The Vail Series [Denison University]

THE KNIGHTS

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PERFORMANCE

THE KNIGHTS

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Swasey Chapel | 7pm

Vail’s 32nd season ends with a chamber orchestra sure to take the audience on “an oxygen-fueled romp painted in vivid hues”(The New York Times). The Knights chamber orchestra brings energy and a joy of musical exploration to the Swasey stage as they perform classics and new music in a gutsy, exhilarating style. “We do it all, they say—Beethoven, pop, classical, rock. Pretty much anything anyone feels strongly about musically, the group will take seriously and give it a shot.”

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

An orchestra of friends, the members of this New York-based ensemble are graduates of the Juilliard, Curtis, Manhattan, Mannes and Eastman schools of music, united by an open-minded spirit of camaraderie and collaboration. This unique fellowship transforms our awareness of what an orchestra can be when each member helps to shape and refine the overall ensemble. Led by conductor Eric Jacobson, this energetic group has been participating in the world’s most prestigious music festivals and recently recorded two albums. Champions of music of our time, The Knights have served as the resident chamber orchestra for the Music At The Anthology (MATA) Festival for young composers since 2006.

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Keith Lew

DADA MASILO

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:48 +0000

PERFORMANCE

DADA MASILO

Friday, February 3, 2012
Swasey Chapel | 8pm

You must not miss this brash and breathtaking young artist in her premiere American performance. South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo is still in her 20s but has already established herself as one of the world’s most stunningly innovative, exquisitely unconventional thinkers and interpreters of dance. Known for her “astonishingly quick and often jarring fusion of African dance and classical ballet” (CNN World), Masilo opens our eyes to the places where western and African traditions meet, collide, and create beauty.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

South African dancers and choreographers, Dada Masilo and Lulu Mlangeni, will be performing in Swasey Chapel on their inaugural visit to the United States. Widely recognized in South Africa, Dada has dazzled audiences with her speed, being compared to “greased lightning” while imbuing her roles with a style described as “mesmerizing and magical” (The Star, Johannesburg) as she combines the classics and African dance. Trained in contemporary dance in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Brussels, Dada won the 2008 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for dance and is currently the Artist-in-Residence at The Dance Factory in Johannesburg. Joining Dada on stage will be Lulu Mlangeni, the 24-year-old winner of South Africa’s So You Think You Can Dance talent search.

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Faculty, Staff, and Student Tickets Still Available!

vailintern — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:42:48 +0000

Remember, it’s not too late to get your free Vail Series tickets to see the United States debut of Dada Masilo! You can get your tickets on the second floor of Slayter tomorrow and Friday. This is a do not miss performance. We hope to see you there.

Voice of Vail: Dada Masilo

vailintern — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:38:13 +0000

The Vail Series brings Dada Masilo to campus February 3rd at 8pm. A performer since age 13, Masilo is known for taking Shakespeare’s Hamlet and forcing the viewer to reconsider Ophelia by viewing the classical subject matter through Masilo’s own preferences in choreography, light, and music. Reviews of her work describe her drive to innovate within traditional subject matter. Accoladed from Businessday South Africa to CNN here in the United States, Dada Masilo’s dance should be viewed as a glimpse into the very best of modern dance: an extraordinary occurrence for Granville, Ohio. We hope you’ll join the Vail Series for a departure from our usual fare to the privilege of seeing the decidedly unusual performance of Dada Masilo.

Students, Faculty, and Staff Concert Tickets Available

vailintern — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:21:10 +0000

Student ticket distribution continues on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday — be sure to stop by Slayter 2nd Floor to pick up your ticket!
Faculty and staff distribution continues through campus mail.

MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & GLORIAE DEI CANTORES

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:00:05 +0000

PERFORMANCE

MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & GLORIAE DEI CANTORES

Thursday, October 27, 2011
Swasey Chapel | 7pm

The acclaimed Munich Symphony Orchestra and world-class concert choir Gloriae Dei Cantores will fill Swasey chapel with Schoenberg’s beautiful “Verklarte Nacht” and Mozart’s exquisite “Requiem” in late October. Join us, and Denison’s own Chamber Singers, for this evening of voice and instrument under the baton of conductor Philippe Entremont.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

The Munich Symphony Orchestra once again returns to the United States with Maestro Philippe Entremont after completing a 2009 tour to rave reviews. The Munich Symphony Orchestra – known for its “power and delicacy” and “reflection and energy” is one of Munich’s distinguished world class orchestras. The orchestra has displayed elegance and virtuosity while performing an extensive repertoire that includes symphonic concert pieces and operas to ballets and oratorios.

