Clara Schumann Today
Current Events in the World of Clara Today
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JANUARY 18, 1996 Thursday, 8:00pm; "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring
Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at Morgan - Wixson Theater
in Santa Monica, CA (200 Seats). For more information, contact: Bill Wilday
/ 2627 W. Pico / Santa Monica, CA, or call 310-828-7519, or contact Lee
Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA
91107.
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JANUARY 22, Monday, 10:00 am and 7:30 pm; "Clara Schumann At The Piano,"
and Residency performance, starring Beverly Serra-Brooks,
Pianist/Actress; performing at Indian Wells Valley Concert Association,
China Lake Naval Weapons Center Auditorium, (1,200 seats). For more information,
contact: Mr. Carl Helmick, President / P.O. Box 1802 / Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1802,
or call 619-375-5600, or contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management
/ 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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JANUARY 23, Tuesday: D&M Music studio's first concert for 1996 will
be a piano recital by Bichuan Li from Shanghai at the Thai-German Cultural
Foundation auditorium [in Bangkok, Thailand] at 8 p.m. The programme will
include works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Enrique Granados and the Chinese
composer Li Yinghai. Tickets at 300 baht (100 baht for students) are available
at Asia Books (Sukhumvit), the foundation ([011-66-2-] 287-2822), and D&M.
Call [011-66-2-] 391-7429. For source, click here.
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JANUARY 26, Friday, [time unknown], "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring
Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at California Institute of
the Arts. For more information, contact: Laura Keenan / 24700 Mcbean Parkway
/ Valencia, CA 91355, or call 805-253-7858, or contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird
Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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FEBRUARY 2, Friday, [time unknown], Residency Performance & Masterclass
by Beverly Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing
at City Of Enumclaw Arts Council. For more information, contact: Enumclaw
High School Performing Arts Center, (850 Seats) Ms. Mary Mclaughlin, Executive
Director / 226 Semanski St. / Enumclaw, WA 98022-3091, or call 206-802-0232,
or contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St.
/ Pasadena, CA 91107.
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FEBRUARY 3, Saturday, 7:30pm "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at City Of Enumclaw Arts
Council, Enumclaw High School Performing Arts Center, (850 Seats). For
more information, contact: Ms. Mary Mclaughlin, Executive Director / 226
Semanski St. / Enumclaw, WA 98022-3091, or call 206-802-0232, or contact
Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena,
CA 91107.
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FEBRUARY 5-15, Artist Residency: Masterclass / Lectures / Recitals by Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at Pasadena City College
Music Dept. For more information, contact: Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist
Management / 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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FEBRUARY 11, Sunday, 8:00 pm: Clara Schumann - Drei Romanzen op. 22, by
the Picture Gallery Concert Series, Katharine Ellis - violin and Erik Levi
- piano, at Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Music. [Also:
Mendelssohn - Sonata in F minor, Schumann/Bach - Chaconne, Brahms - Sonata
in G op.100; For source, click here,
or call 01784 - 443853/443532.]
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FEBRUARY 20, Tuesday, 8:00 pm: Clara Schumann - Drei Praeludien und Fugen,
Op. 16, starring Dr. Paul Barnes, Pianist; performing at Hofstra University,
Hempstead, NY; Monroe Theater. $7.00 students, $9.00 general public. For
more information, contact: Paul Barnes via email at pbarnes@unlinfo.unl.edu,
or call: (402) 472-2493.
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FEBRUARY 21, Wednesday, 7:30 pm: Clara Schumann - Drei Praeludien und Fugen,
Op. 16, starring Dr. Paul Barnes, Pianist; performing at Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Olin Recital Hall. For more information, contact:
Paul Barnes via email at pbarnes@unlinfo.unl.edu,
or call: (402) 472-2493.
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MARCH 2, Saturday, 4:00 pm: Junior Recital of Karen Walsh, Soprano, featuring
Clara Schumann's Op. 12 lieder and other art songs; performing in Ford
Hall at Indiana University, Bloomington, School of Music. For more information,
contact: Karen Walsh via email at kbwalsh@indiana.edu.
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MARCH 3, Sunday, 4:00 pm: Inaugural Program of Yearlong Clarafest Centennial
Tribute, featuring the faculty of Incarnate Word College in a program which
includes biographical narration threaded through a series of works by Clara
and Robert Schumann--mostly lieder PLUS two piano pieces by Clara Schumann:
Op. 5 No. 3 and Op. 15 No. 3; performing at Incarnate Word College, San
Antonio, TX. For more information, contact: Chaddie Kruger, University
of Texas - San Antonio via email at ckruger@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu.
