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New Directions for Peabody Damce Page 14 Photo by Patrick Roberts, 1986/ © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. Afghan Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud celebrated in Peabody world premiere of The Lion Preparatory ensembles take the of Panshjir by David Gaines stage Page 8 Page 15 Theatre Hopkins runs the Dramatic Gamut by Mike Guiliano The Maestro’s Page 18 Moonshine — Peabody Elizabeth Schaaf Theatre performs discovers Strube’s Abduction from the Seraglio Secret Stash by Garnett Bruce Page 6 Page 11 2 Peabody News January/February 2004 January/February 2004 Peabody News 3

Daniel Thomas Davis awarded Loraine Bernstein receives The Johns Britain’s Marshall Scholarship Heritage Award Hopkins PEABODY At age 22, Daniel Thomas Davis has One of Peabody’s most devoted friends, Peabody News been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, Peabody alumna Loraine Panek Bernstein which, along with the Rhodes, is regard- was the recipient of the 2003 Heritage winners ed as Britain’s most prestigious scholar- Award at a lunch held in the Homewood ship for foreign students. Davis, who is Campus Glass Pavil- finishing his Bachelor’s at Peabody, ion on October 24. The Award Winning Rainbow Body by Christopher where he studies composition with Ms. Bernstein is Newspaper of the Baltimore/ Christopher Theofanidis and Director and Trustee Theofanidis wins the /accompanying with Nancy Roldan of the Peggy and Washington Cultural Corridor Masterprize Published by the Peabody and Eileen Cornett, is concurrently com- Yale Gordon Charita- Peabody raised a champagne toast to Conservatory of Music, pleting his Master’s degree in the History ble Trust. Grants Christopher Theofanidis when he Department at Hopkins. He already holds from this organiza- Baltimore. returned in triumph from London in a Bachelor’s degree in history from the tion have supported early November. His orchestral work, university. the Shriver Hall titled Rainbow Body, had just won the Loraine Bernstein Concert Series and Circulation: 27,000 world’s largest competition for new Special Events at music, the Masterprize Competition. The Johns Hopkins, and the Yale Gordon Con- finals were held at the Barbican Center certo Competition and two four-year schol- Editor: on October 30, 2003, with the London arships at Peabody. Anne Garside Symphony under the baton of Loraine Bernstein was a member and Daniel Harding performing the works of officer of the Peabody Steering Committee the six finalists. The win carries a cash during the years following the merging of award of (British pounds) 25,000 Assistant Editor and Designer: Peabody and Johns Hopkins. She then The Masterprize Competition is joined The Johns Hopkins University Alum- Kirsten Lavin unusual in that the vote is partly deter- ni Council and served on its Executive mined in advance by the readers of Committee, often hosting students as part Gramophone and Classic FM magazines of the JHU Alumni Association’s Host Fami- Publishers that have a circulation of over 100,000. Daniel Thomas Davis ly Program. Representative: These magazines made recordings of the Her husband, Malcolm (“Mac”) Bern- Network Publications, Inc. works available on their websites. The stein is also an alumnus of Peabody. He 11350 McCormick Road audience also participates in the voting. About forty Marshall Scholarships are received his Teaching Certificate in voice Executive Plaza One, Suite 900 “It’s a bit like the Oscars,” says Theo- awarded annually to U.S. students for in 1951. The Bernsteins annually present Hunt Valley, MD 21031 fanidis. “The night of the finals, colored two years of study at a British university the Marion B. and Samuel Bernstein Award slips were distributed to the audience or college of their choice. Daniel hopes in memory of Mr. Bernstein’s parents to an with the names of the works. At the end, Portfolio Manager: to be accepted by the Royal Academy of outstanding opera singer at Peabody. the emcee opened an envelope on stage and Music in London. Awards to musicians Carey Scanlan said ‘And the Winner is...Rainbow Body.’” are extremely rare. Daniel believes he Peabody’s New Website Tel: 410/584-1900, ext. 121 Local audiences will have the oppor- may be only the second musician to win Fax: 410/584-1998 named “Site of the Day” by tunity to hear Rainbow Body in a live one in the fifty-year history of the Schol- Macromedia.com Email: [email protected] performance by the Columbia Orchestra, arships, which are funded by the British Jason Love conducting, on February 28 government to commemorate the U.S.’s The website has at 8 p.m. at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Marshall Plan that assisted in the recon- been named “Site of the Day” by Macro- media.com. The new site, launched in fall, Printed by: Columbia. The work has been recorded struction of Europe after World War II. A on the TELARC label with the Atlanta 2003, and developed by Baltimore-based Homestead Publishing Co. second Hopkins student, Sondra L. Hell- Symphony, conducted by Robert Spano. strom, who is a double major in Physics no|inc, includes flash animation features It was commissioned by “Meet the Compos- and Electrical Engineering, is also a recip- on faculty and students along with a er” and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. ient. wealth of information about campus life, Peabody News is published bi- Houston is Chris’s home town. Rainbow The new Marshall Scholar has an programs of study, and upcoming events. monthly for September/October; Body was also performed at Peabody in important date at Peabody this spring. Macromedia is an industry-leader in web November/December; January/Feb- 2002, conducted by Robert Sirota. On April 3 and 4, the Peabody Camerata, design software development. With the ruary; March/April; and May/June. Winning the Masterprize Competition under the baton of Gene Young, joins distinction of being named a “Site of the Day,” the Peabody Institute website is in Each issue mails out at least 10 days is likely to prompt a number of new per- with the Peabody Opera Workshop to formances and commissions for Theo- present the world premiere of Davis’s the company of sites developed by Jaguar, before the first month of the issue IKEA, and Brooks Brothers. The Macrome- date. fanidis. “I have already been approached chamber opera If I Were a Voice. The by an orchestra in Paris and one in opera follows the lives of the Hutchin- dia “Site of the Day” archive is available online at Edited for Peabody/Hopkins faculty, Beirut,” says Chris. “Rainbow Body is sons, a 19th-century family of singers and also being performed again by a British radical reformers, thus reflecting Daniel’s http://www.macromedia.com/show- executive staff, alumni, donors and youth orchestra on its international dual commitment to music and history. case/archive/. friends and Baltimore/Washington tour.” Peabody’s website redesign initiative, concertgoers. begun more than a year ago, was charged with creating a site that would not only be Articles, news items and display ads dynamic to outside users, but would are accepted at the Editor’s discre- encourage communication between the disparate audiences within the Peabody. tion. For editorial information A team of faculty and staff worked closely contact: with no|inc to create it. “The new website provides visitors the Anne Garside opportunity to experience our preemi- Director of Public Information nent faculty and talented students, while The Peabody Conservatory of Music capturing the great history and traditions One East Mount Vernon Place of the Peabody,” says Harlan Parker, chair Baltimore, 21202 of the Steering Committee on Information Tel. 410/659-8100, ext. 1190 Services. “The new site offers more than Fax 410/783-8576 a nice design. Because faculty and staff E-mail: [email protected] can publish content freely, it literally turns the Peabody inside out.” Visit the new site at The Peabody Composition faculty toast Christopher Theofanidis’s Masterprize win. http://www.peabody.jhu.edu Left to right: Bruno Amato, McGregor Boyle, Geoffrey Wright, Theofanidis, Robert Sirota, and Nicholas Maw. 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Dr. Nathan Carter takes Morgan Choir to Music Director Nathan Carter, who holds his doctorate from Peabody, will be taking the Morgan State University Choir to Russsia to perform with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic at the invitation of Yuri Termikanov. Termirkanov is Music Director of both the St. Petersburg

Victor Danchenko (far right) and other distinguished members of the jury give a press conference in St. Petersburg.

Victor Danchenko, who also studied Petri transcription of Bach “Sheep May with Oistrakh, was invited to be a mem- Safely Graze,” where Fleisher’s perfor- ber of the jury. He and his distinguished mance revealed that “True pianism is less fellow jury members heard the competi- speed and velocity, more the ability of tors in the Small and Grand Halls of the the ear, and consequently the hand, to St. Petersburg Philharmonia. Among separate one voice from the next.” Hol- them was a former Peabody student of land described the premiere of Dina Kos- Danchenko, Yvonne Lam, who won sec- ton’s “Messages” as being “like a melan- Nathan Carter ond prize. Yvonne was also a second choly nightscape lighted by iridescent prizewinner in Peabody’s Marbury Com- clumps of notes.” Koston, a Peabody orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony petition. alumna, is co-director with Fleisher of Orchestra. When the Choir sang Danchenko, who had opened the sea- the Theatre Chamber Players. excerpts of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess son for the Mexico City Philharmonic as The New York Times music critic at a recent BSO concert, Temirkanov was soloist for the Prokofiev second concluded by saying of the Schubert so impressed that he decided to feature concerto in September, took the Russian sonata that “Mr. Fleisher preferred head- the Morgan ensemble in the Fifth Inter- trip in stride and stopped off in London long movement to time-stopping rumina- national Winter Festival in St. Petersburg to give master classes at London’s Royal tion. Yet how apparently simple the line on January 6. The Choir will perform in College and Royal Academy of Music. He sounded, and how naturally the phrases the Grand Hall of the Philharmonia with visits the British capital every second breathed. Such ‘naturalness’ requires a the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and will year to give such classes. sophistication and thoughtfulness grant- give the final concert of the Festival the ed to few musicians. One wanted to next night on their own with a program Leon Fleisher’s Triumphant shake both Mr. Fleisher’s hands.” of spirituals and folk songs. Their perfor- Return to mances will be televised and broadcast A musical milestone happened on throughout Russia. October 31 last year when Leon Fleisher Funding for the trip was secured from gave his first two-handed piano recital at the Maryland Department of Business Carnegie Hall since 1947. The New York and Economic Development and the City Times took note. Music critic Bernard of Baltimore largely thanks to the efforts Holland wrote a moving review, com- of the late Delegate Howard “Pete” Rawl- menting: “It is hard to say whether 30- ings, who was revered for his decades- odd years of dormancy has robbed us of long contributions to education through- music making at this level or whether a out the State of Maryland. quiet period of germination has resulted Under Nathan Carter’s 30-year tenure in the kind of quality heard here.” as Music Director, the Morgan Choir has Holland singled out each work on the achieved international renown, regularly program for individual praise. Peabody going on tours abroad. Dr. Carter has music students might well note what this Winnie Au received Peabody’s Distinguished Alumni doyen of music critics said of the Egon Award. Winnie Au wins Columbia Victor Danchenko helps Orchestra Competition launch Liana Issakadze Winnie Au, an eighth grader at Patap- Competition in St. Petersburg sco Middle School who is a member of Amazingly, for all its rich cultural his- the Preparatory Chamber Orchestra, tory, St. Petersburg has not been noted won the Columbia Orchestra’s 2003 for major music competitions. In that Young Artist Competition. As a result of respect, Moscow with the Tchaikovsky her win, she appeared in December as Competition, is a major destination on soloist in Bruch’s Concerto No. 1 in g the competition map. However, that minor under the baton of the Columbia changed this past November when the Orchestra’s Music Director Jason Love, a Liana Issakadze International Violin Com- Peabody alumnus. petition was inaugurated. Issakadze, a pupil of David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory, has since established a brilliant career. Peabody faculty member Leon Fleisher in a Peabody Masterclass January/February 2004 Peabody News 5

The Johns Hopkins Campaign: Knowledge For the World

A gala dinner held on Saturday, October 25, in the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus drew more than 600 friends and donors to celebrate the achievements to date of the $2 billion Johns Hopkins Cam- paign: Knowledge for the World. The Peabody Institute was well-represented through- out the evening’s program, which included video highlights of capital projects under- way institution-wide, including Peabody’s campus renovation and construction project, recognition of campaign leadership and major gifts, and culminated with a beautiful and emotionally-stirring performance by Peabody alumna Hyunah Yu, soprano, accom- panied by her sister, Hyun-Sook Park, Peabody alumna and faculty member at the Peabody Preparatory and at Garrison Forest School.

Peabody Campaign Co-chairs Tony Left to Right: Andrew J. Bozzell, JHU Deering (left) and Turner Smith Trustee Emeritus, Dolores Bozzelli, and Robert Sirota.

Left to right: James Lee, Jeung-Ja Park, Hee Soon Kim and Se Ung Kim.

Soprano Hyunah Yu accompanied by her sister Hyun-Sook Park 6 Peabody News January/February 2004 The Maestro’s Moonshine Construction Workers discover Strube’s Secret Stash

When a secret stash of moonshine “Small White Grape,” and “Wild Cherry.” turned up at Peabody in an old cup- But some bottles of cloudy fluid are unla- board, the story made the front page of beled, so one can only speculate the Baltimore Sun, was picked up by whether they should be designated various wire services and television sta- “bathtub gin.” Who knows whether at tions, including CNN, and ran around the one sip an intrepid taster might turn blue world. The amazing media coverage and turn up his toes. brought a deluge of offers to taste the Papa Strube died in 1953 at the age of stuff. 85 at his home on Calvert Street in Balti- The stash had been found last sum- more, just a mer by workers extending the Institute’s few blocks old East Hall as part of the current $26.8 from million construction project. Prising Peabody. He open the door of the cupboard, they took the stumbled on several gallon jars of home- secrets of his brewed liquor. Neatly handwritten labels moonshine carefully identified and dated each brew, liquor with with dates ranging from 1932 until 1946. him. Howev- The workers, realizing that the bottles er, when the were antiques of a kind, dumped them press ran sto- into a corner of the Peabody Archives. ries across the Peabody Archivist Elizabeth Schaaf country, suspected the minute she saw the bottles Elizabeth Schaaf wtih the moonshine bottles. great-great- Gustav Strube that the most likely perpetrator was Gus- A conductor and composer on the As an illustration of just how hard life grand-daugh- tav Strube, who had a reputation as a Peabody faculty from 1916 until 1946, had become for drinkers, Schaaf points ter Suzanne Brunton contacted Schaaf. bon vivant. “When I made a quick search Gustav Strube was also the first conduc- to an excerpt from Mencken’s diary, Brunton was personally familiar with through the Strube Papers,” reports tor of the Baltimore Symphony Orches- recording an attempt to buy a bottle her great-great-grandfather’s skill as a Schaaf, “I turned up handwriting samples tra, which he helped found. Born in the from the local bootlegger on a visit to wine-maker and explained that her first that were a match to the labels on these Harz mountains in Germany, he came Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. “He used his taste of spirits was Strube sherry. The vintage bottles. There is no doubt that from a long tradition of brewing alco- score of the Bach B Minor Mass to con- sherry was found hidden in a basement Papa Strube, as he was affectionately holic beverages from fruits and berries. vince the bootlegger that he was a musi- wall of the family home by her mother, known, had stashed a good supply of his The Peabody Maestro was a close cian and not a Fed,” Schaaf notes, “and who explained that Papa Strube would home brew in Peabody’s East Hall!” friend of the Baltimore Sun’s H.L. he got his bottle.” often make up a batch of brew and then hide bottles of it to be discovered later Mencken and a member of Mencken’s For well over a hundred years, East by friends and family. famous Saturday Night Club, a bunch of Hall has been used for Peabody orchestra Strube often got together to brew amateur and professional musicians who rehearsals. Strube, who was the conduc- with fellow Saturday Night Club mem- met to drink and play music. The Satur- tor of the orchestra, had his office adja- ber, Max Brodel. Brodel, considered dur- day Night Club sometimes met at cent to the hall. Perhaps the Maestro ing his lifetime as the greatest living Peabody, since a number of Peabody fac- kept his moonshine handy as solace for a anatomical artist, had trained in Germany ulty were members. On one memorable bad rehearsal, or to celebrate an excep- and came to the Johns Hopkins School of occasion, the Club attempted to play tionally good one. When the construc- medicine in 1894. The pair used through all nine Beethoven symphonies tion project is completed, the extended Brodel’s lab at Hopkins for their hobby. at one sitting. and renovated hall will become a dedi- “So it is entirely possible,” speculates As all musicians know, playing is cated rehearsal space for Peabody’s Schaaf with a gleam in her eye, “that the thirsty work. “It is a well known fact,” major ensembles. . bottles were brewed in the Hopkins lab says Schaaf, “that, when Prohibition As to the innumerable offers to taste, and then hidden away by Strube, who threatened to dry up their weekly get- some of which have come from national- was about to retire, as a gift for future togethers, Strube and Mencken took to ly known gourmet wine critics, Peabody colleagues. How nice to have them in producing their own brew.” is still pondering likely liabilities. Most of the dozen gallon jars have enticing time for Peabody’s Grand Re-Opening names written on the labels, such as Celebration!”

