On September 14, 2013, Baldwin Auditorium reopened after a two-year, $15 million renovation with a gala concert featuring a chamber orchestra of faculty and students from the Duke University Department of Music, including the Ciompi Quartet, John Brown, Randall Love, Rebecca Troxler, and others. The all-American program featured Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and Samuel Barber's "Knoxville, Summer of 1915" with Duke alumnus Jason McStoots, tenor.
Photographs by Megan Morr, Duke University Photography.
President Brodhead, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III, and Provost Peter Lange spoke before the concert.
Harry Davidson, music director of the Duke Symphony Orchestra, conducted the chamber orchestra's performance of "Appalachian Spring."
Rodney Wynkoop, Director of the Duke Chorale and Chamber Choir, and Director of Chapel Music, conducted "Knoxville, Summer of 1915."
The concert was followed by a reception at the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building.
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