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Upcoming EventsSaturday, November 5:Join the Orchestra: Play Along!Crowell Concert Hall, 1 pmFree Admission Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director of the Wesleyan University Orchestra, cordially invites the greater community of musicians and the families of our students to join the orchestra in an open rehearsal. Orchestral musicians are invited to play, but all are welcome to attend! Music inspired by Don Quixote. Friday & Saturday,November 11 & 12, 8pmSunday, November 12, 2pmCelebrating Don QuixoteCFA TheaterTickets: $5 A & B, $4 C The Theater, Music and Romance Language Departments celebrate the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote by presenting two vibrant works of theater directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Bresnick and based on Cervantes’ literary masterwork. Master Peter’s Puppet Show is an operetta by Manuel da Falla, featuring extraordinary puppets by Leslie Weinberg and a live orchestra and singers under the direction of Angel Gil-Ordóñez. It will play at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater following its Wesleyan debut. The Miraculous Puppet Show, a short one-act play by Cervantes, demonstrates his broad humor and political and social consciousness. Talks and lectures (to be announced) will provide additional context for these performances. Friday, December 2New Deal Documentaries: The Plow ThatBroke the Plains and The RiverMemorial Chapel, 8pmFree Admission Under the direction of Angel Gil-Ordóñez, the Wesleyan University Orchestra will perform Virgil Thomson’s scores alongside Pare Lorentz’s revolutionary Depression-era films, which defined the social documentary for generations to come. Contact jsirlin@wesleyan.edu for questions about any of these events. |
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