SHOUT THE BIG DREAMS
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts™ APRIL 14-17, 2016 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
“ IT IS THE ARTISTS OF THE WORLD, THE FEELERS AND THE THINKERS, WHO WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE US; WHO CAN ARTICULATE, EDUCATE, DEFY, INSIST, SING AND SHOUT THE BIG DREAMS.” LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Art studio of Vikki Nunley ’14, PB’15 Photo by Scott Wiener
The Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts is made possible by the generous support of the Waltham Cultural Council, the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Fund, the Poses Fund and the Jane Rabb Fund for Visiting Artists. The Festival of the Creative Arts was founded in 1952 by the brilliant composer
and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Each spring, Brandeis celebrates the abundant creativity of its students, faculty, staff and alumni, joined by professional artists from around the country. Festival events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For schedule updates, visit www.brandeis.edu/arts/festival.
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Leonard Bernstein Photo Š New York Public Library
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) was one of the great American artists of the 20th century. A composer, conductor, pianist, teacher, thinker and adventurous spirit, he transformed the way we hear music and experience the arts. Bernstein’s successes ranged from the Broadway stage (“West Side Story,” “Candide,” “On the Town”) to television and film (“On the Waterfront”) to international concert halls. His major concert works, including the symphony “Kaddish” and the choral works “Mass” and “Chichester Psalms,” are studied and performed around the world. He was the best-known conductor of his time, a dynamic leader of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic (1958-69). His legacy continues to grow through a catalog of more than 500 recordings. As a teacher and performer, Bernstein played an active role with the Tanglewood Music Festival from its founding. His televised Young People’s Concerts (1958-72) introduced an entire generation to the joys of classical music. His many honors include a Tony Award, 11 Emmy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and the Kennedy Center Honor. Social justice was deeply important to Bernstein. Through his powerful commitment and connections, he helped
bring public attention to the historic march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989 (where he conducted concerts on both sides of the wall). In the early days of AIDS research, Bernstein raised the first million dollars for a community-based clinical trials program run by the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Bernstein was a member of the Brandeis music department faculty from 1951-56. He received an honorary doctorate from Brandeis in 1959 and served as a University Fellow from 1958-76 and on the university’s Board of Trustees from 1976-81. He was a trustee emeritus until his death in 1990. For the university’s first commencement, in 1952, Bernstein directed the Festival of the Creative Arts, which included the world premiere of his opera “Trouble in Tahiti.” Dedicated to the interplay between the arts and its time, the festival was, in Bernstein’s words, “a moment when civilization looks at itself appraisingly, seeking a key to the future.” Among the guest artists were Aaron Copland, Merce Cunningham, William Carlos Williams, Miles Davis, Lotte Lenya and Marc Blitzstein. Today, the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts proudly carries on his inspiring legacy as an artist, activist and educator.
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JJ PEET: BARTER_STATION FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 6:00-8:00 PM
FEATURED EVENT
Light of Reason, Rose Art Museum A morning shave, a solitary walk, a daily cup of coffee — personal rituals are central to our lives and a key ingredient in the work of artist JJ PEET (b. 1973). PEET (his preferred treatment of his name) describes his ceramic PROXY_Cups as “a transfer of a life form into a functional vessel.” Rejecting traditional tools and pottery wheels, PEET works with the clay directly “so there is no interference,” molding the material with his hands and imbuing it with his energy and life experiences. PEET’s process of creating each PROXY_Cup is a ritual activity. As he shapes the clay, he inscribes information on its surface with thumbprints and fingernail markings, then repeatedly fires it in the kiln — and transfers the object to another person. The PROXY_Cup is intended to be the
recipient’s primary drinking vessel, incorporated into daily rituals of consuming water, coffee or some postworkday spirits. As the 2016 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist in Residence, PEET brings a BARTER_STATION to the Rose Art Museum. The project invites participants to barter for a piece of his work, in exchange for their assistance in the realization of a larger artwork to be displayed at Rosebud, the Rose Art Museum’s satellite gallery in Waltham. Born in Minneapolis, PEET earned an MFA from the Yale University School of Art. He is based in New York City, where he teaches ceramics at Columbia University and at the 92nd Street Y, a community center for culture and the arts.
