Walden School - Concert Series

2010

Schedule

Past Artists

The Walden School 2005 Concert Series, Artists-in-Residence & Festival Week Events

All events (except the July 15 Cross Country Concert and the July 30 Choral Concert) are in the Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall on the campus of the Dublin School, Dublin, New Hampshire.

Concert Series

Friday, July 1, 2005, 8:00 pm
Matthew Hunter, viola
Estela Kersenbaum Olevsky, piano

American violist Matthew Hunter won his position with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1995. He is currently in his second term as a member of the self-managed orchestra's executive body, the FŸnferrat. He has taught courses sponsored by the Herbert-von-Karajan Akademie at Sapporo's Pacific Music Festival and as a guest at Berlin's 'Hans Eisler Hochschule der Musik'. Mr. Hunter is an alumnus of The Walden School's predecessor program, the Junior Conservatory Camp. He grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts, and began violin instruction at age 7 with the noted Berlin-born virtuoso, Julia Olevsky. His other teachers have included Roman Totenberg, Jaime Laredo, and Michael Tree.

Estela Kersenbaum Olevsky has established a multi-faceted career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber pianist. As a solo pianist she has appeared with symphony orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Festival Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Panama, the Janacek Philharmonia, the Bratislava Radio Orchestra, the Gayle Symphonie and the Schumann Philharmonie. She has presented piano recitals in musical centers such as Vienna's Konzertverein, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Edinburgh University, New York's Weill Hall, Merkin Hall and Boston's Jordan Hall. She is a Professor Emeritus of Piano at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where she chaired the piano department for more than two decades.

Sunday, July 10, 2005, 7:30 pm
PRISM Saxophone Quartet
Performing original works written by Walden School Faculty Composers as part of The Walden School Faculty Commissioning Program
In Residence at The Walden School July 5 - 11

Intriguing programs of great beauty and breadth have distinguished the PRISM Quartet as one of America's foremost chamber ensembles. PRISM presents the saxophone as a serious concert instrument while embracing its rich history in jazz and popular music. Chosen by Musical America as "Outstanding Young Artists" and winners of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, PRISM has performed on Entertainment Tonight, National Public Radio, and in Alice Tully Hall with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 1995, PRISM toured Latin America under the auspices of the United States Information Agency. Most recently, PRISM has been presented to critical acclaim as soloists with orchestras nationwide, including the Cleveland, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, performing William Bolcom's Concerto Grosso, commissioned by the Quartet in 2000.

Founded in 1984, the PRISM Quartet has served as Artists-in-Residence at Settlement Music School and the Free Library of Philadelphia since 1994. PRISM has recorded for Koch International Classics and Innova and may be heard weekly in the featured music to the new PBS series, "NOW with Bill Moyers." The PRISM Quartet has been in residence at The Walden School several times over the past two decades and sponsors, jointly with The Walden School, a young Walden composer commissioning project each year.

This concert is presented in conjunction with The Walden School Teacher Training Institute.

Friday, July 15, 2005, 8:00 pm
Cross Country

Note: This event will take place in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The Redfern Arts Center is on the campus of Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire.

Founded in 1986 by three then-faculty members of The Walden School, Cross Country delighted audiences for more than a decade, giving concerts all over New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. This concert will mark a reunion of John Yankee, Ned Quist and Carol Thomas Downing, and we are thrilled to include them on this year's concert series. The trio has given workshops at folk festivals, coffeehouses and schools, and their recordings include "Cross Country" (1989) and "Never Grow Old" (1992). John Yankee is now artistic director of the San Diego Children's Choir, Ned Quist is the Music Librarian at Brown University, and Carol Thomas Downing is director and founder of the Virginia Children's Chorus.

This concert is presented in conjunction with The Walden School Teacher Training Institute.

Friday, July 22, 2005, 8:00 pm
Non sequitur
The Walden School Ensemble-in-Residence

The Walden School's highly acclaimed Ensemble-in-Residence, Non Sequitur, will return again to The Walden School for the final two weeks of Walden's 2005 Season. Non Sequitur will conduct an exciting, interactive workshop with the community, perform a concert for the Walden community, work with Walden student composers as they complete their original compositions, and perform these new works over evenings of Festival Week Composers Forums.

NON SEQUITUR is recognized as one of the most exciting and versatile new music ensembles emerging today. Taking contemporary music as a point of departure, Non Sequitur's performances bring together works from composers such as Boulez, Mingus, Xenakis, and Zappa, and incorporate improvisation, theater, and popular and non-western music. Over their five years together, they have given over 100 U.S. and world premieres, including works by Thomas Ads and Michael Torke, and have developed a well-respected reputation for their ability and insight in preparing new works. Non Sequitur has worked with notable composers George Tsontakis, Melinda Wagner, Bernard Rands, John Harbison, and George Crumb. A large part of their existence has been devoted to education, giving interactive workshops to students ranging from pre-school up to graduate level.

For more information about Non Sequitur, please visit their website at www.nonseq.org.

The Walden School 2005 Festival Week

Monday, July 25, 7:30 pm
Russell Pinkston
The Walden School 2005 Composer-in-Residence

Tuesday, July 26 - Thursday, July 28, 7:30 pm
Festival Week Composers Forums
Russell Pinkston, Moderator
Non Sequitur, Ensemble-in-Residence

The Walden School is honored to present composer Russell Pinkston as The Walden School's 2005 Composer-in-Residence. Dr. Russell Pinkston (DMA, Columbia University, 1984) is a Professor of Music Composition and Director of Electronic Music Studios at The University of Texas at Austin. He is active both as a composer and as a researcher in the field of computer music. His compositions span a wide range of different media, from concert works and sacred anthems to computer generated tape pieces and live electronic music for dance. While the primary focus of his research has been in developing software and hardware for real-time synthesis and digital signal processing, his numerous tutorials, example instruments, and user-interface software for Csound have also become renowned. His current research involving the use of interactive technologies for dance has recently received international attention, leading to interviews with CNN, CBCN and BBC News and a feature article in New Scientist Magazine. He is a founding member of SEAMUS, and a former member of the Board of the International Computer Music Association, as Regional Director for the Americas.

Friday, July 29, 3:00 pm
Summer Coursework Demonstration
Leo Wanenchak and Caroline Mallonée, Moderators

The students and faculty of The Walden School offer a demonstration of their summer's work together.

Saturday, July 30, 8:00 pm
The Walden School Chorus
Leo Wanenchak, Director

This annual tradition concludes The Walden School Festival Week and is the culmination of a summer of music making at Walden. The Walden School Chorus, comprising students, faculty, and staff, will present its annual concert of choral music - a mix of contemporary and classical favorites.

Note: This event will take place in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The Redfern Arts Center is on the campus of Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire.