SHOUT
THE
BIG
DREAMS
Leonard Bernstein
Festival of the
Creative Arts™
APRIL 14-17, 2016
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
“ IT IS THE ARTISTS OF THE
WORLD, THE FEELERS AND
THE THINKERS, WHO WILL
ULTIMATELY SAVE US; WHO
CAN ARTICULATE, EDUCATE,
DEFY, INSIST, SING AND
SHOUT THE BIG DREAMS.”
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Art studio of Vikki Nunley ’14, PB’15
Photo by Scott Wiener
The Leonard Bernstein Festival of the
Creative Arts is made possible by the generous support of the Waltham Cultural Council,
the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Fund,
the Poses Fund and the Jane Rabb Fund for
Visiting Artists.
The Festival of the Creative Arts was
founded in 1952 by the brilliant composer
and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Each
spring, Brandeis celebrates the abundant
creativity of its students, faculty, staff and
alumni, joined by professional artists from
around the country.
Festival events are free and open to the public
unless otherwise noted. For schedule updates,
visit www.brandeis.edu/arts/festival.
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Leonard Bernstein
Photo © New York Public Library
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) was one of the great American artists of the 20th century. A composer, conductor,
pianist, teacher, thinker and adventurous spirit, he transformed the way we hear music and experience the arts.
Bernstein’s successes ranged from the Broadway stage
(“West Side Story,” “Candide,” “On the Town”) to
television and film (“On the Waterfront”) to international
concert halls. His major concert works, including the
symphony “Kaddish” and the choral works “Mass” and
“Chichester Psalms,” are studied and performed around
the world. He was the best-known conductor of his time,
a dynamic leader of the world’s greatest orchestras,
including the New York Philharmonic (1958-69).
His legacy continues to grow through a catalog of
more than 500 recordings.
As a teacher and performer, Bernstein played an active
role with the Tanglewood Music Festival from its founding.
His televised Young People’s Concerts (1958-72) introduced an entire generation to the joys of classical music.
His many honors include a Tony Award, 11 Emmy Awards,
a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and the Kennedy
Center Honor.
Social justice was deeply important to Bernstein. Through
his powerful commitment and connections, he helped
bring public attention to the historic march from Selma to
Montgomery in 1965 and to the dismantling of the Berlin
Wall in 1989 (where he conducted concerts on both sides
of the wall). In the early days of AIDS research, Bernstein
raised the first million dollars for a community-based
clinical trials program run by the American Foundation for
AIDS Research.
Bernstein was a member of the Brandeis music department faculty from 1951-56. He received an honorary
doctorate from Brandeis in 1959 and served as a
University Fellow from 1958-76 and on the university’s
Board of Trustees from 1976-81. He was a trustee
emeritus until his death in 1990.
For the university’s first commencement, in 1952,
Bernstein directed the Festival of the Creative Arts, which
included the world premiere of his opera “Trouble in Tahiti.”
Dedicated to the interplay between the arts and its time,
the festival was, in Bernstein’s words, “a moment when
civilization looks at itself appraisingly, seeking a key to the
future.” Among the guest artists were Aaron Copland,
Merce Cunningham, William Carlos Williams, Miles Davis,
Lotte Lenya and Marc Blitzstein. Today, the Leonard
Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts proudly carries
on his inspiring legacy as an artist, activist and educator.
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JJ PEET: BARTER_STATION
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 6:00-8:00 PM
FEATURED EVENT
Light of Reason, Rose Art Museum
A morning shave, a solitary walk, a daily cup of coffee —
personal rituals are central to our lives and a key ingredient
in the work of artist JJ PEET (b. 1973). PEET (his preferred
treatment of his name) describes his ceramic PROXY_Cups
as “a transfer of a life form into a functional vessel.” Rejecting traditional tools and pottery wheels, PEET works with
the clay directly “so there is no interference,” molding the
material with his hands and imbuing it with his energy and
life experiences.
PEET’s process of creating each PROXY_Cup is a ritual
activity. As he shapes the clay, he inscribes information on
its surface with thumbprints and fingernail markings, then
repeatedly fires it in the kiln — and transfers the object to
another person. The PROXY_Cup is intended to be the
recipient’s primary drinking vessel, incorporated into
daily rituals of consuming water, coffee or some postworkday spirits.
