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September 23–28, 2008 |
Performances Vary |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
Book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson '82, directed by David Glenn Armstrong '82, musical direction by Kerry Prep '79, and choreography by Regina Larkin '77, M.A. '90. An emotionally stirring story of a community of young artists struggling to live and celebrate life.
Performances:
9/23–7:30 p.m. | *9/24–6:30 p.m. | 9/25–7:30 p.m. | 9/26–11:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
**9/27–8:00 p.m. | 9/28–2:00 p.m. | 9/28–7:30 p.m.
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Student Recital |
October 12, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
Adelphi music students share works in progress.
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Dance Adelphi Fall 2008:
In Search of a Goddess |
October 14–19, 2008 |
Performances Vary |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
Conceived and written by Fran Kirmser with choreography and performances by Dalia Carella and direction by Jon Cantor. An evening of dance from early modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis and founder of Adelphi University's dance program.
Performances:
10/14–7:30 p.m. | * 10/15–6:30 p.m. | 10/16–7:30 p.m. | 10/17–11:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
**10/18–8:00 p.m. | 10/19–2:00 p.m.
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Adelphi Symphony Orchestra |
October 24–25, 2008 |
Performances Vary |
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Location: Concert Hall
TITANS: Beethoven, Mahler, and More
Concert Hall Grand Opening
ARTISTS
The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Simon Mulligan, piano
Also featuring
Adelphi University Chorus - Michael Hume, director
Adelphi Jazz Ensemble - Dave Lobenstein, director
PROGRAM
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Intrada Cubana
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano, Concerto No. 5, "Emperor"
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
(Pre-Concert Music provided by Adelphi Jazz Ensemble)
The Adelphi Music Department celebrates its 70th anniversary and the opening of the Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center with an evening of extraordinary music. The central concert program is dedicated to the works of two of the “titans” of music: Beethoven and Mahler. Preceded by a pre-concert lobby performance by the Adelphi Jazz Ensemble, and following a special appearance by the Adelphi Chorus, the brilliant New York pianist Simon Mulligan joins the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Beethoven’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”), the last piano concerto he composed. The second half of the program will be Symphony No. 1 in D major, the “Titan”, by Gustav Mahler: composer, renowned conductor and the last in a line of great symphonic masters of the First Viennese School. Post-concert music is provided by students of the Chamber Music Ensemble.
Performances:
10/24–7:30 p.m. | *10/25–8:00 p.m.
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Kitty Lunn |
October 27, 2008 |
6:00 p.m. |
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Location: Dance Theatre
Founder of Infinity Dance Theatre, a non-traditional dance company featuring dancers with and without disabilities, in a special performance for Disabilities Awareness Week. Presented by the College of Arts and Sciences with The Dance Department and in association with the Committee for Individuals with Disabilities.
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Geoffrey Tozer, piano |
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Location: Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in G Major, Op. 79
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106
Improvisations on musical themes and composer styles suggested by the audience.
"Unique among contemporary pianists" -- Alain Kochard, France
"….almost single-handedly promoted the works of Nicolai Medtner….he plays this music with skill, understanding and obvious high regard." -- Music Web International
Since his remarkable debut as a child prodigy at age 8, Geoffrey Tozer has come to be recognized as one of the world’s finest pianists. He is typically associated with repertory by neglected composers such as Nikolai Medtner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, but also performs a sizable array of standard piano works by Mozart, Liszt, Prokofiev, Bartok, Beethoven and many more. His recordings of the complete works of Medtner have earned him particular praise in bringing that Russian master’s music to the public. His will be the first solo piano recital in the Concert Hall playing the Fazioli Grand, Model 308.
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Mary Matalin & James Carville |
October 29, 2008 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
James Carville and Mary Matalin give audiences an enlightening and entertaining look at Washington politics. Co-authors of the national bestseller 'All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President,' both Matalin and Carville are key players on the national political stage, having between them worked for every president over the last 25 years. In this presentation, Carville and Matalin combine their unique experience as a perennial political insiders to provide audiences with a stimulating, candid, and provocative analysis of the day's headlines and today's hot-button political issues from both sides of the political aisle for a lively and engaging exchange of views.