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The Grand Arcade, keynote of Peabody’s $26.8 million construction project, is nearing completion. The campaign total Work on East Hall, where the moonshine was found, nears completion. DELIVERY AVAILABLE raised for this project now stands at $23.2 million January/February 2004 Peabody News 7 PEABODYdateline

Hajime Teri Murai conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony On February 7, Hajime Teri Murai conducts the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in d minor. The orchestra will be joined by the Women of the Peabody Chamber Jonathan Haas (left) and . play 14 between them, are Peabody faculty member Jonathan Haas and Svetoslav Stoyanov, a GPD student of Robert Van Sice. A native of Bulgaria and now a Preparatory faculty member, Stoyanov had the distinction of winning a Concert Artist Guild Award in 2003, giving his debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Hall as a result of that prestigious win. In addition to his impressive classical credentials, that have led him to be hailed as “the Paganini of the timpani,” Jonathan Haas has worked with the likes of Aerosmith and and Hajime Teri Murai is always crossing boundaries in his search for innovative programs. A few Singers and Peabody Concert Singers, years ago, he put together a coalition of Edward Polochick, director, and the musical institutions, including Peabody, Maryland Children’s Chorus, Betty to commission the Double Timpani Bertaux, Director. Resident Conductor Concerto Fantasy. Haas gave the pre- Erin R. Freeman will be helping in the miere of the preparation of this work. original ver- “(Murai) has revealed a flair for the sion of the whole sound-world of Mahler,” wrote Glass concerto Baltimore Sun music critic Tim Smith in November when the Orchestra performed the com- 2000 at Lin- poser’s Fifth Symphony in February, coln Center’s 2003. “The students are fortunate to be Avery Fisher working regularly with a conductor who Hall with the offers compelling ideas, not just techni- American Sym- cal skill, someone who can tap the heart phony Orches- and drama of Mahler so eloquently.” tra. For the Begun in the summer of 1895, Baltimore pre- Svetoslav Stoyanov Mahler’s Third Symphony turned out to miere Haas be even larger in conception than the was joined by Stoyanov, a student of colossal Second “Resurrection.” Mahler Robert Van Sice at Peabody. Subse- wrote of it: “It is so much, much bigger quently, Haas has peformed this concer- than life-size, that by comparison every- to some 25 times in London, Prague, thing human seems to shrink to pygmy Mexico City, and across the U.S.A. size. I am seized with horror when I Upcoming plans include performances realize where all this is leading, when I in Istanbul and at the Sydney Opera see the path marked out for the art of House, with a recording with the Liver- music and when I realize that the fearful pool Philharmonic planned for Janaury responsibility of accomplishing this 2004. gigantic mission falls to me.” He also Philip Glass has been somewhat called his symphony “a musical poem astounded by how much this work has embracing all stages of development in been performed in such a short time. progressive order.” The six movements Its popularity has led the composer to portray life in various forms: vegetable, rearrange the work for two and lower animal, man, angels, and the trans- two percussionists, a version that was figuration of life through the love of God. given its world premiere in Aspen last summer, where Haas is a faculty mem- Peabody Percussion Ensem- ber. ble gives premiere of new ver- The February 9 program also sion of Philip Glass Double includes Christopher Rouse’s Ku-Ka- Timpani Concerto Fantasy Ilimoku, Guo Wenjing’s Drama-Trio, Op. 2, and Moritz Eggert’s Symphony On February 9, the Philip Glass Dou- 1.0, for 12 typewriters. For a spectacu- ble Timpani Concerto Fantasy will be lar closing, the concert features the heard in a new arrangement for two Peabody Saxophone Ensemble, Gary solo timpanists and two . This Louie, Director, in Bernard Hoffer’s The will be the east coast premiere of this River: A Symphony for Saxophone version in Glass’s home town, where he Quartet and Large Percussion Ensem- began his musical studies at Peabody at ble. the age of eight. The two soloists, who 8 Peabody News January/February 2004

Afghan Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud celebrated in Peabody Wind Ensemble’s world premiere of The Lion of Panshjir by David Gaines

On February 11, in Friedberg Hall, Amin returned to in 1995, Harlan Parker conducts the Peabody working again under Massoud to battle Wind Ensemble in the world premiere the . In 1996, Massoud appoint- of The Lion of Panshjir, (Symphony ed him to the United Nations, but No. 2) for Narrator and Symphonic fell to the Taliban on the day Amin left Band by Peabody alumnus David to take up the post. Amin spent the Gaines. next five years working at Afghanistan’s The narrator for the premiere will be permanent mission to the UN, helping His Excellency Haron Amin, previously prevent Afghanistan’s UN seat from sit- acting ambassador at the Embassy of ting vacant or falling into the hands of Afghanistan in D.C. and currently the Taliban, which the UN never offi- Afghanistan’s Ambassador to . cially recognized. Abdul Rahim Ambassador Amin served for several Ghafoorza, who became prime minister years as the representative of Comman- of the government-in-exile, named Amin der Massoud and the director general, a sort of communica- to the . The performance is tions chief, in 1997. From his new base taking place with the full support, assis- in Mazar-e-Sharif, Amin and his new tance, and cooperation of the Embassy boss traveled constantly together. That of Afghanistan, author Sebastian Junger, Photo by Reza, 1985/ © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. summer, Amin happened to miss one photographer Reza, and the prominent A group of Ahmed Shah Massoud's praying. flight. Luckily, because the plane Afghan-American musician Ehsan Aman. and his band of mujahedeen did this a to Tajikistan, but he survived only fif- crashed, killing Ghafoorza and four Cab- It is expected that the premiere will be total of nine times, wearing down the teen minutes. Ahmad Shah inet members. Amin stayed on in New attended by a large contingent from the Soviet Union until they decided to leave Massoud…passed from this life in the York as part of the government-in-exile Afghan community of the Afghanistan. In 2002, Massoud was back of a battered Land Cruiser, racing until the tide turned again and the gov- Baltimore/Washington region. nominated posthumously for both the through the mountains of Afghanistan. ernment of was estab- Nobel Peace Prize and the European It was a sadly fitting end to a man lished. Parliament's Sakharov Prize. whose life had been dominated by war.” With such a storied genesis, the pre- “As part of this symphony,” Gaines Junger had learned of the Afghan miere of The Lion of Panshjir is a major explains, “I've included text describing hero’s death while in Paris. He called political as well as musical event that is Massoud to bring him to life, in the Reza with the news and went to walk in likely to attract much media attention. manner of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Por- the small, walled garden of the photog- It is the third composition by David trait. I have to rely on these materials rapher’s Paris house where they shared Gaines to be premiered by the Peabody because Massoud left no significant writ- their sorrow and memories. “Massoud Wind Ensemble. His works have been ings behind.” once told me,” says Junger,” that he was performed in workshops, recitals, and Some of the text comes from writ- fighting not only for a free Afghanistan concerts by the Tokyo String Quartet, ings on Massoud by Sebastian Junger; but for a free world. There was some- Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Stam- from speeches and a press conference thing about him—the slow nod of his ford Young Artists Philharmonic and the given by Massoud himself; from the doc- head as he listened to a question, the Bulgarian Choir. Gaines’ umentary film Massoud, The Afghan by exhaustion and curiosity engraved on Elegy for string orchestra will be per- Christophe de Ponfilly; and from the his handsome, haggard face—that made formed this season by the Orquestra de book Lion by MaryAnn T. Beverley. The it clear we were in the presence of an Camara Municipal de Rosario in Rosario, images of Massoud to be displayed extraordinary man.” . Critics have praised Gaines’ behind the stage during the perfor- Junger relates that at one point in colorful and imaginative orchestrations David Gaines mance were taken by Reza, the world- their two-hour conversation, Reza called as well as the uniquely international fla- renowned photographer best known a close aide of Massoud in Tajikistan to vor of his music. David Gaines is a past According to the composer: “The for his award-winning work for National express their sorrow. “I’m calling to guest composer at the University of Lion Of Panshjir came about following Geographic. Reza enjoyed a twenty-year find out that the terrible news is not York in , the Reykjavik Conser- the events of September 11, 2001. That relationship with the Afghan leader. true,” Reza said. “It is true. But it is OK,” vatory in Iceland, and the International was when I first heard about Ahmad Ahmad Shah Massoud was born in the aide said. “Now we are all Mas- Music Seminar in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Shah Massoud, the remarkable leader of 1953. Following his legendary resis- soud.” Massoud was buried in his He holds his doctorate in composition the Afghan resistance to the Soviet tance to the Soviet Army in the early home village of Basssarak in the Panshjir from Peabody, and is currently an Union in the 1980s and then the resis- 1980s, Massoud became Defense Minis- Valley, located in Afghanistan’s mighty adjunct associate professor at the Uni- tance to the Taliban in the 1990s. I ter under President Burhanuddin Rab- Hindu Kush mountain range. versity of Maryland University College. remember watching Sebastian Junger's bani. Following the collapse of Rab- The narrator for the premiere has an The February 11 program begins reports on television for National Geo- bani’s government and the rise of the almost equally dramatic life story. At with Scottish composer Martin Dalby’s graphic Explorer around that time, as Taliban, he then became the military only 33 years of age, Haron Amin is a A Plain Man’s Hammer. Dalby, born in well as reading newspaper reports of leader of the Northern Alliance, a coali- passionate former resistance fighter 1942, has done a great deal of work for Massoud's assassination at the hands of tion of various Afghan opposition who has acted as his government’s the BBC. “His works tend to be imagina- agents of Osama bin Laden, and being groups, in a prolonged civil war. As the Charge D’Affaires in Washington D.C. tive adventures, in a characterful atonal amazed that I had never heard of this Taliban established control over most of before being appointed Afghanistan’s style, sparked off by old music and man before.” Afghanistan, Massoud’s forces were Ambassador to Japan. He is flying back myth,” according to Norton/Grove. Perplexed that Massoud wasn't bet- increasingly forced into the mountain- from Japan especially for the premiere. Then comes Samuel Adler’s Snow ter known in the west, Gaines was ous area of the north. On September 9, Born in Kabul in 1969, Amin and his Tracks, for High Soprano and Wind determined to find out all he could 2001, two days before the September family fled their homeland when the Ensemble, featuring soprano Alyssa about him. “I wanted to know about his 11 terrorist attack in the United States, Soviets invaded in 1980, heading first to Bowlby. An American composer of Ger- role not just as the military leader of the Massoud was the victim of a suicide Pakistan and then to Germany before man origin, Adler, born 1928, studied Afghan resistance,” says the composer, attack which occurred at his base at finally settling in the Los Angeles area. with Piston and Thompson. He was the “but as a humanitarian, a man of com- Khvajeh ba Odin The attackers posed Amin returned to Afghanistan in 1988 to chairman of the composition depart- passion, a lover of poetry and literature, as television journalists, setting off a fight under Ahmad Shah Massoud, ment at Eastman for many years. Hin- and a supporter of equal rights for all bomb packed inside their video camera. enduring 18-hour treks through the demith’s March from “Symphonic Afghans.” Sebastian Junger who had spent a mountains in freezing weather, with lit- Metamorphosis” follows in the arrange- Ahmad Shah Massoud became month with Massoud in November 2000 tle food. At one point, he was struck by ment by Keith Wilson. It is now a staple known as The Lion of Panshjir because on assignment for Adventure magazine, shrapnel while crossing a river, causing of the concert band repertoire as one of of his constant ability to turn back the relates: “Massoud was horribly wound- a major foot wound. In 1990, Massoud the most stirring and vibrant marches in Soviet Red Army from his home base in ed but survived. His men tried to rush assigned Amin to represent Afghan existence. the Panshjir Valley north of Kabul. He him to a helicopter for the short flight interests before the U.S. government. January/February 2004 Peabody News 9

Peabody Camerata Peabody faculty members Tm Murphy, • BREAKFAST On February 14, in Griswold Hall, piano, Michael Formanek, bass, and Gene Young conducts the Peabody Cam- Howard Curtis, drums. • LUNCH Billboard Magazine has called Fried- erata in Ravel’s Introduction and • DINNER Allegro (chamber version), Poulenc’s Le lander “one of today’s most forward- bestiaire (Cortège d’Orphée), Messiaen’s thinking and ingenious musical practi- Theme and Variations, and Milhaud’s tioners.” Both classically trained and an La creation du monde, Op. 81. improvising artist, Mark Feldman has staked out new ground for the both Two Evenings of Jazz feature as composer and improviser. He has some extraordinarily innovative record- Jay Clayton, Erik Friedlander ings to his credit. His current website, and the Mark Feldman for example, describes how one particu- Quartet lar recording came about: “Jazz in the “In a darkened recording studio in Chamber” in Gris- , in a séance-like atmosphere, time- wold Hall on Feb- traveling collaborations between the law- ruary 17 features less black humor of the 19th-century internationally poet Isidore Duscassé and the cellist Erik known vocalist Jay Friedlander. The producer Michael Clayton as guest Mentes, an audience of one, had careful- artist. She will be ly selected 10 excerpts from Duscassé’s joined by Peabody Les Chant de Malorer. In the course of jazz faculty mem- an hour, the excerpts were placed in bers Gary Thomas, Jay Clayton flute and saxo- phone, and Tim Murphy, organ and piano. “As far as vocal innovation goes, Jay Clayton is precariously on the cutting edge,” says Fred Bouchard in Jazz Times. “Great for Casual Dining This opinion is echoed by John Garelick in The Boston Phoenix who proclaims that this vocalist “long in the forefront of and Fine Wines” avant-garde singing, has it both ways. Complimentary valet parking with the purchase of entreé. She works in the familiar avant-garde ter- rain of wordless, spontaneous improvisa- tions in duo and group settings…but Clayton is also a warm, gracious inter- preter of lyric standards, and this lyricism pervades all her work.” Francis Davis, Erik Friedlander writing in Downbeat calls her “an impor- tant singer…one who proposed dramatic front of Erik one at a time. He responded changes in vocal styles and role.” He to each with what you hear on this mys- adds, “her musicianship is impeccable.” tical, intense and beautiful recording–a Clayton began her career in 1963 per- journey to music’s darkest heart.” forming the standards on the New York Also appearing on February 19 is the music scene. However, she quickly Mark Feldman String Quartet, featuring became a prominent part of the free jazz Friedander as cellist. The other members movement. Her work in these two are Mark Feldman, first violin, Joyce worlds led to the development of a high- Hammann, second violin and viola, Cen- ly personal, wordless vocabulary later ovia Cummins, second violin, and Lois enhanced by her innovative use of vocal Martin, viola. Like Friedlander, Feldman electronics. is classically trained but his versatility Jay has appeared at all the best and improvising skills have made him venues, including , Sweet equally well know for his appearances in Basil, Town Hall, the Kennedy Center, numerous Projects and as the Jazz Alley, and the North Sea and Mont- violin player of the Arcado String Trio. martre Festivals. She is also in great Once a Nashville studio musician, he has demand as a teacher. Her book, Sing Your Story: a Practical Guide for Learn- ing and Teaching the Art of Jazz Singing was published by Advance Music in 2001. Audience members should be warned that: “Clayton can swing, percolate, lay This historic, boutique hotel down a blues, soar in ethereal realms, avant you, romance you, and generally features custom designed spin your concept of jazz singing a full 360….No one sings, sighs, wails, soars guest rooms and has and paints a vocal landscape like Jay Clayton does,” according to Debra Bres- been designated a nan writing in the Woodstock Times. All Clayton performances are unique hap- Historic Hotel of America penings, some of which have been cap- Mark Feldman tured in an extensive discography, that by the National Trust includes collaborations with other well performed on over 200 recordings known artists and composers. including those of such popular singers An Evening of Jazz on February 19 as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Suzanne 612 CATHEDRAL STREET • BALTIMORE, MD US 21201 features guest artist Erik Friedlander, solo Vega, Sheryl Crow and Joe Jackson. 410.727.7101 • www.peabodycourt.snbhotels.com cello, and the Mark Feldman Quartet, comprising Mark Feldman, violin, and Continued on Page 10 Ask for PEABODY rate code when making reservations. 10 Peabody News January/February 2004 PEABODYdateline

Among the Mark Feldman Quartet’s most notable recordings is the “Book of Tells” which presents Feldman as band- leader and ensemble composer. The pieces on this CD show how to extend David Chaitkin the language of the string quartet genre by incorporating influences from diverse sweep through rippling textures.” Anoth- traditions. er work, Seasons Such as These, “went beyond mere musical virtuosity and into The Peabody Trio premieres the realms of clarity of seeing and com- Chaitkin Work passion of feeling that are in Shake- The Peabody Trio, Violaine Melançon, speare's language...many-layered lumi- violin, Natasha Brofsky, cello and Seth nous sheets of sound...one could peer Knopp, piano, will be giving a world pre- through the veils, illuminating, obscur- miere on Tuesday, February 24 of a work ing, and protecting, and discern the by David Chaitkin, simply titled Trio. truth,” in the opinion of Richard Dyer of Commissioned by the Koussevitzky The Boston Globe. Foundation, this is a substantial work, Chaitkin followed early experience as approximately twenty-five minutes in a jazz musician with studies in composi- length. Born in New York in 1938, tion at Pomona College and the Universi- Chaitkin has composed symphonic as ty of California, Berkeley, where he well as a variety of chamber and vocal received its Prix de Paris. His teachers works, that have been heard from Tan- included Luigi Dallapiccola, Seymour glewood to the Drottningholm Palace Shifrin, Max Deutsch, Andrew Imbrie Festival in Stockholm. In 1994, he and Karl Kohn. Recordings of his works received the Academy Award in Music can be heard on the CRI label. from the American Academy of Arts and The February 24 program begins with Letters, which described his composi- Mozart’s Trio in B-flat, K. 502 and con- tions as “powerful works of a knowing cludes with Tchaikovsky’s in musical intelligence….effortlessly origi- a, Op. 50. nal. A lyrical metamorphosis of timbre, In January/Februrary, the Peabody rhythm and shape engage the ear. The Trio will also be performing in the Barns fluidity of his music is a delight--his music at Wolf Trap on January 9, followed by is both intense and sensitive.” recitals in Palm Bech, San Francisco, Some of the nation’s top music critics Saratoga Springs and Amherst College. have commented on Chaitkin works Peabody’s Ensemble-in-Residence contin- with thoughtful superlatives. John Rock- ues to accumulate review quotes that well, in The New York Times, called the speak of their “beautifully polished, lush composer’s Serenade "an attractive essay sound...luminous” (New York Times), “ in deliberately paced, floating sonorities breathtaking, gusto...an exuberant, right- ... lyrical and elegiac, full of grateful writ- on-the-mark performance” (Chicago Tri- ing for various instrumental combina- bune), “incandescent playing of great tions." Scattering dark and bright was verve and sensitivity” (Los Angeles praised by Andrew Porter of The New Times), and “romantic fervor” (Washing- Yorker as "a lushly attractive and vital ton Post.). work, with long lines of melody that

