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February 5, 2007
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY TO CELEBRATE WORKS OF COMPOSER PAUL HINDEMITH ON FEBRUARY 16 and 17
—Special concert will be held on Friday, February 16 in Shea Center
Hindemithon, the 5th annual festival celebrating the life and works of the German composer Paul Hindemith, will be held at William Paterson University in Wayne from February 16 to 17. The public is invited to attend the special evening concert on Friday, February 16, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus. Admission is free.
William Paterson University faculty, students, alumni and guest artists will perform a wide selection of Hindemith’s works at the concert. Performers will include Gary Kirkpatrick and Itay Goren, piano; Andrew Lamy, clarinet; JoAnna Farrer, violin; Louise Dubin, cello; Ann Roggen, viola; Karen Demsey, flute; Elizabeth K. Scott, English horn; and David Demsey and Tim Ruedeman, saxophone. Special guests include American composer Frank Lewin, a student of Hindemith, and CantaNova, the vocal ensemble from Ramapo College of New Jersey, under the direction of Lisa Lutter. Frank Pavese, a music instructor at William Paterson, is the founder and artistic director of the Hindemithon.
The festival will also include lectures, discussions, films and workshops exploring Hindemith’s musical ideas and contributions to American culture. Hindemith’s quote, “People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts,” will serve as a motto for the event.
Hindemith, who was born in 1895, was a leading exponent of the neoclassic movement. Considered a musical radical as a young man, from the mid-1920s onward he was acknowledged both as one of the key modernist composers of the 20th century and as a teacher and theorist whose influence on younger musicians was unmatched.
Contributions to the William Paterson University Music Department Scholarship Fund, which was initiated over 25 years ago, will be accepted. For additional information on the concert, please contact Frank Pavese at pavesef@wpunj.edu or access www.hindemithon.com.
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