MUSIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY
2005-2006: Jake Heggie

 
Tuesday, February 14
7:30 – Watson Forum
Viewing of PBS documentary AND THEN ONE NIGHT:
The Making of Dead Man Walking
 
Wednesday, February 15
11:20-12:25 – Thompson Recital Hall
Chamber Singers rehearsal, Gabriel Crouch
2:00- 4:00 - Thompson Recital Hall
coaching of works for Thursday’s concert
4:00-5:30 – Kresge Auditorium
Orchestra rehearsal, Orcenith Smith
7:30 - Composition Master Class – PAC 152
 
Thursday, February 16
10:00-11:00 – PAC 112
Gender and Sexuality in Opera class , Dr. Jeffrey Hollander
1:00 pm Thompson Recital Hall
Convocation
2:30- 4:30 Thompson Recital Hall
coaching of works for evening concert
7:30 pm Thompson Recital Hall
Chamber Music Concert - Faculty and Student Performers

Times of Day
Natural Selection
Here and Gone
Student performances TBA

Reception following
 
Friday, February 17
3:00 – 3:50 - PAC 16
20th Century Music Literature class, Dr. Carla Edwards
4:00-5:30 – Kresge Auditorium
Women of the University Chorus and University Orchestra rehearsals
7:00 – 10:00 – Thompson Recital Hall
Voice master class
 
Saturday, February 18
10:00-12:00 - Thompson Recital Hall
Voice master class
2:00 pm - Watson Forum
Symposium - The Intersection of Music and Poetry

Welcome

Shersten Johnson (University of St. Thomas) -
"Songs of Experience: Sonic Codes and Settings"

Stanley Kleppinger (Butler University) -
"Tonality and Text in Copland's 'Nature, the gentlest mother'"

Leigh VanHandel (Michigan State University) -
"Trends in/over Time: Rhythm in Speech and Music in 19th Century Art Song"

Keynote Presentation
Deborah Stein (New England Conservatory) –
Dead Man Walking
 
Sunday, February 19
3:00 pm Closing Concert – Kresge Auditorium

Holy the Firm – Essay for Cello and Orchestra
He Will Gather Us Around
from the opera Dead Man Walking
The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations on Love
I shall not live in vain
“Cut Time” Variations
for piano and chamber orchestra

Reception – Kresge Lobby