Peabody Trio T January/February 2004 Peabody News 11 Flirting with Mozart-- The Peabody Opera Theatre presents Abduction from the Seraglio By Garnett Bruce thing more: a bit of wit or wisdom, a spark of intellect that beguiles and per- Think of the Mozart tunes we cher- Peabody Opera haps extends itself into our daily life. ish most: an inviting opening theme, a Theatre Mozart has established a language of surprise change of key, a jaunty phrase musical flirtation not only for his opera turned on its ear and restrung like so THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 7:30 P.M. characters, but also for his audiences. many puns. We're lulled by laughter FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 7:30 P.M. Each of us can recognize, even quote and often unprepared for moments of SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 7:30 P.M. half a dozen of Mozart's opening poignancy, for so deft is the contrast in SUNDAY, FEB. 29, 3:00 P.M. themes without a second thought. the music. Hear the horns whispering The Peabody Opera Theatre Innocuous enough, snippets from "Eine in Figaro's fourth act aria warning of Garnett Bruce, Stage Director kleine Nachtmusik" or the "Rondo alla becoming a cuckolded husband, or Peabody Concert Orchestra turca" encapsulate a light-hearted mood poignantly as Fiordiligi suffers for her Edward Polochick, temptations in the second act of Così we keep returning to. We're sold, and Associate Conductor are content to keep listening, to stay fan tutte. Once we are intrigued, we Mozart: The Abduction from engaged. are hooked! We want more! Bring on the Seraglio What are the roots of Mozart's aural the private jokes, remind us of our own Friedberg Hall marketing? Personal or professional? I foibles, and above all, give credence to $24, $12 Senior Citizens, $10 have found no documentation that our hopes. Students with I.D. Konstanze Weber was actually moved Would Mozart have consciously or motivated by Mozart's musical ges- thought to tempt and tantalize us as lis- tures in Die Entführung, but no doubt teners? Did he have a specific listener us with the possibilities of the Seraglio. she enjoyed his playfulness, his energy, in mind? The delicious coincidence of If the music can appeal to us, per- and his intellect enough to want to his courtship of Konstanze Weber coin- chance we can join him on the journey. share his life. And this is what Mozart cides with the creation of the noble And if that tension of expectation/antic- shows to all of us: Life. Donna Konstanze in Die Entführung ipation can be maintained – not solved Much of the playfulness in Die Ent- aus dem Serail (The Abduction from nor traded on – we can explore the führung comes in Mozart's treatment the Seraglio) – that opera in which a nuances of bringing meaning to life, lib- of the supporting characters, whom he Spanish nobleman, Belmonte, journeys erty, and the pursuit of happiness, a uses to tease, amuse, and delight us, to Turkey and braves death to rescue very new idea at the end of the Eigh- providing a lighthearted counterpoint his beloved from captivity in a harem. teenth Century. to the heroic story of Konstanze and In 1781, the 25-year-old Mozart One of the joys of flirtation is its Belmonte. Blonde, Konstanze's maid, moved to Vienna and set his sights on brevity. It flatters and either moves beguiles with her coloratura in Act II, establishing himself within the musical beyond the initial spark or fades away and her feisty treatment of her captor and social circles which would propel and can be dismissed as harmless. Yet Osmin, custodian of this Seraglio. Her his life and career. Die Entführung was we rarely dismiss this music – we own love interest is Pedrillo, Bel- his first big commission for the Vien- return to Mozart time and time again. monte's servant, also a captive. Pedrillo nese stage, written in collaboration Perhaps we find comfort within his is the descendant of Harlequin – schem- with playwright/impresario Gottlob classical framework, but perhaps some- ing, subverting authority, chasing the Stephanie and his resident company of girls, outwitting the fools; Figaro, Lep- German-speaking performers. Mozart orello and Papageno will follow in his took modest lodgings and subsequently footsteps. Osmin is created as both fool fell in love with the landlady's daugh- and authority figure, but not from the ter, Konstanze Weber. aristocracy, the fears of the French Rev- Is it an accident that Mozart's fiction- olution being still a few years off. The al heroine shares her name with his triangle of Blonde, Pedrillo, and Osmin own beloved? How much of Mozart's is repeated at a higher level by Kon- creative genius was fed by his emotion- stanze, Belmonte, and Pasha Selim – a al one? He certainly pays great homage dethroned aristocrat in exile in Turkey to Konstanze's nobility, her steadfast- – who represents the ultimate power in ness, her courage. The Act II marathon the Seraglio. for any Mozart soprano of the back-to- Before we've heard Donna Kon- back arias "Traurigkeit ward mir zum stanze sing a note, her fiancé Belmonte Loose" (Sadness has become my fate) announces his life's mission: to find her and "Marten allen Arten" (Torture of again. He sets her on a pedestal in both every kind) is one of the more formida- his first-act arias. She is the reason for ble scenes in any opera to that day. The his troubles, for his travels. When their physical demands on the artist ensure it reunion is imminent he sings "O wie will not be attempted without formida- ängstlich, o wie feurig klopft mein ble preparation – only the most able liebevolles Herz ! " (How anxiously and will succeed. Garnett Bruce, who makes his Peabody ardently my heart is beating). His feel- But Mozart also needed a profession- debut as stage director for The Abduction, ings confuse and baffle him, allowing al success – to win the hearts, if not the has made his national reputation with the repetition of her name to provide minds, of the Viennese. So, by provid- acclaimed productions of La Clemenza di comfort, calm and clarity. His life lacks ing a novel combination of German Tito and Street Scene at Wolf Trap. He began his musical training as a choirboy at point or purpose without his love. Bel- spoken theater and Italian-style Opera, the Washington National Cathedral and monte will acknowledge this during his he would be noticed. By choosing an subsequently earned internships with Act II aria: "the pain of separation is exotic setting, he could arouse their Harold Prince for Prince’s 1990 production made only more apparent by the joy of curiosity. But an opera succeeds or fails of Faust at the and with for Bernstein’s per- this reunion." on the merits of the music's ability to formances and recording of Candide. Konstanze's first aria "Ach ich liebte" connect with (and be remembered by) Bruce’s recent productions include such (Ah, I was in love) allows her to confess its audience. And here is where the flir- well known favorites as L’elisir d’amore, La to her captor – the Pasha Selim – how tatious Mozart wins the public. Even Traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, , Madama her separation from Belmonte is the from the overture of Die Entführung, Butterfly, Turandot, and Jenufa, and Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree in major source of her sadness. But this rival for the scintillation of cymbals grabs our opera houses across the country. A recent Konstanze's affections never sings, only attention, disorients our ear, and invites Baltimore resident, he spends his summers us to a foreign land – even tantalizing on the faculty of of the opera program of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Continued on Page 12 12 Peabody News January/February 2004

“Abduction” The Peabody Chamber Opera Continued from Page 10 performs The Music of speaks, so (at least in opera) he is at a Reconciliation disadvantage. But in this story, even Roger Brunyate re-introduces the Pasha plays against type – he refus- The Reunion and Perlimplín es to command her to love him, rather On February 2 and 3, the Peabody allowing her the space to come to love Chamber Opera will present a double- him of her own free will. Drama bill of one-act which have both applies the deadline of "tomorrow been seen at Peabody before, and which morning" to his noble gesture, but share the common theme of reconcilia- nonetheless, by allowing Konstanze tion. In most other respects they are free will, his response implies that her quite different. The Reunion has a con- presence has brought about a change, temporary milieu (contemporary, at if not within the Seraglio, then certain- least, to the time of its composition); it ly within the Pasha. was written to my own libretto by a But the road to Enlightenment is Peabody composer, Daniel Crozier; and neither easy nor straight. The largest its subject is friendship and maturity. ensemble from this opera is the quartet sung by the four lovers at the conclu- sion of Act II. The noble reunion of Bel- monte and Constanze has its counter- point in the embrace of Pedrillo and Blonde, but then both men begin to doubt their lovers' fidelity. Hurt and anger are followed by abject apology; pardon and relief return triumphantly, and four-part harmony ends the act. The vicissitudes of flirtation yield apparently to the triumph of love! The plot has one more reversal in store. In Act III, the abduction (or res- cue) promised in the opera's title is attempted and thwarted. Konstanze and Belmonte are condemed to death. The strongest testament to their love is their final (and only) duet. Belmonte realizes that his urgent desire to reunite with Konstanze will lead to her demise. In the face of their foiled escape and imminent punishment, she consoles A previous Peabody Opera Theatre pro- the guilt-ridden Belmonte and redeems duction of Perlimplin his actions by forgiveness, countering that she would rather die with him Perlimplín takes place in the 18th centu- than live without him. Triumphantly, ry; it is a setting by Curtis Institute com- she changes his despairing, dour D- poser Kam Morrill of a play by Federico minor phrases into confident, consol- García Lorca; its subject is sexual passion ing B-flat major, her text a harbinger of and the mystique of youth. Liebestods to come. The Reunion, written around 1988, At the very end, however, Pasha grew directly out of the Opera Étude Selim pardons the lovers, delivering the program (which still continues to this authoritative wisdom of the Age of day) in that the dramatic interaction of Enlightenment from the most unlikely the characters was developed largely source. East meets West, and each through improvisation. Daniel Crozier finds something to learn from the had already collaborated with me on a other. Mozart's music, like Stephanie's very short piece, Leaving Home, and we story, involves a similar tension both wanted to try our hands at a larger between classical order and something work whose overall structure would be surprising, less easily controlled; it predetermined, but which could contain offers a window to our imaginations, if numerous short elements of étude we play along. It provides a framework length, reflecting the participation of the that can focus our attention, reset our many singers who contributed to it. The rhythms if we let it, and then seduce us setting is the ten-year reunion of a group with melody that may turn on us, that of five women friends from a small mid- may diverge from our way of thinking, western college, interspersed with flash- that may engage us in its journey, or backs in which they relive the jealousies provide the introspection that ampli- and betrayals of that former time, and fies emotion beyond definition. painfully come to terms with what they Oh yes – just three weeks after the have made of their lives since gradua- premiere of Die Entführung, Wolfgang tion. and Konstanze were married. It would Since his own graduation, Daniel be a great leap to assume the abstract Crozier, of course, went on to write the of music provided their concrete con- award-winning opera With Blood, With nection, but his expressions of ardent Ink, and is now a professor at Rollins love and devotion never seem more College in Florida. Seattle-based compos- genuine than in the opera he wrote er Kam Morrill, a student of Ned during their courtship. Rorem's, developed his one-act version of the Lorca play at the Curtis Institute around 1990. The Peabody Chamber Opera presented a revised version at Theatre Project in 1998, when it won January/February 2004 Peabody News 13

Robert Sirota’s Triptych featured at La Gesse recital in New York’s Weill Hall More than 130 Peabody and Johns Hopkins University alumni and friends attended a performance of Dr. Robert Sirota's music in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York on November 10th. Prior to the concert, which was sponsored by the La Gesse Foundation, the JHU Alumni Association hosted a reception at which Dr. Sirota gave a THE JEZIC ENSEMBLE brief discussion about the works on the program. One of the pieces performed was Triptych, a commemoration of the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, which was composed as a multimedia collaboration with Deborah Patterson, who created a painting by the same name. directed by Margie T. Farmer Left to right: Robert Sirota, Princess Cecil- proudly presents: ia De Medici, Phyllis Sirota , Deborah Ganz, and Susan Ganz . CELEBRATING WOMEN COMPOSERS: THE DIANE PEACOCK JEZIC MEMORIAL CONCERT

Left to right: Peabody Advi- with special guests: sory Council member The Ravel Trio: H. Bruce McEver, • Daniel Lau, piano Dr. Christina Weltz, and • Simon Maurer, violin Nancy and Morris Offit. • Nancy Baun, cello Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 4 pm College of Notre Dame, Marikle Chapel

Artist Deborah Patterson with Celebrate the life of the Jezic Ensemble’s namesake, Robert Sirota in front her an innovative musician, author and teacher, whose pioneering painting enti- tled Triptych. spirit gave others the knowledge and confidence to explore the tradition of women composers. The Ensemble will per- form the prize-winning composition from its first Annual Women’s Composer Contest. Additional choral works by accomplished and emerging women composers will also be Left to right: Tom Yeaman, presented. The concert features the Ravel Trio, whose mem- Ms. Travis Reinhart, Dr. bers have performed to standing ovations throughout Europe. Leslie Pierce, Eileen Pierce The Trio members are accomplished solo artists with frequent orchestral appearances throughout the country. As collaborative artists they have performed at Carnegie’s Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center and

“The Reunion” through the balcony window opposite the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Continued from Page 12 his house, and the older man strikes up an arrangement with the girl's mother (a Be a part of the excitement as the Jezic Ensemble honors the prize for best new music of the sea- hilarious role for countertenor) to marry son. The present production will incor- her. She is visited on their wedding women composers. porate further extensive revisions by the night, however, by five younger men. composer. Morrill matches Lorca’s com- Reaching for the only way to consum- bination of lightness and surrealism, mate his love for his wife, Perlimplín dis- comedy and pathos, with a score con- guises himself as another younger suitor, FOR TICKETS and MORE INFORMATION taining both harpsichord and saxophone, makes an assignation with Belisa in her PLEASE CALL• 410-374-9059 that looks back at the eighteenth century garden, and kills himself in her arms. from the idiom of the present day. The Reunion will be conducted by • [email protected] • www.jezicensemble.org Lorca's Don Perlimplín, a bachelor in Chi-Chung Ho, a student in Peabody’s his fifties, is persuaded by his servant Conducting Program, and Peabody facul- Marcolfa to marry. She picks upon the ty member JoAnn Kulesza will conduct beautiful Belisa, whom Perlimplín has Perlimplin. glimpsed dressing and undressing 14 Peabody News January/February 2004 New Directions for Peabody Dance Peabody’s major construction pro- ject, which culminates in the Grand New Classes Open Reopening Festival next April, undoubt- edly has triggered a dynamic spirit in January 2004 throughout the Institute. Nowhere is that more evident than at the Peabody Peabody Dance will be plac- Preparatory Dance Department, where ing new students with previous the heart of American Classical Ballet training on a continuing basis to training has a decidedly quick and new beat. The Department is currently mid- enter our Pre-Professional Train- way through the third year of reshaping ing Program in ballet and con- its ballet program. Peabody Dance has a temporary dance and our Open commitment to provide all its students, Program for students ages 7- those with careers in mind as well as young adult. A new Pilates class those taking dance for personal enrich- begins Monday, January 26 at ment, with the roots of the strongest our downtown studios taught by technical foundation possible, which Wendy Quitasol, an Authentic yields the blossom: expressive, articu- Pilates Instructor and physical late movement and performance. therapist. The Young Children’s This season, the Peabody Dance bal- Program will open a new cre- let faculty consists of five outstanding ative dance class for four-year- teachers, and it is no coincidence to Holly Mora refines a pupil’s hand position. find them under the same roof. Barbara olds taught by Holly Mora on Weisberger, Artistic Advisor to Peabody of Balanchine to Weisberger to Weary, ers. Saturdays at Noon in our Towson Dance since Spring 2001 and, with and the fifth has the distinction of being Katherine (Murphy) Morris, like Ms. Studios. Artistic Director Carol Bartlett, prime a Peabody Dance alumna. Two of the Dolid, was a member of the Weisberger- For further information, call catalyst of changes in the dance pro- five, Melissa Stafford and Laura Dolid led Pennsylvania Ballet, where she the Peabody Dance Office at gram, has helped gather together part of continue from previous seasons. The danced soloist and corps de ballet roles 410/ 659-8100, ext. 1125. her constantly extending dance family. other three, Katie Morris, Debra Robin- in works by Balanchine, Tudor, Limon, Ms. Weisberger, founder and Artistic son and Holly Mora, have joined the Petipa and Robbins. In 1988, following Director Emerita of the renowned Penn- team this year, for their first full season, her retirement from performing, she of class per student in Ballet, Pointe, sylvania Ballet and Carlisle Project, has adding both harmony and counterpoint taught for fourteen years at the Rock Variations, Men’s Technique and Char- been an inspiration and major profes- to the existing pair. School in Philadelphia, which was until acter Dance. Also on April 18, Peabody sional influence to countless artists and Melissa Stafford, who began teaching recently officially affiliated with the Dance will initiate open scholarship others in dance-related performing arts a few pre-school and beginners’ classes Pennsylvania Ballet Company. auditions, in this case intended for tal- fields. She in turn found her inspiration at Peabody Dance in the 2001-2 season, Deborah Robinson completes ented, highly motivated students who in the great Russian-born “father” of is one of Marcia Dale Weary’s amazing Peabody Dance’s notable roster of ballet fulfill the Day of Master Classes’ training indigenous American Ballet, George Bal- progeny. She was trained as a dancer teachers. While at the Peabody Prepara- and age requirements. The scholarships anchine. As his protégée and colleague, and teacher by Weary and is also a bur- tory Dance Department, she was a stu- are for the Peabody Dance two-week her dance life touched or at least skirted geoning choreographer whose ballets dent of the late Wendy Robinson, a for- Pre-Season “Warm-Up” Intensive held around his, starting when she was an have been included in Peabody Dance’s mer dancer in London’s Royal Ballet, annually in mid-August, and for its regu- eight-year-old child student at his School concerts and showcases. The new who directed the Preparatory’s ballet lar 2004-05 Fall/Spring Season. Scholar- of American Ballet, watching in wonder 2003-4 season will be her second on a program in the mid-to-late 1980s. Ms. ship awards for current Peabody stu- as he set his first American masterpiece, full-time basis and, although she will be Robinson has been a permanent teacher dents (who need not audition) and new Serenade. Ms. Weisberger’s pedagogical teaching all levels at Peabody, the pre- at the highly regarded Baltimore School enrollees are based first on merit, but influence on Marcia Dale Weary, the ponderance of her classes focus on for the Arts for the last fifteen years and financial need is considered, too. remarkable teacher of classical ballet in building a strong foundation at the cru- has performed with Baltimore-area mod- In addition to the January and April Carlisle, PA, is particularly significant cial earliest stages of training. ern dance companies and guest taught open Days of Master Classes and schol- now, primarily because Ms. Weary’s Returning for her second year, Laura in local universities. arship auditions, Artistic Director Carol approach to training has been a key Dolid, already well known and respect- Peabody Dance, in addition to mark- Bartlett has announced plans to open philosophical and practical model for ed in the Baltimore area, has had a long ing its 90th birthday, will have many enrollment in two of the 2004-05 Regu- the revamped Peabody Dance ballet teaching career on the ballet faculties of reasons to celebrate in 2004. At home, it lar Season’s already scheduled advanced program. Sudbrook Arts Center, Goucher College, participates in the Grand Reopening ballet classes: one, a Pointe/Variations In a serendipitous way, all but one of and the University of Maryland Balti- Festival from April 17-25. On a more class taught by Laura Dolid on Thurs- this year’s exceptional ballet faculty more County. Ms. Dolid has danced as global level, Peabody Dance will join days 4:00-5:30pm; and the other a Bal- share, directly or by osmosis, the legacy a professional with Les Grand Ballets the performing arts world in commemo- let/Pointe/Men’s Technique class taught Canadiens and the Israel Ballet, and rating the 100th anniversary of the birth by Katherine Morris, Deborah Robinson early in her career in the 1970s she was of George Balanchine. or guest teachers on Saturdays from a company member of Weisberger’s Continuing its tradition of reaching 10am-Noon. Qualified dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet, where she was out to the local and regional dance local and regional community will be taught by Robert Rodham, a Weisberger school/student community, Peabody invited to enroll on an individual class student and great first ballet master of Dance will sponsor two Sundays of basis. her Company. open master classes: the first on January The crescendo of the year, as always, Holly Mora, a disciple of Marcia Dale 18, 2004, taught by respected local will be the Peabody Dance Annual Weary and a recognized force in dance luminaries, Rhodie Jorgenson of the Spring Showcase, set for Friday, April 2 in the Central Pennsylvania region, Maryland Youth Ballet and Slava Mes- at 7:30pm, and Saturday, April 3 at 3 teaches classes in both the Pre-Profes- ropov of Columbia, MD’s Ballet Royale; pm. Again, the school’s upper-level stu- sional and Young Children’s Programs. and the second on April 18, as part of dents will be presented in original In 1972, Ms. Mora started her school in the Grand Reopening celebrations, choreography by Director Bartlett, Enola, PA, now the Capital Area (Harris- taught by Roy Kaiser, Artistic Director Melissa Stafford, and other faculty as burg), Dance Theatre, and is the Found- of the Pennsylvania Ballet, and William well as in re-staged works from existing ing Director of the Cumberland Dance DeGregory, Artistic Director of the repertoire. Appropriately, in homage to Theatre, an Honor Company in Regional Pennsylvania Ballet, Company 2. the Balanchine Centenary guest artists Dance America/N.E. Dancers from her Each Day of Master Classes will be from the Pennsylvania Ballet will per- company have performed or currently open to serious intermediate and form two of his works. are with the Alvin Ailey American advanced ballet students, ages ten and Dance Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet of over, with at least three years of previ- Deborah Robinson adjusts a student’s leg Chicago, Miami City Ballet, among oth- ous training, and will offer three hours extension. January/February 2004 Peabody News 15

