COURSES FOR COMMUNITY SALEM COLLEGE CULTURAL EVENTSFALL 2016 They Are We Film Screening and Discussion, p.3 SANDRESKY SERIES A Grand Reunion of Pianists!, p.5 Salem Signature First-Year Read - Laila Lalami: The Moor’s Account, p.7 Winston-Salem, NC Winston-Salem, Permit No. 31 No. Permit Winston-Salem, NC 27101 NC Winston-Salem, PAID 601 South Church Street Church South 601 U.S. Postage U.S. SALEM COLLEGE SALEM Non-Profit Engage, Educate, Inspire August October During our Fall 2016 season of cultural 29 Matthew Christopher: 1-2 Salem Bach Festival (p4) events, Salem College seeks to engage, educate, and inspire Abandoned America – 1-2 Salem College Pierrettes through the fine arts, scholarship, and discussion; through Exhibition through October 16 Present Steel Magnolias (p5) the written and spoken word; and through performances of (p8) 4 They Are We Film Screening all kinds. We are proud to present a wide variety of events 29 Joy Ritenour – Looking and Discussion (p3) each year by bringing distinguished authors, performing Around: The Fruit Series – 13 Comenius Symposium (p7) artists, musicians, and visual artists to the Triad, in addition to Exhibition through October 16 14 Center for Women Writers featuring our faculty and students. (p8) Directors’ Cut: Reading and 29 Barbara Pflieger Mory: Conversation (p6) Salem Academy and College has been educating girls and Seeking Peace – Exhibition 18 Roberto Martínez: Classical women for more than 244 years. Today, Salem College offers (p8) through October 16 Guitarist, Composer, and undergraduate majors and minors for young women; graduate Music Researcher (p3) programs in education and music for both women and men; September 20 Colorful Sounds in Concert, non-degree programs through Courses for Community; and a 8 Salem Signature First-Year featuring Roberto Martínez range of degree and certificate programs for women and men, Read: Laila Lalami: The Moor’s (p3) ages twenty-three and older, through the Martha H. Fleer Account (p7) 21 Sandresky Series: Mezzo Center for Adult Education. 9 Artist Reception: Joy Ritenour Soprano Cristy Lynn Brown and Barbara Pflieger Mory (p5) Exhibitions (p8) 25 2016 Presidential Election Event Admission 9 Sandresky Series: A Grand Panel (p7) Admission to these events is free unless otherwise specified. Reunion of Pianists! (p5) 28 From Baroque to Broadway! Please visit http://www.salem.edu/cultural-events for 15 Constitution Day Panel: (p4) additional information or for directions to campus facilities. Elections and the 31 Catherine Cross Tsintzos: The Programs are subject to change. Constitution (p7) Art and Agriculture Project – 23 Grupo Quimbao: A Exhibition through January Subscribe Celebration of Latin American 27, 2017 (p8) To receive mail and/or e-mail notifications about our cultural Music (p3) event offerings, please e-mail [email protected] or call 24 Fiesta 2016, featuring Grupo November (336) 917-5493. Quimbao (p3) 4 Fall Choir Concert (p4) 25 Salem Band Fall Concert: 5 International Dinner and Useful Contacts “Movie Madness” (p4) Show (p7) Ticket information and special assistance: (336) 917-5493 29-30 Salem College Pierrettes 6 Artist Presentation and For general inquiries, contact: Present Steel Magnolias (p5) Reception: Catherine Cross • The sponsoring organization(s) listed 30 Artist Presentation and Tsintzos (p8) • Salem switchboard at (336) 721-2600 Reception: Matthew 10-13 Salem Academy Theatre • Communications and Public Relations at (336) 917-5313 Christopher (p8) Presents Little Women (p5) 30 Center for Women Writers Follow Us Directors’ Cut: Reading and December Follow Salem College Cultural Events on Facebook Conversation (p6) 1 Salem College Christmas www.facebook.com/salemcollegeculturalevents 30 Salem Bach Festival (p4) Candlelight Service (p4) 1-3 Salem College Dance On the Cover: Clockwise from left: Laila Lalami, Grand Piano, Company: Fall Faculty and Steel Magnolias, Barbara Pflieger Mory, They Are We Guest Artist Concert (p5) FALL 2016 FALL Fall 2016 CE | 2 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EMMA CHRISTOPHER AND SERGIO LEYVA SEIGLIE IN HAVANA WITH THEY ARE WE FILM’S ELVIRA FUMERO AND ALFREDO DUQUESNE. Grupo Quimbao: A Celebration of Latin American Music Friday, September 23 | 7:30 pm | Shirley Recital Hall, Elberson Fine Arts Center Saturday, September 24 | 4:15 pm and 6:00 pm | Downtown Winston-Salem Grupo Quimbao consists of four musicians (a drummer, conga player, pianist, and vocalist), providing music from the greatest Latin genres. Influences include salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, Latin jazz, and classic Latin songs. In this educational concert, Grupo Quimbao will perform and discuss a variety of Latin American music. As part of Fiesta 2016, the group will also perform in downtown Winston-Salem on Saturday, September 24. Co-sponsored by the Office of Cultural Events and by the Hispanic League GRUPO QUIMBAO They Are We Film Screening and Discussion Tuesday, October 4 | 7:30 pm | Shirley Recital Hall, Elberson Fine Arts Center They Are We tells the extraordinary story of cultural endurance and reunion between the Gangá-Longobá, a small