JUST ADDED! UMD School of Music
diStiNguiShEd SchOLAr tEAchEr rEcitAL One Leg at a Time: How the Trouser Role Became an Integral Item in the Mezzo-Soprano’s Wardrobe Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano Monday, October 15, 2012 . 4PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall
JUST ADDED! Creative Dialogue
When they aren’t singing the roles of villains, wise women and seductresses, mezzo-sopranos take on a different character: young men. In this Distinguished Scholar Teacher Recital, faculty artist Delores Ziegler discusses the evolution of this curious operatic convention. Along with students and faculty, she will demonstrate the various styles of “pants roles.” is performance is in celebration of Ziegler’s Distinguished Scholar Teacher Award, which honors senior faculty who personify the University of Maryland’s image of the professorate through combined excellence in teaching and outstanding scholarly accomplishment. FREE
LAuriE ANdErSON ANd krONOS QuArtEt Friday, February 1, 2013 . 8PM Saturday, February 2, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre
In addition to her groundbreaking solo work, Laurie Anderson has undertaken collaborative projects with artists of all kinds, including William S. Burroughs, Lou Reed, Marisa Monte and Colin Stetson, among others. Kronos Quartet, musical mavericks who shatter conventional wisdom about string quartets, has partnered with Eiko & Koma, Philip Glass, Alim Qasimov, Astor Piazzolla and many more. For the first time, these artists join their distinct personalities and musical styles in a new work composed by Laurie Anderson and commissioned by the Clarice Smith Center. Kronos joins Anderson in this world-premiere performance. Join the artists for a talk Back following the february 1 performance. $50/$40 subscribers
Laurie Anderson most recently appeared at the Center in her solo work Delusion (2010-2011). Kronos Quartet has performed and served as resident artists at the Center since the 2007-2008 season.
A cONvErSAtiON ABOut WOmEN ANd rESiStANcE Nora Chipaumire, choreographer and dancer Sheri Parks, UMD Professor of American Studies Sarah Browning, DC Poets Against the War and Split This Rock Sheema Kalbasi, poet and human rights advocate Kojo Nnamdi, moderator Monday, April 1, 2013 . 7:30PM Dance Theatre
Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam is a deeply personal dance-theatre performance that looks closely at the tensions women face between public expectations and private desires; between selflessness and ambition; and between the perfection and sacrifice of the feminine ideal. Join Chipaumire along with Sheri Parks, UMD American Studies professor; Sheema Kalbasi, an Iranian writer who has lived most of her life in exile from her home country; and Sarah Browning, director of DC Poets Against the War and Split is Rock. ey will discuss these and other complexities experienced by women who choose and/or are destined to lead a life of protest and resistance. FREE
This tour of Kronos Quartet is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is also supported in part by an Art Works award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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