The University of Pennsylvania's Music Department and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts are proud to present our second annual music series for the 2017-2018 year: Music in the Pavilion. Taking place in the beautiful sixth-floor Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion in Van Pelt Library, the series showcases an array of professional and international musicians, not only performing gems from standard concert repertoires but also premiering works found only in the wealth of materials—print and manuscript—held in the Kislak Center's collections. The concert by mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle will feature Penn's newly refurbished piano built by Sébastien Érard. Enriching the experience of each concert, attendees will have the opportunity to hear brief lectures by eminent scholars and graduate students that will contextualize the music historically, socially, and culturally.
2017-2018 Concert Season Schedule
September 29, 2017 Variant 6
Variant 6 in Concert: Music of Lassus, Jackson, Sciarrino, and more
Program pdf
November 17, 2017 Mezzosoprano Meg Bragle
An Evening of Song with Meg Bragle
*Cancelled due to illness*
January 26, 2018 Kleine Kammermusik
Kleine Kammermusik: Ensemble Music from the Baroque Period
Program pdf
March 23, 2018 Concordian Dawn
Fortuna Antiqua et Ultra
Program pdf
SERIES DIRECTORS
Music Department
- Mauro Calcagno, Assoc. Professor of Music
- Mary Channen Caldwell, Asst. Professor of Music
Penn Libraries
- William Noel, Director, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Director, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
- Richard Griscom, Director of Collections & Liaison Services
- Liza Vick, Head, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library and Eugene Ormandy Music and Media Center
