[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)]
The Moores School of Music proudly presents the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: A Centennial Celebration October
5 & 6, 2012 in the Moores Opera House at the University of Houston
(UH Main Campus, Entrance #16 off Cullen Blvd. This two-day festival
includes
panel discussions, pre-concert talks, and performances of songs, piano,
chamber and orchestral music by this Anglo-African composer with faculty
and guest artists, as well as our Symphony Orchestra and Concert
Chorale joined by the Prairie View A&M University Concert Chorale.
On Friday, October 5 at 2 pm, the Panel Discussion, detailing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's life, work and influence with Jeffrey Green, Yvonne Kendell, John Snyder, and Earl Stewart, will take place in the Choral Recital Hall (MSM Room 160). This is a free event.
On Friday, October 5 @ 7:30 pm, the Moores School of Music faculty (including soprano Cynthia Clayton, mezzo-soprano Melanie Sonnenberg, baritone Timothy Jones and pianist Nancy Weems)
will perform a recital of songs, piano and chamber music. The recital
ticket prices are $17 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. This
event will be preceded by a free lecture by Professor John Snyder in the Choral Recital Hall (MSM Room 160).
On Saturday, October 6 @ 7:30 pm, the Moores School Symphony Orchestra (Franz Anton Krager, conductor), the Moores School Concert Chorale (Betsy Cook Weber, director) with Prairie View A&M University Concert Chorale (A. Jan Taylor, director) with faculty violin soloist Andrzej Grabiec
and tenor soloist to be announced. This performance is a reserved
seating event with ticket prices at $17 for adults and $12 for students
and seniors. Tickets for both evens may be purchased online at www.music.uh.edu or by calling 713-743-3313 and are also available at the door. This event will be preceded by a free lecture by Professor John Snyder in the Choral Recital Hall (MSM Room 160).
"Samuel Coleridge-Taylor belongs to the cadre of
undeservedly forgotten composers. Fortunately, he is being
re-discovered, and audiences will once again have the opportunity to
hear his melodically engaging, rhythmically vital, and harmonically rich
music." John Snyder, Moores School of Music, Professor of Music Theory
[Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com,
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
We
are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the
U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk]
Comment by email:
Bravo for Houston! I hope a later post will indicate what
literature was performed.
Dominique-René de Lerma
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