September 16 , 2009
Mandala Museum of Art Concert
There will be a fully catered reception included in this evening, making an exceptionally classy evening, indeed.
The Rubin Museum of Art will present The Mandala Concert on September 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM, in conjunction with its major exhibition Mandala: The Perfect Circle, opening on August 14, 2009 and on view through January 11, 2010. The exhibition explores
Himalayan Buddhism’s artistic representation of man and the universe. A mandala is most often conceived as concentric circles, circles within squares, squares within circles, lotus blossoms, six-pronged stars, or inverted, crossed triangles. The Mandala Concert, a collaboration between celebrated composer/conductor Joel Thome and noted artist Harry Doolittle, will showcase both Thome’s compositions using mandala forms as notation and Doolittle’s mandala paintings, which will be viewed on the screen in the museum’s theater during the performance.Thome is known for creating his own notational system based on mandalas and strikingly drawn on see-through velour sheets. Doolittle’s mandala paintings are applied by using acrylic colors beneath and on glass which are then cemented to canvas boards. Gold leaf and silver aluminum leaf are applied at different places throughout the canvas, which interact with the multiple colors. Both artists share a common creative process: they often “dream” their works into existence.
Among the mandala-notated Thome works included in the program are C,ES,ES for string quartet, performed by the Scorchio String Quartet, named by David Bowie, whose members are Gregor Kitzis, violin, Martha Mooke, viola, Julie Goodale, viola and Leah Coloff, cello. Other works include Para Manuel for violin solo performed by violinist Gregor Kitzis, and Canto XIV for solo flute performed by Linda Wetherill on platinum, gold and jade flutes. The concert will close with the world premiere of Canto XV with Toshi Makihara, percussionist.
Doolittle’s paintings will accompany several of the pieces.
Tickets for the concert are $20 (RMA Members receive 10% discount) and are available online at www.rmanyc.org/calendar and at the box office at the Rubin Museum of Art. Box office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344
Note: If there are unsold tickets at the time of performance, students with valid ID may purchase them at the Student Standby rate of $7.
A Collaboration Between Composer Joel Thome and Artist Harry Doolittle
in Conjunction with the exhibition Mandala: The Perfect Circle
March 15
, 2009Lin
da Wetherill and Christopher Lyndon-GeeFlute and Piano performance - including Philippe Leroux's P.P.P
at
New York Flute Club Flute Fair
1 p.m.
LaGuardia High School, NYC
November 12, 2008
Distinguished Faculty Concert 8PM at PAC (Adelphi)
World Premier
Escalona-Mijares bass flute and electronics
Ives, Boulez, Chou Wen Chung, Leroux - flute and piano (Lyndon-Gee)
February, 2008
Inauguration of the "Matrimandir" Soul of the World Temple to
Sri Aurobindo's Mother, celebrating the 40th anniversary
Auroville, IndiaJanuary 11-18, 2008
concerts and master classes in Chennai International School
Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
December 30, 2007
8 p.m. performance at the Academy of Darpana
Vikram Sarabhai International Festival at Natarani
Alwarpet, Chennai, India
Nov
ember 25, 2007Jan Hus Church in Manhattan
premiere of a Saariaho piece for flute with electronics
Nov
ember 6, 2007Celebrity Series Recital at Adelphi University
Prokofiev (flute with piano), Cornwell (solo), World premieres of 2 pieces for flute and harp
lots of great energy, Free at Adelphi University, Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 8 p.m.
September 30, 2007
Jan Hus Church - Manhattan
world premiere of Huan Ruo's solo flute work "Atmospheres and Environment"
donations appreciated
August 3
, 2007Vox Novus 60x60 New York followed by recital of Participants Adelphi University Center Ballroom, Garden City Free Admission, please see Performing Arts at Adelphi
August 2
, 2007Bach's Musical Offering, Mozart, Fukushima, Musgrave and Hovhaness Christ's First Presbyterian Church Hempstead at Washington Avenues (across from Hempstead Public Library), Hempstead
July 30
, 2007Huang Ruo's "Si Way" , Rochberg's "Muse of Fire" and 60x60 International of Vox Novus Adelphi University Center, Ballroom, Garden City
July 27, 2007
Improvs at 8pm
small admission, please visit www.AndreCafe.com
"Saavitri" by Thome and "Atmosphere and Environment" by Huang Ruo
Andre Cafe Downtown Chester, Pennsylvania
July 17, 2007
Chelan Bachfest - 2007
www.bachfest.orgBach's E Major Sonata and Fruewald's "Immenetuki" - bass flute
Noon Concert - small admission charge
Downtown Chelan, Washington State
July 8, 2007
Free Concert
Constellation Orchestra
Harry Chapin Stage
Heckscher Park Huntington, Long Island
June 1
, 2007Teachers College Columbia University
Hope Hudson - soprano
Richard Pearson Thomas - piano
Stephanie Chase - violin
Linda Wetherill - flute
Friday, June 1, 2007 – 8:00 p.m.
Milbank Chapel
Teachers College
525 West 120th Street
between Broadway and Amsterdam
May 19, 2007
North Westchester Symphony
Chaminade's "Concertino" with Orchestra
Sunday
- 3 pm, 05-19-2007Golden's Bridge
, N.Y.March 12, 2007
Contemporary Music Program
Monday
- 8 pmAdelphi University - Garden City, N.Y.
University Center
Free Admission
February 27
, 2007Distinguished Faculty Recital
Tuesday
- 8 pmAdelphi University - Garden City, N.Y.
University Center
Free Admission
December 9, 2006
Soloists of Orchestra of Our Time
Meet-the-Artists Reception
Saturday
- 8 pmClemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street, Soho
November 30, 2006
G
ala Concert - Orchestra of Our TimeMusic of Dary John Mizelle
Thursday - 8 pm
