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ENSEMBLE CONNECT FEBRUARY 2017 PROGRAM

10th Anniversary Celebration at Skidmore College

FEATURED GUEST COMPOSER: Caroline Shaw

Friday, February 17, 2017

7 p.m. Performance
Helen Filene Ladd Recital Hall
Arthur Zankel Music Center

CONCERT PROGRAM

GUAMI/GABRIELI/CHILESE  Three Venetian Canzoni (arr. Raymond Mase)
ROSENMÜLLER  Sonata No. 4 in C Major
MARCELLO  Oboe Concerto in C Minor
CAROLINE SHAW  Stucco & Brocatelle (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
VIVALDI  Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro
VIVALDI  Concerto in G Major, RV 151, "Alla rustica"
ANDREW RINDFLEISCH  In the Zone

 

Presented by the Department of Music and the Office of Special Programs

Residency made possible by generous support from Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

Caroline Shaw by Alex Lee
Photo by Alex Lee

Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician. She is a Grammy-winning singer in Roomful of Teeth and a violinist in ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), and in 2013 Caroline became the youngest-ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music, for her enigmatic composition Partita for 8 Voices. She was the inaugural musician in residence at Dumbarton Oaks (2014–15) and continues her residency with Vancouver’s Music on Main through 2016. Recent and current projects include commissions for the Cincinnati Symphony, the Guggenheim Museum Works & Process Series, and the Folger Library, as well as collaborations with Kanye West.