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All images courtesy of JJ PEET
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TONY ARNOLD
SUNDAY, 3:00 PM Pollack Fine Arts Teaching Center
Soprano Tony Arnold, the 2015 recipient of the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, is a luminary in the world of chamber music and art song. Hailed by The New York Times as “a bold, powerful interpreter,” she is recognized internationally as a leading proponent of new music in concert and recording.
A 2014 MacArthur Fellow, Rick Lowe is an artist whose innovative approach to community revitalization transformed a neglected Houston neighborhood into Project Row Houses, a visionary, still-evolving public art project.
SUSAN DIBBLE, SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
SUNDAY, 2:00 PM Shapiro Campus Center Theater
FRIDAY, 8:00 PM; SATURDAY, 2:00 PM/8:00 PM; SUNDAY, 2:00 PM Spingold Theater Center
FEATURED ARTISTS
RICK LOWE
SATURDAY, 2:00 PM Campuswide
Choreographer and dancer Susan Dibble is the Louis, Frances and Jeffrey Sachar Professor of Creative Arts in the Department of Theater Arts. The resident choreographer and a master teacher at Shakespeare & Co. (Lenox, Mass.), she has created work at many regional theater companies, including Actors’ Shakespeare Project.
KNIGHTHORSE THEATRE COMPANY
SUNDAY, 3:00 PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Amy McLaughlin Lemerande and Tyrus Lemerande have a simple mission: Make Shakespeare cool. Their limitless energy and infectious enthusiasm have taken the pair around the world as they share the magic of Shakespeare’s language.
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE
“An international tour de force” (Bethlehem Morning Call) from Israel, Palestine, Argentina, Japan and the United States, the Guy Mendilow Ensemble performs internationally at world and traditional music festivals, performing arts centers, progressive Jewish organizations and universities.
MARCELO MENT
FRIDAY, 3:00 PM Between Science Complex and Chapels Field
The work of Brazilian graffiti artist Marcelo Ment can be seen in major publications, exhibitions, logos and on the walls of Rio de Janeiro. Photos (clockwise from top left): Guy Mendilow Ensemble, photo by Gretjen Helene; Susan Dibble, photo by Mike Lovett; Rick Lowe, photo courtesy of John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Tony Arnold, photo by Mike Lovett; Marcelo Ment, photo by Felipe Diniz
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Nate Shaffer
The Wiles
EXHIBITIONS
THE ROSE ART MUSEUM The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is among the nation’s premier university museums dedicated to 20thand 21st-century art. A center of cultural and intellectual life on campus, the museum serves as a living textbook for object-based learning, a home and resource for artists, and a catalyst for artistic expression, scholarly innovation and the production of new knowledge through art. With its international collections, changing exhibitions and diverse public programs, the Rose affirms and advances the values of freedom of expression, academic excellence, global diversity and social justice that are the hallmarks of Brandeis University. MUSEUM HOURS: Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, noon-5:00 PM. Friday and Saturday, noon-7:00 PM. SPRING EXHIBITIONS: On view through June 5, 2016
ROSALYN DREXLER: WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg and Lower Rose Galleries
“Who Does She Think She Is?” is a long-overdue retrospective of Rosalyn Drexler’s multidisciplinary practice. Drexler’s collages and paintings — which borrow imagery from movies, advertisements and newspapers of the 1960s — reverberate with the Pop art of her contemporaries. Yet her work pairs personal and social conflict with a political consciousness rare in the cool art of that moment and an explicitness that fearlessly courts vulgarity.
SHARON LOCKHART / NOA ESHKOL
Lois Foster Gallery
In this multichannel film installation, artist Sharon Lockhart explores the work of Noa Eshkol (1924-2007), the Israeli dance composer, theorist and textile artist. Collaborating with Eshkol’s students as well as with a newer generation of dancers, Lockhart staged and filmed performances of Eshkol’s choreography in a minimalist setting punctuated only by Eshkol’s remarkable wall carpets.
