Events
Ruth A. Solie, Smith College
Respondent: Kristy Riggs
Columbia's Music Colloquia are free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served after the talks.
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Callahan at dmc2127@columbia.edu.
Featuring small ensembles directed by Don Sickler, Ben Waltzer, Christine Correa nd Ole Mathisen.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 29th, 8PM at FACULTY HOUSE (President's Room).
Free and open to the public.
Keynote Speakers:
Philip Auslander (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Nadine Hubbs (University of Michigan)
All events are free and open to the public.
Keynote Speakers:
Philip Auslander (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Nadine Hubbs (University of Michigan)
All events are free and open to the public.
2007-2008 COLUMBIA COMPOSERS Concert Series(Concert No. 3)LOCATION: ROULETTE -- 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets), New York
DATE: Sunday, March 9, 2008, 8PM
Free Entry!
Program:
Argento New Music Ensemble: NEW MUSIC ON THE CUTTING EDGE
Argento begins a three-concert series at the Italian Academy with a
showcase of extreme contrasts: static meditations vs. relentless
virtuosity.
Tickets: Adult - $15, Students - $10
Ticket inquiries: (212) 854-2306 or on the Italian Academy's website
Program:
Scelsi - Xnoybis for solo violin (1964)
Sannicandro - Constructa for septet (2007) (US Premiere)
Lachenmann - Dal Niente
Lachenmann - Mouvement (vor der Erstarrung) for chamber orchestra (1983/1984/2008) (2008 version World Premiere)
All Ethnomusicology Colloquia are free and open to the public.
RAPAPORT PRIZE FOR SUMMER STUDY
Thanks to a generous alumnus, Richard Rapaport, you can receive funds to study at a summer music festival of your choice. Open to instrumentalists, singers, composers, and conductors. PRIORITY GIVEN to those who have played an active role in the Music Performance Program. No audition or performance for is required for the Rapaport Prize, but an interview is mandatory.
On March 28th you should bring the following:
1) A letter of recommendation from your teacher.
2) A letter of acceptance from the festival, which also states the funds needed.
AUDITIONS FOR YAMAHA HALL CONCERT
A Historical Musicology Colloquium featuring Geoffrey Burgess (Columbia University) and Sean Parrresponding.
All HM Colloquia are free and open to the public.
Contact dmc2127@columbia.edu for more information.
Woodwind instruments are made from Mpingo Wood, also known as African Blackwood and grenadilla. Oboes, clarinets, bagpipes, flutes, piccolos, and fingerboards for stringed instruments including guitars, are made of Mpingo. So are the highly prized sculptures made by the Makonde people. Mpingo grows in Tanzania and Mozambique, and worldwide, individuals and organizations work to conserve and preserve it. Over the past several years, Brenda Schuman-Post has taken on the task of bringing awareness to those involved in Western Classical Music of the impact that their culture is having on other peoples. As an oboist, she herself depends on the availability of Mpingo. This timber has been culled from areas in Southern Africa over the past two centuries, and its progressive depletion has created increased impoverishment among the indigenous peoples of the area.
