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News Release
010.04.08
ARTS AT EMORY EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2008-JUNE 2009
Performing, Literary and Visual Arts EventsCONTACTS:
Jessica Moore, Communications Coordinator, Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, jkmoore@emory.edu, 404-727-1687
Sally Corbett, Director of Communications & Marketing, Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, sacorbe@emory.edu, 404-727-6678CONTENTS:
Listings are by discipline in the following order: All-Arts/Interdisciplinary, Film, Music, Exhibitions (Balser Art Collection; Visual Arts Building & Gallery; Schatten Gallery; Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library; Michael C. Carlos Museum), Theater, Dance, Literary & Creative Writing Events, Art HistoryALL-ARTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY EVENTS
“Creativity & Arts Soiree: Celebrate Emory’s Creative Campus,” Fri., Sept. 5, 2008, 5:30-8:30 p.m., free, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu . RSVP to 404-712-9214 by Tues. Sept. 2, 2008. Mix and mingle and enjoy a sampling of what’s in store for Emory’s 2008-2009 arts season of performing, visual, film and literary arts and celebrate the launch of Emory’s new arts organization, the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts.
Creativity Conversation with Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter , Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series, Mon.,Sept. 8, 2008, 7 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu . Moderator: Rosemary Magee, Emory University Vice President and Secretary. One of the leading writers of our time, Hanif Kureishi will discuss his life and work and read from his new novel, “ Something To Tell You.” Kureishi is a leading playwright, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. In the early 1980s, Kureishi emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in film and fiction. He was born and raised in Kent, read philosophy at King's College-London and now lives in West London. He is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, screenplays and plays. In 1984 he wrote “My Beautiful Laundrette,” which received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. His second film, “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,” was followed by “London Kills Me,” which he also directed. A film of his most recent script, “Venus,” directed by Roger Michel, was released in 2007. “The Buddha of Suburbia” won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel in 1990 and was made into a four-part drama series by the BBC. His second novel, “The Black Album,” was published in 1995 and his first collection of short stories, “Love in a Blue Time,” was published in 1997. “My Son the Fanatic,” a story from that collection, was adapted for film and released in 1998. “Intimacy,” his third novel, was published in 1998, and was adapted for film in 2001. A second collection of short stories, “Midnight All Day,” was published in 2000, followed in 2001 by his fourth novel “Gabriel's Gift” and his collection of essays, “The Word and the Bomb.” Scribner will publish his latest novel “Something to Tell You” in August 2008. Kureishi’s visit to Emory is sponsored by the Office of the Provost as part of the Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
“Artists & Critics Series Panel Discussion: Film,” Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu. Film is a means of creativity, expression, entertainment, persuasion and, at times, manipulation – making it a driving force in the ways that people relate to one another and the world. From silent beginnings to the forefront of technology, film has offered ways to reflect upon the past, comment upon the present, imagine other worlds, and project a broad range of possible futures. Film’s rich narrative and aesthetic range and effects have made it one of the most powerful media for interpreting and understanding society, history and the meanings of life. Todd Field, a well-known screenwriter and director of films such as “In the Bedroom” and “Little Children,” and A.O. Scott, a widely-respected film critic for The New York Times, have been invited to present a lively panel discussion on their crafts and the way they see themselves in relation to their fellow panelist(s) and various public constituencies. Matthew Bernstein, Emory’s Professor, Film Studies, and Chair, Film Studies Department serves as moderator. Organized by The Center for the Study of Public Scholarship and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
“The Evolution of Communities of Knowledge,” Pauline Yu, Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series, Wed., Oct. 1, 2008, 5 p.m., free, Jones Room, 311, Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Dr. Pauline Yu is President of the American Council of Learned Societies and has served as Dean of Humanities in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles and Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures. She is the author or editor of numerous leading books and articles on classical Chinese poetry, literary theory, comparative poetics and the humanities. This program is part of the Emory Provost Office’s Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series.
Tour of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University , Fri., Oct. 17, 2 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University, 1700 North Decatur Road, Box Office, Main Level, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Take a 30-45 minute tour with a Schwartz Center staff member and explore one of the region’s finest arts facilities designed by architect Michael Dennis of Boston with stellar acoustics by Larry Kirkegaarde & Associates, Chicago, also known for his work on the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. Find out what a “toaster” and “panel” is in Emerson Concert Hall, and much more.
“Ambiguity in Art and in the Brain,”Semir Zeki, Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series, Tues., Oct. 21, 2008, 5 p.m., Jones Room, 311, Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Dr. Semir Zeki is one of the world’s leading researchers in neuroscience and the arts and Professor of Neurobiology at University College London and the founder of the Institute of Neuroesthetics. Among his many works are “Inner Vision: an Exploration of Art and the Brain” (1999) and “La Quête de l’Essentiel,” which he co-authored with the late French painter Balthus (Count Klossowski de Rola). This program is part of the Emory Provost Office’s Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series.
Creativity Conversation: E.O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008, 3 p.m., Jones Room, 311, Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Moderator: Rosemary Magee, Emory University Vice President and Secretary. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
Creativity Conversation: Steven Everett & Natasha Trethewey, Wed., Nov. 5, 2008, 7 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu. In anticipation of the world premiere of “Ophelia’s Gaze,” a new chamber opera by Steven Everett, associate professor, Department of Music, Emory University, with text from Pulitzer-winning poet and Emory Creative Writing Program faculty member Natasha Trethewey’s poem “Bellocq’s Ophelia.” Emory University Vice President and Secretary Rosemary Magee moderates. Creativity Conversations are sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
Emory Arts Competition, Sat., Nov. 8, 2008, 8 p.m., $5 suggested donation for G-CAPP, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.creativity.emory.edu, artscompetition@emory.edu, 404-712-9894. Building on the popularity of prime time’s “American Idol” and Hillel of Georgia’s “Campus SuperStar,” the Emory Arts Competition will showcase amateur talent with a twist. The contest is open to all faculty, staff and students, who must be amateur contestants. The competition is a way to spread engagement in the arts across the entire University. The idea for the event grew out of the Creativity & Arts component of the Emory University Strategic Plan. In early fall contestants can submit their work via a website that is being created specifically for the competition. Elimination rounds are set for October. While the early rounds of the competition will take place virtually, the finalists who continue on to the Nov. 8 competition will be performing and showcasing their work in front of a distinguished panel of judges - and a campus audience. There most likely will be an opportunity for the audience to vote as well. A winner and a runner-up will be selected from both the arts and music categories. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost.
Creativity Ubercolloquium for Arts Students, Jan. 22, 2009, 2:30 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.creativity.emory.edu.
“The Historical and the Imagined Akhnaten,” Panel Discussion, Thurs., Jan. 22, 2009, 7 p.m., free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Panel: Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator; Shalom Goldman, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory; and Richard Kagey, director of Atlanta Opera’s performance of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten.”
Creativity Conversation: Phillip Glass, Jan. 26, 2009, 4 p.m., free, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu . Moderator: Rosemary Magee, Emory University Vice President and Secretary. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
“Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival,” Feb. 1-28, 2009, www.creativity.emory.edu. Presentations based on Emory’s “Evolution Revolution: Science Changing Life” symposium, Oct. 23-24, 2008, www.emory.edu/evolution. See Dance, Visual Arts and Theater for individual event listings. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
FILM EVENTS & SCREENINGS (Back to Top)
Emory Cinematheque Presents “My Beautiful Laundrette,” Wed., Sept. 3, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Stephen Frears, United Kingdom., Color, 1985, 97 min.) The first of two films shown in honor of screenwriter/novelist Hanif Kureishi’s visit to Emory Sept. 8 -9. Kureishi’s first and Oscar-nominated screenplay depicts a Pakistani-Briton’s (Gordon Warnecke) takeover of his uncle’s (Saeed Jaffrey) laundromat with the help of his childhood friend (Daniel Day Lewis, in a breakthrough role, in the same year as “A Room with a View”). With its portrait of multicultural 1980s Britain and the Thatcher Era desire to succeed in business, “My Beautiful Landrette”was a key film in signaling the robust, inventive nature of 1980s British cinema. The film was also a major success for Frears, who went on to direct Kureishi’s script for “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “The Grifters,” “High Fidelity”and more recently, “The Queen.” The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort by Emory College and the Film Studies Program to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment. Co-sponsored by Emory Film Studies Department and the Emory College Office.