As the 2016 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist in
Residence, PEET brings a BARTER_STATION to the Rose
Art Museum. The project invites participants to barter for
a piece of his work, in exchange for their assistance in the
realization of a larger artwork to be displayed at Rosebud,
the Rose Art Museum’s satellite gallery in Waltham.
Born in Minneapolis, PEET earned an MFA from the Yale
University School of Art. He is based in New York City,
where he teaches ceramics at Columbia University and
at the 92nd Street Y, a community center for culture
and the arts.
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All images courtesy of JJ PEET
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TONY ARNOLD
SUNDAY, 3:00 PM
Pollack Fine Arts Teaching Center
Soprano Tony Arnold, the 2015 recipient of the Brandeis
Creative Arts Award, is a luminary in the world of chamber
music and art song. Hailed by The New York Times as “a bold,
powerful interpreter,” she is recognized internationally as a
leading proponent of new music in concert and recording.
A 2014 MacArthur Fellow, Rick Lowe is an artist whose
innovative approach to community revitalization transformed a neglected Houston neighborhood into Project
Row Houses, a visionary, still-evolving public art project.
SUSAN DIBBLE, SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
SUNDAY, 2:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
FRIDAY, 8:00 PM; SATURDAY, 2:00 PM/8:00 PM;
SUNDAY, 2:00 PM
Spingold Theater Center
FEATURED ARTISTS
RICK LOWE
SATURDAY, 2:00 PM
Campuswide
Choreographer and dancer Susan Dibble is the Louis,
Frances and Jeffrey Sachar Professor of Creative Arts in
the Department of Theater Arts. The resident choreographer and a master teacher at Shakespeare & Co. (Lenox,
Mass.), she has created work at many regional theater
companies, including Actors’ Shakespeare Project.
KNIGHTHORSE THEATRE COMPANY
SUNDAY, 3:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Amy McLaughlin Lemerande and Tyrus Lemerande
have a simple mission: Make Shakespeare cool. Their
limitless energy and infectious enthusiasm have taken
the pair around the world as they share the magic of
Shakespeare’s language.
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE
“An international tour de force” (Bethlehem Morning
Call) from Israel, Palestine, Argentina, Japan and the
United States, the Guy Mendilow Ensemble performs
internationally at world and traditional music festivals,
performing arts centers, progressive Jewish organizations
and universities.
MARCELO MENT
FRIDAY, 3:00 PM
Between Science Complex and Chapels Field
The work of Brazilian graffiti artist Marcelo Ment can be
seen in major publications, exhibitions, logos and on the
walls of Rio de Janeiro.
Photos (clockwise from top left): Guy Mendilow Ensemble, photo by
Gretjen Helene; Susan Dibble, photo by Mike Lovett; Rick Lowe, photo
courtesy of John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Tony Arnold,
photo by Mike Lovett; Marcelo Ment, photo by Felipe Diniz
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Nate Shaffer
The Wiles
EXHIBITIONS
THE ROSE ART MUSEUM
The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis
University is among the nation’s premier
university museums dedicated to 20thand 21st-century art. A center of cultural and intellectual life on campus,
the museum serves as a living textbook
for object-based learning, a home and
resource for artists, and a catalyst for artistic expression, scholarly innovation and the
production of new knowledge through art.
With its international collections, changing
exhibitions and diverse public programs,
the Rose affirms and advances the values
of freedom of expression, academic excellence, global diversity and social justice that
are the hallmarks of Brandeis University.
MUSEUM HOURS: Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday,
noon-5:00 PM. Friday and Saturday, noon-7:00 PM.
SPRING EXHIBITIONS: On view through June 5, 2016
ROSALYN DREXLER: WHO DOES SHE
THINK SHE IS?
Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg and Lower
Rose Galleries
“Who Does She Think She Is?” is a long-overdue retrospective of Rosalyn Drexler’s multidisciplinary practice.
Drexler’s collages and paintings — which borrow imagery
from movies, advertisements and newspapers of the 1960s
— reverberate with the Pop art of her contemporaries.
Yet her work pairs personal and social conflict with a political consciousness rare in the cool art of that moment and
an explicitness that fearlessly courts vulgarity.
SHARON LOCKHART / NOA ESHKOL
Lois Foster Gallery
In this multichannel film installation, artist Sharon Lockhart
explores the work of Noa Eshkol (1924-2007), the Israeli
dance composer, theorist and textile artist. Collaborating
with Eshkol’s students as well as with a newer generation
of dancers, Lockhart staged and filmed performances of
Eshkol’s choreography in a minimalist setting punctuated
only by Eshkol’s remarkable wall carpets.
