FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2010
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From Festive Operas to Family Musical Fun,
Swing into Spring at
Longy’s Concerts and Events
Cambridge, MA – From renowned cellist Colin Carr to an Opera Extravaganza and Family Series concert, there’s something for everyone this spring at Longy School of Music.
All concerts take place at Longy’s Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square) unless otherwise noted. Many are free. For a complete schedule, more details and updates, see Longy’s online
concert calendar.
Saturday, March 27, 8pm
Unique Voices Concert Series
Colin Carr, cello
with Thomas Sauer, piano
Longy's final Unique Voices concert of the season features cellist Colin Carr, who appears throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. He has played with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, the orchestras of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Philadelphia, and Montréal, and all the major orchestras of Australia and New Zealand. He has been a regular guest at the BBC Proms and recently played concertos in South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and New Zealand. The Unique Voices concert and residency series, generously funded by Jane and Neil Pappalardo, brings exceptional performers to Longy, where they also interact with our students in master classes and coaching sessions.
Works will include: Mendelssohn: Sonata in D Major
Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston
Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in F Major
Admission: $20 general, $10 seniors/students. Order online or call 617.876.0956 x1500.
Sunday, March 28, 7pm
Faculty Artist Recital
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
Sheryl Cohen, flute
Hisako Hiratsuka, piano
Works to include the East Coast premiere of Jake Heggie's Deepest Desire for Mezzo, Flute and Piano plus Shakespeare Songs for Voice and Chamber Ensemble by Mohammed Fairouz, conducted by John Page. Others works include excerpts from Handel-Neun Deutsche Arien, and songs by Ravel and Saint-Saens.
Admission: Free
Sunday, March 28
Longy Faculty Speak at PAMA Conference on "The Athletic Musician"
Berklee College of Music, Boston
Mind/Body faculty members Regina Campbell, Chair, and Aline Benoit will speak at the annual Boston Regional Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) conference, being held Sunday, March 28, 9:30am to 4:30pm at Berklee. This year PAMA has formed an alliance with the American College of Sports Medicine. The theme is "The Athletic Musician: An Exploration for Musicians, Teachers and Health Care Providers." "The conference will examine ways to train our bodies and minds for the athleticism of playing a musical instrument and singing," said Campbell, a physical therapist whose topic is "Training Our Bodies for Musical Performance." Benoit's topic is "Psychological Focus for Peak Performance: Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for the Performing Musician." PAMA members include medical professionals, artists, educators and administrators who aim to improve the health care of the performing artist. Click here for more on the conference.
APRIL CONCERTS & EVENTS
Saturday, April 3, 8pm
Longy's Modern American Music Department presents
A Concert Celebrating Peter Cassino's 70th Birthday
This concert features new music from both the African American and European musical traditions and will pay tribute to the Department of Modern American Music's founder and Chair, Peter Cassino, who has had a long career as both performer and educator. At age 21 Cassino moved from New York City to West Berlin, where he performed for most of the 1960s with many well-known performers, including trumpeter Benny Bailey, drummer Joe Harris, saxophonist Leo Wright and other “expatriate” American players in Berlin. After returning to Boston in 1969, he earned a M.M. from the New England Conservatory and a B.M. from Boston University. He continued to perform with the Boston Jazz Trio and with prominent musicians like Bob Gulotti, Stan Stickland, Bob Moses, Grover Mooney and Ed Schuller. He formed Longy's first jazz department in the 1979 and created Longy’s innovative Department of Modern American Music in 1996. This more recent department does not limit itself to jazz and teaches a more broad representation of modern and contemporary music.
In addition to pianist Cassino, performers will include saxophonists Stan Strickland and Charlie Kohlhase, bassist Joe Morris, drummer Luther Gray, pianist Deborah Yardley Beers and the Vortex Other Dimension new music ensemble with clarinetist Todd Brunel, flutist Matt Samolis, cellist Rob Bethel and soprano Sara Bielanski.
Admission: Free
Sunday, April 4, 3pm
Faculty Artist Recital
Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam, piano
"Immortals Forever..."
