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News Release
09.08.09
ARTS AT EMORY EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009-JUNE 2010
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, 404-727-6678
CONTENTS:
Listings are by discipline in the following order: All-Arts/Interdisciplinary, Music, Theater, Dance, Creative Writing, Art History, Visual Arts, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University Libraries, Oxford College of Emory University
Tickets: For tickets, subscriptions and memberships for the Atlanta/Main Campus, call 404-727-5050 or visit www.arts.emory.edu. For events on the Covington, GA campus of Emory University’s Oxford College, call 770-784-8888.
Performance Ticketing, Admission and Programs: Unless otherwise noted, tickets are not required. For ticketed events advance purchase is recommended, however, tickets are usually available at the door. Tickets may be purchased online, by mail or fax, by telephone and in person. Discount tickets may be purchased in person or by phone. Cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted. All sales are final. Refunds and exchanges are not available. Please contact the box office for additional ticket prices, applicable discounts and group sales information. Pricing, dates and ticketing are subject to change.
Programs are subject to change pending the availability of rights and artists. Detailed program information and music performance program downloads are available online (see calendar listing for event at www.arts.emory.edu/events) and through the box office one week prior to each event.
Advance, Walk-Up and Will-Call Ticketing for Atlanta/Main Campus: Tickets for most venues and events are sold through the Arts at Emory Box Office in the Schwartz Center’s Hund Box Office (Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and one hour prior to ticketed Schwartz Center events). Ticket sales and Will Call Pick-up for events not in the Schwartz Center are located near the entrance to the performance venue and open one hour prior to the venue’s event.
Atlanta/Main Campus Arts at Emory Box Office Location: Hund Box Office, Schwartz Center, 1700 N. Decatur Rd. (corner of Clifton and N. Decatur roads), Suite 251. The box office faces Allen Plaza and Fishburne Deck and is located near the N. Decatur Rd. side of the building.
Box Office Parking: Patrons may enter Allen Plaza via Fishburne Lane near the north/campus side of the Schwartz Center. Limited 15-minute box office patron parking is available in Allen Plaza during daytime box office hours.
Online Ticketing: www.arts.emory.edu (Discounts are not available online.)
Phone orders: 404-727-5050 (Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.)
Music, Theater & Dance Ticket Discounts (some exceptions apply): One discount may be applied to each purchase. Valid ID, membership card or other proof must be provided to receive a discount. Discounts vary by discipline. Music, theater and dance single ticket discount categories (unless otherwise noted):
25–100% for Emory students including Emory undergraduate and Oxford College students (music and theater limit one per ID, dance limit two per ID) and graduate and professional school students (all events limit two per ID).
15–35% Discount Category Members include Emory alumni, retired and current Emory faculty, staff and affiliates (Center’s for Disease Control, Carter Library and Museum, Carter Center, American Cancer Society, Emory Healthcare, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta etc.); patrons over 65 and under 18; parents of current Emory students; groups of 10 or more; Friends of Music (sponsor level or above), Dance, Theater, University Libraries, Visual Arts, Film and Creative Writing; Michael C. Carlos Museum members; non-Emory students and non-Emory arts teachers and professors from graduate, undergraduate, elementary, middle and high schools; Decatur Arts Alliance members; WABE/ WPBA members; ArtsCard holders; WCLK members; current Emory Center for Lifelong Learning students; members of the Atlanta Coalition for Performing Arts, All Georgia, Theater Communications Group, Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association, Atlanta Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, American Association of Museums, Southeast Museums Conference, Georgia Music Writer’s Association, Metropolitan Arts and Culture Coalition and Atlanta Concierge Society.
Special Needs: Accessible seating for those with special needs and their companions may be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis by calling the box office at 404-727-5050. The Schwartz Center’s Allen Plaza has a patron drop-off area for those with special needs attending events in Emerson Concert Hall and the Dance Studio. The entrance to the Schwartz Center’s Theater Lab is accessible from the north/campus side of the Center off Fishburne Lane. Assisted listening devices for use in Emerson Concert Hall may be reserved through House Management.
Children/Infants: Please inquire about age appropriateness before bringing a child to any event. If the child is less than two years old and will sit on an adult’s lap, the child’s admission is free. If a child uses a seat, admission must be paid.
Late Arrivals: Please allow time for travel and parking when attending events. If late seating is available, patrons who arrive after the beginning of an event will be seated at the discretion of the house management staff during an appropriate performance break. Due to artistic decisions regarding staging, late seating is not possible for some events.
Parking: Free parking is available on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays in Lowergate South Deck (behind Law School), Fishburne Deck (next to the Schwartz Center; now accessible from N. Decatur Rd. as well as Fishburne Lane) and Peavine Deck. Paid visitor parking is available 24 hours a day. For walking directions from lots and decks, please call the box office or visit www.arts.emory.edu. Please allow at least 15–20 extra minutes to find parking, as the deck nearest venue may be full.
Atlanta/Main Campus Shuttles & Public Transportation: The public may use the white Emory and CLIFF free shuttles when available. For information about shuttles, MARTA and Clifton Corridor Transportation (CCT), visit www.arts.emory.edu or www.transportation.emory.edu.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Admission, Location & Parking: Hours: Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sun., 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Closed Mon. and University Holidays. Admission: $8 ($6 students, seniors, children 6-17; Free for children 5 & under).The Museum is free for members and Emory faculty, staff and students unless a special event surcharge applies. Located on the Quadrangle at 571 South Kilgo Circle, the Museum’s parking is in the visitor sections of the Boisfeuillet Jones lot and the Peavine and Fishburne decks. For tour information, call 404-727-0519. Public programs are free unless otherwise noted. Information: 404-727-4282 or www.carlos.emory.edu.
*Emory Coca-Cola Artists in Residence Program: In the listings that follow, an asterisk (*) next to an artist’s name or an ensemble name designates an Emory Coca-Cola Artist(s)-in-Residence. This residency program seeks to substantially increase the depth, diversity and profile of performing arts education at Emory and in the region by providing opportunities for meaningful contact with leading artists and arts scholars.
ALL-ARTS/INTERDISCIPLINARY
Emory School of Medicine Faculty, Staff, & Student Art Exhibition, April 3-Dec., 31 2009,
James B. Williams Medical Education Building, 1st and 2nd Floors, Emory University, 1648 Peirce Dr. (at Clifton Rd.), Atlanta, GA 30322, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon,-Fri,. For information on parking, directions and visiting the exhibition, the public may call 404-712-9979.
More than 60 works of art ranging from paintings, prints and photography to sculpture, ceramics and fabric art by students, staff, and faculty from the Emory School of Medicine. The exhibition curator is Julia Fenton.“Creativity & Arts Soiree: Celebrate Emory’s Creative Campus,” Thurs., Sept. 10, 2009, 4-9 p.m., free, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-712-9894 , www.creativity.emory.edu . Mix and mingle and enjoy a sampling of what’s in store for Emory’s 2009-2010 arts season of performing, visual, film and literary arts. A chance to preview the season, attend an open rehearsal of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra, participate in art activities, enjoy refreshments, see art by Susan Stubbs Robert 670X 69C, and so much more.
MUSIC
“Bach Live!,”Emory University Organist Recital Series, Sun., Sept. 13, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Timothy Albrecht, Emory University's organist, performs organ monuments of Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as a tribute to Bach. The recital includes selections from Bach's “Well-Tempered Clavier,” the “Prelude and Fugue in D Major” and Franz Liszt's “Fantasy and Fugue on B.A.C.H.”
Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp, Tues., Sept. 15, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Faculty Artist Affiliate recital. Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson is joined by special guest flutist Christina Smith, in a program of works for solo harp and harp and flute by composers Graham Lynch, Marjan Mozetich and Tiziano Bedetti.
