M odlin MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS RHIANNON GIDDENS with FRANCESCO TURRISI OCTOBER 6, 2022 | 7:30 PM Camp Concert Hall PHOTO CREDIT: EBRU YILDIZ
You Belong Here THIS ENGAGEMENT OF RHIANNON GIDDENS wit h FRANCESCO TURRISI IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT O F E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Louis S. Booth Arts Fund Dewitt Fund for the Arts Virginia B. Modlin Endowment THANKS TO OUR 2022-2023 MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS SEASON SPONSORS & PARTNERS Cultural Affairs Committee H. G. Quigg Fund Clinton Webb Fund Thank You FIND MODLIN ON
WELCOME
Welcome back to Modlin Center for the Arts! I am grateful for this opportunity to be together again and thrilled with the season we have put together because I know that every artist can—and will—create unforgettable moments.
Across our 2022-2023 season, you will find artists from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, with an emphasis on BIPOC and women-led companies. And you will discover a range of stories, dance, and music of many different genres—some familiar, others new. Each performance is a unique window into the human experience, which I hope will open new paths for conversation and connection.
As the season continues, I look forward to visiting with you in the lobby and hearing about your experiences at the Modlin Center. We want you to be a part of the Modlin community. The Department of Music Free Concert Series and UR Free Theatre and Dance season add 30+ additional opportunities to see compelling performances. And UR Museums host exhibitions and programs that are free and open to the public. Thank you for being with us.
Paul Brohan, Executive Director
MODLIN ARTS
SEPTEMBER
FRI. 9 7:30 PM David Esleck Trio
THU. 15 7:30 PM Steep Canyon Rangers
SUN. 18 3:00 PM Joanne Kong, piano, harpsichord and clavichord
THU. 22 7:30 PM DeLanna Studi, And So We Walked
FRI. 23 7:30 PM Family Weekend Concert
WED. 28 7:30 PM Dreamers' Circus
THU.-FRI 29-30 7:30 PM Smart People
OCTOBER
SAT. 1 7:30 PM Smart People
SUN. 2 2:00 PM Smart People
SUN. 2 7:30 PM Dorrance Dance, SOUNDspace
THU. 6 7:30 PM Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
FRI. 14 7:30 PM Bill Irwin, On Beckett
SUN. 16 2:00 PM 12th Annual Celebration of Dance
FRI. 21 7:30 PM Step Afrika!, Drumfolk
SUN. 23 3:00 PM Sonia De Los Santos, Family Arts Day
THU. 27 7:30 PM Susanna Phillips, soprano
SUN, 30 3:00 PM UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale
NOVEMBER
FRI.-SAT. 4-5 Multiple Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival*
WED. 9 7:30 PM UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos
THUR. 10 7:30 PM Aaron Diehl Trio
SAT. 12 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Amal Kassir
SUN. 13 3:00 PM Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 60 thAnniversary Celebration
WED. 16 7:30 PM UR Jazz Ensemble
THU.-SAT. 17-19 7:30 PM Miss You Like Hell
SUN. 20 2:00 PM Miss You Like Hell
SUN. 20 3:00 PM Global Sounds
MON. 21 7:30 PM UR Wind Ensemble
MON. 28 7:30 PM UR Chamber Ensembles
WED. 30 7:30 PM UR Symphony Orchestra
DECEMBER
SUN. 4 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 49th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols
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*Visit thirpractice.org for a full schedule of events.
