Westminster Faculty Recital "Contrast in Sound" Is February 3
Westminster faculty member and pianist James Goldsworthy will be joined by guest artists, Judith Bettina, soprano, and Peter Jarvis, percussion, for a recital entitled “Contrast in Sound” on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 8 p.m. in The Playhouse on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton.
The program will feature contrasts of sound and style in works that range from François Couperin to Milton Babbitt. Among the works to be performed are Gabriel Fauré’s Les Berceaux, Leonard Bernstein’s Piccola Serenata, John Cage’s Music for Piano No. 20 and Milton Babbitt’s The Waltzer in the House. The program will also include compositions from the artists’ recording "Songs & Encores," recently released by Bridge Records.
Soprano Judith Bettina and pianist James Goldsworthy have been collaborating on works that have been written for them since they first met while on the faculty of Stanford University. Composers of these works have included Milton Babbitt, Mel Powell, Tobias Picker, Chester Biscardi, David Rakowski and Christopher Berg, among others. Ms. Bettina, who has been a soloist with the Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, and the Munich Philharmonic, will be a guest artist again next season with James Levine and The Met Chamber Ensemble. Goldsworthy is on the piano faculty at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and the Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East. He is the director of the New Works for Young Pianists Commissioning Project and is currently working with Institute for Advanced Study’s composer-in-residence Jon Magnussen on a set of compositions for his students.
Peter Jarvis is director of the highly acclaimed New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. He is on the faculty of William Paterson University and Connecticut College, where he teaches percussion and conducts new music and percussion ensembles.
Westminster Choir College of Rider University is at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Walnut Lane in Princeton. Admission to the recital is $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For tickets call the box office at 609-921-2663.
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