Creativity Conversation with Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter , Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series, Mon.,Sept. 8, 2008, 7 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu . Moderator: Rosemary Magee, Emory University Vice President and Secretary. One of the leading writers of our time, Hanif Kureishi will discuss his life and work and read from his new novel, “ Something To Tell You.” Kureishi is a leading playwright, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. In the early 1980s, Kureishi emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in film and fiction. He was born and raised in Kent, read philosophy at King's College-London and now lives in West London. He is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, screenplays and plays. In 1984 he wrote “My Beautiful Laundrette,” which received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. His second film, “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,” was followed by “London Kills Me,” which he also directed. A film of his most recent script, “Venus,” directed by Roger Michel, was released in 2007. “The Buddha of Suburbia” won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel in 1990 and was made into a four-part drama series by the BBC. His second novel, “The Black Album,” was published in 1995 and his first collection of short stories, “Love in a Blue Time,” was published in 1997. “My Son the Fanatic,” a story from that collection, was adapted for film and released in 1998. “Intimacy,” his third novel, was published in 1998, and was adapted for film in 2001. A second collection of short stories, “Midnight All Day,” was published in 2000, followed in 2001 by his fourth novel “Gabriel's Gift” and his collection of essays, “The Word and the Bomb.” Scribner will publish his latest novel “Something to Tell You” in August 2008. Kureishi’s visit to Emory is sponsored by the Office of the Provost as part of the Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Venus,” Wed., Sept. 10, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Roger Michell, United Kingdom, Color, 2006, 95 min.). Peter O'Toole stars in this bitingly funny and poignant portrait of an aging actor who still has a yen for the ladies and strikes up an unusual friendship with a close friend's young niece. Screened in honor of author/screenwriter Hanif Kureishi who visits Emory Sept. 8-9, 2008. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Little Children,” Wed., Sept. 17, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Todd Field, USA, Color, 2006, 130 min.) Shown on the occasion of actor-writer-director Todd Field’s visit to Emory Sept. 18-19. Adapted from Tom Perotta’s novel in an Oscar-nominated script by Fields, his second feature film after the highly-acclaimed “In the Bedroom”(2001), depicts a group of emotionally damaged adult suburbanites, focusing most intensely on two parents stuck in a loveless marriage. With Oscar-nominated performances from Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley, and also featuring Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
“Artists & Critics Series Panel Discussion: Film,” Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu. Film is a means of creativity, expression, entertainment, persuasion and, at times, manipulation – making it a driving force in the ways that people relate to one another and the world. From silent beginnings to the forefront of technology, film has offered ways to reflect upon the past, comment upon the present, imagine other worlds, and project a broad range of possible futures. Film’s rich narrative and aesthetic range and effects have made it one of the most powerful media for interpreting and understanding society, history and the meanings of life. Todd Field, a well-known screenwriter and director of films such as “In the Bedroom” and “Little Children,” and A.O. Scott, a widely-respected film critic for The New York Times, have been invited to present a lively panel discussion on their crafts and the way they see themselves in relation to their fellow panelist(s) and various public constituencies. Matthew Bernstein, Emory’s Professor, Film Studies, and Chair, Film Studies Department serves as moderator. Organized by The Center for the Study of Public Scholarship and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Queen Kelly,” Wed., Sept. 24, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761.(Erich von Stroheim, U.S.A., black and white, silent with music, 1928, 97 min.) In 1928, after years of struggles within the studio system, Erich von Stroheim found the opportunity to create his crowning achievement: a storybook romance of intoxicating beauty, counterbalanced with a typical (for von Stroheim) frightfully grim tale of moral corruption. Gloria Swanson stars as an innocent convent girl who falls under the spell of a handsome prince (Walter Byron) on the eve of his marriage to a diabolical queen (Seena Owen). Star-producer Swanson shut down production before it ended, in part because of scenes set in an African brothel (many included in this acclaimed restoration print). The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
“Dance for Reel: An Evening of Dance on Camera,” Sept. 25, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, Emory University, 1804 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “Dance for Reel” is an evening of short films from the Dance Films Association, based in New York City. Ranging in length from five to 30 minutes, the films reveal the moving body in new places, surprising contexts and from inspired viewpoints. “Dance for Reel” is co-presented by Emory's Dance and Visual Arts Programs, and curated by Emory dance alumna Blake Beckham.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Metropolis,” Wed., Oct. 1, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Fritz Lang, Germany black and white, silent with music and intertitles, 1926, 123 min.) Silent era visionary German director Fritz Lang realized this astonishing science fiction film, with state of the art special effects at the time, which envisions class exploitation and warfare in allegorical terms in the near future. Its influence can be seen well into contemporary sci-fi around the world (most prominently, Ridley Scott's 1982 “Blade Runner”). The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Film and Music Special Presentation, “Red Heroine” with live accompaniment by Devil Music Ensemble, Sun., Oct. 5, 7:30, free, White Hall 208, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (“Hong Xia,” Wen Yimin, black and white, silent with English intertitles, 1929, 90 minutes). Episode six of “Red Knight-Errant,” also known as “Red Heroine,” the only surviving episode of the 13-part serial, is also one of the few complete and earliest extant silent martial arts films. A band of outlaws raids a village and kidnaps a maiden, causing the death of the young woman's grandmother. The captive maiden is rescued by a mysterious Daoist hermit and re-emerges three years later as a full-fledged warrior, flying to the sky to revenge her grandmother's death. While generously sprinkled with anachronisms and prurient incongruities (imagine a bandit's harem of beauties in bikinis!), the film remains a robust telling of a young woman's transformation from abject victim to resolute warrior. The DME offers a very unique multimedia experience, presenting a synthesis of live music and movie to entertain and inspire audiences. Recent performances by the DME have taken place at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., the Chicago Cultural Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles CA, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA, the Caixa Forum in Barcelona Spain and the Danish Film Institute in Denmark. The greatest asset of the DME is their ability through music to control the audiences’ responses to what is being presented to them visually via a silent film. Audience members often forget that a live band is playing the soundtrack and are all of sudden snatched out of the suspension of disbelief to see exactly how the music for the film is unfolding before their eyes. It’s a thrilling effect. This screening is co-sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, the Department of Film Studies, REALC (Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures), the Confucius Institute of Emory University, the Department of Theater Studies and the Department of Music.
“Dancing for the Camera: An Interview with Dance Video Pioneer Dennis Diamond,” Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series, Tues., Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Dennis Diamond, internationally known dance video pioneer, created the standard for archiving the art form of dance and translating it to television. For his outstanding contributions to the field, the New York dance and theater community honored him in 2001 with a highly coveted Bessie Award. Dance Program Director Anna Leo will interview Diamond on the development of the dance/video relationship and his personal contributions to that trajectory.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Man With the Movie Camera,” Wed., Oct. 8, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Dziga Vertov, U.S.S.R., black and white, silent with music and intertitles, 1928, 68 min.) Dziga Vertov's artistic testament, a self-reflexive tribute to Soviet filmmakers and the ways in which they contribute to the creation of a new industrial, Bolshevik society, astonishingly brilliant in the connections it makes and now with an extraordinary percussive score by the Alloy Orchestra. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Modern Times,” Wed., Oct. 15, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Charles Chaplin, USA, Black and White, 1936, 87 min.) While the rest of the world had stampeded to sound, Charlie Chaplin could still draw millions mostly miming his way through a feature, again in the guise of the Little Tramp character he developed during the ‘teens. In some of his most celebrated set-pieces, Chaplin haplessly pirouettes through the myriad perils of our “Modern Times,” including uproarious encounters with man-eating assembly lines, Workers’ Revolutions, accidental incarcerations and cocaine, all the while trying gamely to assist a beautiful orphan (Paulette Goddard, a former Ziegfield beauty and notoriously, Chaplin’s lover at the time). Part satire, part slapstick and all Charlie, “Modern Times” is a testament to the great comedian’s immense gifts as a filmmaker; Chaplin directed the film and closely supervised both the editing and the sound design, which includes the first words the Little Tramp ever spoke on film! The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “M,” Wed., Oct. 22, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Fritz Lang, Germany, black and white, in German with English subtitles, 1931, 117 min.) This saga of a child murderer and the police and underworld who seek him was an innovative breakthrough for early sound film, featuring a star-making turn by Peter Lorre. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “The Scarlet Empress,” Wed., Oct. 29, 2008, 8 p.m. free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761.(Josef von Sternberg, U.S.A., black and white, 1934, 104 min.) One of the last collaborations between master director von Sternberg and his discovery Marlene Dietrich (after a series of films including “The Blue Angel, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus), constitutes the most outlandish, baroque historical biopic in American film history, here concerning the life of Catherine Sophia II of Germany, who favors romance with a Count over her marriage to Grand Duke, seizes power and becomes Catherine the Great.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “A Story of Floating Weeds,” Wed., Nov. 5, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Ukikusa Monogatari, Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese, black and white, with English intertitles, 1934, 86 min.). Ozu's bittersweet comedy about a traveling actor who returns to a small town and encounters his former lover and illegitimate son, much to the chagrin of his current lover. Takashi Sakamoto, Ozu's favorite comic actor of the time, stars in this much acclaimed example of Ozu's dynamic early style. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “My Man Godfrey,” Wed., Nov. 12, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Gregory La Cava, USA, black and white, 1936, 94 min., 35mm by Universal) William Powell (of “Thin Man” fame) cleans up real good in this quintessential screwball comedy, playing a droll, Depression-era “lost man” collected by a delightfully daffy socialite (Carole Lombard) for a charity scavenger hunt and then hired to “butle” for her eccentric upper crust family. As much a scathing caricature of the Idle Rich as it is zany love story, “My Man Godfrey” is gracefully directed, smartly scripted and charged throughout with the complex chemistry between Powell and Lombard, who had previously been married and divorced. It was also the first film ever to be nominated for Oscars in all four acting categories. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Le Roman d’un Tricheur,” Wed., Nov. 19, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (Sacha Guitry, France, Black and White, 1936, 81 min.) Crime pays, for the protagonist (and the for the audience) of this wicked romp written, starring, and directed by the multitalented Sacha Guitry, one of the brightest lights of French theater and cinema between the Wars. The autobiograhy of a rogue whose criminal career starts early – sent to bed without supper as a boy, he alone of his family is spared a gruesome demise brought on by a dinner of poisonous mushrooms – and lands him a lucrative gig as a crooked croupier in a Monocco casino. Narrated by the cheat himself (Guitry’s voice-over is the only “dialogue” in the film), this finely-tuned tale of intrigues, ironies, beautiful women and not-quite-perfect crimes is a rich reminder of the gifts of one of European cinema’s nearly forgotten Greats. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Emory Cinematheque Presents “Alexander Nevsky,” Wed., Dec. 3, 2008, 8 p.m., free, White Hall 205, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. ("Aleksandr Nevskiy," Sergei Eisenstein, U.S.S.R., black and white, Russian with English subtitles, 1938, 112 min.). Eisenstein's historical biopic about a Russian prince who leads a makeshift army against invading Teutonic nights features the dazzling sequence of the Battle on the Ice, a heroic performance by Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role, and a moving score by Prokofiev. The film's allegorical treatment of the threat of Nazi Germany was unmistakable at the time, as was the brilliance of Eisenstein's imaginative direction. The Emory Cinematheque is a joint effort organized and co-sponsored by Emory College and the Film Studies Department to provide the Atlanta community with programs of important international films throughout the academic year in a repertory cinema environment.
Screening of “Kundun” with Phillip Glass , Jan. 26, 2009, 7 p.m., free, White Hall 208, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
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Melissa Plamann,Casavant Organ,University Organist Recital Series, Sun., Sept. 7, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Plamann's recital will feature exciting works by some of the best known composers in history such as Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and Felix Mendelssohn (1809 1847), as well as exciting newer works by living composers Petr Eben (b. 1929) and William Bolcom (b. 1938). Her program features Bolcom's 1987 composition From Gospel Preludes, “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"; Brahms's Chorale Prelude and Fugue “O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid” (1856); Mendelssohn's “Sonata Op. 65, No. 3”; "Pneuma" by William Albright (1944-1998); and "A Festive Voluntary: Variations on Good King Wenceslas" by Eben. An active soloist and accompanist, Plamann performs organ recitals in the United States, Germany, England and the Czech Republic. She has taught courses at Indiana University exploring her interest in the organ as an instrument of the church. Plamann began her organ study with Lorraine Brugh at Valparaiso University where she earned two degrees. She studied with Timothy Albrecht at Emory, where she earned a master of music degree. She is finishing her doctorate at Indiana University under Larry Smith. Plamann returns to Emory University as an instructor for the fall 2008 semester.