David Kim, violin, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Sept. 18, 2009, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Violinist David Kim, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, makes his Emory debut.
Kakali Bandyopadhyay, sitar, Fri., Sept.18, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Artist Affiliate recital. The sitar is perhaps the best-known Indian classical instrument, and it has been popularized by Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, and Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. The sitar is a plucked string instrument that evolved from a combination of the ancient Indian veena and Persian sehtar in the late eighteenth century. It has movable frets with seven main strings and thirteen sympathetic strings.
Alumni Art Exhibition and Concert, Thurs., Sept. 24, 2009, 5 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Upper Lobby, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Featuring the work of Susan Stubbs Robert 67Ox 69C, with musical performance by Will Ransom, Mary L. Emerson Professor of Piano.Michael Cebulski, percussion, Fri., Sept. 25, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Faculty Artist Affiliate recital.
Screening of Richard Prior’s “Stabat Mater” Tues., Sept. 29, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “Stabat Mater,” composed and conducted by Richard Prior, performed by the Emory Symphony Orchestra and Emory University Chorus with Cynthia Watters, soprano and Laura Ardan, clarinet was performed April 17th & 18th, 2008 at the Emerson Concert Hall of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. The television program, in high definition, was produced by Atlanta Video, Inc. Producer & Director was William A. Brown, a member of the faculty of Emory in Visual Arts/Film Studies. A reception will follow this special screening in the Upper Lobby.*“Perspectives on Performance” with Canadian Brass, Thurs., Oct. 1, 2009, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The members of Canadian Brass lead a lecture/demonstration that is open for public observation.
*Canadian Brass, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Thurs., Oct. 1, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. The virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet a dynamic vehicle for serious concert music. Their more than 60 recordings to date include works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Gabrieli, Pachelbel, Beethoven and Wagner — all in meticulously crafted transcriptions that are setting new musical traditions in brass performance. With a more than three-decade history, Canadian Brass continues to fill concert halls and thrill audiences around the world.
Edoardo Catemario, guitar, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sat., Oct. 3, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Guitarist Edoardo Catemario from Italy makes his Atlanta debut performing solo works and chamber music with the Vega String Quartet. The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
“Songs of Love and War” Bradley Howard, tenor, and Lee David Thompson, piano, Thurs., Oct. 8, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Faculty Artist Affiliate recital. A journey through love and war featuring works by Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss, Henri Duparc, Francis Poulenc, Ned Rorem, Benjamin Britten, Richard Hundley, Carlos Guastavino, an east coast premiere of songs by John David Earnest and even a song by Pete Seeger.
Atlanta Sacred Chorale: “Emory Community Choral Festival,” Sat., Oct. 10, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Atlanta Sacred Chorale and director Eric Nelson welcome the Atlanta Boy Choir, Just Voices, and The Georgia Festival Chorus for an evening celebrating Atlanta’s rich choral heritage. This annual event is presented in memory of Denese Irvin, a co-founder of ASC dedicated to choral music and the welfare of children.
Jennifer Potochnic, oboe, Thurs., Oct. 15, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Faculty Artist Affiliate recital.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra (EUSO),Richard Prior, director, Sat., Oct. 17, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The EUSO presents an exciting program including works such as Bernstein’s Overture to “Candide,” and Holst’s “The Planets.” The EUSO 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.
“Dinosaurs (and other Musical Animals) at the Carlos!,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Oct. 18, 2009, 4 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets). Schultz’s “T Rex and Raptors,” Ridout’s “Ferdinand the Bull” and others. Chamber Music concerts at the Carlos Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Christian Human Foundation.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., Oct. 19, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. One of the nation’s premier youth ensembles, the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony presents an exciting “sampler” of wind band classics, including the tasty “Original Suite” by Gordon Jacob, the jaunty “Folk Dances” of Dmitri Shostakovich and the raucous “Turbine” by John Mackey. Fasten your seat belts!
Kessler Reformation Day at Emory Concert, Eric Nelson, director, Tues., Oct. 20, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Under the direction of Eric Nelson the Emory Concert Choir will join forces with organist Sarah Hawbecker and a professional chamber orchestra to perform Bach’s “Cantata No. 126.” Cosponsored by the Candler School of Theology.
Christopher Rex, cello, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Oct. 23, 2009, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Cellist Christopher Rex joins members of the Vega String Quartet for Arensky’s “Quartet for violin, viola, and two cellos.”
*“Journey to the Amazon:” Sharon Isbin, guitar, Thiago de Mello, percussion, and Paul Winter, saxophone, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., Oct. 23, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. “Journey to the Amazon” is an aural sojourn blending sounds of the wilderness, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Amazonian Indian chants and urban jazz. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, Grammy Award-winner Sharon Isbin has been hailed as "the pre-eminent guitarist of our time" by Boston Magazine. Her “Journey to the Amazon” with Brazilian percussionist Thiago de Mello and saxophonist Paul Winter received a 1999 Grammy nomination for “Best Classical Crossover Album.”Emory Wind Ensemble and University Chorus, Sat., Oct. 24, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Scott Stewart directs the Emory Wind Ensemble in a celebration of American music, including William Schuman’s famous “Chester Overture” and the “Fantasie Brillante” by Arban, featuring Emory artist affiliate and former United States Marine Band cornetist Jennifer Marotta. The Emory Wind Ensemble and University Chorus join forces for the national publication premiere of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Rene Clausen. Using the famous Longfellow poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," the five movements invoke the excitement of the horse ride as well as the quiet of the streets, the beauty of the night, the history of the rickety old bell tower and the breathless excitement as the message is delivered.
Vega String Quartet, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sun., Oct. 25, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Haydn’s great “Seven Last Words of Christ” is performed by the Vega String Quartet and speakers of seven different faiths. The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
“Scary Ride!,” University Organist Recital Series, Fri., Oct. 30, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Timothy Albrecht ("Count Dracula") returns in this wildly successful Halloween concert format. Organ music to scare all ages. Fasten your seat belt! Don't miss it!
*“From the Top” with Christopher O'Riley, host, Wed., Nov. 4, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $25; Discount Category Members $20; All Students $10. “ From the Top,” the preeminent showcase for young classical musicians hosted by acclaimed concert pianist Christopher O’Riley, brings the 10 th anniversary tour of its hit NPR show to Emory for a live concert recording in the Schwartz Center. This special concert will feature inspiring musical performances and entertaining interviews with young musicians from the Atlanta area.
Roeland Hendrikx, clarinet,Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Fri., Nov. 6, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Clarinetist Roeland Hendrikx from Belgium plays solo works and Piet Swert’s “Quintet” with the Vega String Quartet. The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
“All Durufle!,”University Organist Recital Series, Sun., Nov. 8, 2009, 4 p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Herndon Spillman, internationally renowned for recitals and recordings, heads the organ program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was a featured performer at the 2008 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. He has degrees from Indiana University, and he studied in France with Marie-Claire Alain, Andre Marchal and Maurice Durufle.
Atlanta Sacred Chorale: “Come Rejoice!”, Tues., Nov. 10, 2009, 8 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $15; Museum Members, Seniors, and Emory students $10. This program will include motets and mass excerpts by Franco-Flemish composers of the Renaissance along with traditional and modern anthems and spirituals in celebration of the exhibition, “ Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century,” on display in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Oct. 17, 2009 – Jan. 24, 2010. The Atlanta Sacred Chorale, one of the Southeast’s foremost vocal ensembles dedicated to performing the repertoire of sacred choral music, is renowned for its transcendent sound.Emory Chamber Ensembles, Thurs., Nov. 12, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 bandoneón) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
*Esperanza Spalding, jazz vocals and bass,Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Sat., Nov. 14, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. Jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding has uncanny instrumental chops and a multi-lingual voice. The Seattle Times called her “an irresistible performer” while Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote, “the Esperanza Spalding experience is light, melodic, joyful, always sort of minimalist and airborne.”
