BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:myVU PRODID:-//Sitemason, Inc//Sitemason Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US-Central LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/element/a6yrypb/id/95127 SUMMARY:November concerts at Blair include free performances ranging from the Percussion Vortex to Vanderbilt Opera Theater DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a variety of concert events at Blair School of Music in November\:\nSunday\, Nov. 1\nIngram Hall\,  2 p.m.\nVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR\nThe oldest performing group on campus performs choral works of all genres.\nMonday\, Nov. 2\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m. Discussion\, 8\:30 p.m. Performance\nBLAIR NIGHTCAP\: Three by Three\: Flute and Friends\nWhen is three not a crowd? When it'\;s a trio of trios! Jane Kirchner and faculty friends Marian Shaffer\, Cynthia Estill\, Kathryn Plummer\, and Craig Nies\, along with exceptional harp student Frances Cobb\, team up to present a program of three charming\, highly varied works. Enjoy a trio version of Debussy'\;s beloved Afternoon of a Faun for flute and two harps\; a rarely programmed Beethoven opus for flute\, bassoon\, and piano\; and the southern premiere of an imaginative 21st-century piece for flute\, harp\, and viola by American composer Libby Larsen. The pre-concert lecture by faculty composer/theorist Michael Kurek will both inform and delight.\nSponsored by Nissan North America Inc. Complimentary Valet Parking\nTuesday\, Nov. 3\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m.\nBLAIR CHAMBER CHOIR\nWednesday\, Nov. 4\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m.\nBLAIR COMPOSERS FORUM\nBlair student musicians perform works written by their peers.\nFriday\, Nov. 6\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m.\nGUEST ARTIST RECITAL\: Tony Arnold\, soprano\; Movses Pogossian\, violin\nClarity\, depth\, imagination\, and vocal beauty mark the performances of soprano Tony Arnold\, who is internationally recognized for her interpretation of the contemporary repertoire. In 2001\, she became the first vocalist ever to win the prestigious Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition\, and later that year took top honors at the McMahon International Music Competition. Since those triumphs she has been widely sought as both a concert and recording artist. For her Blair recital\, she and violin accompanist Movses Pogossian will perform Gyorgy Kurtag'\;s 1987 "Kafka Fragments\," a bracing distillation of ten "normal" songs taken largely from Franz Kafka'\;s "Blue Octavo Notebooks\," concentrated into an intense series of emotional epigrams\, composed by a giant of contemporary music. Mr. Pogossian is Professor of Violin at UCLA\, and is Artistic Director of the new Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles.\nMonday\, Nov. 9\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m.\nPERCUSSION VORTEX\nAmerican premiere of Jeffery Briggs'\; Ecliptic for marimba quartet\; and the whimsical music of Eric Stokes using springs\, broom handles\, and coffee cans! Eric Stokes'\; 1980 Spring Song\, composed on a commission from New Music America\, combines musical genius with childlike curiosity. PLUS - audience members will get one more chance to see Mary Ellen Childs'\; CLICK. The piece for three stick-wielding performers that brought the house down in the spring 2009 Concert Series is back by popular demand for this fall'\;s program.\nFriday\, Nov. 13\nIngram Hall\, 8   p.m. Performance\nVANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present\nTHE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nFully staged\, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.\nSponsored by An Anonymous Friend of the Blair School. Complimentary Valet Parking\nTICKETED EVENT. THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED\nTickets are available at the Blair Main Office Front Desk beginning Oct. 15\nRemaining tickets will be available at the box office beginning one hour prior to performance\nPlease call 322-7651 for information\nThe opening night pre-show talk with musicologist Melanie Lowe as listed in the printed calendar has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvience.\nSaturday\, Nov. 14\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8 p.m.\nFACULTY RECITAL\: Rose Viola Sonatas\nBlair String Quartet violist John Kochanowski performs works written by composer Michael Alec Rose.\nSunday\, Nov. 15\nIngram Hall\, 2   p.m.\nVANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present\nTHE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nFully staged\, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.\nSponsored by An Anonymous Friend of the Blair School. Complimentary Valet Parking\nTICKETED EVENT. THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED\nTickets are available at the Blair Main Office Front Desk beginning Oct. 15\nRemaining tickets will be available at the box office beginning one hour prior to performance\nPlease call 322-7651 for information\nMonday\, Nov. 16\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 8   p.m.\nBLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents\: The Blair Brass Quintet\nAllan Cox\, trumpet\; Pat Kunkee\, trumpet\; Leslie Norton\; horn\; Gilbert Long\, tuba\; Lawrence Borden\, trombone\nComplimentary Valet Parking\nTuesday\, Nov. 17 **PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PERFORMANCE DATE HAS CHANGED\nIngram Hall\, 8   p.m.\nVANDERBILT STEEL DRUM ENSEMBLES\nCANCELLED ***Wednesday\, Nov. 18\nSteve and Judy Turner Recital Hall\, 7\:30 p.m.\nFACULTY RECITAL\nAn Evening of Jazz with members of the Blair jazz faculty\nSponsored by Susan and Frank Genovese\nThursday\, Nov. 19\nIngram Hall\, 8   p.m.\nVANDERBILT CONCERT WINDS\nSunday\, Nov. 22\nIngram Hall\, 2   p.m.\nVANDERBILT COMMUNITY CHORUS\nA potpourri of choral favorites performed just in time for Thanksgiving.\nContact\: Blair School of Music\, (615) 322-7651 URL;VALUE=URI: CATEGORIES:myvu CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:5 DTSTAMP:20120210T082830 CREATED;TZID=US-Central:20091029T151737 LAST-MODIFIED;TZID=US-Central:20091116T092617 DTSTART;TZID=US-Central:20091029T150300 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR