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SUMMARY:Fiddle Tunes\, Folksongs\, and Fancy Footwork
DESCRIPTION:Trish Miller and John Kirk \nEnjoy an afternoon of fiddle tunes\, folksongs and fancy footwork with acoustic duo\, John Kirk and Trish Miller. John is the primary vocalist and instrumental wizard on fiddle mandolin and more. Trish plays banjo\, guitar and provides fancy footwork with percussive dance steps. Together\, this married couple has been working and teaching in upstate New York for over three decades. They present traditional tunes and witty songs with unique arrangements and plenty of chorus songs for the audience to sing along. \nIn 2022 John was inducted into the North American (and New York) Fiddler’s Hall of Fame. The duo has twice been nominated for New York’s Capital Region Eddie Awards (2022 & 2023). Both are teaching music artists at Skidmore College\, and John is part of the music faculty at Bennington College as well. Old time music is the basis for their repertoire\, but they also like to mix in some originals\, Celtic\, early country songs\, humorous selections and Appalachian clog dancing. Many songs and tunes are rooted in the local lore of the northeast woodlands. Their story-telling songs\, poetic pieces\, historical topics and contemporary folksongs make their shows fine entertainment for all ages. They have been given numerous grants for concerts and teaching including their selection by the US State Department to tour various cities in Eastern Europe\, South Central America. In schools\, John and Trish have conducted programs and residencies in music and dance heritage since the 1990’s. For many years they have taught and performed at summer music camps\, museums\, libraries\, coffeehouses and more. From Carnegie Hall to their local Flurry Festival\, John and Trish entertain\, and they work to carry on lively traditional tunes & dances. \nMusic at the Museum programs are presented at no charge\, thanks to our generous sponsors\,\nAlison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2026kirk_miller/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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SUMMARY:Michael Arnowitt: Piano Panorama
DESCRIPTION:Vermont favorite\, Michael Arnowitt\, returns to the state to perform a piano concert of lively\, evocative\, and emotionally moving music. The program will feature a set of pieces by Debussy\, including his prelude “The Interrupted Serenade” and a piano transcription of the orchestral music to the opening section of La Mer (The Sea). Other highlights of the program include music from the piano sonatas of the great Black American composer George Walker; Olivier Messiaen’s “The Reed Warbler\,” an excerpt from the composer’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (Catalog of Birds) evoking scenes of nature and bird song; music by Prokofiev composed during World War II; and the exciting finale to Bartok’s Piano Sonata\, a spirited piece influenced by the folk melodies and rhythms of Bartok’s native Hungary. Arnowitt will also perform music from recent decades by composers from the UK\, Ukraine\, and Canada\, and his own Bach-influenced composition “The Stream.” \n Michael Arnowitt lived in central Vermont from 1985 to 2017 when he immigrated to Canada. He now lives primarily in Toronto but also lives part-time in Marshfield\, Vermont. \nMichael Arnowitt is one of today’s most creative musicians. His extraordinary sense of touch at the keyboard\, his abilities to find new articulations and colors from the piano\, and his warm onstage personality have delighted audiences in concert halls around the world. Michael Arnowitt has given seven concert tours of Europe\, performing in France\, Belgium\, Germany\, Holland\, Hungary\, and the Czech Republic\, and he has also given concert tours in Russia and Korea. He is the subject of the documentary film\, Beyond 88 Keys\, filmed in both the USA and Europe and available on Vimeo. He lives in Toronto\, Canada where he moved in 2018 after living in Vermont for over 30 years. \n The Washington Post said of a special piano concert Michael Arnowitt performed at the National Gallery of Art\, “He played with an exquisite sense of touch\, color and musical imagination.” Michael Arnowitt is currently working on a book of essays about music\, What Makes Great Music Great\, to be published by the Vermont-based Fomite Press.  \n In 2017\, Michael Arnowitt was honored with a special legislative resolution by the Vermont House and Senate and a personal thank you in a meeting with the Governor of Vermont in recognition of his years of contributions to Vermont music. His musical activities in Vermont over the years included being the artistic director of the Vermont Millennium Music Festival\, which was a 4-day gala of 24 concerts and special events  presenting music from the year 1000 to the year 2000 in chronological order. During his time in Vermont\, Michael Arnowitt was the principal organizer for a number of major fundraisers to benefit humanitarian aid for Balkan and Syrian war refugees and relief efforts after Vermont hurricanes and floods\, causing the Barre Times-Argus newspaper to comment in an editorial\, “Arnowitt has shown once again that his conscience is every bit as impressive as his cadenzas.” \nMusic at the Museum programs are presented at no charge\, thanks to our generous sponsors\,\nAlison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2026arnowitt/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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SUMMARY:Sunrise\, Japanese Myths and Romantic Passion
