Fall 2019 Arts Calendar A guide to performances, exhibits, film screenings, and programs produced by the Conservatory of Music, the Departments of Art, Film, Theater, and Television and Radio, and the Preparatory Center. The World of the Arts in Your Own Backyard Brooklyn College continues to affirm its position as a cultural jewel of the city, this season offering a bounty of diverse selections, both traditional and highly original. Savor the charm of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 Tuesday, October 22, 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER Don Buchwald Theater; free and enjoy the magnificent Friday, September 20, 5-9 p.m. Faculty Recital Series: Kendall Williams, steel drums overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni; Don Buchwald Theater; free Pan in Motion: A steel pan journey through diversity contemplate the destruction of the Haitian Creole Jazz Symposium and Jam Session The life and times of Kendall K. Williams come to life on steel pan. American Dream in a small Ohio Haitian Jazz and American Jazz: Historical Connections and Specificities steel town in Lynn Nottage’s incisive A panel discussion exploring the connections between Haitian and American jazz Wednesday, October 23, 5 p.m. play Sweat; be immersed in the with Joel Widmaier (Fondation Haiti Jazz), Jean Chardavoine, and Melvin L. Butler Topfer Recital Hall; free (University of Miami) followed by a jam session with internationally acclaimed Music for Strings I 20th-century opera world of Darius Haitian jazz band leader Alix “Buyu” Ambroise, Jr., Brooklyn College Big Band Jesse Mills, Coordinator Milhaud’s Trois Opéras-minute and Director D.D. Jackson, and members of the Global Jazz Master’s program. Co- Conservatory of Music students present solo and chamber works for strings. Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge; sponsored by the Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music and the CUNY be part of a grand, centuries-old Haitian Studies Institute Thursday, October 24, 1 p.m. Don Buchwald Theater; free tradition of holiday celebration Tuesday, September 24, 12 p.m. Music for Winds I with Handel’s perennially inspiring Boylan Hall, Room 5313; free Marianne Gythfeldt, Coordinator Messiah; or venture into stranger Artist Lecture Series: Archie Rand Conservatory of Music students present solo and chamber works for winds. atmospheres at the Bi-Annual Presented by the Graduate Art Student Union. Open to the public International Electroacoustic Music Thursday, October 24, 5:15 p.m. Festival, which presents a cornucopia Tuesday, September 24, 1 p.m. Don Buchwald Theater; $5 of cutting-edge works by masters Lily Pond; free Freedom Concert Chamber Music at the Lily Pond Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir and emerging composers. Come join The Global Jazz Master’s Quartet and Conservatory Singers us for these and many, many more Take a break from hectic campus life and enjoy great music in a bucolic setting. Malcolm J. Merriweather, Conductor offerings ranging from the visual to (In the event of inclement weather, this concert will be relocated to the Tow with the Glee Club media and performing arts, as we Center Atrium.) Rebecca Martinez, Conductor strive together to enrich and inspire The choirs will join forces in a program of music celebrating the civil rights Friday, September 27, 7:30 p.m. movement, reminiscent of the famous concerts conceived by Coretta Scott King. our minds, our city, and our world. Don Buchwald Theater; $5 Conservatory Orchestra I Friday, October 25; Saturday, October 26; and George Rothman, Conductor Monday, October 28–Wednesday, October 30 Mozart, Don Giovanni Overture; Delibes, Le roi s’amuse; C.P.E. Bach, Friday, Saturday, and Monday–Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Symphony in D major; Richard Rodney Bennett, Sinfonietta Saturday, 2 p.m. New Workshop Theater; $22, seniors $18, students $15 Tickets and Subscription and Alumni discounts available Information Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins All information on events is subject OCTOBER Directed by Michael Page to change without notice. Please Thursday, October 10, 1 p.m. A finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,Gloria is primarily set in a consult our online calendars (bcmusic. Leonard & Claire Tow Center Atrium; free Manhattan magazine publishing office, in an environment as combustive as an Composers’ Collective Concert Series I ongoing Twitter thread, and follows the survivors in the aftermath of an office org, events.brooklyn.cuny.edu, and Marcello Di Russo, Coordinator shooting. brooklyncollegepresents.org) for Presenting Mirror by Tiger West: Every American is born with the right to the the most up-to-date information. Pursuit of Happiness. Empathy is a facet of narcissism; connection is elusive. Saturday, October 26, 9 a.m.