Southern Exposure
New Music Series

John Fitz Rogers, Artistic Director

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News

These concerts are standing room only and early arrival is suggested for seating. For a donation of $75 or more, patrons may reserve one seat for the entire 2007-2008 Southern Exposure season.

In January 2007, the Southern Exposure Series won the 2007 Chamber Music America/American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for Adventurous Programming. See the USC Press Release or visit the ASCAP site for for more information.

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The 2008-2009 Season

• Saturday, October 4, 2008, 7:30 PM : International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
• Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 7:30 PM: Phillip Bush, pianist
• Wednesday, March 4, 2009: Music from Copland House

The 2007-2008 Season

All concerts are free and open to the public
and take place at 7:30 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall,
2nd Floor, 813 Assembly Street (next to the Koger Center).

Amernet String Quartet Saturday, September 29, 2007 Amernet String Quartet from Miami, featuring USC School of Music faculty member Peter Kolkay, bassoon, in works by Bartok, Carter, Hoffman, and Platt. In attendance will be guest composers Joel Hoffman and Russell Platt.
Platt will give a public talk Friday, Sept. 28, 2:30 p.m., USC School of Music, R210. Hoffman will give a public talk Saturday, Sept. 29, 3:00 p.m., USC School of Music, R210.

Music from Russia Monday, November 12, 2007 Featuring USC School of Music faculty and guests from the Charleston Symphony, in works by Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Shchedrin, and a world premiere by
USC composer and Southern Exposure artistic director John Fitz Rogers.

The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Saturday-Sunday, February 9-10, 2008

USC Opera, under the direction of Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, and Southern Exposure, under the direction of John Fitz Rogers present The Threepenny Opera, a revolutionary work of musical theatre adapted from an 18th century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann.

Gamelan Galak Tika
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Gamelan Galak Tika is a Balinese percussion orchestra based in Boston, under the direction of Evan Ziporyn. Jointly sponsored by Southern Exposure, the Walker Institute at USC, and the Arts Institute at USC, as part of Asian Arts Week.

Ziporyn will give a public talk Friday, March 28, 2:30 p.m., USC School of Music, R210.

Lecture/Workshop with gamelan and legendary Balinese dancer and scholar I Made Bandem Saturday, March 29, 1:00-2:30 p.m., USC School of Music, R206.

 

About Southern Exposure's Artistic Director John Fitz Rogers.

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Updated: May 15, 2008 by RB