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the 11th season of Music at the Museum by celebrating the 10th anniversary of Taconic Music. We are pleased to welcome back the Taconic String Quartet for a program including Joseph Haydn\, Sato Matsui\, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the beautiful Paul and Ada Paresky Center at Bennington Museum. \nTaconic String Quartet:\nHeather Braun and Joana Genova\, violins\nAriel Rudiakov\, viola\nNathaniel Parke cello \nMusic at the Museum programs are presented at no charge\, thanks to our generous sponsors\,\nAlison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2025taconicstrings/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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SUMMARY:"The Scent of Apples"
DESCRIPTION:“The Scent of Apples” is the world premiere of a solo marimba composition by Bennington College Alumna\, Tina Davidson\, inspired by the poems of Robert Frost. Distinguished percussionist and percussion professor at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign\, Josh Graham will bring this evocative piece to life at Bennington Museum to kick off the 10th season of Music at the Museum. The program is presented in partnership with Bennington College and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum. \nFrost’s poems serve as inspiration for this piece and are part of a long-term project that pairs literary figures and their writing with new works for the marimba. Other works within this project include works for solo marimba by Griffin Candey based on “The Nick Adams Stories” by Ernest Hemingway at Hemingway’s birthplace outside of Chicago\, and a work by Mike Conrad based on the poetry of Iowan James Hearst at Hearst’s home in Cedar Falls\, Iowa. “The Scent of Apples” will be framed by some of these and other additional pieces for solo marimba. A question and answer session with the performer and composer will follow. \nThe premiere of “The Scent of Apples” represents a unique opportunity to celebrate the enduring global legacy of Robert Frost through a contemporary artistic lens. This project not only provides an enriched cultural experience for the audience but also underscores the importance of cross-genre collaboration and innovation to inspire new perspectives. \nThe 10th season of Music at the Museum is dedicated to Shirley Brodsky. \nSpecial thanks to the Robert Frost Society\, the Fund for North Bennington\, Bennington College alumni Sarah Tenney\, the Bennington College Music Department and Woolley Fund\, American Heritage Trees\, and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum for supporting the creation of this composition. \nComposer Tina Davidson \nTina Davidson is a highly regarded American composer known for her distinctive voice and praised by the New York Times for her “vivid ear for harmony and colors.” Davidson earned her BA in piano and composition from Bennington College in 1976\, studying under Henry Brant\, Louis Calabro\, Vivian Fine\, and Lionel Nowak.  \nWith a career spanning over forty-five years\, Davidson has received commissions from renowned ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra\, OperaDelaware\, Roanoke Symphony\, VocalEssence\, Kronos Quartet\, Cassatt Quartet\, and public television (WHYY-TV). Her compositions have been widely performed by prestigious orchestras and ensembles such as The Philadelphia Orchestra\, American Composers Orchestra\, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, Relâche Ensemble\, and Orchestra 2001. Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn commissioned Davidson as part of her 27 Encore project\, resulting in the composition “Blue Curve of the Earth\,” initially released on Deutsche Grammophon in 2013 and later featured on Hahn’s 2018 album\, “Retrospective.” She is the recipient of numerous prestigious grants and fellowships\, notably being the first classical composer to receive a $50\,000 Pew Fellowship. \nPercussionist Josh Graham \nDr. Josh Graham\, a percussionist acclaimed as “beguiling” (Chicago Tribune) and a “superb performer” (Chicago Classical Review)\, has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada. He currently serves as Professor of Percussion at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign \, Principal Percussionist of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra\, and performs with F-PLUS. Dr. Graham is active in creating new works for percussion\, commissioning and premiering chamber works by a variety of composers\, including George Tsontakis\, Jessie Montgomery\, Marta Ptaszynska\, Charles Peck\, Emma O’Halloran\, Matthew Ricketts\, Matthew Barnson\, Dave Hollinden\, and Liza Sobel Crane\, among many others.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2024frost/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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SUMMARY:Michael Finckel: Vermont Composes