James Zellers, flute , Wed., Sept. 17, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Zellers is joined by pianist Laura Gordy for a program featuring works by Michael Torke, J.S. Bach, Aaron Copland, George Hue and Franz Schubert. James Zellers holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Indiana University and a DMA from the Juilliard School. His teachers include Judith Thomas, Mark Thomas and Carol Wincenc. His performances have taken him to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland; the International Festival d’Evian, France; the Spoleto Festival in both Charleston, SC and Italy; and the 1988 Seoul, Korea and 1996 Atlanta Olympic Arts Festivals and Cultural Olympiads. Former touring artist for the North Carolina Council for the Arts, soloist with the Bach Area Festival, the Chautauqua Institution and the Sea Cliff Chamber Players, Zellers is currently Principal Flute with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony (Georgia) and Piccolo with the Florida West Coast Symphony, Sarasota. He has also performed with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera and has performed and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He was Acting Principal Flute with the Florida Orchestra, Tampa for the 1999-2000 season, and has held positions with the orchestras of Augusta, GA, and Greenville, SC, as well as faculty positions at the University of Georgia, Augusta State and Georgia State universities. He has been an artist affiliate for Emory since February 2006. In addition to his flute activities, Zellers is an accomplished organist and arranger of choral and instrumental chamber music.
Jody Miller, recorder , Sun., Sept. 21, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Director of the Emory Early Music Ensemble, Jody Miller, joined by Jonathan DeLoach and Claire Rottembourg, will perform works including Malcolm Arnold’s “Sonatina for Recorder and Piano,” Jacob van Eyck’s “L’Amie Cillae,” William Byrd’s “Fantasias in Three Parts,” Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Sonata in D Minor for Two Recorders,” Jean Daniel Braun’s “Pièces sans basse” and Marcel Poot’s “Sicilienne.” Jody Miller performs with Ritornello Baroque Ensemble and Emory Baroque Artists, and gives solo performances. He works with composer Timothy Broege, and has premiered many of Broege's compositions, including a June 2001 performance of “Two-Part Elegy for LaNoue Davenport” at the Boston Early Music Festival. Broege’s latest composition for recorder, “Sonata da chiesa” for recorder and organ, was dedicated to Miller and received its premier at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, Atlanta. Miller is interested in contemporary chamber music for recorder. Miller earned bachelor and master of music education from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has a large studio of private recorder students, teaches applied recorder at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, and teaches early music and recorder around the Southeast.
Jonathan Shames, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Sept. 26, 2008, noon, free, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Pianist Jonathan Shames joins the Vega String Quartet for Brahms’ great “Quintet in F Minor.” Jonathan Shames was Music Director and Conductor of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra until last year, as well as Artistic Director of the University of Oklahoma Opera Theater and Director of Orchestral Studies at the Oklahoma University School of Music. As a pianist, since winning a finalist diploma in the 1982 Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition, Shames has performed in France, Finland, South Korea and the former Soviet Union, as well as across the United States. He has recorded with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, toured with the Radio and Television Orchestra of Belgrade, and appeared as soloist with the Seoul Sinfonietta, the Chattanooga Symphony, the Seattle and Tacoma Symphony Orchestras and the Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Seattle and Boston Pops orchestras, among others.
*Los Angeles Guitar Quartet , Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., Sept. 26, 2008, 8 p.m., public $48; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $36; Emory Students $5, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanegiser and Scott Tennant) will present popular standards as well as exciting world and contemporary works. Recognized as one of America’s premier instrumental ensembles, the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most charismatic groups performing today. Popularly known as the LAGQ, these four virtuosi bring a new energy to the concert stage with their eclectic programs and dynamic musical interplay. Their critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world music realms continually break new ground. The LAGQ has set new standards for the guitar quartet medium. The LAGQ has given recitals in many of the world’s top halls, including Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Tokyo Opera City and New York’s Alice Tully Hall. They have toured extensively in Europe and Asia, where they were featured at the Hong Kong, Singapore and Manila International Arts Festivals.
“Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Parts I & II,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series Concert , 8 p.m. on Oct. 3 (Part I) and Oct. 4, 2008 (Part II); price per performance public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio joins pianist William Ransom in this two-part series featuring Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano. Sant'Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she was a winner at the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow, Russia. As a result of her medal, Carnegie Hall invited Ms. Sant'Ambrogio to perform a recital that was filmed by CBS News as part of a nationally televised profile. The New York Times described Ms. Sant'Ambrogio's New York debut as a "sheer pleasure." She has appeared as soloist and has performed throughout the world with noted orchestras, at major music centers and festivals including Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Konzert Huset in Stockholm, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Musikverein in Vienna, Ravinia, and Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo. Sant'Ambrogio is a founding member of the Eroica Trio.
Screening of “Red Heroine” with live accompaniment by Devil Music Ensemble, Sun., Oct. 5, 7:30, free, White Hall 208, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.filmstudies.emory.edu, 404-727-6761. (“Hong Xia,” Wen Yimin, black and white, silent with English intertitles, 1929, 90 minutes). Episode six of “Red Knight-Errant,” also known as “Red Heroine,” the only surviving episode of the thirteen-part serial, is also one of the few complete and earliest extant silent martial arts films. A band of outlaws raids a village and kidnaps a maiden, causing the death of the young woman's grandmother. The captive maiden is rescued by a mysterious Daoist hermit and reemerges three years later as a full-fledged warrior, flying to the sky to revenge her grandmother's death. While generously sprinkled with anachronisms and prurient incongruities (imagine a bandit's harem of beauties in bikinis!), the film remains a robust telling of a young woman's transformation from abject victim to resolute warrior. The Devil Music Ensemble offers a unique multimedia experience that synthesizes live music and movies.Recent performances by the DME have taken place at The John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts in Washington D.C., the Chicago Cultural Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles CA, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA, the Caixa Forum in Barcelona Spain and the Danish Film Institute in Denmark. The DME offers a very unique multimedia experience, presenting a synthesis of live music and movie to entertain and inspire audiences. The greatest asset of the DME is their ability through music to control the audiences’ responses to what is being presented to them visually via a silent film. Audience members often forget that a live band is playing the soundtrack and are all of sudden snatched out of the suspension of disbelief to see exactly how the music for the film is unfolding before their eyes. It’s a thrilling effect. This screening is co-sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, the Department of Film Studies, REALC (Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures), the Confucius Institute of Emory University, the Department of Theater Studies, and the Department of Music.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director , Sat., Oct. 18, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of literature for wind bands. It sponsors an active commissioning program, hosts guest artists, and tours nationally or internationally.
“Music of Many Lands,”Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Oct. 19, 2008, 4 p.m., $4, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. This family concert features a wonderful variety of music from India, China, Africa and the Middle East.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director , Mon., Oct. 20, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Atlanta Youth Symphony (AYWS) was established in 1988 as the premiere youth wind ensemble in the Atlanta metropolitan arts community. It is comprised of a select group of the finest high school wind and percussion instrumentalists in the area and performs the best of traditional and contemporary wind band literature. The AYWS is sponsored by Emory University where they perform four concerts annually on campus and also tour regularly, participate in commissions and frequently perform with guest soloists, composers and conductors of national and international renown.
Kessler Reformation Day at Emory Concert , Tues., Oct. 21, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Under the direction of Eric Nelson the Emory Concert Choir will join forces with organist Melissa Plamann and a professional chamber orchestra to perform Bach’s “Magnificat.” Cosponsored by the Candler School of Theology.
“Emory’s Young Artists,”Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Oct. 24, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. An exciting program featuring some of the Emory Music Department’s most talented student musicians.
Emory Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, conductor, with the University Chorus, Eric Nelson, director , Fri., Oct. 24, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. To open their 43 rd season, the Emory Symphony Orchestra (ESO) will present Tchaikovsky’s renowned “’Pathetique’ Symphony No. 6 in B Minor.” Emory’s University Chorus will join the ESO and pianist Deborah Thoreson to present Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy” and will open the concert with Rossini’s delightful overture to “The Barber of Seville.” The ESO presents dynamic and varied performances of repertoire embracing music from the Baroque to the 21st century. True to the spirit of the liberal arts environment, the 100-member orchestra draws its membership from not only the Department of Music but from all disciplines across the campus.
*Lynn Harrell, cello,and Victor Asunciόn, piano,Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Sat., Oct. 25, 8 p.m., public $48; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $36; Emory Students $5, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Program: Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert and Chopin. A consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, Lynn Harrell's work in America, Europe and Asia has placed him in the highest echelon of today's performing artists. A frequent guest of many of the leading orchestras, in recent seasons Harrell has performed with the Boston and Chicago symphonies, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony (whom he guest conducted), the St. Louis Symphony at Royal Festival Hall, the London Philharmonic with Kurt Masur conducting and the Israel Philharmonic with Franz Welser-Möst conducting. Additional highlights include a two-week tour to Japan with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Pinchas Zukerman, a three week "Lynn Harrell Cello Festival" with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and a return tour to Australia. Lynn Harrell was born in New York to musician parents. He began his musical studies in Dallas and proceeded to the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute. Harrell is the recipient of numerous awards including the first Avery Fisher Award. He plays a 1673 Stradivarius and a 1720 Montagnana. He makes his home in Houston, Texas, where since 2002 he has been Professor of Cello at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music.
Ensemble Sirius , Sat., Nov. 1, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. As a contemporary piano-percussion duo that specializes in music of 20 th-century classical composers, Ensemble Sirius (Michael Fowler, keyboards and Stuart Gerber, percussion) has been described by one of the most prominent German composers of the late 20 th century, Karlheinz Stockhausen, as “musicians of the highest caliber” and hailed by critics internationally as a duo of unparalleled commitment and virtuosity. They have captivated and stunned audiences on three continents with their innovative programming and enthusiasm to the classics of the 20 th century, while at the same time showing a tireless dedication to the creation and promotion of new works by composers of international stature.
Paul Jacobs, organ, University Organist Recital Series , Sun., Nov. 2, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. One of America’s leading organists, Jacobs performs a repertoire spanning five centuries. Heard in solo recitals across the country he also teaches as chairman of the graduate and undergraduate organ department at The Juilliard School in New York. With wonderful musicality, technique galore and a prodigious memory, Jacobs has also performed the complete organ works of Bach and Messiaen. The Los Angeles Times states: “Jacobs is precisely what the organ scene needs right now: a dynamic young virtuoso who stands to further popularize this might, venerable and underexposed instrument.” The program features works from the 19 th and 20 th centuries including the Atlanta premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Prelude and Fugue in B Minor,” along with Marcel Dupré’s “Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7,” Louis Vierne’s “Naïades, Op. 55, No. 4” and Franz Liszt’s “Fantasia and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam.”
