The Department of Music has concerts aplenty the next few weeks to tide you over until the fall, and the Department of Theatre and Dance closes out the academic year with a presentation of author-actor Martin Moran in his acclaimed one-man show The Tricky Part, a true story of sexuality, spirituality and the mystery of human experience.
The play
紼棗娶硃紳s The Tricky Part stems from his youth, when, starting at the age of 12, he had a three-year sexual relationship with an older man. Many years later, Moran found and confronted his abuser. Subsequently, Moran transformed his story into a book and play a riveting, often funny and always surprising journey through the complexities of Catholicism, desire and human trespass.
The play's New York premiere in 2004 received an Obie award and two Drama Desk nominations, including outstanding play. Warning: Adult themes and situations.
Three performances, all at 7 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, .
The music
FREE CONCERTS
- Korean Percussion Ensemble 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, Recital Hall,
- Hindustani Vocal Ensemble 12:05 p.m. Thursday, June 1, Recital Hall
- Percussion Ensemble 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, Recital Hall
- Jazz Composers of 做TV 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, Recital Hall
Concert Bands/Banda de concierto and Campus Band/Banda del campus
7 p.m. Friday, June 2, Jackson Hall, .
The Concert Bands program includes El Marne Tango by 做TV composer Pablo Ortiz, plus:
- Turina Three Fantastic Dances/Tres bailes fant獺sticos
- Tommasini Three Spanish Songs/Tres canciones Espa簽olas, with Liisa D獺vila, soprano
- Revueltas 釦梗紳莽梗鳥硃聆獺
- Gandolfi Vientos y Tangos/Winds and Tangos
- Codina Zacatecas March
The Campus Band program includes:
- Pascual Piqueras De Nuevo en el Infierno/In Hell Again
- Jaime Texidor Amparita Roca
Symphony Orchestra: Heroism and Twilight Serenity
7 p.m. Saturday, June 3, Jackson Hall.
Program features Mozarts Allegro aperto from the Violin Concerto No. 5 (The Turkish), with Jane Park, violin, winner of the orchestras 2017 Concerto Competition. Plus:
- Var癡se Octandre
- Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Empyrean Ensemble
3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, Recital Hall, .
New compositions by graduate student composers:
- Aida Shirazi (Re)Visiting The Land of (Un)Known
- Samuel Clark-McHale Like us/them
- Addie Camsuzou Extraction of Stars
- Daniel Godsil Aeropittura
- Sarah Wald Adagio
- Josiah Catalan Mirages
Early Music Ensemble: Bach to Bernstein
7 p.m. Sunday, June 4, Recital Hall.
An eclectic program of choral music, from Josquin to the present day.
- J.S. Bach Lobet den Herrn
- Bernstein Almighty Father
- Gorecki Lullabies
- Chris Castro Drinking Song
University Chorus
7 p.m. Friday, June 9, Jackson Hall.
With Kevin Fox, guest director.
- Mozart Regina Coeli, K. 276, with Liisa D獺vila, soprano; Sarah Messbauer, mezzo-soprano; Lorenzo Ramsey, tenor; and Kevin Doherty, baritone
- Mozart Te Deum, K. 141
- Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer, with members of the Pacific Boychoir
- Rachmaninov The Bells, with D獺vila and Doherty; Jonathan Nadel, tenor; and Andrei Baumann and Jeremiah Trujillo, piano
- Rheinberger Festchor
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