- 6:45 p.m. Advance tickets to any events for Don Buchwald Theater; free which admission is charged may Friday, October 11; Saturday, October 12; and Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor Conference be purchased from the Brooklyn Tuesday, October 15–Thursday, October 17 Michelle Yom, Coordinator Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday–Thursday, 7:30 p.m. This conference aims to build upon Taylor scholarship in jazz and American Music College Box Office located in the Saturday, 2 p.m. studies, and also to expand it into a broader range of disciplines in order to reflect Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Don Buchwald Theater; $22, seniors $18, students $15 more accurately the scope of Taylor’s own praxis. Karen Borca will lead a workshop Performing Arts, 718.951.4500 (except Subscription and Alumni discounts available using Taylor’s instructional methods. The conference will culminate in a concert. Saturday, November 16, Composers A Thesis Production For a complete schedule and registration information, visit https://unitstructures. and Choreographers Collaborate, for Pass Over commons.gc.cuny.edu/schedule/. by Antoinette Nwandu which tickets may be obtained from the Directed by Cristina Duarte Saturday, October 26, 8 p.m. venue). The box office is open Tuesday- Inspired in part by the murder of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial, Don Buchwald Theater; free Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Senior and student Pass Over follows two black men, Kitch and Moses, who are stuck on a purgatorial Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor—Concert III rates apply to select performances. No street corner. Even though the stakes of getting off the corner are high, Antoinette Featuring Big Band directed by Karen Borca tickets are required for FREE events. Nwandu offers a portrait of two young black men who also dare to seek joy. The third and final concert for the Unit Structures: The Art of Cecil Taylor Conference features “Womb Water” and other compositions by Cecil Taylor. Please For information and tickets, visit Tuesday, October 15, 1 p.m. visit the Eventbrite reservation page for tickets. brooklyncollegepresents.org. Lily Pond; free Chamber Music at the Lily Pond Tuesday, October 29, 12 p.m. Conservatory of Music Concert Office The Brooklyn College Gospel Choir Boylan Hall, Room 5313; free 718.951.5792 Take a break from hectic campus life and enjoy great music in a bucolic setting. Artist Lecture Series: Steve Mumford bcmusic.org (In the event of inclement weather, this concert will be relocated to the Tow Presented by the Graduate Art Student Union. Open to the public Center Atrium.) Tuesday, October 29, 7 p.m. Department of Art Thursday, October 17, 1 p.m. Topfer Recital Hall; free 718.951.5181 Leonard & Claire Tow Center Atrium; free Brooklyn College Big Band depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/art Composers’ Collective Concert Series II D.D. Jackson, Director Marcello Di Russo, Coordinator A performance of original compositions for Big Band by members of the Global Department of Film Original works by Andrew Porter, Connor Whelan, and other members Jazz Master’s program 718.951.5664 of the Collective depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/film Thursday, October 31, 1 p.m. Thursday, October 17, 7 p.m. Don Buchwald Theater; free West End Building, Room 220; free Conservatory Singers Department of Television and Radio Brooklyn College Film Department Presents: Larry Sanders Still Fighting Malcolm J. Merriweather, Conductor 718.951.5555 Documentary Screening Trick or Treat? Conservatory Singers presents a colorful program of music in treble bctvr.org Open to the campus community and public voices with an exciting world premiere by John Montez. Department of Theater Saturday, October 19, 1 p.m. Studio 312; free 718.951.5666 Preparatory Center Faculty Recital depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/theater Performance by one of the Center’s highly regarded faculty Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema 718.951.4536 feirstein.brooklyn.cuny.edu Preparatory Center for the Saturday, November 16, 3 and 7 p.m. Performing Arts The Brooklyn Music School Playhouse 718.951.4111 NOVEMBER 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn; $10, students $5 with ID bcprepcenter.org Friday, November 1, 7:30 p.m. Choreographers and Composers Collaborate Don Buchwald Theater; $5 Artis Smith and Germaine Salsburg, Co-Directors Conservatory Orchestra II A collaboration between the Conservatory of Music/Professor Douglas Cohen George Rothman, Conductor and the College’s Department of Kinesiology/Professor Artis Smith: Conservatory Featuring 2019 Concerto Competition Winner violinist Wei-Ni Hung composers work with professional choreographers and dancers to produce an performing the Barber Violin Concerto; Sibelius, Cassazione; exciting concert of original dance and music. Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 Getting There Tuesday, November 19, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, November 6-8, 7 p.m. Topfer Recital Hall; free Brooklyn College is located at 2900 Topfer Recital Hall; free Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Bedford Avenue. The Don Buchwald, 41st Biannual International Electroacoustic Music Festival Lars Frandsen, Director New Workshop, and Claire Tow (formerly George Brunner, Director Music by Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Brouwer, and others Whitman) Theaters; Topfer Recital Hall; A cornucopia of cutting-edge works by masters and emerging composers Wednesday, November 20, 5 p.m.