Clara Schumann Today
Current Events in the World of Clara Today
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September 4, 1996 Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. "Clara Schumann At The Piano,"
starring
Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at the WAAA Booking
Conference
in Lincoln Hall at Portland State University, Portland, OR. For more
information,
contact: Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. /
Pasadena, CA 91107.
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September 22, Sunday, 2:30 p.m. "Clara! : A musical tribute to the life
of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896)," starring Soprano Martha Murphy
and
Pianist Karen Dickes; presenting a program featuring 10 lieder composed
by Clara Wieck Schumann; performing at the Unitarian Universalist
Church,
111 Court St. (Bucksport Rd.) in Ellsworth, Maine. Suggested donation:
$3.00; the concert will benefit the Next Step Domestic Violence
Project.
Research on the life and work of Clara Schumann was possible through
the
Bagaduce
Music Lending Library of Blue Hill, Maine. Information provided by
Judy
McGeorge.
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September 27 - October 5, Friday-Saturday, "Clara Schumann At The
Piano,"
starring Beverly Serra-Brooks,
Pianist/Actress;
in the Kerr Cultural Center Series; performing in Bern, Switzerland.
For
more information, contact: Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management /
2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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1996
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OCTOBER 11, Friday, 8:00 p.m. "Songs and Lieder by Female Composers:
Senior
Undergraduate Recital" featuring Tenor Gary E. Ruschman; including
lieder
by Clara Schumann, Alma Mahler, and Fanny Mendelssohn; performing at
Northern
Kentucky University in Greaves Concert Hall. For more information,
contact:
Gary E. Ruschman by email to ruschman@nku.edu
or visit his Home
Page.
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OCTOBER 13, Sunday, 8:00 p.m. "Songs for Tenor and Soprano" featuring
Tenor
Francis John Vogt, Soprano Amy Becker, and Pianist Michael S. Caldwell;
including lieder by Johannes Brahms ("Meine Liebe ist grün," on
poem
by Clara's son Felix), and Robert and Clara Schumann ("Warum willst du
and're fragen" and back-to-back performances of the settings by Robert
and Clara of "Es fiel ein Reif"/"Volkslied"); performing in Winnetka,
Illinois.
For more information, contact: Michael S. Caldwell by email to msc@juno.com.
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OCTOBER 24, Thursday, 1:15 p.m. Presentation: Rediscovering
Schumann/Chaminade:
"Unifying Elements in Robert and Clara Schumann's Liebesfrühling,
Op. 37/12" featuring Susan
Kane (email), Marie
Taylor (email),
and Randall
Black (email) (all of Murray
State University); in the Atlanta Ballroom A&B of the Atlanta
Renaissance
Hotel, as a part of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of The
College Music Society and the 1996 National Conference of the
Association
for Technology in Music Instruction which will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia,
24-27 October 1996. For more information, contact: The College Music
Society
/ 202 West Spruce Street / Missoula MT 59802 / phone: (406) 721-9616,
toll-free:
(800) 729-0235, fax: (406) 721-9419, or CMS by email to cms@music.org
or visit: 1996
CMS/ATMI
Annual Conferences or read the Abstract
of the Presentation.
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1996
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NOVEMBER 3, Sunday, 4:00 p.m. "Clara Schumann and Her Friends"
featuring
Pianist Kathleen Mills and others; performing at Washington College at
in Tawes Theatre. For more information, contact: Kathleen Mills / 13470
Still Pond Road / Still Pond, Maryland 21667, or by email to Kathleen.Mills@washcoll.edu
or call (410) 778-7837 (w) or (410) 348-5859 (h).
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NOVEMBER 7, Thursday, 8:00 p.m. "Homage to Clara and Robert Schumann"
featuring
Violinist Ellen Orner and Pianist Jeffrey Chappell; in the Washington
D.C.
Embassy Series in their first concert this year, which includes Clara's
Romances, op. 22 for violin and piano, the solo piano Romances, op. 5,
no. 3; op. 11, no. 1; op. 21, no 1; and Robert's Sonata in A minor, op.
105 for violin and piano and his Fantasy, op. 17; performing at the
German
Embassy in the Washington D.C. For more information and for tickets,
call:
(202) 625-2361, or contact: Jerome Barry by email to jbarry@erols.com.
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NOVEMBER 14, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. "Music of Clara Schumann and Johannes
Brahms" featuring Pianist Sanda Schuldmann and Cellist Harry Clark;
projected
program includes piano music and the Romances for Violin and Piano, Op.
22; performing at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. For more
information,
contact: Sanda Schuldmann / Managing Director for Chamber Music PLUS by
email to cmp@courant.infi.net.
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NOVEMBER 19, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. "The Changing Image of Clara Schumann,"
a lecture by Nancy B. Reich, author of Clara
Schumann: The Artist and the Woman, at Reed College, Psychology
Auditorium.
Admission is free. For more information, contact: Virginia Hancock at
503-771-1112,
ext. 7380, or by e-mail to
virginia.hancock@reed.edu.
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JANUARY 11, 1997 Saturday, 8:00 pm; "Clara Schumann At The
Piano,"
starring Beverly Serra-Brooks,
Pianist/Actress;
in the Kerr Cultural Center Series; performing at Kerr Cultural Center.