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ROSE VIDEO 08 | BEN HAGARI
MARK DION: THE UNDISCIPLINED COLLECTOR
Rose Video Gallery
Foster Stair Landing
Ben Hagari’s “Potter’s Will” (2015) melds the prehistoric
art of pottery with contemporary video art, reconfiguring
primordial myths related to creation and destruction, life
and death.
Wood paneled and furnished with the trappings of a 1961
collector’s den, this permanent installation evokes the
year of the Rose Art Museum’s founding and serves as
an introduction to the rich history of collecting at
Brandeis University.
ROSE #FORDHALL2015
Mildred S. Lee Gallery
In response to the recent #FordHall2015 movement for
racial justice at Brandeis, art from the museum’s permanent collection serves as a catalyst for conversations
regarding issues of cultural bias, race, and the intersection
of art and activism.
ROSEBUD
683 Main Street, Waltham
For program information for Rosebud, a satellite gallery
featuring works from the Rose Art Museum’s collection
of video art, please visit www.brandeis.edu/arts/festival.
FOSTER MURAL: JOYCE PENSATO
Foster Stairwell
Joyce Pensato reveals a darker side of American Pop,
imbuing familiar figures of American cartoon culture with
psychological charge and emboldening them with aggressive, gestural physicality.
Photos (left to right): Rosalyn Drexler, “F.B.I.,” 1964. Private collection;
Sharon Lockhart, “Five Dances and Nine Wall Carpets by Noa Eshkol,”
2011. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels and
neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Ben Hagari, “Potter’s Will” (still), 2015.
Courtesy of the artist; Annette Lemieux, “Left Right Left Right,” 1995.
Courtesy of Annette Lemieux and Kent Fine Art.
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NEW PROSPECTS:
POSTBACCALAUREATE EXHIBITION
EXHIBITIONS
Dreitzer Gallery, Spingold Theater Center
Accomplished studio artists in the Brandeis postbaccalaureate
program exhibit painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking.
Includes works by Jodi Connelly, Katherine Gardener, William
Matthew Karlen, Arghavan Khosravi, Christine Lewis, Victoria
Nunley ’14, Gina Palacios, Jung Hoon Park ’15, Samuel
Rheaume and Ardis Tennyson-Loiselle.
GALLERY HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-9:00 PM;
Saturday, 10:00 AM-9:00 PM; Sunday, noon-5:00 PM.
WENDY WOLFE FINE: THE PEARL
THAT SLIPPED ITS SHELL
Through June 24
Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center,
Epstein Building
Fine, the 2016 Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist-inResidence, uses video, photography and cultural objects
to re-envision the personal freedoms and cultural lives of
Iranian Jewish women, including those of immigrants to the
United States, after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
GALLERY HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Extended festival hours: Sunday, noon-3:00 PM.
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ON VIEW AROUND CAMPUS
The Brandeis campus is transformed by innovative
artwork made by students, staff and faculty especially
for the festival.
HIVE: RECOGNIZING A
SHARED EXPERIENCE
Jodi Connelly, PB’16; adjacent to the Great Lawn
Enter a meditative space to hear the recorded experiences
of others as they practice sitting meditation and contemplate the role of the individual as part of a larger community.
FLOAT/BLUE
HERO
Jack Holloman ’16, Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Marvel at the restorative power of moss — an often
overlooked plant — as it colonizes miniature polluted
ecosystems and paves the way for new growth.
CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE
ARTIST’S EYE
Shapiro Science Center Atrium
Undergraduate artists respond to the issues around climate
change. Coordinated by Matt Hoisch ’19.
GENERATING ENVIRONMENTS
Farber Library Mezzanine
Through May 23
This suspended Plexiglas raft — a poignant symbol of
movement and struggle — raises questions of citizenship,
privilege and the expansion of our diversity as a nation.
Tiffany Mei ’16; Academic Services, Usdan
Works by William Betts, Jim Dingilian, Jim Dow, Ori
Gersht, Kate Gilmore and Christian Xatrec that explore
contemporary atmospheres using a variety of media,
including photography, video and sculpture. Organized
by Rose Art Museum curatorial interns Eleanor Fruchter,
Sarah Horn and Molly Paris.