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MARCH 7, Thursday, noon "The Changing Image of Clara Schumann" speech by
Nancy B. Reich, author of Clara Schumann:
The Artist and the Woman, at the Music Department of Northeastern University,
Boston.
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MARCH 7, Thursday, evening "The Changing Image of Clara Schumann" speech
by Nancy B. Reich, author of Clara Schumann:
The Artist and the Woman, at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies
of Harvard University.
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MARCH 7, Thursday, 6:15-8:30 pm "Leonard Hokanson Masterclass: Clara Schumann
Lieder" featuring Evelyn Johnson, Soprano, David Simmons, Tenor, David
Kenneth Smith, Tenor, and Lisa Williamson, Soprano; masterclass at the
home of the Clara '96 Campaign: INDIANA
UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, School of Music, Music Annex, 4th floor. For more
information, contact: Attn: Clara '96 / David Kenneth Smith / 3209 E. 10th
St. 9W / Bloomington, IN 47408, or by email to daksmith@indiana.edu,
or call 812-855-1667.
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MARCH 8, Friday, Women's Day, 12:00 noon, the "Clara Schumann Roma" orchestra
performs, for the first time in Italy, at the Town Council (Sala della
Protomoteca-Piazza del Campidoglio) of Rome. The orchestra, established
by Elke Mascha Blankenburg, has 40 players, all women, and its repertory
consists mostly of women's compositions. Programme: Clara Schumann, A minor
concert for piano and orchestra; Marianna Martinez, C major Symphony. Conductor:
Elke Mascha Blankenburg. For further information call: 0039-6-3296840 (or
36309867), or contact Pinelli Lucia via email to medias@mbox.vol.it.
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MARCH 8, Friday, 3:00 pm "The Changing Image of Clara Schumann" speech
by Nancy B. Reich, author of Clara Schumann:
The Artist and the Woman, at the Music and Women's Studies Departments
of Brandeis University.
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MARCH 15, Friday, 7:30 pm, "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at Farmington Civic Center,
(1,200 seats). For more information, contact: Mr. Dan Hansen, Supervisor
/ 200 West Arrington / Farmington, New Mexico, or call 505-599-1145, or
contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. /
Pasadena, CA 91107.
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MARCH 24, Sunday, 2:00pm "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing at Tarpon Springs Performing
Arts Center, (450 seats). For more information, contact: Dr. Kathleen Monahan,
Administrator / P.O. Box 5004 / 324 East Pine St. / Tarpon Springs, Fl
34688-5004, or call 813-938-3711 ext. 203, or contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird
Artist Management / 2805 Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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MARCH 24, Sunday, 2:30pm Hildegard Chamber Players will present their second
concert of the 1995-96 series; performing at the Free Library of Philadephia;
featuring Clara Schumann's Soirees Musicales, Op. 6 (celebrating the life
of C.S. on the centennial of her death), performed by Sylvia Glickman,
piano; other works include Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's String Quartet and
Louise Farrenc's Piano Quintet #1 (same instrumentation as Schubert's Trout
Quintet). The music for all the works on the program is available from
the Hildegard Publishing Company (Box 332, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010); program
is free and open to the public. For more information, contact: Sylvia Glickman
via email at: sglickma@haverford.edu.
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MARCH 24, Sunday, 8:00pm "Clara Schumann Sämtliche Lieder: the Complete
Songs" featuring Amy Hansen-Simmons, Soprano, Andrew Hendricks, Baritone,
Evelyn Johnson, Soprano, David Simmons, Tenor, David Kenneth Smith, Tenor,
Susan Swaney, Soprano, Lisa Williamson, Soprano; coaching by Leonard Hokanson;
performing at the home of the Clara '96
Campaign: INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, School of Music, Auer Hall.
For more information, contact: Attn: Clara '96 / David Kenneth Smith /
3209 E. 10th St. 9W / Bloomington, IN 47408, or by email to daksmith@indiana.edu,
or call 812-855-1667.
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MARCH 27, Wednesday, 7:30pm "Clara Schumann At The Piano," starring Beverly
Serra-Brooks, Pianist/Actress; performing as a part of the Bentley
College - "Past Lives - Present Tense" Performing Arts Series at the Lindsay
Auditorium, (850 seats). For more information, contact: Mr. Jim Morris
, Director / 175 Forest St. / Waltham, Massachusetts 02154-4705, or call
617-891-3424, or contact Lee Brooks / Hummingbird Artist Management / 2805
Mataro St. / Pasadena, CA 91107.