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MARK DION: THE UNDISCIPLINED COLLECTOR
Rose Video Gallery
Foster Stair Landing
Ben Hagari’s “Potter’s Will” (2015) melds the prehistoric art of pottery with contemporary video art, reconfiguring primordial myths related to creation and destruction, life and death.
Wood paneled and furnished with the trappings of a 1961 collector’s den, this permanent installation evokes the year of the Rose Art Museum’s founding and serves as an introduction to the rich history of collecting at Brandeis University.
ROSE #FORDHALL2015
Mildred S. Lee Gallery
In response to the recent #FordHall2015 movement for racial justice at Brandeis, art from the museum’s permanent collection serves as a catalyst for conversations regarding issues of cultural bias, race, and the intersection of art and activism.
ROSEBUD
683 Main Street, Waltham For program information for Rosebud, a satellite gallery featuring works from the Rose Art Museum’s collection of video art, please visit www.brandeis.edu/arts/festival.
FOSTER MURAL: JOYCE PENSATO
Foster Stairwell
Joyce Pensato reveals a darker side of American Pop, imbuing familiar figures of American cartoon culture with psychological charge and emboldening them with aggressive, gestural physicality.
Photos (left to right): Rosalyn Drexler, “F.B.I.,” 1964. Private collection; Sharon Lockhart, “Five Dances and Nine Wall Carpets by Noa Eshkol,” 2011. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels and neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Ben Hagari, “Potter’s Will” (still), 2015. Courtesy of the artist; Annette Lemieux, “Left Right Left Right,” 1995. Courtesy of Annette Lemieux and Kent Fine Art.
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NEW PROSPECTS: POSTBACCALAUREATE EXHIBITION
EXHIBITIONS
Dreitzer Gallery, Spingold Theater Center
Accomplished studio artists in the Brandeis postbaccalaureate program exhibit painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. Includes works by Jodi Connelly, Katherine Gardener, William Matthew Karlen, Arghavan Khosravi, Christine Lewis, Victoria Nunley ’14, Gina Palacios, Jung Hoon Park ’15, Samuel Rheaume and Ardis Tennyson-Loiselle.
WENDY WOLFE FINE: THE PEARL THAT SLIPPED ITS SHELL
Through June 24 Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
GALLERY HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-9:00 PM;
Fine, the 2016 Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist-inResidence, uses video, photography and cultural objects to re-envision the personal freedoms and cultural lives of Iranian Jewish women, including those of immigrants to the United States, after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Saturday, 10:00 AM-9:00 PM; Sunday, noon-5:00 PM.
GALLERY HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Extended festival hours: Sunday, noon-3:00 PM.
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ON VIEW AROUND CAMPUS The Brandeis campus is transformed by innovative artwork made by students, staff and faculty especially for the festival.
HIVE: RECOGNIZING A SHARED EXPERIENCE
Jodi Connelly, PB’16; adjacent to the Great Lawn
Enter a meditative space to hear the recorded experiences of others as they practice sitting meditation and contemplate the role of the individual as part of a larger community.
FLOAT/BLUE
HERO
Jack Holloman ’16, Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Marvel at the restorative power of moss — an often overlooked plant — as it colonizes miniature polluted ecosystems and paves the way for new growth.
CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE ARTIST’S EYE
Shapiro Science Center Atrium
Undergraduate artists respond to the issues around climate change. Coordinated by Matt Hoisch ’19.
GENERATING ENVIRONMENTS
Farber Library Mezzanine Through May 23
This suspended Plexiglas raft — a poignant symbol of movement and struggle — raises questions of citizenship, privilege and the expansion of our diversity as a nation. Tiffany Mei ’16; Academic Services, Usdan
Works by William Betts, Jim Dingilian, Jim Dow, Ori Gersht, Kate Gilmore and Christian Xatrec that explore contemporary atmospheres using a variety of media, including photography, video and sculpture. Organized by Rose Art Museum curatorial interns Eleanor Fruchter, Sarah Horn and Molly Paris.
