Exciting & Inexpensive Live Performances This Week

This is it. You’re packing up your dorm room, storing your notes for further study (or shredding them, depending on how your academic semester went), and saying goodbye to friends for the summer. Maybe you’re graduating, excited to take it easy for the summer or to do just the opposite – jet set.

Before you take off, we recommend you attend any of these awesome live performances in and around DC. From the Millenium Stage to the 9:30 Club to the Bach Sinfonia – there’s something for everyone!

Nuevo Mundo Barocco! (New Baroque), presented by the Bach Sinfonia

Sunday May 5 at 3pm

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center at Silver Spring

7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (Directions here)

* Metro accessible via Red Line to Silver Spring! *

“Latin flair meets Baroque majesty on Cinco de Mayo! Over the past three decades researches have uncovered a treasure trove of music in the Cathedral cities and missions of Mexico and South America. Both Jesuit missionaries from the old world Europe as well as native composers produced radiant music for liturgical services and civic occasions. A chance to hear some great 17th and 18th century music of the ‘Other Americas’.”

Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano

Richard Savino, baroque guitar

Daniel Abraham, artistic director

Tickets only $15 for students and can be ordered online or can be purchased at the venue

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Millenium Stage Performances at the Kennedy Center

FREE Performances every day, no ticket required!

All performances are at 6pm

Upcoming Performances include The Old Bay Ceili Band (Tuesday May 7) and a showcase from the Levine School of Music (Wednesday May 8)

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Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra at Bohemian Caverns

Monday May 6,  8:00-11:00pm

2001 11th St. NW

* A necessary DC experience! * $10 cover

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Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio

Friday May 10 at 8:00 pm

The Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda MD 20852

Tickets $28 and Up

From Strathmore: “Béla Fleck has been nominated in more Grammy categories than anyone in history, and has taken home 14 of the statuettes, wandering gleefully across genres and bringing together eclectic and utterly amazing groups of musicians. This season, Strathmore favorite Fleck brings a brilliant collaboration with one of today’s most lauded jazz ensembles, with Marcus Roberts on piano, Jason Marsalis on drums and Rodney Jordan on bass. “There was an improvisational, what’s going-to-happen-next feeling to the entire show. After a stunning rendition of ‘Lullaby of Birdland,’ Fleck picked up a microphone: ‘I’ve never been terrified in such a friendly way before.’” (Savannah Unplugged).”

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The Bethesda Fine Arts Festival 2013

Saturday May 11 – Sunday May 12, 10am-6pm

* Located at Woodmont Triangle, less than 6 blocks from Bethesda Metro Station *

It’s not necessarily a musical performance but outdoor craft markets are wonderful!

We just got Eighth Blackbird’s GRAMMY NOMINATED “Meanwhile” (and other scores, CDs, DVD)

Get excited about our newest acquisition, Eighth Blackbird’s recent release “Meanwhile”: CD 10048.

“Is there an ensemble anywhere that conveys the sheer exuberance and joy of contemporary music like Eighth Blackbird? To listen to this brilliant young American sextet is to be constantly reminded of just how exciting, funny and ingratiating new work can be – especially when it’s delivered with these players’ characteristic blend of breakneck virtuosity and charm.”

- Joshua Kosman for the San Fransisco Chronicle

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The Kashmere Stage Band: Texas Thunder Soul, 1968-1974 - CD 10047

Paul Winter Sextet: Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova/Folk Song – CD 10046

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DVD

Chops – Music Library DVD 55

Follows a group of high school students from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, a public school in Jacksonville, FL, as they try to win a competition where the prize is being able to play at the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center and an opportunity to work with famed jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.

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JOHN CAGE

Bird Cage  -  M1473.C34.B57 1972

Chess Pieces for Piano  -  M25.C34 C54 2005

 Nocturne for Violin and Piano  -  M221.C34 N63 1972

Radio Music  -  M1473.C34 R33 1961

Sonata for Clarinet  -  M72.C34 S66 1963

Sonata for Two Voices  -  M298.5.C34 S66 1979

String Quartet in four parts  -  M452.C32 S77 1960

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MORE NEW SCORES!