Mei’s photographic series documents her experience
in Honduras with the Brandeis chapter of Global
Medical Brigades, a volunteer, student-led international
relief organization.
Photos (top left): Margaret Curnow, PB’15, photo by Yi Wang ’14;
(top middle): Wendy Wolfe Fine, “Making Kuku Sabzi, A Persian Herb
Omelet,” 2014, image courtesy of the artist; other photos by Mike Lovett
HONDURAS
EXHIBITIONS
Robert Fitzgerald, PB’14; outside the GoldmanSchwartz Art Studios
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PANEL DISCUSSION: CREATIVITY IN
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
12:30 PM
Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
Panelists: faculty members Andreas Teuber (philosophy),
a former actor and theater director, and Jordan Pollack
(computer science), who uses artificial intelligence to
understand creativity; with guest Elizabeth Rosenzweig,
a usability expert trained as a fine arts photographer.
Moderator: Shulamit Reinharz (sociology).
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 1
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
THE YELLOW TICKET
5:00 PM
Wasserman Cinematheque, Sachar
International Center
“The Yellow Ticket” (1918) tells the story of a young
Jewish woman from a Polish shtetl who works in a brothel
while studying medicine. Directed by Victor Janson and
Eugen Illes, starring Pola Negri. With live music composed and performed by Alicia Svigals and Marilyn Lerner.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media
Program, the Mandel Center for the Humanities and the
Department of Music.
A WOMYN CONJURED
5:00 PM
Multipurpose Room, Shapiro Campus Center
This multidimensional one-womyn show shares the experiences of Queen White ’16 in an experimental living space
that channels the voices of ancestor, community and
future. Come witness some conjure.
BRANDEIS EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE
7:00 PM
Bethlehem Chapel
“So Far From Home: Pilgrims, Exiles and Wanderers.” The
Brandeis Early Music Ensemble performs songs of religious
journeys, banishment and leave-taking. Today, when migration and dispossession are a part of our daily news, these
500-year-old songs of longing for a homeland resonate
keenly. Sarah Mead, director.
Photos (from top): “The Yellow Ticket”; Brandeis Early Music Ensemble,
photo by Mike Lovett; “Shoes On, Shoes Off,” photo by Mike Lovett
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KAOS KIDS
FAFALI: MUSIC AND DANCE FROM GHANA
5:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
8:00 PM
Slosberg Music Center
Kaos Kids celebrates hip-hop dance, and its semester performance for the Festival of the Arts showcases the Kids as
well as other Brandeis and community groups.
Experience the irresistible rhythms of Fafali, the Ghanaian
drum and dance ensemble of the Brandeis Music Department, performing music, song and dance of the Ewe
and Ashanti peoples. Featuring Ghanaian guest artists
Attah Poku, Patricia Afriyie and Koblavi Victor. Ben
Paulding, director.
BARTER_STATION
6:00-8:00 PM
Light of Reason, Rose Art Museum
SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
8:00 PM
Spingold Theater Center Mainstage
Renowned choreographer Susan Dibble (Theater Arts)
creates a world in which a shoe salesman and his clients
are swept away by the purpose and energy of the shoes
they try on. Featuring guest dancers Sarah Hickler,
Susannah Millonzi, Nicole Pierce and Ryan Winkles.
Made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council.
BORIS’ KITCHEN
8:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
8:00 PM
Cholmondeley’s Coffee House, Usen Castle, Tower B
Share your stories, cast your actors, and watch as your own
personal narrative comes to life in a safe, open space where
we honor each other. Amanda Ehrman ’18, conductor and
director; Leah Nadelman ’18, stage manager.
GETTING WEIRD: A NIGHT OF ABSURDISM
8:30 PM
Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
Two absurdist one-acts raise challenging questions about
theater and society at large. Directed by Dylan Hoffman
’18 and Mira Kessler ’16, “The Lesson” by Eugene Ionesco
and “The Lover” by Harold Pinter explore issues that
resonate with our contemporary culture, including privacy,
technology and free speech. Made possible by the Office
of the Arts.
BAMCO PRESENTS
9:00 PM
Cholmondeley’s Coffee House, Usen Castle, Tower B
BAMCO (Brandeis Association for Music/Concert
Organizing) presents Boston-based Bugs and Rats; and
Bedtime, Kids (from Providence).
