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5/16/2005
For Immediate Release:
May 16, 2005
Pianist/Composer Frederic Rzewski Brings His Idiosyncratic Art to New England Conservatory�s SICPP (�Sick Puppy�), June 20--25, 2005
Performances at Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance Feature Rzewski, Stephen Drury, John Mark Harris, Jung Hee Shin, NEC�s Callithumpian Consort
NEC�s annual Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance (SICPP--affectionately known as �Sick Puppy�) will pay tribute to the crazy quilt eclecticism of Frederic Rzewski�s compositional art, June 20�25. Under the direction of NEC piano faculty Stephen Drury, the weeklong institute will present concerts every night spotlighting works by Rzewski or composers close to him. Rzewski himself will be BnG Foundation Composer-in-Residence during the first two days and will conduct masterclasses and play a solo recital, June 21.
Among other pianists performing are Drury, John Mark Harris, Shannon Wettstein, and Yukiko Takagi. Instrumental ensembles include NEC�s Callithumpian Consort and The BSC. The latter (the acronym doesn�t stand for anything�at least nothing the group will reveal publicly) is a formidable improvising ensemble. Led by Bhob Rainey, it is composed of eight electroacoustic musicians �traveling with a theremin, double bass, cello, a host of homemade electronics, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, and seriously twisted ideas,� according to its official biography.
While the daytime SICPP classes for pianists and composers are open only to those registered through NEC�s Summer School, the evening concerts are free and open to the public.
The schedule for the week follows:
Monday, June 20
NEC�s Jordan Hall, 8pm
Stephen Drury, Jung Hee Shin '95 G.D. '99 A.D., John Mark Harris, and the Callithumpian Consort play
Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
The Road Pt. 1
Whangdoodles
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.
Tuesday, June 21
NEC�s Jordan Hall, 8 p.m.
Frederic Rzewski solo recital
Rzewski: Andante con moto, 14 Variations on Beethoven, Op. 57, 2nd movement (1991)
The Babble (The Road, Mile 62) (2003)
Ballad #5 (It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad) (1979-2004)
Spells (Thinking of Jelly Roll Morton) (2004)
Wednesday, June 22
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
The Callithumpian Consort and The BSC
Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise
Thursday, June 23
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
Shannon Wettstein plays
Jeffrey Mumford: Barbaglio dal mance
David Evan Thomas: Triad
Friday, June 24
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
John Mark Harris, Yukiko Takagi and Stephen Drury play
Stockhausen: Klavierstucke XI(1956)
David Cleary: SICPP Fantasies
Saturday, June 25
Williams Hall, 8 p.m.
Students of SICPP perform new music for piano
For more information, call the NEC Concert Line at (617) 585-1122 or visit NEC on the web at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/concerts
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, Contemporary Improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes�thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, many of them in Jordan Hall, its world- renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC�s opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of �From the Top,� a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by more than two hundred stations throughout the United States.
posted by Ellen C. Pfeifer
5/16/2005 01:49:00 PM
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