Green Concert Brochure 17/18

2017/18

GREEN GUEST ARTIST AND SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT SERIES

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YO-YO MA AND THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 7:30 p.m. yo-yoma.com | cso.org/civic “We transcend technique in order to seek out the truths in our world in a way that gives meaning and sustenance. … That’s art for life’s sake.”

– Yo-Yo Ma, Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant

A promoter of global awareness and cultural understanding and a virtual rock star in the classical music world, the internationally revered cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago will open DePauw’s 2017/18 Green Guest Artist Concert Series. Presented as part of the School of Music’s 21st-Century Musician Initiative, for which Ma serves as honorary chair, the performance marks this phenomenal artist’s third appearance at DePauw.

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GABRIEL ALEGRÍA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 7:30 p.m.

This high-voltage ensemble’s inventive program

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folkloric rhythms and jazz, has developed the

of traditional Afro-Peruvian music, transformed

by Gabriel Alegría’s personal synthesis of band’s patented blend of deep scholarship and

“… the definition of sonic joy.”

playfulness into an experience that conveys black

— Mark Holston, Latino Magazine

music from coastal Perú as a way of life to its audiences. For this event, a lively company of AfroPeruvian dancers will join Alegría on Kresge stage.

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SYBARITE5: OUTLIERS Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 7:30 p.m.

The first string quintet ever to win the Concert

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the United States by forever changing the

Artists Guild International Competition, Sybarite5 has captured attention across perception of chamber music performance.

From the moment their bows hit the strings, this quintet of talented and diverse musicians

“Their rock star status … is well deserved. Their

takes the audience on an exciting ride that

classically honed technique mixed with grit and all

engages the senses and redefines the rules.

out passionate attack transfixes the audience.”

– Gayle Williams, Sarasota Herald Tribune

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SERAPHIC FIRE Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 7:30 p.m.

One of the preeminent vocal ensembles in the

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musicians from around the country to perform

U.S., Seraphic Fire, led by founder and artistic director Patrick Dupré Quigley, brings together top repertoire ranging from Gregorian chant and

“Soaring lines … mellifluous and crystalline artistry …”

— Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone

Baroque masterpieces to newly commissioned works by our country’s leading composers. Two of the ensemble’s recordings were nominated for 2012 Grammy Awards, making it the only choral ensemble to be nominated that year and the only classical ensemble in the world to be nominated

This event is supported in part by an award from Arts Midwest Touring Fund.

for two separate projects.

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IMANI WINDS AND HARLEM QUARTET: PASSION FOR BACH AND COLTRANE Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:30 p.m.

The Grammy-nominated Imani Winds, DePauw

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world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant

School of Music’s 2017/18 ensemble-in-residence, has carved out a distinct presence in the music programming, adventurous collaborations and inspirational outreach programs. For the final

“What triumph sounds like.”

Green concert of the season, Imani Winds will be

– Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer

joined by the Harlem Quartet, whose album Hot

House, recorded with jazz master Chick Corea This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

and percussionist Gary Burton, was a 2013 multiGrammy Award-winner.

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MUSIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY: COMPOSERJENNIFER HIGDON GUEST IN-RESIDENCE Feb. 12-16, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Hailed by The Washington Post as “a savvy,

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received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for

sensitive composer with a keen ear … and a generous dash of pure esprit,” Jennifer Higdon her Violin Concerto and a 2010 Grammy for her Percussion Concerto. Her opera Cold Mountain,

“She is a composer in love with

based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier,

composing.”

won the International Opera Award for Best World

– Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

Premiere. DePauw is honored to host Curtis Institute of Music’s Rock Chair in Composition as

This series is made possible through the generosity of Robert A. ’69 and Margaret Sheridan Schmidt ’69.

composer-in-residence this season.

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BROADWAY SERIES MASTER CLASS WITH LAURA BELL BUNDY Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 6-9 p.m.

Laura Bell Bundy’s passion for performing, writing music and telling stories, combined with talent and determination, has taken Bundy from her southern comfort zone of Kentucky to the bright lights of Broadway and now beyond. Having originated the roles of “Amber Von Tussle” in Hairspray, “Elle Woods” in Legally Blonde, and taken a turn as “Glinda” in the smash hit Wicked, Laura Bell is set to star as “Trixie” in an all new Broadway musical version of The Honeymooners.

Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall

“I want to send the message that being who you are is not

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– Laura Bell Bundy

only a beautiful courageous thing, it’s a necessary thing.”