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APRIL 1, Monday, Recital including group of Clara Schumann lieder, commemorating
the 100th year of her death, starring Lorraine Gorrell, mezzo soprano,
and Janice Bradner, piano; at Winthrop University. For more information,
contact: Lorraine Gorrell by email to gorrelll@winthrop.edu
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APRIL 22-24, Internationales Clara Schumann Symposium at the Hochschule
für Musik und darstellende Kunst Institut für Musiksoziologie,
Schubertring 14. A-1010 Wien. For more information, contact: Dr. Elena
Ostleitner; phone: 513 76 00/DW, fax 513 76 00/42.
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APRIL 22, Monday, 9:00 am Opening address by Nancy B. Reich, author of
Clara
Schumann: The Artist and the Woman, for Internationales Clara Schumann
Symposium at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Institut
für Musiksoziologie, Schubertring 14. A-1010 Wien. For more information,
contact: Dr. Elena Ostleitner; phone: 513 76 00/DW, fax: 513 76 00/42.
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MAY 16-19, Festival CLARA/ Ein Musikfest zu Ehren Clara Schumann at Robert-Schumann-Haus.
For more information, contact: Dr. Gerd Nauhaus, Direktor, Hauptmarkt 5/
08056 Zwickau, phone: 0375 25269, fax: 0375 23757.
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MAY 16, Thursday, 3:00 pm Opening address by Nancy B. Reich, author of
Clara
Schumann: The Artist and the Woman, for Festival CLARA/ Ein Musikfest
zu Ehren Clara Schumann at Robert-Schumann-Haus. For more information,
contact: Dr. Gerd Nauhaus, Direktor, Hauptmarkt 5/ 08056 Zwickau, phone:
0375 25269, fax: 0375 23757.
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MAY 18, Saturday, Nancy B. Reich reads from her book Clara
Schumann: The Artist and the Woman at Chemnitzer Musikverein, Dieter-Gerhardt
Worm, Direktor.
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MAY 19, Sunday, "Clara Schumann: Ein Porträt in Wort und Musik" sponsored
by the Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft at the Tonhalle, Bilker Strasse 4-6/
40213 Düsseldorf; phone: 0211 13 32 40.
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MAY 20, Monday ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR COMMEMORATION OF THE DEATH OF CLARA SCHUMANN.
I. Ceremonies at the grave of Clara Schumann; II. Opening of the Clara
Schumann Exhibit, Stadtmuseum Bonn; III. Special Concert to be broadcast
by Radio Cologne, presented by the Schumannhaus Bonn, performed at La Redoute,
Bad Godesberg. For more information, contact: Dr. Ingrid Bodsch, Direktorin,
Statmuseum Bonn, Altes Rathaus/ Markt/ 53103 Bonn; phone: 77 20 94, fax:
77 42 98, or contact: Brigitte Berenbruch, Direktor, Schumannhaus Bonn,
Sebastianstrasse 182/ 53103 Bonn; phone: 0228 77 36 56.
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MAY 22, Wednesday, 4:00-8:00 pm Special Radio Program on WHRB-FM, Cambridge,
MA, 95.3 FM; 1834: Walzer; Fontana, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1835/6: Soiries
musicales, Op. 6; Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1835/6: Piano Concerto in a, Op.
7; Jochum, Silverstein, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Tudor CD); 1839: Scherzo
in d, Op. 10, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1839: Romanze No. 2 in g, Op. 11 (Andante
und Alegro); Sykes (Orion); 1839: Romanze No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 11; Sykes
(Orion); 1840: Three Songs, Op. 12; Fontana, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1842:
Liebeszauber; Fontana, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1843: Lorelei; Fontana, Eickhorst
(cpo CD); 1842/3: Six Songs, Op. 13; Fonatan, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1845:
Scherzo in c, Op. 14; Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1845: Pieces fugitive, Op. 14;
Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1845: Three Preludes & Fugues, Op. 16; Nebel (Aulos);
1845: Prelude & Fugue in d, Op. 16, No. 3 (arr. Dorfmueller); Stansell
(Classic Masters CD); 1846: Piano Trio in g, Op. 17, Beaux Arts Trio (Philips);
1846: Mein Stern; Fontana, Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1846: Beim Abschied; Fontana,
Eickhorst (cpo CD); 1853: Seven Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann,
Op. 20; Nebel (Aulos); 1853: Three Romanzen, Op. 21 ; Nebel (Aulos); 1853:
Three Romanzen for Violin & Piano, Op. 22; Luca, Epperson (Nonesuch);
1853: Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde von Hermann Rollett, Op. 23; Fontana, Eickhorst
(cpo CD); Lieder WoO: Volkslied, Am Strande, Die gute Nacht, Das veilchen,
Der Abendstern, Oh weh des Schiedens, Der Wanderer, Der Wanderer in der
Sägemühle; Fontana, Eickhorst (cpo CD); Romanze in b, Op. Posth.;
Eickhorst (cpo CD); information kindly supplied by Brad Conner at Conner@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU.
