The Russian National Orchestra will be leading masterclasses with University of Iowa music students that are open to the public for observation.
10:30 am - Luciana Hontila (student of UI professor Katie Wolfe)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
I. Allegro moderato
11:00 am - Ha-eun Ryu (student of UI professor Scott Conklin)
Strauss: Don Juan (first page/orchestral excerpt)
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and Bass-baritone Eric Owens will be joined on stage for a conversation with Brandon Alexander Williams, a Grant Wood Fellow, poet, MC, and DJ.
Named 2017 “Male Singer of the Year” by both the International Opera Awards and Bachtrack, Lawrence Brownlee has been hailed by the Associated Press as one of “the world’s leading bel canto tenors.” Brownlee also serves as Artistic Advisor at Opera Philadelphia, helping the company to expand their repertoire, diversity efforts and community initiatives.
Persian Students Organization, in partnership with Hancher Auditorium, is happy to bring Docunight to Iowa. Docunight, now part of Kiarostami Foundation, is a grass-roots initiative started more than four years ago in San Francisco to have monthly screenings of documentaries about Iran. Docunight has screening in more than 20 cities in North America, and now we are happy to bring these documentaries to Iowa.
Please join us on the first Wednesday of every month at Iowa City Public Library - Meeting Room A to watch these documentaries.
About the movie:
In collaboration with the Center For Worker Justice, join Rahim AlHaj for an evening of fellowship and conversation about his life and work in advance of his Hancher performance.
Born in Baghdad, Rahim AlHaj is a master of the oud—a stringed instrument with a history dating back thousands of years. Music has been a constant in his life throughout his years as an Iraqi, a political refugee, and now an American citizen.
Presentado por el Auditorio Hancher y El Centro de Justicia Laboral del Este de Iowa
Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room B
Join Hancher's Micah Ariel James and Chuy Renteria for a conversation with virtuoso oud musician and composer Rahim AlHaj about the role that art and music have played in his life throughout his years as an Iraqi, a political refugee, and now an American citizen. Hancher’s Embracing Complexity project takes a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to building understanding of contemporary Islamic cultures and Muslim identity.
Alsarah is a singer, songwriter, bandleader and a somewhat reluctant ethnomusicologist.
Join Hancher's Micah Ariel James and Chuy Renteria for a conversation with musician Alsarah about her work as a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and somewhat reluctant ethnomusicologist. Hancher’s Embracing Complexity project takes a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to building understanding of contemporary Islamic cultures and Muslim identity.
For our second installment of the 2018/19 Hancher @ the Pentacrest Museums Series, join Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee, A Film Opera collaborators Lisa Schlesinger (playwright), Marion Schoevaert (director), Kinan Azmeh (composer), George de la Pena (choreographer), and Layale Chaker (violinist), for a conversation about their project, which will premiere in the UI Theatre Building this November. The work is adapted from Euripides’ Iphigenia plays and ancient Greek laments from the Trojan War epics, and will be presented as part of Hancher’s
Join members of the cast of L.A. Theatre Works’ Steel Magnolias for a conversation about their lives as actors working in theatre, television, and film.
The café will stay open until 7:30 so you can enjoy snacks and beverages during the conversation.
Powerhouse clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh strives to reach a balance between classical music, jazz, and the music of his homeland, Syria. Azmeh, who is also a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, with whom he won a Grammy in 2017, will be joined by his CityBand ensemble for this seminar that is ideal for students studying chamber music, jazz, or composition.