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Boris’ Kitchen is Brandeis’ student-run sketch comedy
group. “Imagine Second City and SNL got together and
had a child, raised it well, and now it’s in college and it’s
rebelling. Rebelling hard.” Jason Kasman ’16 and Dennis
Hermida ’16, co-presidents. Tickets: $3, available at
Brandeis Tickets.
PLAYBACK THEATER:
BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STORY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 2
Painter, sculptor and video artist JJ PEET invites participants to barter for a piece of his work in exchange for
their assistance in the realization of a larger artwork to be
displayed at Rosebud, the Rose Art Museum’s satellite
gallery in Waltham.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 3
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
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FOLK FESTIVAL
Noon-5:30 PM
Great Lawn, Shapiro Campus Center (rain location,
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium)
Surrender to the eclectic charms of the seventh annual
Brandeis Folk Festival, featuring a new generation of gifted
singer-songwriters from across the Northeast. Featuring Maxwell Bailey, The Bombadils, Cold Chocolate, Four
Legged Faithful and San Lorenzo. Produced by Too Cheap
for Instruments, coordinated by Madeline Black ’17. Lawn
chairs and blankets welcome.
MOVING VOICE
2:00-6:00 PM
Campuswide
Follow the trail of an interactive and experiential multilocation performance along the Brandeis campus! Designed,
curated and produced by Daniel Allas, MFA’17, Jeremy
Rapaport-Stein, MFA’16, Joshua Rubenstein ’19, Ayelet
Schrek ’16, Nate Shaffer ’16 and Victoria Cheah, PhD’17,
this performance is under the direction of Brandeis Creative
Arts Award recipient Tony Arnold.
Photos (from left): Guerilla Opera, photo by Liz Linder Photography;
The Bombadils; Culture X, photo by Mike Lovett
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SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
NEW MUSIC BRANDEIS: GUERILLA OPERA
2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Spingold Theater Center, Mainstage Theater
8:00 PM
Slosberg Music Center
See description on page 13.
Acclaimed experimental opera company Guerilla Opera caps
off its yearlong residency with a semi-staged performance of
short chamber operas by Brandeis composers Daniel Allas,
MFA’17, Luke Blackburn, MFA’16, Victoria Cheah, PhD’16,
Ernest Ling ’16 and Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, MFA’16, in collaboration with creative writing students Anne Kat Alexander
’18 and Raphael Stigliano ’18. Made possible by the Brandeis
Arts Council.
CULTURE X
7:00-9:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM)
Levin Ballroom, Usdan Student Center
Celebrate the breathtaking diversity that defines the
Brandeis community in this joyful performance of dance,
music and spoken word by Brandeis students. Sponsored
by the Intercultural Center and produced by seniors Estela
Lozano, Marlha Lagardere, Yeng Her and Joy Zhang ’17.
GETTING WEIRD
8:00 PM
Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
See description on page 13.
BORIS’ KITCHEN
8:00 PM
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
See description on page 13.
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SUPER
SUNDAY
In celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s commitment
to engaging young people in the arts, performers
and artists shout the big ideas across Lower Campus
with dozens of music and dance performances, family
and children’s events, and art exhibitions. All Super
Sunday events are free and open to the public. Use
the schedule on page 21 to plan your afternoon.
Take the Tick-Tock Trolley to Brandeis from
downtown Waltham on Sunday! Leaves from
Rosebud (683 Main Street), City Hall parking
lot and Council on Aging, noon-4:00 p.m.
Family events are designated by
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 4
GREAT LAWN
4:00 PM
FUNK PARADE
School of HONK is a free and open community music
school that makes loud, joyful music inspired by Boston’s
HONK! Festival. Giving creative flow a whole new meaning, the Boston Hoop Troop will put on a high-stepping,
mesmerizing, multi-hooped show, joined by Toxic, the
Brandeis Black Students Organization’s dance team.
KNIZNICK GALLERY
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
1:00 PM
KUKU SABZI: A SYMBOLIC FOOD FOR THE
PERSIAN NEW YEAR
Join Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Artist-in-Residence
Wendy Wolfe Fine and guest Sharona Mizrahi for a workshop on making kuku sabzi, a Persian herb omelet traditionally eaten during the springtime celebration of Nowruz.
Top photos: Knighthorse Theatre Company; Boston Hoop Troop
Bottom photos: by Mike Lovett
SHAPIRO CAMPUS
CENTER ATRIUM
1:00-1:20 PM
BRANDEIS SPIRIT BAND AND FAFALI
Fun, funk and improvised music. Ken Field and Ben
Paulding, directors.
