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Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2010 |
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Aaron Copland in Georgetown
Note: Art on the Square will take place October 16 & 17, 2010 |
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| Schedule as of March 30, 2010 | |||||||||
Pre-Festival Events |
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| Saturday, March 20 | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Pre-Symposium Presentation (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| McKinney Center | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| DVD: Copland and the American Sound Michael Tilson Thomas |
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| Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Saturday, April 10 | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Pre-Symposium Presentation (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| McKinney Center | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| DVD: The Belle of Amherst Julie Harris |
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| Discussion by Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Saturday, May 29 | |||||||||
| 7:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| A Festival Composer Revisited | |||||||||
| Alma Thomas Theatre | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Copland's Quiet City for orchestra Bob Cannon, trumpet, and Susan Douglas, English horn |
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| Haydn's Mass in Time of War for soloists, chorus and orchestra |
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The San Gabriel Chorale augmented by |
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| singers from Houston and Austin | |||||||||
| Kenneth Sheppard, Conductor | |||||||||
| The Festival Orchestra | |||||||||
Festival 2010: Aaron Copland in Georgetown |
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| Thursday, June 3 | |||||||||
| 2:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Copland Symposium I | |||||||||
| Palace Theatre | |||||||||
| Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Copland in Georgetown: An Introduction to the Festival | |||||||||
| Interviews with Musicians from Copland House | |||||||||
| Howard Pollack | |||||||||
| Aaron Copland: An American Composer | |||||||||
| 6:30 p.m. | |||||||||
| Reception for Donors to meet the artists | |||||||||
| President's House, Southwestern University | |||||||||
| 8:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Chamber Music from the Copland House | |||||||||
| Alma Thomas Theatre | |||||||||
| Sarofim School of Fine Arts | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| Violin Sonata | |||||||||
| 2 Threnodies for flute & string trio | |||||||||
| Piano Quartet | |||||||||
| Vitebsk for piano trio | |||||||||
| Duo for flute and piano | |||||||||
| Friday, June 4 | |||||||||
| 9:30 a.m. | |||||||||
| Copland Symposium II | |||||||||
| Caldwell-Carvey Recital Hall | |||||||||
| Sarofim School of Fine Arts | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| William Lawrence McGinney | |||||||||
| Aaron Copland and the Movies | |||||||||
| Howard Pollack | |||||||||
| Appalachian Spring: A Ballet in Time of War | |||||||||
| 2:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| City Lights Theatre | |||||||||
| A viewing of Martha Graham's performance of the ballet | |||||||||
| Appalachian Spring | |||||||||
| A viewing of The City
(A 1939 documentary with music by Aaron Copland) |
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| 8:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| Concert of Copland's Choral Music | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| Virginia Dupuy, mezzosoprano | |||||||||
| Festival Chorus | |||||||||
| Kenneth Sheppard, conductor | |||||||||
| Four Motets | |||||||||
| In the Beginning | |||||||||
| Old American Songs | |||||||||
| Saturday, June 5 | |||||||||
| 9:30 a.m. | |||||||||
| Copland Symposium III | |||||||||
| Georgetown Public Library | |||||||||
| Wendy Barker | |||||||||
| The Poems of Emily Dickinson | |||||||||
| Ellsworth Peterson | |||||||||
| Copland's Dickinson Settings: A Certain Slant of Harmony | |||||||||
| 3:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| A Copland Recital | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| Hai Zheng, cello | |||||||||
| Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano | |||||||||
| Lament | |||||||||
| Poème | |||||||||
| Dana Zenobi, soprano | |||||||||
| Adrienne Inglis, flute | |||||||||
| Anna Carney, clarinet | |||||||||
| As it fell upon a day | |||||||||
| Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano | |||||||||
| Piano Sonata | |||||||||
| Virginia Dupuy, mezzo-soprano | |||||||||
| Dale Dietert, piano | |||||||||
| Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson | |||||||||
| 8:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| The Concert in the Park (No charge for this event) | |||||||||
| Gazebo, San Gabriel Park | |||||||||
| Georgetown High School Band | |||||||||
| Charles Aguillon, JD Janda and Jason Schayot, conductors | |||||||||
| Fanfare for the Common Man, followed by the National Anthem | |||||||||
| An Outdoor Overture | |||||||||
| "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land | |||||||||
| Temple Symphony Orchestra | |||||||||
| Thomas Fairlie, conductor | |||||||||
| Appalachian Spring | |||||||||
| The concert will be followed by a display of fireworks. | |||||||||
| Sunday, June 6 | |||||||||
| 8:30 and ll:00 a.m. | |||||||||
| Service of Worship | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church | |||||||||
| First United Methodist Church Choir | |||||||||
| Scotty Rundell, Director of Fine Arts | |||||||||
| Anthems by Aaron Copland | |||||||||
| 4:00 p.m. | |||||||||
| The Tender Land | |||||||||
| (A performance of Copland's opera) | |||||||||
| Alma Thomas Theatre | |||||||||
| Southwestern University | |||||||||
| (Performance Details TBA) | |||||||||
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