Join us in celebrating live music and improvisation with an evening of eclectic jazz performances. The talented young musicians of the Penn Jazz Ensembles will perform and improvise on music ranging from 1920's traditional jazz to new music composed and arranged by the student performers.
Orpheus Uncovered presents the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as narrated in music by composers who wrote operas based on this myth: Claudio Monteverdi, Stefano Landi, Luigi Rossi, Antonio Sartorio, and Christoph Willibald Gluck (with, respectively, librettists Alessandro Striggio Jr., Anonymous, Francesco Buti, Aurelio Aureli, and Ranieri de' Calzabigi). This Baroque pasticcio is fully staged and sung in Italian.
Visiting artist LaFrae Sci will discuss and share ongoing work in subaquatic deconstructed techno soul in advance of the upcoming première of Fluency: The Language of Water and Who We Are, an immersive sonic experience wading through memories, dreams, and reflections regarding how water can divide and unite, while never being defeated.
In this lecture, Dr. Huda Fakhreddine will discuss Umm Kulthum, the celebrated Egyptian singer who is one of the most successful re-animators of the Arabic qas̩īda in the twentieth century.
Sideband Laptop Ensemble will give a tour of some of the group’s favorite tools, techniques, and repertoire in electronic ensemble music making. Attendees will be invited to interact with their code and controllers to make some noise yourself, so come join in the fun!
Among its many performance opportunities, the Music Department offers students who are both advanced performers and are interested in the academic study of music the chance to participate in the Marian Anderson Performance Program. Open to music majors and minors who successfully audition, this program allows select undergraduate students to merge their academic and performance instruction to become well-rounded musicians.