The Arts Paper may 2017
six-part multimedia suite of music, poetry and projected visuals based on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Conqueror Worm, featuring music by the trumpet and accordion duo of Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell and visuals by Natalie C. Sousa. Thursday, May 4, 7-9 p.m. $15 members/$20 non-members. Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven. (203) 562-4045. institutelibrary.org. Beginners Javanese Gamelan Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble. The concert will include a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble. May 4, 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan. edu/cfa/events. Dvorak, Sibelius & Lash Chad Hoopes returns to the Woolsey Hall stage for Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and the NHSO plays the culminating event of the two-year Lash/Voynich Project: the world premiere of the entire Voynich Symphony. Be part of this historic moment in classical music! May 4, 7:30 p.m. $15-74; college students $10; kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven. (203) 436-4840. NewHavenSymphony.org.
5 Friday Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program perform works by various composers on a variety of instruments. May 5, 12 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Heinrich Isaac Hofkomponist to Emperor Maximilian I The Wesleyan University Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music and Medieval Studies Jane Alden, performs works by Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517), a prolific composer born in the Flemish-speaking low countries who achieved international fame. May 5, 6 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the
Arts, Memorial Chapel, 221 High St., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Wesleyan Korean Drumming and Taiko Ensembles Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble, directed by Visiting Instructor in Music Barbara Merjan, performs the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese kumi daiko drumming. The Korean Drumming Ensemble, directed by Visiting Assistant Professor Jin Hi Kim, plays a variety of mesmerizing rhythmic patterns from the samulnori repertoire. May 5, 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. The Bear & Le Pauvre Matelot Yale Opera presents a new double bill of Walton’s The Bear and Milhaud’s Le Pauvre Matelot (The Poor Sailor) in Sprague Hall with music direction by Doug Dickson & Timothy Shaindlin. May 5-May 6. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $10, Students $5. Yale School of Music, Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, 470 College St., New Haven. (203) 432-4158. music-tickets.yale.edu/single/ EventDetail.aspx?p=16011.
6 Saturday The Sweet Pain of Nostalgia: Mozart and Brahms Quintets Two giant composers, almost exactly one hundred years apart, decide to take upon themselves the task of creating a work for clarinet and string quartet, all because of their love for the clarinet and its contemporary master. May 6, 7:30 p.m. Suggested Donation: $20/10 - Adult/Student. Tickets available in advance via our website, or at the door. The Second Movement, mActivity Cafe and Fitness Center, 285 Nicoll St., New Haven. (307) 760-0457. www.secondmovementseries.org/brahms-and-mozart. Wesleyan University Orchestra Concert The Wesleyan University Orchestra, under direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, will feature winners of the annual Concerto Competition. May 6, 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert
The Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library will host an exhibition and talk by Michael Sloan, an illustrator, painter, musician, and the author of “The Zen of Nimbus” comics and graphic novels. Opening reception and talk May 8 at 6 p.m. On view May 8-June 30. Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 6853355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Renee B. Fisher Competition for Young Pianists 40th Anniversary Winners’ Now in its 40th year, the Rene B. Fisher Competition for Young Pianists nurtures the growth and development of student musicians who live or study in Connecticut. The winner’s concert showcases the most outstanding performances of commissioned works by two international composers. May 6, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School, Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.
7 Sunday Wesleyan Concert Choir The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, presents a program featuring both acappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire. May 7, 4 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 221 High St., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Wesleyan Chinese Ensemble Spring Concert The Chinese Music Ensemble presents traditional and contemporary repertoire under the direction of Huan Li. May 7, 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. University Glee Club Concert Blowin’ in the Wind Selections range from Yesterday to Beloved Land, There is Nothin’ Like a Dame to Hello Mary Lou, Blowin’ in the Wind/America to We Sail the Ocean Blue. All invited to attend. May 7, 4 p.m. $15 Donation. University Glee Club of New Haven, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. (203) 314-0890. universitygleeclub.org.
The Odessa, oil on canvas, c.1994. The painting is on view as part of the Knights of Columbus Museum’s Fleeing Famine: Irish Immigration to North America exhibit, which is on view through September.
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New Haven Chorale - Modern Masterworks The Chorale welcomes distinguished guest conductor Edward Cumming, the Hartt Symphony Orchestra, and the Hartt School choruses for a spectacular performance celebrating three great modern masters, Bernstein, Debussy, and Poulenc in the reverberant acoustics of majestic Woolsey Hall. May 7, 4:30 p.m. General admission: $20 Seniors: $15 Children & students with I.D.: Free. New Haven Chorale, Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New Haven. (203) 776-SONG. newhavenchoraleauditions.com.
Greater New Haven Youth Ensembles Concert Please join us for our Greater New Haven Youth Ensemble Concert at Battell Chapel. Tickets available at the door. May 7, 2-5:30 p.m. Adults: $10 Seniors and children (under 12): $5. Neighborhood Music School , Battell Chapel, Yale University, 400 College St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.
9 Tuesday WesWinds Spring Concert The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble performs an exciting array of pieces for winds and percussion. May 9, 8 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Toneburst Electroextravaganza The Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Paula Matthusen, teams up with Artist-in-Residence and University Organist Ronald Ebrecht to present a series of works involving live-electronics and the Memorial Chapel organ. May 9, 9 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Memorial Chapel, 221 High St., Middletown. (860) 6853355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Competition Winners Oneppo Chamber Music Series featuring the winners of the annual chamber music competition at the Yale School of Music. May 9, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $10, Students $6. Yale School of Music, Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall, 470 College St., New Haven. (203) 432-4158. music-tickets.yale.edu/single/ EventDetail.aspx?p=15697.
10 Wednesday Composing, Performing, and Listening A concert of new compositions by students in MUSC 220 “Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music,” taught by Professor of Music Ronald Kuivila. May 10, 7 p.m. Free. Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, World Music Hall, 40 Wyllys Ave., Middletown. (860) 685-3355. wesleyan.edu/cfa/events. Annual Organ Romp The annual Organ Romp and Toneburst Electroextravaganza concerts combine new compositions by Wesleyan faculty, students, and special guests with repertoire ranging from standard to wacky. The Organ Romp is considered part of the students’ Spring Fling event. Costumes
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