Sponsored by the William E. Simon Lecture in American Civilizations and Value
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Student Recital |
November 2, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
Adelphi music students present works in progress.
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Alice Hoffman '73 |
November 5, 2008 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
"A Reading and Conversation to Celebrate the Establishment of the Alice Hoffman Fellowships in Creative Writing"
Best-selling author Alice Hoffman '73 will discuss and sign her newest book, "The Third Angel," the compelling novel that has garnered praise from national media, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist.
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Monica Germino,
violin & electric violin |
November 8, 2008 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Plugged and Unplugged
A solo program for violin, electric violin, adapted acoustic violin, voice,
soundtrack, effects, movement, film, installations
PROGRAM
- JacobTV (a.k.a. Jacob ter Veldhuis) Suites of Lux (2004/2007)* for electric violin & sound track
- Johann Sebastian Bach Sarabande, Partita II in d minor, BWV 1004 (1720)
- Louis Andriessen Xenia (2005)* for violin/voice
- Heiner Goebbels Part 6 from Bagatellen für Violine (1989-2006)* for amplified violin with distortion & samples
- Nick Williams Hell (2006)* for singing violinist
- Nicholas Brown The Bravery Of Women (2007)* for violin/voice & film
- Michael Gordon Industry (1993) for adapted violin & electronics
*written for Germino
"Her virtuosity was exhilarating" -- The Sunday Times (UK)
"Germino's presence is inescapable. Her electric violin sounds are truly bewitching." -- Trouw (Netherlands)
Performing brand new works by the world's top composers, Amsterdam-based American artist Monica Germino
is at the forefront of bringing the violin into the 21st Century. Each piece cleverly combines the violin(s) with
another element: voice, soundtrack, effects, samples, movement, film, or installation. Developed and
presented in close collaboration with expert sound engineer Frank van der Weij, the groundbreaking show
Plugged & Unplugged illustrates an ideal relationship between performer and technician, as reported by
The Daily Telegraph (UK): "...musicians and "players" of electronic gear simply coming together to make
music - the results were often entrancing." Three spectacularly different instruments: the acoustic violin, her
custom-made electric violin and a uniquely adapted acoustic violin all play a role in this thrilling program.
The 65-minute program includes pieces by Heiner Goebbels, Jacob ter Veldhuis and J.S. Bach. Germino's
mastery of singing and playing simultaneously can be heard in the works of Louis Andriessen, Nicholas Brown
and Nick Williams. The show ends with Industry, the revolutionary piece by "Bang on a Can" founder Michael
Gordon. The composers themselves introduce their works.
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Distinguished Faculty Recital |
November 12, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Linda Wetherill, flute
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, piano
PROGRAM
Charles Ives, Piano Sonata No. 2, 'Concord, Mass., 1840-1860'
Pierre Boulez, Sonatine (flute and piano)
Mirtru Escalona-Mijares, Work for solo flute & electronics (Premiere)
Philippe Leroux, P.P.P. (flute and piano)
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Musical Theatre in Concert |
November 16, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi University Students
Michael Hume, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
A talented cast of students perform songs, ensembles and scenes from classic and contemporary Broadway shows.
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The Trestle at Popelick Creek |
November 20–22, 2008 |
Performances Vary |
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Location: Black Box Theatre
By Naomi Wallace, directed by Maggie Lally. 1936. Somewhere in the U.S. Two passionate teenagers become locked in a dare to "run the tracks" - a deadly game to outrun the trains that thunder over the trestle bridge at Pope Lick Creek. The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek visits five characters in an American town hit hard by the Depression all waiting, aching for something to change in their lives. Although stripped of dignity by circumstance, they refuse to be defeated and ultimately look to each other for strength, grace and guidance.
Performances:
11/20–7:30 p.m. | 11/21–7:30 p.m. | 11/22–2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
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Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York |
November 23, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
Sunday, November 23 at 2pm
MYO String Orchestra - Victoria Alaimo, director
MYO Concert Orchestra - Peggy Ho, director
Program
The String Orchestra will play a variety of orchestral works by Vivaldi, Grainger, Bishop and Rouse. The Concert Orchestra will perform selections from Tschaikowsky's Nutcracker and Rimsky-Korsakov's Dubinishka.
