What’s in a Song? Join singer/songwriter/cellist Shana Tucker and pianist Amy Bormet in learning the ins and outs of writing a song. Take a journey into the wide-open world of songwriting. This concert will delve into the songwriting process, including: Establishing a Groove (tempo, rhythm), Song Elements (melody, chorus, bridge, etc.) and Storytelling Through Song (adding melody to words and vice-versa). Shana Tucker is a […]
James Grymes, “Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust — Instruments of Hope and Liberation” The Regulator welcomes music historian James Grymes for a reading and book signing of his new book, Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust–Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour. Grymes tells the remarkable stories about violins played by Jewish […]
Series Concert #2 VIOLINS OF HOPE SONAM with vocal group SONAM lead by Allan Friedman Arnold Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet (1899) David Kirkland Garner – Mallarmé commissioned work (2017) Hans Krása – Passacaglia and Fugue for String Trio (1944) Gideon Klein – Duo for Violin and Cello (1941) Allan Friedman – Excerpts from Holocaust Cantata […]
The “hippest” musicians on period instruments February 2 – 25, 2018 HIP Festival Schedule and line up. More information will be added as it becomes available. HIPSTER passes ARE on sale for $75. HIPster Passes give you admission to ALL EVENTS. For most concerts, single tickets will be available through the organizations website OR at the […]
With Dr. Jonathan Kramer Historical performance practices or HIP, is the presentation of music in a style we believe is representative of how a work was heard at the time it was written. The 2018 NC HIP Music Festival will present musical performances and events centered around these practices with period instruments from the Baroque and […]
Series Concert #3 COMMISSIONING MOZART Sunday, February 4, 2018 3:00 pm Baldwin Auditorium, Durham (HIP Festival opener) Presented in association with the Duke University Department of Music Why do composers write a piece? Because someone commissions or inspires them to do so! W.A. Mozart – Quartet in G Minor for fortepiano & strings, K. 478 […]
Observe world-renown baroque flutist Barthold Kuijken give a master class to UNC-CH flute students. Music of Blavet, Marais and Boismortier. FREE and open to the public Given in partnership with UNC-CH Music Department
Hear HIP musicians from all over the United States come together and perform! PROGRAM Archangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2 Georg F. Händel Water Music Suite 1 in F major Johann Christian Bach Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6 W.A. Mozart Flute Concerto in D Major K.V. 314 Led by renown flutist […]
NC Symphony hipster horn blowers Rachel Niketopoulos and Chris Caudill introduce you to the wild and thrilling history of the horn from conch shells to hunting horns to the horn in the modern orchestra. Be prepared to dance a minuet, sing a familiar song, and toot on the horn yourself! Family concerts are 60-minute interactive concerts for persons 5 and […]
Sacre Coeur: Sacred Music of Beloved French Composers Nathan Leaf, Conductor Josh Dumbleton, Organ Kathryn Mueller, Soprano David Faircloth, Baritone Mallarmé Chamber Players The Symphonic Choir and Chamber Choir perform: Faure: Requiem Durufle: Messe cum Jubilo Poulenc: Litanies a la Vierge Noire Adults: $25 Seniors: $22 Students: FREE with ID
BIRD’S EYE TRIO Sunday, April 8, 2018 3:00 pm ArtsCenter, Carrboro An emotionally rich program of classical and original music featuring the Bird’s Eye Trio. Jennifer Curtis – violin; Ayane Kozasa – viola; Paul Wiancko – cello PROGRAM Henry Purcell arr. Monkemeyer – Four Pavans, Z. 748-751 Ludwig van Beethoven – Serenade in D Major, Op. 8 Eugène Ysaÿe – String […]
DIALI CISSOKHO & KAIRA BA – UNIVERSAL LOVE Wednesday, May 30, 2018 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30) Motorco Music Hall, Durham Combining passionate originality and fierce authenticity, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba take West African dance music into new territory Diali Cissokho – kora; Jonathan Henderson – bass Austin McCall – drums; Will Ridenour – […]
Griot and master kora player Diali Cissokho, originally from Senegal, lovingly calls North Carolina home. Watch Cissokho and highly attuned percussionist Austin McCall interweave melody, rhythm and 2000 years of history. Hear the calabash, dun duns, kora and lyrical Mandinka stories old and new. The concert will last an hour and is appropriate for all people 5 – 99 years […]
Mallarme will reveal our next season at our annual donor appreciate event, Party on the Porch. In addition to the opportunity to purchase a 2018-19 season subscription at an advance-purchase discount, there will be a short musical presentation by members of the Vivaldi Project. Food, drink and hobnobbing in a beautiful Durham home included. All you need […]
Join violinist Janet Sung and pianist William Wolfram as they perform music recently recorded for a new CD on the Sonos Luminus label, plus the lush Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor with Mallarme-ites violist Suzanne Rousso and cellist Nathan Leyland. With Enescu’s Romanian musical heritage, Brahms’s Gypsy-style rondo and American composers Missy Mizzoli and Dan Visconti’s wild and frenzied violin music, […]
Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series/ Dr. Philip Cave, Music Director Concert No. 1 FREE PROGRAM: J.S Bach: Chorale Prelude, Was Gott tut, BWV 1116 Johann Pachelbel: Cantata, Was Gott tut, P 487 J.S Bach: Chorale Prelude, Jesu meine Freude, BWV 610 Dieterich Buxtehude: Cantata: Jesu meine Freude, BuxWV 60 J.S Bach: Cantata: Weinen, Klagen, BWV 12 Bach Cantata Choir: Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Patricia Phillips, […]
Purchase Tickets MALLARME’S 35TH CONCERT SEASON Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:30 pm DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL – Durham WE THE PEOPLE Sunday, February 3, 2019, 2:00 pm FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – Durham LEIPZIG LOCALS Saturday, March 9, 2019, 3:00 pm HOUSE CONCERT LATIN PASSIONS THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019, 7:30 pm ST MATTHEWS CHURCH – Hillsborough BRITISH […]
SERIES CONCERT #2 – WE THE PEOPLE Thursday, November 8, 2018 7:30 pm – PSI Theatre, Durham Arts Council, Durham Blue Mountain/ Forecast express their musical First Amendment in a provocative concert of pieces from the 1970s to the present, including the winning work from Forecast’s 2018 International Call for Scores competition. Selected works include Fredrick Rzewski’s protest work Coming […]
Join harpist extraordinaire Laura Byrne as she and several of her students, Kate Twiss (8th grade) and Jocelyn Bowns (10th grade), serenade us with beautiful music. You will learn about the history and the workings of the modern-day harp. Music of Bach, Britten, Handel, Debussy, Grandjany, Renie, Salzedo, Vivaldi and others. Family concerts are appropriate […]
Mallarme HIP Musicians join Dr. Philip Cave and The Duke Chapel Bach choir in Sunday afternoon performances of cantatas by Bach and his contemporaries Sunday, November 25, 5:15 pm J.S. Bach Cantata: Nun komm, BWV 61 Marc-Antoine Charpentier “O” Antiphons, H36-43 and Noëls sur les instruments, H531 & H534 Michael Altenburg Cantiones de Adventu J.S. Bach […]