David Amram  -  Cancion de Verano: A Piano Quartet for Young Musicians  -  M412 A47.C36 2012

J.S. Bach  -  Sechs Partiten for Klavier, 1-3  -  M24.B115 S8 1958 v. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven  -  Three Equali for four Trombones WoO 30  – M457.4.B44 D74 2012

Luigi Carvelli  -  Serenata Napolitana for Violoncello and Piano  -  M233.C37 S47 2012

Richard Danielpour  -  Spirits in the Well for Soprano and Piano  -  M1621.4.D36 S65 2012

Michael Daugherty  -  Elvis Everywhere for String Quartet and Tape  -  M585.D38 E48 2010

Jacob Druckman  -  Dance with Shadows for Brass Quintet  – M557.4.D78 D36 2012

Beat Furrer (yes that is a name)  -  Phasma for Piano  -  M25.F87 P53 2005

David Friedman  -  Mirror from Another: A collection of solo pieces for vibraphone  -  M175.X6 F75 1987

Osvaldo Golijob  -  Tenebrae (Version III) for String Quartet  -  M454.G65 T46 2011

Aram Khachaturian  -  Double Fugue for string quartet  -  M452.K53 D68 2011

Lowell Lieberman  -  Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs, Op. 14 for Soprano and Piano  -  M1621.L54 op.14 2012

Steve Mackey  -  Fusion Tone for Electric Guitar and Violoncello  -  M295.M33 F87 2012

Steve Reich  -  Know what is above you for Three Soprano Singers, One Alto Singer, and 2 Small Tuned Drums – M2019.5.R45 K66 2012

Igor Stravinsky  -  Circus Polka composed for a Young Elephant, for saxophone quartet  -  M459.S77 C57 2011

[In] CAGE

[In] CAGE
September 2,  2:00 pm [Studio Theater]
September 7,  4:00 pm – 9:30 pm [Recital Hall]
September 8, 9:00 am [Recital Hall]

Join the AU Music Department in a centennial celebration of John Cage’s birthday!  In partnership with the John Cage Centennial Festival of Washington, DC, American University will be hosting three Cage-ian events!

On September 2nd at 2 pm, come to the Katzen Center Studio Theater to get a taste of Cage’s repertoire with [In] CAGE.  Bonnie Whiting Smith, Dustin Donahue and AU Music Faculty Dr. William Brent, the members of red fish blue fish will be performing.

On September 7th at 4 pm, Tom Delio will give a lecture about John Cage’s percussion work “Amores” [1941].  Following Mr. Delio’s lecture, a series of concerts will cover every decade of Cage’s work from the 1930s to the 1990s.  Steven Schick and the Percussion Group Cincinnati will give rare performances of Cage’s music.  This performance will be located in the Studio Theater at 5:30 pm [free], the Katzen Museum at 6:30 pm [free], and there will  be a feature performance in the Recital Hall at 7:30 pm [$5 with a student ID]. There will be another performance of Cage’s work at 9:30 pm in the Museum [free].

On Saturday September 8th at 9:00 am [Recital Hall], Steven Schick and Percussion group Cincinnati will lead a free masterclass on interpreting Cage and other experimental music that will be performed in the September 7th concert.

For more information about the rest of the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC, visit http://www.johncage2012.com/index.html.

NEW CDs! Just in time for the new school year!

 

• Various Artists — Electronic Masters Vol. 1 — CD 9748

• Caetano Veloso — Caetano Veloso — CD 9854

• Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben — Gil, Jorge – CD 9855

• Nikos Skalkottas — The Maiden and Death, ballet suite; Piano Concerto No. 1; Ouverture Concertante — CD 9856

• Nikos Skalkottas — 36 Greek Dances; The Return of Ulysses — CD 9857

• Robert Carl — From Japan — CD 9858

• Poul Ruders — Poul Ruders Vol. 8 — CD 9859

• Andrew Earle Simpson and Alfred Schnittke — A Crown of Stars; Requiem — CD 9860

• Stephen Sondheim — Merrily We Roll Along — CD 9861

• Various Artists — Tropicalia — CD 9862

• Joan Tower, Amy Beach, and Arthur Foote — American Flute Quintets — CD 9863

Enjoy and happy first week of classes!

New Arrivals: May 3

1. Putomayo Presents the Carribean (Various Artists) – CD 9718

2. Putomayo Presents World Reggae (Various Artists) – CD 9717

3. Putomayo Presents North African Groove (Various Artists) – CD 9716

4. Putomayo Presents Mali (Various Artists) – CD 9715

5. Leo Kottke Live (Leo Kottke) – CD 9701

6. Rejoicing in the Hands (Devendra Banhart) – CD 9702

7. The Black Babies (Devendra Banhart) – CD 9703

8. Oh Me Oh My…the Way the Day Goes By The Sun is Setting Dogs are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (Devendra Banhart) – CD 9704

9. Devil’s Got Your Tongue (Abbey Lincoln) – CD 9705

10. Songs My Father Taught Me (Pepe Romero) – CD 9706

11. Road to the Sun (Sharon Isbin) – CD 9707

12. Lost Blues and Other Songs (Palace Music) – CD 9708

13. “Everything is gonna work out fine” (Jerry Douglas) – CD 9709

14. Best of the Vanguard Years (John Fahey) – CD 9710

15. Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) – CD 9711

16. Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) – CD 9712

17. The Best of Bert Jansch (Bert Jansch) – CD 9713

18. Putomayo Presents Nuevo Latino (Various Artists) – CD 9714

19. The Complete Atlantic Sessions (Willie Nelson) – CD 9719

Enjoy!

