The Department of Music has concerts aplenty the next few weeks to tide you over until the fall, and the Department of Theatre and Dance closes out the academic year with a presentation of author-actor Martin Moran in his acclaimed one-man show The Tricky Part, a true story of sexuality, spirituality and the mystery of human experience.
The play
惭辞谤补苍鈥檚 The Tricky Part stems from his youth, when, starting at the age of 12, he had a three-year sexual relationship with an older man. Many years later, Moran found and confronted his abuser. Subsequently, Moran transformed his story into a book and play 鈥 a riveting, often funny and always surprising journey through the complexities of Catholicism, desire and human trespass.
The play's New York premiere in 2004 received an Obie award and two Drama Desk nominations, including outstanding play. Warning: Adult themes and situations.
Three performances, all at 7 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, .
The music
FREE CONCERTS
- Korean Percussion Ensemble 鈥 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, Recital Hall,
- Hindustani Vocal Ensemble 鈥 12:05 p.m. Thursday, June 1, Recital Hall
- Percussion Ensemble 鈥 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, Recital Hall
- Jazz Composers of 嘿嘿视频 鈥 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, Recital Hall
Concert Bands/Banda de concierto and Campus Band/Banda del campus
7 p.m. Friday, June 2, Jackson Hall, .
The Concert Bands program includes El Marne Tango by 嘿嘿视频 composer Pablo Ortiz, plus:
- Turina 鈥 Three Fantastic Dances/Tres bailes fant谩sticos
- Tommasini 鈥 Three Spanish Songs/Tres canciones Espa帽olas, with Liisa D谩vila, soprano
- Revueltas 鈥 厂别苍蝉别尘补测谩
- Gandolfi 鈥 Vientos y Tangos/Winds and Tangos
- Codina 鈥 Zacatecas March
The Campus Band program includes:
- Pascual Piqueras 鈥 De Nuevo en el Infierno/In Hell Again
- Jaime Texidor 鈥 Amparita Roca
Symphony Orchestra: 鈥淗eroism and Twilight Serenity鈥
7 p.m. Saturday, June 3, Jackson Hall.
Program features Mozart鈥檚 Allegro aperto from the Violin Concerto No. 5 (鈥淭he Turkish鈥), with Jane Park, violin, winner of the orchestra鈥檚 2017 Concerto Competition. Plus:
- Var猫se 鈥 Octandre
- Brahms 鈥 Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Empyrean Ensemble
3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, Recital Hall, .
New compositions by graduate student composers:
- Aida Shirazi 鈥 (Re)Visiting The Land of (Un)Known
- Samuel Clark-McHale 鈥 Like us/them
- Addie Camsuzou 鈥 Extraction of Stars
- Daniel Godsil 鈥 Aeropittura
- Sarah Wald 鈥 Adagio
- Josiah Catalan 鈥 Mirages
Early Music Ensemble: 鈥淏ach to Bernstein鈥
7 p.m. Sunday, June 4, Recital Hall.
An eclectic program of choral music, from Josquin to the present day.
- J.S. Bach 鈥 Lobet den Herrn
- Bernstein 鈥 Almighty Father
- Gorecki 鈥 Lullabies
- Chris Castro 鈥 Drinking Song
University Chorus
7 p.m. Friday, June 9, Jackson Hall.
With Kevin Fox, guest director.
- Mozart 鈥 Regina Coeli, K. 276, with Liisa D谩vila, soprano; Sarah Messbauer, mezzo-soprano; Lorenzo Ramsey, tenor; and Kevin Doherty, baritone
- Mozart 鈥 Te Deum, K. 141
- Mendelssohn 鈥 Hear My Prayer, with members of the Pacific Boychoir
- Rachmaninov 鈥 The Bells, with D谩vila and Doherty; Jonathan Nadel, tenor; and Andrei Baumann and Jeremiah Trujillo, piano
- Rheinberger 鈥 Festchor
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