Preparatory Performances certo Grosso Op. 7, No. 1, and the Short The Preparatory Winter Honors Recital Overture for Strings by Jean Berger. The on January 25 will warm up a winter day Orchestra’s conductor, Benjamin Denny, is with the Preparatory’s most outstanding a well known figure on the school music performers selected from the Winter Hon- scene where he wields many batons. ors Competition. This twice annual event Denny is Orchestra Director at Patapsco in Griswold Hall is always a delightful occa- and Ellicott Mills Middle Schools in Howard sion, presenting some of Peabody’s County and also conductor of the Howard youngest talents. Names are not known at Regional Youth Orchestra. As well as time of going to press but the level of instructing Low Brass instruments in a pri- excellence is always remarkable. vate studio, he is also a bass soloist at Zion Then on January 31 there is practically Lutheran Church in Baltimore. Denny a mini-festival of all the Preparatory’s major holds his Bachelor in Music degree from and string ensembles. An after- Northwestern University at Evanston, IL. noon concert beginning at 3 p.m., shares Later on January 31, beginning at 7 the program between the Preparatory p.m., the Preparatory Sinfonietta appears in String Ensemble and the Preparatory Friedberg Hall under the baton of Gene Chamber Orchestra, both in Griswold Hall. Young. Pianists Rachel Franklin and Corey Says conductor Daniel Levitov of the McVicar are duo soloists for the Poulenc String Ensemble, "This semester I wanted Concerto for two pianos in d. to challenge the Ensemble with a variety of Franklin and McVicar, who hail from musical styles. Britain and Australia respectively, have Our concert will recently forged an innovative musical part- feature four nership. They co-direct the classical and works from four jazz chamber ensemble SONOS. This different cen- ensemble invites you to enjoy Basie with turies, ranging your Beethoven, and explores the fascinat- from an arrange- ing connections between such composers ment of Johann as Gershwin and Ravel. Strauss’s Fleder- As a Pro Musicis International Award maus Waltzes to winner, Rachel Franklin has given solo a Klezmer-inspired Daniel Levitov debuts in New York, Boston, Paris and work, Shabbat Sholom, a folk song arranged by Susan C. Brown." Levitov’s Saturday afternoon rehearsals focus on basics such as ensemble, intona- tion, and string technique, as well as the more advanced concepts of rubato, phras- ing and sound quality. "For many young string players, this ensemble is their first orchestral experience, so it is my job to teach them how to follow a conductor, how to work together as a section, and how to listen." Daniel Levitov is well qualified to hone the skills of his young players. In addition Corey McVicar and Rachel Franklin to being a cello faculty member and coordi- nator of the cello department at the Rome. The Boston Globe has enthused Preparatory, he is also active as a per- about her "beautiful differentiations of former. Recent appearances include con- color, touch and texture." At Wigmore certs at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Hall, London, critics have applauded her Merkin Hall in New York. He has per- "stunning individuality," "exquisite dynamic formed concerti with the Manhattan Virtu- control," and "amazing power and solidity osi and the Mendocino Festival Orchestra, of technique," while and premieres several new works each has praised her "cool-headed bravura and concert season. The Baltimore Sun has panache." In 1995 Franklin gained her praised his “warmth of tone and phrasing.” Doctorate from Peabody. Levitov recently recorded "Moment to Corey McVicar, also a Peabody faculty Moment," a recording project featuring jazz member, has performed extensively in his trumpeter/flugelhornist Roy Hargrove, native Australia, including appearances at which was released on the Verve label. the Sydney Opera House and as concerto This season has already included local per- soloist with the Sydney and Queensland formances at the Baltimore Symphony’s Symphony Orchestras. His playing has series at Second Presbyter- been described by the Sydney Morning ian Church, the Maryland Institute-College Herald as “truly poetic and exhilarating.” of Art, the Music in the Mansion series at In addition to recitals in many U.S. cities, Strathmore Hall, and at Peabody. including New York at Carnegie’s Weill A native of Nebraska, Levitov has Hall, McVicar has also appeared in Singa- played with orchestras across the country pore, , Germany and throughout and is a frequent substitute with the Balti- Asia for the Pacific and Orient Corporation. more Symphony Orchestra. In 1999, he He is a prizewinner in the Frinna Awer- founded and now directs the Santa Cruz buch International Piano Competition String Quartet Seminar, a week of intensive among tohers. He studied at the Sydney quartet study and performance. He holds Conservatorium and at Peabody, and pur- degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and sued postgraduate studies in Germany and the Manhattan School of Music, and is cur- . rently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at The January 31 program includes the City University of New York. Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Ravel's On the second half of the afternoon Pavane pour un Enfant Defunte, and program, the Preparatory Chamber Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Joseph Orchestra will be performing the Don Haydn, Op. 56a. Quixote Suite by Telemann, Corelli's Con- 16 Peabody News January/February 2004

certo No. 2 in g minor, Op. 16 with Society of For Location, Yefim Bronfman; Prokofiev’s Symphony Baltimore BALTIMORE No. 7 in c-sharp minor, Op. 131. THE BROADVIEW Feb. 8, 5 p.m.— David Ostwald’s Jan 22-23, 8 p.m., Jan. 25, 3 p.m.— Louis Armstrong Centennial Band, tak- is Number One Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C ing inspiration from Louis Armstrong, dateline Major, Op. 15 with Lang Lang; Elgar’s Bix Beiderbecke, , and dateline Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 55. in its Class. the other immortal contemporaries. Bal- Jan. 29-30, 8 p.m.—Sibelius’ Violin timore Museum of Art. Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Concerto in d minor, Op. 47 with Call 410/385-5888 or visit Gidon Kremer; Mahler’s Symphony No. Jan. 28, 8 p.m.—Kirk Muspratt of the http://www.baltimorechamberjazz.org/ 1 in D Major Northwest Indiana Symphony conducts . the bi-annual Side-By-Side with the BCO Jan. 31, 11 a.m.—Mahler’s Sympho- Chamber Music by and members of a local youth orchestra. ny No. 1 in D Major. Candlelight Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Feb. 5, 2 p.m., Feb. 6, 7, 8 p.m.— Jack Everly conducts “The Great Ameri- Second Presbyterian Church is the Haydn; Barber’s Violin Concerto, with lovely, candlelit setting for this series of ROLAND PARK can Songbook” with vocalist Sandi Patty. Ellen Pendleton; Haydn’s Symphony No. concerts on Sunday evenings at 7:30 102. Goucher College’s Kraushaar Audi- Feb. 7, 11 a.m.—Lara Webber con- ducts “Sensational Strings,” Rheda Beck- p.m. Presented by Studio, One and Two Bedroom torium, Goucher College. er, narrator. members of the Apartments Call 410/426-0157 or visit Feb. 13-14, 8 p.m., Feb.15, 3 p.m.— Baltimore Sym- Rooms are spacious with large windows with www.baltchamberorch.org blinds, individually controlled heat and air Mark Wigglesworth conducts Wagner’s phony Orchestra, conditioning, ceramic tiled baths, plentiful Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan the series features storage and frost-free refrigerators. You’ll also Baltimore Choral Arts Society und Isolde”; Mozart’s Piano Concerto many Peabody fac- find on the premises a 4-star restaurant, unisex Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m.—A night of sing- ulty and alumni: hair salon, convenience store and deli, gym, No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 with Stephen recreation room, 24-hour switchboard and front alongs, silent and live auctions, and a Hough; Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E- Jan. 25— desk. Microwaves and carpeting available. seated dinner at the Castle at Maryvale, flat Major, Op. 82. Mozart’s Trio for The Broadview also offers , Overnight Guest with proceeds to benefit Choral Arts. Feb 20-21, 8 p.m.—Bobby McFerrin Clarinet, Viola & Steven Barta Rooms, Fully Furnished Studio, One and Two Call 410/523-7070 or 800/750-0875 conducts his own a cappella choral Piano in Eb Bedroom Suites with fully equipped kitchen, or visit www.baltimorechoralarts.org Major, K.498, Bill Jenken, Karin Brown phone and color TV. Ask about our low daily and compositions, arrangements, and impro- monthly rate on furnished suites. Castle at Maryvale visations, and Beethoven’s Symphony & Sylvie Beaudoin; a Haydn String No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125, “Choral” Quartet, Kenneth Goldstein, Wonju 410-243-1216 Kim, Noah Chaves, Wonhee Pang; Piaz- FAX 410 -889 -1267 with Morgan State University Choir, Dr. th zolla’s Histoire du Tango for Flute & Furnished models and leasing center open To celebrate its 90 anniversary, the Nathan Carter, director. Monday thru Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 10 to 4 BMA is offering free admission during Feb. 27-28, 8 p.m., Feb. 29, 3 p.m.— Guitar, Bonnie Lake, Akiko Sumi; Ravel’s String Quartet in F, Rebecca 105 West 39th Street at University Parkway in regular hours from Jan. 2-21. There are a “Patti Lupone: Coulda, Woulda, Shoul- Roland Park. number of special events in January. da,” features the vocalist in Broadway Nichols, Gregory Mulligan, Christian www.broadviewapartments.com Call the BMA or visit their website for showtunes. Colberg, Bo Li. information. Feb. 28, 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.—Lara Feb. 8—Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in b Webber conducts “The Magic of Cin- minor, Op.115, Steven Barta, Quig Li, derella,” Rheda Becker, narrator. Gregory Mulligan, Noah Chaves, Ilya Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Finkelshteyn; Schubert’s Octet for Winds Call 410/783-8000, or toll free 1- and Strings, Op. 166, Edward Palanker, 800-442-1198, or visit www.balti- David Coombs, Phillip Munds, Kenneth moresymphony.org Goldstein, Mari Matsumoto, Karin Brown, Kristin Ostling, David Sheets. Broadway in Baltimore/ Call 410/744-4034 or visit www.com Hippodrome munityconcertsatsecond.org Jan. 6-18—The Graduate. Lorraine Community Concerts at Bracco stars as the seducing Mrs. Robin- son. Mechanic Theatre. Second Feb. 10-March 14—The Producers, Jan. 18, 3:30 the new Mel Brooks musical, will open p.m.—Richard Field, the Hippodrome Performing Arts Center. BSO principal viola Call 1-800-343-3103 or visit broad- and Peabody faculty wayacrossamerica.com member, with Peabody alumnus, A Toulouse-Lautrec poster. CenterStage Eric Conway, piano. Feb. 15 - May 23—Toulouse-Lautrec: Feb. 22, 3:30 Master of the Moulin Rouge features Jan. 9-Feb 8—Moliere’s The Miser. p.m.—Annual Youth more than 100 rarely seen posters and This new translation and adaptation by Festival, Don Scott, Richard Field prints by the artist and his contempo- James Magruder is directed by David MC, featuring Maryland State Boychoir, raries. Schweizer. Greed is good, says with Eric Zuber, piano. Music from Victo- Call 410/ 396-6310 or visit Harpagon. Problem is, everyone knows ria to Handel, Duke Ellington to Moses http://artbma.org/home.html he’s loaded and they’re all looking for Hogan. his stash. 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Now, years later, the bar- Edward Polochick conducts with Jonathan Carney, violin, Ilya ber is back and hungry for vengeance. Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony; Finkelshteyn, cello. Head Theatre. Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Chorus Jan.15-16, 8 p.m., Jan. 17, 11 a.m.— Call 410/ 332-0033 or visit www.cen- a cappella; Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto, Selections from Prokofiev’s The Love for terstage.org with David Drosinos. Gordon Center. Three Oranges; Prokofiev’s Piano Con- Call 410/625-3525 or visit www.cabalto.org January/February 2004 Peabody News 17