3:00-3:50 PM
KNIGHTHORSE THEATRE COMPANY
Two actors, 38 plays, and lots and lots of words. Pick a
play — any play — and experience Shakespeare’s language
as never before. Hear the Bard’s most famous scenes and
speeches delivered with passion, energy and astounding
clarity. Your eyes will be opened, your spirits lifted and
your imagination set free.
SHAPIRO CAMPUS CENTER
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
1:00-5:00 PM
HANDS-ON ART ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
See brandeis.edu/arts/festival for details.
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SHAPIRO CAMPUS
CENTER THEATER
1:00-1:20 PM
TBA IMPROV
Long- and short-form improv comedy by the student club
TBA. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Julia Green ’18 and
Dan Hirshfield ’16, co-presidents.
2:00-2:50 PM
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE:
TALES FROM THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: DAY 4
Embark on a musical trek to kingdoms long forgotten and
bustling towns now vanished. Follow the stories of vagabond queens, pauper poets and lovers lost to the sea, set
to spellbinding arrangements of Sephardi songs worthy of
symphonic film scores. Lush harmonies evoke Flamenco’s
gutsiness and the longings of Fado, all combined with
heart-pounding percussion and intricate soundscapes.
3:30 PM-3:50 PM
TOP SCORE
Brandeis’ student-run pops orchestra plays music from
some of your favorite movies, musicals and video games.
Joseph Tinianow ’17, music director; Melody Ross ’18,
director; David Chernack ’17, president; and Zain Walker
’18, vice president.
4:00-4:20 PM
A SERIES OF BALLETIC EVENTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Watch and learn with Brandeis Ballet Company members.
Michelle Dennis ’18, Brooke Granovsky ’18 and Hannah
Schuster ’18, choreographers.
4:30-4:50 PM
STAR WARS: THE JUGGLERS AWAKEN
The Brandeis Juggling Society takes on “Star Wars,” with
glow juggling, passing, staff manipulation and much more!
Luka Milekic ’16, president; Shmuel Treiger ’16, vice president; Becca Miller ’15, secretary; and Sam Daler ’16 and
Wren Stueck ’15.
SPINGOLD THEATER CENTER
2:00 PM
SHOES ON, SHOES OFF
Renowned choreographer Susan Dibble (Theater Arts)
creates a world in which a shoe salesman and his clients
are swept away by the purpose and energy of the shoes
they try on. Made possible by the Brandeis Arts Council.
Photos: Home History Image (detail), photo courtesy of Project Row
Houses; PROXY_Cup (detail), photo courtesy of JJ PEET
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SLOSBERG MUSIC CENTER
NOON-1:00 PM
CELEBRATING ARMENIAN CULTURAL
HERITAGE THROUGH MUSIC
Discover the legacy of Armenia’s musical tradition as
Haig Hovsepian, violin, and Ani Hovsepian, MFA’95,
piano, perform a selection of Armenian compositions
ranging from folk tunes to classical and contemporary
works. The performance is accompanied by images that
document the people and landscapes of this resilient
and culturally rich country. A reception follows the
performance. Made possible by the Office of the Arts.
3:00-5:00 PM
BRANDEIS-WELLESLEY ORCHESTRA:
CATCH A RISING STAR
ROSE ART MUSEUM
Featuring winners of the 2015 Concerto Competition.
The Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra (Neal Hampton,
conductor) performs Fauré’s Masques et Bergamasques;
Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat, with Krista Hu ’16,
Brandeis, violin; Reinecke’s Flute Concerto, with Caitlin
Coyiuto ’16, Wellesley, flute; and Beethoven’s Choral
Fantasy, with Natsuko Yamagata ’17, Brandeis, piano, and
the Brandeis University Chorus. Robert Duff, director.
1:30-1:50 PM
7:00-8:00 PM
Eli Kengmana ’19 performs percussive freestyle guitar in
the style of Mike Dawes.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN FELLOWS RECITAL
Undergraduate recipients of the prestigious Bernstein
Fellowship perform chamber music.
BENDERS
Bending and breaking gender barriers in music, Ben T.
Montrym ’19 and Zachary LaMarca ’19 cover songs
by female artists.
