Department of Performing Arts

Georgetown University and PostClassical Ensemble

SCHUBERT UNCORKED

Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 8 p.m.

The unclassifiable David Taylor returns to perform two world premiere arrangements of works by Franz Schubert: the Arpeggione Sonata, recast as a concerto for bass trombone, and three late songs adapted for bass trombone and strings.

Program:
Franz Schubert/Anton Webern: Six German Dances.
Franz Schubert/David Taylor: Arpeggione Concerto (world premiere).
Anton Bruckner: Adagio from String Quintet in F major (arr. for string orchestra).
Franz Schubert / David Taylor: Three Songs for bass trombone and strings (world premiere), Der Doppelgänger, Die Stadt, Der Leiermann.

“Taylor… left every brass player in the packed house shaking his head in disbelief.”
— Chicago Tribune

Gaston Hall (Healy Building)
$25 General / $5 Student

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PERGOLESI: FROM ITALY TO THE WORLD

A collaboration between Georgetown University (Music Program and Department of Italian), The Embassy of the Republic of Italy; the Italian Cultural Institute and the Fondazione Pergolesi (Jesi, Italy)

Friday, November 4 from 1-430 P.M.: Study Day
Location: Lauinger Library, Murray Conference Room (fifth floor)
on Georgetown University's main campus
FREE, but reservation required. Please RSVP to deldonna@georgetown.edu by Wednesday, November 2 at noon.

Saturday, November 5 at 6 p.m.: Concert performance
STABAT MATER and PSALM 110 “CONFITEBOR TIBI DOMINE”
Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano
and the Georgetown University Chamber Singers
Prof. Frederick Binkholder, music director
accompanied by Baroque period ensemble Modern Musick
Location: Italian Embassy
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington, DC
Parking is limited.
FREE, but reservation required: RSVP ONLINE HERE

This study day and concert celebrate the music and life of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-36), a figure of considerable importance in 18th-century music and culture. The brief life and compositions of Pergolesi have remained of significant interest to scholars, performers, and music audiences.

Beginning with an international panel of scholars on Friday afternoon at Georgetown University's Lauinger Library, in the Murray Conference Room, LAUINGER LIBRARY ), the study day will explore recent research about the life, works, operatic milieu of the composer in coordination with the 300th anniversary of his birth and celebrations initiated by the Fondazione Pergolesi in 2010. The Saturday concert will feature Pergolesi's Confitebor tibi, Domine for Soprano, chorus and chamber ensemble and the Stabat mater for two sopranos and string ensemble.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY & POST-CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE
Falla/Stravinsky
Conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Dancers from Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (New York City)

El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla
Esperanza Fernandez, cantaora
Directed and choreographed by Igal Perry

A Soldier’s Tale by Igor Stravinsky
Stephen Murray, John Roach & Allie Villarreal
Directed by Anna Harwell Celenza
Choreographed by Igal Perry

A double-bill featuring newly staged productions of two seminal music-theatre works from the early 20th-century, with the participation of the legendary Spanish cantaora Esperanza Fernandez and the master choreographer Igal Perry. Falla’s flamenco-infused El amor brujo is paired with a haunting new rendition of Stravinsky’s saga of Faustian temptation, A Soldier’s Tale. Presented by Post-Classical Ensemble in collaboration with Georgetown University and the National Gallery of Art, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of Spain and Spain Arts & Culture.

"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale explores this timeless question in the guise of a folk tale. In this fully-staged production, modern technology and traditional theater craft collide in a narrative that cuts to the core of mankind's innocent desire to have it all: health, wealth and companionship. In this re-imagining of Stravinsky's tale, audiences discover that the work's evocative music and underlying message are as fresh and significant today as they were nearly a century ago.

Saturday, December 3 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m.
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GONDA THEATRE
$25 GENERAL / $5 STUDENT
Pre-concert presentations one hour before curtain time with Igal Perry, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, and Anna Harwell Celenza; hosted by Joseph Horowitz.
Post-concert disccusion with the artists.

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Future of Music Policy Summit 2011

The Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts co-hosts the Future of Music Coalition’s multi-disciplinary 2011 Policy Summit. Since 2001, FMC’s Policy Summits have brought together an incredible array of musicians, arts advocates, policymakers, technologists, media representatives and industry figures to discuss the most pressing issues at the intersection of music, technology, policy and law. Over two days, connections will be made, challenges will be identified, and solutions will be considered. Your participation in these conversations is crucial to the future of music.

Monday-Tuesday, October 3-4, 2011
LOHRFINK AUDITORIUM (RAFIK B. HARIRI BUILDING) ON GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY’S MAIN CAMPUS AND
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER

For registration pricing and more info, visit
http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-policy-summit-2011