LECTURE: MUSIC AND SILENT FILM

Ben Model is one of the nation's leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ. Over the past 35 years he has created and performed several hundred live scores for silent films on piano and theatre organ. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theatre.

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DANCE PERFORMANCE: VASSAR REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre performs works selected from the current repertory by faculty, students and guest choreographers.

Reservations will be available online beginning January 21. This is a free but ticketed event. General seating. Reservations required at https://vassardance.tix.com. For additional information please email: dance@vassar.edu or call (845) 437-5541.

Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall

PANEL DISCUSSION:  METHOD SAMPLING AND A NEW AESTHETIC

Join Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN) with Associate Professor Justin Patch, moderator, for a conversation about “new concert music” created by sampling principles of hip-hop and classical music genres.

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4:00pm. PANEL: Skinner Hall of Music.

8:00pm. PERFORMANCE:   Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn

ENSEMBLE MIK NAWOOJ AT THE TROLLEY BARN

Innovative hip-hop orchestra, Ensemble Mik Nawooj) is

led by classically trained composer/pianist, JooWan Kim,

with MCs/ lyricists Do D.A.T. and Sandman

with soprano, winds, strings, funky drums, and piano. Described as rigorous, nuanced, and accessible, EMN injects classical compositional techniques into hip-hop favorites and original music.

          Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn, link for directions

Reservations will be available online beginning January 23. This is a free but ticketed event. General seating. Reservations required at https://vassarmusic.tix.com. For additional information please email:  boxoffice@vassar.edu or call (845) 437-5599.

JOSHUA ROMAN & JACK QUARTET

Joshua Roman and acclaimed JACK Quartet

perform Roman’s “Tornado Quintet.” Roman is a native of Oklahoma, where the gentle beauty of spring is routinely dismantled by the awesome and destructive power of tornadoes. This piece paints a musical portrait of his childhood storm experiences, using chaotic string textures to conjure up the stunning and terrifying natural imagery of tornado season.

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