Events Archive
JACK Quartet 'American Music No. 2'
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 8:00pmThe members of the JACK Quartet have been called "superheroes of the new music world" (The Boston Globe) and the "next-generation counterpart" to the benchmark Arditti (The Guardian). The New York Times hailed the JACK as "among the best ensembles of its generation." Recent personnel shifts...
Organ Recital Series - David Briggs, FRCO
Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 5:00pmDavid Briggs, FRCO, recently appointed Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, has built a worldwide reputation as a dazzling performer and creative improviser. In recent years he has become increasingly sought after for his organ arrangements of massive...
Duke Opera Workshop: Operas Comic and Comique
Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 3:00pmOpera excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, The Elixir of Love, and Carmen, sung in English with costumes and staging. Piano accompaniment by David Heid.
Duke Opera Workshop: Operas Comic and Comique
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 8:00pmOpera excerpts from The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, The Elixir of Love, and Carmen, sung in English with costumes and staging. Piano accompaniment by David Heid.
Duke Chorale Celebration Concert
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 8:00pmThe Duke Chorale, directed by Rodney Wynkoop, presents a celebration concert featuring highlights from the group's 2017-18 season. The Chorale will perform an eclectic array of selections ranging from the Baroque to modern, including folksongs and spirituals. The Duke Chorale is a primarily...
Chamber Music Concert
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 7:00pmAdvanced musicians in the chamber music program perform works from the 18th-21st centuries, including Quartet in D Major for flute and strings K. 285 by W.A. Mozart, String Quartet in E minor "From My Life" by Bedrich Smetana, Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7 by Zoltan Kodaly, Quartet for Piano...
Duke Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert for Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation
Saturday, April 14, 2018 - 7:00pmFor fifteen years, the Duke Symphony Orchestra has traveled to Beaufort, SC to play an annual benefit concert for the Duke-affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center at Beaufort Memorial Hospital, raising a total of over $285,000 to support BMH's Healing Arts Program in the Keyserling Cancer Center and...
Duke Jazz Ensemble with Bobby Broom, guitar
Friday, April 13, 2018 - 8:00pmBorn in Harlem and raised on the Upper West Side of NYC, Bobby Broom was seventeen when he made his first appearance with Sonny Rollins in Carnegie Hall. He went on to tour and record with Rollins in 1981- 86 (and again from 2005 - 2010). During his early years, he also performed with trumpeters...
Hacking out the Noise of Global Asia: Experimental Music as Regional Cultural Policy
Friday, April 13, 2018 - 4:00pmThis paper considers the rise of experimental music networks - from the longterm circulations of Noise music to recent booms in circuit-bending and analog synthesis - as a focal point for neoliberal subjectivity in the recent geopolitical "pivot to Asia." The recent emergence of local...
Duke University Wind Symphony: Sounds of Cinema with Boston Brass
Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 8:00pmProgram includes selections from "Star Wars" and other film scores by John Williams; "Sounds of Cinema," a 10-minute piece composer Rick DeJonge wrote for Boston Brass in 2010 that captures four different styles of movie music - adventure, romance, action thriller and comedy; a medley of movie...