David Shifrin on Leonard Lopate Show
David Shifrin, professor of clarinet, was a guest on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show yesterday to discuss the Yale School of Music’s celebration of Benny Goodman. This May, Goodman would have turned 100, and the School of Music is celebrating with a series of events in both New Haven and New York. Shifrin is the artistic director of both the Chamber Music Society at Yale and the Yale in New York series. This Saturday, September 26, Yale in New York presents The Classical Legacy of Benny Goodman, a concert at Carnegie Hall featuring music commissioned or premiered by the legendary clarinetist. Goodman made his name in jazz, but his classical work led to such commissions as Copland’s Clarinet Concerto and Bartok’s Contrasts. Shifrin will perform the clarinet solo in the Copland Concerto this Saturday.
Listen to the show HERE on WNYC’s website.
Aldo Parisot and the Yale Cellos in the news
Aldo Parisot and the Yale Cellos in rehearsal
In anticipation of the Yale Cellos’ upcoming performances, a variety of newspapers have published stories about Aldo Parisot and the ensemble he founded back in 1983. Now celebrating his fiftieth year on the faculty of the Yale School of Music, Parisot leads the Yale Cellos in two concerts this week – tonight in New Haven and tomorrow in New York.
Tonight’s concert in Sprague Hall is already sold out, although a small number of tickets may be available at the door. Limited numbers of tickets are still available to tomorrow’s performance in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Read about the Yale Cellos and Aldo Parisot in:
In addition, Tuesday’s concert in Carnegie Hall is listed as a Critics’ Pick in Time Out New York and New York Magazine.
Yale Institute for Music Theatre attracts media attention
The new Yale Institute for Music Theatre has attracted a host of media coverage. The inaugural Institute will feature three selected works: Cancer? the musical, with music, book, and lyrics by Sam Wessels; Invisible Cities, with score and libretto by Christopher Cerrone (’09 MM); and POP!, with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs. Read more about these works in an earlier blog post here.