Warsaw Philharmonic, Antoni Wit, conductor, Valentina Lisitsa, piano, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series , Fri., Nov. 7, 8 p.m., public $80; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $60; Emory Students $10, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Poland’s national orchestra was established in 1901. Its 110 musicians perform 80 concerts annually and are considered one of the world’s greatest orchestras. The orchestra is joined by Valentina Lisitsa, who is recognized in glowing reviews as “a gigantic talent,” by the Baltimore Sun and “jaw-dropping” by the Chicago Sun-Times. The program includes Liszt’s “Piano Concert no. 1, E-flat major” and Brahms’ “Symphony no. 2, op. 73, D major.”
Phillippe Quint, violin, and William Ransom, piano , Sun. Nov. 9, 2008, 3 p.m., free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-667-4700, www.mozartatlanta.com. Grammy Award-nominee Philippe Quint performs works for solo violin, as well as Mozart’s “Sonata in E Minor” with Mary Emerson Professor of Piano William Ransom. Meet the artist at a reception following the concert. Cosponsored by the Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta and the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta.
Emory Early Music Ensemble, Jody Miller, director , Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Under Miller’s directorship, the Emory Early Music Ensemble has begun acquiring a large collection of early instruments - all replicas of instruments that would have been used in music performed before 1750. The ensemble has grown vastly to include more than 50 members in a vocal ensemble, a baroque orchestra and a renaissance band.
World Premiere, “Ophelia’s Gaze” with Katherine Blumenthal, soprano, and Vega String Quartet, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series Concert , Sat., Nov. 15, 2008, 8 p.m., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. “Ophelia’s Gaze,” a chamber opera written by Emory Music faculty Steven Everett for soprano, string quartet and interactive audio and video, is based on the poetry collection, “Bellocq’s Ophelia” (2002, Graywolf Press) by Pulitzer-winning Emory poet Natasha Trethewey. This composition is structured as a reverie on Ophelia, the young girl portrayed in Trethewey’s poem. It also involves the development of a motion-capture video system and use of a hemispherical audio playback system. The poems narrative sequence contains the imagined thoughts and perceptions of a young prostitute photographed by E. J. Bellocq in 1912 in the Storyville section of New Orleans. The aural-visual relationships in this composition unfold as a series of tableau using the consciousness of dreams, memories and reveries described in French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s last work, “La Poétique de la Réverie” (1960). The text is sung by Parisian soprano Katherine Blumenthal, who also narrates as she encounters reflections of her image and the environment in which she exists or imagines. She interacts musically with the Vega String Quartet members and visually with her own images reflected in video “mirrors.” Video cameras and microphones are used to transform her visual identity and voice through interactive computer-processing programs operated by the composer. Blumenthal has lived in Paris, France since completing an MM in vocal performance at the New England Conservatory and a BA in music and literature from Emory. She holds a diploma in composition from the Conservatoire Internationale de Paris. Katherine has been a participant in Opera Works in Los Angeles and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Emory Chamber Ensembles, Richard Prior, coordinator , Sun., Nov. 16, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Chamber Music Program provides many rich opportunities for students to perform music in small, intimate settings such as trios, quartets and other instrumental combinations. The program supports an average of 10 groups per semester that generally include string quartets, piano trios, woodwind and brass quintets, a tango group (violin, guitar, piano and bandoneόn) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Emory Percussion Ensemble , Sun., Nov. 16, 2008, 7 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. This fall’s concert will feature an early work for university percussion ensemble by Warren Benson; a wonderful transcription of “Lunch with Pancho Villa” by David Friedman; a popular and energetic ensemble “Sharpened Stick,” inspired by a Native American ceremony; and “Mudra” by Bob Becker, featuring many compositional elements of classic North Indian music.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director , Wed., Nov. 19, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Program features Ravel’s “Bolero” and Britten’s “A Young person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” As featured on Atlanta’s local news, the 90-member youth orchestra is comprised of exceptionally talented young musicians from more than 40 high schools in the metro-Atlanta area.
“Ransom Notes,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Nov. 21, 2008, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Brother and sister duo William Ransom, piano, and Kate Ransom, violin perform piano and violin sonatas of Beethoven and Brahms in this annual family get together.
Emory Concerto & Aria Competition , Fri., Nov. 21, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The winner of this annual event is given the opportunity to perform as soloist with the Emory Symphony Orchestra in a spring concert.
Emory Mastersingers & Women’s Chorale, Eric Nelson, director , Sun., Nov. 23, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Brock Terry, one of Emory's talented master's conducting students, will lead an evening of choral classics performed by Emory’s Mastersingers and the recently re-established Women’s Chorale.
Emory Chamber Ensembles , Richard Prior, coordinator, Tues., Nov. 25, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Chamber Music Program provides many rich opportunities for students to perform music in small, intimate settings such as trios, quartets and other instrumental combinations. The program supports an average of 10 groups per semester that generally include string quartets, piano trios, woodwind and brass quintets, a tango group (violin, guitar, piano and bandoneόn) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Emory Jazz Ensemble, Gary Motley, director , Tues., Dec. 2, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Jazz Program currently has four jazz chamber groups and an 18-piece big band. The Emory Jazz Combos and the Emory Big Band give students the opportunity to develop their performance skills as improvisers in a variety of settings.
Emory Symphony Orchestra with Katherine Wolfe, violin, Richard Prior, director , Thurs., Dec. 4, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Guest artist Katherine Wolfe, violin, joins the Emory Symphony Orchestra for a program featuring Bernstein’s “Overture to ‘Candide,’” Vaughan Williams’ “Lark Ascending” and Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41. The Emory University Symphony Orchestra presents dynamic and varied performances of repertoire embracing music from the Baroque to the 21st-century. True to the spirit of the liberal arts environment, the 100-member orchestra draws its membership from not only the Department of Music but from all disciplines across the campus.
Cecylia Arzewski, violin, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Dec. 5, 2008, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Violinist Cecylia Arzewski performs solo works by J.S. Bach. Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1990, Arzewski was previously a member of the Boston Symphony for seventeen years, rising to the position of Assistant Concertmaster, and then joined the Cleveland Orchestra as Associate Concertmaster for three years before coming to Atlanta. Born in Krakow, Poland, Arzewski began her violin studies at the age of five. After moving with her family to Israel in 1957, she studied at the Tel Aviv Conservatory with Odeon Partos. Subsequent teachers have included Ivan Galamian at Juilliard and Meadowmount and Joseph Silverstein, a major influence, at the New England Conservatory of Music. Arzewski was an award winner at the International Bach Festival in 1978. She has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Boston Pops, played regularly in chamber music concerts throughout New England, and made her New York solo debut in Carnegie Hall. She has also appeared in concerts with the Georgian Chamber Players and in recitals throughout Europe.
“Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols ” with Emory University Chorus, Concert Choir, Melissa Plamann, organ, and Eric Nelson, director, Fri., Dec. 5, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 6, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., $15 public; $12 patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members; Emory students $5, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050. The Emory tradition established in 1935 continues with this candlelit evening service of choral music and scripture, with readings by special guests from the community.
“Father Christmas’ Favorite Music,”Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Dec. 7, 2008, 4 p.m., $4 (Museum members Family-level and above receive four free tickets), Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. England’s Santa Claus makes a personal appearance to hand out holiday treats and hear some of his favorite chamber music played by the Vega Quartet.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director , Sun., Dec. 7, 2008, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of literature for wind bands. It sponsors an active commissioning program, hosts guest artists and tours nationally or internationally.
Emory Guitar Ensemble, Brian Luckett, director , Mon., Dec. 8, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Guitar Ensemble is a classical guitar ensemble that studies and performs music for guitar duos, trios and quartets. The repertoire includes music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th- and 21st-centuries.
Emory World Music Ensemble , Tong Soon Lee, director, Tues., Dec. 9, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050.
“Sixteenth Annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert,”Director and Host, James W. Flannery, Fri., Dec. 12, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 13, 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m., $25; $20 Discount Category Members: $10 Children and Emory Students, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Features Grammy-winning Alison Brown quartet. This popular event features the rollicking high spirits and mystical beauty of Celtic and Appalachian music, dance, poetry, song, and story with Grammy winner Alison Brown, banjo; Joe Craven, fiddle; John Doyle, guitar & vocals; Risin’ Appalachia and the Elders; The Buddy O’Reilly Band; Scottish pipers (Henry Frantz, Fran Frantz, & John Recknagle); Irish, Scottish, & Southern Clog Dancers choreographed by Lisa Cregan O’Brien; and Kelly Stewart, harp.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director , Mon., Dec. 15, 2008, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Atlanta Youth Symphony (AYWS) was established in 1988 as the premiere youth wind ensemble in the Atlanta metropolitan arts community. It is comprised of a select group of the finest high school wind and percussion instrumentalists in the area and performs the best of traditional and contemporary wind band literature. The AYWS is sponsored by Emory University where they perform four concerts annually on campus and also tour regularly, participate in commissions and frequently perform with guest soloists, composers and conductors of national and international renown.
Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten”performed bytheAtlanta Opera, Open Dress Rehearsal for College & High School Students, Tues., Jan. 20, 2009, 7 p.m., Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Arthur Fagen, conductor; Richard Kagey, director; John Gaston (Akhnaten), Mary Ann McCormick (Nefertiti), Brent Davis (Horemhab). An open dress rehearsal for college and high school students of the Atlanta premiere of Glass’ mesmerizing historical drama about the Egyptian pharaoh who overthrew the old order.
“The Historical and the Imagined Akhnaten,” Panel Discussion, Thurs., Jan. 22, 2009, 7 p.m., free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Panel: Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator; Shalom Goldman, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory; and Richard Kagey, director of Atlanta Opera’s performance of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten.”
William Fitzpatrick, violin, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Jan. 23, 2009, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Violinist William Fitzpatrick performs sonatas by Debussy and Franck. From Founder and First Violinist of the New York String Quartet, to Director of Chamber Music at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, Fitzpatrick has taught and helped develop many of today's leading chamber music performers and ensembles through his work at the Aspen Music Festival, Le Conservatoire Maurice Ravel, Le Conservatoire Americain de Fontainebleau, the University of California-Irvine, the Juilliard School in New York and his ChamberArtsFest based in Irvine CA., which is an international effort to bring to students and young artists into the remarkable world of chamber music by working side-by-side with today’s leading chamber artists.
Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten”performed bytheAtlanta Opera, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., Jan. 23, 8 p.m. (pre-concert lecture for ticket holders, 7 p.m.), Sun., Jan. 25, 5 p.m., public $76; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $57; Emory Students $10, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Arthur Fagen, conductor; Richard Kagey, director; John Gaston (Akhnaten), Mary Ann McCormick (Nefertiti), Brent Davis (Horemhab). This concert-staged performance is the Atlanta premiere of Glass’ mesmerizing historical drama about the Egyptian pharaoh who overthrew the old order.