With this concert, MYO is opening its fifteenth season with well over four hundred musicians in eight orchestral and vocal ensembles, in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. This concert features two of the training orchestras.
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
Sunday, November 23 at 5pm
Program
Chamber Orchestra
Patricia Koppeis, director
-Triumphal March from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
-March from Love for Three Oranges - Sergei Prokofiev
-Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
-Fiddle-Faddle (Composer's Centennial Anniversary) - Leroy Anderson
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Principal Orchestra
Scott Stickley, director
-Overture to Oberon - Carl Maria von Weber
-Selections from Romeo & Juliet Suites I & II - Sergei Prokofiev
-Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture - Peter Illich Tschaikowsky
With this concert, MYO is opening its fifteenth season with well over four hundred musicians in eigh orchestral and vocal ensembles, in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. This concert features two of the top orchestras.
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The Civilized Captivity of a Primitive Winter |
November 24–25, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Dance Theatre
Sidney M. Boquiren, composer/performer
Trebien Pollard, choreographer/performer
A World Premiere. Inspired by Daniel Quinn's novel, Ishmael, this innovative collaborative project looks at captivity as a state of fate, coincidence, and/or choice. Through the course of the performance, the boundaries between music and dance, performer and creator, captive and captor are explored and blurred.
Performances:
11/24–7:30 p.m. | 11/25–7:30 p.m.
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Fall 2008 Dance Workshop |
December 4, 2008 |
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Dance Theatre
Adelphi dance students present works in progress.
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Adelphi Jazz Ensemble |
December 5, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi Jazz Ensemble
Dave Lobenstein, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
This exciting student ensemble presents an evening of unique jazz arrangements by such composers as Gershwin, Ellington, Coltrane, Parker and Davis.
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Adelphi Chorus |
December 7, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
The Adelphi Chorus
Michael Hume, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
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Fourteen-Time Gold Medalist Michael Phelps |
December 9, 2008 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Location: Center for Recreation and Sports
Note: The Center Recreation and Sports is a separate building from the Performing Arts Center. View the campus map for the location.
Photo courtesy of
Michael Phelps
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Adelphi University is proud to host an exclusive program with Olympian Michael Phelps, the day his book No Limits: The Will to Succeed goes on sale. This event, co-sponsored by Adelphi’s Student Government Association, will take place in the University’s new state-of-the art Center for Recreation and Sports.
Phelps is being lauded by many as the greatest athlete of all time with his history-making performance at the Beijing Olympics, setting new records for all-time gold medals won and gold medals won in a single Olympics. No Limits: The Will to Succeed includes insights from the Beijing Games, the pool, and the team, giving readers an up-close view of Phelps's record-breaking performance. Phelps will also share anecdotes about his family, his coach, his passion for the sport, and lessons learned from unexpected challenges and obstacles. This special event will be an inspiration not only for fans of great, dramatic moments in sports, but also for a wider audience of fans who will take inspiration from a man and his determination to succeed.
Audience members may have a chance to ask Phelps questions during a Q&A session. Signed copies of No Limits: The Will to Succeed will be available for sale at the event.
Tickets are $25 with discounts available for groups. Premier seating is available for $50. Due to the anticipated high demand for tickets, join Adelphi's mailing list for advance notice of when ticket sales go live for this exclusive event.
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Chamber Music Workshop Concert |
December 9, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi University Students
Sidney M. Boquiren, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
Adelphi Music students perform vocal and instrumental works from the Renaissance to the Modern eras.
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Jupiter String Quartet |
December 10, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Adelphi Ensemble in Residence
ARTISTS
Nelson Lee, violin
Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola
Daniel McDonough, cello
PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in F major
Bela Bartok Quartet No. 5
Benjamin Britten Quartet No. 2
“The Jupiter Quartet offer[ed] an unforgettable performance….the pleasure they take in one another’s musical company was palpable.” -- The Boston Globe
Jupiter String Quartet begin their tenure as Ensemble in Residence this season. The Quartet has received several recent chamber music honors, including first prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award. The quartet concertizes across the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico and South America. This is the first of three concerts the Quartet will perform at Adelphi this season.