As Pro Musica Rara tunes up for SuperBach Sunday, new Artistic Director Allen Whear Looks to the Future By Mike Giuliano was an intellectual exercise, too.” “Shirley had a lot to do with the conti- Coming up on January 18 is Pro Musi- nuity of this group,” notes her successor ca Rara’s biggest bash of the year, Super- as Artistic Director, Allen Whear, a 46- Bach Sunday. This year’s concert occurs year-old, New York-based cellist. under the rubric Concerti con Amore. Although he only assumed the leadership The program includes Bach’s Concerto role this season, he has performed regu- for Oboe d’amore in A Major, BWV larly with the group since 1989; inciden- 1060; Concerto for Two , BWV tally, his wife, violinist Cynthia 1043; Concerto for Three Violins, BWV Roberts, frequently performs with the 1064 Concerto for Oboe and Violin ; group.Like others associated with Pro BWV 1060. The featured performers are Musica Rara, Whear has the academic violinists Madeline Adkins, Greg Mulligan, and performance credentials to make him Julie Parcells, Cynthia Roberts, and Ivan well-suited for repertory that benefits Stefanovic; violist Sharon Pineo Myer; cel- when the players also have scholarly list Vivian Barton; bass Tracy Mortimore; smarts. Whear holds a B.A. from New and Amy Rosser, harpsichord. The venue England Conservatory, M.A. from Juilliard is Towson Presbyterian Church, at 400 and a doctorate from Rutgers. Much of W. Chesapeake Avenue. his time is spent as a member of the Not only does Pro Musica Rara special- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toron- ize in baroque and early classical music, to. but the organization itself has acquired Now that he’s running Pro Musica vintage status. This chamber music Rara, Whear is looking back at what the ensemble was formed in 1974 by a core group has played and ahead at what he’d group of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra like it to play. “I’m trying to balance the musicians, among them Peabody faculty traditional programming we’ve done, and members, who wanted opportunities to I’ve compiled a list of repertory from play that older and smaller-scaled reperto- recent seasons,” he says. “Pro Musica ry. Rara always means we’ll have a combina- “The BSO really was our central tion of masterpieces and unknown career, but we really loved this early pieces.” music,” recalls one Whether this group will extend itself of those founding into anything composed more recently, members, Phillip Whear says, “I don’t know how far it’ll go Kolker, Principal into the 19th cen- Bassoon with the tury.” Tinkering BSO. “There was a with the repertory kind of newness to is to be expected, that old stuff.” but Pro Musica Kolker was Rara recently has among the players had a significant Waldorf School of Baltimore– excited at the move of another Phillip Kolker prospect of partici- sort. It left its home pating in the of 15 years in the isn’t that an “art” school? No. revival of interest in early music; indeed, Baltimore Museum in its early years Pro Musica Rara also Allen Whear of Art’s auditorium, played music of the Renaissance period because, as Penny Children here as well. The group now focuses on music Schwarz, a board member since 1984, composed between 1650 and 1840. says: “We were very happy at the BMA, are immersed “It was fun but couldn’t afford it.” Pro Musica Rara and it was some- now performs at Towson Presbyterian in the arts–not thing different Church. from what we The SuperBach Sunday Concert held necessarily to were doing with at that on January 18 will be followed by the BSO,” con- a concert on March 21 in which Allen become artists, curs another Whear and Cynthia Roberts will be joined founding mem- by lute player Richard Stone and organist but to become ber, Joseph Turn- Dongsok Shin for works by J.S. Bach, er, the orches- Heinrich Bibert and Domenico Gabrieli. tra’s Associate “This year, we reduced the number of creative thinkers. Principal Oboe. concerts from five to four. We’re at a He adds that the Joseph Turner kind of crossroads with the group. Like Come see musicians espe- many performing arts groups, we’re in a cially enjoyed the challenge of having fragile economic condition. Next season opportunities to play this music on origi- will be our 30th season and we’re hoping for yourself. nal and replica instruments. to have it be a great season.” “We do interesting programs and we In the future, Whear would like to have always stressed the music rather consider such possibilities as doing con- Open House January 31st at 9:30 a.m. than the performers. That may be one certs in historical venues around town. thing that has prolonged our longevity,” He’d also like to do programs in which observes Shirley Mathews, a former the chamber musicians are joined by Parent/Child Classes Nursery-Grade 8 Peabody faculty member who was Pro dancers and other performers. In playing Musica Rara’s Artistic Director from 1987 the music of the distant past, he knows Call for Individual tours and information. to 2003. “I also always wanted to interest it’s important for Pro Musica Rara to look 410-367-6808 ext. 202 fine professional musicians to play the ahead. old instruments in the way they would For information, call 410-728-2820. www.waldorfschoolofbaltimore.org have been played for the composers. It 18 Peabody News January/February 2004

Hopkins Symphony Orchestra From Nuclear Titans to Fallen BALTIMORE Feb. 15, 3 p.m.— Music Director Jed Gaylin (DMA ’95) conducts Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni, Opus 8, Nos. 1-4 (“The Angels, Theatre Hopkins spans the Four Seasons’’). Great Hall at Levering, Dramatic Spectrum dateline Homewood Campus. Call 410/516-6542 or visit By Mike Giuliano www.jhu.edu/~jhso Michael Frayn’s Gordon Center Dr. Carl Christ must like Theatre Hopkins, because this Hopkins profes- Copenhagen Jan. 31, 8 p.m.—International Guitar Jezic Ensemble sor emeritus of economics has been Night, an opportunity for the world’s Feb. 29, 4 p.m.— Margie Farmer attending its shows since 1951. Besides foremost acoustic An area premiere, this award- directs The Jezic Ensemble with special occupying a seat, he also plays an guitarists to per- winning drama conjectures what guests, The Ravel Trio, present the Diane active role in what takes place on its form their latest may have transpired in the enig- Peacock Jezic Memorial Concert. Choral stage. He’s been the chairman of the original composi- works by women composers, including theater’s advisory board since 1969. matic final 1941 meeting of two tions and the winner of the first-annual Women Surveying the decades of shows he’s titans of nuclear science. The exchange musical Composers Contest. Marikle Chapel, Col- seen here, he says one constant is that author of Noises Off turns seri- ideas in a concert lege of Notre Dame. this venerable theater does “plays with ous to delve into both the com- setting. The fifth Call 410/374-9059 or visit www.jezi- literary claims to excellence.” plex personal and professional national tour will censemble.org The woman running the show sec- relationships between Danish feature Pierre Ben- Christine Lavin onds his opinion. “I do try to cleave to susan, Andrew physicist Niels Bohr and his Ger- Mary Our Queen Cathedral distinguished dialogue, not necessarily York from the L.A. Guitar Quartet, Brian man protégé Werner Heisenberg, Concerts heightened, but from the pen of some- Gore, and Brazilian virtuoso Guinga. commissioned by Hitler to one who can create vivid, engaging lan- Feb. 14, 8 p.m.—Christine Lavin in Jan. 25, 3 p.m.æUnited States Naval devise an atomic bomb. When guage and see into the hearts of charac- “What Was I Thinking?” Award-winning Band. Festive music. they found themselves on oppos- ters,” says Theatre Hopkins director songs, adroit comedy, and twirling Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m.æThe Cathedral Suzanne Pratt O’Connell. ing sides after 1939, Heisenberg batons. Choir presents Solemn Choral Vespers, A roster of playwrights whose work re-established contact by travel- Call 410/356-SHOW (7469). conducted by Daniel Sansone. Herbert Murrill’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis has appeared at Theatre Hopkins since ing to Bohr’s home in Nazi-occu- and works by Viadana and Buxtehude. its founding in 1921 would include pied Copenhagen in 1941. What Feb. 29, 5:30 p.m.æChoir of St. Johns George Bernard Shaw, David Hare, Tom occurred during their brief Church, Huntington, David Lawrie, Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, Henrik reunion seems to have been as director. Works celebrating Lent. Ibsen, Eugene O’Neill, Anton Chekhov, traumatic as it was mysterious. Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee, Ben The production will run week- Call 410/592-6059 or 410/464-4020 Jonson, A.R. Gurney, Harold Pinter, ends from February 20 through or visit www.cathedralofmary.org/ Moliere and William Shakespeare. Even March 14 at the Merrick Barn, parish/music/concerts/schedule when there’s lighter fare, it tends to be Homewood Campus. Call 410/ by the likes of Agatha Christie, whose 516-7159 or visit Morgan State University Choir killers are as fast with words as with weapons. www.jhu.edu/~theatre Music Director Dr. Nathan Carter For current proof of the theater’s (DMA ’84) will be conducting the Choir emphasis on literate scripts, just consid- sophical nature. “It is drama that is in January in St. Petersburg’s Grand Hall er the remaining plays in its current within the spoken word, that is remark- of the Philharmonia in Russia (see under season. Smart dialogue expresses the ably articulate and impassioned and can Peabody Winners). Back home: scientific sophistication of Michael bring you both ideas and human char- Feb 20-21, 8 p.m.—The Choir joins Frayn’s 1998 Copenhagen, running acter,” Suzanne observes of Frayn’s the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from February 20 to March 14. This play. Cyrus Chestnut under the baton of Bobby McFerrin for drama concerns a 1941 meeting Although Noel Coward is a play- Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in d Greater Baltimore Cultural between Danish physicist Niels Bohr wright you would expect to be done at minor, Op. 125, “Choral.” Alliance and German physicist Werner Heisen- Theatre Hopkins, Fallen Angels is a sel- Call 410/ 443/885-4336. Jan.31, 8 p.m.—Peabody alumnus berg. Rest assured, their discussion of dom-revived 1925 comedy that spreads quantum mechanics is in language a Cyrus Chestnut, piano, with Michael Municipal Opera Company of his witty banter from April 9 to May 2. Hawkins, bass, and Neal Smith, drums. layman can understand. They also dis- “The Coward is not on the short list of Presented by the GBCA as part of their Baltimore cuss cosmic concerns of a more philo- his plays that are done, and I’m not fundraising celebration. Brown Center, Feb. 15, 4 p.m.— Artistic Director Maryland Institute College of Art. Dorothy Lofton Jones, a Peabody alum- Call 410/821-3055 or visit www.balti- na, presents a Concert of Music by moreculture.org African-American Composers. Brown Continued on Page 20

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The theater’s leadership at mid-cen- tury came from the likes of Dr. N. Bryl- lion Fagin from 1931 to 1953 and Frances Cary Bowen from 1953 to 1965. The new director in 1965, Edward J. Golden Jr., who had founded Center Stage, oversaw a redesign of the theater that extended to its name. It became Theatre Hopkins. Golden also introduced the work of more experi- mental writers such as Pinter and Beck- ett, and the theater itself became increasingly independent from the uni- versity. “He wanted to sweep aside the ‘dusty gentility’ of the Playshop,” Suzanne observes. A major 1983 reno- vation was financially assisted by Hop- kins trustee emeritus Robert G. Mer- rick, and hence the name Merrick Barn. The theater’s most recent history involves a mother-and-daughter team. Laurlene Straughn Pratt, who died in Johns Hopkins alumnus and current faculty member John Astin appeared as the Nar- 2003, served as director from 1969 to rator in a recent production of Thornton 1984, when her daughter, Suzanne, Wilder’s Our Town. assumed the leadership role. Suzanne sure why,” she says of this light come- came well prepared for the job. She has dy. a Bachelor’s in education from Western That same period is evoked in the Maryland College (now McDaniel Col- theater’s final offering of the season, lege) and a Master’s in theater from The Wild Party, a 2000 musical with Catholic University. A retired theater and English teacher at Dulaney High book, music and lyrics by Andrew School, she has considerable experi- Lippa running from June 11 to July 4. ence as a director, actor and educator. Inspired by a 1928 poem by Joseph “You grow up not seeing the family Moncure March, it’s a lively exploration likeness at first and then seeing it,” she of the Jazz era. Suzanne says the score says of how smoothly she has contin- is “Sondheim-esque. That’s always a ued her mother’s mission. magic word for Theatre Hopkins audi- The theater’s stable existence owes ences.” much to what she describes as a faith- Of particular note is that the direc- ful audience comprised of college- and tor of this musical production, Todd theater-educated, generally older “peo- Pearthree, is admired for his ability to ple who have had a career in theater as mount ambitious musicals on small an audience.” Box office manager Gra- stages. Anybody who saw his lively ham Yearley, who is seated near her 2003 production of Chicago at Theatre during a recent interview in Merrick Hopkins knows that he can pull off a Barn, adds that the theater also attracts Broadway dance number on a postage its share of middle-aged and younger stamp-sized stage. The vital statistics people. Suzanne goes on to praise the here involve a 30-foot by 14-foot stage actors who also faithfully stick with facing 106 seats. He’s happy to have a Theatre Hopkins. space that’s almost prohibitively confin- Though true to the spirit of how her ing,” Suzanne laughs. mother produced plays here, Suzanne The theater she now runs is a long- is excited by the musicals staged in time fixture on the Homewood cam- recent seasons by Todd Pearthree and pus. The Homewood Playshop, as it would was called when it began in 1921, was like to continue doing them. Also, established as a community theater for she was very pleased with last fall’s what it described at the time as production of Thornton Wilder’s Our “encouraging interest in dramatic litera- Town, a collaboration between Theatre ture.” Hopkins English professor John Earl Uhler and community figures Don- Hopkins and Hopkins alumnus and cur- ald Kirkley, Harry Pouder and Louis rent teacher John Astin, who guided Azrael were among those active in the some of his undergraduate acting stu- early years. The theater moved to its dents in the production and himself present home in the Barn in 1942. Inci- played the role of the Stage Manager. dentally, this barn was part of the Car- That sort of youthful energy served the roll family estate, Homewood, and was play and Theatre Hopkins well. built in the first years of the 19th centu- Coming up from February 20 ry. through March 14, Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen “From its inception, this town and is a local premiere. This gown creation, this hybrid of the award-winning drama imagines what dreams of the professors here (involved may have transpired in the enigmatic a) shared respect and relish for classical final 1941 meeting of two titans of theater which the professors were nuclear science. The author, best assigning their students, but you known for his Noises Off turns serious couldn’t find a production of them in to delve into both the complex person- Baltimore,” Suzanne notes of the the- al and professional relationships ater’s earliest years. “The original inten- between Danish physicist Niels Bohr tion was to give life to the literature and his German protégé Werner that was so treasured, and I think this Heisenberg, commissioned by Hitler to has more or less always been important devise an atomic bomb. in terms of a general mission.” Call 410/ 516-7159 or visit www.jhu.edu/~theatre 20 Peabody News January/February 2004 Mount Vernon Cultural District brings Theatre Project Feb. 5-8—Measuring Man, from Wayfinding Signs and Streetscaping BALTIMORE Mum Puppettheatre of Philadelphia. By Lisa Keir Written and performed by Daniel Stein and Robert Smythe, directed by Fred The Mount Vernon Cultural District Curchack. This comic movement-theatre closed out 2003 with projects completed dateline piece is based on the life of Leonardo da and more on the way. Pedestrian wayfind- Vinci. ing signs were installed on 31 corners in Feb. 19-29—Griot: He who brings Mount Vernon and 40 more will be com- Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian the sweet word. A world premiere writ- ing to Mount Royal early in 2004. Spring Church. ten and performed by Al Letson and 2004 will bring streetscaping along Centre Call 410/ 329-6874 or 410/ 448-0745 Regie Gibson, featuring the storytelling Street between St. Paul and Howard or visit www.muniopera.org traditions of West Africa and hip-hop Streets and on East Mount Vernon Place in America. front of the Peabody Institute’s grand new Music in the Great Hall Call 410/752-8558 or visit www.the- entrance, installing new lighting, street trees and sidewalks to enhance the pedes- Jan. 16, 8 atreproject.org trian-friendly feel of Mount Vernon. p.m., Jan.18, 3 Pedestrian wayfinding signs are p.m.—Yale Gor- Towson University installed on identified pedestrian paths to don Competition Jan 18, 3 p.m.—Winter Tour Concert, direct tourists/visitors to public attractions Winner Igor the current problem of the glare of the tall Paul Rardin, director. Kaplan Concert and to nearby transit locations. The signs Yuzefovich, vio- streetlights and pools of shadow between Hall. are designed to co-exist with the blue and lin. Towson Uni- them. More even lighting improves feel- Jan. 20, 8 p.m.—Our Town, by green “Trailblazer” vehicular wayfinding tarian Universalist ings of pedestrian safety. Street trees pro- Thornton Wilder, presented by the signage already installed in the City. Large Church. vide welcome shade during sultry Balti- National Players. Stephen Hall Theatre. “kiosk” signs will be put up at selected Call 410/813- more summers and a visual counterpoint Call 410/704-2787 or visit centerfort- locations (there will be one at the bus stop 4255 or visit to the streets, sidewalks and buildings all Igor Yuzefovich hearts.towson.edu on East Mount Vernon Place) with maps of www.migh.org year long. New sidewalks that are uniform the area and lists of attractions to help ori- in appearance and in good repair send a UMBC ent visitors to where they are in the City Notre Dame subtle message that this is an area that peo- UMBC’s Guest Artist and Faculty Con- and how to find a desired location. Walk- ple care about and take care of. Feb. 14, 7 p.m.—Francis Poulenc certs feature many Peabody alumni per- ing tours of various areas are included to Planning is underway for a second Trio, comprising Peabody alumni Irina forming avant garde contemporary educate visitors about nearby historical, streetscaping project, around the perime- Lande, piano, Vladimir Lande, oboe, music. Concerts take place at 8 p.m. in cultural and architectural resources. The ter of the Mount Vernon Place. The Bryan Young, horn. Marikle Chapel. the Fine Arts Recital Hall, unless other- signs are a first step in installing pedestrian streetscape elements will be combined Feb. 17, 12:15 p.m.—Romantic wise noted: wayfinding signs throughout the City. The with adding electricity for the festivals Repast, part of the “Lunchtime with Feb. 15, 3 p.m.—Peabody alumna Lisa Baltimore City Heritage Commission will held in Mount Vernon Place. Those famil- Polochick” series. Edward Polochick is Cella, flute. Franklin Cox’s Chronopolis; undertake further expansion of the sys- iar with the wonderful events of Flower the 2003-04 Baldwin artist-in-residence at Isang Yun’s Garak; Michael Smetanin’s tem, using the sign rationale and design Mart, Book Festival, Monument Lighting the College of Notre Dame. Doyle For- Spray; and other works. Lisa is currently developed to date. and 1st Thursdays know that this involves mal Lounge. flutist and Artistic Director of San Diego The pedestrian wayfinding signs pro- stringing unsightly electric wires through Feb. 29, 4 p.m.—Jezic Ensemble with New Music, a Lecturer in music at the ject began in 2000, when a committee of the area, which takes days to install and special guests, The Ravel Trio. See listing University of Maryland, Baltimore County interested persons was convened. Organi- remove for every event. As streetscaping under The Jezic Ensemble. and a founding member of the faculty zations represented include: Office of the already requires digging up sidewalks, it Call 410/532-5386 contemporary music ensemble, Mayor, Downtown Partnership of Balti- seems more efficient to install the conduit RUCKUS. She is also a founding member more, Mount Vernon Cultural District, and junction boxes to provide the electric Old Saint Paul’s of NOISE, the resident ensemble of San Commission on Historical and Architectur- service at the same time. Given the his- Historic Old St. Paul’s church, located Diego New Music and runs the music al Preservation, Baltimore Development toric nature of Mount Vernon Place, the at the corner of Charles and Saratoga series Noise at the Library at the Corporation, Maryland Transit Administra- many City agencies involved, and number streets, offers special musical events. Athenaeum Library in San Diego, Califor- tion, Baltimore Area Convention and Visi- of residents who live in this area, consider- Their Tuesday Music Series are thirty- nia. She received her MM and GPDs from tors Association, Department of Planning, able public input will occur before plans minute recitals offered weekly at 12:15 Peabody, where she studied with Robert Department of Transportation, Mount Ver- are finalized and construction begins. p.m., and feature many Peabody alumni. Willoughby. non Belvedere Association, Charles Street These physical improvements in the Call 410/685-3404 or visit www.oldst- Feb. 18—Stephen Drury, piano, per- Development Corporation, Westside public areas of Mount Vernon comple- pauls.ang-md.org forms the two piano sonatas by Charles Renaissance Corporation. ment the more than $240 million dollars Ives. The system was designed by Two spent in this decade on physical improve- Feb. 19—Sylvia Smith and Carrie Twelve Harakara, Inc., a leading national ments by Mount Vernon Cultural District Rose. design firm in the wayfinding signage members. Center Stage, the Baltimore Feb. 22, 3 p.m.—E. Michael Richards, industry. Funding for the design was raised Sun, , Garrett Jacobs clarinet. from the following organizations: Down- Mansion, Eubie Blake Center, Peabody Call 410/455-MUSC or visit town Partnership of Baltimore, Mount Ver- Court Hotel and Maryland Historical Soci- www.umbc.edu/arts non Cultural District, Commission on His- ety have completed extensive facility reno- CellaRichards torical and Architectural Preservation, Bal- vations. The Enoch Pratt Free Library timore Development Corporation, Mary- completed its Annex and will soon begin Vagabond Players land Transit Administration, and Baltimore renovating the 1933 building. Peabody Ivan Moravec Alisa Weilerstein Performances are Fridays and Satur- Area Convention and Visitors Association. Institute and the George Peabody Library Funding for the construction and installa- Shriver Hall Concert Series days at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. will complete its major construction pro- Jan. 9-Feb. 8—Royal Gambit by Her- tion was provided by Baltimore City Capi- ject in April 2004. The Basilica of the Executive Director Sel Kardan (BM mann Gressieker, directed by Ann Mani- tal Improvement Program in the amount Assumption’s extensive restoration project ’91, MM ’92) presents the following cele- nolfi, takes a look at Henry VIII and his of $1.5 million, and a Maryland Heritage will begin in 2004. And more is planned, brated artists: six wives. Area Authority Grant added $100,000. with the Walters Art Museum in the plan- Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m.—Ivan Moravec, Feb. 27-March 28—The Weir by To add to Mount Vernon’s pedestrian ning stages for an extensive expansion of piano. Works by Beethoven, Schumann, Conor McPherson, directed by Patrick friendly environment, streetscaping pro- its facility to add an educational compo- and Brahms. Martyn, takes place in an Irish pub jects are in the works. Using the design nent for art restoration and the Baltimore Feb. 29, 5:30 p.m.—Alisa Weilerstein, where the patrons start telling ghost sto- already installed around the Maryland His- School for the Arts plans to expand into cello. Beethoven’s Seven Variations; ries. torical Society and the Walters Art Muse- 704 Cathedral Street. Brahms’ Sonata in F Major; De Falla’s Vagabond Theatre, Fells Point. um, new pedestrian lighting, street trees, The Mount Vernon Cultural District Suite Populaire Espagnole; and Call 410/563-9135 or visit and sidewalks will be installed in the also has virtual construction underway, Prokofiev’s Sonata in C Major. www.bcpl.net/~thevag/ spring. The purpose of streetscaping is to adding a new events calendar and an email Shriver Hall, Homewood Campus. make sidewalks more hospitable for newsletter to its website. Please visit Call 410/516-7164 or visit pedestrians. Adding the shorter pedestri- www.mvcd.org to find out what’s hap- www.shriverconcerts.org an lights to the sidewalks creates a more pening in Mount Vernon. Remember, it is pleasant glow of lights at night, mitigating “One Neighborhood, 100 Things to Do.” January/February 2004 Peabody News 21

