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Macalester New Music Series Presents  INTERSECTIONS: Jazz Meets Classical Song  with Soprano Patrice Michaels

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Download (//d2ihvqrbsd9p9p.cloudfront.net/contentAsset/raw-data/4ce929b5-de71-434a-91b4-5b32135d84d9/image1)Macalester New Music Series Presents “INTERSECTION: JazzMeets Classical Song" with Soprano Patrice MichaelsSt. Paul, Minn. – Soprano Patrice Michaels, celebratedrecording artist, will present a free concert of familiar tunesand original compositions that explore the relationshipsbetween classical and jazz forms, harmonies and rhythms.  “INTERSECTION: Jazz Meets Classical Song” includes blues,ragtime, ballads and art songs is at 8 p.m. on Tuesday,February 3, 2015, in Mairs Concert Hall, in the Janet WallaceFine Arts Center & Gallery, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul,Minn.   Joining Michaels are Zach Brock, violin, NickPhotinos, cello and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano.  Michaels is partof Macalester’s New Music Series, sponsored by the RivendellFoundation and the Pulliam Fund. “Jazz was my first musical passion, and has remainedhugely influential and inspiring for me – a sort of ‘silentpartner’ behind my work as a classical singer,” said Michaels. “For quite some time I’ve been collecting pieces that bridgethe two genres in a way that feels genuine to me. Working withother musicians who share this cross-pollination, and sharingour results with an audience is an absolutely thrillingopportunity for me.”About her talent, Fanfare has written, "(Patrice Michaels’)instrument is beautifully shaped, balanced, and focused . . . Ifind her a major talent for interpretation of American vocal music."  And the San Francisco Examiner, "Notonly is Michaels a fine soprano with a bell-like sonority...but she's got sophisticated taste in music… Witty,adult and smart."Among the unique offerings, Michaels performs a ragtime-style vocalise (song without words) from 1920sParis by Tibor Harsànyi.  Contemporary expat composer Laurie Altman is represented by three radicallyinventive “re-imaginings” of 18th century Italian songs. Lee Hoiby, Leslie Adams and John Musto, allmasters of the post-romantic American song, offer contrasting blues pieces. Chuck Israels, composer/arrangerand long-time bassist for Bill Evans, provides piano and voice settings of American folk songs.  And a newwork written for the ensemble by Macalester Music Department Professor Randy Bauer is another of themany delights on the program.Michaels, a graduate of the MFA (Master of Fine Arts) program at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, hasperformed on stage, in concert, and in recital since her debut in 1991, and has appeared with Lyric Opera ofChicago, Cleveland Opera, Central City, Tacoma Opera, The Banff Centre, and Chicago Opera Theater.She currently serves as Director of Vocal Studies at University of Chicago and can be heard on more thantwo-dozen critically acclaimed recordings.Macalester New Music Series Presents “INTERSECTION: Jazz Meets C... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2015/01/macalester-new-music-series-p...1 of 2 7/8/2016 11:46 AMPast New Music Series guests have included women’s singing group Lorelei Ensemble, string quartetETHEL, guitarist/composer Bill Frisell, cellist Matt Haimovitz, So Percussion, jazz pianist/composer/arranger Uri Caine, singer Lucy Shelton, Enso String Quartet, pianist/composer Frederic Rzewski,Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Yehudi Wyner, chamber group eighth blackbird, and jazzcomposer/bandleader Maria Schneider and Theo Bleckmann, jazz singer and new music composer. Guestartists work with Macalester students in classes and master classes and give free concerts open to the public.Michaels’ concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. There are no tickets or reservations. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 651-696-6808 oremail rhest@macalester.edu (mailto:rhest@macalester.edu).Thanks to generous funding from the Rivendell Foundation and The Pulliam Fund, the Macalester MusicDepartment presents two to three concerts per season focusing on New Music and Jazz.  Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 2,045students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence,internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement. Learn more at macalester.edu(http://www.macalester.edu/)January 12 2015About Macalester (http://www.macalester.edu/about/)Academics (http://www.macalester.edu/academics/)Admissions & Financial Aid (http://www.macalester.edu/admissions/)Life at Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/lifeatmac/)Support Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/supportmac/)Macalester New Music Series Presents “INTERSECTION: Jazz Meets C... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2015/01/macalester-new-music-series-p...2 of 2 7/8/2016 11:46 AM

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