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Freshman Workshop |
December 13, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
Written and Directed by Kerry Prep. An original new work featuring the Freshman Acting class
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Adelphi Opera Theatre |
December 14, 2008 |
5:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi Opera Theatre
Anneliese von Goerken & Midori Howell, directors
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
PROGRAM
Gustav Holst, Savitri
Operatic excerpts to be announced
Savitri by Gustav Holst, staged and performed by an all-student cast with the original orchestration. The program will also include arias and excerpts from the operatic repertoire.
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Fall Film Festival |
December 15, 2008 |
7:00 p.m. |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
Fall student film and video festival presented by Works in Progress.
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"Golf: The Musical" Presented by EWGA |
February 8, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Gabrielius Alekna, piano |
February 7, 2009 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven, Bagatelles, Op. 126; Sonata Op. 10, No. 3 in D major
Bela Bartok, 14 Bagatelles, Op. 60
Vytautas Bacevičius, Cinquieme mot
Olivier Messiaen, from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
- Regard du Fils sur le Fils
- Par Lui tout a été fait
“….a highly gifted pianist and musician.” -- Daniel Barenboim
“Alekna is fantastic.” -- Paolo Fazioli, founder Fazioli Pianoforti
Gabrielius Alekna is the first Lithuanian to hold a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School. Winner of the second prize at the 2005 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Austria, he has appeared as a soloist with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra and regularly with the major orchestras of his native country.
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Peter Seidenberg, cello
Elaine Comparone, harpsichord |
February 13, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029
New Works for Cello & Harpsichord by:
Sidney M. Boquiren
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Joanne Metcalf
Paul Moravec
Cellist Peter Seidenberg and harpsichordist Elaine Comparone have collaborated for ten years in The Queen’s Chamber Band and as founding members of The Queen’s Chamber Trio. In this program, Seidenberg and Comparone display their remarkable affinity for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. They will also give the first performances of new, short works composed for them by distinguished Adelphi faculty members. Seidenberg and Comparone record for Lyrichord Discs.
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Adelphi Symphony Orchestra |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Giuseppe Andaloro, piano
Kelley Nassief, soprano
PROGRAM
Henryk Górecki, Symphony No. 3, “Sorrowful Songs”
Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
“Andaloro has a big, agile technique….with panache and power.” -- The Daily Telegraph, London
“If the angels in heaven really sing, please let them do it like Nassief.” -- Leipziger Volkszeitung
When Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 was released on CD, its success was phenomenal, and entirely unpredictable. Not only did it reach the top of the Classical charts; it crossed over into the standard top 40 popular list as well. Written in 1976, it marked a stage in Górecki’s progression toward harmonic minimalism and simplified textures. The three movements are centered around three distinct texts and melodies: a lament by a mother for son lost in the Silesian Uprisings of 1919; an inscription scrawled by a daughter to her mother on the wall of a Gestapo prison in southern Poland, and a 15th century folk song, once again a maternal lament with deeply spiritual imagery. American soprano, Kelley Nassief, a resident of Long Island who has performed with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, brings her special artistry to this important symphonic work.
The program is balanced by a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, a work of greater scope than any concerto that had come before. This masterpiece of the genre, written more than twenty years after his first concerto, was an instant success at its premiere, with the composer as soloist. Since then, its popularity and power have never waned. The Adelphi Symphony is proud to present the Italian virtuoso, Giuseppe Andaloro performing this magnificent work on the Fazioli 308 grand piano.
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Giuseppe Andaloro, piano |
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Location: Concert Hall
PROGRAM
To be announced
“A player of chiseled brilliance.” -- The Independent, London
“…playing both delicate and fulsome, his fleet fingers spun an intriguing web.” -- The Classical Source, UK
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Moonchildren |
February 26–28, 2009 |
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Location: Black Box Theatre
By Michael Weller, directed by Nicholas Petron, chronicles a year in the life of college seniors, circa 1965 - a period when America, like the play's youthful protagonists, was at the point where idealism, maturity, and reality clash. It is a stunning work, one that has weathered the years to become that rarity, a contemporary play that, while rooted in the era in which it was written, remains contemporary because its underlying themes are universal and unchanging.
