The Millsaps College Department of Performing Arts and the Associated Colleges of the South present

MILTON BABBITT: A Celebration of his Life and Music

October 31-November 1, 2003
Millsaps College
Jackson, Mississippi

 
     

Schedule of Events
(subject to change)
updated 9/16/03

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

Conference Registration in Recital Hall lobby, 2nd fl. of Ford Academic Complex from 11:00 am...

12:30-1:20 pm - Millsaps Forum: "What Makes New Music 'New'?" - Robert Taub, Milton Babbitt. RECITAL HALL
1:30 pm - Opening Remarks - AC 215
1:40- 4:15 - Afternoon session [view abstracts of afternoon papers] - AC 215
4:30-5:30 - Reception in Belhaven, near Milton Babbitt's childhood home (tentative)

[Dinner on your own]

7:30 pm Concert: The Luna Nova Ensemble and William Anderson, guitar. Works by Babbitt, Crumb, Hindman, Mason, and Romig. RECITAL HALL [view program]

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st

9:00-12:15 - Morning Session [view abstracts of morning papers]
12:30 - Lunch with Milton Babbitt (optional, approx. $15) [Leggett Center, Millsaps campus]
2:00-3:00 Film by Robert Hilferty "Milton Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer"
3:15-?? - An Open Conversation with Milton Babbitt

7:30 pm Recital: Robert Taub, piano Works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Babbitt, Chopin, and Liszt. RECITAL HALL [view program]

E-mail Lynn Raley if you have questions or comments

 

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