What's Going on Now?
A quick synopsis of concerts and events upcoming in the Granoff Music Center . Events are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise noted in their description. Events take place in the Distler Performance, Granoff Music Center unless noted. Program information is subject to change. Click on the links to get more information.
FULL CONCERT CALENDAR IS HERE
October 30, 2009, 12PM
TCFN Concert No. 1
Tune into TCFN – the second season of the Tufts Composers Friday Noon Series, two concerts on Fridays at noon in the fall, featuring innovative programs of new music by undergraduate, graduate, guest and faculty composers. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
NOVEMBER 2009
November 1, 2009, 3PM
Choral Motets of the Millenium
Sundays at Tufts – Community Concert Series
The Tufts Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and special guest ensembles - the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Boston Modern Orchestra Project - present works from across the millenium, including pieces by Bach, Brahms, Di Lasso, Rheinberger, Sametz, Ockeghem, and Jameson Marvin. Featured is Lou Harrison's La Koro Sutro, a piece for chorus and American Gamelan. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Residency at Tufts – Three Public Events
12 pm: Roundtable on the Chansonnier cordiforme with Music Director Scott Metcalfe, Professor Jane Bernstein (Tufts) and others. Varis Lecture Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required.
3 pm: Blue Heron Early Music Masterclass with members of the Tufts Chamber Singers and the Tufts Early Music Ensemble, Distler Performance Hall. Free, no tickets or reservations required.
8 pm: Boston’s Blue Heron, directed by Scott Metcalfe, presents a sample of chansons from across the 15th century, by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Morton, Frye and others. Five singers will be joined by three instrumentalists playing medieval fiddles and harps, douçaine (an early double reed instrument), and more. A significant portion of the repertoire will be drawn from the “Chansonnier cordiforme,” a lavishly illustrated and gilded heart-shaped songbook from the latter half of the century, a spectacular facsimile of which has recently been acquired by the Lilly Music Library. Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now.
November 6, 2009, 8PM
Osso String Quartet
Osso Performing String Arrangements of Sufjan Steven’s “Enjoy Your Rabbit”
String quartet with a modernist pulse, members of the New Work and Berlin-based Osso have collaborated and performed with an array of artists and genres, including Jay-Z, Alice and Ravi Coltrane, the New Pornographers, Antony and the Johnsons, the Polyphonic Spree, The National, Devotchka and Kanye West. Their performance of interpretations of Sufjan Steven’s eccentric electronica album Enjoy Your Rabbit – each song named for a year of the Chinese Zodiac – recomposes computer keystrokes into rhythmic classical arrangements, bridging the drama of experimental electornica, indie rock, and the nuance of chamber harmonies.
The evening will include a screening of Sufjan Steven’s ‘The BQE’, a 40-minute symphonic and cinematic exploration of the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a major traffic artery that severed several neighborhoods and contoured waterways with the brute force of modern urban planning. Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of their Next Wave Festival in November 2007, the film tells a quintessentially American tale through an original film by Stevens with a recorded soundtrack.
Tickets for the performance are $10 for the general public, free with Tufts ID (limit one per ID). Seating is general admission. Call 617.627.3679 to reserve your tickets now. Distler Performance Hall.
November 7, 2009, 8PM
Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Recital
Students studying in the Tufts and New England Conservatory Dual Degree program present a concert of classical and jazz works for a variety of instruments. Performance date subject to change. Works and musicians to be announced. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
November 12, 2009, 8PM
Tufts Composers: Chamber Music
In the Tufts Composers String Quartet perform new works by Hahn, Tierney, Toscano, and others; new works by first-year graduate composers Ferro, Lin, and Molk will also be featured alongside undergraduate creations. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
November 14, 2009, 8PM
The Boston Village Gamelan & Rinengga Sih Tentrem (Tufts)
Boston Village Gamelan and the Tufts ensemble, Rinengga Sih Tentrem, perform an evening of traditional Javanese gamelan. Directed by Barry Drummond; guest artists include I.M. Harjito. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
November 15, 2009, 3PM
Arabic Music with Tufts Takht
Sundays at Tufts - Community Concert Series
Tufts Takht (The Arabic Music Ensemble) presents new and traditional music from across the Middle East. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Distler Performance Hall.
November 15, 2009, 7PM & November 18, 2009, 8PM
Small Jazz – Portrait of a Jazz Man
Tufts University’s three small jazz combos (Joel LaRue Smith, Paul Ahlstrand, and Scott Aruda, directors), present two evening of jazz for smaller ensembles. Music by Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Mario Bauza, Pedro Flores, Joel LaRue Smith and others will be featured. This event is open to the Tufts Community and to the general public, is FREE, and no tickets or reservations are required. Fisher Performance Room.