Mei’s photographic series documents her experience in Honduras with the Brandeis chapter of Global Medical Brigades, a volunteer, student-led international relief organization.
Photos (top left): Margaret Curnow, PB’15, photo by Yi Wang ’14; (top middle): Wendy Wolfe Fine, “Making Kuku Sabzi, A Persian Herb Omelet,” 2014, image courtesy of the artist; other photos by Mike Lovett
HONDURAS
EXHIBITIONS
Robert Fitzgerald, PB’14; outside the GoldmanSchwartz Art Studios
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PANEL DISCUSSION: CREATIVITY IN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
12:30 PM Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
Panelists: faculty members Andreas Teuber (philosophy), a former actor and theater director, and Jordan Pollack (computer science), who uses artificial intelligence to understand creativity; with guest Elizabeth Rosenzweig, a usability expert trained as a fine arts photographer. Moderator: Shulamit Reinharz (sociology).
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 1
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
THE YELLOW TICKET
5:00 PM Wasserman Cinematheque, Sachar International Center
“The Yellow Ticket” (1918) tells the story of a young Jewish woman from a Polish shtetl who works in a brothel while studying medicine. Directed by Victor Janson and Eugen Illes, starring Pola Negri. With live music composed and performed by Alicia Svigals and Marilyn Lerner. Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Mandel Center for the Humanities and the Department of Music.
A WOMYN CONJURED 5:00 PM Multipurpose Room, Shapiro Campus Center
This multidimensional one-womyn show shares the experiences of Queen White ’16 in an experimental living space that channels the voices of ancestor, community and future. Come witness some conjure.
BRANDEIS EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE
7:00 PM Bethlehem Chapel
“So Far From Home: Pilgrims, Exiles and Wanderers.” The Brandeis Early Music Ensemble performs songs of religious journeys, banishment and leave-taking. Today, when migration and dispossession are a part of our daily news, these 500-year-old songs of longing for a homeland resonate keenly. Sarah Mead, director. Photos (from top): “The Yellow Ticket”; Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, photo by Mike Lovett; “Shoes On, Shoes Off,” photo by Mike Lovett
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KAOS KIDS
FAFALI: MUSIC AND DANCE FROM GHANA
5:00 PM Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
8:00 PM Slosberg Music Center
Kaos Kids celebrates hip-hop dance, and its semester performance for the Festival of the Arts showcases the Kids as well as other Brandeis and community groups.
Experience the irresistible rhythms of Fafali, the Ghanaian drum and dance ensemble of the Brandeis Music Department, performing music, song and dance of the Ewe and Ashanti peoples. Featuring Ghanaian guest artists Attah Poku, Patricia Afriyie and Koblavi Victor. Ben Paulding, director.
BARTER_STATION
6:00-8:00 PM Light of Reason, Rose Art Museum
SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
8:00 PM Spingold Theater Center Mainstage
Renowned choreographer Susan Dibble (Theater Arts) creates a world in which a shoe salesman and his clients are swept away by the purpose and energy of the shoes they try on. Featuring guest dancers Sarah Hickler, Susannah Millonzi, Nicole Pierce and Ryan Winkles. Made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council.
BORIS’ KITCHEN
8:00 PM Shapiro Campus Center Theater
8:00 PM Cholmondeley’s Coffee House, Usen Castle, Tower B
Share your stories, cast your actors, and watch as your own personal narrative comes to life in a safe, open space where we honor each other. Amanda Ehrman ’18, conductor and director; Leah Nadelman ’18, stage manager.
GETTING WEIRD: A NIGHT OF ABSURDISM
8:30 PM Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
Two absurdist one-acts raise challenging questions about theater and society at large. Directed by Dylan Hoffman ’18 and Mira Kessler ’16, “The Lesson” by Eugene Ionesco and “The Lover” by Harold Pinter explore issues that resonate with our contemporary culture, including privacy, technology and free speech. Made possible by the Office of the Arts.
BAMCO PRESENTS
9:00 PM Cholmondeley’s Coffee House, Usen Castle, Tower B
BAMCO (Brandeis Association for Music/Concert Organizing) presents Boston-based Bugs and Rats; and Bedtime, Kids (from Providence).
