Robert Spano To Take Up Residency at Emory Starting in 2010
Decatur Metro | October 6, 2009Emory announced today that Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano will become a “distinguished artist in residence” at the university beginning next year, joining the likes of the Dalai Lama and Salmon Rushdie.
According to a press release from the university…
Maestro Spano will co-teach seminars, lecture and present programs on literature, philosophy, science and musicology for three weeks during each of the spring semesters of 2010–2012. The University-wide residency has the potential to enhance the educational experiences of Emory’s 12,500 students from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and multidisciplinary graduate programs as well as the greater community.
His first project is entitled “Tonality and Sonata Form: Pythagorean Tuning, Numerology and Cosmology”, which will include three public lectures and performances by Spano in April 2010.
The full details of the public performances of this series can be found after the jump…
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS:
*Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. – W.A. Mozart: Sonatas for piano and violin
7:00 p.m. – Lecture
8:00 p.m. – Concert
Ticketed. Emerson Concert Hall, Donna & Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Emory University, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, (404) 727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu.
Robert Spano, piano
Justin Bruns, violin
*Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12 noon – Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas for cello and piano
Free admission. Emerson Concert Hall, Donna & Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Emory University, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, (404) 727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu.
Robert Spano, piano
Daniel Laufer, cello
*Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. – Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for violin and piano
3:00 p.m. – Lecture
4:00 p.m. – Concert
Ticketed. Emerson Concert Hall, Donna & Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Emory University, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, (404) 727-5050, www.arts.emory.edu.
Robert Spano, piano
William Pu, violin
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Right… “residence”… Sure. I’m skeptical about these kinds of vanity appointments. Bring Rushdie to campus to talk, same with Alice Walker… But these “appointments” are pretty dubious in most cases. I’ll believe this when I actually see him go on the semester schedule…
I’ve heard that Robert actually misses collegiate teaching. He’s apparently a wonderful teacher and he’s very approachable. You might be suprised at his level of involvement. He’s not really one for half-heartedness… Anyway, I’m optimistic despite his demanding schedule.
Check the AJC article for some of his teaching gigs – they actually tracked him down at FSU where he was giving a class and there is a list of his scheduled seminars there also:
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/asos-spano-joins-emory-156118.html