Concert to feature greatest works of "Brandeis legend" Irving Fine

Irving Fine, American Master:
A Composer, Educator, and Brandeis Legend
Saturday, April 12, 4 p.m.
Slosberg Recital Hall
Brandeis University

IrvingFineSocietyWALTHAM, MA -- The Irving Fine Society, a collective of musicians dedicated to performing and celebrating the music of 20th and 21st century composers, presents “Irving Fine, American Master: A Composer, Educator, and Brandeis Legend,” honoring the American composer and founder of Brandeis University’s School of Creative Arts, Department of Music and Festival of the Creative Arts. The tribute will feature Fine's Alice in Wonderland Songs (set 1); A Short Alleluia; Diversions for Piano, with Jaekyo Han, piano; Partita for Wind Quintet; and his choral arrangements of Copland’s Old American Songs. Brandeis composers, including composer in residence Derek Strykowski, will premiere works for voice and piano, chorus and chamber ensembles.
 
Fine, a colleague and close friend of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Serge Koussevitzky, was a staple of the Boston classical music scene up until the time of his early passing in 1962. His music is influenced by studies with Copland, Stravinsky, and Nadia Boulanger, three of the most influential people in 20th century classical music. His music is quintessentially part of the Boston/Stravinsky school of the 1930s-1960s, while toying with tonality, neo-classicism and 12-tone technique. Fine played a critical role in the creation of Brandeis as it is today, founding the Brandeis University School of Creative Arts, Department of Music, and Festival of the Creative Arts. The Boston Symphony Orchestra premiered many of his orchestral works, and his choral music is some of the most challenging and important repertoire from the 20th century canon.
 
The Irving Fine Society was founded in 2006 by music director Nicholas A. Brown in honor of Irving Fine, one of the most important American composers of the 20th century. It is a collective of musicians dedicated to celebrating the music of 20th and 21st century composers who have made significant contributions to the longevity of classical music. The society hopes to expose the Brandeis and Greater Boston communities to the music of magnificent composers - music that is unique and a combination of traditionally classical music and modern technique.

“Irving Fine, American Master” is made possible by the Brandeis University Department of Music, the Office of the Arts and the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.  This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.irvingfinesociety.org.

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