The Music for Peace Project: Stony Brook

April 8-10, 2005

The Music for Peace Project: Stony Brook is sponsored by:
The Musicians' Alliance for Peace, The Department of Music, The Graduate Student Organization, The Graduate School, The University Café, The Office of the Provost, The College of Arts and Sciences, The Charles B. Wang Center, The Center for India Studies, The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, The Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action, The Office of the President, The Humanities Institute, The Office of the Dean of Students, The Office of Undergraduate Affairs, The Undergraduate College of Arts, Culture, and Humanities, The Undergraduate College of Leadership and Development, The Undergraduate Student Government, The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, The India Focus Group, The Stony Brook Alumni Association, The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, The Suffolk County Peace Network, Yoga for Life, The Department of Africana Studies, and The Social Justice Alliance.

Helpful info below:

Stony Brook Campus map:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/map/
(Click on the Academic Mall for a larger view; all festival venues will be visible.)

Festival venues:
Staller Center for the Arts (Staller Center Recital Hall)
Charles B. Wang Asian-American Center (Wang Center Theater, Wang Center Chapel)
Student Activities Center (SAC) (SAC Auditorium)
Student Union (University Café; entrance is at western end of building)

Directions to Stony Brook University:
By train, ferry, car, or plane (also parking info, where to stay):
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/visiting.shtml

Local taxi service:
Lindy's Taxi (631) 473-0707

Questions? Email us at: peacefestival@m4p.org

 

Artists to Include:

Colin Carr
Colin Carr has appeared throughout the world as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher.

As a concerto soloist, Colin Carr has played with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic and the orchestras of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Philadelphia and Montreal. He is a regular guest at the BBC Proms, he has twice toured Australia and has recently played concertos in South Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Last year he returned to the Philharmonia in London and made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Mark Elder. This year he toured with Mr Elder and the Halle Orchestra playing Dvorak, Elgar and Walton Concertos. Other highlights included a performance of Dvorak Concerto to close the Prague Autumn Festival and Beethoven Triple Concerto with Sir Colin Davis conducting at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Recitals have taken him to major cities each season: he regularly performs in London, New York and Boston. As a member of the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio he recorded and toured extensively for twenty years and recently formed the new group Sequenza. He is a frequent visitor to international chamber music festivals worldwide and has appeared often as a guest with the Guarneri and Emerson string quartets and at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York.

His solo recording of the unaccompanied cello works of Kodaly, Britten, Crumb and Schuller received an industry award in the US. The "Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello" performed live at Boston's Jordan Hall (GM Recordings) have been highly acclaimed and the Brahms Sonatas (Arabesque) were released in November 2000. He was also the soloist in Elgar's Cello Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic on a BBC
Music Magazine cover CD.

Colin Carr is the winner of many prestigious international awards, including First Prize in the Naumburg Competition, the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Award and Second Prize in the Rostropovich International Cello Competition.

He first played the cello at the age of five; three years later he went to the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he studied with Maurice Gendron and later William Pleeth. He was made a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in 1998 having been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory in Boston for 16 years; in 1998 St. John's College, Oxford created the post of "Musician in Residence" for him and in September 2002 he became a professor at Stony Brook University in New York.

Mr. Carr plays on a Matteo Gofriller cello made in Venice in 1730. http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/music.nsf/pages/carr

Thomas Sauer
B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music; M.M., The Mannes College of Music; D.M.A., The City University of New York

Thomas Sauer teaches piano, Musicianship Skills, and Fundamentals of Music at Vassar. An active performer, he is a member of the Mannes Trio--ensemble-in-residence at the Mannes College of Music in New York City--and frequently collaborates with noted instrumentalists such as violinist Midori, violist Misha Amory, and cellist Colin Carr. Recent appearances include a performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Quad-City Symphony, a performance of Birtwistles Harrison's Clocks at Merkin Hall, solo recitals at Oxford University and the Garden City Chamber Music Society; recitals with Colin Carr at St. John's College, Oxford and the Wolf Trap Center; recitals with violinist Mark Steinberg at Princeton and Yale Universities; performances at the Marlboro, Portland, Seattle, El Paso Pro Musica, Four Seasons, and Salt Bay Chamber Music Festivals; recitals with Midori at the Philharmonie in Berlin and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels; performances with members of the Juilliard String Quartet at the Library of Congress; and numerous concerts with the Brentano String Quartet. His recording with Misha Amory of two Hindemith viola sonatas is available on the Musical Heritage Society label and his recording of five Haydn piano sonatas has recently been released by MSR Classics. He has also recorded for the Tzadik label, and appears on discs issued by the Seattle, Portland, and Salt Bay Chamber Music Festivals. In recent seasons, Mr. Sauer has premiered works by Robert Cuckson, Sebastian Currier, Keith Fitch, David Loeb, Donald Martino, and David Tcimpidis.

