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Was Dvorak's American Dream...a Nightmare?
Public Talk by Michael Beckerman
Friday, April 26, 2019
4:00-5:00 pm |听听Auditorium听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and open to the public
Was Dvorak's "New World" visit a dream, which brought enlightenment and freshness to American music, or just another example of confusion, colonizing and exploitation?听 How did different types of thinkers with different agendas and perspectives answer this question at the time, and how do they today? 听We invite you to join us and explore the answers to these questions with Dr. Beckerman.
听is Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair and Collegiate Professor of Music at New York University. He has written articles on such subjects as film scoring, music of the Roma (Gypsies), Mozart, Brahms, exiled composers, and music in the camps, as well as many studies and several books on Czech topics, including听Dvo艡谩k and His World听(Princeton University Press, 1993),听Jan谩膷ek as Theorist听(Pendragon Press, 1994),听New Worlds of Dvo艡谩k听(W.W. Norton, 2003),听Jan谩膷ek and His World (Princeton, 2004), and听Martin暖鈥檚 Mysterious Accident (Pendragon, 2007). Dr. Beckerman听has been a frequent contributor to听The New York Times听and was a regular guest on听Live From Lincoln Center听and other radio and television programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Dr. Beckerman lectures nationally and internationally and has organized many concerts and symposia. He was awarded the Jan谩膷ek Medal by the Czech Ministry of Culture, is a recipient of the Dvo艡谩k Medal, and is also a Laureate of the Czech Music Council; he has twice received the Deems Taylor Award. He was chair of the New York University Department of Music (2004鈥�13), served as distinguished professor at Lancaster University (2011鈥�15), and last year received an honorary doctorate from Palack媒 University in the Czech Republic.
This public talk is in conjunction with听听"" program on Saturday,听April 27 at 7:30 pm in Macky Auditorium, which features the听New World Symphony听and Peter听Boyer's听Ellis Island.听听Dr. Beckerman will give the 6:30 pm pre-concert lecture.听听"Dream of America" tickets are sold听.
Beckerman's talk will be in the new CASE Building which sits above the Euclid Parking Garage at 1725 Euclid Avenue, just west of the Imig Music Building.
Leyla McCalla
An Evening of Caribbean and Cajun Folk Jazz
Friday, April 19, 2019
6听pm |听听on听CU Boulder campus
Free and open to the public
Presented by The Cultural Events Board and Graduate Musicology Society. Reception to follow at 7:15 in听. 听For more information contact Zane Cupec at听zane.cupec@colorado.edu.
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The Daughter of Dawn
Featuring the听听(dir. by Rodney Sauer)
Monday, March 18, 2019
7:30听PM |听, CU Boulder Campus
Hosted by the American Music Research Center and the听.
听told the story of a Comanche chief's daughter torn between two lovers, one wealthy but cowardly, the other poor but honest and loyal. A contest of bravery involving a dangerous jump off of a cliff reveals the true nature of each man. The cowardly lover disgraced by his failing defects to the rival Kiowa tribe and joins in a failed attack on the Comanche village. When the Comanches successfully repel the attack the Chief gladly sends his daughter off with her true love and the young lovers, paddling together in a canoe, sail into the proverbial sunset.
This event is FREE and open to the public!
Phantoms of the Archives: Music for the Early Cinematic Supernatural and Other Tales
Public Talk with Kendra Leonard
Monday, March 18, 2019
2:00 pm | Music Theater in the听on听CU Boulder campus
Archives are full of ghosts鈥攖he ghosts of music long-forgotten, technologies now superseded, practices that have faded away with time. This talk examines music used to accompany and signify the supernatural the silent film, as well as what can be learned by excavating the ghosts of musicians鈥� lives and careers now held in archives both at the University of Colorado at Boulder and elsewhere. Learn about the sounds of the s茅ance, how mediums and cinema musicians were uniquely trained and positioned for their jobs, and about the music used in spirit films鈥攖he forerunners of movies like听Beetlejuice,听Ghost, and and other films with friendly phantoms, and about the lives of individual women who helped create the sound of the cinema through their musical educations and personal tastes in music.
