The Hartt School has announced two special events: A cello and chamber music master class with world-renowned cellist and pedagogue Lynn Harrell, and the debut of the Hartt String Quartet in a chamber music concert, with special guest Lynn Harrell. Music students from the Hartt School perform in the master class on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 PM, in Wilde Auditorium at the University of Hartford. The master class is open to the public for observation at no charge. The chamber music concert, with a program of Beethoven's Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 and Schubert's Cello Quintet, is Tuesday, March 19, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford. THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE FOR THIS CONCERT. (Please disregard previous notices that included admission charges.) For more information, please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228, or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
The Hartt School has announced two special events: A cello and chamber music master class with world-renowned cellist and pedagogue Lynn Harrell, and the debut of the Hartt String Quartet in a chamber music concert, with special guest Lynn Harrell. Music students from the Hartt School perform in the master class on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 PM, in Wilde Auditorium at the University of Hartford. The master class is open to the public for observation at no charge. The chamber music concert, with a program of Beethoven's Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 and Schubert's Cello Quintet, is Tuesday, March 19, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford. THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE FOR THIS CONCERT. (Please disregard previous notices that included admission charges.) For more information, please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228, or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
The Hartt School has announced two special events: A cello and chamber music master class with world-renowned cellist and pedagogue Lynn Harrell, and the debut of the Hartt String Quartet in a chamber music concert, with special guest Lynn Harrell. Music students from the Hartt School perform in the master class on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 PM, in Wilde Auditorium at the University of Hartford. The master class is open to the public for observation at no charge. The chamber music concert, with a program of Beethoven's Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 and Schubert's Cello Quintet, is Tuesday, March 19, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford. General admission to the concert is $25, admission for seniors is $20, and group rates are available. For tickets, please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228, or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
Today the Stratford Festival unveils its latest app: Stratford Behind the Scenes. This interactive voyage through an entire season reveals the secrets of theatrical production, demonstrating that the artistry that takes place behind the scenes is every bit as magical as the performance itself.
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's fifth annual Playwrights Retreat begins today and runs through October 20. This year eight writers from across the country will be in Stratford for the three-week retreat: Meg Braem (Calgary), Matthew Heiti (Sudbury), Daniel Karasik (Toronto), Kevin Loring (Vancouver), Bryden MacDonald (Halifax), Haley McGee (Toronto), Janet Munsil (Victoria) and Elyne Quan (Toronto).
Hilarity and hijinks ensue as the characters in Thornton Wilder's romantic comedy The Matchmaker. Head to New York for adventure and find love instead. The production, directed by Chris Abrahamand and set in the opulence of the Victorian period, began performances for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Festival Theatre on May 12. In the video below, Geraint Wyn Davies talks about his character, Malachi Stack, in the festival's 60th season production of The Matchmaker!
Bang on a Can and The Noguchi Museum continue their outdoor Music in the Garden summer concert series, held in the Museum's serene sculpture garden on Sunday afternoons at 3pm. All concerts are free with Museum admission.
Hilarity and hijinks ensue as the characters in Thornton Wilder's romantic comedy The Matchmaker. Head to New York for adventure and find love instead. The production, directed by Chris Abrahamand set in the opulence of the Victorian period, begins previews for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Festival Theatre on May 12.
Bang on a Can takes over Alice Tully Hall presented by Lincoln Center's Great Performers series in a triple-bill birthday bash tonight, April 28 at 7pm featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Asphalt Orchestra, and MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika. Bang on a Can is celebrating 25 years during 2012, having grown from a one-day New York-based Marathon concert (on Mother's Day in 1987 in a SoHo art gallery) to a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a broad range of year-round international activities.
Bang on a Can takes over Alice Tully Hall presented by Lincoln Center's Great Performers series in a triple-bill birthday bash on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Asphalt Orchestra, and MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika. Bang on a Can is celebrating 25 years during 2012, having grown from a one-day New York-based Marathon concert (on Mother's Day in 1987 in a SoHo art gallery) to a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a broad range of year-round international activities.
he Hartt School's Composers Ensemble presents Here Comes Everybody: A Celebration of the John Cage Centennial, a three-day festival celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of American composer John Cage.
Lincoln Center will celebrate the 25th birthday of New York's tirelessly inventive new music institution Bang on a Can with musical fireworks in an extraordinary three-part program that will include a U.S. and a New York premiere on Saturday, April 28, at 7 PM in Alice Tully Hall.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years, for release on Bang on a Can's Cantaloupe Music in 2012. The album, Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, is also the first to include the All-Stars' current line-up: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow, piano; David Cossin, percussion; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; and Evan Ziporyn, clarinets. In celebration of its 25th birthday, Bang on a Can is giving a very special gift to the public. The complete, double album is available to download for free during the first 25 days of January (through January 25) from www.bangonacan25.org. In exchange, listeners need only share a memory, thought, or story of Bang on a Can from the last 25 years, to be displayed online. The result will be a scrapbook of memories not just from those closest to the organization, but from the many people worldwide that Bang on a Can has touched over the years. And those new to Bang on a Can can still get the free download.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years, for release on Bang on a Can's sister-label Cantaloupe Music in 2012.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years, for release on Bang on a Can's Cantaloupe Music in 2012. The album, Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, is also the first to include the All-Stars' current line-up: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow, piano; David Cossin, percussion; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; and Evan Ziporyn, clarinets. In celebration of its 25th birthday, Bang on a Can is giving a very special gift to the public. The complete, double album is available to download for free during the first 25 days of January (through January 25) from www.bangonacan25.org. In exchange, listeners need only share a memory, thought, or story of Bang on a Can from the last 25 years, to be displayed online. The result will be a scrapbook of memories not just from those closest to the organization, but from the many people worldwide that Bang on a Can has touched over the years. And those new to Bang on a Can can still get the free download.
Lincoln Center will celebrate the 25th birthday of New York's tirelessly inventive new music institution Bang on a Can with musical fireworks in an extraordinary three-part program that will include a U.S. and a New York premiere on Saturday, April 28, at 7 PM in Alice Tully Hall.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years, for release on Bang on a Can's sister-label Cantaloupe Music in 2012.