Emory Percussion Ensemble, Michael Cebulski, director, Sun., Nov. 15, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Performs an eclectic mix of advanced contemporary repertoire for traditional and world percussion.
Emory Chamber Ensembles, Sun., Nov. 15, 2009, 7 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 bandoneón) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra,Richard Prior, director, Wed., Nov. 18, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Cecylia Arzewski, violin, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Nov. 20, 2009, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Violinist Cecylia Arzewski performs solo works of J. S. Bach.
Emory Concerto & Aria Competition, Sat., Nov. 21, 2009, 7 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The winner of this annual event is given the opportunity to perform as soloist with the Emory University Symphony Orchestra in a spring concert.
Emory Mastersingers, Eric Nelson, director, Sun., Nov. 22, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory’s Mastersingers present an evening of choral classics.
Emory Jazz Ensemble, Gary Motley, director, Tues., Dec. 1, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 University Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Thurs., Dec. 3, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
“Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols,” Emory Concert Choir, Emory University Chorus, director Eric Nelson, Fri., Dec. 4, 2009, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 5, 2009, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $15; Discount Category Members $12; Emory Students $5. 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.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director, Sun., Dec. 6, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 World Music Ensemble, Tong Soon Lee, director, Sun., Dec. 6, 2009, 7 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The Emory World Music Ensembles was formed in Fall 2007 as a part of the world music and ethnomusicology curriculum in the Music Department. Taught by Emory faculty and artist affiliates from the Atlanta community, our ensembles perform frequently within and outside Emory. This concert features all five of our ensembles performing a range of genres from the North Indian, South Indian, Javanese, Korean, and Chinese musical traditions.
Emory Guitar Ensemble, Brian Luckett, director, Tues., Dec. 8, 2009, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
“Ransom Notes,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Dec. 11, 2009, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “ Ransom Notes” with Kate (violin) and William Ransom (piano).
“Seventeenth Annual Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert,” James Flannery, director and host, Fri., Dec.11, 2009–Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, 2009, 2:30 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. $25; Discount Category $20; All Students $10. This popular event features the rollicking high spirits and mystical beauty of Celtic and Appalachian music, dance, poetry, song and story.“Father Christmas’ Favorite Chamber Music,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Dec. 13, 2009, 4 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets). England’s Santa Claus gives out holiday treats after the Vega String Quartet performs. Chamber Music concerts at the Carlos Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Christian Human Foundation.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., Dec. 14, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Laura Gordy, piano; Laura Ardan, clarinet; Brice Andrus, French horn, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Jan. 15, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Pianist Laura Gordy plays solo Chopin; clarinetist Laura Ardan and French hornist Brice Andrus play Schumann.
*Bang on a Can All-Stars & Glenn Kotche, percussion, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., Jan. 22, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. Part classical ensemble, part rock band, part jazz band, the Bang on a Can All-Stars have established an international reputation for their unparalleled performances of music from the cutting edge. Heralded by The Chicago Tribune for his "unfailing taste, technique and discipline," Glenn Kotche’s eclectic performances and original compositions have explored the creative use of rhythm and space through various projects in percussion.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: William Ransom, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sun., Jan. 24, 2010, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Pianist William Ransom plays solo works of Chopin and Schumann’s “Piano Quintet” with the Vega String Quartet. The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
*Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Thurs., Feb. 4, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. The Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s “’Basel Concerto’ in D major for String Orchestra,” Bach’s “Concerto for Piano and Strings in D minor, BWV 1052” with pianist Angela Hewitt, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ “New Brandenburg No. 5” and Dvorak’s “Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22.” (Program subject to change). Orpheus is internationally renowned for its fine artistry and distinctive approach to music-making, with a performing and recording legacy spanning 35 years. Orpheus is a self-governing organization that shares and rotates its leadership roles. Noted by critics and audiences alike for their unsurpassed energy, sensitivity, and connection to listeners, Orpheus is considered one of New York's cultural treasures.
“The Bach Bowl!” on Superbowl Sunday, University Organist Recital Series, Sun., Feb. 7, 2010, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Tamara and Timothy Albrecht join musical forces, performing the intricate mirror fugue for two from Bach's “ Art of Fugue” as well as other Bach masterpieces. Enjoy this pre-Super Bowl delight! Tamara Albrecht has a graduate organ degree from Northwestern University and is a doctoral student at the Institute for Worship Studies in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ed Nicholson, trombone, Tues., Feb. 9, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory Facutly Artist Affiliate recital.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: “Valentine's Day Love Songs”, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. “Valentine’s Day Love Songs” by Schumann: Teresa Hopkin sings “Frauenliebe und Leben” and tenor Bradley Howard sings “Dichterliebe” with pianist Deborah Thoreson.
*Emory Annual Jazz Fest: John Clayton with Gary Motley, Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $15 Public; $10 Discount Category Members; Emory students free. Emory’s Annual Jazz Fest Concert features bassist John Clayton with Gary Motley. Seven-time Grammy nominated bassist/composer/conductor John Clayton's talents are consistently requested by the movers and shakers in the jazz industry, such as Quincy Jones and Tommy Lipuma. John Clayton served as the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1999 through 2001. In addition, he is Artistic Director for the Centrum Jazz Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington and was also appointed Artistic Director for the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in 2006. In an effort to sum up John Clayton's unique expertise, "the man just does it all". He is equally comfortable in jazz and classical music, and hits the mark, whether it is as composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, in addition to his magnificence when he plays his bass.
Emory Annual Jazz Fest: Emory Big Band, Gary Motley, director, Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Gary Motley directs the Emory Big Band in a free performance as part of the Emory Annual Jazz Fest.
“Chinese Valentine’s Day New Year’s Celebration,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 4 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets). Bright Sheng’s “Three Chinese Love Songs” and performances on traditional Chinese instruments celebrate both holidays. Chamber Music concerts at the Carlos Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Christian Human Foundation.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
*“Song of America:” Thomas Hampson, baritone, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series, Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $50; Discount Category Members $37; Emory students $20. The concert star and leading man of opera Thomas Hampson, baritone, uses the power of hymns, folksongs, spirituals, cowboy and war songs from the 1700s through today to tell the American story of creativity in this national tour for the Library of Congress. Hampson is one of today’s leading interpreters of the music of Gustav Mahler and the lied repertoire. His musical versatility has allowed him to be equally successful in opera, operetta, oratorio and musical theater. Hampson has been awarded several honorary doctorates, honorary membership in the Royal Academy of Music, the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and the Austrian Honorary Medal (Ehrenkreuz) for Science and Art.
“Sounds of Sunda, ” Gamelan Consortium Concert, Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 7 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble performs the music of West Java, Indonesia, including instrumental and vocal music with the gamelan (gong-chime ensemble), narrative singing, folk and popular songs. The ensemble will perform on both West and Central Javanese gamelan. Nyai Mandala Sari is Emory’s West Javanese gamelan, or gamelan degung, one of several gong-chime traditions from Java. Made by Asep Ahum in 2006 in Bandung, West Java, she arrived at Emory in February 2007, generously donated by Tony Lydgate from Kauai, Hawaii. Nyai Mandala Sari was named in March 2008 by two renowned artists from Bandung, Nano Suratno and Rita Tila, in a ritual ceremony officiated by Joyce Flueckiger (Professor of Religion). In 2007, the Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble was constituted as a part of the World Music Program in Emory’s Music Department. This is the third concert in the annual Sounds of Sunda series.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Bertrand Giraud, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Pianist Bertrand Giraud from Paris plays Chopin’s complete “Preludes” and Schumann’s “Piano Quartet” with members of the Vega String Quartet. The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director, Fri., Feb. 26, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Atlanta Sacred Chorale: “Masterworks,” Eric Nelson, director, Sat., Feb. 27, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; Emory students free. Eric Nelson directs Atlanta Sacred Chorale and chamber orchestra in “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.” A work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins premiering in 2000, “The Armed Man” boldly examines war and peace, incorporating texts from the Bible, the Islamic call to prayer, the Ordinary of the Mass, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson and a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing.
