Kenny Barron
Don Buchla
Classical Faculty Concert: Our Favorites!
careers in music. The concert will showcase students who have exhibited exceptional promise as performing musicians.
March 9 (Sun) / 7:00 PM Jewett Auditorium
Laura Bossert-King: Midday Classical Muse Generations
For this concert of chamber and solo works performed by members of the Wellesley College Music Department faculty choose repertoire they love and colleagues with whom they wish to perform it. The result is a richly diverse program composed of great favorites of the classical repertoire and new wonders, including works by Clark, Mozart, Piazzolla, Resphigi, and others. Featured performers include: Ina Zdorvetchi, harp; Jane Starkman, baroque violin; Tom Zajac, various early instruments; Kathy Matasy, clarinet; Laura Bossert-King, violin; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Jenny Tang, piano; Rebecca Thornblade, cello; David Collins, piano.
February 19 (Wed) / 12:30 PM Jewett Auditorium
In this concert, Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola and Violin Laura Bossert-King will present works by Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven, and Piazzolla. Accompanied by Bossert-King’s mother, Mariel Bossert, and featuring former and present students, this chamber music concert will highlight music and film that spans several centuries, thus the title “Generations.”
Kenny Barron Trio: Jazz Concert
Don Buchla and Friends: Electronic Music Pioneer
February 28 (Sun) / 7:30 PM Q&A to Follow
March 14 (Fri) / 7:30 PM
Jewett Auditorium
Q&A and Reception to Follow
Kenny Barron is one of jazz’s most renowned and lyrical pianists. He was a member of the NEA 2010 class of Jazz Masters — the most esteemed prize given to jazz artists by the U.S. government was named a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the Mid Atlantic Living Legacy Award. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, Barron was honored with induction into the American Jazz Hall of Fame and received the The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005, New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted a three-week Kenny Barron Festival. Barron has made significant contributions to the world of jazz since he was a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in 1962, as a composer, arranger, educator, and recording artist. Limited space; reservations will be available.
Jewett Auditorium
Don Buchla is widely regarded as one of the foremost pioneers in electronic musical instrument design. His reputation as a true innovator of synthesizers and unique performance controllers is honored and revered by fellow engineers, musicians, artists, composers, and academics. Buchla’s inventions are in widespread use by film composers, performance artists, jazz musicians, pop and rock musicians, and improvisational ensembles—an array of creative individuals looking for advanced, expressive, inspiring instruments. This public performance of his original work will be followed by a Q&A session and demonstration of his groundbreaking instruments.
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