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In this Issue:
Omar Sosa
Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall
Thursday, April 26,
2007, 8:00pm
Tickets: $25, UW-Madison students $10
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Sosa is Anything but So-so
Driving rhythms. Sweeping piano melodies. Smooth saxophone
and clarinet solos. Omar Sosa creates a unique blend of jazz that makes
listeners want to get out of their seats and dance, and on April 26 at 8 p.m he
brings his Afreecanos Quartet to Music Hall to perform songs infused with the
sounds of African Diaspora, jazz, and
Afro-Caribbean beats.
Sosa has released 15 albums since 1997 and has received
Grammy nominations for several, including 2002's Sentir. The New Yorker wrote that he has a "ferocious flair for
rhythm and
a keen musical wit," while The Los
Angeles Times proclaimed, "Sosa's vision of contemporary jazz reaches
across every imaginable boundary."
Get your tickets now and get ready to tap your toes and bob
your head.
Sarah J. Smogoleski
above: Lila Downs
Oh, The Delights That We Have In Store for
You!
The 2006-2007 season is sadly coming to an end, but spare
your tears, because the 2007-2008 season has been announced! Next year's season
runs the gamut from multi-instrumental whistler Andrew Bird to harpist Yolanda Kondonassis
with the Rossetti String Quartet, to the amazing Complexions Contemporary Ballet.
There is a show for everyone!
If World Music is up your alley, then you must see sitarist Anoushka
Shankar, Ravi Shankar's daughter, who will be bringing her Rise Project to the
theater. (And how about the Israeli-Ethiopian Idan Raichel Project; African
musicians Youssou N'Dour and Hugh Masekela; or the 2005 World Music Festival
sensation Lila Downs?)
Enjoyed Joshua Bell? Then be sure to pick up tickets for
Hilary Hahn, the 27 year-old violin superstar. The Academy
of Ancient Music, Christopher
O'Riley, Frederica Von Stade, and Anonymous Four with Darol Anger & Scott
Nygaard are some of the other performers in our Concert Series.
Jazzy souls will go crazy for Paquito D'Rivera, a Cuban born
clarinetist; 81 year-old drummer Roy Haynes; and up-and-coming youngsters Gretchen
Parlato & Esperanza Spalding.
On September 12th, Andrew Bird will be bringing
us his multi-genre inspired folk rock (it's an interesting description, I know,
but you'll understand and love it when you see it). American Players Theatre
will bring The Merchant of Venice and Olympia Dukakis will perform her
acclaimed Rose. And these are just some of the 32 acts and two festivals in the
2007-2008 season so be sure to look at our complete listing of events; click here.
Sarah Crist
above: Hilary Hahn
Newsletter staff:
Editor: Esty Dinur
Layout Designer: Claire Weissenfluh
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Keyboard
Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel:
Liszt: The Devil Made
Me Do It!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007,
7:30pm
Tickets: $32, UW-Madison students, free
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A Devilish Finale
The last time Jeffrey Siegel came to town, we heard the epic
love tale of Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann. Filled with grief, anger,
despair, and obviously, music, it was a tale Hollywood
would love.
Siegel returns to Mills Hall on May 1st at 7:30 p.m. to present the final
performance in
this season's Keyboard Conversations, Liszt: The Devil Made Me Do It. In his
trademark style, Siegel will help listeners delve into the life and work of 19th
Century Romantic Composer Franz Liszt through music and stories.
The concert will feature various works from the Liszt
repertoire, including Unstern (Evil Star), Consolation in D-flat, and
Totentanz. With titles like Evil Star, would Hollywood be interested? You'll
just have to be there to find out. Get your tickets now!
Sarah J. Smogoleski
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Meet Our (Past) Staff
Name: Naomi Rhodes
WUT Position: Music Committee member (1960's)
Current Profession: Lawyer, New York
City
What are some of your fondest memories
here?
The year was '65-'66 when Victoria de los Angeles was here. For
whatever reason the page-turner for the pianist, who always turned pages here,
couldn't turn pages. So I was asked if I would step in and turn pages. So I was
fine about that. They brought me back stage. Ms. de los
Angeles came out of her dressing room and looked at me
from head to toe... and finally said okay. She obviously didn't want anybody on
stage who would upstage her. I passed the test very well. She seemed to be very
concerned about it.
de
Who were some of the performers who visited while you worked
here?
I remember Isaac Stern's concert very well. I, of course,
heard him play in New York. One would hear him in Carnegie. There is something
about hearing him here in this beautiful concert hall, which is so much more an
intimate experience. It lets you enter into the musical experience in a way
that's difficult when you're sitting miles away from someone. You hear the
music, but you're sort of at one with the whole experience. That was certainly
a memorable concert for me.
What was it like to work with Fan
Taylor?
I was on the music committee, and I explained to her that I
grew up in a very musical family and my brother was a budding musician. So I
told her that and that I was very interested in pursuing a career in this area.
She made it clear that I was welcome. I think that maybe the first couple of
times I came here after classes I was shy. I would put my head in and wave at
her, and she would invite me into her office. I would come in and sit down and
listen to her. I came to every concert; I came to a lot of events that the
theater committee [sponsored]. This was such an important part of my life here.
Fan would occasionally have a seminar; I would go to everything she did.
To read the full interview, click here.
Sarah J. Smogoleski
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From the Archives
The vibrant, vivacious, and versatile dancers of the Ballets
Basques de Biarritz graced the stage 50 years ago, on March 25, 1957. Says The Capital Times, "Not
since the Japanese Kabuki dancers appeared here last year has Madison
had such an unusual dance troupe as the engaging Ballets Basques de Biarritz." Unusual?
Just wait till you see Complexions Contemporary Dance on March 2, 2008.
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