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Boris’ Kitchen is Brandeis’ student-run sketch comedy group. “Imagine Second City and SNL got together and had a child, raised it well, and now it’s in college and it’s rebelling. Rebelling hard.” Jason Kasman ’16 and Dennis Hermida ’16, co-presidents. Tickets: $3, available at Brandeis Tickets.
PLAYBACK THEATER: BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STORY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 2
Painter, sculptor and video artist JJ PEET invites participants to barter for a piece of his work in exchange for their assistance in the realization of a larger artwork to be displayed at Rosebud, the Rose Art Museum’s satellite gallery in Waltham.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 3
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
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FOLK FESTIVAL
Noon-5:30 PM Great Lawn, Shapiro Campus Center (rain location, Shapiro Campus Center Atrium)
Surrender to the eclectic charms of the seventh annual Brandeis Folk Festival, featuring a new generation of gifted singer-songwriters from across the Northeast. Featuring Maxwell Bailey, The Bombadils, Cold Chocolate, Four Legged Faithful and San Lorenzo. Produced by Too Cheap for Instruments, coordinated by Madeline Black ’17. Lawn chairs and blankets welcome.
MOVING VOICE
2:00-6:00 PM Campuswide
Follow the trail of an interactive and experiential multilocation performance along the Brandeis campus! Designed, curated and produced by Daniel Allas, MFA’17, Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, MFA’16, Joshua Rubenstein ’19, Ayelet Schrek ’16, Nate Shaffer ’16 and Victoria Cheah, PhD’17, this performance is under the direction of Brandeis Creative Arts Award recipient Tony Arnold. Photos (from left): Guerilla Opera, photo by Liz Linder Photography; The Bombadils; Culture X, photo by Mike Lovett
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SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS: GUERILLA OPERA
2:00 PM and 8:00 PM Spingold Theater Center, Mainstage Theater
8:00 PM Slosberg Music Center
See description on page 13.
Acclaimed experimental opera company Guerilla Opera caps off its yearlong residency with a semi-staged performance of short chamber operas by Brandeis composers Daniel Allas, MFA’17, Luke Blackburn, MFA’16, Victoria Cheah, PhD’16, Ernest Ling ’16 and Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, MFA’16, in collaboration with creative writing students Anne Kat Alexander ’18 and Raphael Stigliano ’18. Made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council.
CULTURE X
7:00-9:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM) Levin Ballroom, Usdan Student Center
Celebrate the breathtaking diversity that defines the Brandeis community in this joyful performance of dance, music and spoken word by Brandeis students. Sponsored by the Intercultural Center and produced by seniors Estela Lozano, Marlha Lagardere, Yeng Her and Joy Zhang ’17.
GETTING WEIRD
8:00 PM Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
See description on page 13.
BORIS’ KITCHEN
8:00 PM Shapiro Campus Center Theater
See description on page 13.
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SUPER SUNDAY In celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s commitment to engaging young people in the arts, performers and artists shout the big ideas across Lower Campus with dozens of music and dance performances, family and children’s events, and art exhibitions. All Super Sunday events are free and open to the public. Use the schedule on page 21 to plan your afternoon.
Take the Tick-Tock Trolley to Brandeis from downtown Waltham on Sunday! Leaves from Rosebud (683 Main Street), City Hall parking lot and Council on Aging, noon-4:00 p.m.
Family events are designated by
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 4
GREAT LAWN 4:00 PM
FUNK PARADE
School of HONK is a free and open community music school that makes loud, joyful music inspired by Boston’s HONK! Festival. Giving creative flow a whole new meaning, the Boston Hoop Troop will put on a high-stepping, mesmerizing, multi-hooped show, joined by Toxic, the Brandeis Black Students Organization’s dance team.
