| Date | Title/Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 11/21/09 | Japanese shakuhachi, koto and shamisen with MARCO LIENHARD and YUKI YASUDA Marco Lienhard and Yuki Yasuda will discuss and demonstrate the traditional Japanese shakuhachi, koto and shamisen on Saturday, November 21 at 4 pm in the Lamont Library Forum Room, open to Harvard ID holders only. The duo will perform short pieces as part of their demonstration and answer questions. Lienhard and Yasuda will also perform on Sunday, November 22 at 2:30pm as part of the “Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music” series presented at the Public Library of Brookline, 361 Washington St. Admission is free and open to the public. Information: http://home.comcast.net/~jtnw/index.html Details | |
| 11/14/09 | Stephen Sondheim Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is the most important artist to work in American musical theater over the past half-century. Mr. Sondheim has agreed to accept a limited number of “rare” appearances with New York Times columnist and former chief theater critic Frank Rich. Details | |
| 11/14/09 | The World of FRED HO Tribute concert with the Harvard Jazz Bands and special guest artist Fred Ho ’79, featuring the world premiere of “Take the Zen Train,” a piece in six movements for big band and dancers commissioned by the Harvard Jazz Bands with choreography by Daniel Jáquez. Details | |
| 11/13/09 | Fall 2009 Harvard Arts Award Ceremony Honoring Composer/Musician FRED HO '79 Harvard University honors FRED HO '79 with the Harvard Arts Medal, which honors a distinguished Harvard or Radcliffe graduate or faculty member who has achieved excellence in the arts and has made a contribution through the arts to education or the public good (previous recipients include, among others, saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman ’91, composer John Adams ’69 MA ’72, cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, and singer-songwriters Bonnie Raitt ’72 and Pete Seeger ’40). The ceremony includes a discussion of the artist's career and creative process moderated by Callie Crossley, panelist on PBS' "Beat the Press" and the radio program "NPR News and Notes." Details | |
| 11/09/09 | playwright/actor/vocalist/composer EISA DAVIS Harvard undergraduates will perform short, work-in-progress monologues and scenes written for Eisa Davis’ playwriting workshop. Details | |
| 11/05/09 | Tim Miller: Performance and Lecture
Lay performance artist Tim Miller performs excerpts from his new show, Lay of the Land, and discusses his artistic vision. Details | |
| 11/05/09 | singer/songwriter SUZANNE VEGA HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES ONLY: Participate in a “songwriters circle” workshop on Thursday, November 5 at 3 pm with Suzanne Vega, whose platinum-selling recording “Solitude Standing” (1987), which contains the hit song “Luka,” was nominated for three Grammys including Record of the Year. Details | |
| 11/03/09 | Punchdrunk directors FELIX BARRETT and MAXINE DOYLE HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES ONLY: Join Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle of Punchdrunk, co-directors of the current American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) production “Sleep No More,” for a workshop on Tuesday, November 3 at 3:30 pm with graduate acting students in the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training. Wear sneakers and dress comfortably for this two-hour workshop with Punchdrunk, one of the world's most innovative theater troupes. Details | |
| 11/02/09 | Workshop with Tim Miller, Performance Artist Internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller teaches students methods for generating autobiographical performances, using creative exercises from a range of disciplines, including drama, contemporary dance, physical theatre, and contact improvisation. FREE Details | |
| 10/31/09 | Green Fire: Smokeless Wood Kiln Firing with Kusakabe, Masakazu Wood Firing workshop with Kusakabe, Masakazu in our efficient smokeless wood firing kiln, designed and built by Kusakabe himself. Details | |
| 10/28/09 | vocalist/composer JULIE GELLER “With Open Mind and Heart: Preparing Yourself For a Career as an Independent Musician,” a workshop with Julie Geller on “learning how to commit to your work fully and fearlessly.” 3:30 pm, Office of Career Services Conference Room, 54 Dunster St. Co-sponsored by Harvard Hillel and Office of Career Services. Details | |
| 10/23/09 | vocalist/composer PETER ELDRIDGE Master class with the co-founder of the double-Grammy winning New York Voices, featuring Harvard’s VoxJazz vocal group; observers welcome. Details | |
| 10/21/09 | soprano DOMINIQUE LABELLE Acclaimed for her virtuosic performances in operas, recitals and concerts worldwide, Dominique Labelle will lead a master class for Harvard student singers on Wednesday, October 21, at 3 pm at Memorial Church. Co-sponsored by Learning From Performers and the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO), this event is free and open to the public. Details | |
| 10/20/09 | playwright SARAH SCHULMAN Playwright and AIDS activist Sarah Schulman will participate in a Q&A after a reading of her play “The Lady Hamlet” on Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 pm at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. The reading will feature Kate Burton (a Tony Award nominee) and Jennifer Van Dyck as two actresses in 1920s New York engaged in a war of wits over who gets to play Hamlet. HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES ONLY: a limited number of seats will be reserved for Harvard undergraduates; email lee16@fas.harvard.edu to RSVP (one RSVP per student). Sarah Schulman’s Oral History Project, created with Jim Hubbard, is a central component of this exhibition and will be on display at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts October 15 – December 23, 2009 (http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming/detail.dot?id=23952) Details | |
| 10/20/09 | SILK ROAD PROJECT RESIDENCY The Silk Road Project’s artists-in-residence programs at Harvard are designed to encourage multicultural and multidisciplinary artistic and intellectual collaborations and to expand the scope of audience participation. Past residencies have featured members of the Silk Road Ensemble partnering with students and faculty in workshops, performances, commissioning of new music, classroom discussions, research, and explorations of the connections between art and music and academic study. Details | |
| 10/19/09 | playwright/actor/vocalist/composer EISA DAVIS Writing for the stage workshop with Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright-performer. 3 pm, New College Theatre Rehearsal Studio. RSVP to Thomas Lee, lee16@fas.harvard.edu Details | |
| 10/16/09 | Boston Ballet Dance Talk: World Passions Don't miss this opportunity for a first look at a Boston Ballet world premiere by one of today's finest young choreographers, Helen Pickett. Free and open to the public. Details | |
| 10/14/09 | Kawabata Kentaro Kawabata Kentaro will demonstrate and give a presentation on his porcelain work with embedded color glass. Details | |
| 10/12/09 | artist collective FIERCE PUSSY Political activism and print media workshop with queer women artist collective, co-sponsored by the Harvard College Women’s Center, Harvard Art Museum, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and Learning From Performers. Students interested in participating should contact The Harvard College Women's Center Details | |
| 10/09/09 | An Evening with Alkistis Protopsalti and Stefanos Korkolis An inspiring and unique performance of some of the most beautiful Greek songs in an intimate setting by one of Greece's most famous vocalists, Alkistis Protopsalti, and composer/pianist, Stefanos Korkolis. Details |