Pre-concert Conversation with Composer Philip Glass and Shalom Goldman , Sun., Jan. 25, 2009, 3:30 p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The composer discusses the opera “Akhnaten” with Emory Professor Shalom Goldman.
“Chinese New Year’s Concert,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Jan. 25, 2009, 4 p.m., $4, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu, . This year’s annual Chinese New Year’s Celebration features the Vega String Quartet joined by traditional Chinese instruments the erhu and the pipa.
Ciompi Quartet and Vega String Quartet, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Concert Series , Fri., Jan. 30, 2009, 8 p.m., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The Ciompi Quartet from Duke University and the Vega String Quartet present the world premiere of Emory music faculty John Anthony Lennon’s “Myth of Aeolia” for oboe and string quartet plus Mendelssohn’s “Octet for Strings.”
Bach’s “Musical Offering and More from the 1740s,” Timothy Albrecht with Atlanta Bach Ensemble, University Organist Recital Series ,Superbowl Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Timothy Albrecht, Emory’s University Organist, returns from a sabbatical in Europe to join members of the Atlanta Bach Ensemble (violinist Jun-Ching Lin, flautist Carl David Hall and cellist Peter Lemonds) to perform excerpts from Bach’s “Musical Offering” and other instrumental compositions from the final decade of Bach’s life including “The Art of Fugue,” “Goldberg Variations” and “The Well-Tempered Clavier.” Of Bach’s later works Albrecht said: “Bach’s late music sampled today has astounded and nourished many for over a quarter of a millennium. These musical utterances from Bach’s final years reflect for me words heard in a completely different context from St. John’s Gospel: ‘But you have saved the best for last.’”
St. Olaf Choir, Mon., Feb. 2, 2009, 8 p.m., public $40; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $30; Emory students $10, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States. Founded in 1912, the choir has set a standard of choral excellence and remained at the forefront of choral artistry for more than three-quarters of a century. Directed since 1990 by Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Choir continues to develop the tradition that originated with its founder, F. Melius Christiansen. St. Olaf Choir members are full-time, undergraduate students. Their commitment to the St. Olaf Choir involves rehearsing five days a week in addition to completing a full schedule of academic and musical studies.
Thamyris , Fri., Feb. 6, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Steven Everett and Peggy Benkeser, co-artistic directors. Thamyris is a 20th-century music ensemble based in Atlanta, Georgia with national and international visibility. Thamyris' programming celebrates the music of the modern world with all its diversity of cultures and musical languages. Works of historic and artistic importance are blended in programs which emphasize the wealth of 20 th-century musical trends, including cross cultural influences, traditional music from around the world and collaborations with other art forms and media. Thamyris actively commissions and records new works by regionally and internationally known composers and presents internationally recognized guest performers.
Karen Freer, cello , Sun., Feb. 8, 2009, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra member and Emory music faculty member Karen Freer performs music for the cello.
DuoATL, Tues., Feb. 10, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. DuoATL was founded in 2005 by classical guitarist Brian Luckett and flutist and composer Nicole Randall. The duo aspires to explore the incredibly intriguing and ever growing repertoire written for flute and guitar. This dynamic pairing of instruments has inspired a great diversity of composers to write for it, resulting in an exciting body of repertoire from the 20 th and continuing into the 21 st century. In addition to performing and recording music from the current repertoire, DuoATL aims to bring both newly commissioned and original music to the concert stage.
“Contemporary Dance-Vintage Music: George Staib and the Vega Quartet in Concert,” Feb. 12-14, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Boundaries are broken and relationships are forged in this collaborative performance by the Vega String Quartet and choreographer George Staib. This event will bring the music audience to dance and the dance audience to incomparably played live music as it honors this all-too-rare opportunity. Staib presents new work that escorts the music to the foreground and delivers visceral connections to the surface while the Vega plays music by Bela Bartok, Richard Einhorn, Ben Johnston and others. The evening will seamlessly integrate the Vega Quartet into the visual landscape of dance and features Atlanta area dance professionals. It's like two performances in one! This project is sponsored in part in by a grant from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts.
“Valentine’s Day Love Songs,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Feb. 13, 2009, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Members of the Emory Music Department’s voice faculty perform songs for Valentine’s Day.
Emory Annual Jazz Festival Concert: Buddy DeFranco, clarinet, with the Gary Motley Trio, Fri., Feb. 13, 2009, 8 p.m., public $15; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $10; Emory students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050. Emory’s Annual Jazz Fest Concert features clarinetist Buddy DeFranco with the Gary Motley Trio (Gary Motley, piano, Paul Keller, bass and Pete Siers, drums).
Emory Annual Jazz Festival: Carmen Bradford, jazz vocalist, with the Emory Big Band, Gary Motley, director, Sat., Feb. 14, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050. The featured vocalist in the legendary Count Basie Orchestra for nine years, Bradford was discovered and hired by Mr. Basie himself. She has since performed and/or recorded with: Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Herbie Hancock, Lou Rawls, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, James Brown, George Benson, Doc Severinsen, Willie Nelson, Lena Horne, Regina Carter, Patti Austin, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Joe Williams and many others.
“Pianomania!” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sun., Feb. 15, 2008, 4 p.m., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, , 404-727-5050. “Pianomania!” features the pianists of Emory’s Department of Music and special guest Emory University President James Wagner narrating Camille Saint-Saen’s “Carnival of the Animals” for two pianos.
John Scott, organ, Emory University Organist Recital Series, Tues., Feb. 17, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. Scott’s frequent recitals include much of the United States, many cities in most European countries, Canada, Australia, East Asia and South America. In 1984, he became the first British musician to win the Bach Organ Competition in Leipzig. Known especially for his performances of large-scale Romantic and twentieth-century repertoire, he also performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, Tallis Scholars and the King’s Consort. Organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for many years, Scott is now director of music and organist at St. Thomas Church in New York.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Wed., Feb. 18, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, , 404-727 -5050. As featured on Atlanta’s local news, the 90-member youth orchestra is comprised of exceptionally talented young musicians from more than 40 high schools in the metro Atlanta area.
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, conductor, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series Special Event, Sat., Feb. 21, 8 p.m., public $80; no discounts, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. A non-subscription event presented by Emory College. In his final season as the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, Lorin Maazel leads a powerful and dramatic performance of Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9,” Schumann’s “Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120” and Tchaikovsky’s “Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director, Wed., Feb. 25, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Emory Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of literature for wind bands. It sponsors an active commissioning program, hosts guest artists, and tours nationally or internationally.
Emory Community Choral Festival, Eric Nelson, director, Sat., Feb. 28, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Atlanta Sacred Chorale and Eric Nelson, artistic director and conductor, host this annual concert featuring their group and other metro-Atlanta community choruses.
“Our Voices, Our Songs,” Teresa Hopkin, soprano, and Deborah Thoreson, piano, Sun., March 1, 5 p.m. free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Emory’s Director of Vocal Studies, Teresa Hopkin, and Director of Undergraduate Performance Studies, Deborah Thoreson, present a program to kick off Women’s History Month featuring female characters, perspectives and composers.
Guarneri String Quartet, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Tues., March 3, 8 p.m., public $52; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $39; Emory Students $5, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. Don’t miss this renowned quartet’s final Atlanta concert before they retire from a stellar 45-year career. The renowned Guarneri String Quartet "is among the most revered and enduring ensembles of its kind in the world" (National Public Radio) and has circled the globe numerous times since it was formed in 1964, playing in the most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Guarneri String Quartet (Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley, violins; Michael Tree, viola; Peter Wiley, cello) has announced its retirement at the completion of the 2008-09 season.
Emory Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Thurs., March 5, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Emory Symphony Orchestra presents dynamic and varied performances of repertoire embracing music from the Baroque to the 21 st-century. True to the spirit of the liberal arts environment, the 100-member orchestra draws its membership from not only the Department of Music but from all disciplines across the campus.
Benjamin Karp, cello, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., March 6, 2008, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Cellist Benjamin Karp performs Bach and Brahms. Benjamin Karp is professor of cello and director of chamber music at the University of Kentucky School of Music. Recent solo and chamber music engagements have taken him to Italy, China and Brazil, as well as throughout the United States. Karp frequently performs in the cello section of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and has toured with the orchestra nationally and internationally, performing in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria and Spain. Karp was principal cellist of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for ten years. He is a widely-known chamber musician, appearing at festivals throughout the United States. Before coming to the University of Kentucky, Karp was a member of the New College String Quartet and Principal Cellist of the Florida West Coast Symphony.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., March 16, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Atlanta Youth Symphony (AYWS) was established in 1988 as the premiere youth wind ensemble in the Atlanta metropolitan arts community. It is comprised of a select group of the finest high school wind and percussion instrumentalists in the area and performs the best of traditional and contemporary wind band literature. The AYWS is sponsored by Emory University. AYWS performs four concerts annually on campus, tours regularly, participates in commissions and frequently performs with guest soloists, composers and conductors of national and international renown.
Gamelan Consortium Concert, Wed., March 18, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050.
*Lionheart with Vega String Quartet, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., March 20, 8 p.m., Pre-concert lecture by composer Phil Kline, 7 p.m., public $48; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $36; Emory Students $5, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Vega String Quartet, Emory’s Quartet in Residence, performs the world premiere of Richard Prior’s string quartet “Three Essays” and then joins vocal sextet Lionheart for Phil Kline’s “John the Revelator.” This emotional and mysterious work combines aspects of a traditional mass such as “Gloria” and “Kyrie” with a variety of innovative elements, including text from the Old Testament, American poet David Shapiro and Samuel Beckett’s monologue, “The Unnamable.”
“Atlanta’s Young Artists ,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., March 22, 2009, 4 pm., $4, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050. A showcase of some of Atlanta’s most talented pre-college musicians.
Emory Jazz Combos, Gary Motley, director, Wed., March 25, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322 www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. Emory’s Jazz Program has four jazz chamber groups and an eighteen-piece big band. Emory Jazz Combos and Emory Big Band give students the opportunity to develop their performance skills as improvisers in a variety of settings.
“New and Traditional Argentine Tango Music,” Emory Tango Ensemble, with Osvaldo Barrios, bandoneόn, Fri., March 27, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322 www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. Guests include: Sonia Possetti, piano, and Damian Bolotín, violin, from Buenos Aires; Vega String Quartet. The Emory Tango Ensemble, with special guests Osvaldo Barrios, bandoneόn, Tangueros Emory and Friends will present an evening of traditional and new Argentine tango music and dance.