KNIZNICK GALLERY
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building 1:00 PM
KUKU SABZI: A SYMBOLIC FOOD FOR THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR
Join Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist-in-Residence Wendy Wolfe Fine and guest Sharona Mizrahi for a workshop on making kuku sabzi, a Persian herb omelet traditionally eaten during the springtime celebration of Nowruz. Top photos: Knighthorse Theatre Company; Boston Hoop Troop Bottom photos: by Mike Lovett
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER ATRIUM 1:00-1:20 PM
BRANDEIS SPIRIT BAND AND FAFALI
Fun, funk and improvised music. Ken Field and Ben Paulding, directors. 3:00-3:50 PM
KNIGHTHORSE THEATRE COMPANY
Two actors, 38 plays, and lots and lots of words. Pick a play — any play — and experience Shakespeare’s language as never before. Hear the Bard’s most famous scenes and speeches delivered with passion, energy and astounding clarity. Your eyes will be opened, your spirits lifted and your imagination set free.
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 1:00-5:00 PM
HANDS-ON ART ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
See brandeis.edu/arts/festival for details.
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SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER THEATER 1:00-1:20 PM
TBA IMPROV Long- and short-form improv comedy by the student club TBA. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Julia Green ’18 and Dan Hirshfield ’16, co-presidents. 2:00-2:50 PM
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE: TALES FROM THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 4
Embark on a musical trek to kingdoms long forgotten and bustling towns now vanished. Follow the stories of vagabond queens, pauper poets and lovers lost to the sea, set to spellbinding arrangements of Sephardi songs worthy of symphonic film scores. Lush harmonies evoke Flamenco’s gutsiness and the longings of Fado, all combined with heart-pounding percussion and intricate soundscapes. 3:30 PM-3:50 PM
TOP SCORE
Brandeis’ student-run pops orchestra plays music from some of your favorite movies, musicals and video games. Joseph Tinianow ’17, music director; Melody Ross ’18, director; David Chernack ’17, president; and Zain Walker ’18, vice president. 4:00-4:20 PM
A SERIES OF BALLETIC EVENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Watch and learn with Brandeis Ballet Company members. Michelle Dennis ’18, Brooke Granovsky ’18 and Hannah Schuster ’18, choreographers. 4:30-4:50 PM
STAR WARS: THE JUGGLERS AWAKEN
The Brandeis Juggling Society takes on “Star Wars,” with glow juggling, passing, staff manipulation and much more! Luka Milekic ’16, president; Shmuel Treiger ’16, vice president; Becca Miller ’15, secretary; and Sam Daler ’16 and Wren Stueck ’15.
SPINGOLD THEATER CENTER 2:00 PM
SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
Renowned choreographer Susan Dibble (Theater Arts) creates a world in which a shoe salesman and his clients are swept away by the purpose and energy of the shoes they try on. Made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council. Photos: Home History Image (detail), photo courtesy of Project Row Houses; PROXY_Cup (detail), photo courtesy of JJ PEET
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SLOSBERG MUSIC CENTER NOON-1:00 PM
CELEBRATING ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH MUSIC
Discover the legacy of Armenia’s musical tradition as Haig Hovsepian, violin, and Ani Hovsepian, MFA’95, piano, perform a selection of Armenian compositions ranging from folk tunes to classical and contemporary works. The performance is accompanied by images that document the people and landscapes of this resilient and culturally rich country. A reception follows the performance. Made possible by the Office of the Arts. 3:00-5:00 PM
BRANDEIS-WELLESLEY ORCHESTRA: CATCH A RISING STAR
ROSE ART MUSEUM
Featuring winners of the 2015 Concerto Competition. The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra (Neal Hampton, conductor) performs Fauré’s Masques et Bergamasques; Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat, with Krista Hu ’16, Brandeis, violin; Reinecke’s Flute Concerto, with Caitlin Coyiuto ’16, Wellesley, flute; and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, with Natsuko Yamagata ’17, Brandeis, piano, and the Brandeis University Chorus. Robert Duff, director.
1:30-1:50 PM
7:00-8:00 PM
Eli Kengmana ’19 performs percussive freestyle guitar in the style of Mike Dawes.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN FELLOWS RECITAL
Undergraduate recipients of the prestigious Bernstein Fellowship perform chamber music.