Kendra Preston Leonard is a musicologist and music theorist whose work focuses on music and screen history, particularly music for the silent film, women and early cinema music, and music and adaptations of Shakespeare. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on music for film, as well as the book听Music for Silent Film: A Guide to North American Resources听(2016). She is currently working on a book calledMusic for the Kingdom of Shadows: Cinema Accompaniment in the Age of Spiritualism.听
"Persevering Legacy"
1:00 pm Training & Workshop;听3:00听pm Musical Selections
Howard B. Walts Music Library,听, CU Boulder Campus
Persevering Legacy champions a unique, catalytic collaboration that will elevate stories of historically marginalized female African American composers to align classical music with social activism. The College of Music will partner with the American Music Research Center (AMRC), the College of Music's Diverse Musicians Alliance, and the Museum of Boulder to pilot a socially-engaged performance and workshop event on Saturday, March 9th, 2019 as part of a broader celebration during Women鈥檚 History Month.听
The free performance, open to all members of the CU and Boulder communities, will feature College of Music faculty and students performing selections from the AMRC鈥檚 Helen Walker-Hill Collection, a unique collection of rare and seldom performed musical compositions by female African American composers. The workshop component, led by members of the Museum of Boulder鈥檚 existing Inclusipedia Project, will give volunteers the necessary skills for creating and editing Wikipedia pages to add women and people of color from Boulder鈥檚 past and present to the website.
Inclusipedia Training & Workshop | 1:00pm
- Learn to create and edit Wikipedia pages
- Refreshments to be provided
Musical Selections | 3:00pm
- Hear live performances of music by female African American composers by College of Music students
"Pop Music Video and the Cuban Nation"
Public lecture by AMRC Director Susan Thomas for听CU on the Weekend Lecture Series
Saturday, February 23, 2019
1:00 -3:00听pm |听Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, CU Boulder Campus
Since the late 1990s, Cuba has undergone a series of transitions that have impacted the nation鈥檚 economic, cultural and political identity. These include major changes to the country鈥檚 emigration, repatriation and citizenship laws; a loosening of laws governing privately held businesses and telecommunications; and the lessening of tensions between Cuba and the United States that culminated in President Barack Obama鈥檚 visit in 2015. As a result, Cubans have had to reimagine themselves, their nation and their relationship to the outside world. These changes have been negotiated at all levels of Cuban culture, including popular music.
In this talk, Thomas will show music videos produced between 2000 and 2017 and explore how different musical artists and video directors have used the genre to explore Cuba鈥檚 changing identity. Many of these videos explicitly refer to one another, either via their music, choreography, setting or specific imagery. We鈥檒l explore how these video texts can be viewed as multiple layers of an ongoing discussion about what it means to be a Cuban citizen in the 21st century.
This event is FREE and open to the public!听Limited to the first 200 people.
Distiguished Music Lecture
with听Joseph Conyers
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
4:00听PM | Old Main Chapel, CU Boulder campus听
Joseph Conyers presents the College of Music's second annual听. Conyers will share insights related to self-discovery, self-empowerment and self-confidence within the realm of music, diversity and inclusion.
Joseph Conyers was appointed assistant principal bassist of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010. A recipient of numerous awards and honors, he received The Philadelphia Orchestra's 2018 C. Hartman Kuhn award and was named one of Musical America鈥檚 30 Top Professionals of 2018. In 2019, he was awarded a Medal of Excellence from the Sphinx Organization. A life-long advocate for music education, Conyers is executive director of Project 440, an organization that engages, educates and inspires young musicians, providing them with the career and life skills they need to develop into tomorrow's civic-minded, entrepreneurial leaders.
Public Talk with Josh Kun
The Art of the Crossfade: Music, Archives, and California
Thursday, January 24, 2019
6:30听PM |听, Room 270, CU Boulder campus听
The American Music Research Center and the听听are proud to present a public talk with Professor听.
Josh is a cultural historian, curator, journalist, and MacArthur Fellow. He is the Director of the Annenberg School of Communication and a Professor of Communication and Journalism, and Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication at the University of Southern California.
He uses the DJ method of crossfading to explore and animate historic sheet music, vinyl LPs, and restaurant menus as tools in addressing contemporary issues of gentrification, urban redevelopment, and racial inequality, among others.
He asks the question, how do artifacts from the California past help us to imagine new California futures?
