Collaboration with campus and Seattle arts organizations will spotlight the talents of students and faculty during Winter Quarter and beyond when the School of Music participates in the campus-wide celebration of the centennial of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and welcomes Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlot to campus to conduct the University Symphony in his first public appearance as an affiliate professor at the School of Music.
The Rite of Spring celebration kicks off in January with Faculty Dance/Collaborations, a production of the School of Dance that will feature the work of School of Music faculty artists Melia Watras, Dainius Vaicekonis, and Richard Karpen, as well as DXARTS research associate (and School of Music alumnus) Joshua Parmenter. Public performances are Friday and Saturday, January 18 and 19. Ticketing is through the Dance Program, but School of Music Notecards and student and faculty performances passes are valid for admission.
Later in January, the School of Music collaborates with the Meany World Series on its performances by Montreal dance company Compagnie Marie Chouinard. The University Symphony, conducted by Jonathan Pasternack, will perform Stravinsky's Rite of Spring live during these performances, January 24-26 at Meany Theater. Doctoral piano student Brooks Tran is also on the program, performing Chopin's 24 Preludes. Ticketing is by the Meany World Series.
Several lectures by School of Music faculty and students are on the Rite of Spring lecture series hosted by the World Series and the Henry Art Gallery and running through Spring Quarter 2013. Lectures and demonstrations by faculty members Huck Hodge and Cuong Vu and doctoral composition student Abby Aresty are among the series offerings.
Beyond the Rite of Spring collaboration, the School of Music welcomes Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlot to campus on Thursday, February 28 for his premiere appearance as a UW affiliate professor of music. Morlot will conduct the University Symphony in a performance of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2. This concert will also feature performances by three UW Concerto Competition winners: Masamitsu Ohtake, Ching-Yueh "Andrew" Chen, and Li-Cheng Hung.
Ticket and program details for the February 28 University Symphony concert are available here.
Rite of Spring Centennial Celebration
The University of Washington’s College of Arts and Sciences celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with a series of lectures and performances in various venues around campus throughout Winter and Spring Quarters.
Performances of The Rite of Spring
Friday and Saturday January 18-19, 7:30PM
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts
UW Dance presents: Faculty Dance/Collaborations
Meany Hall will be bursting with talent as UW Dance presents Faculty Dance/Collaborations.
On the program is Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring, José Limón’s tribute to Isadora Duncan, Dances for Isadora and the premiere of A Small Piece of the Story. Faculty artists from UW Dance, Music, and Drama combine forces and create choreography, perform music, and design costumes for advanced undergraduates, guest artists, and community dancers. School of Music faculty contributors include Melia Watras performing to Jennifer Salk's A Small Piece of the Story, Dainius Vaicekonis performing on José Limón’s tribute to Isadora Duncan, and School of Music director Richard Karpen and alumnus Joshua Parmenter programming the Disklavier piano performances of the Rite of Spring.
Tickets: www.meany.org
Thursday-Saturday January 24-26, 8:00PM
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts
UW World Series presents Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Pre-show lecture each night will be given by dancer/choreographer and former company member, Louis Gervais, 7:10-7:30PM
Montreal artist Marie Chouinard has been a notable presence on world stages for more than two decades. The presentation of Compagnie Marie Choiunard features a partnership with the UW School of Music. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, the company will perform Le Sacre du Printemps with the UW Symphony Orchestra. The program also includes 24 Preludes set to the music of Chopin performed live by pianist Brooks Tran, a UW School of Music doctoral student. (Recommended for mature audiences. This performance contains partial nudity.)
Tickets: www.uwworldseries.org
Wednesday, May 8, 7:30PM
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts
UW World Series presents Jon Kimura Parker
Insightful and energetic Jon “Jackie” Kimura Parker is one of today’s most sought-after pianists. His incredible showmanship, coupled with a fine-tuned attention to detail, is a signature of his illustrious performing career. Parker’s Meany Hall program includes his own exciting transcription of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
Tickets: www.uwworldseries.org
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series will explore how the premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring had a lasting impact on Western culture and aesthetics, from the original Nijinsky choreography performed by Ballets Russes, and subsequent reconstructions and re-imaginations of this ballet, to today’s composers and their own revolutionary visions for the future of music. All lectures and demonstrations at the Henry Art Gallery will be presented by UW Dance and Music faculty and graduate student members, in partnership with the UW World Series. Related lectures by dance scholars will take place in the UW Dance program and prior to selected performances at Meany Hall. All lectures are free and open to the public and will last about 90 minutes each. For more information about the Rite of Spring Centennial Celebration and related events and performances, visit Arts UW online: www.artsuw.org
Thursday, January 11, 7:00PM
Henry Art Gallery auditorium (FREE)
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series: The Reconstruction of Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring
Watch a screening of a one-hour PBS documentary The Search for Nijinsky's Rite of Spring on the historical significance of The Rite of Spring and subsequent reconstruction by the Joffrey Ballet in 1987, followed by a Q&A with the directors of the UW School of Music and Dance Program.
Wednesday, February 6, 5:00PM
Meany Hall Dance Studio 266 (FREE)
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series: Martha Carter from Marie Chouinard
Dance Research Symposium Lecture by Martha Carter from Marie Chouinard offered in partnership with UW Dance Program—in this lecture, scholar and innovator Martha Carter shares her research and practice and talks about the process of recreation of The Rite of Spring by Marie Chouinard.
Friday, February 15, 7:00PM
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series: The Rite, Then and Now
Thursday, March 21, 7:00PM
Henry Art Gallery auditorium (FREE)
Thursday, April 25, 7:00PM
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series: Music of Today with Abby Aresty
Thursday, May 16, 7:00PM
Henry Art Gallery auditorium (FREE)
The Rite Centennial Lecture Series: Music of Today with Cuong Vu
Cuong Vu and his guest(s) will perform and discuss the avant-garde, free improvisation, and experimentation/innovation he uses to create his forward-looking music.