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Dr. Brenda Neece, DPhil (Oxon.)
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Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708-0665
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Rare Music Fall 2008
Rare Music Fall 2008
Rare Music, a lecture-demonstration series co-sponsored by DUMIC and the Duke University Libraries, announces its third season! Once per month (during the academic year) there will be a program on a Friday afternoon at 4 PM in the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library. Each performance will include a question and answer session and will be followed by refreshments.
The schedule is as follows:
September 12
Echoes of the Past: Sounds of the American Civil War
Penelope Jensen, soprano
Caryl Thomason Price, mezzo-soprano
Michael Hirata, student tenor
Lewis Moore, baritone
Randall Love, square piano
Don Eagle, cornet & keyed bugle
October 17
Sentimental Journey
Steve Barrell, clavichord
November 14
Reproduction: Some Thoughts on Recreating the Music of Bygone Ages
John Pringle
December 12
Sound the Bright Flutes!
Seasonal Music for Early Woodwind
Performed by Trio Rossignol: Patricia Petersen, Karen Cook, and Douglas Young
Additional support for Rare Music was provided by the Vice Provost for the Arts, the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development, the Dean of the Humanities, the Carrabina Endowment, VoChor, Inc., and the Hopper Piano & Organ Company, and the Friends of DUMIC.
Please see each individual event for parking information.
For more information, contact Dr. Brenda Neece, DUMIC Curator (919) 660-3320.