Recognized as a distinguished orchestral conductor and pianist, Philippe Entremont’s dedication to developing orchestras’ artistic potential has led him to numerous international tours and music directorships of several of the world’s greatest orchestras, as well as being one of the most recorded artists of all time.

Gloriae Dei Cantores, the internationally acclaimed 40-voice choir from Cape Cod, Mass., is known for its beautiful choral artistry in performing sacred choral music from Gregorian chant through the 21st century. Gloriae Dei Cantores and the Denison Chamber Singers join Mr. Entremont and the Munich Symphony Orchestra on the Swasey Chapel stage for this unforgettable performance of Mozart’s Requiem.

Munich Symphony Orchestra (Translated)

Munich Symphony Orchestra (CAMI Website)

Gloriae Dei Cantores

Philippe Entremont Biography (Courtesy of CAMI) PDF

Munich Symphony Orchestra Biography (Courtesy of CAMI) PDF

PHOTOS

G. Reschke, Peter von Felbert, Steve J. Sherman

Mozart, MSO, and an Intense Program

vailintern — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:12:03 +0000

The next Vail Series Concert features the Munich Symphony Orchestra, which according to press releases, performs with nothing less than “Apollonian excellence”. They open the performance with Verklärte Nacht, a Romantic work that contains the triple distinction of being an early example of programmatic music for chamber ensemble, based on a Romantic poem featuring an adulterous lover, and the unrecognized “inverted ninth chord” which lead to the piece’s rejection by the Vienna Music Society.

After the intermission, we will be listening to Mozart’s Requiem, which as those who have seen Amadeus know, is the intense choral work he died writing. Luckily we have performers to match the piece: Gloria Dei Cantores and our own Denison Chamber Singers will be doing the singing. With a program this dramatic, there is no excuse not to make it up the hill on what we hope to be a fine October evening.

From College Hill to Carnegie Hall

maryfrazell — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:55:29 +0000

We can say we knew her when: Yuja’s follows up her latest performance at Denison with her debut at Carnegie Hall.

At just 16 years old when we first met her, Yuja Wang already had the talent to attract the eye (and ear) of the Vail Series Director Lorraine Wales. But even Wales couldn’t have predicted the meteoric rise of this young star.

Since her first appearance on the stage at Swasey Chapel in 2004, Wang has gone on to perform with such luminaries as Pinchas Zukerman in her 2005 debut and many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony in the United States, and abroad with the Filarmonica della Scala, Gulbenkian Orchestra and London Philharmonic, to name just a few.

And now, fresh off her sixth performance with the Vail Series at Denison, Wang will debut at the grand old dame of concert venues, Carnegie Hall, tomorrow night.

We wish you well, Yuja. We know you’ll bring down the house!

Students, Faculty and Staff Concert Tickets Available

denisonuniversity — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:48:03 +0000

Student ticket distribution continues on Thursday and Friday — be sure to stop by Slayter 2nd Floor to pick up your ticket!
Faculty and staff distribution continues through campus mail.

YUJA WANG

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:03:02 +0000

PERFORMANCE

YUJA WANG

Friday, October 7, 2011
Swasey Chapel | 8pm

Our 2011 Vail season opens with the incomparable pianist Yuja Wang, who must be heard live to be believed. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see this renowned performer, who the New York Times says “seems to have everything: speed, flexibility, pianistic thunder and interpretive nuance.” Her program will include works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Albéniz and Scriabin. We know you’ll agree with the Detroit News, who calls Yuja Wang “simply the most important new pianist to appear in recent years, period.”

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

With playing that has been described as remarkable for its sensitivity, fluidity and virtuosity, as well as a technique that is not only “flawless” but “effortless,” 24-year-old Yuja Wang’s rapid rise to stardom has been spectacular. Since her first appearance in Swasey Chapel in 2004, Yuja has toured extensively around the world, performing with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and conductors to great acclaim. Her most recent recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a collaboration with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, was named to NPR Classical’s Best Albums of the Year list. We are thrilled to have her back at Denison for her fifth visit, just prior to her Carnegie Hall debut.

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Holger Hage, Felix Broede, Deutsche Grammophon

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Students, Faculty and Staff Concert Tickets Available

YUJA WANG

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

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