Peak Performances introduces audiences to the singular work of the confrontational Spanish writer, director and performance artist Angélica Liddell. All the major European festivals – d'Avignon and d'Automne in France, Vie in Italy, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland – embrace Liddell with the adoration usually reserved for Romeo Castellucci and Robert Wilson.

Thomas McCauley and Shelley Axelson, Conductors Please join us for an exciting and inspiring evening of music for winds, brass, and percussion presented by two of Montclair State’s concert bands. Program Artists Thomas McCauley is the newly appointed Director of Bands at Montclair State University where he conducts the Montclair State University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. He comes to New Jersey from the University of Indianapolis where he held the position of Director of Bands and Instrumental Activities and…

Helen Cha-Pyo, conductor Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, mezzo-soprano Thomas Kurtz, saxophone The MSU Symphony Orchestra performs Copland's John Henry, Yoshimatsu's Cyberbird Concerto with Thomas Kurtz, saxophone, Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) with mezzo-soprano Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 (New World). Program Artists Markand Thakar is Music Director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and a member of the graduate conducting faculty at the Peabody Conservatory. A former assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Maestro Thakar's appearances include concerts and a…

Thomas McCauley, Conductor The MSU Wind Symphony pays tribute to legendary civil rights icon Rosa Parks with Mark Camphouse’s haunting A Movement for Rosa, and Michael Daugherty’s Rosa Parks Boulevard. The “recreation” portion of the concert includes the music of Mozart, Stravinsky, and Bernstein, and the wonderfully eclectic First Symphony for Band by William Bolcom. Program Artists Thomas McCauley is the newly appointed Director of Bands at Montclair State University where he conducts the Montclair State University Wind Symphony and…

Heather J. Buchanan, Conductor The MSU Singers perform excerpts from the Mozart Requiem and contemporary choral octavos. The MSU Chorale will perform the New Jersey Premiere performance of Jubilate Deo by Dan Forrest with guest soloists, children's choir and instrumental artists. Jubilate Deo celebrates the global aspect of the traditional Psalm 100 text “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands,” by setting it in seven different languages (Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Zulu, Spanish, English) and drawing from…

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