One of the foremost experts on American music today will talk about Charles Ives\u2019 Piano Sonata No. 2, \u201cConcord, Mass., 1840-1860,\u201d followed by a live performance of the piece at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Potter Hall Theater on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk and concert are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kyle Gann will begin the evening with a talk about Ives and his best-known work, arguably the single most important work for piano by an American composer. Dr. Gann is a composer and was the new-music critic of \u201cThe Village Voice\u201d from 1986 to 2005.<\/p>\n
Since 1997 Dr. Gann has taught music theory, history and composition at Bard College in New York. He has also taught at Columbia University, Brooklyn College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bucknell University. He is the author of five books, with a sixth titled \u201cEssays After a Sonata: \u00a0Charles Ives\u2019 Concord\u201d to be released this year by Yale University Press.<\/p>\n Robert Pherigo will perform the Concord Sonata on Feb. 21.\n
Following Dr. Gann\u2019s talk, Robert Pherigo will perform the Concord Sonata. Pherigo makes music as a composer, pianist, tenor and conductor. He has been a member of Kansas City\u2019s newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble for the last 14 years, exploring the exciting and varied music of today\u2019s modern composers. He was named Missouri Composer Laureate for 2010-2011. Pherigo sang with the Kansas City Chorale for 10 years, and as a pianist continues his association with them. He has also performed with the Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Currently, Pherigo is the pianist for the Lee\u2019s Summit North High School Music department and for Unity Temple on the Plaza.<\/p>\n
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the foremost experts on American music today will talk about Charles Ives\u2019 Piano Sonata No. 2, \u201cConcord, Mass., 1840-1860,\u201d followed by a live performance of the piece at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Potter Hall Theater on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The talk and concert are free and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[245,298],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7942,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/7942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}