Coca-Cola Artist Residencies 2010
Music
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Glenn Kotche
For twenty-two years, Bang on a Can has dedicated itself to commissioning, performing, creating, presenting, and recording contemporary music. Part rock band and part amplified chamber group, the All-Stars blur the lines between classical and pop ensembles. The All-Stars’ line-up for their Flora Glenn Candler Series Concert at Emory featured Ashley Bathgate, cello; Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow,piano & keyboards; David Cossin, percussion; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; Evan Ziporyn, clarinets; Jody Elff, sound engineer; and special guest percussionist Glenn Kotche from the popular band Wilco. Kotche performed two new works commissioned by Bang on a Can, plus the latest piece by 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner (and Bang on a Can co-founder) David Lang in addition to classic Steve Reich works arranged for two drum sets by Kotche and Cossin.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has invigorated international audiences and critics alike with its superior artistry, energy, and distinctive approach to music-making. One of the few self-governing ensembles playing today, Orpheus performs without a conductor and rotates musical leadership roles for each work. The Orchestra strives to integrate its musicians into every facet of the organization, changing the way the world thinks about musicians, conductors, and orchestras. In addition to giving a well-attended Candler Series Concert, Orpheus also led a session called The Orpheus Process, attended by approximately fifty students from Emory’s Music Department and Goizueta Business School as well as students from the business programs at the University of Georgia and Georgia State University in addition to other Emory community members.
John Clayton & Herlin Riley
Seven-time Grammy nominated bassist/composer/conductor John Clayton has written and arranged music for Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight, Queen Latifah, and many others. 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. Herlin Riley has recorded with Marcus Roberts, Harry Connick Jr., George Benson, Benny Wallace, and Mark Whittfield, among others. Riley joined Wynton Marsalis’s touring and recording group, which he performed with through its disbanding in late 1994. Riley is a regularly featured musician at Jazz at Lincoln Center and has released two recordings featuring fellow Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra members. While at Emory, Clayton and Riley led a jazz improvisation class, coached the Emory Small Band in a masterclass, taught rhythm section and bass masterclasses, and taught two individual drum lessons.
Thomas Hampson
American baritone Thomas Hampson enjoys a singular international career as a recitalist, opera singer, and recording artist, and maintains an active interest in teaching, music research, and technology. He has performed in all of the world’s most renowned concert halls and opera houses with many of today's most prominent singers, pianists, conductors, and orchestras, and is considered one of the most sought-after soloists performing today. Hampson is one of the most important interpreters of German romantic song, especially the works of Schumann, Mahler, and Wolf. Hampson performed a Flora Glenn Candler Series Concert at Emory as the last performance on his Song of America tour he developed with the Library of Congress.
Visual Art
Dawoud Bey
Photographer Dawoud Bey came to Emory for the opening of Class Pictures, his exhibition of poignant portraits of high school students, which was on view at Emory’s Visual Arts Gallery. This exhibition has traveled to prominent venues across the United States for the past two years, and its presence at Emory catalyzed an ambitious collaboration between the Visual Arts Department and the Transforming Community Project (TCP).
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