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents “Vermont Composes” with Michael Finckel\nYoshiko Sato (piano)\, Nathaniel Parke (cello)\, and Michael Wimberly (percussion) join cellist Michael Finckel in a celebration of Vermont composition. Featured composers include Louis Calabro\, Michael Finckel\, Derrick Jordan\, Lionel Nowak\, and Allen Shawn. \nMichael Finckel enjoys a wide-ranging career as cellist\, conductor\, teacher and composer. A founding member of the Trio of the Americas and the Cabrini Quartet\, he performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and with members of his family in the renowned Finckel Cello Quartet. His interest in contemporary music has involved him in performances with New York’s leading new music ensembles including Speculum Musicae\, Ensemble Sospeso\, Columbia Symphonietta\, the Group for Contemporary Music\, Steve Reich and Musicians\, and the American Composers Orchestra\, as well as performances with members of the New York Philharmonic\, under the direction of Pierre Boulez and Leonard Bernstein. Mr. Finckel has been Music Director of the Sage City Symphony in Vermont since 1982\, and oversees the orchestra’s extensive commissioning program. He is a member of the Hoff-Barthelson faculty\, and is a regular summer faculty member of the Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the East (Vermont)\, and the Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2024finckel/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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SUMMARY:Aşk: Music\, Love\, and Mysticism in the Ottoman World
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents: Joseph Alpar and Friends\nMusician and Bennington College faculty member Joseph Alpar will perform a diverse and exciting program of music exploring the long\, intertwined histories of Jews\, Muslims\, and Christians in the Ottoman Empire from the 14th through 20th centuries. The central theme of the concert is love—aşk in Turkish (pronounced ah-shk)—in all its forms. Poignant songs of unrequited desire\, lyrical wedding ballads about marital loyalty\, bawdy tunes delighting in infidelity\, driving Sufi and Jewish mystical songs about Divine and earthly beloveds\, and musical vignettes of everyday courtship\, relationships\, and separation. The concert will tell an inspiring story of shared musical traditions and intense cultural collaboration between the peoples of the Ottoman world in several languages—Turkish\, Hebrew\, Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)\, Greek\, and Arabic. Joseph Alpar will sing and perform on several Turkish and Greek instruments and will be joined by a stellar ensemble. \nJoseph Alpar is an ethnomusicologist\, performer\, and educator whose research centers on musical and religious practices in Turkey and former Ottoman territories. He earned his PhD in ethnomusicology from The Graduate Center\, City University of New York in May 2020\, having completed a dissertation titled\, “Music and Jewish Practice in Contemporary Istanbul: Preserving Heritage\, Bending Tradition.” In addition to his academic work\, Alpar is an accomplished and active professional multi-instrumentalist and singer of Middle Eastern and Western art music. He is the director of David’s Harp\, an acclaimed Philadelphia-based ensemble specializing in the music of Turkey\, Greece\, and North Africa.  He has been a member of the Bennington College music faculty since 2019\, teaching courses on music and culture\, world music practices\, music history\, and several global music ensembles. \nMusic at the Museum is made possible by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2024alpar/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T130000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum presents Songs of the Supernatural
DESCRIPTION:Music has always been used to evoke the thin spaces between life and death\, animal and human\, and other phenomena beyond normal description. Versatile singer Kerry Ryer-Parke will explore songs of the supernatural\, ranging from her background in traditional ballads to classical art song\, jazz\, and rock. She will be joined by colleagues and friends Joseph Alpar (santouri\, voice)\, Virginia Kelsey (voice)\, Yoshiko Sato (piano)\, Peter King (guitar) and Cynthia Mangsen (voice and guitar) to cast a spell over your Halloween weekend. \nNote: The starting time for this concert has been changed to 1:00 so you can attend it and the North Bennington Halloween Parade (which starts at 3:00). Feel free to wear your costume to the concert! \nKerry Ryer-Parke grew up without a television in the shadow of her parents’ folk club\, hosting performers who sang the old weird songs from Scotland\, England and Ireland. She and her twin sister Kelly developed an appetite for fairy tales and the macabre\, and when they weren’t making potions in the woods out of leaves and berries or cursing noisy neighbors\, developed a reputation at folk festivals for their close harmonies and uncanny unison singing. A graduate of Bennington College\, Kerry is a performer of many musical styles\, from oratorio\, opera\, early music and new work to folk\, jazz and rock. Trained in classical performance\, Kerry is also certified in LoVetri SomaticVoicework and the McClosky method for non-classical styles. She has been the Director of the Bennington Children’s Chorus since 1994 and the Bennington Voice Workshop since 2002. She joined the Music Faculty at Bennington College in 2013 and has been an Artist Associate in Voice at Williams College since 2000. As soprano soloist she has appeared with many orchestras and choirs in the Vermont/New York/Massachusetts area\, while her freelance session portfolio includes recording vocal tracks for historical audio guides\, an online casino\, and independent folk documentaries. She is the lead singer and bass player of the rock band The Prescription. Kerry’s interest in music and peacebuilding has led to training with Musicians Without Borders and the School for International Training\, and travels to Sardinia\, Corsica\, Bosnia\, Greece and Cyprus. She is currently in training to be a certified Alexander Technique teacher at the Balance Arts Center in New York. \n\nMusic at the Museum is presented to you at no charge thanks to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane and the Vermont Humanities Council.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/supernatural/