For more information, contact: Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist
Management
/ 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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FEBRUARY 11, Tuesday, 7:30 pm; "Recital of Love Songs and Arias of the
19th and 20th Centuries," featuring Soprano Mary Willis Heape and
Pianist
Jim Bartlett; including selections by Robert and Clara Schumann;
performing
at the Harman Auditorium at Bluefield College in Bluefield, VA. For
more
information, contact: Mary Willis Heape, Assistant professor of Voice,
Bluefield College, by email to heape@netlinkcorp.com.
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FEBRUARY 13, Thursday, 3:45 pm; "Three Nocturnes by Women Composers,"
including
Nocturnes by Clara Schumann (Soirees musicales, Op. 6 No. 3), Fanny
Hensel,
and Maria Szymanowska; presented by Penny Thomas of Ocala, Florida as a
part of Session III of the College Music Society Southern Chapter
Annual
Meeting at the University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida; held in Clark
Hall in the Weeks Center. For more information, contact: Penny Thomas,
by email to drmusic@mercury.net,
or visit this site: http://www.music.org/reg/conf97/srn97.html.
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MARCH 6, 13, 20, Thursdays, 10:05 pm; "Out of the Shadows," In Three
parts,
the Minnesota Public Radio's award-winning documentary will be aired on
Indiana University Bloomington's WFIU 103.7 FM radio station, featuring
pianist Stephanie Wendt; "Using the music she played and composed, and
dramatic readings from her diaries and letters, the picture of a
passionate,
dedicated, talented and independent woman comes through." For more
information,
visit MPR's web
site or read a brief description.
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APRIL 29, Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. "Audition/Master Class Recital" featuring
Tenor David Kenneth Smith; performing Clara Schumann lieder An
einem
lichten Morgen in Yarborough Auditorium at Oklahoma Baptist
University,
Shawnee, OK. Preceeded at 9:15 a.m. by the lecture "Clara Schumann: the
Life of a Woman Composer." For more information, contact David Kenneth
Smith at smithdk@email.uah.edu.
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MAY 14, 1997, Wednesday, 10:30 AM to 12:00 noon, the Santa Barbara
Music
Club will present another event in its Morning Concert Series, programs
of instrumental and vocal chamber music with performances by local
artists
Linde Romillo, Fred Griesinger, Ellen Riedel, Bernard Gondos, Elaine
Renner,
and John Sonquist. The concert, featuring works by Clara Schumann
(Piano
Trio, Opus 17), Brahms, and Ravel, takes place in the Faulkner Gallery
of the Santa Barbara Public Library, Downtown Branch, 40 E. Anapamu St.
The public is cordially invited. Admission is free. For more
information,
call 805-963-1102, or contact: John Sonquist, by email to sonquist@west.net,
or visit this site: sonquist.html.
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MAY 21-28, 1997. Clara Schumann Internationaler Klavierwettberwerb: 2nd
International Clara Schumann Piano Competition in Düsseldorf,
Federal
Republic of Germany in conjunction with the 6th Schumann Festival.
Jury:
Prof. Dr. Joachim Kaiser, Chairman, Martha Argerich, Boris Bloch
(Russia),
Nelson Freire (Brazil), Shoko Sugitani (Japan), Maria Tipo (Italy).
Awards:
1st Prize: DM 25,000 (plus concerts and recordings), 2nd Prize: DM
10,000,
3rd Prize: DM 5,000. Finale with Orchestra on May 28, 1997 Tonhalle
Düsseldorf.
Applications must be received by February 1, 1997. Organizer/Enquiries:
Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft e.v. / Sekretariat Concours Clara Schumann
/ Bilker Strasse 4-6, D-40213 / Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of
Germany.
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JUNE 23, Monday, 3:00 p.m. "Audition/Master Class Recital" featuring
Tenor
David Kenneth Smith; performing Clara Schumann lieder An einem
lichten
Morgen and Ihr Bildnis in Roberts Recital Hall on the
Huntsville
Campus of the University of Alabama. Preceeded at 1:15 p.m. by the
lecture
"Clara Schumann: the Life of a Woman Composer." For more information,
contact
David Kenneth Smith at smithdk@email.uah.edu.
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OCTOBER 24, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. "D. Royce Boyer Retirement Concert"
featuring
(among others) Tenor David Kenneth Smith and Pianist Marie Libal-Smith;
includes Clara Schumann lieder Der Wanderer and Am Strande;
at the new home of the Clara Schumann Society, Roberts Recital Hall on
the Huntsville Campus of the University of Alabama. For more
information,
contact David Kenneth Smith at smithdk@email.uah.edu.
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OCTOBER 31, Friday, 7:30 p.m. "Departed Spirits" Halloween Faculty
Recital
featuring Tenor David Kenneth Smith; includes Clara Schumann lieder Er
ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen, Liebst du um Schönheit, Warum
willst
du and're fragen, Am Strande and Lorelei along with works
by
Mozart, Brahms, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and Webber; at the new
home
of the Clara Schumann Society, Roberts Recital Hall on the Huntsville
Campus
of the University of Alabama. For more information, go to the program,
or contact David Kenneth Smith at smithdk@email.uah.edu.
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