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Jacobsen Series: Music for Martha

Add to Calendar 2022-09-09 19:30:00 2022-09-09 20:30:00 Jacobsen Series: Music for Martha The program will include Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and Samuel Barber's Medea, performed by faculty and students, conducted by Gerard Morris. Morris is the School of Music's director of bands, department chair of winds and percussion, and associate professor of music. All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the Sigma Alpha Iota international music fraternity. Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen, military, Puget Sound faculty and staff, Community Music participants. Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door. Letter to the World (Kick), courtesy of Martha Graham resources, is part of a photo series for a 1940 performance based on the love life of American poet Emily Dickinson. Known as the mother of modern dance, Graham used dance to portray human emotions and developed revolutionary movement techniques.  Visit Martha Graham history.           Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music fraternity. Learn more about the Jacobsen Concert Series.  Location support@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Sep 09, 2022
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

The School of Music is pleased to present its first concert of the season, the Jacobsen Series Music for Martha, celebrating the life of legendary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991).

The program will include Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and Samuel Barber's Medea, performed by faculty and students, conducted by Gerard Morris. Morris is the School of Music's director of bands, department chair of winds and percussion, and associate professor of music.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the Sigma Alpha Iota international music fraternity.

Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen, military, Puget Sound faculty and staff, Community Music participants.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door.

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Letter to the World (Kick), courtesy of Martha Graham resources, is part of a photo series for a 1940 performance based on the love life of American poet Emily Dickinson.

Known as the mother of modern dance, Graham used dance to portray human emotions and developed revolutionary movement techniques. 

Visit Martha Graham history.
 

 

 

 

 


Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music fraternity. Learn more about the Jacobsen Concert Series

Event Location

Schneebeck Concert Hall or tune in at PUGETSOUND.EDU/SCHNEEBECKLIVE