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Distinguished Faculty Recital |
February 28, 2009 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Anneliese von Goerken, soprano
Midori Howell, piano
The Adelphi Wind Quintet:
Linda Wetherill, flute
Katie Scheele, oboe
Mark Gustavson, clarinet
Louiza Raab-Pontecorvo, horn
Donna Muncil, bassoon
PROGRAM
Elliott Carter, Wind Quintet
David Maslanka, Wind Quintet No. 3
Operatic Heroines: Tragic and Triumphant
Arias for soprano by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Strauss & Donizetti
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Student Recital |
March 1, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
Adelphi music students share works in progress.
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Jupiter String Quartet |
March 5, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Adelphi Ensemble in Residence
ARTISTS
Nelson Lee, violin
Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola
Daniel McDonough, cello
PROGRAM
Dimitri Shostakovich, Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor
Sofia Gubaidulina, Quartet No. 2
Dimitri Shostakovich, Quartet No. 4 in D major
Ludwig van Beethoven, Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2
“One of the strongest young string quartets in the country.” -- The New York Sun
No composer of the 20th century had a greater impact on the string quartet repertoire than Shostakovich, who is represented here by two works: his Quartet No. 7, written in memory of his first wife and the shortest of his quartets; and the Quartet No. 4, a work in which the composer’s affinity for Jewish themes and folk music is evident. Sofia Gubaidulina, born in 1931, was encouraged by Shostakovich to ignore the often hostile criticism of the Soviet musical establishment. She is now recognized as one of Russia’s most important living composers. The program concludes with one of the “Razumovsky” quartets, named for the Russian Count Razumovsky who commissioned them. This quartet reflects the immense voyages of discovery that had made it possible for Beethoven to compose the “Eroica” Symphony and the “Appassionata” Sonata.
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Eric Huebner, piano |
March 9, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Transcultural Music for Solo Piano
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. : Pre-concert discussion
PROGRAM
Music of Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu, Christopher Adler, Lei Liang, Gyorgy Ligeti and Adelphi composer Sidney Marquez Boquiren.
“Phenomenal young pianist…dazzling and exhilarating.” -- LA Weekly
“Ingenious interpreter of new music…” -- Lingener Tagespost
Pianist Eric Huebner has drawn world-wide acclaim for his performances of new and traditional music since making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. He has worked with a number of the world’s finest conductors and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Riverside Symphony and the Juilliard Orchestra. The program will include music of multiple origins, from select etudes by Ligeti to the meditative works of Boquiren and Takemitsu.
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Dance Adelphi Spring 2009 |
March 10–15, 2009 |
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Location: Dance Theatre
Dance Adelphi Spring 2009, under the direction of Frank Augustyn features choreographers and works from around the world in an eclectic and exciting production featuring our Dance Department dancers.
Performances:
3/10–7:30 p.m. | *3/11–6:30 p.m. | 3/12–7:30 p.m. | 3/13–11:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
3/14–8:00 p.m. | 3/15–2:00 p.m.
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Metropolitan Youth Orchestra |
March 22, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. |
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Anne La Berge, flute and electronics |
March 23, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
"Her playing is fully virtuosic."
–Entracte, Amsterdam
Anne La Berge’s career as a flutist/improviser/composer stretches across international and stylistic boundaries. She is known internationally for her ferocious and far-reaching virtuosity, a penchant for improvising delicately spun microtonal textures and melodies, her unique array of percussive flute effects, all combined with cutting edge electronics.
She will present a concert featuring her repertoire for flute and electronics on Monday, March 23 at 7:30 pm in the Concert Hall of the PAC. Included in this recital will be a new work written by Adelphi composer Sidney Marquez Boquiren.
On Tuesday, March 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Ms. La Berge will lead a composition workshop, featuring the works of Adelphi student composers, in the Recital Hall of the PAC. This workshop is free and open to the public.
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Musical Theatre in Concert |
March 28, 2009 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi University Students
Michael Hume, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
Songs, ensembles and scenes from classic and contemporary musicals.
