Jordan Hall (Boston, MA)
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall hosts From the Top Live, a taping of the popular NPR radio program. The show features some of the nation's most promising young classical musicians; this episode focuses on the work of American composer William Bolcom, who will be present at the taping.
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I attended this performance with my 15 year old daughter and we both loved it. The young musicians were truly impressive, the announcer and Host were very humorous and the fact that the composer whose music was being honored was there made for a really special experience!
Acoustically superb Jordan Hall is the heart and soul of New England Conservatory and has been central to the musical life of New England since its opening on October 20, 1903. The 1,013-seat hall was a gift of Conservatory trustee Eben D. Jordan, 2nd, and was designed by architect Edmund Wheelwright, following the model of the European court concert halls of the Renaissance.
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From the Top, the non-profit known for its NPR and PBS broadcasts celebrating the country’s best young classical musicians hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley, will feature composer William Bolcom in a radio taping at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.
Sponsored by the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, the concert will feature pre-college age musicians performing works from throughout Bolcom’s career. These performers include include Melanie Sierra, a 14-year-old soprano from Delray Beach, FL performing “Amor” from Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom , 17-year-old violinist Karen Cueva from Burke, VA who studies at the Walnut Hill School in Natick performing Graceful Ghost Rag: Concert Variation for violin and piano by William Bolcom, and a Boston-area pianist and string quartet yet to be named.
About William Bolcom
National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer William Bolcom is an American composer of chamber, operatic, vocal, choral, cabaret, ragtime and symphonic music.
As a pianist he has recorded for Advance, Jazzology, Musical Heritage, Nonesuch, Vox, and Omega. With his wife, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, he has performed in concert for more than 30 years throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad.
In February 2008 his Eighth Symphony was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Levine in Boston, MA and Carnegie Hall/New York. Within the same month the Guarneri and Johannes String Quartets premiered Bolcom's Octet: Double Quartet. Other recent premieres include: Ballade in January 2008 by pianist Ursula Oppens; Lucrezia, a one-act comic opera for 5 singers and 2 pianists, in March 2008 by New York Festival of Song; Four Piedmont Choruses in May 2008 by the Piedmont Chamber Singers; and A Song for St. Cecilia's Day in June 2008 at the University of Chicago.
Bolcom began his composition studies at age 11 with George Fredrick McKay and John Verall at the University of Washington, continuing piano lessons with Madame Berthe Poncy Jacobson. He holds graduate degrees from Mills College, Stanford University and advanced studies at the Paris Conservatoire. Bocolm taught at the University of Michigan for twenty-five years.
From the Top is a non-profit organization that celebrates the passion, dedication and personal stories of the nation's outstanding young classical musicians. Through entertaining radio and television broadcasts, online media, and a national tour of live events and outreach programs, these performers inspire the pursuit of excellence and encourage participation in the arts as an integral part of a vibrant and civil society.
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