teenagers interrupt a symphony concert only to learn from the time-traveling con- MARYLAND ductor that 500 years from now they will be remembered as the greatest musicians WASHINGTON of the 21st century. Maryland Hall. Call 410/263-0907 or dateline visit www.annapolissymphony.org dateline Arlington Symphony Annapolis Chorale and Feb. 14, 8 p.m.— Music Director Chamber Orchestra Rubin Vartanyan conducts Rachmani- noff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagini- Feb. 13, 14, 8 p.m.—The Music Man, ni, with Santiago Rodriguez, piano; conducted by Music Rossini’s Overture to “;” Director J. Ernest Mendelssohn’s Overture to “A Midsum- Green. Be at the sta- mer Night’s Dream tion when Professor ;” Tchaikovsky’s Harold Hill arrives “Romeo and Juliet” Fantasy Overture. in Annapolis to Schlesinger Center, Northern Virginia charm audiences as Community College, Alexandria. the Annapolis Call 703/528-1817 or visit Chorale and Cham- www.arlingtonsymphony.org ber Orchestra pre- sent Meredith Will- J. Ernest Green son’s popular musical. Bring your Valen- tine and watch Professor Hill discover love while humming along to “Till There Was You,” “The Wells Fargo Wagon” and “Seventy Six Trombones.” Maryland Hall. Call 410/263-1906 or visit www.annapolischorale.org Annapolis Opera Feb. 1, 3 p.m.—Finals of the Annapo- lis Opera Vocal Competition. Singers from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Washington D.C. between the ages of 18-35 will be competing for cash prizes, study awards and perfor- mance opportunities, as well as the Audi- ence Favorite award. Last year’s competi- tion winner, Dongwon Shin, went on to Dianna Cuatto become a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera 2003 auditions. The accompanist Ballet Theatre of Maryland for the competition will be Peabody Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Feb. 22, 3 p.m.— voice faculty member Eileen Cornett. Romance, Dawn Songs and Maryland Hall. 3X3XThirdStream, with original chore- Call 4l0/267-8l35 or visit ography by Dianna Cuatto. Maryland www.annapolisopera.org Hall. Call 410/263-2909 or visit www.btm- ballet.org Candlelight Concerts in Columbia Concerts begin at 8 p.m. in Howard Community College’s Smith Theatre, Columbia: Jan. 10—Naumburg winner Pacifica String Quartet performs Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546; Carter’s Quartet No. 1; Dvorak’s Quartet in d minor, Op. 34. Jan. 31—Windscape, woodwind quin- tet. Armstrong’s Yes I’m in the Barrel; Stravinsky’s Ragtime; Weill’s Excerpts from “The Three Penny Opera”; Hin- demith’s Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, Lara Webber No. 2; Nazareth/Abreu’s 3 Brazilian Choros; Villa Lobos’ Quintet en Forme Annapolis Symphony de Choros, for woodwinds; Gershwin’s Orchestra 3 Preludes for piano. Jan. 30, 31, 8 p.m.—Lara Webber Feb. 7—Eroica Trio, Erika Nickrenz, conducts Dvorak’s Carnival Overture; violin, Adela Peña, cello, and Sara Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in g Sant’Ambrogio, piano. Beethoven’s Trio minor with Gareth Johnson; Sibelius’ in B-flat major, Op. 11; Paul Schoen- Symphony No. 5. Pre-concert lecture at field’s Café Music for Trio (1986); 7 p.m.: Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 2 in c minor, Feb. 29, 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.— Op. 6. Spring Family Concert: Annapolis The Children Series offers perfor- Orchestra’s Most Excellent Adventure, Robert Moody, conductor. Two Continued on Page 22 22 Peabody News January/February 2004 MARYLAND WASHINGTONdatelinedateline mances on Sundays at 2:30 and 4 p.m: Jan 11—Pacifica String Quartet teach- es children about string instruments. Feb. 1—Hayes Greenfield: “Jazz-A-Ma- Tazz.” Feb. 29—“The Gruffalo.” Musical adaptation of the award-winning book. Call 410/480-9950 or visit www.can- Noel Lester dlelightconcerts.org PacificaEroica ous incantations of chant and works its way seamlessly through the musical ages. Choral Arts Society of National Presbyterian Church. Washington Call 202/337-SING or visit www.mas- terchorale.org Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.—Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., conducted by National Gallery Concert Music Director Norman Scribner (TC ’56, Series BM ’61). Feb. 12, 7 p.m., Feb. 13, 14, 8 p.m.— Music Director George Manos (BM Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the The Eroica Trio performs at Candlelight Concerts in Columbia on Feb. 7. ’52) presents the William Nelson National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin Concerts Slatkin, conductor. Feb. 20-21, 8 p.m., Feb. 22, 2 p.m. & Center and its cultural programs, call at 7 p.m. in the West Garden Court at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Call 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24-26, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 304/258-4500, 800/888-87687 or visit National Gallery of Art. Manos conducts 202/244-3669 or visit 27-28, 8 p.m.—UM Theatre Dept. www.coolfont.com the National Gallery Orchestra unless www.choralarts.org Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing. Kay The- stated otherwise: atre. Folger Consort Jan. 4—National Gallery Orchestra, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Feb. 27 & 28, 8 p.m.—UM Dance Jan 9 & 10, 8 Peter Wilson, conductor, in their Gala Center Dept. Zoltan Nagy’s C. Voltaire. Femi- p.m.—Handel’s Odes Viennese New Year Concert. nism, expressionism, religion, material- for Saint Cecilia’s Jan. 11—Jennifer Koh, violin, Ben- Jan. 30, 8 p.m. & Jan. 31, 11 a.m.— ism, animus and anima are among the Day; 14th-century jamin Hochman, piano. Schubert’s Children of Uganda in traditional East subjects tackled in this new work about motets; with Rosa Sonatina, Op. 137, No. 2; Berio’s Two African music and dance. Kay Theatre. the Dada era by Nagy. Kogod Theatre. Lamoreaux, Mark Pieces; Debussy’s Sonata in G Minor; Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m.—Monnette Sudler, Call 301/405-ARTS (2787) or visit Bleeke, Cantate Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 3; Beethoven’s guitar and vocals. Jazz and blues music www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Sonata No. 7. and poetry. Laboratory Theatre. Chamber Singers, Jan. 18—Jennifer Aylmer, soprano. Feb. 6, 7 p.m. —The Jazz Aesthetic baroque orchestra. Columbia Orchestra Songs by Donizetti, Rossini, Fauré, and in Film: Movie Music of Terence Blan- Washington National Gisele Becker, Danish composers Christopher Weyse, chard. Music Director Jason Love conducts: Cathedral. Director of Cantate Peter Heise, P. E. Lange-Müller, and Carl Feb. 6 & 7, 8 p.m.—Joe Goode Per- Jan. 10, 3 p.m.—Young People’s Call 202/544- Chamber Singers Nielsen. Presented in honor of the exhi- formance Group: Folk and Mythic, Mon- Concert. An 7077 or visit www.folger.edu bition Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, tana. Greek myths recast in the contem- introduction to the orchestra, 1783-1853. porary American West. Kay Theatre. Laurel Oratorio Society featuring the Jan. 25—Ingrid Fliter, piano. Feb. 7, 8 p.m. & Feb. 8, 3 p.m.—Left Feb.14, 7:30 p.m.—Valentine Gala. Peabody Violin Beethoven’s Sonata, Op. 31, No. 3 and Bank Quartet with Gregory Miller, horn. Dinner, dancing, choral entertainment, & Choir, directed Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3; Chopin’s Six Pre- Haydn’s Quartet, Op. 33; Mozart’s Horn silent auction. Resurrection Catholic by Rebecca ludes, Op. 28; Nocturne, Op. 27; Quintet in E-flat Major, K.407 and Church, Brock Bridge Road, Laurel. Henry. Come Waltzes, Op. 64 & 70; Scherzo, Op. 31, “Prussian” String Quartet in D Major, Call 443/367-0371 or visit www.lau- early (2 p.m.) No. 2. K.575. Gildenhorn Hall. reloratoriosociety.org for the Musical Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.—Terence Blan- Feb. 1—Quartetto di Venezia. Boc- Instrument Pet- chard, jazz trumpet. Kay Theatre. cherini’s String Quartet, Op. 52, No. 2; ting Zoo. Wild Maryland Symphony Feb. 11, 8 p.m.—Los Hombres Jason Love Malipiero’s Quartet No. 8; Wolf’s Italian Lake Interfaith Orchestra Calientes, featuring Bill Summers and Serenade; Verdi’s Quartet in E Minor. Center. Music Director Elizabeth Schulze con- Irvin Mayfield. Kay Theatre. Feb. 8—Frederick Moyer, piano. Feb. 28, 8 p.m.—Danielpour’s Vox ducts: Feb. 13, 8 p.m.—Artemis String Arensky’s Morceaux characteristiques, Populi; Christopher Theofanidis’ Rain- Jan. 24, 8 p.m. & Jan. 25, 3 p.m.— Op. 36; Donal ’s Etudes; Gershwin’s Quartet. Works by Janácek, Piazzolla, Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and and Bartók. Gildenhorn Hall. bow Body (winner of the Masterprize . Competition—see under “Peabody Win- Orchestra No. 24 in c minor, K. 291 Feb. 15—Ysaÿe String Quartet. Feb. 15, 3 p.m.—At Harlem’s Height: with Peabody alumnus Noel Lester; Music of Eubie Blake, Duke Ellington, ners”); Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, Haydn’s Quartet, Op. 54; Schumann’s in B Flat Major, Op. 8, with Peabody Posthorn Serenade K. 320; Symphony Quartet, Op. 41, No. 3. Fats Waller, Harry T. Burleigh, and No. 40 in g minor, K. 550. William Grant Still. Michael Barrett and alumnus Brian Ganz. Jim Rouse Theatre. Feb. 22—Carl Halvorson, tenor. songs Feb. 21, 8 p.m. & Feb. 22, 3 p.m.— Steven Blier, artistic directors, Dana Feb. 29, 3 p.m.—Repeat of Feb. 28 by Poulenc, Britten, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”; Hanchard, soprano, Darius de Haas, program. Westminster H.S. Schoenberg, and Barber. Handel’s Il Pastor Fido (“The Faithful tenor, James Martin, baritone, Michael Call 410/381-2004, or visit Feb. 29—Vienna Piano Trio. Haydn’s Shepherd Suite”); Debussy’s Prelude to Barrett, piano, Steven Blier, piano and www.columbiaorchestra.org Trio in A Major; Schoenberg’s Verklärte the “Afternoon of a Faun.” arranger. Gildenhorn Hall. Nacht (arr. Steuermann); Schubert’s Trio, Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown. Feb. 19, 8 p.m.—UM Symphony Coolfont Op. 99. Call 301/797-4000 or visit www.mary- Orchestra. Beethoven’s Overture to Jan.2, 3—Maddie McNeil, singer and Call 202/842-6941 or visit landsymphony.org “Fidelio;” Copland’s Symphony No. 3; dulcimer www.nga.gov Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Jan 10—Brian Ganz, piano, and featuring Tamara Sanikidze. Dekelboum Karen Johson, flute Master Chorale National Philharmonic Hall. Feb 7—HEN, Sue Richards & Sharon Feb. 8, 3 p.m.— Music Director Don- Venues are abbreviated as follows: Knowles, Harp Duo ald McCullough presents Chant and Strathmore Hall Arts Center = SHAC, and For information on the Coolfont Beyond. This uninterrupted, a cappella Rockville’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre = Resort, Conference, Spa and Wellness choral journey begins with the mysteri- FITZ. January/February 2004 Peabody News 23