“Barenaked Voices: Sixth Annual Emory Student A Cappella Celebration,” Fri., April 3, 2009, 8 p.m., free, donations accepted, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. A showcase of student- and faculty-led a cappella groups, including Aural Pleasure, Voices of Inner Strength, No Strings Attached, Emory University Chorus, Emory University Concert Choir, The Gathering, Dooley Noted, and AHANA A Cappella. Proceeds benefit Helpline, a student run telephone counseling and referral service and Active Minds, a peer-to-peer organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental health among college students.
Emory Percussion Ensemble, Sun. April 5, 2009, 4 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050.
Emory Chamber Ensembles, Richard Prior, director, Tues., April 7, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Chamber Music Program provides many rich opportunities for students to perform music in small, intimate settings such as trios, quartets and other instrumental combinations. The program supports an average of 10 groups per semester that generally include string quartets, piano trios, woodwind and brass quintets, a tango group (violin, guitar, piano and bandoneόn) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Karen Bentley, violin,Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., April 10, 2009, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Violinist Karen Bentley joins the Vega String Quartet for Mendelssohn’s “Viola Quintet in F Major.”
Emory Chamber Ensembles, Richard Prior, coordinator, Tues., April 14, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322 , www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. The Emory Chamber Music Program provides many rich opportunities for students to perform music in small, intimate settings such as trios, quartets and other instrumental combinations. The program supports an average of 10 groups per semester that generally include string quartets, piano trios, woodwind and brass quintets, a tango group (violin, guitar, piano and bandoneόn) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Emory Symphony Orchestra & University Chorus, Richard Prior and Eric Nelson, directors, April 17-18, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727 -5050. Emory’s University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.”
“Easter Concert, ” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., April 19, 2009, 4 p.m., $4, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. After music by Mozart and Beethoven good listeners collect Easter eggs.
Emory Early Music Ensemble, Jody Miller, director, Sun., April 19, 2009, 6 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. Under Miller’s directorship, the Emory Early Music Ensemble has begun acquiring a large collection of early instruments - all replicas of instruments that would have been used in music performed before 1750. The ensemble has grown vastly to include over fifty members in a vocal ensemble, a baroque orchestra, and a renaissance ban d.
Emory Jazz Ensemble, Gary Motley, director , Tues., April 21, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, , 404-727-5050. The Emory Jazz Program has four jazz chamber groups and an eighteen-piece big band. The Emory Jazz Combos and the Emory Big Band give students the opportunity to develop their performance skills as improvisers in a variety of settings.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director , Wed., April 22, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050. The Emory Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of literature for wind bands. It sponsors an active commissioning program, hosts guest artists, and tours nationally or internationally.
“Spring Oratorio,” with Emory Concert Choir & Atlanta Sacred Chorale, Eric Nelson, director , Fri., April 24, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, , 404-727-5050. Emory’s Concert Choir, the Atlanta Sacred Chorale and a professional chamber orchestra will present Handel’s oratorio “Israel in Egypt.”
Emory Guitar Ensemble, Brian Luckett, director , Sat., April 25, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Emory Guitar Ensemble is a classical guitar ensemble that studies and performs music for guitar duos, trios and quartets. The repertoire includes music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20 th and 21 st centuries.
Emory World Music Ensemble , Mon., April 27, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050.
Vega String Quartet, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series Concert , Fri., May 1, 2009, 8 p.m., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Vega String Quartet performs works by Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director , Wed., May 6, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The winner of the 2008-09 EYSO Concerto Competition will perform. Program also features Elgar’s “Enigma Variations.” As featured on Atlanta’s local news, the 90-member youth orchestra is comprised of exceptionally talented young musicians from more than 40 high schools in the metro Atlanta area.
Richard Luby, violin, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., May 8, 2009, noon, free, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Violinist Richard Luby performs Martinu’s “Madrigals” and Prokofiev’s “Sonata for Two Violins” with members of the Vega String Quartet. Luby holds a D.M.A. from the Yale School of Music, an M.M. from the Juilliard School of Music and a B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music. His career extends from Baroque and Classical music on historical instruments through the newest repertoire for modern violin. Formerly on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and a 1991 Visiting Professor at the New England Conservatory of Music, he is currently a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he teaches violin, is co-founder and co-director of the original instrument Ensemble Courant and performs with the resident contemporary music ensemble 27514. Luby has appeared as soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa of Mexico, National Radio Orchestra of Poland, the Rochester Philharmonic, the North Carolina Symphony, the National Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony. He has given recitals of the complete works for violin and piano of Ives, Prokofiev, Brahms and Stravinsky, as well as the Sonatas for violin and harpsichord of J.S. Bach.
“Emory Alumni Concert” Sun., May 10, 2009, 2 p.m., call for location, free. Some of Emory's most talented musical alumni perform along with one of the finest current students from the Emory's Department of Music in this annual one-hour concert followed by a reception. Hosted by Mary Emerson Professor of Piano William Ransom.
“Visions: Season Finale Concert by the Atlanta Sacred Chorale,” Eric Nelson, director , Sat., May 16, 2009, 8 p.m., public $20; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; Emory students free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. This outstanding chamber choir sings traditional sacred choral gems along with rousing spirituals and hymns. Renowned for their exquisite artistry and transcendent sound, ASC is a community chorus that brings together professional musicians and gifted amateurs in an exciting choral ensemble.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., May 18, 2009, 8 p.m., free, Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, www.arts.emory.edu, 404-727-5050. The Atlanta Youth Symphony (AYWS) was established in 1988 as the premiere youth wind ensemble in the Atlanta metropolitan arts community. It is comprised of a select group of the finest high school wind and percussion instrumentalists in the area and performs the best of traditional and contemporary wind band literature. The AYWS is sponsored by Emory University where they perform four concerts annually on campus and also tour regularly, participate in commissions and frequently perform with guest soloists, composers and conductors of national and international renown.
EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY EVENTS (Back to Top)
NOTE: Events and exhibitions in five Emory galleries follow. See each section for its chronology.
Balser Art Collection, Goizueta Business School
Balser Art Collection Guided Tours , Sept. 26, 5:15 p.m. and Sept. 27, 11 a.m., Goizueta Business School, Emory University, call 404-727-6656 for details. The community is welcome to take advantage of a rare opportunity to tour throughout the Goizueta Business School’s Balser Art Collection during Emory’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekends.
Visual Arts Building & Gallery Exhibitions
“Martha Rosler: Bringing the War Home,” Sept. 11- Oct. 11, 2008, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., Sept. 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free. Friends of Visual Arts Reception: Fri., Oct.10, 7 p.m. Closing Reception & Dialogue with Artist: Fri., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Featuring Martha Rosler in conversation with Emory faculty, Jason Francisco, Associate Professor of Visual Arts (Photography), and James Meyer, Winship Distinguished Associate Professor of Art History.This special event for Emory Friends of Visual Arts and those who join and become members the night of the event is held in conjunction with ACP10, Atlanta Celebrates Photography's annual month-long citywide festival. Closing Reception Admission (includes dinner, live music, a lecture and a one-year Friends membership): annual membership purchase (individual $35; dual $50); Free for Friends of Visual Arts.
On the eve of the 2008 Presidential election, Martha Rosler’s multifaceted work will pose thought provoking questions in reference to one of the election’s most pivotal issues: the war in Iraq. This exhibition will be the juxtaposition of two similar but also different bodies of work across the span of decades, “Bringing the war home (1967-1972)” and “Bringing the war home: House beautiful, new series (2004).” Produced as an outgrowth of Rosler's own involvement with anti-war activities, these photomontages are a response to the artist's "frustration with the images we saw in television and print media, even with anti-war flyers and posters. The images we saw were always very far away, in a place we couldn't imagine." In 1991 Laura Cottingham wrote in the catalog for ‘The War is Always Home: Martha Rosler’: “The consumer media avoids directly referring to political and economic connection between your cozy sofa and someone else's dead body: Rosler reveals the artificiality of this severed causality. The separation of us from them, here from there, is an illusion we want, as a war-profit society and as immediately war-free individuals, to maintain.” This project is sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.“Dance For Reel: An Evening of Dance on Camera,” Thurs.,Sept. 25, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, Emory University, 1804 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “Dance for Reel” is an evening of short films from The Dance Films Association, based in New York City. Ranging in length from five to 30 minutes, the films reveal the moving body in new places, surprising contexts and from inspired viewpoints. “Dance for Reel” is co-presented by Emory's Dance and Visual Arts Programs and curated by Emory dance alumna Blake Beckham.
“Jason Francisco: Recent Work,” Oct. 16–Dec. 18, 2008, Emory Visual Arts Building & Galleryon, Lobby, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Welcome Reception for Visual Arts Associate Professor Jason Francisco: Thurs., Oct. 16, 5–7 p.m. Join the Emory Visual Arts Program to celebrate the appointment of Jason Francisco as Associate Professor of Visual Arts (Photography). Enjoy refreshments and brief remarks by Francisco about his background, his work, and his recent photography on view. The reception is in conjunction with ACP 10, Atlanta Celebrates Photography's annual month-long, citywide photography festival.
“The Loseling Dolls and Traditional Costumes of the Tibetan World,” Oct. 20-24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Oct. 25, 12 noon-4 p.m., docent tour at 2 p.m.; Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Mon., Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m. This week-long event will feature an amazing set of dolls created by the master dollmakers of Drepung Loseling monastery and illustrating traditional lay and monastic costumes of old Tibet. Dollmakers Ven. Geshe Pema Ludrup and Ven. Geshe Yeshe Thokme will be demonstrating their art daily during the exhibition. This is the first major event for Emory University’s new Himalayan Arts Program sponsored by a Rubin Foundation grant. Presented in conjunction with the Emory Tibet Partnership.
“Deadly Sins and Other Matters: Exhibition by Roger Dorset,” Oct. 30-Nov. 29, 2008, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., Oct. 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Roger Dorset is an extraordinary and too-often overlooked artist whose work reflects profoundly personal, often anguished, responses to questions of good and evil, sin, guilt, sexuality, religion and the psychological traumas brought on by the human struggle to come to terms with these concepts. Curated by Katherine Mitchell of the Emory Visual Arts faculty, who has known Dorset since their student days in the 1960s at the Atlanta College of Art, this exhibition will include more than 30 works on paper spanning from 1968 to 2004. This project is sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
“Zummarella: Exhibition by Min Kim Park,” Dec. 4, 2008-Jan. 24, 2009 (closed Dec. 18, 2008- Jan. 4, 2009), Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., Dec. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. “Zummarella” deals with the notion of the ideal woman in contemporary society. To create the title the artist combined the Korean word “azuma” (the closest translation in English would be “housewife”) and the last part of “Cinderella.” Traditionally, azumas were the symbol of self-sacrifice and humility, but modern azumas are well-educated and pragmatic high-achievers who believe they can have it all. When their desires to be unique super-moms, super-career women, and super-wives, are not fulfilled, they are deeply frustrated. “Zummarella” will examine this tragicomic impossible situation, the isolation stemming from the conceitedness of feeling different and better than anybody else, and the agony of contemporary women unable to escape from self-made predicament and social mores in the land of entitlement.
