Walden School - Concert Series

2010

Schedule

Past Artists

The Walden School 2006 Concert Series, Artists-in-Residence & Festival Week Events

All events (except the July 14 & 16 Odd Appetite/New Zealand String Quartet concerts and the July 28 Choral Concert) are presented in the Louise Shonk Kelley Recital Hall on the campus of the Dublin School in Dublin, New Hampshire.

For more information, call 603.563.8212.

All events are free and open to the public.

Concert Series

Friday, June 30, 8 pm
Cyrus Chestnut, Piano
TIME Magazine says that what makes Chestnut, a Walden alumnus, “the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and to play space.”

Sunday, July 2, 7:30 pm
Anna Elashvili, violin; Renana Gutman, piano
Walden School alumna Anna Elashvili returns to Walden to perform a recital featuring works by Schubert and Debussy, among others.

Sunday, July 9, 7:30 pm
Del Sol String Quartet with pianist Eva Maria Zimmerman
This award-winning and Grammy-nominated ensemble, based in San Francisco, performs a program of world premieres written by Walden faculty members.

Friday, July 14, 7 pm
Community Church of Harrisville and Chesham, Harrisville, NH

Sunday, July 16, 4 pm
Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse, Jaffrey, NH
Odd Appetite and the New Zealand String Quartet
The Village Voice calls Odd Appetite “expert virtuoso players.” These concerts are presented in conjunction with Monadnock Music (www.monadnockmusic.org).

Friday, July 21, 8 pm
The Walden School Players
The ensemble, comprising Claire Chase (flute), Dave Eggar (cello), Vesselin Gellev (violin), Eric Huebner (piano), Meighan Stoops (clarinet), and Jason Trueting (percussion), will perform a program of contemporary American chamber music.

The Walden School 2006 Composers Forum

Tuesday, June 27, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, July 5, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 pm
These three programs feature students and faculty performing student works-in-progress and include open discussions with composers, faculty, and their fellow students.

The Walden School 2006 Festival Week

Monday, July 24 7:30 pm
Tuesday, July 25 7:30 pm
Wednesday, July 26 7:30 pm
Festival Week Composers Forums
Andrea Clearfield, Moderator

These three programs feature many world premieres of new compositions by Walden students. Concerts include moderated discussions between Composer-in-Residence, student composers, faculty, performers, and audience members.

Friday, July 28, 8 pm
The Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College, Keene, NH
The Walden School Choral Concert
Shawn Crouch, Director
The 2006 program features American choral music, including works by Walden co-founder David Hogan.

The Walden School wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their support of the Concert Series: The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, The Morton and Sophia Macht Foundation, and the Haxo Family.