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BROADWAY SERIES MASTER CLASS WITH ALICE RIPLEY Sunday, March 18, 2018 6-9 p.m.

A DePauw alumna, Alice Ripley currently portrays the role of “Kathleen” in the new Netflix comedy Girlboss. She earned critical acclaim and won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and a Helen Hayes Award for her work as “Diana” in the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera Next to Normal. An accomplished musician who also writes and produces her own music, Ripley has won three Best Acting awards to date for the indie musical movie SUGAR!, which was recently presented on the 2016 festival circuit.

Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall

“Anger, yearning, sorrow, guilt and the memory of what must

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— Ben Brantley, The New York Times

have been love seem to coexist in every note she sings.”

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SPECIAL GUESTS THE U.S. AIR FORCE CONCERT BAND AND SINGING SERGEANTS COL. LARRY H. LANG, COMMANDER AND CONDUCTOR Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 7:30 p.m.

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Since its formation in 1941 as the Army Air Forces Band, this premier musical unit continues to honor those who serve, inspire patriotism and proudly represent the U.S. Air Force and United States of America. Whether performing at home in Washington, D.C., or throughout our great nation, the excellence demonstrated by the Band’s Airmen musicians reflects the excellence carried out 24 hours a day by Airmen stationed around the globe.

SEVENTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY GALA

DEPAUW OPERA PRESENTS Le Nozze di Figaro

Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, to hear our angelic ensembles herald the Holiday Season! The entire town turns out for this festive year-end celebration, so be sure to get your tickets early. Saturday night’s performance is followed by a reception in the Green Center Great Hall; Sunday’s family concert includes a visit from Santa!

Based on the 18th-century play by Beaumarchais, Mozart’s comic opera Le Nozze di Figaro explores the indiscretions of the aristocracy. As the extraordinarily crafted music illuminates the story’s narrative, shameful plots, mistaken identity, humorous coincidences and guilt-ridden confessions bring the play-within-a-day to an emotional and joyful conclusion! Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Thursday–Saturday, March 1-3 • 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 4 • 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2 • 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3 • 3 p.m.

GALAS, OPERA AND FACULTY ARTIST CONCERTS FACULTY ARTIST SERIES music.depauw.edu

Sept. 1 Kerry Jennings, tenor, and Amanda Hopson, piano • Noon, M2

Sept. 6 Ann DuHamel and May Phang, piano; Ming-Hui Kuo and Craig Paré, percussion • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Sept. 8 Tarn Travers, violin • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Sept. 14 Andrew Parr, piano • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Oct. 9 DePauw Chamber Players • 7:30 p.m., M2 Oct. 12 Duo Furioso: Leslie Tung and Silvia Roederer, piano • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Oct. 13 Laura Brumbaugh, Amanda Hopson, Tony Weinstein, piano • Noon, M2

Nov. 3 May Phang, piano • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Nov. 7 Naoko Takada, percussion • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Nov. 10 Otis Murphy, saxophone • Noon, M2

Feb. 6 Tony Weinstein, piano • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Feb. 9 Scotty Stepp, saxophone • 7:30 p.m., GCPA

Mar. 6 Barbara Paré, soprano, and Tony Weinstein, piano • 7:30 p.m., Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church

Apr. 17 DePauw Chamber Players • 7:30 p.m., M2

M2 – Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana Street • GCPA – Green Center for the Performing Arts, 605 S. College Ave.

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TICKET INFORMATION ALL-ACCESS PASS Available now through Sept. 10, our new All-Access Pass offers admission to the Green Guest Artist Series (except Yo-Yo Ma), Faculty Artist Concerts, Holiday Gala, Music of the 21st Century, DePauw Opera and all School of Music concerts. (Pass does not include Theatre events or fall musical. Due to demand, Yo-Yo Ma will be ticketed separately.)

INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS » Green Guest Artist Concerts: $20 » Faculty Artist Concerts: $10 » School of Music ensembles: $5 » Holiday Gala: $10 » DePauw Opera: $10 » Music of the 21st Century Festival Pass (includes all events in the festival): $10

Beginning this season, Green Guest Artist performances will use assigned seating.

Adult Access Pass: $75 each; Senior Citizen Access Pass: $10 each

Individual tickets for all students, seniors over 65, and youth 12 years and younger are free thanks to season sponsors Judson and Joyce (Taglauer ’75) Green ’74.

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