Jan. 3, 8 p.m.—Eric Himy, piano. Faun; selections from Berlioz’s La Debussy/Himy’s Prélude à “L’après-midi Damnation de Faust. d’un faune;” Chopin’s “Barcarolle,” Op. Jan. 24— DiTucci’s Sirius and 60, Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1, Antarès; Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23; and No. 16, No. 11, & No. 10 from Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit;” Liszt’s “Les Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus with jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este,” “Valse Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Debussy’s Oubliée” No. 1, “Funérailles,” Sonetto La Mer. 47 del Petrarca, Sonetto 104 del Petrar- Jan. 29, 7 p.m.—Milhaud’s La Créa- ca, La lugubre gondola I, Hungarian tion du monde, Op. 81; Poulenc’s Con- Rhapsody No.2; Wagner/Liszt’s certo in d minor for Two Pianos and “Liebestod” from “Tristan and Isolde.” Orchestra with Katia and Marielle FITZ. Labeque; Poulenc’s The Story of Babar Jan. 11, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.—National the Little Elephant; Ibert’s Divertisse- Philharmonic Piano Trio, Jody Gatwood, ment; Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Ani- violin, Lori Barnet, cello, Philip Hosford, mals. piano. Copland’s Vitebsk; Mozart’s Trio Jan. 30—selections from Berlioz’s La in B-flat Major, K. 502; Brahms’ Trio No. Damnation de Faust; Ravel’s Piano Con- 3 in c minor, Op. 101. SHAC. certo in D Major (for the Left Hand with Jan. 30, 31, 8 p.m.—Piotr Gajewski Jean-Yves Thibaudet; Ravel’s Shéhérazade; conducts the Philharmonic in Bach’s Lalo’s Overture to “Le Roi d’Ys;” Faure’s Orchestral Suite No. 1; Prokofiev’s Vio- Clair de Lune; Debussy’s Prelude to The lin Concerto No. 2 with Jody Gatwood, Afternoon of a Faun and Beau Soir; two violin; Mozart’s Symphony No. 38, excerpts from Massenet’s Manon Lescault. “Prague.” FITZ. Renee Fleming, soprano. Feb. 13, 14, 8 p.m.—Stravinsky’s Pul- Jan. 31—Boulez’s Rituel (in Memori- cinella Suite; Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto am Bruno Maderna) and two excerpts with Chris Gekker; Schubert’s Sympho- from Massenet’s Manon Lescault with ny No. 2. Nat’l Philharmonic, Piotr Renee Fleming, soprano; Ravel’s Gajewski, conductor. FITZ. Shéhérazade; Lalo’s Overture to “Le Roi Call 301/762-8580 or visit d’Ys;” Debussy’s Prelude to The After- www.nationalphilharmonic.org noon of a Faun; selections from Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust. National Symphony Orchestra Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Feb. 6, 1:30 p.m., Feb. Concerts are conducted by Music 7, 8 p.m.—Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Director Leonard Slatkin unless stated in D Major, Op. 61 with Itzhak Perlman otherwise: and Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Jan. 8, 7 p.m., Jan. 9, 8 p.m., Jan. 10, Op. 55, “Eroica” ed. by Gustav Mahler. 8 p.m.—Britten’s Young Person’s Guide Feb. 12, 7 p.m., Feb. 13, 8 p.m., Feb. to the Orchestra and Variations and 14, 8 p.m.—Beethoven’s Symphony No. Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34; 9 in d minor, Op. 125, ed. by Gustav Mahler, with Dominique LaBelle, sopra- Jaffe’s Cello Concerto (world premiere of ANNAPOLIS an NSO commission) with David Hardy; no, Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano, Eric Cut- Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in e minor, ler, tenor, Eric Owen’s, bass, and The SYMPHONY Op. 98. Choral Arts Society of Washington, Nor- ORCHESTRA Jan. 15, 7 p.m., Jan. 16, 1:30 p.m., man Scribner, director. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Jan. 17, 8 p.m.—Chabrier’s Joyeuse ASO Classic Concert 3 March; Faure’s Pavane, Op. 50; Pierne’s Call 202/467-4600 or 1-800/444-1324. “Entrance of the Little Fauns” from January 30-31, 2004 8:00 PM “Cydalise, et le chèvre-pied;” Saint-Saens’ Prince George’s Philharmonic Sphinx Competition winner Gareth Johnson makes his Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61 with Nurit Feb. 7, 8 p.m.— Music Director ASO debut led by the Associate Conductor of the Baltimore Bar-Josef; Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sorti- Charles Ellis conducts Borodin’s Polovet- Symphony Orchestra. leges. sian Dances from “Prince Igor;” Prokofi- Lara Webber, conductor ~ Gareth Johnson, violin Jan. 22, 7 p.m.—Jean Joseph Mouret’s eff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, DVORAK: Carnival Overture Fanfare from “Première Suite de sym- with Michael Mizrahi; Sibelius’ Symphony BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor phonies;” Satie’s Parade, Ballet réaliste; No. 5. Prince George’s Community Col- SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 Debussy’s Excerpts from Twelve Études lege. for piano and Fantasy for Piano and Call 301/454-1462. Tickets $35, $30, $25 or $10 for full-time students ages 8-25 Orchestra with Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts • 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 DiTucci’s Antarès; Saint-Saens’ Danse Shakespeare Theatre CALL FOR TICKETS 410-263-0907 • www.annapolissymphony.org. macabre, Op. 40 and “Bacchanale” Artistic Director Michael Kahn pre- from Samson and Delilah, Op. 47. sents: Jan. 23—Ravel’s Piano Concerto in D Jan. 20 to March 13—Henry IV, Part or visit www.shakespearetheatre.org Jan. 20, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Major (for the Left Hand) and Gaspard 1. King Henry IV - the Bolingbrook of de la nuit with Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Blanche Shaffer, piano. Richard II - carries the guilt of Richard’s Strathmore Hall Jan. 21, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a death and faces rebellion on all sides. The Music in the Mansion series at Jaimee Leigh Joroff, harp. One of these rebels is the young Hot- Strathmore Hall in Rockville presents: Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.—Tim Buckley, folk spur, a perfect foil to Henry’s son and Jan. 8, 11 a.m.—Friday Morning Music and jazz vocalist. heir, Prince Hal, whose wildness and Club. Jan. 25, 3 p.m.—Quink Vocal Ensem- carousing with a group of rogues - Jan. 9, 8 p.m.—Scott Reiss, recorder. ble: Mariet Kaasschieter and Mariette including the larger-than-life Falstaff - in Jan. 11, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.—National Oelderik, sopranos; Marleene Goldsein, the Boar’s Head Tavern distresses his Philharmonic Piano Trio. Copland’s alto; Harry van Berne, tenor; Kees Jan de father. Shakespeare takes an intimate Vitebsk; music by Mozart and Brahms. Koning, bass. look at the relationship between father Jan. 13, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Fran Feb. 1, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.—Baltimore and son as well as between Prince Hal Hrastar, piano. Consort: Mary Anne Ballard, violas and and the irascible Falstaff, one of Shake- Jan. 14, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, bass viol, and speare’s most popular characters. The Hsien-Ann Meng and Wei-der Huang, winds; Custer LaRue, soprano; Larry Lip- play depicts the growth of moral self- piano duet. kis, bass viol and recorder; Ronn McFar- awareness and responsibility. Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.—Copland’s lane, lute; Chris Norman, wooden flutes Call 202/ 547.1122, TTY at Appalachian Spring with an ensemble Renee Fleming 202.638.3863, toll free at 877/ 487.8849 of the National Philharmonic. Continued on Page 24 24 Peabody News January/February 2004

Folk Style, for Cello and Piano; Bartók’s MARYLAND String Quartet No. 4. Washington Chorus Feb. 21, 22—Heinrich’s Sonata à 6; Grammy Award-winning Music Direc- Bach ‘s Concerto in A Major for Oboe tor Robert Shafer presents the chorus in WASHINGTON d’Amore; Charles Wuorinen’s Epithala- the Kennedy Center Concert Hall: mium; Elliott Carter’s Sonata for Flute, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., Jan. 16, 1:30 p.m., Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord. William Jan. 17, 8 p.m.æRavel’s L’Enfant et les Montgomery, flute, Mark Hill, oboe, and sortileges with the National Symphony, datelinedateline oboe d’amore, Christopher Gekker and Leonard Slatkin, conductor. Robert Birch, trumpets, Elaine Funaro, Call 202/342-6221 or visit www.the- harpsichord; Hindemith’s Quartet No. 3, washingtonchorus.org Op. 22 with The Left Bank Quartet. Call 202/363-6700 or visit www.the- Washington Performing Arts aterchamberplayers.org Society United States Naval Academy Events takes place in the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall unless otherwise Dr. John Barry Talley (MM ’67, DMA indicated: ’83) chairs USNA’s Music Department Jan. 17, 6 p.m.—Sweet Honey in the and conducts its Glee Club and other Rock: Annual Children’s Show. People’s ensembles. Talley brings some of the Congregational Church. world’s premier music ensembles to the Jan. 27, 7 p.m.; Jan. 28 –31, 7:30 p.m.; Bob Hope Performing Arts Center. Jan. 31– Feb. 1, 1:30 p.m.—Alvin Ailey Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m.—Moscow Festival American Dance Theater, Judith Jamison, Ballet. Alumni Hall. artistic director, Masazumi Chaya, associ- Feb. 20-22, 27-29—A classic musical ate artistic director. Kennedy Center from the golden era of Broadway by Opera House. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, The Paja- Feb. 1, 2 p.m.—Russian National Alon Goldstein ma Game is full of sassy humor and Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor. romance. It is being fully staged, cos- Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major and bagpipe. tumed, and choreographed by the Mid- with Hélène Grimaud; Shostakovich’s Feb. 8, 3 p.m.—Harold Jones, flute. shipmen of the USNA Glee Club. Fridays Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Op. 47. Feb. 10, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m.—Antares: Vesselin Jaimee Leigh Joroff, harp. p.m. Gellev, violin, Rebecca Patterson, cello, Feb. 11, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Fran Call 410/293-8497 (TIXS) or visit Garrick Zoeter, clarinet, Eric Huebner, Hrastar, piano. www.usna.edu/Music. piano. Terrace Theater. Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.—The Clovers. Feb. 15, 2 p.m.— Feb. 12, 11 a.m.—Friday Morning WPAS Men and Music Club. Women of the Feb. 15, 3 p.m.—Marcolivia with Gre- Gospel Mass Choir. gory Sioles: Marc Ramirez, violin; Olivia Feb. 16, 8 p.m.— Hajioff, viola; Gregory Sioles, piano. Royal Philharmonic Prokofiev’s F Minor Sonata for Violin Orchestra, Daniele and Piano; Martinu’s Sonatina for Two Gatti, music director. Violins and Piano; Piazzolla’s Oblivion: Brahms’ Piano Con- for Violin, Viola, and Piano; Leclair’s certo No. 2 in B-flat Sonata for Two Violins. Major, Op.83 with Garrick Ohlsson Feb. 17, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Garrick Ohlsson, Blanche Shaffer, piano. piano; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in Feb. 18, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. e minor, Op. 64. Carol Rose Duane, piano. Feb. 21, 4:30 p.m.—Hilary Hahn, vio- Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.—Libba Cotton and Elizabeth Futral lin, Natalie Zhu, piano. Mozart’s Violin John Jackson, blues. Sonata No. 18 in G Major, K. 301; Bach’s Feb. 20, 8 p.m.—Sergio Schwartz, vio- Partita No. 2 in d minor; Bloch’s Violin lin. Music by Brahms, Franck, Strauss, Washington Bach Consort Sonata No. 1; Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. and Rachmaninoff. with Tao Lin, piano. 35 in A Major, K. 526. Feb. 24, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. Feb. 8—Works by Bach, Handel and Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.—Gary Hoffman, Karen Ashbrook, hammered dulcimer Vivaldi, with Metropolitan Opera sopra- cello. Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 1, 3, 5. Ter- and Paul Oorts, guitar, accordian. no Elizabeth Futral, and J. Reilly Lewis, race Theater. Feb. 25, 1 p.m.—Afternoon Tea. keyboard. Featuring Bach’s Wedding Feb. 24, 8 p.m.—Paco de Lucía, guitar. Angela Enright, piano. Cantata and Brandenburg Concerto No. Warner Theatre. Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.—Music of Bo Did- 5. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria. Feb. 28, 8 p.m., Feb. 29, 4 p.m.— dley. Call 800/955-5566 or 202/686-7500 or Ronald K. Brown/Evidence. Dance Place. Feb. 29, 3 p.m.—Peabody alumnus visit www.bachconsort.org/ Call 202/785-WPAS (9727) or visit Alon Goldstein, piano. www.wpas.org Call 301/530-0540 or visit Washington Ballet www.strathmore.org/music/music_man- Artistic Director Septime Webre fol- sion.asp lows each performance with a question- Wolf Trap and-answer session, titled BalletTalks: Jan. 9, 8 p.m.—The Peabody Trio. Theater Chamber Players Jan. 21-25—The company honors the Mozart’s Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat th Major; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in a Concerts are Saturday evenings at 20 century’s greatest choreographer, th minor and more. 7:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Center’s Ter- George Balanchine, and his 100 birthday Jan. 30, 8 p.m.—Chicago Chamber race Theater, and Sunday afternoons at in this special performance, complete with Musicians Brass Quintet. Bach’s Toccata 3:30 p.m. at Bradley Hills Presbyterian magic spells, fairies and the zany antics of Church, Bethesda: Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. and Fugue in d minor; Tilson Thomas’ Jan. 31, Feb. 1—Peabody alumna Also on the program, Balanchine’s tender Street Songs; Poulenc’s Sonata for horn, Patricia Green, mezzo-soprano, Left Bank and romantic Sonatine and The Four Tem- trumpet and trombone; Michael Quartet. Villa-Lobos’ A menina e a peraments, a classic Balanchine piece Arnold’s Quintet for two trumpets, cançâo Ronald Caltabiano’s First Dream exploring the four different humors of the horn, trombone and tuba. of Honeysuckle Petals Falling Alone; soul, set to music by Paul Hindemith. Feb. 27, 8 p.m.—Czech Nonet Quin- Chen Yi’s As In A Dream; Lori Laitman’s Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. tet. Rarely-heard chamber music master- Daughters; Schumann’s Five Pieces in Call 202/467-4600 or visit pieces. www.washingtonballet.org Call 703/218-6500 or visit www.wolf- January/February 2004 Peabody News 25

after her presentation of a faculty recital in the Great Hall at SU in May, she was invited to make this an annual event. Also, last August Ms. Dvorak was appointed Harp CALLING ALL ALUMNI!!! ALLA Instructor at Howard University in Washing- ton, D.C. KAREN DEAL (DMA ’89) has just signed a CATCH UP! breve three year contract renewal with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Illinois Chamber Alumni Newsletter ZUILL BAILEY (BM ’94) was on the cover of Orchestra extending her contract through FanFare Magazine’s November/December the Whatever happened to…? Share your news and catch up with issue announcing the release of his new 2005/2006 season. In her first two seasons your classmates! You should have received the new Peabody recording of the Korngold Cello Concerto on with the ISO, she has already won the Spring- ASV. Of this record- field Art’s Council, Mayor’s Award for the Alumni Newsletter in November. (If you didn’t, contact the ing, Gramophone Arts as the Individual Artist of the Year and Alumni Office and they will send one!) magazine said, “Zuill the Illinois Council of Orchestras award for Bailey proves a “Meritorious Service in Outstanding Program- While copies of the Peabody News and Johns Hopkins Magazine superbly stylish ming.” Summer of 2003 took her to Mexico soloist…what a City where she guest conducted the Orch- tell us about the great things happening in your professional life, wonderfully com- ester del Nuovo Mundo, in the concert pre- this is your opportunity to share some of the wonderful things pact and affecting miere of, Mujeres e Musicas, featuring several work this is!” Mexican premieres by female composers going on in your personal life. (Inquiring minds want to know…) According to BBC including works by , Fanny Music Magazine, his Mendelssohn, Maria Grever and Maria Mar- I hope you will use this opportunity to share exciting news about solo debut on Delos tinez. Winter of 2004 will find Ms. Deal yourself with your Peabody friends. So many of us are very Zuill Bailey records is “playing returning to conduct The Nashville Sympho- of strong character ny’s “Let Freedom Ring” concert as well as curious about what has happened to friends from our time at and sometimes blistering bravura…but her debut with the Springfield (MO) Sympho- school – this is a great way to share! there’s plenty of subtlety and inwardness, ny Orchestra in works by Tschaikovsky, Cop- too.” land, and Ellington. Submit your fun facts to Debbie Kennison, Peabody Alumni In England with the Pegasus Opera, of which SERGI GOLDMAN-HULL (BM ’03) has won Relations, One East Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202; or she is co-founder, soprano ANGELA CAESAR two orchestra auditions in California. He is (GPD ’98, MM ’01) took part in a Black Histo- now a Class-A First Violin Section Player in [email protected]. ry Month gala (celebrated in October in Eng- the Stockton Symphony in Stockton, a tenure Deadline for the next issue is January 20, 2004! land) and toured as Gianetta in a production track permanent position, and he is a mem- of The Elixir of Love, which finished in the ber of the Second Violin section of the Marin Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Recently Symphony in San Rafael. she was the role of Lalume in Kismet at the Arcola Theatre in Hackney, London. News from ANDREW HARDY (BM ’82): On September 30 I played an important Concert COME SEE! News from JEFFREY CHAPPELL (MM ’86; de Gala; a Benefit Concert profiting children April 23-25 -- Homecoming 2004 MM ’82): I recently performed chamber with cancer at the Hôpital Reine Fabiola (The music including my own compositions at Queen Fabiola Hospital , Belgium), in the The renovations will be finished and the party to celebrate The Levine School of Music in Washington, beautiful Grand Salle at the Brussels Royal D.C., where I am a faculty member, on Octo- Conservatory (Piano Trios by Mendelssohn - will be huge! Information and registration will be mailed to ber 24; and performed the Rachmaninoff d min. & Schubert E flat + encores....). It was you in early February. Mark your calendar now and watch Second Concerto with the Mississippi Sym- a very successful event musically, as well as your mail! If you have questions before then, please contact phony Orchestra on November 20. Coming for the benefit. At the end of this past school up, I will play a program of French chamber year (June, July), I became a member, I sat the Alumni Office. music in Montpelier, Vermont on January 10; on the Violin Jury (Concours Violon) at the I am accompanying clarinetist Marguerite Brussels Royal Conservatory. I am the Music Baker in recital in St. Croix, Virgin Islands on Director, and Vice President of "Les XXI", a April 2; and I will be appearing in "An cultural organization that has among its' Evening With Jeffrey Chappell" at the French members various "elite" and erudite members SUPPORT! Embassy in Washington, D.C., on April 30. of the community, from various fields, jeffreychappell.com including Musicians, Artists (painters and Please become an ACTIVE member of the Double Bassist OWEN CUMMINGS (BM ’73) sculptors), writers, historians, architects, Alumni Association recently received an engraved silver bowl etc.... Born in 2001, "Les XXI" organizes vari- from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in ous concerts (esp. chamber music) and exhi- TODAY! commemoration of his 25th season with that bitions. In Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, we orchestra. will present a large exhibition of Artists All alumni of Peabody belong to the Alumni Association, but (painters and sculptors) influenced by Music, CLIVE DAVIS (BM ’89), is Director of Music as well as a substantial Chamber Music series, without active members – those who pay alumni dues – the at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massa- in collaboration with the Palais des Beaux Alumni Association would not have funds to support alumni chusetts. Arts in Charleroi, Belgium. Voila! That's at and student activities. Money raised from membership dues least some of the news. I hope everybody is JENNIFER DAVISON (BM ’95) sends greet- doing well there, over at Peabody. helps support: Homecoming, the new Peabody Alumni ings from Luzern, Switzerland, where she is Newsletter; a student pizza party during orientation; an ice in her fifth season at the Luzerner Theater. {If possible, put in a box}In early November, She continues “to sing principle roles (Pami- BETTY GUMPPER HOCKER (TC ’31, Voice) cream social during spring finals; and Career Day. na, Zerlina, Micaela, Almirena, Anne in The was honored at Grace United Methodist Seven Deadly Sins, and Annchen, among oth- Church in Baltimore and some of the sacred How to become a member: ers) and take part in the ‘experimental’ way music she has written was incorporated into Membership is on a yearly basis, and operates on the calen- of theater in German-speaking countries the service. Betty was born August 23, 1910, (Bach cantatas dressed like Marilyn Monroe, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Her mother played dar year. Watch your mail for information about 2004 mem- Pamina in sneakers and with tattoos, projects the piano; her dad, the cello; and all of he sis- bership! The cost of membership varies depending on your with mondern dance to the music of Purcell ters and brothers either sang (in a group year of graduation. The Class of 2004 has FREE membership – this brought me back to my Peabody days called “The Four Gs”) or played in their with Webb Wiggins and the early music gang father’s dance band (The Gumpper Orches- for the first 6 months following graduation (applies to first – or a theater piece for 3 actors 2 deaf actors tra), the only such ensemble in town. Even degree). Classes of 1999 to 2003 are offered membership at a and 2 musicians, etc.)” She adds, “Well, it the mayor played saxophone in the group. can be interesting!” Betty began to study the piano at the age of discount rate of $20 and Classes of 1998 and earlier can 9, and at 14 enrolled for more advanced become a member for $40. You can pay dues online at MELISSA TARDIFF DVORAK (BM ’99, MM lessons at the Pittsburgh Music Institute. ’01) began a new appointment in September www.peabody.jhu.edu or send a check payable to the JHU When visiting an aunt in Baltimore, she heard 2002 as harp instructor and conductor of the Loretta LeeVer Valen sing a solo in church. Alumni Association to: Alumni Association Membership, Harp Ensemble on the faculty of Salisbury This inspired her to want to study voice, and 3211 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. University in Salisbury, Maryland. Her studio she enrolled in the Peabody Conservatory in quickly grew from one to eight students, and To pay by credit card, call 410-516-0363 or 1-800-548-5481. 1928. She left in 1931, to marry George Han- 26 Peabody News January/February 2004