“The Future of Evolution: An Exhibition by Eve Andrée Laramée,” Feb. 5-March 6, 2009, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., Feb. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Part of “Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival.” Eve Andrée Laramée has been invited to develop an exhibition for the Visual Arts Gallery that will be inspired by her attendance at Emory University’s conference, “Evolution Revolution: Science Changing Life”(Oct. 23-24, 2008), which will be a presentation of the outstanding research of Emory faculty in Darwinian evolution and how new understandings of natural diversity and directed selection may transform our lives. This event anticipates the 200 th anniversary of Darwin’s birth in February 2009 and the 150 th anniversary in 2009 of the publication of the first edition of “On the Origins of Species.” This project is sponsored in part in by a grant from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts.
“New Work: An Exhibition by Diane Kempler,” March 19-April 24, 2009, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., March 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. New ceramic sculpture by Emory Visual Arts faculty Diane Kempler. Diane Solomon Kempler was born in New York City and graduated with a degree in philosophy from Brandeis University. She has studied with numerous ceramic artists and has received grants, awards and residencies. She has been active as an artist and teacher for over 20 years. She has won numerous awards, grants and residencies. She has had numerous one-woman exhibitions in Georgia, New York, Charlotte and Richmond, to mention only a few. She participates in national exhibitions, including the touring exhibition “Body and Soul: Contemporary Southern Figures,” curated by the Columbus Museum. As a project of the Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA), she created and installed a permanent bronze fountain sculpture in downtown Atlanta in 1996. Her work deals with transformations and transitions as they exist in nature and human beings.
“2009 Emory Student Art Exhibition & Open Studios ,” April 30-May 11, 2009,Emory Visual Arts Gallery & Building, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., April 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Senior Champagne Reception: Mon., May 11, 12 noon-4 p.m. Emory University Class of 2009 Art History/Visual Arts joint majors, Visual Arts Program Honors Students and other select students of the Visual Arts Program“Accrual Method: An Exhibition by Brent Fogt,” June 18-July 31, 2009, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-6315, www.visualarts.emory.edu, free. Opening Reception: Thurs., June 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Call 404-727-6315 for date and time of artist talk. Brent Fogt will present a series of large-scale, highly detailed drawings of abstract forms that vary from the topographic to the decorative, referring to, among other things, aerial photography, maps, turbulent water, live oak trees, coral reefs, ant farms and paisleys.
Schatten Gallery of the Robert W. Woodruff Library
“Nubian Dreams: Images of the Sudan,” The Photography of Chester Higgins
June 20-Aug. 15, 2008, Schatten Gallery, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-0136, free.The Schatten Gallery in Emory's Woodruff Library will host the work of renowned New York Times photographer Chester Higgins. “Nubian Dreams: Images of the Sudan” is a companion exhibition to “Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,” currently on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. “Nubian Dreams” features Higgin's brilliantly evocative photographs of ancient Nubian monuments in the Sudan region of Africa. The exhibition is sponsored by the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Institute of African Studies.“My Dreams, My Works:” Selections from the Library of Gwendolyn Brooks, Aug. 22 – Oct. 3, 2008, Level 2, Schatten Gallery, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-0136, jdelliq@emory.edu, http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/schatten, free. Features 33 of the prominent African American poet’s materials from the more than 24 boxes acquired by Emory’s Raymond Danowski Poetry Library.
“Latin American Posters: Public Aesthetics and Mass Politics,” Aug. 22-Dec. 14, 2008, Schatten Gallery, Robert W. Woodruff Library 3rd Floor, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-0136, jdelliq@emory.edu, http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/schatten, free. Drawing primarily from the University of New Mexico's unparalleled, 10,000-strong Sam L. Slick Collection of Latin American and Iberian Posters, this traveling exhibition features 75 works that document and explore Latin America's contemporary social and political history, as mirrored in five unifying themes: Imperialism, Solidarity and Self-Determination; Icons, Martyrs, and Charismatic Leaders; Human Rights, Feminism, and Indigenism; Revolution and Popular Movements; and Culture, Society and Film. Dating from the 1950s to the present, the posters originate from 11 Latin American countries, complemented by several works from the United States. This exhibition is organized by the UNM University Libraries' Center for Southwest Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Support for this project was provided by the University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies.
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) Exhibitions and Reading, Robert W. Woodruff Library
“The Bomb that Healed: Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, Civil Rights, and the Temple Bombing of 1958,” Aug. 23, 2008- Jan. 3, 2009, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Robert W. Woodruff Library 10th Floor, 540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-6887, marbl@emory.edu, free. Fifty years ago, white supremacists attacked Atlanta’s oldest Jewish congregation, The Temple on Peachtree Street. Exploding dynamite ripped through the stately building before sunrise on Oct. 12, 1958, leaving a gaping hole in the brick edifice. Five men associated with hate groups were charged with the crime but were never convicted. This exhibition documents the anomalous impact the attack had on Atlanta’s Jewish community. The bombers had intended to intimidate Jews -- seen as co-conspirators along with blacks in the civil rights struggle -- but this act of terror had the opposite effect. The exhibition draws heavily on Rothschild’s personal papers, and will show how the rabbi worked openly to build support for desegregation amongst Atlanta’s religious and civic leaders.
Poetry Reading by Bernard O’Donoghue, Wed., Oct. 29, 2008, 6 p.m., call 404-727-5050 for the location, 404-727-6887, marbl@emory.edu, free. An Irish poet and literary critic, O’Donoghue’s “Selected Poems” is scheduled to be published in Fall 2008. He is the author of “Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry” (1995). Poetry collections include “Poaching Rights” (1987); “The Weakness” (1991); “Gunpowder” (1995), winner of the 1995 Whitbread Poetry Award; “Here Nor There” (1999); “Outliving” (2003); and a translation in verse of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” (2006).
Michael C. Carlos Museum
For a complete listing of Carlos Museum events, visit www.carlos.emory.edu .“Big Shots: Andy Warhol’s Polaroid Portraits,” Aug. 30, 2008 – Dec. 14, 2008, $7 donation, Works on Paper Gallery, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, 571 S. Kilgo Circle, www.carlos.emory.edu, 404-727-4282. Actors, athletes, socialites and the mother of a U.S. President are among the subjects of the exhibition “ Big Shots: Andy Warhol’s Polaroid Portraits,”on view in the John Howett Works on Paper Study Room from Aug. 30 through Dec. 14. Thirty-two photographs from the 1970s and 1980s by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) will be displayed. In addition, a screenprint portrait of “Miss Lillian” Carter, lent by the Carter Center, will also be included in the exhibition.
“Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tombof Tutankhamun,” Nov. 15, 2008-May 25, 2009, $7 donation, Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, 571 S. Kilgo Circle, www.carlos.emory.edu, 404-727-4282.When Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922, it was filled with artifacts including gold-covered chariots, elaborately carved alabaster vessels, inlaid furniture, a vast array of jewelry, and the famed gold mask. Every step of the archaeologists' painstakingly detailed work in and around the tomb was documented through photography by Harry Burton, one of the first large scale excavations to be so thoroughly recorded. Many of the photos have become as famous as the artifacts themselves.
“Tutankhamun: The Golden King & the Great Pharaohs,” Nov. 15, 2008-May 25, 2009, Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, www.carlos.emory.edu, kingtut@emory.edu, 404-727-4282. The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University presents “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” opening on Nov. 15, 2008, at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. This awe-inspiring exhibition spans the greatest eras of Egyptian History-from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period-between 2600-660 BC.
THEATER (Back to Top)
“The Comedy of David Ives,” Oct. 2–11, 2008 ( Oct. 2,4, 8-11 at 7 p.m., matinee on Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.) The Oct. 8, 7 p.m. performance is Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Night, Theater Laboratory, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, public $18; discount category members $14; Emory students $6, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Theater Emory presents an evening of witty one-acts from several collections of Ives’ plays. These focus on couples whose conversations go awry and restart, as they revise what they’ve said in search of what they really mean. Please refer to the website for specific play titles and directors.
“Don Juan Comes Back from the War,” Nov. 13-23, 2008 (Regular performances: Nov. 13-15, 19-22 at 7 p.m., matinees on Nov. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m.) The Nov. 19, 7 p.m. performance is Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Night, Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs Univ. Center, 605 Asbury Circle, 30322, public $18; discount category members $14; Emory students $6, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. A modern Don Juan, much changed by his experience of war, longs to reunite with his true love. He comes back to discover that in a world of hungry women it is difficult not to be Don Juan; the old myth is reversed in that women are the seducers. This remarkably resonant play by Ödön von Horváth is full of biting humor. Directed by Janice Akers.
“Brave New Works,” Feb. 2-22, 2009 (Call 404-727-5050 in December for titles, dates, locations, and times.) , free, reservations requested for some events, 404-727-5050. The Playwriting Center of Theater Emory produces Brave New Works, a festival of new play readings and exploratory workshops. Playwrights, adaptors, composers, and dramaturgs will be in residence at Emory to work on plays in development, with a combined company of student and professional actors. Most plays will culminate in a staged reading. This year’s festival will include a reading of a new work by Thomas Gibbons and Matthew Maguire, the creation of an anthology of 10-minute plays by young nationwide playwrights and a collaborative project between the Atlanta-based company Out Of Hand Theater and playwright Ken Weitzman as part of the Oct. 2008 “Evolution Revolution: Science Changing Life” conference at Emory University. Please check website or contact the Arts at Emory Box Office starting in Jan. 2009 for more information. Part of “Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival.” Sponsored by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts, which is supported in part by the Emory University Strategic Initiative for Creativity & Arts.
“Peer Gynt,” April 16-26, 2009 Regular performances: April 16-18 and 22-25 at 7 p.m.; matinees on April 19 and 26 at 2 p.m. The April 22, 7 p.m. is Pay-What-You-Can (at the door only). Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs Univ. Center, 605 Asbury Circle, 30322, public $18; discount category members $14; Emory students $6, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. “Peer Gynt,” a great modern classic by Henrik Ibsen, was written as a poem in dramatic form – Ibsen did not imagine that it would be staged – and this is its great challenge: since the writer felt free to ignore the limitations of stagecraft, this text still pushes the boundaries of theater. Young Peer, a fanciful, irresponsible misfit who dreams of being Emperor of the world, flees Norway in pursuit of his destiny. After misadventures all over the world, Peer returns home, where at long last he realizes that he has been in flight from his true self. In the story’s poignant conclusion, Peer learns what it means to be human. Brimful of comic energy and gripping imagery, this saga has seemed urgently relevant as an image of the human condition ever since its publication in 1867. Directed by Tim McDonough.
