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All the conducting master class
2021-04-30 21:17:33
CONDUCTOR’S INSTITUTE OF SC IS BACK WITH TWO PUBLIC CONCERTS AND WORK-STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ITS 42ND YEAR
After 2020’s online institute, we will be back with in-person programs in the summer of 2021. Since the 40th year of the Institute, the Fellow and Associate conductors are giving two public concerts directing the Aiken Symphony Orchestra. And with the support of our generous donors, three work-study scholarships are available for Fellows and Associates. […]
2020-11-09 06:29:00
Bernstein: Songfest (CD review)
[…] flair.The final selection of the album is Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra written in 1976-77 by teacher, composer, pianist, and conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). He wrote it to celebrate America’s Bicentennial Year, and used it as a musical setting for the verses of thirteen American poets, from Frank O’Hara and Lawrence Ferlinghetti through Julia de Burgos, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Anne Bradstreet, Gertrude Stein, e.e. cummings, Conrad Aiken, Gregory Corso, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edgar Allan Poe.Here’s the thing, though: While Judd and his ensemble do a fine job with the score, I’ve never been particularly fond of the music. Bernstein is more art song here than popular song, so don’t expect another West Side Story from the composer. That being the case, Judd, as I say, his ensemble and soloists do a first-rate job presenting the music and poems with […]
All the conducting master class
2020-02-27 21:07:00
41 years of experience June 8-22, 2020 Etherredge Center, Aiken, SC 3 work-study scholarships are available for fellows The world-renowned Conductors Institute of South Carolina has been on the “must do” list for young aspiring and experienced conductors alike. Students of the institute receive a no-nonsense tutorial from conductors and composers who have vast experience […]
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