“Razzle Dazzle Fireworks!”, University Organist Recital Series, Sun., Feb. 28, 2010, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Todd Wilson, one of today's finest concert organists, is professor of organ at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. Winner of numerous contests, including the Grand Prix de Chartres in France, he has performed at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, UK; Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; Verizon Hall in Philadelphia; and Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Thurs., March 4, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., March 15, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Tango Concert with Kristin Wendland, piano, and Osvaldo Barrios, bandoneón, Wed., March 17, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Kristin Wendland, piano, and Osvaldo Barrios, bandoneón, will present an evening of traditional and new Argentine tango music and dance with the Emory Tango Ensemble and special invited guests.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: David Deveau, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., March 19, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Pianist David Deveau performs Schumann’s “Carnaval” and Chopin’s “Sonata No. 3 in B Minor.”
“Happy Birthday, Mr. Chopin and Mr. Schumann!,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., March 21, 2010, 4 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets). The composers will be in attendance to comment on performances of their works. Chamber Music concerts at the Carlos Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Christian Human Foundation.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Yasuo Watanabe, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Fri., March 26, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Pianist Yasuo Watanabe from Japan plays solo Chopin, Schumann’s “Symphonic Etudes” and Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke” with cello.
Emory Jazz Combos, Gary Motley, director, Wed., March 31, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 Chamber Ensembles, Tues., April 6, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 bandoneón) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
“Barenaked Voices: Seventh Annual Emory Student A Cappella Celebration,” Fri., April 9, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. A showcase of student- and faculty-led a cappella groups. 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.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Robert Spano, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series, Sat., April 10, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; all students free. Pianist Robert Spano plays Chopin’s “Cello Sonata” with Christopher Rex; Schumann’s “Pictures from Fairyland” with violist Yinzi Kong; and the Vega String Quartet plays Schumann’s “A Minor String Quartet.” The Vega String Quartet's 2009-2010 residency at Emory is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
Emory Percussion Ensemble, Michael Cebulski, director, Sun., April 11, 2010, 2 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Performs an eclectic mix of advanced contemporary repertoire for traditional and world percussion.
Emory Chamber Ensembles, Tues., April 13, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 bandoneón) and a variety of eclectic instrumental mixes.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Emory's YoungArtists, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., April 16, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir. Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Some of the Department of Music’s finest undergraduate talents are hosted by Robert Spano.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra & University Chorus, Fri., April 16, 2010 – Sat., April 17, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Emory’s University Chorus, directed by Eric Nelson, and the Emory University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Richard Prior, will join forces to present Beethoven's “Mass in C.”
Emory Jazz Ensemble, Gary Motley, director, Tues., April 20, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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 21, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
“Journeys,” Emory Concert Choir, Eric Nelson, director, Fri., April 23, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The Emory University Concert Choir is considered to be one of the finest collegiate choirs in the country. The group has been selected to sing at both the Southern and National conventions of the American Choral Directors Association. They have given performances throughout the world, including Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the Berlinerdom in Berlin, Karmelitow Boysch Church in Krakow, and St. Nicholas Church in Prague.
Emory Guitar Ensemble, Brian Luckett, director, Sat., April 24, 2010, 8 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
“Atlanta’s Young Artists,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Family Series, Sun., April 25, 2010, 4 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $4 (Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets). An annual showcase of some of Atlanta’s most talented pre-college musicians. Chamber Music concerts at the Carlos Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Christian Human Foundation.
Emory World Music Ensemble, Tong Soon Lee, director, Sun., April 25, 2010, 7 p.m., Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The Emory World Music Ensembles was formed in Fall 2007 as a part of the world music and ethnomusicology curriculum in the Music Department. Taught by Emory faculty and artist affiliates from the Atlanta community, our ensembles perform frequently within and outside Emory. This concert features all five of our ensembles performing a range of genres from the North Indian, South Indian, Javanese, Korean, and Chinese musical traditions.
Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director, Wed., May 5, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series: Philip Thomson, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series, Fri., May 7, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Cir., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Canadian pianist Philip Thomson performs works of Chopin and Schumann.
“Cherry Emerson Memorial Alumni Concert,” Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Sun., May 9, 2010, 2 p.m., Miller-Ward Alumni House, 815 Houston Mill Rd., Atlanta, 30329, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Outstanding Emory musical alumni perform in this annual free program of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta.
“Commencement Weekend Organ Recital,” University Organist Recital Series, Sun., May 9, 2010, 3 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Timothy Albrecht performs a fifty-minute program of light classics and accessible organ toccatas (including the famous “ Widor Toccata”) that feature the Jaeckel Op. 45 and provide an enjoyable musical oasis in the whirlwind of events during commencement weekend.
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Scott Stewart, director, Mon., May 17, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. 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.
Atlanta Sacred Chorale : “Season Finale – Come Rejoice!” Eric Nelson, director, Sat., May 22, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. Tickets: $20; Discount Category Members $15; Emory students free. Atlanta Sacred Chorale, directed by Eric Nelson, brings its 25 th Anniversary season to a rousing close with its trademark mix of a cappella and accompanied works. Renowned for their exquisite artistry and transcendent sound, this outstanding community chorus brings together professional musicians and gifted amateurs in an exciting choral ensemble, performing sacred choral gems along with stirring hymns and spirituals.THEATER
“Miss Julie X 3” (Oct. 1–10, 2009) Crazy, maybe? But Theater Emory is taking on three different simultaneous productions of August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” directed by theater faculty Janice Akers, Michael Evenden, and Donald McManus. Each version sheds new light on the Swedish playwright’s 1888 classic that deals with power, lust, class, flirtation, aristocracy, and the battle of the sexes. Tickets (for each program): $18; non-Emory students, patrons under 18 and over 65, WABE members, Emory employees, and other discount category members $14; Emory students $6; 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu. On sale Sept. 11 (early on-sale for Emory employees, students, and “Friends” members Sept. 9). Purchase all 3 “Miss Julie” programs for the price of 2! Purchase a Theater Emory season package and receive all 4 shows for the price of 3! Call Arts at Emory Box Office for details. Additional discounts may apply to package offers.