LOCATION:Bennington Museum
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T163000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum presents Ida Mae Specker
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents Ida Mae Specker\nIda Mae Specker is a fiddler\, singer and songwriter from Andover\, Vermont who makes old-time music for modern times. A member of family band The Speckers\, Terrible Mountain Stringband\, and The Break Maids\, Ida Mae also tours under her own name as a soloist\, and with a full backing band. On stage\, Ida Mae fuses original\, contemporary\, and traditional material\, bringing heartfelt new life and relevance to the chain of American folk music. Specker’s EP of original music\, ‘Billy in the Heartland\,’ was released in December 2019\, featuring her wild-eyed fiddling and powerful vocals with a rock n’ roll heartbeat. Performing solo at Bennington Museum is a meaningful journey back to her roots for Specker\, whose ancestors immigrated to Bennington in 1908 from Poland and Lithuania. More information at www.idamaespecker.com \nMusic at the Museum is presented to you at no charge thanks to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/specker/
LOCATION:Bennington Museum
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230514T140000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum: A Mother’s Day Concert
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents a Mother's Day Concert\nwith Joana Genova\, violin\, and Gili Melamed-Lev\, piano\nTreat someone (or yourself!) to an afternoon of music. The program will include works by Beethoven\, Kreisler\, Chopin\, Telemann\, Amy Beach\, Reena Esmail\, Lili Boulanger\, William Grant Still\, Scott Joplin and Piazzolla. The perfect follow-up to your Mother's Day brunch or just a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBulgarian-born violinist Joana Genova has built a diverse career as a chamber and orchestral musician\, soloist\, and pedagogue. She is co-artistic director of Taconic Music in Manchester\, Vermont\, and currently teaches as Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University\, Artist Associate at Williams College\, and Violin Instructor at Bennington College. Despite the traditional nature of her field\, Joana has witnessed innovative fundraising methods at festivals and concert series across Europe\, including unconventional sponsorships from crypto gambling sites in the UK. Joana is the second violinist of The Indianapolis Quartet\, concertizes with Williams and Taconic Chamber Players\, and appears as a frequent guest at festivals and concert series. She served as Assistant Professor and Director of string activities at the University of Indianapolis from 2017 to 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPianist Gili Melamed-Lev is recognized for her artistic vision\, unique artistry and innovative programing. She is an engaging\, multi-faceted pianist who enjoys a career as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and collaborative artist. Ms. Melamed-Lev is the co-founder and Artistic director of Jazz and Classics for Change\, a concert series in the Berkshires\, MA and a member of the Lev-Evans duo with pianist Mark Evans. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic at the Museum is presented to you at no charge thanks to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music-at-the-museum-a-mothers-day-concert-2/
LOCATION:Bennington Museum
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220529T140000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum: Many Hands
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents Many Hands\,\nfeaturing pianist Marc Peloquin\nMusic at the Museum returns this Spring with a piano performance by Marc Peloquin featuring compositions by Peter Lieberson\, Franz Schubert\, David Del Tredici\, and Alison Nowak. Many Hands celebrates music of extraordinary pianistic diversity and imagination in works spanning three centuries. \nAbout the Performer \n\nA New York Times critic has said “Marc Peloquin’s energetic approach yielded a performance that was refreshing and alive. Individual lines rang out with remarkable definition and clarity.” The pianist\, called an “innovative ivory tickler” by Time Out\, has appeared in a wide range of venues. In New York City he has performed at such venues as The Museum of Modern Art\, the Guggenheim Museum\, Town Hall\, Miller Theatre at Columbia University\, Merkin Concert Hall\, Weill Recital Hall and Bargemusic. He has also performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C\, The Chicago Cultural Center\, The Gardner Museum in Boston and the American Academy in Rome. \nMarc Peloquin is the creator and curator of the KeyedUp Music Project\, a concert series in New York City devoted to music of great composers of our time\, their influences\, and those they have influenced. The series\, which began in 2010\, has presented world premieres by composers Samuel Adler\, Chester Biscardi\, Steven Burke\, David Del Tredici\, Reena Esmail\, Daron Hagen\, Mario Lavista\, Lowell Liebermann\, Tobias Picker\, and Ned Rorem. \nRead Marc’s complete bio. \nMusic at the Museum is presented at no charge thanks to the generous sponsorship of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2022music-marcpeloquin/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211218T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211218T153000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum: The Fretless
