SDSU’s
Center for Visual and Performing Arts, La Jolla Music Society salute
Aaron Copland and Martha Graham A series of events at many of San Diego’s arts venues will highlight the American Movement Festival, a collaboration between the La Jolla Music Society, SDSU’s Center for Visual and Performing Arts, and other community partners. The festival celebrates the work of two mavericks in the arts world: composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Martha Graham.
The Martha Graham Dance Company will perform with members of the San Diego Symphony at Copley Symphony Hall March 11-12, while “Martha @,” a cabaret tribute to Graham by choreographer and dancer Richard Move, takes the stage March 3-6 at the Lyceum Space Theatre.
Events on the SDSU campus include:
SDSU’s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Harold Warman, performs three Copland works: “Fanfare for the Common Man,” “Lincoln Portrait,” narrated by Martin Chambers, and “Billy the Kid,” Saturday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall.
A Festival Concert with music of Copland including choreography to Copland’s Four Piano Blues , choral and vocal settings of old American songs, and Copland chamber music, will be Sunday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
Both events are in Smith Recital Hall. Tickets are $12 general, $8 children/seniors.Author Howard Pollack will speak about his definitive biography of Aaron Copland, The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man , Wednesday, March 9, at noon in Music 113, Admission is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with these performances, an open orchestra rehearsal with Aaron Sherber, music director, will be held in SDSU’s Smith Recital Hall on Thursday, March 10, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Discussion with the conductor follows the rehearsal.
A free master class with the Martha Graham Dance Company will be held Saturday, March 12, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in ENS 200.
Tickets for SDSU performances may be purchased at the Smith Recital Hall Box Office, Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or by calling 619-594-1696. For more information, please call Rhoda Nevins at 619-594-6060.
For more information on the entire festival, visit:
http://www.la-jolla-music-society.com/content/view/260/36/
CBS and HBO Network Television Correspondent Armen Keteyian to be Honored March 3
The SDSU Friends of Journalism and Media Studies and the San Diego Press Club will honor alumnus and emmy award-winning journalist Armen Keteyian, ’76 Journalism, at a reception Thursday, March 3, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Omni San Diego Hotel.
A special features reporter for CBS Sports in New York, Keteyian covers the NFL, NCAA Basketball, and the Tour de France. He also is a featured correspondent for Real Sports on HBO with Bryant Gumbel.
Armen is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award (the “Monty”) from the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts (PSFA).
Admission to the reception is free, but an RSVP is required. For more details or to RSVP, contact Malerie McNeill at mmcneill@mail.sdsu.edu; 619-594-4548.
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