Afro-Cuban ethnic group, and their ancestral family in a remote village in Sierra Leone. Separated by the brutalities of the Atlantic slave trade, the two groups were finally brought together in 2013 byEmma Christopher, who discovered their connection via customary songs and dances. They Are We depicts this reunion and the rich exchanges between Cuban and Sierra Leonean cultures. The film screening will last approximately eighty minutes. Christopher, currently on the faculty at the University of Sydney in Australia, will give remarks remotely. Krishauna Hines-Gaither, assistant professor of Spanish and director of diversity and inclusiveness at Salem College, will also give remarks. Hines-Gaither recently co-authored an educator guide for They Are We, published by the Vanderbilt University Center for Latin American Studies. Sponsored by the Office of Cultural Events Roberto Martínez: Classical Guitarist, Composer, and Music Researcher Tuesday, October 18 | 7:30 pm | Shirley Recital Hall, Elberson Fine Arts Center Thursday, October 20 | 7:00 pm | Reynolda House Roberto Martínez is a world-renowned performer, having given concerts in Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, South Korea, and Japan. He placed first in the 1992 Colsubsidio National Guitar Concert competition in Colombia. Martínez has spent the last twenty-two years devoted to music research and composition. His works include Pocket Guitar (guitar neck) and Music by Colors (the most complete scales dictionary). Hailing from Colombia, Martínez will perform and discuss a variety of Latin American pieces. As part of the Colorful Sounds in Concert series, he will also perform at Reynolda House on Thursday, October 20. MARTÍNEZ Co-sponsored by the Office of Cultural Events and by the Hispanic League 3 | Fall 2016 CE MUSIC Salem Band Fall Concert: “Movie Madness” Fall Choir Concert Sunday, September 25 | 3:00 pm | Hanes Auditorium, Elberson Friday, November 4 | 7:30 pm | Hanes Auditorium, Elberson Fine Fine Arts Center Arts Center Salem Band presents its fall concert, “Movie Madness,” featuring The Salem College Chamber compositions by Danny Elfman, John Williams, Leonard Bernstein, and Choir, Chorale, and SuperTonix more. Enjoy music from some of your favorite films by Tim Burton, will deliver a trifecta of choral Steven Spielberg, and Christopher Nolan. The concert is free, but delights, spanning from the donations are accepted. Salem Band is led by music director Eileen Renaissance period through Young. Established in 1771, Salem Band remains the oldest continuous the twenty-first century. The mixed wind ensemble in the nation. For more information, visit choirs will combine quality with www.salemband.org. diversity to bring you a musical memory to last a lifetime. World Salem Bach Festival music, spirituals, Bach, Gjeilo, Friday, September 30 | 8:00 pm | Shirley Recital Hall, Elberson and John Rutter’s Te Deum and Fine Arts Center Gloria will round out this exciting Saturday, October 1 | 7:30 pm | Home Moravian Church concert. SuperTonix will give you Sunday, October 2 | 3:00 pm | James A. Gray Auditorium, Old a cappella music made famous Salem Visitors Center by the Pentatonix, plus music from the jazz and pop eras of past Joining forces with the Music@Home concert series decades. The choirs are conducted by Sonja Sepúlveda. and Magnolia Baroque, Salem College will present the first annual Salem Bach Festival. The first of the weekend festival concerts will feature Salem College Salem College Christmas Candlelight Service organ faculty member Timothy Olsen performing Thursday, December 1 | 4:15 pm | Hanes Auditorium, Elberson Fine an all-Bach recital on the historic 1965/2013 Flentrop Arts Center pipe organ in Shirley Recital Hall at Salem College. The second concert, at Home Moravian Church, will feature Susan Bates, Salem College alumna, and Susan Foster, the organist at Home Moravian Church, in Bach’s Concerto for Two Harpsichords as well as orchestral works. The final concert will showcase two motets by Bach, and an audience-participatory Choral Sing, in the James A. Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitors Center. All festival events are free and open to the public. From Baroque to Broadway! Friday, October 28 | 7:30 pm | Shirley Recital Hall, Elberson Fine Arts Center Please join the vocal studio of the Salem College School of Music Join us for our traditional Moravian Christmas Candlelight worship for this evening of collaboration with the vocal studio of Salisbury service. This event features Rev. Amy Rio, the chaplain of Salem University in Maryland. Salisbury University faculty member John Academy and College, delivering inspiring words of the season, along Wesley Wright will bring his students to Salem College to perform and with student readers sharing the Christmas story. The Salem College participate in a master class. In turn, members of the Salem College Choirs, directed by Sonja Sepúlveda, share accompanying music, along vocal studio will travel in the spring of 2017 to perform this same with organist Timothy Olsen; mezzo soprano Cristy Brown; pianist concert at Salisbury University.