Events Calendar
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Spring 2012 Events
Music
Visit the Cornish Music Series for all events, which occur at Cornish College’s PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Street, Seattle, unless otherwise noted.
Check out our free masterclasses. (Open to the public.)
Recital: Artist Diploma in Early Music
February 12, 3 pm
Hear sopranos Erika Chang and Christine Knackstedt in a recital of baroque vocal music by Hildegard, Purcell, Telemann, Monteverdi and others.
Free and open to the public
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Hossein Alizadeh and Pejman Hadadi
February 16, 8 pm
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Cyndia Sieden, Stephen Stubbs and Maxine Eilander
February 18, 8 pm
An evening of 19th Century song repertoire featuring soprano Cyndia Sieden accompanied by harpist Maxine Eilander and guitarist Stephen Stubbs on period instruments.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Sachal Vasandani
February 24, 8 pm
With his breakthrough debut release Eyes Wide Open in 2007 jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani immediately established himself as a promising new voice in modern jazz. Two subsequent releases since then and a 2010 Downbeat “Rising Star” award have only confirmed that Vasandani is one to hear.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Ilia Radoslavov
February 25, 8 pm
Grand-prize winner at the 2009 Seattle International Piano Competition Ilia Radoslavov returns to Seattle and presents a piano recital that includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 (1820), Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov’s Improvisation and Toccata, Opus 36, No. 4 and No. 5 (1941), and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (1874).
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Nicole Mitchell & The Cornish Contemporary Big Band
March 3, 8 pm
Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell joins the Cornish Contemporary Big Band, under the direction of trumpeter Jay Thomas, in this concert featuring Mitchell’s own compositions. Named “Top Flutist” in Downbeat magazine’s Critics Polls, her compositions integrate new ideas with jazz, gospel, and African percussion to create a fascinating synthesis of “postmodern jazz.”
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Mara Gearman and Friends - Rescheduled for this date
March 8, 8 pm
Cornish faculty violist Mara Gearman invites fellow Seattle Symphony Orchestra members Elisa Barston (violin), Efe Baltacigil (cello), and Brittany Boulding (violin), along with Paige Stockley Lerner (cello), Oksana Ezhokina (piano), Paul Taub (flute) and Eric Garcia (percussion) to join her in this concert of classic and contemporary chamber music featuring the viola including Mozart’s Divertimento in E-flat major for String Trio (1788), Hindemith’s Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 11, No. 4 (1919), and Morton Feldman’s The Viola in My Life, Part II (1970).
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Projeto B
March 23, 8 pm
Combine the Polyshythms, harmony and the orchestration of the early 20th Century avante-garde with contemporary jazz, then add the undeniable influence of Brazil, and you get Projeto B, this exciting sextet straight from Sao Paulo.
$20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students and alumni
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The Dawn Clement Quartet
March 24, 8 pm
Pianist and composer Dawn Clement leads her outstanding quartet in an evening of Clement’s original compositions.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Janet See
March 25, 7 pm – Note Early Start Time!
One of the leading performers on Baroque and early Classical flutes in the world today, Janet See presents a program of works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach accompanied by fellow Cornish faculty members Byron Schenkman, harpsichord, and Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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The Corigliano Quartet
March 31, 8 pm
The Corigliano Quartet—Michael Jinsoo Lim and Elisa Barston, violins; Melia Watras, viola; and Amy Sue Barston, cello—present a program of both classic and contemporary compositions for string quartet.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Rudresh Mahanthappa and Cornish Jazz Ensemble
April 7, 8 pm
One of the most innovative young musicians working in jazz today, Guggenheim fellow and Downbeat International Critics Poll Winner Rudresh Mahanthappa leads a handpicked ensemble of Cornish students in this special concert concluding his visiting artist residency at Cornish this spring.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Cristina Valdes
April 14, 8 pm
The phenomenal pianist Cristina Valdes presents Mano a Mano: an evening of contemporary piano music by Latin American composers including seldom performed works by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Orlando Garcia, Jorge Grossman, Mario Lavista, and German Caceres.
$20 general; $15 seniors; $10 Cornish community w/ID
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Ostad Hossein Omoumi
June 30, 8 pm
A concert of classical Persian music and poetry performed by Ostad Hossein Omoumi, master of the Persian ney, along with vocalist Jessika Kenney, scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz and students of this summer’s Classical Persian Music workshop.
$20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students and alumni
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Exhibitions
Art Faculty Show
January 18 – February 15
Opening Reception: January 18, 5 – 8 pm
This biennial exhibition brings together video, painting, sculpture, print, photo, installation, and mixed media works, reflecting the range and depth of artwork and inquiry, demonstrated by Cornish Art Faculty.
Cornish Main Gallery, 1000 Lenora St.
Free and open to the public
Jon Gierlich: Currents
February 21 – March 21
Opening Reception: February 21, 5 – 8 pm
Currents is a retrospective of work by the late Cornish Design Professor, Jon Gierlich. This exhibition is aimed at remembering him through his artwork, as a thoughtful mentor, artist, friend, and beloved member of the Cornish community for 22 years.
Cornish Main Gallery, 1000 Lenora St.
Free and open to the public
Art & Design BFA Show 2012
May 11 – 26
Opening Reception: May 11, 5 – 9 pm
The Cornish BFA Show is the annual introduction of the graduating seniors from Art and Design, as emerging artists and designers. This expansive exhibition features a wide range of work that represents the culmination of the techniques and concepts developed throughout their experience at Cornish.