Alla Breve third items in his American Folk Legend piano and coaches chamber music for the music faculty of the School of Music of the Continued from Page 25 series for narrator/orchestra, and "John University of Pennsylvania and also teaches California Baptist University, Riverside, CA. Henry" is a world premiere. The first piece at Philadelphia's Settlement Music School. She teaches music majors with a concentra- shue Hocker, (a marriage that lasted 54 years of the series, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tion in piano performance. is due for publication next spring by Boosey MURRY SIDLIN’s (BM ’62, MM ’68) produc- before his death.) In 1932, she was engaged tion of DEFIANT REQUIEM, which he wrote, PATRICIA SPARTI (MM ’88, DMA ’98) is as soprano soloist at Wilson Memorial & Hawkes; both "Sleepy Hollow" and "Paul Bunyan" were premiered by Edward narrated, and conducted, was broadcast over Orchestra Director and Chair of the Fine Arts Methodist Church where she sang for ten the PBS national network in late-August of Department at Gardner-Webb University in years, leaving when the second of her three Polochick conducting Concert Artists of Bal- timore. 2003. Sidlin tells the story of how a choir of Boiling Springs, North Carolina. children was born. Over the course of her 150 prisoners was organized by career, she performed several lead roles with News from DEANNE MEEK (BM ’88): The prisoner/conductor Rafael Schachter to give ANDRE WATTS (AD ’72) was piano soloist the Baltimore Civic Opera; and has long been coming year will be spent mostly in England, 16 performances of the Verdi REQUIEM as an with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and active in the Baltimore Music Club (once its as I return to sing two Rossini leading act of defiance and resistance against the Music Director Yuri Tamirkanov in Novem- president), the Baltimore Opera Guild, the ladies...Rosina in "" with Nazis. Sidlin is the new dean of the School of ber at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Woman’s Club of Roland Park, and the Three Opera North, and the title role in "Cenerento- Music at Catholic University. Last summer he Arts Club of Homeland. These days Betty’s News from JOHN WEAVER (BM ’55): At its la" for the Grange Park Festival later in the celebrated his 25th anniversary as May 2003 commencement I received an hon- family is her primary love and source of activ- summer. After singing 'trouser roles' for the teacher/performer at the Aspen Music Festi- ity, but music is still important. She plays the orary Doctor of Music degree from the Curtis past year, it will be fun to be a girl again! For val, and conducted Leonard Bernstein’s MASS Institute of Music, marking my retirement piano for the twice-monthly Protestant ser- a list of where and when I'm performing, you in Lithuania, Slovenia, and Germany. He will vices of worship at Mercy Ridge where she after teaching there since 1971. I continue as can look me up on “operabase.com" - or just perform excerpts of MASS at the reopening Chair of the Organ Department at the Juil- lives, and BRUCE EICHER (MM ’72, organ) email me at [email protected]" of the Kennedy Center Opera House this sea- reports that even at 93, Betty can play and liard School and as Director of Music and son. He is artistic director of the Cascade Fes- Organist at New York's Madison Avenue sing the high notes with very good tone. RUTH ROSE (BM '83, MM '84) moved last tival of Music in Oregon, and this year will spring to Washington DC. Since then she has Presbyterian Church. SCOTT JONES (MM ’02) is the new Assistant perform a tenth consecutive New Years Eve joined the board of the Washington Music Gala with the National Symphony. Sidlin’s Peabody faculty member Marina Piccinini Director at the Maryland Conservatory of Teachers Association (WMTA) as newsletter Music in Bel Air, Maryland. series of concerts in context entitled ILLUMI- was flute soloist with the National Symphony editor, and has served as adjunct piano facul- NATIONS is presented 4 times this season at Orchestra with HUGH WOLFF (MM ’77, MM In late October, JACQUELINE LEARY-WAR- ty at American University. Just before moving the San Diego Symphony, and with other ’78) as guest conductor in the Kennedy Cen- SAW presented a faculty voice recital at Birm- to Washington from Amsterdam, where she American orchestras. ter in Washington, D.C. in October. ingham-Southern College in Birmingham, resided for many years, she released a solo Alabama, and she is singing the role of Nora CD, "Spanish and Latin American piano The Mendelssohn Piano Trio, with PETER Soprano HYUNAH YU (BM ’96, MM ’98, in Vaughan Williams’s “Riders to the Sea” music" on the Televix label, which was pre- SIROTIN (GPD ’97, ’99) violin; Fiona Thomp- GPD ’98, AD ’02) sang in early November with Alabama OperaWorks. sented together with a live performance at son, Cello, and YA-TING CHANG (BM ’96, with the International Sejong Soloists, a con- the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and broad- MM ’98), piano, presented a marathon of all- ductor-less string ensemble directed by HYO Clarinetist LEE LEVINE (BM ’79) is about to cast several times on Dutch Radio 4. The CD Brahms programs at the Embassy of the Fed- KANG (BM ’71, not received), in a “Live from celebrate her twentieth year as Principal can be ordered at [email protected]. eral Republic of Germany in Washington, Studio 4A” segment on the National Public with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and D.C. in November. Radio nationally syndicated program “Perfor- is a member of a new chamber ensemble A performance of VIVIAN ADELBERG mance Today.” As Performance Today Young called ALIAS. They perform benefit concerts RUDOW’s (TC ’57, BM ’60, MM ’79) “With MELISSA SKY-EAGLE (MM ’03) is currently Artists-in-Residence, the Sejong ensemble and all proceeds go to local charities. This Love,” a fantasy for live cello & cello cases, in pursuing her DMA degree in piano perfor- was heard and its members were interviewed year they are playing six concerts, benefitting memory of Myrtle Hollins Adelberg, cello and mance at the Thornton School of Music of in a full week of broadcasts. Later, in Eng- Hands on Nashville, Big Brothers/Big Sisters tape, was heard in September, in the music the University of Southern California in Los land, Ms. Yu was featured in a studio record- of Middle Tennessee, and the Montessori library of the Dalbergsaal, Mannheim Ger- Angeles. She is a student of Dr. Stewart Gor- ing made for the “BBC Voices Programme,” School of Franklin. For more information many, Gabriele Derendorf, cellist, a GEDOK don. Nominated by the USC Thornton School which was broadcast in that country on visit www.aliasmusic.org. concert. of Music, Ms. Sky-Eagle recently received a November 12. Ms. Yu will present a debut distinguished academic scholarship from the Trombonist HOLLY SCHAFF (BM ’97) joined recital in Wigmore Hall in London in the On November 2, radio station WYPR in Balti- prestigious USC Town and Gown organiza- 2004-05 season. more broadcast the second and third move- the Mantovani Orchestra from Thanksgiving tion. A primary function of Town and Gown ments of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto to performing holiday music. They is "to develop and award scholarships to out- Peabody Alumni: if you have profes- with soloist QUING LI (PC ’91, BM ’92) as toured the Eastern United States – PA, OH, standing students…Members take pride in sional news to report, please submit it to recorded at a concert on September 20 with TN, TX and NY. The conductor is CHARLES the students awarded to hold these scholar- the Alumni Office via e-mail at: JED GAYLIN (DMA ’95) and the Bay-Atlantic ELLIS (DMA ’91) of the Prince George’s Phil- ships. The care and attention given by Town or by U. S. Symphony in the Guaracini Center of Cum- harmonic, in Prince George’s County, MD. and Gown and by the University to their mail to: Debbie Kennison, Assistant berland Community College in Cumberland, Philadelphia-based MICHAEL SHEAD- selection gives reason to believe that each Director of Alumni Relations, Peabody NJ. Mr. Gaylin is Music Director of the Bay- EL (MM '80) has performed in chamber con- will be a credit to the University…." Donors Alumni Office, 1 E. Mt. Vernon Place, Atlantic Symphony and the Hopkins Sympho- certs for the Steinway Society of Princeton, of Town and Gown Scholarships include the Baltimore, MD 21202. You may also fax ny Orchestra, and he is Principal Guest Con- Trinity Center for Urban Life, and the Festival late actor John Ritter, a USC graduate. On your news to: 410-659-8170, Attn: Debbie ductor of the Sibiu State Philharmonic in of Philadelphia Composers. As a member of Sunday, October 19, 2003, Melissa returned Kennison. Romania. the flute and piano ensemble "The Hamilton to her undergraduate alma mater, Texas Composer ROBERT LICHTENBERGER (BM Duo," he has released the CD "Romantic Christian University, to perform with the '69, MM '70) will have three of his works per- Treasures" (available from the website cdba- TCU Symphony Orchestra and Choruses, as In Memoriam formed by the Maryland Symphony Orches- by.com). He was soloist in Brahms' Concerto the piano soloist in the Beethoven "Choral tra this season. Two of them are scheduled No. 1 with the Newark, Delaware Symphony, Fantasy." Conductors were Dr. German Gut- for a single program on March 6, 2004 --- and was part of a marathon performance of tierez, Director of Orchestras, and Mr. Grace Forbes McCabe (TC ’40, Piano) Satie's multi-hour "Vexations" for the Ronald Shirey, Director of Choral Music. Ms. "The Tales of Paul Bunyan" and "John Henry: George M. Wagner (TC ’34, School Music) Steel-Drivin' Man". These are the second and Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Michael teaches Sky-Eagle was recently named to the adjunct

The Peabody Opera Theatre Photos by Jesse Hellman capture the principals in Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, in last November’s production of Puccini’s Il trittico. January/February 2004 Peabody News 27

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 8:00 P.M. Peabody Trio Violaine Melançon, Violin Natasha Brofsky, Cello PEABODY Seth Knopp, Piano Mozart: Trio in B-flat, K. 502 concert calendar David Chaitkin: Trio (2002) Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op. 50 SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 3:00 P.M. Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series Preparatory Winter Honors Recital Moritz Eggert: Symphony 1.0 for 12 Friedberg Hall Presenting the Preparatory’s most out- Typewriters $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students standing performers selected from the Philip Glass: Concerto Fantasy (version with I.D. Winter Honors Competition for two Pianos and two Timpanists — Griswold Hall East Coast Premiere) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 7:30 P.M. FREE ADMISSION Bernard Hoffer: The River: A Symphony FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7:30 P.M. for Saxophone Quartet and Large Per- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 3:00 P.M. cussion Ensemble SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 3:00 P.M. Preparatory String Ensemble Friedberg Hall The Peabody Opera Theatre Daniel Levitov, Conductor $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students Garnett Bruce, Stage Director Works ranging from Strauss’ Fledermaus with I.D. Peabody Concert Orchestra Waltzes to the folk song Shabbat Edward Polochick, Associate Conductor Sholom, arr. Susan C. Brown. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 7:30 P.M. Mozart: The Abduction from the Preparatory Chamber Orchestra Peabody Wind Ensemble Seraglio Benjamin Denny, Conductor Harlan Parker, Conductor Friedberg Hall Telemann: Don Quixote Suite Alyssa Bowlby, Soprano $24, $12 Senior Citizens, $10 Students Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 7, No. 1 His Excellency Haron Amin, Narrator with I.D. Jean Berger: Short Overture for Strings Martin Dalby: A Plain Man’s Hammer THURSDAY NOON SERIES Griswold Hall Samuel Adler: Snow Tracks, for High Harlan Parker conducts the Peabody Wind FREE ADMISSION Soprano and Wind Ensemble During the school year, the Conservatory Ensemble in the February 11 World Pre- Hindemith, arr. Keith Wilson: March students and ensembles give free recitals miere of David Gaines’ The Lion of Panshjir. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 7:00 P.M. from “Symphonic Metamorphosis” on Thursdays at Noon. Enter at 21 East Preparatory Sinfonietta David Gaines: The Lion of Panshjir, for Mount Vernon Place where a Campus Gene Young, Conductor Narrator and Symphonic Band (World Officer will direct you. Rachel Franklin, Piano, Peabody Con- Premiere). servatory Alumni Artist Friedberg Hall COMPETITIONS Corey McVicar, Piano, Preparatory Fac- $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students Yale Gordon Concerto Competition ulty Artist with I.D. The 2004 competition is for instruments Beethoven: Egmont Overture other than piano and bowed strings. Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos in d SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 7:30 P.M. Preliminary Round, Ravel: Pavane pour un Enfant Defunte Peabody Camerata Thursday, January 15, 9:30 am. Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Gene Young, Conductor Final Round, Friday, January 16, 9:30 am. Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a Ravel: Introduction and Allegro (cham- Funded by the Peggy and Yale Gordon Friedberg Hall ber version) Trust FREE ADMISSION Poulenc: Le bestiaire (Cortège d’Orphée) Cohen Davison Family Theatre Messiaen: Theme and Variations FREE ADMISSION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 7:30 P.M. Milhaud: La creation du monde, Op. 81 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 7:30 P.M. Griswold Hall Sylvia L. Green Voice Competition Peabody Opera Workshop FREE ADMISSION Preliminary Round, Roger Brunyate, Stage Director Monday, January 26, 10:00 a.m. Daniel Crozier/Roger Brunyate: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 7:30 P.M. Final Round, The Reunion An Evening of Jazz Tuesday, January 27, 10:00 a.m. Chi-Chung Ho, Conductor Jay Clayton, Vocalist, Guest Artist Established by Beth Green Pierce in Kam Morrill: Perlimplin Gary Thomas, Tenor Saxophone and memory of her mother JoAnn Kulesza, Conductor Flute, Faculty Artist Griswold Hall. Friedberg Hall Tim Murphy, Organ and Piano, Faculty FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION Artist Jazz Series BOX OFFICE INFORMATION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 8:00 P.M. Griswold Hall 410/659-8100, ext. 2 Peabody Symphony Orchestra $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students Women of the Peabody Chamber with I.D. www.peabody.jhu.edu and Concert Singers The Peabody Box Office is open Hajime Teri Murai, Music Director THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 7:30 P.M. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 Edward Polochick, Choral Director An Evening of Jazz p.m. and one hour prior to all ticketed Erin R. Freeman, Resident Conductor Erik Friedlander, Solo Cello, Guest Artist events, while school is in session. Tickets Maryland Children’s Chorus Mark Feldman Quartet may be ordered by phone, in person dur- Betty Bertaux, Director Mark Feldman, Violin, Guest Artist ing Box Office hours, or online at Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in d Tim Murphy, Piano, Peabody www.peabody.jhu.edu. Tickets for many Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Series Faculty Artist programs are also available through Con- Friedberg Hall Michael Formanek, Bass, Peabody nect Baltimore at 1.877.Baltimore $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students Faculty Artist or www.baltimore.org. Programs are with I.D. Howard Curtis, Drums, Peabody subject to change without notice. Use of Faculty Artist cameras and video or tape recorders dur- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7:30 P.M. Jazz Series ing performances is strictly prohibited. Peabody Percussion Ensemble Griswold Hall Mastercard and Visa accepted. Jonathan Haas, Director and Timpani $18, $10 Senior Citizens, $8 Students Svetoslav Stoyanov, Timpani with I.D. 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Music Director Hajime Teri Murai conducts the Peabody Symphony Orchestra and choral forces for Mahler’s Third Symphony on February 7. Page 7