THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY
OFFERS AWARD-WINNING, HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE MUSIC, THEATER AND DANCE PERFORMANCES FOR WINTER/SPRING 2012 SEASON
(BOSTON) The Boston Conservatory offers award-winning, affordable, high-quality performances by students, faculty and guest artists throughout the school year. Among the offerings for the winter/spring 2012 season: new installments of the popular “Piano Masters” and “String Masters” series; performances of Ravel’s two operas, a world premiere by former Boston Ballet resident choreographer Daniel Pelzig and fully staged productions of The Full Monty and The Apple Tree, as well as a variety of additional offerings in music, dance and theater.
The Conservatory offers many free performances, as well as ticketed events ranging from $10-$25. In addition, there is a substantial student discount for students from any institution, with valid ID. Unless free or otherwise noted, tickets are available beginning Jan. 18 through The Boston Conservatory Box Office: 617-912-9222 and http://bostonconservatory.ticketforce.com. For more information, call The Boston Conservatory’s event line at (617) 912-9240 or visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/events. From staged to semi-staged theater, dance and opera performances to instrumental and voice recitals, there is something for everyone. For a complete schedule, visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/perform.
Performance location key:
At The Boston Conservatory:
Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway Street
Seully Hall, 4th Floor, 8 The Fenway
Zack Box, Basement, 8 The Fenway
Studio 401, 4th Floor, 31 Hemenway Street
Off campus:
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Fenway Center, 77 Saint Stephen Street, Boston
All performance venues are handicapped accessible.
JANUARY 2012
Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Ludovico Ensemble (Ensemble-in-residence)
Music for flute and percussion quartet.
ANDRÉ JOLIVET: Suite en concert
MARTI EPSTEIN: yellow pale blue
MISCHA SALKIND-PEARL: In
Seully Hall, $10–$15
Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Boston Harp Gala
A biennial concert featuring harpists from Boston area colleges.
Seully Hall, FREE
FEBRUARY 2012
Feb. 2–5
8 p.m. (Thursday-Saturday), 2 p.m. (Sunday)
OPERA: L’Enfant et les sortilèges and L’Heure espagnole
Maurice Ravel wrote only two operas, but each is a gem of orchestral color and inventive storytelling. L’Heure espagnole (The Spanish Hour) is a frisky story of lust and time management and L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) is a story by Colette that is part fairy tale-part nightmare comes to life. Sung in French with English surtitles. Andrew Altenbach, music director and conductor. Nathan Troup, director.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $10–$25
Feb. 3, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Eric Hewitt, conductor
DAVID T. LITTLE: East Coast Attitude
ADAM ROBERTS: Leaf Metal (World Premiere)
JUSTIN BARISH: Machinemusic (World Premiere by Boston Conservatory 2011–2012 Wind Ensemble Composition Competition Winner)
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: “…and the mountains rising nowhere”
Fenway Center, FREE
Feb. 5, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory String Ensemble, Andrew Mark, conductor
Featuring viola faculty member, Lila Brown.
BACH: Brandenberg Concerto No. 6
SMITH: Suite: Sicilian and Tarantella
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings, op. 48 in C Major
Studio 401, FREE
Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Piano Masters – Janice Weber
Faculty member Janice Weber is a popular chamber musician with a highly praised and eclectic discography.
DEBUSSY: Estampes
FRANCK: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
CAGE: The Seasons (1947)
RACHMANINOFF: Variations on a Theme by Corelli
LISZT: Two St. Francis Legends, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Seully Hall, $10-$15
(Masterclass: Feb. 8 at 3 p.m., Seully Hall, FREE and open to the public)
Feb. 9, 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Juventas (Ensemble-in-Residence) Generation N.O.W.
New. Original. Wild. This performance is part of the Composers’ Concert Series and will feature works by talented student composers.
Seully Hall, FREE
Feb. 16–19
8 p.m. (Thursday–Saturday)
2 p.m. (Saturday–Sunday)
DANCE: Triple Play
A dance performance for music lovers as well as dance lovers, this concert features a premiere by Daniel Pelzig (former resident choreographer of the Boston Ballet) set to Tchaikovsky’s Trio in a minor for Violin, Piano and Cello; Zero Cool, a sophisticated jazz dance work by Cathy Young set to music drawn from Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite and Latin American Suite; and iconic modern dance choreographer Doug Varone’s The Constant Shift of Pulse set to John Adams’ “Hallelujah Junction.” Live music by Music Division students. Cathy Young, artistic director.
The Boston Conservatory Theater, $10–25
Feb. 19, 2 p.m.
MUSIC: The Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Bruce Hangen, conductor
STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, op. 59 with Matthew Marsit, M.M. ’12 conducting
EMMANUEL SÉJOURNÉ: Concerto for marimba and strings with Brandon Ilaw, B.M. ’14, marimba (Boston Conservatory Concerto Competition Winner)
STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919) with Motoki Tanaka, M.M. ’12 conducting
(Pre-concert lecture at 1 p.m.)
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, $10–$15. Call the Harvard Box Office for tickets at (617) 496–2222.