DePauw School of Music Events

Friday, February 12, 2016

DePauw School of Music Events

Week of Feb. 15--21

Music of the 21st Century: Club M2 with Gabriela Lena Frank

Tuesday, Feb. 16

7:30 p.m.

Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana St.

The annual Music of the 21st Century festival brings the world's most outstanding composers to DePauw. In 2016, we welcome Gabriela Lena Frank. Soak in an intimate club-style performance at Music on the Square as clarinetist Randy Salman joins the DePauw Chamber Players for a performance of Frank's playful multi--movement work Hilos. Converse with the composer, meet the performers and explore why this Latin Grammy-winner has been heralded as a musical anthropologist in search of her own multicultrual heritage.

Student Recital Hour

Wednesday, Feb. 17

10:20 a.m.

Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall

The School of Music's weekly recital hour features live music by talented School of Music students and occasional guests. Join us this week for "A Conversation with Gabriela Lena Frank," moderated by faculty composition professor Scott Perkins.

ArtMusic@AlmostHome

Wednesday, Feb. 17

6 p.m.

Almost Home Restaurant, 17 W. Franklin St.

Soloists from the DePauw Jazz Ensemble, saxophonist Spencer Schillerstrom '18 joins Kevin Killeen '17 on guitar for an evening of jazz tunes at Almost Home.

Jazz at the Duck

Thursday, Feb. 18

8:30 p.m.

The Fluttering Duck, 2 W. Seminary St.

Severn recording artist and nine--time Blues Music Awards nominee Tad Robinson brings his band to the Fluttering Duck. His 2015 release Day Into Night is nominated for Best Soul Blues Album by the Blues Music Awards. Don't miss this performance!

Music of the 21st Century: Gabriela Lena Frank, guest composer

Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. -- Chamber Concert

Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. -- Gala Closing Concert

Green Center for the Performing Arts

Identity has always been at the center of Gabriela Lena Frank's music. Born in Berkeley, California, to a mother of Peruvian-Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, Frank ardently explores her multicultural heritage through her music. Inspired by extensive travel throughout South America, her pieces reflect her studies of Latin-American folklore, incorporating poetry, mythology and native musical styles into a western classical framework uniquely her own. Thursday's concert is dedicated Frank's works for solo musicians and small ensembles. Friday's gala closing concert, followed by a reception for the artists, includes performances by the DePauw University band, orchestra and choirs. Featured among the works on this program will be Requiem for a Magical America, which was commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and the evocative choral work Hombre Errante.

For the full festival schedule, visit the School of Music online (music.depauw.edu).

Green Guest Artist Concert: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

with Caroline Shaw, violin, and Shara Worden, vocals

Sunday, Feb. 21

3 p.m.

Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

In 2013, Caroline Shaw became the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Shara Worden, who studied operatic voice and classical composition, has lent her voice to artists as varied as David Byrne, Bon Iver and Sarah Kirkland Snyder. These celebrated women join the ISO to perform original compositions from the contemporary classical genre, coupled with standards of the orchestral repertoire that inspired these young artists along their journey to become composers and performers.

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