Dr. Marvin Rosen is available for performances, lecture recitals, and music history lectures for schools and various organizations.
MARVIN ROSEN - CONCERTS - CONCERT RECITALES - LECTURES
He specialize in performances of late 20 and 21 century piano repertuar as well in music of Alan Hovhaness.
You can contact Dr. Marvin Rosen at: mrosen@rider.edu
CURRENT EVENTS AND LECTURES
PAST EVENTS AND LECTURES
Meadow Lakes Retirement Community
at East Windsor, NJ
WOMEN COMPOSERS THROUGH THE AGES
8 weeks Course 2nd Tuesday each month, starting Tuesday November 10, 2009 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Tentative course syllabus
Lecture 1 – November 10, 2009Overview and First Woman….
Lecture 2 – Jan. 12, 2010
American Women Composers
Lecture 3 – Feb 9, 2010
Western European Women Composers (England, France, Italy, Germany)
Lecture 4 – March 9, 2010
Cont. Western European Women Composers (England, France, Italy, Germany and miscellaneous)
Start Eastern European Women Composers
Lecture 5 – April 13, 2010
Cont. Eastern European Women Composers, and start Balkan Region Women Composers
Lecture 6 – May 11, 2010
Cont. Balkan Region, Near East, Far East
Start Australia, New Zealand Women Composers
Lecture 7 – June 9, 2010
Scandinavian Countries (Finland, Sweden, Scandinavia, Iceland)
Start Music of Americas (American Continent, excluding USA)
Lecture 8 – July 13, 2010
Cont. Music of Americas, Black Composers and Miscellaneous
WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY AT NASSAU
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 12:15 pm
in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church
at 61 Nassau Street in Princeton, NJ.
Piano Music from Estonia
Marvin Rosen, piano
For more information e-mail Marvin Rosen
Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recitals are held on the third Thursday of the month, September to May (except December) at 12:15 p.m. in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church at 61 Nassau Street in Princeton.
These half-hour lunchtime recitals feature performances by Westminster Conservatory faculty members. Free admission.
For more information about concert series go to: WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY AT NASSAU
The Evergreen Forum
The Evergreen Forum is a volunteer organization under the auspices of the Princeton Senior Resource Center. All course fees go to PSRC for administrative costs, class materials and classroom space.
AMERICAN MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES
8 Weeks Course March 10 - April 28, 2010 - 01:30PM - 03:30PM
This course focus on American music from its earliest years through the present day.
Included will be many listening examples by not just the well-known figures of American music such as Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and Leonard Bernstein for example, but by the lesser known figures as well.
Following the first introductory week, each class will focus on works composed during a specific time period, with the final class being totally devoted to music of the 21st century.
A large variety of music will be presented during each class as well as a listening list.
An open mind, with a desire to hear a large variety of repertoire, is all that is required. There are no prerequisites, weekly assignments or required reading. Of course, you will be given enough resources to further explore on your own if you so desire.
Tentative course syllabus
Week one: introduction and overview
Week two: the early days through 1920
including works of Amy Beach, William Billings, John Alden Carpenter,, George Whitefield Chadwick, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Edward MacDowell and Horatio Parker
Week three: 1921 through 1940
including works of George Antheil, Samuel Barber, Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger, George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Carl Ruggles and Roger Sessions
Week four: 1941 through 1960 (part one)
including works of Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Paul Creston, David Diamond, Lou Harrison and Alan Hovhaness<
Week five: 1941 through 1960 (part two)
including works of Peter Mennin, Leo Ornstein, Harry Partch, Vincent Persichetti, Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, William Grant Still and Virgil Thomson
Week six: 1961-1980
including works by Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Norman Dello Joio, Philip Glass and Frederic Rzewski
Week seven: 1981-2000
including works of William Bolcom, Henry Brant, Aaron Jay Kernis, Libby Larson, Arnold Rosner, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, George Walker and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Week eight: the 21st century
including works of John Adams, Gloria Coates, Carson Cooman, Derek Bermel, Michael Daugherty, Eric Ewazen, Nancy Galbraith, Jennifer Higdon, Robert Moran and Paul Moravec
Presented series of lectures: "The Voices Behind The Walls" in spring and early summer of 2009
for: Dorothea House in Princeton,
Meadow Lakes Retirement Community
at East Windsor, NJ.
Monroe Village Retirement Community at Monroe Township, NJ. in spring and early summer of 2009
The Voices Behind The Walls:
Caterina Assandra, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Sulpitia Cesis, Isabella Leonarda, and Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, are only a few names of nuns that lived and composed music all their life behind the walls of the Italian Cloisters during the Baroque Period. Often in defiance of orders from their male superiors they wrote high quality music that is becoming better known in recent years. This is thanks to a number of excellent recordings as well as to a heightened awareness of women's contributions to musical life through the centuries.
Dr. Marvin Rosen teaches piano and Music History at Westminster Conservatory in Princeton and is also host of the popular ASCAP award winning radio program “Classical Discoveries” heard on WPRB, 103.3FM in Princeton.
As a big supporter of women composers, he will be talking about one of his favorite subject – music of the Italian nuns of the Baroque, their lives, works and obstacles that they encountered. Also included will be audio samples of their incredible and glorious music.
A list of resources will be provided for those that wish to explore this subject further.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM (concert starts at 8:00)
Salon 33
Concert & Pot Luck Dinner
will present
Marvin Rosen in a Piano Recital titled:
21st Century Piano Miniatures
from around the World
Marvin will be performing and discussing recent works from
many countries including for example: Australia, Belgium, Estonia,
Iceland, New Zealand, Slovakia, United States and Ukraine.
Included will be selections composed especially for the performer..
Program includes music by: Betty Beath, Sylvia Bodorova,
Boudewijn Buckinx, Carson P. Cooman, Rene Eespere,
Gareth Farr, Peter Machajdik, Haflidi Hallgrimsson, Jaan Raats,
Valentin Silvestrov, Frank James Staneck, Karen Tanaka,
Ananda Sukarlan and more
Location: Looking Glass Pond, 800 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ, 08540.
RSVP: Rob Tannen (609)924-7955 or Berrot@aol.com
For more information e-mail: MarvinRosen@ClassicalDiscoveries.org
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