Cornish Main Gallery, 1000 Lenora St.
Free and open to the public
Dance
BFA Dance Concerts 2012
Program 1: February 16-17, 8 pm
Program 2: February 18, 2 pm & 8 pm
Program 3: February 23-24, 8 pm
Program 4: February 25, 2 pm & 8 pm
The 2012 BFA Dance Concerts showcase the choreography and performance work of the Dance Department’s class of 2012. An eclectic array of dance styles and viewpoints will be represented, ranging from modern dance to contemporary ballet, jazz and screendance, with some dances performed to live music. The concert series will also include performances of works commissioned from professional guest choreographers.
Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway
Free and open to the public (ticket required for entry).
Ticket reservations are available online at http://cornish.eventbrite.com/
Terpsichore’s Landing 2012
April 15, 3 pm and 8 pm
Choreography by Dance Department students
PONCHO Concert Hall, 710 East Roy Street
Free and open to the public
Cornish Dance Theater Spring 2012 Concert
April 27, 8 pm; April 28, 2 pm & 8 pm
The Dance Department’s student performance ensemble, Cornish Dance Theater, presents work by faculty and visiting professional choreographers. The Spring Concert will feature choreography by Rhonda Cinotto, Iyun Harrison, Cyrus Khambatta, José Limón and Deborah Wolf.
Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway
$10 general admission, $5 Cornish Community (w/ID) and seniors
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Cornish Junior Dance Company Spring Concert 2012
Presented by the Cornish Junior Dance Company
May 19, 3 pm & 7:30 pm; May 20, 3 pm
The Cornish Junior Dance Company offers intermediate and advanced students enrolled in the Preparatory Dance Program at Cornish College of the Arts the opportunity to work with choreographers and perform a variety of dance styles.
Erickson Theater, 1524 Harvard Avenue
$16 general admission, $12 seniors, students, alumni (w/ID)
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Theater
2012 Winter New Works Festival
Feb. 10-25
Staged readings of new plays by Cornish students:
Quinn Armstrong, directed by John Dillon, Feb. 10 & 11, 8pm
Michael Blaylock, directed by Wayne Rawley, Feb. 17 & 18, 8pm
Kelsey Wilk, directed by Kathleen Collins, Feb. 24 & 25, 8pm
Notions Building, Room 1, 1001 Lenora Street
Free and open to the public. Limited seating, first come, first served.
Fifth of July
By Lanford Wilson
Directed by Roger Benington
March 1-2, 8 pm; March 3, 2 pm & 8 pm; March 4, 2 pm
A major work by one of the American theater’s most important and celebrated writers, Fifth of July explores family ties, political activism, the aftermath of war and the challenges of finding success as a performing artist. Set in rural Missouri, it is filled with what the New York Times called “the boundless empathy that is Mr. Wilson’s hallmark as a dramatist, presenting a … sober but … affectionate creed of acceptance of human failings.”
Produced by the Theater and Performance Production Departments
Skinner Theatre at Raisbeck Hall, 2015 Boren Avenue
$15 General Admission, $5 Cornish community w/ ID and Senior Citizens
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
By Rupert Holmes
Directed by Richard Gray and Kathryn Van Meter
Music Direction by David Close
April 10-14, 8 pm; April 14, 2 pm
Join the denizens of London’s Music Hall Royale, as they perform Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. You are invited to solve the mystery yourself by choosing one of several ingenious resolutions. The only Broadway show in which the audience decides the ending, Drood won five Tony awards in 1986, including Best Score, Best Book and Best Musical.
Produced with the Performance Production Department
Intiman Playhouse, Seattle Center
$15 General Admission, $5 Cornish community w/ ID and Senior Citizens
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The Bacchae
By Euripides, new version by C.K. Williams
Directed by J. Richard Smith
April 20 and 27, 3:30 pm, April 21, 22, 28 at 2 pm, April 29 at 12 pm
Fevered female protesters occupy Athens! The followers of Dionysus are giving the patriarchal authorities of Athens fits, while the rulers deny the divine inspiration. Explore the perils of angering the gods with the Cornish Theater Junior class, performed in the new outdoor plaza on the Amazon campus.
Van Vorst Plaza on the Amazon campus, 410 Terry Avenue North
Free and open to the public
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Makaela Pollack
April 20, 27, 29 at 3:30 pm, April 21, 22, 28 at 2 pm
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.” Join the Cornish Theater Juniors, as they present one of Shakespeare’s most thrilling, lyrical and heartbreaking works in the lovely sylvan surroundings of Seattle’s Volunteer Park.
Volunteer Park
Free and open to the public
Two Generative Pieces
By The Sophomore Ensemble
Directed by Tom Wiseley and TBD
Ensemble I performs April 24, 26, 28 at 8 pm, April 29 at 2 pm
Ensemble II performs April 25, 27, at 8 pm, April 28 at 2 pm, April 29 at 7 pm
Theater without a net! Two ensembles of second-year performers create original works of theater through investigation, improvisation, and playwriting under the guidance of a professional director.
Produced by the Theater and Performance Production Departments
Skinner Theater at Raisbeck Hall, 2015 Boren Avenue
$10 General Admission, $5 Cornish community w/ ID and Senior Citizens
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