2008-2009 Pre-Concert Talks, Special Event

PRE-CONCERT TALKS

 

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich received degrees from Florida State University and the Juilliard School, studying composition with Ernst von Dohnányi, Roger Sessions and Elliott Carter. Ms. Zwilich won the Pulitzer Prize for her Symphony No. 1, the first woman to receive that award. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Zwilich was the inaugural appointee to the Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. She currently holds the Francis Eppes Distinguished Professorship at Florida State University.

Celebrating her 70th birthday nationwide in 2008-2009, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich will attend the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's April 18 concert to hear, for the first time, a performance of her new work, Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet. Ms. Zwilich will present a pre-concert talk in which she will discuss her work, co-commissioned by the Chamber Music Society.
 
Steven Rings, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Chicago, received his Ph.D. from Yale University. Prior to his work as a music theorist, Mr. Rings was active as a classical guitarist, performing in the United States and in Portugal, where he was professor of guitar at the Conservatório de Angra do Heroísmo. He has also served as a reviewer for the American Record Guide and as the director of a concert series in Minnesota. Steven Rings focuses his research on analysis and interpretation of tonal music, particularly on music from the nineteenth century.

Pre-concert Talks will be presented at 6:45 PM sharp before the following upcoming concerts:

 

Saturday, April 11, 2009
Guarneri Quartet

Pre-Concert Talk by
Steven Rings

Music of Haydn, Kodaly and Ravel

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Pacifica Quartet with
Erik Rönmark, Alto Saxophone

Pre-Concert Talk by
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Music of Mendelssohn, Zwilich & Beethoven

 

Saturday, May 30, 2009
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Pre-Concert Talk by Steven Rings
Music of Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Beethoven

 
 
 
Pre-Concert Talks are open to all ticket-holders free of charge.



SPECIAL EVENT

 

 

 


 

Opening Night Subscriber-Only Event: 65th Anniversary Champagne Toast and Reception
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Please join violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong for a subscriber-only opening night afterglow champagne reception to celebrate the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's 65th Anniversary. Your subscriber ticket is your entry to this event.


Dessert contributed by
Sweet Lorraine's Café & Bar

 

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