JANUARY
SAT. 21 7:30 PM Kronos Quartet, At War With Ourselves
FRI. 27 7:30 PM Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love
FEBRUARY
WED. 1 7:30 PM Richard Becker, piano
FRI. 3 7:30 PM Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding
SUN. 5 3:00 PM Anthony McGill, clarinet, and Gloria Chien, piano
FRI. 10 7:30 PM Rosanne Cash
WED. 15 7:30 PM Joshua Redman, 3x3
SUN. 19 3:00 PM Third Coast Percussion and Flutronix
WED. 22 7:30 PM Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
THU.-SAT. 24-26 7:30 PM University Dancers 38th Annual Concert
SUN. 26 3:00 PM Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
MARCH
WED. 1 7:30 PM Ashwini Ramaswamy, Let the Crows Come
SUN. 19 3:00 PM Doris Wylee-Becker, piano
MON. 20 7:30 PM Neumann Lecture on Music, Dr. Sherry D. Lee, Professor of Musicology
MON. 27 7:30 PM Bruce Stevens, organ
FRI. 31 7:30 PM Christian McBride’s New Jawn
WED. 5 7:30 PM UR Symphony Orchestra
THUR. 6 7:30 PM UR Jazz & Contemporary Combos
MON. 10 7:30 PM UR Wind Ensemble
WED. 12 7:30 PM Leyla McCalla
THU.-SAT. 13-15 7:30 PM The Rivals
SAT. 15 3:00 PM Global Sounds
APRIL
SUN, 16 3:00 PM UR Schola Cantorum and Women's Chorale
SUN. 16 2:00 PM The Rivals
MON. 17 7:30 PM UR Chamber Ensembles
THU. 20 7:30 PM Cuban Spectacular
SAT. 13 11:00 AM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle
SUN. 14 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle
MAY
The acclaimed musician Rhiannon Giddens uses her art to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about our present. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens co-founded the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, and she has been nominated for six additional Grammys for her work as a soloist and collaborator. She was most recently nominated for her collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other (2019). Giddens’s latest album, They’re Calling Me Home, is a twelvetrack album, recorded with Turrisi in Ireland during the recent lockdown; it speaks of the longing for the comfort of home as well as the metaphorical “call home” of death, which has been a tragic reality for so many during the COVID-19 crisis.
Giddens’s lifelong mission is to lift up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been erased and to work toward a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins. Pitchfork has said of her work, “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration,” and Smithsonian Magazine calls her “an electrifying artist who brings alive the memories of forgotten predecessors, white and black.”
Among her many diverse career highlights, Giddens has performed for the Obamas at the White House, served as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives curator, and received an inaugural Legacy. Her critical acclaim includes in-depth profiles by CBS Sunday Morning, the New York Times, the New Yorker, and
NPR’s Fresh Air, among many others.
Giddens is featured in Ken Burns’s Country Music series, which aired on PBS in 2019, where she speaks about the African American origins of country music. She is also a member of the band Our Native Daughters with three other black female banjo players, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, and Amythyst Kiah, and co-produced their debut album Songs of Our Native Daughters (2019), which tells stories of historic black womanhood and survival.
Named Artistic Director of Silkroad in 2020, Giddens is developing a number of new programs for the organization, including one inspired by the history of the American transcontinental railroad and the cultures and music of its builders. She recently wrote the music for an original ballet, Lucy Negro Redux, for Nashville Ballet (premiered in 2019), and the libretto and music for an original opera, Omar, based on the autobiography of the enslaved man Omar Ibn Said for the Spoleto USA Festival (premieres in 2022).
As an actor, Giddens had a featured role on the television series Nashville. of Americana Award from Nashville’s National Museum of African American History in partnership with the Americana Music Association.
Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage, and performance run time is approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, including intermission. Rhiannon Giddens, banjo, viola, and vocals
Francesco Turrisi, accordion, frame drum, tambourine, and piano
Jason Sypher, bass
PHOTO CREDITS: EBRU YILDIZ
Modlin Arts
BILL IRWIN, ON BECKETT
Friday, October 14, 2022
7:30 PM
Alice Jepson Theatre
Beloved clown and Tony awardwinner Bill Irwin applies his sensibility to the words of playwright Samuel Beckett.
STEP AFRIKA!, DRUMFOLK
Friday, Oct 21, 2022
7:30 PM
Alice Jepson Theatre
The first professional company dedicated to the African American tradition of stepping shares a tale of resistance, resilience, and reclamation.
SONIA DE LOS SANTOS FAMILY ARTS DAY
Sunday, October 23, 2022
PM, Arts Day
Camp Concert Hall
Children and grownups of all backgrounds adore the joyful and bright music of Sonia De Los Santos. Her songs, in both Spanish and English, reflect her inspiring journey.
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SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL LEARNED OF LATE
Programs are subject to change.
WELCOME TO MODLIN ARTS PRESENTS 2022-2023!
DUANE MICHALS:
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