Mr. Sauer holds degrees from the Curtis Institute, the Mannes College of Music, and the City University of New York. His major teachers include Jorge Bolet, Edward Aldwell, and Carl Schachter. Mr. Sauer has served on the music faculty at Vassar College since 1998. He is the founder and director of the Mannes Beethoven Institute and co-artistic director of Chamber Music Quad Cities, a festival based in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa.
http://www.mannes.edu/college/studying_at_mannes/college_programs/biography.jsp?b=14841

Folklore Urbano
Folklore Urbano features the original music and arrangements of NYC composer/arranger/pianist Pablo Mayor. In his music, the seductive Colombian rhythms of his native country entwine with sophisticated jazz harmonies and form, inciting both dance and intrigue. The sound is fresh; New York City-based Folklore Urbano features a stellar jazz horn section comprised of soprano/alto saxophone, euphonium, baritone saxophone, and flute, a jazz rhythm section (drumset, bass, and piano), Colombian folkloric drums/ percussion (tambora, alegre, maracas), and most recently, trumpet and vocals.

Folklore Urbano forges new territory by presenting the improvisatory elements of jazz while retaining the rhythm and flavor of a Colombian tradition that is mostly unknown today. The group's CD, Aviso, has been broadcast throughout South America, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Puerto Rico, Miami, and New York.
www.folkloreurbano.com

Ray Anderson
Named five straight years as best trombonist in the Down Beat Critics Poll and declared "the most exciting slide brass player of his generation" by the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Ray Anderson has shown remarkable range. He has led or co-led a daunting assortment of tradition-minded and experimental groups, big bands, blues and funk projects and even a trombone quartet. Anderson attended the University of Chicago Lab School, where one of his classmates was another notable trombone original, George Lewis. His teachers included Frank Tirro and Dean Hey. In 1973, Anderson moved to New York where he studied and played with composer and music theorist Jimmy Giuffre, joined drummer Barry Altschul's free-form trio and played for three years with the quartet of AACM saxophone hero Anthony Braxton. In the '80s, he garnered attention with collective bands including the funk-oriented Slickaphonics and the trio BassDrumBone, featuring bassist Mark Helias and drummer Gerry Hemingway. On a series of acclaimed recordings, he has ranged from Ellingtonia and jazz classics to striking originals.
http://www.rayanderson.net/

Daniel Weymouth
Composer/conductor Daniel Weymouth writes for a wide array of ensembles, from standard orchestra to computer-interactive "instruments." He has studied and worked at several of the world's leading computer-music facilities, including Stanford's CCRMA, Pierre Boulez's IRCAM and Iannis Xenakis' CEMAMu (both in Paris). His compositions have been performed throughout Europe, Canada and the United States and appear on the SEAMUS and New World Record labels as well as MIT Press (sound and programming excerpted on CD-ROM). Commissions have come from numerous ensembles and individual performers; grants from Meet the Composer and ASCAP. Weymouth is a current member of the Stony Brook Academy of Scholar Teachers. A ten-year stint as an itinerant musician in popular genres may have something to do with his fascination with gadgets, as well as the kinetic and compact nature of much of his music, both acoustic and electronic.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS%5Cmusic.nsf/pages/weymouth

Amandla!
The power of song to communicate, motivate, console, unite, and, ultimately, beget change: that ideal, gloriously realized, lies at the heart of director Lee Hirsch's inspiring feature film documentary Amandla! Winner of the Audience Award and Freedom of Expression Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Amandla! tells the story of black South African freedom music and reveals the central role it played in the long battle against apartheid.
www.amandla.com

