Performances for February 2012

The Joe Goode Performance Group, known for experimental pieces that mix dance, theater, music and spoken word, presents "The Rambler," Goode's latest compelling story of a wandering soul and his impact on those around him. Atlanta Premiere.

Jazz vocalist Sophie Milman is a sophisticated and torchy singer with a bent toward American popular songbook standards. Born in Russia, she grew up in Israel and Canada where she surprised the jazz world in her early 20s. Not yet 30, she headlines sold-out jazz shows, released her 4th CD last fall, and is the winner of a Juno Award in jazz.

Grammy Award winner Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano commemorates its 50th anniversary and the bicentennial of Mexico with VIVA MEXICO! The concert tells the story of Mexican independence through mariachi favorites including Viva Mexico, Mexico Lindo, La Bamba, Ave Maria, La Cucaracha and many more.

Known for her musical creativity and electrifying stage presence, pianist Jade Simmons is committed to expanding the boundaries of classical music. She concludes her ARTech residency with this concert featuring a program of mostly contemporary work. The concert will feature new work created during the residency that features sound collected by Georgia Tech students through the Urban Remix mobile app. Jade will also perform a Gil Weinberg piece that features Shimon, Georgia Tech’s improvising robotic musician. Joining her on stage are saxophonist and electronic musician Jonathan Sanford and percussionist Craig Hauschildt.

Also on campus this week:
Drawn Together
Monday, February 13, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Stubbins Gallery, Architecture East

An interactive 3D digital artwork by the OpenEndedGroup, the work culminates an Artist-In-Residence Program by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, in collaboration with the School of Music, Architecture, and Industrial Design.
www.gatech.edu/techarts

Guthman Instrument Competition
Thursday, February 16 all day, Friday, February 17 7-8:30 p.m.
Klaus Atrium

The annual event to find the world's best new ideas in music, design and engineering. See musicians and artists pushing the boundaries of music performance.
www.gatech.edu/techarts

Join us for an exciting evening of live music at the Ferst Center featuring the Georgia Tech Jazz Ensemble I and the Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra. The Jazz Ensemble will be joined by local artist and Grammy award-winning jazz saxophonist, Mace Hibbard. Selections by Berlin, Gershwin, and Bacharach will be featured on the program led by Dr. Chip Crotts. The GTSO will be presenting a program of music all by American composers with a flavor of romance – Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Hanson’s “Romantic” Second Symphony. Jarrett Lafleur, PhD Aerospace Engineering, will return to campus to perform Rouse’s Flute Concerto as a winner of the GT Student Solo Competition. A highlight of the concert will involve Jazz Ensemble I and the GTSO joining forces to perform a studio orchestra arrangement of Legrand’s “You Must Believe in Spring.”

The concert is Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30 PM in the Ferst Center. Tickets are $10 to the general public and FREE with BuzzCard or StudentID.

The Georgia Tech Percussion Ensembles, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band will present their first concert of the Spring 2012 semester on Thursday, February 23 at 7:30pm at the Ferst Center for the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus. The concert will include a variety of music from contemporary composers John Mackey, Eric Whitacre, and Frank Ticheli. It will also feature two compositions by the revolutionary American composer, Charles Ives, including Variations on “America” and A Son of a Gambolier, which is the musical basis for our world renowned fight song, “I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech.”
Admission is $10 for the general public or free with a student ID. Please join us for this exciting evening of musical excellence.

In the new piece "Double Expose," Bridgman/Packer Dance explodes the duet form into a magically populated stage where image and reality collide, blurring the line between the real and virtual dancer. Creating striking images on scrims and directly on their bodies, the work wittily poses questions about identity, perception and expectation. Atlanta Premiere.