By Michael Bodel, Hop Director of External Affairs Huge congratulations to the student Arts Awards winners for their work creating and supporting the arts at the Hop, around Dartmouth, and in the world. Students were recognized in theater, music and filmmaking in a May 29 event that included brief performances and screenings of student work. Ricki Stern '87 gave the keynote at the event. Her impactful, far-reaching documentaries cover topics from a Burmese soldier-turned-activist, to the Boston Marathon bombing, to Joan Rivers. True fact! Ricki revealed her obsession with failure … [Read more...]
Student Ensembles
Creativity – and technology – link two Hop Ensembles at opposite ends of the Hop
It began as a conversation over drinks last spring, between Dartmouth Dance Ensemble co-leader Rebecca Stenn and Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra Director Filippo Ciabatti. Wouldn't it be great to collaborate? they opined. OK, so what music would Ciabatti most like to perform? Without missing a beat (he is a conductor, after all), he named Petrushka, Igor Stravinsky's 1911 orchestral work Right away, Stenn and Ciabatti called DDE co-leader John Heginbotham, and three began hatching plans with others in the Hop. One big problem, however: no Hop theater could accommodate both a full … [Read more...]
In a musical send-off, Dartmouth seniors embark for “The Deep Land”
When Taylor Ho Bynum was first hired as the new director of Dartmouth’s all-student Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, his new colleagues warned him that running a Hop ensemble gets complicated “when students leave to The Deep Land.” He soon learned that they were actually referring to “the D Plan,” Dartmouth’s longstanding student scheduling system in which students take off-campus terms at various points in the year, not just in summer. For musical ensembles like the Barbary Coast, this means the number of participating students and the instruments they play can vary greatly over a single academic … [Read more...]
Glee Club revisits powerful Civil Rights story in May 6 concert
NPR's Morning Edition on Wednesday, April 25, included a fascinating segment on poet Kevin Young which made special mention of the oratorio Repast, for which Young wrote the beautiful text - and which had an important premiere by the Dartmouth College Glee Club. A movement of Repast is on the program of the Glee Club concert on Sunday, May 6, 2 pm, in Spaulding Auditorium. As the final spring concert of the Glee Club under retiring director Louis Burkot, the May 6 program revisits some works especially important in Burkot's 37 years at the group's helm, and Repast is certainly one of … [Read more...]
Joyful, eclectic, inspirational: a Dartmouth College Gospel Choir playlist
What does the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir have in store for its upcoming concert on Sunday, April 29? Get ready for a dynamic mix of new and old-school inspirational music from diverse times and artists, both sacred and secular sources. Here's a taste of the songs that will be a part of this joyful, eclectic soul-and-body-moving afternoon. Born in 1964 in Hartford, Connecticut, Kurt Carr acted and danced as a teen but found himself down to sacred music. After earning a BFA in classical music from the University of Connecticut. He worked with gospel luminaries Andrae Crouch and the Rev. … [Read more...]
Celebrating music’s life after death, May 5
In his 28 years, Scott Smedinghoff gave a tremendous amount of music to the communities he lived in, including the Upper Valley, where he was a doctoral student in Dartmouth's Department of Mathematics. A May 5 concert by the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble celebrates how music can live on after death, with a program that is dedicated to Smedinghoff and includes one of the last works written by a titan in wind band music. Titled For Scott, on Saturday, May 5, 8 pm, the concert features the world premiere of Shadowlight, by Cleveland- based composer Kevin Krumenauer, commissioned with a gift … [Read more...]
Habanero, habanera, what’s the difference?
Afro-Cuban jazz sensation Daymé Arocena, performing at the Hop Thursday, April 12, is the quintessential habanera - a female resident of Havana, which she sings about in "Me lleva la Habana (I come to Havana)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1RksfBsu6w Habanera also refers to a 19th-century Cuban dance rhythm. Here's a classic habanera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebIpYs2UUI The habanera infused early jazz - the first of many times American jazz would be saturated with Afro-Cuban musical elements - such as Scott Joplin's Solace … [Read more...]
Two Hop Ensemble directors in recent “New Yorker” magazine
The New Yorker magazine's "Goings On About Town" section included write-ups of New York performances by not just one but two Hop Ensemble directors - performances that included work germinated at Dartmouth. About performances by Dartmouth Dance Ensemble Guest Director John Heginbotham's Dance Heginbotham at the 92nd Street Y on March 2-3, the magazine wrote: John Heginbotham’s choreography is characterized by quirkiness, eccentricity, and sincerity. It’s an odd mix, but somehow he, and his excellent dancers, make it work. In his offbeat world, wistful waltzes and silly hand dances … [Read more...]
Inside view: A Coast member talks about the exciting music and inspiring guests of the February 24 concert
By Sarah Hong ’21, Hop Arts Ambassador The Barbary Coast is Dartmouth’s student jazz ensemble. They will be performing this Saturday, February 24, at 8 pm in Spaulding Auditorium. I recently talked with Connor Quigley, a ’21 who plays the tenor saxophone, about his experiences in the Barbary Coast. Q: How did you get involved with the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble? A: When I was here visiting at Dimensions, I walked by the rehearsal room and saw a band playing there. I saw a poster on the wall that said Dexter Gordon plays with the Barbary Coast, and was, like, “My god, I have to play … [Read more...]
Eight jazz headliners join the Barbary Coast for February 24 concert
When Taylor Ho Bynum took the helm of the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble this fall, he brought not only skills as an acclaimed cornet player, bandleader, composer and producer, he also brought a hefty contact list of top-drawer artists with whom he plays in and records in one or more of the many ensembles he leads or performs in. The Coast and its audience will meet a stellar selection of these musicians in a residency and concert by the Coast and its guest on Saturday, February 24, 8 pm, in Spaulding Auditorium of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College—a program of … [Read more...]
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