The Musicians' Alliance for Peace
in a concert of Contemporary Music

Featuring:	Performing works by:
Leopoldo Erice	Isaac Albeniz
Alicia Bennett, Katie Schlaikjer and Laura Barger	Ellen Lindquist
Lin Tung	John Arrigo-Nelson
Minghuan Xu and Winston Choi	Mischa Zupko
Dorothea Cook and Peter Winkler	Peter Winkler
Michael Douglas Jones	Daniel Weymouth
Kirsten Jermé	Benjamin Britten
Dan Policar	Jerome Kern and Dan Policar

Electronic Music Concert
New Soundscapes with video art and performance on acoustic & exotic instruments
Works by Ricardo Gallo, Elainie Lillios, Dennis Miller Gregory Pfeiffer, Philip Schuessler, Daniel Weymouth

Baithak
An afternoon of soothing melodies, dynamic rhythms, and expressive lyricism are promised in this traditional gathering of music, dance and poetry. Reminiscent of recitals held in temples, palace courts, and homes, the audience sit on the floor "baithak style" in informal rapport and intimacy with the artists.
Refreshments will be served.

Co-presented by the Charles B. Wang Center Asian/American Programs and the Center for India Studies

Meditations for Peace Concert
Performers:
Chi-Yuan Chen, viola
Jenny LaBonte, bass
Benjamin Lanz, trombone
Benjamin Robison, violin
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Rachel Schutz, soprano
James Smith, theorbo
Christa VanAlstine, clarinet
Sally Wall, oboe
Minghuan Xu, violin

In works by:
Dawn Chambers
Daniel Darbro
Giovanni G. Kapsperger
Ellen Lindquist
Phil Schuessler
James Tenney
Traditional Welsh

Panel Discussion: "Music Mediating Conflict"
Moderated by Dr. Jane Sugarman, ethnomusicologist
Panelists
Dr. Daniel Weymouth, composer
William McNulty, of Suffolk Peace Network
Lee Hirsch, director of the film Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony and others

Baroque Sundays at 3 with Spiritus Collective
Chamber Music from the Court of Leopold I: music for period brass and string instruments with soprano Jolle Greenleaf, directed by Greg and Kris Ingles

The Imperial Chapel: Chamber Music from the Court of Leopold I The Imperial Chapel explores the various tonal color options available in the sound palette of a 17th century composer with rarely performed repertoire including instrumental sonatas for natural trumpet and sackbuts by Antonio Bertali, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Pavel Vejvanovsky and Philipp Jacob Rittler as well as sacred vocal works by Flixi and Johann Joseph Fux. Many pieces on this program are transcribed from the original manuscript found in the Liechtenstein Music Collection of 17th century music from Kromeriz, Bohemia and Spiritus Collective is committed to breathing life into these often neglected masterpieces. Offering a rare glimpse into the typical virtuosity expected of brass players working in the court of Leopold I in the middle of the 17th century, the ensemble will also include acclaimed soprano soloist Jolle Greenleaf, period strings, dulcian (a predecessor to the bassoon) and continuo.
http://pages.cthome.net/schmalz/SC/

decryptographic: bletchley park 05
A concert to promote peace and foster cultural connections via interactive creativity within a collaborative online environment, encouraging the transcendence of boundaries that are geographic, socio-economic, and disciplinary through a digital artistic initiative.

Streaming video from Thailand will be mixed in a live multimedia environment over the course of a 60-minute improvisation featuring:

Steve Tinsky, video design, Chiang Mai, Thailand
John Hopkins, Phoenix, Arizona
Waag Server: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Raed Atouli: ambient sounds with live feed
Josephine Dorado: team coordinator/streaming facilitator
Robert Hunter: technical facilitator
Aaron Kagen: turntables
Tiffany Lawrence: movement performer
Neely Ovalioglu: live video processing
Andy Papadeas: live mix of turntables and violin
Benjamin Robison: concept, violin and electronics
http://funksoup.com/decrypt.htm

Bakithi Kumanlo
Bakithi Kumalo is well known for his indelible bass licks on Paul Simon's Graceland album, released in 1986. His precise and sinuous bass lines went far beyond simply marking time: they thundered out a countdown for the dismemberment of apartheid. Considered one of the world's most talented living bassists, this South African's musical style reflects world influences, including South African traditional folk, contemporary jazz, salsa and electronica. Vocalist Robbi Kumalo, an exhilarating singer-songwriter who has worked with Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and Harry Belafonte, infuses jazzy interpretations with African chants. This inspirational concert reminds us all that we are connected through music.
http://boneinthenose.com/