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The Mahler Sessions: Anna Handler — Assistant Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesJoin the Tufts University Department of Music for The Mahler Sessions, a compelling spring series of student-led conversations with leading classical musicians. This kickoff event features Anna Handler, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in a discussion about musical interpretation and the artistry behind performance. The series explores how musicians approach works like those of Gustav Mahler and what it means to bring them to life for modern audiences. Free and open to the public, this session offers a rare opportunity to hear from a distinguished conductor and connect with Tufts’ vibrant musical community in Distler Performance Hall.
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Sunday Concert Series: Music of Turkey
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesExperience The Art of the Bow, part of the Tufts Sunday Concert Series, featuring Beth Bahia Cohen and friends in an exploration of music drawn from modal bow traditions. This …
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From Dance Club to Church Altar: Sanctifying the Seben
Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesJoin ethnomusicologist Jean Ngoya Kidula for an illuminating colloquium examining the transformation of the seben — a musical section and practice that emerged within Congolese rumba and has historically been associated with secular, and often stigmatized, dance culture. This talk explores how and why the seben has been integrated into contemporary African and diasporic Christian …
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The Mahler Sessions: David Robertson (Former Music Director, St. Louis Symphony)
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe distinguished conductor David Robertson—former music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra—joins Tufts students for the next installment of the Mahler Sessions, a new series of public conversations about the …
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The Mahler Sessions: Esa-Pekka Salonen (Former Music Director, LA Philharmonic & San Francisco Symphony)
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe visionary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen—former music director of Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony—joins Tufts students for the next installment of the Mahler Sessions, a new series of public …
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Sunday Concert Series: Sun Salon – Stare Directly at It
Fisher Performance Room, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe poetry and improvised music collective directed by Abe Brownell strikes again in Fisher Performance Room. Sunglasses encouraged but not required!
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Tufts Composers: New At Noon #3
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesA Chord Accord. Hot-off-the-press homophonic works by Tufts Composers aspire to new euphonies.
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Family and Children’s Concert: Kidcappella with “Rainbow Jeff”
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United States“Rainbow Jeff” Rawitsch hosts several of Tufts student-run a cappella groups in a concert of tunes for music fans of all ages, culminating in a sing-along of “Rainbow Connection” with …
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