Program A, Oct. 1, 3, 6 –7 & 9 at 7 p.m. (Oct. 6 –7 are Pay What You-Can at The Door Performances); Oct. 10 at 4:30 p.m.; Burlington Road Building, 1804 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
Program B, Oct. 1, 3, 7 & 9 at 7 p.m.; matinees Oct. 4 & 10 at 2 p.m. (Oct. 4 & 7 are Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Performance); Schwartz Center, Theater Lab, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322
Program C, Oct. 2 –3 & 7, 8, & 10 at 7 p.m.; Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.; and Oct. 9 at 10 p.m. (Oct. 4 & 7 are Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Performances); Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
“Hominid,” Thurs., Nov. 12–Sat., Nov. 14, 2009 and Wed., Nov. 18–Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 at 7 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 15 & Sun., Nov. 22, 2009 at 2 p.m. The Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Performance is Wed., Nov. 18. Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $18; Discount Category Members $14; Emory Students $6. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. Purchase a Theater Emory season package and receive all 4 shows for the price of 3! Call Arts at Emory Box Office for details. Additional discounts may apply to package offers. On a small island in Holland, a modern day Macbeth erupts — a beloved leader is overthrown, a utopian community rocked by bloodshed and greed. The world looks on in shock. But who’s watching whom? “Hominid” is based on the true story captured by primatologist Frans de Waal, Ph.D., in “Chimpanzee Politics.” Directed by Emory alumna Ariel de Man of Out of Hand Theater and co-written by Ken Weitzman. Commissioned by and developed with the support of the Playwriting Center of Theater Emory, sponsored in part by a grant from the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts, through commission funding of the University’s Creativity & the Arts Strategic Initiative. This production is co-sponsored by Emory's Program in Science & Society and Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
“Frankenstein,” Thu, Feb. 18–Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, and Wed., Feb. 24– Sat., Feb. 27, 2010 at 7 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 21, 2010 at 7 p.m.; Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Performance: Wed., Feb. 24, 7 p.m.. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Theater Lab, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $18; Discount Category Members $14; Emory Students $6. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. Purchase a Theater Emory season package and receive all 4 shows for the price of 3! Call Arts at Emory Box Office for details. Additional discounts may apply to package offers. A Puppet Play based on Mary Shelley's “ Frankenstein.” Commissioned and produced for the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival, the play received national and international acclaim and was heralded as one of the highlights of the Festival by art critics including Newsweek magazine and the Boston Globe.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's “OKLAHOMA!,” Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs, Original dances by Agnes de Mille, Thurs., April 1–Sat., April 3, 2010 and Wed., April 7 –Sat., April 10, 2010 at 8 p.m.; Sun., April 4, 2010 at 5 p.m.; Sat., April 10–Sun., April 11, 2010 at 2 p.m. The Pay-What-You-Can at The Door Performance is Wed., April 7, 8 p.m. Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Dobbs University Center, 605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $20; Discount Category Members $16; Emory Students $6. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. Purchase a Theater Emory season package and receive all 4 shows for the price of 3! Call Arts at Emory Box Office for details. Additional discounts may apply to package offers. The beloved classic American musical comes to Theater Emory’s stage.DANCE
“…me so much nearer home”: Faculty Dance Concert, Fri., Sept. 25–Sat., Sept. 26, 2009 at 8 p.m., Sun., Sept. 27, 2009 at 3 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $5 general admission. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's group members Sept. 9. Inspired by choreographer Anna Leo’s family, this concert presents a sequence of elegant dances that honor the nature of family and community. Blending delicate gesture with physically driving movement, each dance – solo, duet, trio and quartet – is introduced by the reading of a poem. The concert features music composed by Music Department faculty member Steve Everett, and Dance Program composers Kendall Simpson and Klimchak. Poems are by Robert Brown, Fran Castan, Lynne Thompson, and Cecelia Woloch. Dancers will be from the Atlanta professional community and Emory faculty. This concert is sponsored in part by a grant from the Emory University Research Committee.
“Where Dance and Science Meet: A Creativity Conversation,” Thurs., Oct. 15, 2009, 4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. David Lynn, Chair of Emory’s Chemistry Department, and New York City–based choreographer David Neumann met at Emory’s 2008 Evolution Symposium. Their connection continued as Lynn acted as science consultant for Neumann’s evolution–themed piece, “ Big Eater.” Emory University Vice President Rosemary Magee will facilitate a conversation with Lynn and Neumann that will make visible the nature of their collaboration and ideas about the intersection of art and science.
advanced beginner group, Fri., Oct. 16, 2009, 8 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 17, 2009, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $15 Public; $10 Discount Category Members; $5 Students. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. “…a recipe for startling creativity.” – The Village Voice
David Neumann, artistic director of advanced beginner group, will present “Big Eater,” a multi-disciplinary dance work inspired by the choreographer’s participation in Emory’s 2008 Evolution Symposium. Awarded the highly coveted New York Bessie for both performance and choreography, Neumann creates work that engages audiences with intelligence, grace and wit. This concert is sponsored by the Emory Coca–Cola Artist–in–Residence Program, Emory College Center for Creativity and Arts, Creativity and Arts Initiative and the Hightower Fund.
Emory Dance Company Fall Concert, Thurs., Nov. 19–Sat., Nov. 21, 2009, 8 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 21, 2009, 2 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $12; Discount Category Members $10; All Students $5. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. Centered around the theme of memory and performed by students of the Emory Dance Company, this concert showcases the collaborative efforts of Emory faculty members Gregory Catellier, Anna Leo, Sally Radell, George Staib and Lori Teague.
Fieldwork Showcase, Sun., Dec. 6, 2009, 5 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $7. Tickets may only be purchased at the door. Fieldwork showcases new works created by community artists in various disciplines.
Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series Presents the Atlanta Debut of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Wed., Feb. 24–Fri., Feb. 26, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $25; Discount Category Members $18; Emory students $10. Coming to Atlanta for the first time, this internationally acclaimed dance company will present an intimate look at Ohad Naharin’s “Decadance 2007.” The company will present a behind the scenes, stripped-down look at the work and discuss their experience with this world-renowned choreographer. "Dancing that pulls viewers right out of their seats,” says the New York Times regarding Cedar Lake Ballet. Through their daring, athletic movement and integration of ballet into contemporary and popular forms, the dancers of Cedar Lake take audiences on a choreographic journey exploring the infinite possibilities of movement and multimedia.Women’s History Month Dance Presentation, Thurs., March 18, 2010, 12 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. The Dance program will host a compelling showing of dance works celebrating Women’s History Month. Co–sponsored by the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Emory Dance Company Spring Concert, Thurs., April 22–Sat., April 24, 2010, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 24, 2009, 2 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $10; Discount Category Members $8; All Students $5. Tickets on sale Sept. 11; special pre-sale for Emory faculty, staff, students, and Friend's groups Sept. 9. The Emory Dance Company will present an evening of new works choreographed and performed by Emory dance students.
Fieldwork Showcase, Sun., May 2, 2010, 5 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-5050, boxoffice@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, $7. Tickets may only be purchased at the door. Fieldwork showcases new works created by community artists in various disciplines. Co-sponsored by Several Dancers Core.CREATIVE WRITING
Thomas Glave, Reading, Mon., Oct. 19, 2009, 6:30 p.m., Reading followed by a booksigning, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room, 311, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Fiction writer Thomas Glave has published two story collections, “Whose Song? And Other Stories” and “The Torturer’s Wife,” an essay collection “Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent” (winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award), and edited an anthology, “Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles.” He is 2008-2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT.
Thomas Glave, Colloquium, Tues., Oct. 20, 2009, 2 p.m., N301 Callaway Center, 537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Fiction writer Thomas Glave has published two story collections, “Whose Song? And Other Stories” and “The Torturer’s Wife,” an essay collection “Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent” (winner of a 2005 Lambda Literary Award), and edited an anthology, “Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles.” He is 2008-2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT.
Quiara Hudes, Reading, Mon., Nov. 16, 2009, 6:30 p.m., Reading followed by a booksigning, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room, 311, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Playwright Quiara Hudes wrote the book for “In the Heights,” the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical. Her plays include “Yemaya’s Belly,” “Elliot,” “A Soldier’s Fugue,” “26 Miles” and the musical “Barrio Grrrl!” Her awards include a Tony nomination for Best Book, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the HOLA Award for Achievement in Playwriting, and the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting.
Quiara Hudes, Colloquium, Tues., Nov. 17, 2009, 2 p.m., N301 Callaway Center, 537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Playwright Quiara Hudes wrote the book for “In the Heights,” the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical. Her plays include “Yemaya’s Belly,” “Elliot,” “A Soldier’s Fugue,” “26 Miles” and the musical “Barrio Grrrl!” Her awards include a Tony nomination for Best Book, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the HOLA Award for Achievement in Playwriting, and the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting.