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JUNE 6, Thursday, "The Influence of Clara Schumann on 19th Century Musical
Life" panel including Nancy B. Reich, author of Clara
Schumann: The Artist and the Woman, at "Hommage an Heidelberg" JUNE
2-9, which will include concerts and symposia presented by the Kulturinstitut
Komponistinnen. For more information, contact: Roswitha Sperber, Künstlerische
Leiterin, Theaterstrasse 11, 69117 Heidelberg; phone: 06221/166861, fax:
06221/182072.
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JUNE 13-15, Thursday-Saturday, Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Piano Literature Symposium, featuring Sarah Rothenberg and others; at University
of North Carolina, Greensboro; to register call: phone: (910) 334-5789,
fax: (910) 334-5497; for more information click here.
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JUNE 19, Wednesday, 8:30pm "Music of Clara Schumann: Songs, Romances, and
Piano Trio" featuring Soprano Evelyn Johnson, Tenor David Kenneth Smith,
Soprano Susan Swaney, Soprano Lisa Williamson; Pianists Ray Fellman, Marie
Libal-Smith, and Sally Renée Todd; Violinist Christopher Swanson,
and Cellist Tomasz Wojciechowski; including 13 Lieder, Drei Romanzen, Op.
21, and Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17; performing at the home of the Clara
'96 Campaign: INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, School of Music, Recital
Hall, sponsored in part by the College
Music Society's Institute
on Women, Music & Gender, being held on the I.U. campus June 15-22.
For more information, contact: Attn: Clara '96 / David Kenneth Smith /
3209 E. 10th St. 9W / Bloomington, IN 47408, or by email to daksmith@indiana.edu,
or call 812-855-1667.
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JUNE 26, Wednesday, 1:30pm "Lieder of Clara Schumann: A Lecture/Performance"
featuring Soprano Evelyn Johnson, Tenor David Kenneth Smith, Soprano Lisa
Williamson and Pianist Marie Libal-Smith; including 9 Lieder, a short discussion
lead by David Kenneth Smith; performing at the home of the Clara
'96 Campaign: INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, School of Music, Room
MA404, as a class presentation for Doctoral Song Literature class taught
by Dr. James MacDonald. For more information, contact: Attn: Clara '96
/ David Kenneth Smith / 3209 E. 10th St. 9W / Bloomington, IN 47408, or
by email to daksmith@indiana.edu,
or call 812-855-1667.
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JUNE 30, Sunday. "Music of Women Composers" featuring Pianist Sanda Schuldmann
and Cellist Harry Clark; includes the Romances for Violin and Piano, Op.
22; performing at the inaugural Arts and Ideas Festival 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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July 20, Saturday, 3:00 p.m. "Women Players: Celebrating Women in the Arts"
a program of keyboard music by women
composers featuring Pianist Penny Thomas;
including Clara Schumann Romance Op. 11 No. 1, and pieces by Elizabeth
Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Marianne Martinez, Maria Szymanowska, Fanny
Hensel, Cecile Chaminade, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, and Peggy Glanville-Hicks;
performing at Georgia State University Recital Hall at the corner of Gilmer
and Ivey in Atlanta, as a part of the Olympic celebration. For more information,
contact: Penny Thomas by email at drmusic@mercury.net,
or call Cathy Carey at GSU: 404-651-3676.
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AUGUST 15, Thursday, 8:00 p.m. "Chamber music by Clara and Robert Schumann"
featuring Swiss cellist Daniel Pezzotti, American Soprano Martha Herr,
and Pianist Lais Figueiro; including Clara's and Robert's "12 Poems Op.
37/12" and Robert's "Adagio and Allegro Op. 70"; as a part of the H. Stern
International Concert Series; performing at Auditorio H. Stern, Rua Garcia
D'Avila, 113 / Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Tickets are free and
people have to run for it..." For more information, contact: Daniel Pezzotti
by phone at +55 21 255 23 27, or by email to 101376.263@CompuServe.COM,
or visit his Web homepage.
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