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Verge Ensemble Residency February 23-25, 2011
The residency will include several events:
A public concert featuring graduate student compositions together with outstanding pieces from Verge’s repertoire, which includes some of the most exciting composers working today
A public colloquium focusing on the performance practice of contemporary music, and the opportunities and problems of cross-disciplinary collaboration
The ensemble will work directly with student composers, allowing them to develop skills in writing for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and sound designer. Verge will also record graduate student compositions, providing a critical element of the students’ portfolios as they enter the job market (recent placements include Oberlin and Yale)
ConcertMore >
8 pm Old Cabell Hall Adult $10, Student $5 UVa Students, free if reserved in advance Tickets >
The new composition, Green Chemistry, by John D'Earth for the Jazz Ensemble and the Free Bridge Quintet premiering February 26 s inspired by the international Green Chemsitry movement, which encourages chemists to explore and address the environmental problems created by the many blessings of modern chemistry. The term "green chemistry" can also be taken as a double-entendre because the piece will explore human interaction, as well, especially as regards the "chemistry" between teachers and their students, where the learning goes both ways.
Olwen Fouéré Residency
Guest artist Residency in conjunction with Department of Drama's production of By the Bog of Cats
Olwen Fouéré is the Irish stage actress who originated to leading role of Hester Swane in By the Bog of Cats at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
Wednesday, October 27
Symposium | Encountering the Other: The Irish Traveller with Olwen Fouéré; Victor Luftig, Associate Professor, Irish Literature, U.Va. Dept. of English; Kate Burke, Associate Professor, Voice and Speech, U.Va. Dept. of Drama; and more.
4 pm, Helms Theatre Wine Reception to Follow FREE tickets, available in-person at the U.Va. Arts Box Office
Thursday, October 28
Post-Show Discussion with Olwen Fouéré, director Marianna Kubik, & cast members following the performance.
November 11-13, 8 pm November 13, 2 pm Helms Theatre
Since its founding in 1985, David Dorfman Dance has performed extensively in New York City and throughout the Americas and Europe. The company and artistic collaborators have been honored with eight New York Dance and Performance ("Bessie") Awards.
Tickets $10 Adults, Seniors $ 5 Student/child, U.Va. students, faculty The Arts Box Office >
Arts Board Bang On A Can All-Stars
The artist in residency for the 2010-2011 Music Arts Board is the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Formed in 1987 by composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, Bang on a Can All-Stars is dedicated to commissioning, performing, creating, presenting and recording contemporary music. With an ear for the new, the unknown and the unconventional, Bang on a Can All-Stars strives to expose exciting and innovative music as broadly and accessibly as possible to new audiences worldwide.
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