Heather Christle and Oindrila Mukherjee, Reading, Mon., Feb. 15, 2010, 6:30 p.m., Reading followed by a booksigning, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room, 311, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Heather Christle is the 2009-2019 Emory Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry. Her collection of poems, “ The Difficult Farm,” is forthcoming from Octopus Books. She received her MFA from the Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and her BA from Tufts University. Her poems have recently appeared in 6X6, Boston Review, Fence, and No: a journal of the arts, and have been anthologized in “ The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present.” Oindrila Mukherjee is the 2009-2010 Emory Creative Writing Fellow in Fiction. She has studied at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, the University of Cambridge, the University of Florida, and the University of Houston, where she completed her PhD in Literature and Creative Writing in spring 2009. She grew up in India, where she worked as a reporter for a daily newspaper. In the U.S. she has taught undergraduate creative writing, literature and composition and served as fiction editor and review editor of Gulf Coast magazine. She has won several fellowships for her work, and been a finalist in Glimmer Train's Family Matters contest. Her work has been published in India, England, and the U.S. She is currently finishing her novel, “ The Extraordinary Sins of Ordinary Indians.” Besides fiction, she writes plays and nonfiction, and translates Bengali literature to English.Susan Choi, Reading, Wed., March 17, 2010, 6 p.m, Reading followed by a booksigning, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room, 311, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Fiction writer Susan Choi is the author of two novels, “ The Foreign Student” (winner of the Asian-American Literary Award and the Steven Turner Award for the Novel) and “ American Woman” (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and co-editor of the anthology “ Wonderful Town: New York Stories from ‘The New Yorker’.” She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other honors.
Susan Choi, Colloquium, Thurs., March 18, 2010, 2 p.m., N301 Callaway Center, 537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Fiction writer Susan Choi is the author of two novels, “ The Foreign Student” (winner of the Asian-American Literary Award and the Steven Turner Award for the Novel) and “ American Woman” (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and co-editor of the anthology “ Wonderful Town: New York Stories from ‘The New Yorker’.” She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other honors.
Awards Night Reading by Antonya Nelson, Wed., April 14, 2010, 8 p.m., Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Awards Night is the culmination of student writing for the year, when the winners of the writing contests and scholarships are announced. The evening will include a reading by fiction writer Antonya Nelson, followed by a reception and booksigning. Antonya Nelson was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona, where she received an MFA in 1986. She is the author of six short story collections (“The Expendables,” “In The Land of Men,” “Family Terrorists,” “Female Trouble,” “Some Fun,” and “Nothing Right”), and three novels (“Talking in Bed,” “Nobody’s Girl,” and “Living to Tell”). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Redbook and many other magazines, as well as in anthologies such as “Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.” She is the recipient of the 2003 Rea Award for Short Fiction, as well as NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, as well as in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. She lives in Telluride, Colorado; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Houston, Texas.
Colloquium with Antonya Nelson, Thurs., April 15, 2010, 2 p.m., N301 Callaway Center, 537 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4683, creativewriting@emory.edu, www.creativewriting.emory.edu. Antonya Nelson was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona, where she received an MFA in 1986. She is the author of six short story collections (“The Expendables,” “In The Land of Men,” “Family Terrorists,” “Female Trouble,” “Some Fun,” and “Nothing Right”), and three novels (“Talking in Bed,” “Nobody’s Girl,” and “Living to Tell”). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Redbook and many other magazines, as well as in anthologies such as “Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.” She is the recipient of the 2003 Rea Award for Short Fiction, as well as NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, as well as in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. She lives in Telluride, Colorado; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Houston, Texas.POETRY COUNCIL EVENTS
Poetry Reading: Brandi Homan, Lily Brown, Amy McDaniel, Thurs., Sept. 10, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, GA 30322, aqhorow@emory.edu, free.
Poetry Reading: Cole Swensen, Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009, 8 p.m., Dobbs University Center (DUC), Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322, aqhorow@emory.edu, free.
Poetry Reading: Michael Rerick, Gina Myers, Kristi Maxwell, Thurs., Dec. 3, 2009, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, GA 30322, aqhorow@emory.edu, free.
Poetry Reading: Matt Hart, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Abe Smith, Thurs., April 1, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, GA 30322, aqhorow@emory.edu, free.
Poetry Reading: Christina Baik, Joseph Wood, Daniela Olszewska, Thurs., April 22, 2010, 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, GA 30322, aqhorow@emory.edu, free.ART HISTORY
“The Authority of the Word: Reflecting on Image and Text in Northern Europe, 1400-1800,” Thu, Oct. 8 – Oct. 10, 2009, 9:30 a.m – 6 p.m. Carlos Museum, Reception Hall, 571 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, kathleen.carroll@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free . Third Lovis Corinth Colloquium, held in advance of the opening of the exhibit, “ Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century,” opening at the Carlos Museum in mid-October. Included in the international panel of speakers are: Celeste Brusati, Peter van der Coelen, Maarten Delbeke, Karl Enenkel, Reindert Falkenburg, Wim Francois, Jan de Jong, Thomas Lentes, Walter Melion, Birgit Ulrike Muench, Carolyn Muessig, Colette Nativel, Wolfgang Neuber, Felipe Pereda, Bart Ramakers, Kathryn Rudy, Els Stronks, Achim Timmermann, Michel Weemans and Geert Warnar.
VISUAL ARTS
“The Lucid Eye: Photographs from the Collection of Arnall Golden Gregory,” Aug. 27– Sept. 25, 2009, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception: Thurs., Aug. 27, 5 –7 p.m. This exhibition of twentieth-century masterworks inaugurates a series of exhibitions spanning the 2009-2010 academic year at the Emory Visual Arts Gallery reflecting on the state of the photographic image as art. Featured are works by Zeke Berman, Margaret Bourke-White, Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Mario Giacomelli, André Kertész, David Levinthal, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Irving Penn, Toshio Shibata, Paul Strand and others. This show presents key examples of the range and vitality of photographic art as it has evolved over the last century.
“ Joel Leivick: In the Garden – An Exhibition of Photography,” Oct. 1–Nov. 20, 2009, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception & artist talk: Thurs., Oct. 1, 5 –7 p.m. (talk begins at 7 p.m.) Intimate, sensual and complex, celebrated California-based photographer Joel Leivick’s new work reflects on the ways that gardens dwell in the land and in the mind. Leivick’s photographs are at once precise descriptions, luminous observations, and sharp acts of contemplation.
“ Picturing Home: Juried Photography Exhibition,” Dec. 3–Jan. 29, 2010, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception: Thurs., Dec. 3, 5 –7 p.m.; Jurors’ talk at 7 p.m. What is home, and where is it? What does it mean to look for home, to find home, to lose home, to be at home? How is “home” being impacted by the current economic crisis in America? This juried exhibition presents photographic works that investigate “home” in its familiarity and unfamiliarity, its pleasures and discomforts, its communal and personal aspects. The jurors are Julian Cox, Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, and Jason Francisco, acclaimed photographer and chair of Emory’s Visual Arts Department. Consideration for this juried exhibition is open to Emory Friends of Visual Arts. Membership begins at $35/year (Emory employees and alumni $30; Emory students $10). To join, call 404-727-6200. For submission process information, please go online to www.visualarts.emory.edu.“ Dawould Bey: Class Pictures – An Exhibition of Photography,” Feb. 4–March 4, 2010, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception: Thurs., Feb. 4, 5 –7 p.m. In his series of images made in public and private high schools across the United States, renowned portraitist Dawoud Bey offers a cross-section of a generation, which is also a microcosm of the American experience as it finds expression in and as adolescent preoccupations, dreams and intensities. This exhibition is sponsored by Emory University's Transforming Community Project, whose mission is to mobilize critical reflection on Emory’s history as it relates to race.
