A Paul Bowles Retrospective May 4-9, 2006 Otterbein College Westerville, OH
Timothy Huffman, Artistic Director Schedule of events All events will be held on the Otterbein College Campus. Admission is free. Information Board Beginning April 17 Check the bulletin board in Battelle lobby for Bowles updates Library Display Beginning May 1 Sample the many new additions of Bowles’ literary and biographical works which have recently been added to the Courtright collection. 2nd Floor display area Forum Thursday May 4, 2006 3:00 p.m. Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center
The Life and Work of Paul Bowles A Forgotten Musical Legacy A Unique Literary Voice Timothy Huffman, Senior Lecturer Otterbein College Department of Music Part 3. Film Presentation (excerpt) Night Waltz: the Music of Paul Bowles Film and Discussion Friday May 5, 2006 9:30 a.m. Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (Excerpt) A film by Owsley Brown 2002
Film and Discussion Friday May 5, 2006 11:00 a.m. Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles A film by Jennifer Baichwal 1998
Pizza and a Movie Film discussion as time permits
Sunday May 7, 2006 9:00 p.m. Room 114, Roush Hall The Sheltering Sky A film by Bernardo Bertolucci 1991 Concert Monday May 8, 2006 8:00 p.m. Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center A concert of Bowles’ musical works performed by Otterbein faculty and students Sonata for Oboe and Clarinet 1931 Robyn and Tony Costa Folk Preludes for Piano Solo 1932 Holly Kessis, piano Quatro Canciones de Garcia Lorca 1944 Cancionilla Media Luna Balada Amarilla Murio al Amanacer David Price, tenor and Michael Lester, piano
Cross Country for Two Pianos 1976 Night Waltz for Two Pianos 1949 Suzanne Newcomb and Timothy Huffman, pianos Intermission Seven Latin-American Pieces for Piano 1937-1947 Huapango #1 El Bejuco Iquitos (Tierra Mojada) Sayula Orosi La Cuelga Huapango #2 ‘El Sol’ Richard Lopez, piano
Selected Songs Mes de mayo Three Her Head on the Pillow Jon Jurgens, tenor Timothy Huffman, piano Music for a Farce 1938 Allegro risoluto Presto (Tempo di Tarantella) Allegretto (Tempo di Quickstep) Allegro Lento (Tempo di Waltz) Allegro (Tempo di Marcia) Presto Allegretto (Molto Stacatto) Caroline Salido Richardson, piano Ben Huntoon, trumpet Tony Costa,, clarinet Jack Jenny, percussion
Reader’s Theater Click the link below to hear Paul Bowles reading from “The Sheltering Sky” Tuesday May 9, 2006 3:00 p.m. The Philomathean Room, 3rd floor, Towers Hall
Bowles the Writer of Fiction
Interpretive readings of Bowles’ fiction read by Otterbein Faculty.
Including
Excerpts from Bowles’ first novel The Sheltering Sky 1949
and
Short Stories The Garden 1964 How Many Midnights 1950 By the Water 1946
Readers Terry Hermsen Assistant Professor, English Department
Melissa Nutting Visiting Professor of Theater
Abihjat Joshi Playwright and English Department Faculty
Concert Tuesday May 9, 2006 8:00 p.m. Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center A concert of Bowles’ musical works performed by Otterbein faculty and students Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano 1932 Jennifer Parker Harley, flute and Richard Lopez, piano
Six Preludes for Piano 1934-1945 I. Tranquillo II. Grazioso III. Stately Richelle Swineford, piano
IV. Allegro V .Allegro VI.. Peter Hampton, piano
Blue Mountain Ballads – on texts by Tennessee Williams 1946 Heavenly grass Lonesome Man Cabin Sugar in the Cane Jen Braun, soprano and Michael Lester, piano
Carretera de Estepona 1941 Caroline Salido Richardson, piano Intermission
Selected Songs - on texts by Paul Bowles Sleeping Song Once a Lady was Here In the Woods Secret Words Elizabeth Schleicher, voice Caroline Salido Richardson, piano
Four Miniatures for Piano Aaron Moats, piano Concerto for Two Pianos, Winds, and Percussion 1946 I. Allegro Timothy Huffman and Suzanne Newcomb, pianos Robyn Costa, oboe and English horn Tony Costa, clarinets Ben Huntoon, trumpet Jack Jenny, percussion Russ McCutcheon, percussion
Links To learn more about the life and works of Paul Bowles:
The Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site http://www.paulbowles.org
Listen to Paul Bowles reading from The Sheltering Sky Z:\Bowles Symposium\Bowles reading from The Sheltering Sky.ram
View A Bowles Retrospective poster by Paul Davis Z:\Bowles Symposium\Bowles poster.pdf
Photos Courtesy of Photography Collection: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas at Austin http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/home.html Official A Paul Bowles Retrospective logo by Jeff Huffman.