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SUMMARY:Meet the Composer: Derek Bermel
DESCRIPTION:MEET THE COMPOSER: Derek Bermel \nDuring this talk\, Derek Bermel\, Festival composer-in-residence\, will discuss his work and creative process. \n  \nAbout Derek Bermel \nComposer and clarinetist Derek Bermel has been internationally recognized for his creativity\, theatricality\, and virtuosity. Bermel is acclaimed for music that is “intricate\, witty\, clear-spoken\, tender\, and extraordinarily beautiful [and] covers an amazing amount of ground\, from the West African rhythms of Dust Dances to the Bulgarian folk strains of Thracian Echoes\, to the shimmering harmonic splendor of Elixir. In the hands of a composer less assured\, all that globe-trotting would seem like affectation; Bermel makes it an artistic imperative.”  (Joshua Kosman\, San Francisco Chronicle). Bermel and his works have received the Alpert Award in the Arts\, Rome Prize\, Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships\, the Trailblazer Award from the American Music Center\, and the Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \nRecordings of Bermel’s “unambiguously luscious” music (The New York Times)\, with the composer as clarinet soloist\, have received three Grammy nominations: Intonations (Naxos\, 2023)\, Migrations (Naxos\, 2020) and Voices (BMOP\, 2010). His Migration Series for jazz band and orchestra was acclaimed by Gramophone Magazine as “exciting\, compelling attention from the very first bars… Bermel succeeds with Bernsteinian élan.” Bermel’s newly recorded orchestral work A Shout\, a Whisper\, and a Trace\, noted for its “ideal balance of tenderness and raucousness\, of stillness and intricate rhythms” (The Los Angeles Times)\, was cited as best of the year by The New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini for its “dizzying melting pot of folklike rhythms\, droning tunes and pungent modernist harmonies\, spiked with bursts of wailing jazz.” \nBermel’s studies of ethnomusicology and orchestration with Andre Hajdu in Jerusalem heralded his immersion in music of the world – traveling later to Bulgaria to study the Thracian folk style; to Dublin\, to study uilleann pipes; to Ghana\, to study the Lobi xylophone; and to Brazil\, to learn caxixi – adding the study of Dutch\, Portuguese\, French and Italian along the way. Inevitably\, his engagement with other musical cultures has become part of the fabric and force of his compositional language\, in which the human voice and its myriad inflections play a leading role. \nThrough music\, Bermel endeavors to tell lesser heard American epic tales. His Migration Series pays homage to the great American artist Jacob Lawrence and the masterful visual storytelling of his painting series of the same name. Bermel has collaborated with acclaimed writer and librettist Wendy S. Walters to create The Good Life\, an oratorio depicting the evolution of an American industrial city\, and Golden Motors\, an opera about a family clinging to its dreams in the wake of Detroit’s collapsing auto industry. He has most recently joined forces with celebrated author Sandra Cisneros to adapt her renowned coming-of-age novel\, The House on Mango Street\, for the operatic stage. \nFrom this world to another\, Bermel’s multimedia work for live instruments and digital media\, Nine Revolutions\, is the latest entry in a series of works meditating on the cosmos. Originally designed for the immersive Octave9 space at the Seattle Symphony’s Benaroya Hall\, Nine Revolutions is inspired by the imagery of Mars’ desert surface. Bermel’s other celestial pieces include Orbit Design\, a work for three performers that depicts the three-body problem in celestial mechanics\, commissioned for the Look and Listen Festival\, and the clarinet quintet A Short History of the Universe (as related by Nima Arkani-Hamed) for the JACK Quartet. \nBermel’s orchestral commissions have included works for the Pittsburgh\, National\, Boston\, Saint Louis\, New Jersey\, and Pacific Symphonies\, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic\, and his work has been performed by major orchestras and ensembles in concert halls from São Paulo to London to Beijing. His chamber music has been commissioned by Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, eighth blackbird\, the Guarneri String Quartet\, Music from China\, Copland House\, Asko/Schönberg (Netherlands)\, Jazz Xchange (U.K.)\, La Jolla Music Society\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, Figura (Denmark)\, and the Koussevitzky and Fromm Foundations. Noted for his “staggering eclecticism” (Gramophone Magazine)\, Bermel has collaborated with a variety of interdisciplinary artists\, including playwright Will Eno\, installation artists Sook-Jin Jo and Shimon Attie\, choreographer S. Ama Wray\, writers Nicole Krauss and Naomi Shihab Nye. \nBermel brings his “brilliant\,” “rhythmically fluid\, rich-hued” (New York Times) clarinet playing to concerto and chamber repertoire. He was soloist alongside Wynton Marsalis in his own Migration Series and has performed his clarinet concerto\, Voices\, with dozens of orchestras worldwide\, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the BBC Orchestra. Founding Clarinetist of Music from Copland House\, Bermel’s chamber music appearances also include the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, the Borromeo and Pacifica string quartets\, and festivals across the United States\, Europe\, and Asia. His collaborators cover an eclectic musical landscape\, from jazz luminaries Paquito D’Rivera and Luciana Souza\, to virtuoso violinist Midori\, to hip-hop legend Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)\, and composers Tan Dun\, John Adams\, and Stephen Sondheim. The Boston Globe wrote\, “There doesn’t seem to be anything that Bermel can’t do with the clarinet.” \nFormerly the Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra\, Bermel is also curator of the Gamper Festival at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He recently enjoyed a four-year tenure as artist-in-residence at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton\, and a year as Composer in Residence with the Seattle Symphony. An avid educator\, Bermel mentors young composers through ACO’s many educational programs\, including Earshot and the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute\, and directs the Copland House’s CULTIVATE emerging composers institute. He also founded the New York Youth Symphony’s Composition Program\, formerly known as Making Score. He has given masterclasses at conservatories and musical institutions around the world\, and has led several workshops alongside frequent collaborators Wendy S. Walters and S. Ama Wray. \nBermel holds B.A. and D.M.A. degrees from Yale University and the University of Michigan. Notable among his composition teachers are William Albright\, Louis Andriessen\, William Bolcom\, Henri Dutilleux\, and Michael Tenzer. His music is published by Peermusic Classical (Americas\, Asia) and Faber Music (Europe\, Australia).