Ruth Dusseault: Play War – An Exhibition of Photography,” March 18–April 23, 2010, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception and artist talk: Thurs., March 18, 5–7 p.m. (talk begins at 7 p.m.) Ruth Dusseault’s compelling new work looks at the recreational war games that occur within depleted suburban spaces. Dusseault is an astute visual geographer, exploring an exuberant and slightly dystopic American frontier.
Annual Student Art Exhibition & Open Studios, April 29–May 10, 2010, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, mcjohn7@emory.edu, www.arts.emory.edu, free. Opening reception: Thurs., April 29, 5 –7 p.m.CARLOS MUSEUM
“Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection ,” Aug. 15 - Dec. 6, 2009, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Hours: Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sun., 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Closed Mon. and University Holidays. Admission: $8 ($6 students, seniors, children 6-17; Free for children 5 & under, Museum Members, Emory Employees & Students).This exhibition focuses on the highlights of the Carlos Museum's Works on Paper collection, presenting prints and drawings from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Featured are great masters from Albert Dürer to Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
“Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century,” Oct. 17, 2009-Jan. 24, 2010, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Hours: Tues. – Sat., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sun., 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Closed Mon. and University Holidays. Admission: $8 ($6 students, seniors, children 6-17; Free for children 5 & under, Museum Members, Emory Employees & Students). A collection of approximately 80 engravings and woodcuts by the foremost Dutch and Flemish masters of the sixteenth century.
“Talk & Taste ,” Wed., Sept. 9, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Registration: 404-727-4280. Jasper Gaunt, Curator, Greek and Roman Art, discusses the beekeeping in ancient Greece. Ted Dennard, president of the Savannah Bee Company presents a tasting of his artisanal honeys.
“Laszlo-Excalibur Lecture: Greeks, Persians and Gems,” Fri., Sept. 11, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, free, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University, and Britain’s most distinguished scholar of Greek art discusses Greeks, Persians and Gems .
Gem-Carving Class, Sat., Sept. 12, 2009, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Fee: $50 for Museum members; $75 for non-members. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev will lead a day long class in which participants will carve a gemstone working with tools and techniques based on ancient models. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Course repeats on Sunday, September 20. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev comes to the Carlos after a three-month residency at the Getty Villa. Mr. Chushev’s residency is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Classroom Connections Program, Eleanor Ridley, and Emory’s Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies.“Artist-at-work: Gem-carver Chavdar Chushev ,” Sun., Sept. 13, 2009, 2 – 4 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Drop in to watch visiting artist Chavdar Chushev demonstrate ancient gem-carving techniques. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev comes to the Carlos after a three-month residency at the Getty Villa. Mr. Chushev’s residency is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Classroom Connections Program, Eleanor Ridley, and Emory’s Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
“Evolution of Gemstones,” Lecture , Mon., Sept. 14, 2009, 7 p.m., 2009, Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev, Emory geologist Dr. William Size and Fred Gray of Richters of Atlanta, discuss the evolution of gemstones, from their geologic formation in a particular geographic region, to characteristics that artists looked for in a stone, to the carving process.
“Artist-at-work: Gem-carver Chavdar Chushev ,” Tues., Sept. 15, 2009, 12 – 2 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Drop in to watch visiting artist Chavdar Chushev demonstrate ancient gem-carving techniques. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev comes to the Carlos after a three-month residency at the Getty Villa. Mr. Chushev’s residency is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Classroom.
“Gems in Antiquity Workshop for Teachers ,” Wed., Sept. 16, 2009, 5p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Fee: $7 for Carlos Museum members, $10 for non-members. Jasper Gaunt, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, will talk about the gems in the Carlos Museum, their use as seals, in elite jewelry, and as objects of art. Chavdar Chushev, master gem-carver, will demonstrate and discuss the steps in the gem-carving process. Teachers will be able to examine gems in various stages of the engraving process, and make an impression.
“Glyptica: The Art of Sculpting Precious Gems,” Lecture , Thurs., Sept. 17, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Master gem-engraver Chavdar Chushev reveals techniques used since the dawn of civilization for sculpting in the hardest gemstones known to man.
“Artful Stories ,” Sat., Sept. 19, 2009, 10 a.m., Greek Galleries, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Reserve by calling 404-727-0519. Through art, story and art-making children (3-5 year olds with an adult) are introduced to the Greek hero Odysseus, who used his wit to escape the Cyclops.
“Artist-at-work: Gem-carver Chavdar Chushev ,” Sun., Sept. 19, 2009, 2 – 4 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Drop in to watch visiting artist Chavdar Chushev demonstrate ancient gem-carving techniques. Master gem-carver Chavdar Chushev comes to the Carlos after a three-month residency at the Getty Villa. Mr. Chushev’s residency is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Classroom Connections Program, Eleanor Ridley, and Emory’s Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
“Pagan Sculptures in Late Antiquity: Between Destruction and Preservation,” Lecture, Tues., Sept. 22, 2009, 5 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Professor Ortwin Dally, Secretary General of the German Archaeological Institute, discusses “ Pagan Sculptures in Late Antiquity: Between Destruction and Preservation.” This event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Germany, Atlanta.
Illustrated Lecture & Book Signing: “ Staring: What We Stare At, Why We Like It, and Its Social/Ethical Implications,” Tues., Sept. 22, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Rosemarie Garland, Professor, Women’s Studies, Emory.
“Mythic Voyages and Vessels Workshop for Children ,” Sun., Sept. 27, 2009, 2:30–5 p.m., Tate Room, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Ages 8-12, $15 (Museum members $12). Register by calling 404.727.0519. Includes hands-on activity.
“Carlos Reads!” Book Club, Mondays: Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 19, 26, 7 p.m., Board Room, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. Fee: $25 for Museum members; $35 for non-members; includes book. In order to facilitate discussion, space is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 404-727-6118. Emory faculty guide participants through great literature beginning with Cynthia Patterson, Professor, Classics, and Herodotus’ “The Histories.”
“Middle Eastern Studies Lecture ,” Thurs., Oct. 1, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Miriam Davis, author of “Dame Kathleen Kenyon, Digging Up the Holy Land” on the archaeologist’s pioneering work and life.
“ From the Trojan War to the Civil War: Homecoming in the Odyssey and Cold Mountain,”Lecture, Wed., Oct. 14, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Christine Perkell, Classics Dept. Professor, Emory.
Corinth Lecture: “Turning Scripture into Pictures,” Thurs., Oct. 22, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. James Clifton, co-curator, “Scripture for the Eyes,” Director, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, and Curator, Renaissance and Baroque Painting, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston discusses collaboration in creating biblical prints.
“Artful Stories ,” Sat., Oct. 24, 2009, 10 a.m., African Galleries, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Register by calling 404.727.0519. Children (age 3-5 with an adult) hear the story “Yatandou” by Gloria Whelan, about a child who works to improve life in his village, and then they explore masks in the galleries and make art.
Lecture & Booksigning: David Plotz , Tues., Oct. 27, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Plotz is editor of “Slate” and author of “Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible.”
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Lecture: “Worlds in Collision: Urbanism, Competition and Conflict in Northern Syria during the Chalcolithic Period (4500-3000 BC),” Thurs., Oct. 29, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Clemens Reichel, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Univ. of Toronto and the American Institute of Archaeology’s Kershaw Lecturer for 2009-2010.
5 th Annual Mummies and Milkshakes on the Quadrangle! , Fri., Oct. 30, 2009, 7 p.m., Emory Quadrangle(bring blankets/chairs) & Museum, $5 (Museum members free), reserve by calling by Oct. 23 to 404-727-0519. Visit the Egyptian galleries, buy a Jake’s Ice Cream milkshake, and watch vintage mummy cartoons, the Three Stooges’ We Want Our Mummy,” and the 1932 classic “The Mummy” with Boris Karloff. Costumes encouraged!
