April 8, 2005
Allen Bonde
to Perform April 16
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(From
left) Allen Bonde, Mara Bonde ’91, Mary Jo
Salter, and Robert B. Shaw |
Professor
of music Allen
Bonde will perform his own compositions at a recital Saturday, April
16, at
8 pm in McCulloch Auditorium, Pratt Hall.
Titled “Bonde: Compositions Past and Present,” the concert will
include two premieres of song sets with lyrics by Mary Jo Salter, Emily Dickinson
Senior Lecturer in the Humanities, and Robert B. Shaw, professor of English.
Bonde's daughter, soprano Mara Bonde ’91, and his wife, pianist Maria
Bonde, will accompany him.
Bonde, who has taught at the College since 1971, is a composer and
pianist whose
performances have been described as “brilliant” (Washington Post)
and “solid” (New York Times). Recorded and widely commissioned, his
compositions have been performed throughout the world by the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic brass principals, and the Czech Republic’s
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has played at Carnegie Recital Hall, the
National Gallery of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is widely known
as a piano stylist of jazz improvisation.
Mara Bonde, a professional singer who has performed 15 times with the Boston
Pops and will play the lead in the spring production of the Commonwealth Opera’s
Kiss Me, Kate, is looking forward to performing a retrospective of her father's
work. “I'm excited about working with a living composer and two living
poets,” she said. “It's a rare treat.”
The recital is free and open to the public. A reception in the Warbecke Room
will follow the performance.
More
information on Mara Bonde:
www.marabonde.com/pages/687187/index.htm
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