DANCE (Back to Top)
“Dance for Reel: An Evening of Dance on Camera,” Thurs.,Sept. 25, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, Emory University, 1804 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “Dance for Reel” is an evening of short films from The Dance Films Association, based in New York City. Ranging in length from five to 30 minutes, the films reveal the moving body in new places, surprising contexts and from inspired viewpoints. “Dance for Reel” is co-presented by Emory's Dance and Visual Arts Programs and curated by Emory dance alumna Blake Beckham.
“Together Again for the First Time: New Dances by Suchu and Staib,” Emory Faculty and Guest Artist Dance Concert, Oct. 3-4, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, $12 suggested donation, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Emory Dance Program faculty member George Staib teams up with bold, dynamic and witty choreographer Jennifer Wood to present an evening of contemporary dance. Wood’s company, Suchu Dance, from Houston, Texas has long been recognized for their adventurous spirit, engaging technicality and satirical focus. Together, Staib and Suchu will present new dances that will not only please the intellect, but tickle the senses with Wood’s imaginative themes and Staib’s growing interest in electronic music as a foundation for new work. This concert features Atlanta area professionals, as well as Suchu’s Georgia debut. This concert is funded in part by a grant from the Emory University Research Committee.
“Dancing for the Camera: An Interview with Dance Video Pioneer Dennis Diamond,” Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series, Tues., Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Dennis Diamond, internationally known dance video pioneer, created the standard for archiving the art form of dance and translating it to television. For his outstanding contributions to the field, the New York dance and theater community honored him in 2001 with a highly coveted Bessie Award. Dance Program director Anna Leo will interview Diamond on the development of the dance/video relationship and his personal contributions to that trajectory.
Emory Dance Company Fall Concert, Nov. 20-21, 8 p.m., Nov. 22, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, $10 public; $6 Emory students and employees, patrons under twelve and over 65, “Friends” members, professional artists, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The Emory Dance Company Fall Concert features choreography by Atlanta guest artists Blake Beckham, Susan Eldridge and Nicole Livieratos and regional choreographer Jennifer Wood. The concert will be performed by students of the Emory Dance Company.
Fieldwork Showcase, Dec. 7, 5 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, $7, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Fieldwork showcases new works created by community artists in various disciplines. Co-sponsored by Several Dancers Core. Tickets may only be purchased at the door.
“Contemporary Dance-Vintage Music: George Staib and the Vega Quartet in Concert,” Feb. 12-14, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., public $20; patrons under 18 and over 65 and other discount category members $15; all students free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Boundaries are broken and relationships are forged in this collaborative performance by the Vega String Quartet and choreographer George Staib. This event will bring the music audience to dance and the dance audience to incomparably played live music as it honors this all-too-rare opportunity. Staib presents new work that escorts the music to the foreground and delivers visceral connections to the surface while the Vega plays music by Bela Bartok, Richard Einhorn, Ben Johnston and others. The evening will seamlessly integrate the Vega Quartet into the visual landscape of dance and features Atlanta area dance professionals. It's like two performances in one! This project is sponsored in part in by a grant from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts.
“The Evolution Project,” Faculty and Guest Artist Dance Concert, Feb. 26-28, 8 p.m., (Feb. 26, 8 p.m. is Open Rehearsal/Talk-Back Session), Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu.Part of “Emory Evolving Arts: New Works Festival.” Faculty member Lori Teague and New York choreographer David Neumann present works inspired by the evolution conference held at Emory in October of 2008. This concert of new choreography was sponsored in part by commissions and grants from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Center for Creativity & Arts funded by the University-wide Creativity & the Arts Strategic Initiative.
“From the Noble to the Grotesque” by Catherine Turocy, Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Theatrical dance in the 17th and 18th centuries called for gods, sorceresses, pastoral folk, acrobats, fencers, harlequins and a panoply of comic characters. This lecture will reveal the secrets of the art of performing in such diverse styles from the Baroque period and shed light on its resonance in today’s dance. Catherine Turocy is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of The New York Baroque Dance Company.
Women’s History Month Dance Presentation, March 19, noon, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The Dance Program will host a compelling showing of dance works celebrating Women’s History Month.
Fieldwork Showcase, April 5, 5 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, $7, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. Fieldwork showcases new works created by community artists in various disciplines. Co-sponsored by Several Dancers Core. Tickets may only be purchased at the door.
Emory Dance Company Spring Concert, April 23-24, 8 p.m., April 25, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dance Studio, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., 30322, $8 public; $4 Emory students and employees, patrons under 12 and over 65, “Friends” members, professional artists, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu. The Emory Dance Company will present an evening of new works choreographed and performed by Emory dance students.
LITERARY ARTS & CREATIVE WRITING (Back to Top)
Emory Provost Office Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series
Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter , Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series, Mon.,Sept. 8, 2008, 7 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, Emory University, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA, 30322, 404-727-5050 , www.arts.emory.edu. One of the leading writers of our time, Hanif Kureishi will discuss his life and work and read from his new novel, “ Something To Tell You.” Kureishi is a leading playwright, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. In the early 1980s, Kureishi emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in film and fiction. He was born and raised in Kent, read philosophy at King's College-London and now lives in West London. He is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, screenplays and plays. In 1984 he wrote “My Beautiful Laundrette,” which received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. His second film, “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,” was followed by “London Kills Me,” which he also directed. A film of his most recent script, “Venus,” directed by Roger Michel, was released in 2007. “The Buddha of Suburbia” won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel in 1990 and was made into a four-part drama series by the BBC. His second novel, “The Black Album,” was published in 1995 and his first collection of short stories, “Love in a Blue Time,” was published in 1997. “My Son the Fanatic,” a story from that collection, was adapted for film and released in 1998. “Intimacy,” his third novel, was published in 1998, and was adapted for film in 2001. A second collection of short stories, “Midnight All Day,” was published in 2000, followed in 2001 by his fourth novel “Gabriel's Gift” and his collection of essays, “The Word and the Bomb.” Scribner will publish his latest novel “Something to Tell You” in August 2008. Kureishi’s visit to Emory is sponsored by the Office of the Provost as part of the Luminaries in the Arts and Humanities Series.
Creative Writing Program Reading Series
Percival Everett, fiction writer
Reading: Tues., Sept. 23, 2008, 6:30 p.m., reception at 6 p.m., book signing follows, free, Joseph W. Jones Room, 311 Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050
Colloquium (open to the public): Wed., Sept. 24, 2008, 2-3 p.m., free, N301 Callaway Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050. Percival Everett is winner of the Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and author of sixteen novels and three collections of short fiction, and one volume of poetry. His novels include “Wounded,” “Glyph,” “Erasure,” “American Desert,” “For Her Dark Skin,” “Zulus,” “The Weather and The Women Treat Me Fair,” “Cutting Lisa,” “Walk Me to the Distance,” “Suder,” “The One That Got Away,” “Watershed” and “God’s Country.” Cosponsored by the Department of African American Studies.Theresa Rebeck, playwright, screenwriter and novelist
Reading: Mon., Nov. 10, 2008, 6:30 p.m., reception at 6 p.m., book signing follows, free, Joseph W. Jones Room, 311, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050
Colloquium (open to public):Tues., Nov. 11, 2008, 2:30-3:30 p.m.,free, N301 Callaway Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050 . Plays include “Mauritius,” “The Scene,” “The Water's Edge,” “Loose Knit,” “The Family of Mann,” “Spike Heels,” “Bad Dates,” “The Butterfly Collection,” “View of the Dome,” “Omnium Gatherum,” and “Our House.” She has written and produced for the television series “Canterbury's Law,” “Smith,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” and “NYPD Blue.” Her first novel is “Three Girls and Their Brother.” Cosponsored by the Department of Theater Studies and the Department of Film Studies.Alyce Miller, fiction writer
Reading: Mon., March 2, 2009, 6:30 p.m., reception at 6 p.m., book signing follows, free, Joseph W. Jones Room, 311, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Cir., Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, Colloquium: Tues., March 3, 2009, 2:30-3:30 p.m.,free, N301 Callaway Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050 . Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize and The Flannery O'Connor Award. Author of two short story collections, “Water: Nine Stories” and “The Nature of Longing”; and a novel, “Stopping for Green Lights.” Cosponsored by the Department of Women's Studies and the Center for Women at EmoryHa Jin, poet and fiction writer
Reading at Awards Night : Mon., Apr. 20, 2008, 8 p.m., book signing and reception follow, free, Cannon Chapel, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050
Colloquium (open to public): Tues., April 21, 2009, 2:30-3:30 p.m.,free, N301 Callaway Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050. Winner of the 1999 National Book Award and the 2002 and 2005 Pen Faulkner Awards. Author of the poetry collections “Between Silences,” “Facing Shadows,” and “Wreckage”; short story collections “Oceans of Words,” “Under the Red Flag,” and “The Bridegroom”; and the novels “In the Pond,” “Waiting,” “The Crazed,” “War Trash” and “A Free Life.” Cosponsored by the Hightower Fund.The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature
“Confessions of a Young Novelist: Umberto Eco”
Public lectures, reading, and book signing
Oct. 5-7 (see detailed schedule of lectures, readings and signings below)
Renowned novelist and literary critic, Umberto Eco is author of numerous works, including the novels “The Name of the Rose” (1980) and “Foucault’s Pendulum” (1988). The schedule of programs with Eco follows.
"How I Write," Sun. Oct. 5, 4 p.m., Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, followed by public reception. Sponsored by Emory’s English Department.
"Author, Text and Interpreters," Mon. Oct. 6, 8:15 p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium
"On the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death," Tues. Oct. 7, 4 p.m., Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center
Reading and Book Signing, Tues. Oct. 7, 8:15 p.m., Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz CenterManuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library Reading
Poetry Reading by Bernard O’Donoghue, Wed., Oct. 29, 2008, 6 p.m., call 404-727-5050 for the location, 404.727.6887, marbl@emory.edu , free. An Irish poet and literary critic, O’Donoghue’s “Selected Poems” is scheduled to be published in Fall 2008. He is the author of “Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry” (1995). Poetry collections include “Poaching Rights” (1987); “The Weakness” (1991); “Gunpowder” (1995), winner of the 1995 Whitbread Poetry Award; “Here Nor There” (1999); “Outliving” (2003); and a translation in verse of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” (2006).
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Lecture by Adam Pendleton, artist, Wed., Sept. 17, 2008, 5:30 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, free, 404-727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu.
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