“An Evening with Orpheus,” Wed., Nov. 4, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. In conjunction with the Atlanta Opera staging of Gluck’s magnificent opera “Orfeo and Euridice,” this event features a reading of the myth in which art triumphs over death and performances of works from Gluck’s opera.
Scripture for the Eyes Lecture: “Reading the Bible through Images in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries ,” Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Walter Melion, co-curator, “Scripture for the Eyes” and Candler Professor, Art History, Emory.
Lecture: “ The Power of Song: Orpheus in Literature and Art,” Wed., Nov. 11, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Peter Bing, Emory Classics Prof. explore artist’s interpretations of the myth of Orpheus.
“Artful Stories ,” Sat., Nov. 14, 2009, 10–11 a.m., Tate Room, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Register by calling 404.727.0519. Children ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult hear “A Rose for Abby,” the story of a young girl who feeds the hungry, before viewing art with related themes in “Scripture for the Eyes,” and assembling food baskets for the hungry.
Printmaking Workshop , Sun., Nov. 15, 2009, 1–5 p.m., Tate Room, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, www.carlos.emory.edu. 12 years and up, $15 (Museum members $12), register by calling 404-727-0519. Jess Hinshaw instructs on carving a wood block inspired by Tree of Life images to create prints on a manual press.
MESAS Lecture: “ The Desert Role in the Early History of Israel,” Tues., Nov. 17, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Uzi Avner of Ben Gurion University and the Arava Institute.
“Scripture for the Eyes Lecture: The Foreign and the Familiar in Sixteenth-Century Biblical Prints,” Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009, 7 p.m., Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-4282, free, www.carlos.emory.edu. Jamie Smith, PhD on foreignness and familiarity in “Baptism of the Eunuch” by Allaert Claesz, “Isaiah’s Prophesy over Jerusalem” by Philips Galle, and other works.
EMORY UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
“Between You and Me: Inscriptions and Associations,” Sat., Aug. 22-Mon., Dec. 14, 2009. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library, Level 10, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, marbl@emory.edu, 404-727-6887. Free and open to the public. Books exhibited demonstrate a broad range of associations including intimate sentiments between a husband and wife, presentation inscriptions from a teacher to a pupil, touching exchanges between friends and formal regards from a leader in one field to the leader in another.
Donor Wall Dedication and Champagne Toast, Sat., Sept. 26, 2009, 10:30 a.m., Robert W. Woodruff Library, lobby, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322. Toast the 40th Anniversary of the opening of the Woodruff Library and celebrate the debut of our new donor wall which pays tribute to our many supporters. Part of Emory Homecoming 2009 festivities.
Guided Tour of “A Keeping of Records: The Art and Life of Alice Walker,” Sept. 26, 2009, noon, Schatten Gallery, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta GA 30322. Information: www.alumni.emory.edu/default.php. Part of Emory Homecoming 2009 festivities.
“Origin,” Wed., Oct. 14, 2009-Fri., Jan. 29, 2010. Schatten Gallery, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta GA 30322, jdelliq@emory.edu, 404.727.0136, http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/schatten/. Free and open to the public. Celebrates the 150th anniversary of “On the Origin of Species” and the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Showcases work of Alan Turnbull and Tara Bergin, Nancy Lowe and Michael Oliveri inspired or informed by themes of origin, creation and evolution in visual art, science and literature. Features rare first edition and presentation copy, signed by Darwin, of “On the Origin of Species,” loaned by Emory alumnus Stuart Rose 76B, a Dayton, Ohio rare book collector and MARBL patron.
Reformation Day at Emory 2009 , Tues. Oct. 20, 2009, 9 a.m-9 p.m., libmpg@emory.edu , www.pitts.emory.edu/community/reformationday.cfm . Themed “Luther and the Education of Youth,” most lectures will be held at Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322. Culminates in the Kessler Reformation Concert at 8 p.m., Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 (see Music listings). Organized by Candler School of Theology and Pitts Theology Library.
"Black Educators and the Building of the Educational Infrastructure in the Twentieth Century." Fri., Oct. 30, 2009, 1-6:30 p.m.. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, marbl@emory.edu, 404-727-6887. Free and open to public. No registration required. This event celebrates MARBL's acquisition of the papers of a leading black educator Ulysses S. Byas. The event will include a keynote address by James Anderson, a leading historian of education, and remarks by Byas. To be held in concert an exhibition from Byas’ archives in the curved display cases of Schatten Gallery.
“Habits of Being: Flannery O’Connor and Sally Fitzgerald,” Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009, 4 p.m.. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, marbl@emory.edu, 404-727-6887. Free and open to the public. A scholarly panel will assess the legacy of Sally Fitzgerald. Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley will be keynote speaker, and acclaimed actress Brenda Bynum will perform a dramatic reading from the O’Connor letters. MARBL holds both the letters and Sally Fitzgerald's papers.
Raymond Danowski Poetry Reading Series featuring poet C.K. Williams, Tues., Nov. 10, 2009, 6 p.m.. Jones Room, Level 3, Robert W. Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, marbl@emory.edu, 404-727-6887. Free and open to the public. “Translations” is the theme of the 2009-10 series.
Tenth Annual 12 th Night Revel featuring poet Robert Pinsky, Sat., Jan. 30, 2010. Piedmont Driving Club, 1215 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309. This is a ticketed event. Information: Marcia Wade, mjwade@emory.edu, 404.727.5386, or Julie Braun, jkbraun@emory.edu, 404.727.8780. Come read aloud with Robert Pinsky, America’s three-term Poet Laureate, and experience the essential pleasures of poetry. Proceeds benefit the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Raymond Danowski Poetry Reading Series featuring poet Robert Pinsky, Sun., Jan. 31, 2010, 4 p.m.. Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, marbl@emory.edu, 404-727-6887, http://marbl.library.emory.edu/events-and-exhibitions.html. Free and open to the public.“Translations” is the theme of the 2009-10 series.
OXFORD COLLEGE OF EMORY UNIVERSITY
“A Program of Ragtime Piano Music,” David Leinweber, piano, Mon., Sept. 28, 2009, 8 p.m., Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, free. 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts. Ragtime music is one of America’s most distinctive musical traditions. The roots of ragtime in 19th-century European and American music, and its influence on later musical styles, will be emphasized.
Edoardo Catemario, classical guitar, Fri., Oct. 2, 2009, 8 p.m., Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, free. 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts. This prize-winning performer from Italy has a repertoire of solo and chamber works from early music to modern.
“Up, Up and Oy Vey! How Jewish History,Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero,” Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, lecture, Mon., Oct. 19, 2009, 7 p.m., Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, free. 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts. This lecture received the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2007. Weinstein’s second book, “ Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the 21 st Century” was recently published.
“Our Town,”by Thornton Wilder, directed by Clark Lemons, Oct. 22-24, 7:30 p.m., Tarbutton Theater, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, $5. 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts
Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano, Mon., Nov. 16, 2009, 8 p.m., Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, free. 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts. This young pianist from Russia studied at Juilliard and won its Anton Rubenstein Prize and the Gina Bachauer Competition. He is rapidly earning a reputation as a pianist and composer.
“Oxford Chorale Holiday Concert,” directed by Maria Archetto, Dec. 3-4, 2009, 8 p.m., Chapel, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, $5, 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts
Oxford Drama Guild Spring Play, directed by Clark Lemons, Feb. 25-27, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Tarbutton Theater, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, $5, 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts
Oxford Dance Company Performance, directed by Gayle Doherty, April. 8-9, 8 p.m. Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, $5, 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts
Oxford Chorale Spring Concert, directed by Maria Archetto, April 16-17, 2009, 8 p.m., Williams Hall, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, GA 30054, $5, 770.784.4747, http://oxford.emory.edu/life/arts
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