Upcoming events to check out!

Hello World!!

Here are some interesting events that are happening @ AU and around DC. You might find some new music you like!

Linden String Quartet

Join the Department of Performing Arts and the Linden String Quartet for a concert featuring works by Beethoven, Bartók, and Dvorák. Founded in spring 2008, the Quartet has enjoyed remarkable success in three short years, also winning the Gold Medal and Grand Prize of the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Coleman-Barstow Prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition, First Prize at the 2010 Hugo Kauder Competition, and most recently, the ProQuartet Prize at the 9th Borciani International String Quartet Competition. The Linden Quartet is currently the Graduate String-Quartet-in-Residence at Yale University, where the ensemble is mentored by the Tokyo String Quartet.

Time & Place: Monday April 26th @ 8pm – AU Recital Hall

Price: $5

School of Seven Bells

Time & Place: Thursday April 5th @ 8pm – The Black Cat

Price: $ 15

Not in Kansas Anymore cabaret

Time & Place:  Friday April 6th @ 8pm – Capital Hill Arts Workshop

Price: $15

Video Games Live

Time & Place:  Saturday April 7th @ [unknown, check website]-  The Music Center at Strathmore

Price: $25-$75

The Ting Tings

Time & Place: Thursday April 12th @ 7pm – 9:30 Club

Price: $25

U.S. Army Blues Big Band

Time & Place: Thursday April 12th @ 12:30pm – Howard University Bookstore

Price:  FREE FREE FREE

Classical Japanese music concert

Time & Place: Friday April 13th @ 12:10 – National Gallery of Art

Price:  FREE FREE FREE

Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas

Time & Place:  Saturday April 14th @ 7pm – Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Price: $55

First New Scores of 2012!

Martin Bresnick – Pan Penseroso: for 2 flutes and piano (M1021 .B73 P36 2011)

Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in D minor, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 656: for 2 violins and piano (M1113 .V837 E8 no. 11 1964)

Eugène Bozza – Hommage a Bach: for trombone and piano (M263 .B69 H6 1957)

Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel: for cello and piano (M236 .P37 S6 1996)

Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa: double concerto for violin, viola, string orchestra and prepared piano (M1140 .P37 T33 2002)

Arvo Pärt – The Beatitudes: for choir and organ (M2079 .E168 P32 1990)

Morton Feldman – Clarinet and String Quartet (M562 .F44 C5 1995)

Norman Dello Joio – The Norman Dello Joio Vocal Collection (M1620 .D46 D46 2011)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Messe de Minuit (M2010 .C49 M45 2004)

James J. Pellerite – A Modern Guide to Fingerings for the Flute (MT348 .P45 1988)

William Bay – Building Right Hand Technique: Solo Pieces and Studies for Developing Right Hand Agility and Virtuosity (MT585 .B39 B85 1982)

William Leavitt – Melodic Rhythms for Guitar (MT585 .L43 M4 2000)

Broadway Songs: Easy Piano (M1507 .B8621 2005)

New CDs & HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I know most people are already gone for Thanksgiving break…so all ya’ll still on campus – come grab these awesome new CDs before everyone else gets back!!!

Gold are my Flowers & A Civil War Song Cycle (CD 9503)

Beethoven - The Early Quartets - The Budapest String Quartets (CD 9504)

Bob Dylan – the collection - Blonde on Blonde & Blood on the Tracks & Infidels (CD 9505)

The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (CD 9506)

Bobby Darin - The Hit Singles Collection (CD 9507)

70, Girls, 70 (CD 9508)

The Byrds - Greatest Hits (CD 9509)

Pearl (CD 9510)

The Fugs (CD 9511)

Deep Purple - Machine Head (CD 9512)

The Quintessence – Quincy Jones and his Orchestra (CD 9513)

The Best of the Everly Brothers – 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (CD 9514)

Five picker picks from the American Song database

The American Song database has tons of albums by some of the most talented instrumentalists recorded. Here are five albums – and some nice youtube clips – that feature outstanding guitar players.

American Song should open right up if you’re on campus; from off campus, you’ll have to input your MyAladin credentials when you click any of the links below.

Norman Blake – “Live at McCabe’s”

 

Doc & Merle Watson – “Then and Now”

 

The Tony Rice Unit – “Acoustics”

 

Chet Atkins – “The Early Years”

 

Merle Travis – “In Boston 1959″ (also available at the Music Library as CD 4786)