Richardson Chamber Players presents Art and Memory
Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.

Free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising eight of the leading performer/composers at work in jazz today, and returns to McCarter for the first time since 2004. Its approach to repertoire is unique and innovative: each year, this San Francisco-based ensemble performs an entirely new list of works, consisting of arrangements of a jazz master’s works, but this year they focus on the work of an artist outside the jazz tradition: Stevie Wonder, whose classic albums fused the soul music of Detroit with elements of R&B, jazz and reggae into a singular vision respected by critics and musicians of all genres. The SFJazz Collective virtuoso octet is: Miguel Zenon, alto sax; Mark Turner, tenor sax; Avishai Cohen, trumpet; Robin Eubanks, trombone; Stefon Harris, vibes; Edward Simon, piano; Matt Penman, bass; and Eric Harland (presented with support from the Princeton University Jazz Studies Program and The  Lewis Center for the Arts).

Princeton, NJ—Saturday, October 1, from noon to 5 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is teaming up with the Princeton University Art Museum to present a Festival of Music and Art on the Princeton University campus. A first-time event, to be enjoyed together by families, the festival will spotlight two of the Princeton community’s most enduring and brilliant cultural institutions: its extraordinary art museum and its award-winning symphony orchestra. With the theme American Adventures, the festival celebrates music and art made in America. The festival was initiated as part of PSO BRAVO! education programs, and is geared toward children ages four through 12 and their families.

One of the festival’s main attractions will be the PSO’s first-ever family concert, taking place at 2:30 pm at the PSO’s stunning home venue, Richardson Auditorium. The concert will stage a kid-friendly introduction to live orchestral music that is sophisticated enough for adults to enjoy as well, with a program based on the PSO’s first Classical Series concert of the season, Visions of America. The family concert will open with Aaron Copland’s toe-tapping “Hoedown” from Rodeo, followed by Charles Ives’ spirited Variations on “America,” which elaborates and embellishes one of America’s best-known anthems. Selections from the “New World” Symphony will offer a discovery of African American and Native American musical influences that inspired Czech composer Antonín Dvořák while he was living and composing in America. Finally, the PSO will perform John Philip Sousa’s famous march tune Stars and Stripes Forever, with PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov inviting the audience to join in the fun as he “conducts” their hand-clapping and foot-stomping.

Before and after the concert, just across the Princeton University campus at the Princeton University Art Museum, kids can explore the museum’s vast American art collections in a scavenger hunt and even create their own art! The museum’s family art activities will take place from noon to 5 pm and refreshments will be served.

The afternoon will be an unforgettable day of fun for families. Concert tickets are affordably priced at just $10 each. Thanks to a grant to PSO BRAVO! from the New Jersey-based Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, the PSO will also make available 200 tickets, free of charge, to low-income families and social service agencies.

 For tickets, please call the PSO at (609) 497-0020 or download an order form at www.princetonsymphony.org. Tickets may also be purchased at www.princeton.edu/utickets and at the Richardson Auditorium box office the day of the concert.

ABOUT PSO BRAVO!

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed PSO BRAVO! education programs reach more than 10,000 students each year. Meet the Orchestra! establishes PSO musicians in teaching partnerships at more than 30 public, private, and special-needs elementary schools throughout Central New Jersey, and stages full-orchestra performances for elementary school students each spring. At the middle school level, Listen Up! invites students to attend Classical Series concerts and create visual art in response to the music they hear. Through Master It!, advanced high school and college instrumentalists participate in public masterclasses with world-renowned artists. New in 2011, PSO BRAVO! offers the PSO Family Concert, an afternoon of culture for families to enjoy together. From kindergarten through college, PSO BRAVO! inspires the next generation of musicians and audiences.

ABOUT THE PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Whether performing classical masterworks, introducing music by modern-day masters, or hosting students at their first live symphony performance, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations. Led by Music Director Rossen Milanov and guided by an extraordinary Board of Trustees, the PSO offers award-winning orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs, as well as lectures and other events to complement these concerts. Through PSO BRAVO!, the PSO produces wide-reaching and innovative education programs, carried out in partnerships with local schools and arts organizations. The PSO is proud to be a multiple-year recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ highest honors: a Citation of Excellence and designation as a Major Arts Institution. The only professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.

 Find the PSO online at www.princetonsymphony.org; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/princetonsymphony; and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/psomusic.

Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist, and Frank Rich, former NY Times drama critic and columnist, writer for New York magazine

A Conversation between Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich

September 26, 2011 (Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Fund, the Belknap Program of the Council of the Humanities, the Performance Central Program of the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Triangle Club) NOTE: 8:00 p.m. at McCarter Theatre; free ticket required. Princeton University students, faculty, and staff with a TigerCard: Ticket distribution starts September 19 at noon at the University Ticketing office at the Frist Campus Center. Limit: 1 ticket per TigerCard (maximum of 2 TigerCards). Continues M-F 12-6 p.m. while supplies last. General public: Tickets are available for pickup at the McCarter Box Office beginning 12 noon. on September 19  and continuing M-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. while supplies last. Limit: 2 tickets per person.

Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist for Sweeney Todd and lyricist for West Side Story, won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sunday in the Park. Frank Rich is the former New York Times drama critic and columnist, now writing for New York magazine. This event is cosponsored by Princeton University Public Lectures, the Belknap Program of the Council of the Humanities, the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the Triangle Club.

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more than any other composer)including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre,[1] multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as “the greatest, and perhaps best-known artist working in musical theatre”,  his most famous scores include (as composer/lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

In addition to theatre, he has contributed to movies as well, including the 1981 Warren Beatty film Reds, contributing the song “Goodbye For Now”. He also wrote five songs for the 1990 movie Dick Tracy, including Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man), which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

He was also president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. On September 15, 2010, in honor of his 80th birthday, the Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in his honor. He is also the only living composer with a quarterly journal published in his name.

Brentano String Quartet – Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence: September 16, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Pre-concert talk at 7pm. Repertoire includes Beethoven Quartet for Strings No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 and Beethoven Quartet for Strings in A Minor , Op. 132. Tickets are free and available to the public.