April 4, 2018
Arts Roundup: Angels in America Part II, The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi’, Kollar American Art Lecture, Calidore String Quartet, and more
In the arts, see the School of Drama’s Mainstage performance of Angels in America, “a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos,” attend a guest artist recital titled “Colors and Characters,” hear School of Music faculty perform in Ballard, see the Henry’s new exhibition that explores the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems, and celebrate art at the Henry’s annual gala and dance party!
The 2018 Henry Gala & Dance Party
6:00 p.m., April 21 | Henry Art Gallery
UW faculty guitarist Michael Partington joins with duo partner Marc Teicholz of the San Francisco Conservatory for an evening of music composed or arranged for two guitars, including music by Joseph Haydn, Mauro Giuliani, Francis Poulenc, Dusan Bogdanovic, and others.
Angels in America Part II: Perestroika
April 24 – May 6 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in 1980s America begins in a ruined place where the old orders are splintering and everything—and everyone—has come apart. Prior Walter is a prophet, and now the “great work” of rebuilding this devastated world can begin. We meet characters who, having faced annihilation, must now confront their own stubborn indestructability. Profoundly funny, magnificently theatrical, and startlingly timely, Perestroika is a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos. The New York Times called it “a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.”
Guest Artist Recital: Zhenni Li, Pianist
7:30 p.m., April 24 | Brechemin Auditorium
Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer for her “…big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch” and by the Concours Clara Haskil for her “sensitivity, finesse of touch and musical intelligence,” pianist Zhenni Li of the McGill School of Music has performed in the world’s great concert halls and won numerous prestigious piano competitions. Her April 24 recital at the School of Music, “Colors and Characters,” includes music by Debussy, Lourié, and Schumann. She also leads a master class with UW piano students on April 25.
The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi´
April 14 – September 9 | Henry Art Gallery
In this exhibition, transdisciplinary artist Demian DinéYazhi´ (born 1983) presents new work that expands upon their ongoing engagement with the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems.
A group of analog slide projectors form the core of the installation, casting images and text throughout the space to create a multi-layered narrative of DinéYazhi´’s home place on Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation) in Arizona and New Mexico and its proximity to uranium mining industries and the popular US thoroughfare Route 66. Stories of exploitation—of people and of natural resources—as well as survival, weave together alongside an overarching concern with the legislation of borders imposed by the reservation system, and the resulting effects on the ways bodies move and form relations across its bounds.
Calidore String Quartet with David Finckel and Wu Han
7:30 p.m., April 24 | Meany Theater
Currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Calidore String Quartet is quickly becoming the most decorated young quartet on the world’s stage — including earning the 2016 M-Prize, the largest award given for chamber music. For their Meany Center performance, this vibrant musical powerhouse teams up with two esteemed chamber musicians, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel, to perform two of the most beloved works of the repertoire.
“The Calidore players are the epitome of confidence and finesse.”
— Gramophone
PROGRAM
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 (with David Finckel)
DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 (with Wu Han)
Kollar American Art Lecture – Michael Lobel
6:00 p.m., April 26 | Henry Art Gallery
Iconic Encounter: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson in 1942
In the summer of 1942, Gordon Parks, then new to the photographic division of the Farm Security Administration, produced a remarkable series of images of federal employee Ella Watson. One of those pictures, widely taken as a riff on Grant Wood’s enduring American Gothic, became an icon itself, later classified by Time magazine as one of the most influential photographs of all time. This lecture will explore the historical context of Parks’ work and offer new, illuminating information about Ella Watson, whose life story has long been overshadowed by her photographic image.
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band
7:30 p.m., April 26 | Meany Theater
The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their spring quarter concert, featuring winners of the UW Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition.
Faculty Recital: Carole Terry, Organ
7:30 p.m., April 27 | St. Alphonsus Perish
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works of Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms on the world-class Fritts/Richards organ at St. Alphonsus Parish in Ballard. Terry’s concert marks a return engagement; she also performed the 1984 inaugural concert of the instrument, whose design is based on a 17th century North German design esteemed by organists all over the world.
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