At this centennial celebration of Aaron Copland's birth, the Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland presents"Aaron Copland and
American Identity" featuring music and dance performances, discussion
panels, film viewings and exhibits. A cross-disciplinary conference runs
Sept. 22-24. For more information about any of the events listed below,
call 301.405.4339.
* Free $ Admission fee
** Reservations Required
Sept. 22
10 a.m.-Noon *
Conference Panel: "Copland's Style" presented by Gayle Murchison (Tulane
University) and Ping He (Xing Hai Conservatory, China)
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
1:30-4:30 p.m. *
Conference Panel: "Copland & McCarthyism" presented by James Gilbert and
Carol Burbank (University of Maryland)
Film viewing and discussion of The Cradle Will Rock
Lecture Hall, Architecture Building
8 p.m. $
Pre-concert Discussion: 6:30 p.m. Copland & MacDowell Colony
Performance: Susan Narucki, soprano
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Sept. 23
9 a.m.-Noon *
Conference Panel: "Copland & McCarthyism" presented by Jennifer DeLapp
(University of Maryland)
Film viewing and discussion of The North Star
Lecture Hall, Architecture Building
1:30-2:30 p.m. *
Keynote Speaker: Vivian Perlis, co-author of Aaron Copland's
autobiography
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
2:45-4:15 p.m. *
Conference Panel: "Copland & American Identity" presented by Carolina
Robertson and Martha Nell Smith (University of Maryland) and Marta
Robertson (Gettysburg College)
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
8 p.m. $
Pre-concert Dicussion: 6:30 p.m. "Copland--The Man."
Performance: Artist Scholarship Benefit Series
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Sept. 24
1:30-3:30 p.m. *
Conference Panel: "New Deal Arts & American Identity" presented by James
Gilbert (University of Maryland); Kathy Erickson (General Services
Administration); Helen Langa (American University) and Jennifer DeLapp
(University of Maryland).
The Art Gallery, Art-Sociology Building
7:30 p.m. $
Pre-concert Discussion: 6 p.m.
Performance: James Tocco, piano
Works by American composers.
Inn & Conference Center, University College
Sept. 26
8 p.m. *
Performance: David Salness, violin, Nonet
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Sept. 27
8 p.m. *
Pre-concert discussion: 7 p.m.
Performance: University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Andre Smith,
conductor
Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Lincoln Portrait, Clarinet
Concerto and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
Memorial Chapel
Sept. 28
5 p.m. **
Open Rehearsal: Guarneri String Quartet; reading of Copland's works for
string quartets
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Oct. 4
8 p.m. *
Pre-concert discussion: 7 p.m.
Performance: Copland Piano Works
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Oct. 6
8 p.m. $
Pre-concert discussion: 7 p.m. Performance: "Copland Meets Jazz Heroes"
with Chris Vadala, woodwinds; Steve Fidyk, drums; Mark Cook, piano; Pepe
Gonzalez, bass
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Oct. 8
3 p.m. $
Pre-concert Discussion: 1:30 p.m.
Concert: "The U.S.-Mexico Connection," Musica Aperta Washington
Inn & Conference Center, University College
Oct. 11
7:30 p.m. *
Concert: Coolidge Quartet
Copland, Stravinsky, Webern
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Fine Arts
Oct. 15
3 p.m. $
Concert: Copland Chorus Festival
Joseph Eunkwan Choi, conductor; Edward Maclary, music director; with
Suitland High School, Northwestern High School, Richard Montgomery High
School, University of Maryland Chorale
Intermission Lecture: Wayne Shirley, Library of Congress
Inn & Conference Center, University College
Oct. 19
7:30-9:30 p.m. *
Lecture: "Copland & Film", Howard Pollack (University of Houston),
author of Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man
Film: The Heiress
Lecture Hall, Architecture Building
Oct. 20
10 a.m.-Noon *
Panel Discussion: "Copland, Sexuality & American Identity" presented by
Luke Jensen (University of Maryland), Howard Pollack, David Bergman
(Towson University) and Marilee Lindermann (University of Maryland)
Lecture Hall, Architecture Building
Oct. 20
1-4 p.m. *
Film viewing and discussion: "Hollywood & the Popular Front" Lary May
(University of Minnesota)
Film: Of Mice and Men
Lecture Hall, Architecture Building
Oct. 22
3 p.m. $
Pre-concert Discussion: 2 p.m.
Performances: University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Christopher
Kendall and Edward Maclary, conductors
School of Music: excerpts from The Tender Land and Three Latin American
Sketches; Department of Dance: Quiet City, Night Thoughts (Homage to
Ives)
Inn & Conference Center, University College
* Free $ Admission fee
** Reservations Required
Program subject to change.
