Plans for DePauw’s “Post-Classical” Symposium are well under way
Plans for the DePauw School of Music symposium Preparing Music Students for the Post Classical World (Nov. 29-Dec. 1) are coming along well. Biographies of and writings provided by our keynote speaker Joseph Horowitz and other main speaker Greg Sandow can be accessed in the column at left. Also featured int he symposium will be eighth blackbird, the School of Music’s 2007-8 Ensemble in Residence, members of which will also be presenting at the symposium, and Bang on a Can, who will be performing the opening event on Thursday November 29.
The exciting schedule for Saturday December 1 is set.
Joseph Horowitz, former executive director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, former New York Times music critic, and author of The Post-Classical Predicament and the recently revised Classical Music in America: A History will begin the day with his multimedia keynote speech, which will be followed by a question-and-answer period. (Joe’s explanation of the term “post-classical,” which he coined, is here.)
The morning continues with members of eighth blackbird discussing the ways in which they incorporate “post-classical” elements, such as staging, stage lighting effects, and amplification, into their critically-acclaimed, increasingly in-demand performances.
After lunch, composer, critic, and audience-development consultant Greg Sandow speaks on “The Future of Classical Music.” Greg teaches a course on music entrepreneurship (”Performing Classical Music in an Age of Pop”) at The Juilliard School and also at Eastman, and his talk is sure to be full of stimulating ideas.
Then Horowitz, Sandow, and members of eighth blackbird will sit down together for a panel discussion, with questions from the audience, on “Preparing Music Students for the Post-Classical World.”
The schedule for Friday November 30 is still being set. The day begins at 9:00 AM with Mr. Horowitz meeting with the entire School of Music first-year class; later in the day, at 3:00 PM, will be an open session of the School of Music’s free-improvisation ensemble (coached by Prof. Eric Edberg, the cordinator of the symposium). Proposals for presentations or performances are welcome.