{"id":73622,"date":"2018-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/university-artist-series-presents-the-uri-contemporary-music-ensemble\/"},"modified":"2018-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"university-artist-series-presents-the-uri-contemporary-music-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/university-artist-series-presents-the-uri-contemporary-music-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"University Artist Series presents the  溏心vlog免费B站 Contemporary Music Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8211; January 24, 2018 &#8211; The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Music will present its second University Artist Series concert Sunday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road.<\/p>\n<p>The program will feature works by faculty composers: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/eliane-aberdam\/\">Eliane Aberdam<\/a>\u2019s, <em>La Vall\u00e9e du Gr\u00e9sivaudan<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/kirsten-volness\/\">Kirsten Volness<\/a>\u2019 <em>Winter Circle. <\/em>The concert will also feature the classic, <em>Vox Balenae (Voice of the Whale)<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgecrumb.net\/\">George Crumb<\/a>. Other performances include <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Tower\">Joan Tower&#8217;<\/a>s Hommage to Olivier Messiaen, <em>Tres Lent<\/em> and a work composed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ezra_Sims\">Ezra Sims<\/a> based on the readings of Gertrude Stein, <em>If I Told Him<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Performers include internationally recognized 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty pianists Kirsten Volness and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/gayane-darakyan\/\">Gayane Darakyan<\/a>, percussionist <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/kyle-forsthoff\/\">Kyle Fortshoff<\/a>, flutist <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/susan-thomas\/\">Susan Thomas<\/a>, tubist <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/gary-buttery\/\">Gary Buttery<\/a>, and cellist <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/meet\/theodore-mook\/\">Theodore Mook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Special guest artist, mezzo-soprano, <a href=\"https:\/\/handelandhaydn.org\/about\/period-instrument-orchestra-and-chorus\/katherine-growdon\/\">Katherine Growdon<\/a> will also perform. <em>The New York Times<\/em> said she was &#8220;incisively authoritative&#8221; in her performances with the Mark Morris Group, and is a regularly featured soloist with Boston&#8217;s flagship baroque orchestra Handel and Haydn Society.<\/p>\n<p>The University Artist Series\u2019 coordinator is 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty artist, cellist Theodore Mook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m playing two of my favorite pieces: George Crumb\u2019s <em>Voice of the Whale<\/em>, which is a modern classic that uses extended techniques and electronics to emulate the singing of whales and <em>If I Told Him<\/em>, which is a terrific musical imitation of a poetry recitation from Gertrude Stein,\u201d Mook said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program has five very distinct and vivid musical works that describe different moods, environments, states of mind and alternative experiences of time &#8211; almost like five very short films, each describing a separate world,\u201d Mook said.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the event can be purchased at the box office outside the Concert Hall. General admission $12, students $7, seniors (60 and older) are $7 and children 12 and under are free.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa Stewart, intern in the Marketing and Communications Department at 溏心vlog免费B站 and Public Relations and Communication Studies Major, wrote this press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8211; January 24, 2018 &#8211; The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Music will present its second University Artist Series concert Sunday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road. 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