Friday at 8:35 a.m. & 5:44 p.m.:
Wake Forest University professor and pianist Louis Goldstein describes American composer John Cage as a true multi-artist who "prodded us to re-evaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art". Louie’s CAGEFEST continues through November 13, and celebrates what would have been John Cage’s 100th birthday with a variety of fascinating lectures, recitals, exhibits, and performances by some of the world’s leading Cage interpreters.
Last week, renowned pianist and frequent John Cage collaborator Steve Drury performed at CAGEFEST. While John Cage’s music influenced an entire generation of American composers who followed him, Louie is hoping that CAGEFEST shines a light on the lesser known but equally important other artistic contributions made by his hero John Cage.
CAGEFEST continues on Monday, October 22, with the opening of Cage/Rocks: Ryoan-ji in Hanes Arts Gallery. The exhibition of Cage’s visual art is followed the next day at 5:15pm in the Welcome Center Auditorium with John Cage as a Conceptual Poet, a lecture by one of the foremost American critics of contemporary poetry Marjorie Perloff.
Friday at 1:00 p.m.:
In 1884, The New York Times welcomed Bizet's "pretty and effective work" to the Metropolitan Opera, and by the beginning of 2011, the Met alone had performed it almost a thousand times! Next weekend, Piedmont Opera brings Carmen to the Triad with performances on Friday, October 26th at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm, and Tuesday the 30th at 7:30pm in the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. Rising star tenor Jason Wickson sings the role of Don Jose, and acclaimed Baritone Michael Redding is Escamillo. Mezzo soprano Mabel Ledo, who sings the role of Carmen, and Piedmont Opera Artistic Director Jamie Allbritten dropped by to talk about it.
Forecast Music is an adventurous new music group founded in Brooklyn, New York, back in 2001. Forecast Music’s mission is to present innovative American music in both traditional concert halls as well as venues that might surprise you. Co-founder, pianist and composer Eric Schwartz shares his motivation behind this project with David Ford.
Steiway Artist and WFU professor Peter Kairoff shares the work American romantic composers in Kairoff at the Keyboard.
Wake Forest University professor and pianist Louis Goldstein describes American composer John Cage as a true multi-artist who "prodded us to re-evaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art". Louie’s CAGEFEST continues through November 13, and celebrates what would have been John Cage’s 100th birthday with a variety of fascinating lectures, recitals, exhibits, and performances by some of the world’s leading Cage interpreters. CAGEFEST continues on Monday, October 22, with the opening ofCage/Rocks: Ryoan-ji in Hanes Arts Gallery. The exhibition of Cage’s visual art is followed the next day at 5:15pm in the Welcome Center Auditorium with John Cage as a Conceptual Poet, a lecture by one of the foremost American critics of contemporary poetry Marjorie Perloff.
Award-winning organist Timothy Olsen is coming to Music for a Great Space in Greensboro, Friday, October 19, at 7:30 PM, in Christ United Methodist Church. On the program music by Bach, Caesar Franck, Ned Rorem and more. Tim's the first-prize winner of the 2002 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance, and a Naxos recording artist. He spoke with TAUC host David Ford.
NewSong Music is an independent organization based in Brooklyn, New York, that supports a community of performers and songwriters of all genres and skill levels. Each year, through its Mountain Stage Contest, NewSong identifies the best of the best within this community and introduces their music to a broader, international audience. The winner receives an international broadcast of NPR’s Mountain Stage programand a recording project produced by one of the music industry’s heaviest hitters. Founder Gar Ragland explains to David Ford why this project means so much to him.
