Events

Conference Events:

Opening Reception, Institute of Contemporary Art (Thursday, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
Penn Library Exhibit and Reception (Friday, 5:15 - 6:30 p.m.)
Plenary Concert: Music of Crumb and Rochberg (Saturday 8:00 p.m.)

Events around Town

Places to see and things to do in the Delaware Valley

Thursday, November 8, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Reception, Institute of Contemporary Art

Opening Reception for SMT 2001, hosted by the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. Wine and hors d'oeuvres, with all galleries of the Institute of Contemporary Art open for SMT attendees. Conference Registration Badge required for admission.

 

Friday, November 9, 5:15 - 6:30 p.m., Reception, Kamin Gallery, Penn Library

Exhibit of Early Theory Materials and Musical Autographs in the Penn Collection. Opening reception hosted by the Friends of the Library and the Musical Fund Society. The reception will include a performance of the Bartok Third Quartet by the Cassatt Quartet playing from the original performing materials in the Penn Library Collection. Conference Registration Badge required for admission.

Saturday, November 10, 8 p.m., Concert, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania

Plenary Concert: Music of Crumb and Rochberg. One ticket included with conference registration; additional tickets available at $12 each.

Program:

George Crumb, Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) for amplified piano (four hands) and A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 for piano

George Rochberg, String Quartet No. 3.

The concert will include a conversation with the composers.

Performers:

• Lambert Orkis
• James Primosch
• The Cassatt Quartet

Events Around Town

Philadelphia Orchestra (Academy of Music). Thursday, November 8, 2001, 8 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2001, 2 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2001, 8 p.m.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"

Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

To purchase tickets, visit the orchestra web site or phone 215-893-1999.

Jazz Clubs

Zanzibar blue (www.zanzibarblue.com)
Ortlieb's Jazz Haus (www.ortliebsjazzhaus.com)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (www.pcmsnet.org)

Stephen Kovacevich, piano. Pennsylvania Convention Center. Thursday, November 8, 8:00 pm

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111; Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959

Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano Pennsylvania Convention Center Sunday, November 11, 3:00 pm.

Program, TBA

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Philadelphia Museum of Art (www.philamuseum.org).

Thomas Eakins: American Realist
October 4, 2001–January 6, 2002

Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered
October 27–February 24, 2002

Institute for Contemporary Art (www.icaphila.org)

Rudi Gernreich: Fashion Will Go Out of Fashion
September 15–November 11, 2001

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (www.pafa.org)

Power and Glory: Art from the Uffizi Gallery
September 15, 2001 - December 9, 2001

Mary Judge
September 14, - November 11, 2001

GENERAL ARTS INFORMATION

Avenue of the Arts (www.avenueofthearts.org)

Watch this site for further details and information about events occuring during SMT 2001!