Schedule (a detailed schedule will be sent to conference participants)
Friday, November 5, 2010
3:30 pm Check-In/Registration/Welcome
4:30 pm Plenary Session I: "Chopin's Life and Music"
Introduction
Excerpts from film: "Chopin: Desire for Love"
Individual Thematic Presentations
Performance: Cecylia Barczyk and Reynaldo Reyes (Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano)
6:15 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm "Chopin's Life and Music" - Reflections and Performance by Ann Schein
"George Sand: Help or Hindrance?"
Chopin: Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
Reception following the concert
Saturday, November 6, 2010
9:00 am Plenary Session II
Keynote - Maxim Gershunoff: "It's Not All Song and Dance: A Life Behind the Scenes"
10:15 am Refreshments
10:30 am Plenary Session III: The State of Classical Music
International Perspectives (presented by cultural attachés from Europe, Asia, and South America)
Presider: TBA
12:15 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Plenary Session IV: The State of Classical Music
U.S. Perspectives (presented by artists, educators, managers, media)
Presider: TBA
3:30 pm Refreshments
4:00 pm Plenary Session V:The State of Classical Music
Presider: TBA
· Small-group discussions
6:00 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm Concert
Performers include The American Virtuosi, The Mount St. Mary's University Chorale (led by Dr. Andrew
Rosenfeld), and The Towson University Chamber Ensemble (directed by Prof. Cecylia Barczyk)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
9:30 am Sunday Celebration: Words and Music (details TBA)
10:15 am Plenary Session VI: Peering into the Future of Classical Music
· Education, Careers, Music Industry, Media, Audiences/Sponsors
Presider: TBA
Open Forum
11:30 am Conclusions
12:15 pm Lunch (optional)
3:30 pm Check-In/Registration/Welcome
4:30 pm Plenary Session I: "Chopin's Life and Music"
Introduction
Excerpts from film: "Chopin: Desire for Love"
Individual Thematic Presentations
Performance: Cecylia Barczyk and Reynaldo Reyes (Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano)
6:15 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm "Chopin's Life and Music" - Reflections and Performance by Ann Schein
"George Sand: Help or Hindrance?"
Chopin: Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
Reception following the concert
Saturday, November 6, 2010
9:00 am Plenary Session II
Keynote - Maxim Gershunoff: "It's Not All Song and Dance: A Life Behind the Scenes"
10:15 am Refreshments
10:30 am Plenary Session III: The State of Classical Music
International Perspectives (presented by cultural attachés from Europe, Asia, and South America)
Presider: TBA
12:15 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Plenary Session IV: The State of Classical Music
U.S. Perspectives (presented by artists, educators, managers, media)
Presider: TBA
3:30 pm Refreshments
4:00 pm Plenary Session V:The State of Classical Music
Presider: TBA
· Small-group discussions
6:00 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm Concert
Performers include The American Virtuosi, The Mount St. Mary's University Chorale (led by Dr. Andrew
Rosenfeld), and The Towson University Chamber Ensemble (directed by Prof. Cecylia Barczyk)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
9:30 am Sunday Celebration: Words and Music (details TBA)
10:15 am Plenary Session VI: Peering into the Future of Classical Music
· Education, Careers, Music Industry, Media, Audiences/Sponsors
Presider: TBA
Open Forum
11:30 am Conclusions
12:15 pm Lunch (optional)