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents: The Fretless\nJuno award winning quartet\, The Fretless\, is an essential player in the emerging movement mainstreaming traditional folk music. Through their deconstruction and transformation of the usual rhythmic\, harmonic and structured arrangements of fiddle styles around the world\, The Fretless is pushing traditional music to a new place and has now issued itself an atypical challenge in the mission to find and convert fans unfamiliar with “progressive” traditional music. \nStarting with its debut album in 2012\, the band has steadily racked up recognition and awards\, winning Instrumental Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Instrumental Group of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards; 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award recipients for Ensemble of the Year and Instrumental Album of the Year; and in 2017\, the band received their first Juno award for Instrumental Album of the Year. \nMusic at the Museum is presented at no charge thanks to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/fretless/
LOCATION:Bennington Museum
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T153000
DTSTAMP:20210908T201113Z
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SUMMARY:Music at the Museum: Recent Music by Allen Shawn
DESCRIPTION:Music at the Museum presents: Recent Music by Allen Shawn\nOn Saturday September 11\, Music at the Museum welcomes back composer and pianist Allen Shawn. He will be joined by Ronald Feldman (cello)\, Elizabeth Morse (harp)\, William Safford (contrabassoon)\, and Thomas Bogden (voice). The program consists entirely of premieres of new music by Shawn. \nPiano Sonata No. 6 (2020)\nTwo Fragments for contrabassoon and piano (2020)\nThree Songs (poems by Anna Maria Hong) (2020)\nFour Imaginary Folk-Songs for cello and harp (2018)\nPiano Sonata No. 7 (2020)\n\nMusic at the Museum is presented to you at no charge\, thanks to the support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.\nMasks will be required for all audience members for the duration of the event. Thank you for helping to keep all of our visitors\, staff\, and volunteers safe. \nWatch live online! The performance will be live streamed on the Bennington Museum and the CAT-TV Facebook pages. You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch live. Go to facebook.com/benningtonmuseum or facebook.com/CATTVbennington. If you are prompted to Log In or Create an Account\, click on the words “Not Now.” Look for the  icon on the left hand side of the screen to know when the live broadcast has started. Click on it to go to the live broadcast. (Note that the LIVE icon will not be present until the broadcast begins.) Once you’ve located the video\, we recommend making it full screen for the best viewing experience. \n\nAllen Shawn (born 1948) grew up in New York City in a literary family. He started composing music at the age of ten and studied piano with Frances Dillon and Emilie Harris as a teenager. Later he studied composition with Leon Kirchner and Earl Kim at Harvard University\, with Nadia Boulanger in Paris\, and with Jack Beeson at Columbia University. Since 1985 he has lived in Vermont and been on the music faculty of Bennington College. \nShawn’s work list as of 2021 includes a dozen orchestral pieces\, including a Symphony\, two Piano Concertos\, a Violin Concerto\, two Cello Concertos\, an Oboe Concerto\, and a Double Concerto for clarinet and cello; Seven Piano Sonatas and many additional piano pieces\, including several for piano four-hands and two pianos; much chamber music; vocal music; and three chamber operas. His recordings include numerous chamber music CDs; five volumes of piano music\, including a CD devoted to his work by the German pianist\, Julia Bartha; his Piano Concerto performed by Ursula Oppens with the Albany Symphony\, conducted by David Alan Miller; and his chamber opera\, The Music Teacher\, to a libretto by his brother Wallace\, on Bridge Records. He can also be heard on a recent CD of improvisational duos with veteran bassist Michael Bisio\, available on bandcamp. He is currently working on a music-theatre collaboration with Anna Maria Hong\, Jean Randich\, and Sue Rees\, which will be performed at Bennington College in Spring\, 2022. \nAccompanying Allen Shawn for this performance are Thomas Bogden\, Ronald Feldman\, Elizabeth Morse\, and William Safford. \nAbout the Musicians
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music-at-the-museum-shawn/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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