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Georgetown Festival of the Arts 2010
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
 
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
  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
  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
  Haydn's Mass in Time of War
       for soloists, chorus and orchestra
 
The San Gabriel Chorale augmented by
  singers from Houston and Austin
  Kenneth Sheppard, Conductor
  The Festival Orchestra
   
 

Festival 2010: Aaron Copland in Georgetown
 
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)
   
  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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FESTIVAL DATES

Aaron Copland in Georgetown

Saturday, May 29 and
Thursday, June 3,
through
Sunday June 6, 2010

Art on the Square
Will take place on
October 16 & 17, 2010

CONTACT US

Georgetown Festival of the Arts

P.O. Box 846
Georgetown, TX 78627

Tel 512.639.0433

E-mail info@gtownfestival.org

     
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