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Adelphi New Music V |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Jonathan Goodman, tenor
William Zito, lute
The Adelphi Wind Quintet:
Linda Wetherill, flute
Katie Scheele, oboe
Mark Gustavson, clarinet
Louiza Raab-Pontecorvo, horn
Donna Muncil, bassoon
PROGRAM
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Lieder des Morgensterns (World Premiere)
Mark Gustavson, Albion
Plus music for Wind Quintet by Fred Lerdahl and Elliott Schwarz
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10 Minute Play Festival |
April 2–4, 2009 |
Performances Vary |
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Location: Black Box Theatre
This popular series returns with short plays submitted from around the country and selected for production by a committee of students, staff and faculty. Mentored students direct, design and perform in this groundbreaking theatrical event.
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Last Seen |
April 5, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Jonathan Goodman, tenor
William Zito, guitar
Jacqueline Jones LaMon, poet
PROGRAM
Works by:
Sidney M. Boquiren
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
This multi-disciplinary and multi-media event presents the work of Professors Jacqueline Jones LaMon (English) and Sidney M. Boquiren (Music) along with texts and videography that respond to the disturbing phenomenon of people who “disappear” whether as victims of crime or politics, or for unknown reasons.
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Student Recital |
April 6, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
Adelphi music students share works in progress.
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Jupiter String Quartet |
April 20, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
Adelphi Ensemble in Residence
ARTISTS
Nelson Lee, violin
Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola
Daniel McDonough, cello
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn, Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
Thomas Adès, Arcadiana
Ludwig van Beethoven, Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
In their final appearance of the season, the Jupiters (as they are known) will perform strongly related works of emotional depth and spiritual vision. Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A minor was written partly as a response to the death of Beethoven, whose late quartets he revered as masterpieces while some were dismissing them as the ravings of a deaf old man. Beethoven struggled with his health while writing his Opus 132 quartet, also in A minor. Although not specifically programmatic, the quartet expresses in musical terms the composer’s state of mind in his final years: the struggle against destiny and the triumph of spirit over physical hardship. Placed between these two works is Arcadiana by the gifted contemporary British pianist, conductor and composer Thomas Adès. Arcadiana is a set of seven miniatures, each of which, as the composer notes, “evokes an image associated with ideas of the idyll, vanishing, vanished or imaginary.”
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Stage Door |
April 21–26, 2009 |
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Adelphi Chorus |
April 27, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
The Adelphi Chorus
Michael Hume, Director
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Adelphi Symphony Orchestra |
May 2, 2009 |
8:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Carol Yahr, Sieglinde
John Keyes, Siegmund
Artist to be announced, Hunding
Maristella Patuzzi, solo violin
PROGRAM
Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, Act One
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Shakespeare's Hamlet |
May 7, 2009 |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
An Honors College Thesis Production by Craig Fox, in association with the Honors College, Department of Theatre, and Young Actors, Dancers and Designers of Adelphi (Y.A.D.D.A.).
Performances:
5/7–11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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Dance Workshop 2009 |
May 8, 2009 |
11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Dance Theatre
Adelphi dance students perform classroom works in progress.
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Cabaret Theatre Series |
May 8–9, 2009 |
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Location: Black Box Theatre
A rich and long tradition at Adelphi, cabaret is an always engaging and often irreverent series of original songs, sketches and monologues around a current theme. Our cabaret production this year is co-written and co-directed by seniors Lauren Brickman and Colin Murphy.A do–not–miss event!
Watch the promo on YouTube...
Performances:
5/8–7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. | 5/9–7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
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Adelph Opera Theatre |
May 9, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi Student Cast
Anneliese von Goerken, Director
Midori Howell, Co-Director and Pianist
PROGRAM
John Duke, Captain Lovelock
Gian Carlo Menotti, The Old Maid and the Thief
Two humorous and touching one-act operas about the follies of love and desire.
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Adelphi Jazz Ensemble |
May 11, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Concert Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi Jazz Ensemble
Dave Lobenstein, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
An exciting mix of jazz styles performed by a talented ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists.
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Spring Film Festival |
May 12, 2009 |
To be announced |
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Location: Olmsted Theatre
Spring student film and video festival presented by Works in Progress.
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Chamber Music Workshop Concert |
May 13, 2009 |
7:30 p.m. |
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Location: Recital Hall
ARTISTS
Adelphi University Students
Sidney M. Boquiren, Director
PROGRAM
To be announced
Intimate music for voices and instruments from early music to contemporary works.
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