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06.01.2005

Media Contact: Sally Corbett, Arts at Emory, 404-727-6678, sacorbe@emory.edu

2005-2006 CANDLER CONCERTS AT EMORY INCLUDE WORLD PREMIERE, RARE PAIRING, AND VARIED ARTISTS

Emory University recently announced that the 2005-2006 Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series will include: the King’s Singers and Sarband performing “Sacred Bridges”; Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio; Evelyn Glennie, percussion; Osvaldo Golijov’s “La Pasión según San Marcos”; Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano; the Rotterdam Philharmonic; and Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, violins. For more than 30 years Emory’s Candler Series endowment has enabled Emory to bring artists that are top in their field to Atlanta. Discount series subscription packages can be purchased in person at the Arts at Emory Box Office in the Schwartz Center or by phone (404-727-5050) Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Single tickets go on sale September 8, 2005.
“This year’s series has several exciting collaborations,” says Bob McKay, Schwartz Center Director. “You will see Emory collaborating with the Atlanta Symphony to bring Golijov’s ‘La Pasión’. You will have the King’s Singers and Sarband offering a program of psalms. The finale for the series is the rare pairing of Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. The Schwartz Center is one of only six venues on their nine-day duo violin tour.”
The subscription packages offer discounts of 20% off the purchase of four or five concerts; 25% off the purchase of six concerts; and 30% off the purchase of the full seven-concert series. Subscriptions can range from $151 to $249 depending on the number of concerts ordered.
The reach of Emory’s Candler Series artists has been extended by the addition in 2004 of the Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence Series master classes, lecture/demonstrations, and outreach. An asterisk in the following schedule indicates artists involved in residencies.

NOTE: All Candler Concerts listed below are held at 8 p.m. in the Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall (at the intersection of Clifton Road at 1700 North Decatur Road, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322), and have reserved seating. Free evening parking is available in most campus decks.

King’s Singers* and Sarband present “Sacred Bridges”
October 14, 2005
Tickets: general public $48; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members, $36; Emory students, $5
“Sacred Bridges” features psalms set to 17th-century music by Islamic, Christian and Jewish composers. The King’s Singers have a 200-song repertoire and have recorded 70 albums featuring Renaissance, romantic, contemporary, folk and pop music. Sarband is dedicated to illuminating connections between cultures and religions through a spectrum of vocal and instrumental techniques.

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio
November 10, 2005
Tickets: general public, $48; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members, $36; Emory students, $5
Grammy-winner Mark O’Connor, violin, is an active composer who tours as a soloist and in collaboration with noted contemporaries. His fellow Hot Swing members are jazz and Broadway artists Jon Burr, double bass, and Frank Vignola, guitar.

Evelyn Glennie,* percussion
February 7, 2006
Tickets: general public, $48; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-
Emory students and other discount category members, $36; Emory students, $5
Two-time Grammy-winner Evelyn Glennie gives more than 100 performances each year. She has composed for commercials, scored films, and was named an Officer of the British Empire for her work in music.

Osvaldo Golijov’s* “La Pasión según San Marcos”
February 17-18, 2006
Tickets: general public, $45; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members $33; Emory students, $10
Emory and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) present the Atlanta premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “La Pasión según San Marcos” (“The Passion of St. Mark”). This transcendent work with Latin-American and Afro-Caribbean sounds is performed by the Brazilian singer Luciana Souza, the Schola Cantorum de Caracas and members of the ASO under Robert Spano, conductor. (MORE)

Denyce Graves,* mezzo-soprano
March 3, 2006
Tickets: general public, $48; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members $36; Emory students, $5
Graves is known for her portrayal of title roles in “Carmen” and “Samson et Dalila” with the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera and others. In addition to a classical repertoire, Graves sings Broadway hits, jazz and American spirituals.

Rotterdam Philharmonic; Valery Gergiev, conductor; and Vladimir Feltsman, piano
April 2, 2006
Tickets: general public, $60; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members $45; Emory students, $10
Founded in 1918, this leading orchestra is led by Valery Gergiev. He also directs the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera.

Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, violins, with Rohan De Silva, piano
April 29, 2006
Tickets: general public, $60; WABE and ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, non-Emory students and other discount category members $45; Emory students, $10
Virtuosos Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman are Juilliard School alumni who have both won multiple Grammys during their impressive solo, teaching, and conducting careers. Their program includes Mozart, Bach, Leclair, Moszkowski and others.

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