BENDERS
Bending and breaking gender barriers in music, Ben T. Montrym ’19 and Zachary LaMarca ’19 cover songs by female artists. 2:00-2:20 PM
SOLO GUITAR
POLLACK FINE ARTS TEACHING CENTER 3:00 PM
ARTIST TALK: RICK LOWE
Houston-based Rick Lowe is an artist and community organizer (as well as a 2014 MacArthur Fellow) whose innovative approach to community revitalization transformed a neglected Houston neighborhood into Project Row Houses, a visionary public art project that continues to evolve, two decades since its inception. Part of the Art | Race | Activism series, made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council.
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THE BIG DREAMERS INGRID SCHORR
FESTIVAL PATRONS
Festival Producer and Acting Director, Brandeis Office of the Arts
Jesse Kellerman ’03, Elaine Reuben ’63 and Margot Steinberg ’81
SCOUT HUTCHINSON
Noa Albaum ’13, Saul Baizman ’00, John Benitz ’91, Devorah Bondarin ’01, Olimpia Caceres-Brown, P’10, Lisa Chung, P’18, Diony Elias ’04, Emily Eng ’14, Zoe Fong ’15, Katherine Zentall Forward ’70, Meg Flynn ’98, Ellyn Getz ’13, Caroline Grassi ’12, Whitney Gray ’08, Lucille Pachter Gruber ’55, MFA’57, Arielle Kaplan ’10, Alyssa M. Kerr ’12, Charles Madison ’15, Paula Marcus ’70, Catherine McConnell ’09, Jessica Leah McGettrick ’95, Sara Esther Miller ’11, Rebecca Ora ’03, Jamie Robbins ’15, Michael F. Rose ’01, Robyn Spector ’13, Leota Granger Terry ’65, Nicole Wittels ’15, Beth Anne Wolfson ’75 and Judith Zuckerman ’84
Project Coordinator
NOAH STEINBERG-DI STEFANO, MA’17
Programs Assistant
FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Scott Berozi (Community Living), Marcelo Brociner ’18, Leigh Hilderbrandt (Student Activities), Susan Metrican (Women’s Studies Research Center), Hannah Mitchell ’15, Allie Morse ’10 (Communications), Deborah Rosenstein (Music), Nina Sayles ’17, Elba Valerio (Intercultural Center), Brontë Velez ’16, Vivek Vimal (GSAS), Sarai Warsoff ’16, Leanne Winn (Rose Art Museum) and Kelyn Zhang ’19
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Cynthia Cohen (Ethics Center), Chris Frost (Studio Art), Stephanie Grimes (Student Activities), Jasmine Johnson (African and AfroAmerican Studies/Women’s and Gender Studies), Caitlin Rubin (Rose Art Museum) and Dmitry Troyanovsky (Theater Arts)
SPECIAL THANKS
Gannit Ankori, Beth Ann Burns, Ed Callahan, Irv Epstein, Andrew Finn, Dennis Finn, the Rose Art Museum, Johnny Wilson ’13 and Stacey Winkler ’98
FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
The Brandeis University Alumni Association, the English Department, the Office of Students and Enrollment, the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Fund, the Poses Fund, the Jane Rabb Fund for Visiting Artists and the Waltham Cultural Council
GUIDEBOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Creative Services, Office of Communications Select photos by university photographer Mike Lovett
Office of Communications © Brandeis University 2016 G132
Armenian Music
1:00 PM
TBA Improv Comedy
Benders
2:00 PM
Eli Kengmana ’19
Hands-On Art Activities
Brandeis Spirit Band and Fafali
Guy Mendilow Ensemble
Shoes On, Shoes Off
2:30 PM
BrandeisWellesley Orchestra
Artist Talk: Rick Lowe (Pollack Fine Arts Teaching Center)
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Funk Parade
Knighthorse Theatre Company Top Score
Brandeis Ballet Company
Brandeis Juggling Club
SUPER SUNDAY SCHEDULE
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
SPINGOLD THEATER CENTER
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER ATRIUM
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER THEATER
ROSE ART MUSEUM
GREAT L AWN
SLOSBERG MUSIC CENTER NOON
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