G. F. Handel: Suite in C minor
W. A. Mozart: Sonata in D Major
C. Reinecke: Impromptu, Op. 66
F. Schubert: Andantino Varie, Op. 84
F. Chopin: Rondo, Op. 73
A. Chasins: Carmen Fantasy
Reception to follow
Admission: Free
Tuesday, April 6, 8pm
Faculty Artist Recital
Alice Wilkinson, piano
Works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schoenberg, Schubert and A World Premier of "Tryptych" by Boston composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, in memory of Edward Charles Wilkinson.
Admission: Free
Thursday, April 8, and Friday, April 9, 6:30pm
Conservatory Studio of Mark Lakirovich, violin faculty
“Beethoven at 240”
Sonatas no. 1-5 on April 8
Sonatas no. 6-10 on April 9
Recital Room N-1, 33 Garden St.
Admission: Free
Sunday, April 11, noon-3pm, Longy School
Master Class with Guitarist and Composer Gyan Riley
The artist, who has performed in 10 European countries, has composed works for Carnegie Hall and other organizations. The event is sponsored in part by the Boston Classical Guitar Society with assistance from the D'Addario Music Foundation.
Admission: Free
Sunday, April 11, 2pm
Family Series
”HourGlass – Musical Time Machine”
This family friendly concert features vocalists Cristi Catt and Daniela Tosic, guitarist Tom Noren, string wizard Andy Blickenderfer and percussionist Taki Masuko. Join HourGlass for a whirlwind tour to the Middle Ages and back, with stops in France, Portugal, Spain and Brazil. Along the way, the audience gets a first-hand look at how HourGlass creates new music, drawn from past and present styles, cultures and experiences. Hear new pieces born from medieval love songs, bossa nova or even suggestions from the audience! This program is recommended for ages 5 and up.
Tickets: $10 General Admission / $5 Students and Seniors
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Wednesday, April 14, 8pm
Longy's Composition Department presents
Longitude New Music Ensemble
Paul Brust and David Russell, Co-directors
Longy’s premiere contemporary music ensemble will perform ambitious works by Claude Vivier, Laurie San Martin, Judith Weir, Morton Feldmen and George Crumb.
Admission: Free
Friday, April 23, 8pm, and Saturday, April 24, 8pm
Longy's Opera Department and the Longy Conservatory Orchestra present
“Opera Extravaganza”
Nancy Van de Vate, Composer
Donna Roll, Director
Julian Pellicano, Conductor
Five extraordinary operas by Nancy Van de Vate, founder and president of the Vienna Modern Masters Recording Company and one of the world’s most recorded living composers, who will join us at this spring spectacular of Opera at Longy. Also featuring the Longy Conservatory Orchestra. The program will feature:
“Where the Cross is Made,” based on a play by Eugene O’Neill and winner of the National Chamber Opera Award in 2008. This opera is dedicated to Longy’s Opera Director, Donna Roll
“In the Shadow of the Glen,” Libretto based on the play by John Millington Synge
“Venal Vera,” “Night in the Royal Ontario Museum,” and “Cocaine Lil,” three musical theatre pieces — lively, fanciful and risqué
Admission: Free but tickets required. Email tickets@longy.edu or call 617.876.0956, x1500.
617.876.0956 x1500.
Thursday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
“Games and Gershwin”
Longy at the Regattabar
The Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge
Let the musical games begin – high-energy classical music in a jazzbar setting! From Kurtag’s “Signs, Games and Messages” played by violist Dimitri Murrath to Gershwin’s “Three Preludes” for piano spiritedly performed on cello by Ying-Jun Wei, Longy’s world-class artists will transform feats of virtuosity into fanciful fun. Also featuring double bassist Thomas Van Dyck playing Kodaly’s “Epigrams,” and baritone Anton Belov showcasing Weill’s adaptations of folk songs by Tchaikovsky and other Russians. A wind quintet will race across the evening’s finish line with a breathtaking Piazzola tango.
Advance reservations recommended. Tickets $20; call 617.395.7757 or purchase online at regattabarjazz.com.
Note: Program is subject to change. Please visit www.longy.edu for program details, updates, complete concert listings and ticket information.
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