LANCASTER, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall College has announced the fall 2007 lineup for its Sound Horizons concert series, which includes a wide variety of artists and musical styles. Sound Horizons begins its 14th year of spotlighting performers of national and international renown. The fall season will feature the The Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass, Trefoil: Early Music for Voice Lute and Harp, and concert guitarist Andrew Mah. The season opens Sept. 7 with the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass (Barshinger Center, 8 p.m.). Internationally acclaimed trumpeter Rodney Mack will be joined by a collection of top brass players who regularly perform with some of the most prestigious musical organizations in the world. They have been applauded for their diverse and interesting programming. This program will feature works of the Baroque Era to New Orleans Jazz. A presentation by Trefoil: Early Music for Voice, Lute and Harp will follow on Oct. 6 (Barshinger Center, 8 p.m.). The program is titled, "In the Chamber of the Harpers: Late Medieval Music from the Iberian Peninsula." Trefoil embarks on the pilgrim route to Compostela to sample high culture in the late medieval courts and cathedrals of northern Spain and southern France. The simple, troubadour-influenced style of the later 13th century shares billing with the sophisticated polyphony of the 14th-century Mass of Barcelona and ars subtilior songs heard in Charles and Eleanor of Castile's "chamber of the harpers." The Philadelphia Inquirer tagged the performers as "a hearty trio of medieval music specialists" and their work as "an intricate, enigmatic vocal art." The fall concert series will conclude with a performance by concert guitarist Andrew Mah on Nov. 2 (Barshinger Center, 8 p.m.) featuring works by Brazilian, Cape Verdean, and Paraguayan composers. Hailed as "one of the most brilliant guitarists of the new generation," Canadian Andrew Mah is widely regarded for his virtuosity, versatility, and heartfelt musicality. Unique for his expertise across a wide variety of musical fields, the end of 2006 took him to the Czech Republic to produce an orchestral recording of the symphonies of Cape Verdean composer Vasco Martins. Later in the same month he toured Atlantic Canada as a soloist under the auspices of the Debut Atlantic organization. Ticket prices for Sound Horizons are $10 for the general public, $5 for college employees, and $1 for students and can be purchased at the box office located in the Roschel Performing Arts Center. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 358-4858 or visiting the online box office at www.fandm.edu/boxoffice.xml. The box office in the lower lobby of the Barshinger Center is open one hour before performance times. Sound Horizons will continue in the spring with the following performances: Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m.
Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m.
Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m.
Timothy Fain, violin -30- |
