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October 2014

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Enjoy Peabody Events Live Online

Can’t make it to the events at Peabody? This month, Peabody comes to you with two livestreamed events. On Saturday, October 25, Zuill Bailey (BM ’94, Cello) will perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, for which he’s been recognized in Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings, with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Bailey will receive the Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumni Award at the concert, which will also feature And night by the streams of the city by doctoral candidate John Belkot (MM ’12, Composition) and Paul Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler. Also streaming this month will be the Peabody symposium, “What’s Next for Classical Music?”, on Tuesday, October 21 (see details in From the Dean, below). To register and to view these events, visit Johns Hopkins’ ustream channel.

FROM THE DEAN

Fred Bronstein

On the afternoon of October 21 a symposium at the Peabody Institute, “What’s Next for Classical Music?”, brings together national leaders in the arts to discuss the broader societal and musical trends shaping our world and how we can best prepare our students for the constantly changing, dynamic landscape that increasingly characterizes that world. This conversation is critical territory for our students, for Peabody, and for all who love classical music. Peabody’s longevity, remarkable history, and affiliation with Johns Hopkins University make us a natural leader for this important conversation.

Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels and Provost Rob Lieberman will open the symposium. Our panelists include: Jesse Rosen, president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras; Ben Cameron, director for arts funding at the Doris Duke Charitable Trust and noted TED Talks presenter; Marin Alsop, renowned conductor and music director of the Baltimore Symphony; Thomas Dolby, Homewood Professor of the Arts at Hopkins, noted for his work in the area of popular culture in music and film; and Marina Piccinini, Peabody faculty artist and internationally renowned flutist. We think this is such an important conversation that we’ve “cleared the schedule” during this time so all can attend — please join us!

Fred Bronstein Signature

PEABODY EVENTS


Monday, October 6 at 7:30 pm

Tre Voci — faculty artist Marina Piccinini, flute; Kim Kashkashian (BM ’73, Viola); and Sivan Magen, harp — will perform works by Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Claude Debussy at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. The group has also released a self-titled album on ECM Records and will tour in Germany from November 13-24.


Saturday, October 11, at 7:30 pm

The Vanishing Pavilions by Composition Department Chair Michael Hersch (BM ’95, MM ’97, Composition) will be performed in its entirety for the first time since the work’s landmark premiere given by the composer in 2006. Jacob Rhodebeck will play the piece, a 350-page score lasting some 2.5 hours, at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York.


Friday, October 17 - Sunday, October 19

The free Baltimore Lieder Weekend, titled “Le Chant Wagnérien: Richard Wagner and his influence on French composers,” will feature alumni Daniel Schlosberg (BM ’00, MM ’01, Piano), Andrea Edith Moore (BM ’01, Voice), Ryan De Ryke (MM ’02, AD ’04, Voice), Kimberly Christie (MM ’12, Voice), and Andrew Stewart (MM ’02, Piano). A master class featuring Peabody students will take place at 11:30 am on Saturday, October 18. The series will take place at Baltimore’s An die Musik Live.


Wednesday, October 22 - Sunday, October 26

Peabody alumni will be featured in the second annual Colour of Music Black Classical Musicians Festival, presented by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Spiritual Ensemble. The festival showcases classical music composed and performed by black musicians. Amyr Joyner (BM ’08; MM ’09, Violin) will perform with his brothers Jarin and Khari as part of the Kaj Trio for the October 23 chamber evening recital. Mellasenah Edwards (DMA ’99, Violin) will serve as concertmaster; Kenneth Law (GPD ’94, Cello) is the festival’s director of chamber music, and Cleveland Chandler (BM ’93, Violin) is principal violin.


Friday, October 31 at 10:00 pm

The Occasional Symphony will present its annual Halloween performance in costume. The concert will include works by Bartók, Mahler, Sibelius, and the world premiere of Black Heart by James Young (DMA ’14, Composition). The silent-era masterpiece Nosferatu will also be performed at Baltimore’s 2640 Space.

PEABODY PEOPLE

Chelsea Buyalos (BM ’11, MM ’12, Voice)

A former student of Marianna Busching, Buyalos sang the National Anthem and God Bless America at the Baltimore Orioles’ playoff game today, Friday, October 3, at noon, at Camden Yards. The American League East Division champions face the Detriot Tigers. This will be the fourth time Buyalos has sung before an Orioles game.

Leon Fleisher

All The Things You Are, the latest release by Peabody’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chair in Piano, topped the U.S. Classical Top-Sellers list last month, reports Norman Lebrecht. The recording received glowing praise by Alex Ross in The New Yorker. All the Things You Are was released by the Bridge Records label, founded by Peabody alumni David and Becky Starobin.

Denyce Graves

The faculty artist and mezzo-soprano received an honorary doctorate from New England Conservatory on September 24. Graves was presented with the degree by Tony Woodcock, president of NEC, before conducting a master class with current NEC students.

Matt Rupert (BM ’07, Clarinet) &
Claire Plumb (BM ’06, Voice)

Alumni Rupert and Plumb, with Christian F. Howes, have opened a new music school in the Mission District of San Francisco. Little Mission Studio opens this month and aims to serve the San Francisco and Bay Area with engaging classes, lessons, and performances while providing a safe space to cultivate musicianship and creativity in all ages.

Sonar New Music Ensemble

Founded by Colin Sorgi (BM ’09, Violin), the ensemble was named Best Classical Group by Baltimore City Paper. Its season-closing concert titled “American Berserk,” featuring pieces from young composers and a John Adams solo piano piece, was highly praised by the paper.

RECENT RECORDINGS

American Lyricism:
Piano Music By American Composers

Christopher Atzinger (DMA ’05, Piano) released a CD of works for solo piano, produced by Kathryn Ananda-Owens (MM ’93; DMA ’98, Piano) and released by MSR Classics as part of the label’s World Premiere Recordings series.

American Voices

DMA student of Michael Hersch Michael Rickelton (MM ’10, Composition) has a new work, the world premiere recording of his setting of Dana Gioia’s Pentecost, on Pacific Chorale’s John Alexander Singers’ CD on Delos Records.

Reincarnations:
A Century of American Choral Music

Fear Not, Dear Friend by Jake Runestad (MM ’11, Composition) is on the vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire’s newest release.

Rzewski: Piano Music

Robert Satterlee (MM ’87, Piano) has released a CD of recent piano works of American composer Frederic Rzewski on the Naxos label.

NEW SCHOOL SONG

Homewood Student Affairs is sponsoring a contest for a new JHU school song. The goal is to create a Johns Hopkins University school song that instills pride and spirit in the school, is not complicated to sing, and is memorable. The school song contest is open to all faculty, staff, students and alumni. Entries will be accepted until November 16. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2,000.

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