Fort Worth Modern Music Festival

The Fort Worth Contemporary Music Fund invites you to hear Fort Worth's first Modern Music Festival. Experience the rich legacy of the art music of the Americas performed by Fort Worth's finest musicians. This concert includes solo and chamber music works by American composers Jake Heggie, Martin Blessinger,Timothy Brown and others from both North and South America. Hear beautiful art songs in their original Spanish language and exotic Tango music from Argentina. Performers include Eduardo Rojas, Corrie Donovan and Helen Blackburn.

TUESDAY EVENINGS LECTURE SERIES AT THE MODERN Fall 2012 Schedule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 26, 2012
Fort Worth, TX
Dustin Van Orne
Media Relations Coordinator
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Celebrates 10 Years in Tadao Ando-designed Building with New Acquisitions

December 2012 is the 10th anniversary of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s building designed by Tadao Ando. The Modern will mark the anniversary with a series of new acquisitions on view this fall, culminating in a celebration gala and dinner on December 6, 2012.

Director Marla Price comments, “These are exciting additions to the Modern’s permanent collection. We are acquiring work by important new artists in several cases and increasing our holdings of works by Vernon Fisher, Dan Flavin, Howard Hodgkin, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Nicholas Nixon.”

Betty Buckley's "Story Songs"

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and legendary Broadway star Betty Buckley, present two benefit concerts featuring her recent Song Interpretation Workshop participants. Over recent months, Ms. Buckley has assisted aspiring artists, educators, and experienced performers in honing the craft of singing, acting and storytelling, culminating in these concerts.

Teaching What I Want to Learn

Special guest Bill Evans (New York) will reflect on his career and his choreography. Evans is an internationally-recognized choreographer, performer, teacher, analyst, adjudicator, writer, and visionary in the fields of modern dance, contemporary dance, and dance education. Recent honors include: Dance Teacher Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Utah College of Fine Arts Distinguished Dance Alumnus Award, Honorary Doctorate from Cornish College of the Arts, and the National High School Dance Festival’s Outstanding Service Award.

Games of Chance in Music and Dance: The Role of Improvisation in Process and Performance

Guest pianist John Hopkins is featured with CD/FW choreographer/performer Sarah Newton in this lecture-performance. CD/FW artistic director Kerry Kreiman and other company members will share insights in regards to the role of improvisation in dance, while Hopkins compares and contrasts its role in music. Q&A time at the end will allow audience members to interact with the performers.

Freudian Slips and Silent Screams

Witness a living embodiment of the concepts behind portraiture and figurative art in a “happening” series of miniature dances and scenes designed to be performed in silence. CD/FW company members will explore the idea of the very act of creating a portrait or modeling for one. Drawing ideas from art history, photography, and personal histories, the dancers will bring their personal interpretations to this long-standing tradition of the “portrait” as a form of human record-keeping and storytelling through art.

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