2:00-2:20 PM
SOLO GUITAR
POLLACK FINE ARTS
TEACHING CENTER
3:00 PM
ARTIST TALK: RICK LOWE
Houston-based Rick Lowe is an artist and community
organizer (as well as a 2014 MacArthur Fellow) whose
innovative approach to community revitalization
transformed a neglected Houston neighborhood into
Project Row Houses, a visionary public art project that
continues to evolve, two decades since its inception.
Part of the Art | Race | Activism series, made possible
by the Brandeis Arts Council.
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THE BIG DREAMERS
INGRID SCHORR
FESTIVAL PATRONS
Festival Producer and Acting Director,
Brandeis Office of the Arts
Jesse Kellerman ’03, Elaine Reuben ’63 and Margot Steinberg ’81
SCOUT HUTCHINSON
Noa Albaum ’13, Saul Baizman ’00, John Benitz ’91, Devorah Bondarin
’01, Olimpia Caceres-Brown, P’10, Lisa Chung, P’18, Diony Elias ’04,
Emily Eng ’14, Zoe Fong ’15, Katherine Zentall Forward ’70, Meg Flynn
’98, Ellyn Getz ’13, Caroline Grassi ’12, Whitney Gray ’08, Lucille Pachter
Gruber ’55, MFA’57, Arielle Kaplan ’10, Alyssa M. Kerr ’12, Charles
Madison ’15, Paula Marcus ’70, Catherine McConnell ’09, Jessica Leah
McGettrick ’95, Sara Esther Miller ’11, Rebecca Ora ’03, Jamie Robbins
’15, Michael F. Rose ’01, Robyn Spector ’13, Leota Granger Terry ’65,
Nicole Wittels ’15, Beth Anne Wolfson ’75 and Judith Zuckerman ’84
Project Coordinator
NOAH STEINBERG-DI STEFANO, MA’17
Programs Assistant
FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Scott Berozi (Community Living), Marcelo Brociner ’18, Leigh
Hilderbrandt (Student Activities), Susan Metrican (Women’s Studies
Research Center), Hannah Mitchell ’15, Allie Morse ’10 (Communications), Deborah Rosenstein (Music), Nina Sayles ’17, Elba Valerio (Intercultural Center), Brontë Velez ’16, Vivek Vimal (GSAS), Sarai Warsoff ’16,
Leanne Winn (Rose Art Museum) and Kelyn Zhang ’19
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Cynthia Cohen (Ethics Center), Chris Frost (Studio Art), Stephanie
Grimes (Student Activities), Jasmine Johnson (African and AfroAmerican Studies/Women’s and Gender Studies), Caitlin Rubin (Rose Art
Museum) and Dmitry Troyanovsky (Theater Arts)
SPECIAL THANKS
Gannit Ankori, Beth Ann Burns, Ed Callahan, Irv Epstein, Andrew
Finn, Dennis Finn, the Rose Art Museum, Johnny Wilson ’13 and
Stacey Winkler ’98
FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
The Brandeis University Alumni Association, the English Department, the
Office of Students and Enrollment, the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter
Fund, the Poses Fund, the Jane Rabb Fund for Visiting Artists and the
Waltham Cultural Council
GUIDEBOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Creative Services, Office of Communications
Select photos by university photographer Mike Lovett
Office of Communications © Brandeis University 2016 G132
Armenian
Music
1:00 PM
TBA Improv
Comedy
Benders
2:00 PM
Eli
Kengmana ’19
Hands-On Art
Activities
Brandeis Spirit
Band and Fafali
Guy Mendilow
Ensemble
Shoes On,
Shoes Off
2:30 PM
BrandeisWellesley
Orchestra
Artist Talk:
Rick Lowe
(Pollack Fine
Arts Teaching
Center)
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Funk Parade
Knight­horse
Theatre
Company
Top Score
Brandeis Ballet
Company
Brandeis
Juggling Club
SUPER SUNDAY SCHEDULE
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
SPINGOLD
THEATER CENTER
SHAPIRO CAMPUS
CENTER ATRIUM
SHAPIRO
CAMPUS CENTER
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
SHAPIRO CAMPUS
CENTER THEATER
ROSE ART
MUSEUM
GREAT L AWN
SLOSBERG
MUSIC CENTER
NOON
21
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STREET
| WALTHAM,
02453-2728
415415
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STREET
| WALTHAM,
MAMA
02453-2728
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