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Now showing events from February 23, 2019 to March 3, 2019
Feb
23
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, musicologist, pianist, composer, and the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses how the musical practices of the enslaved were deployed as an important sign of humanity, a melting pot for the diversity of African cultural groups that would become African American people, and as soundtrack... Continue reading
Feb
23
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
“Roddy Doyle is one of Ireland’s greatest writers.” – The Guardian... Continue readingFeb
24
All Day
Part of the Tucker-Boatwright Festival, this conference will focus on issues of aesthetic decolonization, appropriation, borrowing, and influence within the context of contemporary music. The conference is free and open to the public and features scholarly and creative contributions in the form of research presentations, performances, and new commissions.... Continue reading
Feb
24
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
“Roddy Doyle is one of Ireland’s greatest writers.” – The Guardian... Continue readingFeb
28
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique, and multicultural innovations, Shanghai Quartet, now in its thirtieth season, will be joined by “America’s power couple of chamber music,” (The Wall Street Journal) esteemed classical musicians cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, recipients of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year... Continue reading
Mar
01
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Directed by Anne Van Gelder... Continue reading
Mar
02
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Called “the future of the Celtic Fiddle” by The Washington Post and “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin” by The New York Times, Eileen Ivers, continues to push the fiddling tradition boundaries from a folk music staple to a fiercely fresh, powerfully beautiful, intensely driving, world stage experience. The GRAMMYⓇ Award winner and Emmy-nominated... Continue reading
Mar
02
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Directed by Anne Van Gelder... Continue reading
Mar
03
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Directed by Anne Van Gelder... Continue reading
Mar
03
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Jeffrey Riehl and David Pedersen, conductors
Schola Cantorum will present a preview of its concert tour program for Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia. Women’s Chorale will perform accompanied and a cappella works from several centuries of the choral repertoire.
Free