URL:https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/meet-the-composer-derek-bermel-2024/
LOCATION:Studzinski Rehearsal Room\, 12 Campus Road S\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Meet the Composer,New Music
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SUMMARY:Scholarship Gala & Auction
DESCRIPTION:SCHOLARSHIP GALA & AUCTION \nYour contribution to the Festival’s Scholarship Fund\, through your Gala ticket purchases and auction bids\, invests in the future of classical music in Maine and around the world. \nTuesday\, June 25\nMoulton Union\, Bowdoin College \nReception\, Silent Auction\, & Dinner\nReception and Auction: 6:00 PM\nDinner: 7:00–8:30 PM \nPrepared by the award-winning Bowdoin College Dining Service. \nMusic\nFeaturing 2024 Young Artists \nRSVP by June 7\, 2024 \nContact Nick Smolenski for phone reservations or questions: 207-373-1440\, nick@bowdoinfestival.org. \n\nSilent Auction Items \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHERRY BLOSSOMS IN GEORGETOWN\nEnjoy spring blooms and cherry blossoms in the historic district of Georgetown. A five-night stay in an elegant townhouse will be accompanied by an evening at one of D.C.’s most renowned restaurants. \nDRY WHITE WINES OF FRANCE\nJoin Doug Collins and Linda Crumrine on a tasting tour of the dry wines of the Loire\, Bordeaux\, and Burgundy regions of France while overlooking Harpswell Sound’s Mill Cove from Doug’s shoreline home. \nEASTERN CASCO BAY TOUR\nA guided two-hour leisurely cruise with Peter Griffin provides an up-close look at the protected waters and wildlife of Eastern Casco Bay. The tour culminates in a docked lunch at Holbrook’s Wharf & Grille. \nGUIDED FISHING TRIP\nShove off into Harraseeket River and Casco Bay on a seaworthy boat for six hours of salt-water fly or spin fishing with a professional guide. \nOVATIONS PASSES\nExperience classical music year-round with two passes to Portland Ovations’ Classical Series during their 2024–25 season. \nRAREFIED REDS\nExplore how red wines age. Compare young and mature wines with Jan & Sally Williams at their Portland condo. This tasting\, for six guests\, will focus on Bordeaux and California. \nSEAFOOD WITH SAM\nJoin Sam Hayward for a 6–8 person cooking class\, followed by an intimate dinner of the prepared food from the comfort of his Bowdoinham home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGala Committee and Underwriters \n\nGALA COMMITTEE\nSusan Chadima\nLorna Brown Flynn\nSam Hayward\nSusan Lavan\nBarbara Norton\nDeborah Schall\nDena Verrill \n\nGALA UNDERWRITERS \nGold ($3\,500 and up)\nPatricia Brown^\nMargy Burroughs\nSusan Lavan\nDeborah Schall\nMichael & Claudia Spies\nKatharine J. Watson\, in celebration of the Festival’s 60th Season \nSilver ($1\,750)\nSusan Chadima & Michael Steitzer\nLorna & Jack Flynn\nPeter & Harriette Griffin\nDr. and Mrs. Peter C. LeBourdais & Dr. and Mrs. Ivan Soberanes\nKent & Natalie Mitchell\nBarbara & John Norton\nHugh & Norma Phelps\nBill & Mary Earl Rogers\nElliot Rosen & Sharon Cohen\nShawnee Sax\, in memory of Patricia Brown\nDick Stephenson\, in memory of Ann Stephenson\nDominique van de Stadt & Octavio Pajaro\nKeiko & Phillip Ying
URL:https://www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/scholarship-gala-auction/
LOCATION:Moulton Union\, Bowdoin College\,\, Brunswick\, ME\, 04011
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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