction with the exhibition Chance Aesthetics, now on view at the Kemper Art Museum — is free and open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the 560 Music Center's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.
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Ragtime
The Black Rep and Performing Arts Department join forces for acclaimed musical Oct. 16 to Nov. 1
Sept. 24,
2009 --
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| Shaun Hudson as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., and Renae Adams as Mother |
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Ragtime, Terrence McNally's acclaimed adaptation of the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, is a sweeping and ambitious tale of race, class and the promise of America at the dawn of the 20th century. It is also a tremendously demanding theatrical production, requiring almost 50 actors and at least a dozen musicians. Indeed, Ragtime is so logistically challenging — more than 150 different costumes must be designed and sewn — that it virtually precludes staging by all but the largest of regional theaters. Yet next month, The Black Rep will join forces with the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences to present this Tony Award-winning musical as the fall Mainstage production.
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Sleeping Beauty Wakes
GrooveLily returns to Edison Theatre Oct. 2 and 3
Sept. 15,
2009 --
Fairytales do come true — sort of. Just ask Sleeping Beauty, whose 900 years of enchanted rest finally come to an end in a modern-day sleep disorder clinic, far from the land of far far away. Welcome to Sleeping Beauty Wakes, an artfully twisted take on the classic children's story, by theatrical power-pop trio GrooveLily. In October these acclaimed indie troubadours will return to St. Louis for a pair of performances as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series.
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Summer of Love
Jazz at Holmes opens Sept. 10 with an outdoor jazz tribute to Woodstock
Aug. 31,
2009 --
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| William Lenihan |
Jazz at Holmes will open its fall series of free Thursday night jazz concerts Sept. 10 with an outdoor jazz tribute to the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. The concert will feature a six-person jazz ensemble led by William Lenihan, director of jazz performance in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. "The connections between rock music and jazz of the era of Woodstock are many," Lenihan explained, "and not just that which the sonic possibilities of electric and electronic musical instruments brought to the stage."
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Musica Ebraica
Israeli musicologist and pianist Assaf Shelleg to lecture at Washington University, Sept. 2
Aug. 25,
2009 --  "Embattled Israeliness, Embedded Jewishness: Jewish Influences on Israeli Music" is the focus of a lecture by visiting Israeli scholar Assaf Shelleg at 8 p.m., Sept. 2, in the Whitaker Hall Auditorium at Washington University.
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Summer Sunday concerts
Gateway Festival Orchestra to perform at Washington University throughout July
June 4,
2009 --
The Gateway Festival Orchestra will begin its 46th season of free Sunday-evening performances July 12 with a concert celebrating American music. The program will include orchestral excerpts from Wicked and other popular musicals as well as the Armed Forces Salute, a medley of official songs representing each branch of the armed forces, and The Stars and Stripes Forever. Subsequent concerts, on July 19 and 26, will highlight Vienna's classical era with music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven; and works by "Old World" and "New World" composers, including Bach, Beethoven, Adler and Dvořák.
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