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FOCUS Festival Schedule of Events for 2010

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

All events are are FREE and open to the public and are held in (unless otherwise noted):

Gamble Auditorium
Kulas Musical Arts Building
96 Front Street, Berea. 
Directions

No tickets or reservations are necessary

 

Dr. Mandy Fang (Fang Man) will meet with students and faculty, and coach ensembles in preparation for the following events. 

Convocation
Thursday, October 28,
3:00 p.m.

Discussion with Fang Man, Derek Bermel and Kasumi
Moderated by Beth Hiser
 

l(a Concert, student contemporary music ensemble
Friday, October 29,
8:00 p.m.

    Steven Stucky: Ad Parnassum
    Derek Bermel:  Wanderings
    Witold Lutoslawski:  Four Silesian Melodies
    Fang Man:  Deluge Version for Electronics
    Fang Man:  Pure White, Thirsty Stone and Maroon


Composition Master Class with Fang Man
Saturday, October 30, 3:00 p.m.

Kulas Chamber Music Hall

Featuring compositions by students from Baldwin Wallace University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland State University and Oberlin College

Large Ensembles
Saturday, October 30,
8:00 p.m.

Dwight Oltman and Dirk Gardner, conductors
Nanette Canfield, soprano
Derek Bermel, clarinet

    Steven Stucky:  Cradle Songs, Motet Choir
    Steven Stucky:  Skylarks, College and Motet Choirs
    Derek Bermel:  Kpanlongo, College and Motet Choir
    Steven Stucky:  Threnos, Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    Fang Man and Kasumi:  Mo-So/DELUGE for electronics
            and video art
            An EMPAC Dance Movies Commission 2009 - 2010
            Supported by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts
            Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
            Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
            Premiere: 2 and 3 October 2010
    Fang Man:  Lavender for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
    Fang Man: Resurrection for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra with Live Electronics
    Fang Man:  Noir for Orchestra (2005)

 
Faculty Chamber Music Ensembles
Sunday, October 31,
4:00 p.m.

    Olivier Messiaen:  Livre d'Orgue
        IV. Chants d'Oiseaux

        Jonathan Moyer, organ
    Fang Man:  Ambush from Ten Slides
        Paul Bowman, guitar
    Fang Man:  Folk Songs
        Regina Mushabac, cello
    Witold Lutoslawski:  Partita for Violin and Piano
       Julian Ross, violin
        Robert Bayerovitch, piano
    Fang Man and Kasumi:  Mo-So/DELUGE for electronics and video art
            An EMPAC Dance Movies Commission 2009 - 2010
            Supported by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts
            Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
            Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
            Premiere: 2 and 3 October 2010
    Toru Takemitsu:  Toward the Sea
        Sean Gabriel, flute

        Paul Bowman, guitar
    Fang Man:  Images of 7 Flowers ANNETTE Suite
        Jonathan Moyer, organ

 

For information about the 2010 FOCUS Festival,
call Erika Haskell, Conservatory Event Coordinator,
at 440/826-8070; or email
ehaskell@bw.edu.    

 



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