Please join us for an evening of engaging discussion. This event is FREE and open to the public!
to read Josh鈥檚 full bio and list of publications.
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Concert with Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
Thursday, November 8, 2018
7:00 PM |听Old Main Theater, CU Boulder Campus
This event is free and open to the public.
听is a German-based klezmer听band founded by Kahn in 2005. Described as 鈥渁n absolute must听for lovers of unusual, intelligent, challenging, exciting folk music and a blast at every instant,鈥� the band will perform a free concert featuring songs in Yiddish this November 2018 on the CU Boulder campus, as part of the Program in听Jewish Studies听Community Talks Series,听Yiddishkvell: An Appreciation of All Things Yiddish.
A Detroit area native,听Daniel Kahn听attended the University of Michigan where he studied acting, directing, playwriting and poetry. After finishing his studies he lived, played music, recorded, acted, directed plays and composed theater music in New Orleans, Detroit, New York and Ann Arbor. He has received awards for his playwriting, poetry, acting, and composing.听
The AMRC is a co-sponsor
Mr. Sweeney's Legacy Lecture
Viva Cuba
Boulder Concert Chorale with Boulder听Children's Chorale Bel Canto Choir
Saturday, October 27, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 28, 2018, 4:00 p.m.
Boulder Church
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One of the most popular genres of music across the globe, Cuban music is a synthesis of the traditions of the people who settled Cuba from African slaves to European immigrants. The Boulder Chorale will perform with vocalist, Suzanne Morales; pianist, Jeff Jenkins; and a band of Cuban music experts to offer a sample of the different styles developed in Cuba including salsa, mambo, and son. The concert will also feature new arrangements commissioned by the Chorale and an appearance by Bel Canto, the Boulder Children鈥檚 Chorale advanced choir.
Please join us 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the performance for a discussion featuring听Dr. Susan Thomas, Director of the听American Music Research Center.
Diverse Musicians' Alliance
George Rochberg Centennial Celebration
Chamber Music Masterclass with Andrew Jennings (University of Michigan)
Ajax Quartet: Beethoven Op 132
Pearl Winds: Marquez Danza del Meliodia
Friday, Oct 12, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Grusin Hall
Panel Discussion:听Remembering George Rochberg (1918鈥�2005)
Associate Dean Steven Bruns will moderate a panel discussion involving three musicians with especially close ties to George Rochberg and his music. Guest artist Andrew Jennings, Professor of Violin at the University of Michigan, and CU Boulder faculty members Christina Jennings, flute, and Margaret McDonald, piano, will discuss Rochberg鈥檚 compositions and his significant influence on American music.
Monday, October 15,听2PM
Chamber Hall
George Rochberg, one of the unique American minds of the last century, composed in an astonishing diversity of voices. Always personal, his compositional style was at first firmly rooted in the atonal and serial movement. Eventually, it shifted toward neo-baroque and highly romantic. University of Michigan violinist Andrew Jennings, a leading expert on Rochberg's music, joins a group of CU Boulder faculty and friends for a concert celebrating the Rochberg centennial.
Featuring Andrew Jennings and Charles Wetherbee, violin; Matthew Dane and Erika Eckert, viola; Christina Jennings, flute; David Korevaar and Margaret McDonald, pianoProgram: George Rochberg: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Caprice Variations, and Piano Quintet
Tuesday, October 16,听7:30PM听
Grusin Hall
CU Bernstein at 100
This year marks the worldwide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor, educator, musician, cultural ambassador, and humanitarian. 听
We invite everyone to experience听Bernstein at 100, a festival听comprising听20 events on the CU Boulder campus over the course of the Fall 2018 semester. Highlights include a Public Talk听with special guests Jamie Bernstein, former New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, and Bernstein scholar Carol Oja; our own recreation of a Young People鈥檚 Concert; and Eklund Opera Program鈥檚 production of 鈥淲est Side Story.鈥�
New AMRC Director,听Susan Thomas听will be moderating the听听on Monday, September 24 from 4-6 p.m in Grusin Hall.听Please join the CU Boulder College of Music and the AMRC as our ensembles, students, faculty, and guests embark on a journey through Bernstein鈥檚 lifework throughout the Fall 2018 semester.
听for details on听all听the festival events.
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