Close encounters with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
Meet the Conductor Series
Close encounters with the
Greater Bridgeport Symphony and
the Discovery Museum
Pequot Library Auditorium, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport, CT
November 10th 3:00-5:00 pm
3:00-3:30 pm
Come See a piece of the Moon!
David Mestre, director of the Henry B. duPont III Planetarium at the Discovery Museum will talk about the Apollo Program and where our space program is headed today. He will bring a special treat: a piece of the moon, under glass, on loan from NASA. Learn how leadership and creative partnerships were able to drive the innovation and political will to land a man on the moon.
4:00 - 5 :00 pm
MEET Maestro Eric Jacobsen and Composer Jordan Kuspa, winner of the GBS 2018 Composer Competition
Make sure you plan on staying to explore the second session of this adventure featuring Conductor Eric Jacobsen. Jacobsen will talk about the 2015 composition by Mason Bates titled “Passage 18” , a musical rendition of the speeches of JFK and others. The music is as cutting edge as the Apollo program was in 1968. It recalls in vivid detail the excitement
of the early space program. Special guest is Jordan Kuspa, winner of the 2018 GBS Emerging Composers competition. Kuspa will join Jacobsen to talk about his competition winning piece “Whirlwind,” which will be premiered at the Klein Memorial November 10th GBS performance. Kuspa will join Jacobsen at Pequot Auditorium to talk about his competition winning piece. The winner of the GBS Young Instrumentalists’ Competition, Camden Archambeau, will also be on hand to present excerpts from Bruch’s Kol Nidrei.
Registration suggested but not required. Donations are welcome at the door.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
email musicforyouth@gmail.com for more information
Greater Bridgeport Symphony and
the Discovery Museum
Pequot Library Auditorium, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport, CT
November 10th 3:00-5:00 pm
3:00-3:30 pm
Come See a piece of the Moon!
David Mestre, director of the Henry B. duPont III Planetarium at the Discovery Museum will talk about the Apollo Program and where our space program is headed today. He will bring a special treat: a piece of the moon, under glass, on loan from NASA. Learn how leadership and creative partnerships were able to drive the innovation and political will to land a man on the moon.
4:00 - 5 :00 pm
MEET Maestro Eric Jacobsen and Composer Jordan Kuspa, winner of the GBS 2018 Composer Competition
Make sure you plan on staying to explore the second session of this adventure featuring Conductor Eric Jacobsen. Jacobsen will talk about the 2015 composition by Mason Bates titled “Passage 18” , a musical rendition of the speeches of JFK and others. The music is as cutting edge as the Apollo program was in 1968. It recalls in vivid detail the excitement
of the early space program. Special guest is Jordan Kuspa, winner of the 2018 GBS Emerging Composers competition. Kuspa will join Jacobsen to talk about his competition winning piece “Whirlwind,” which will be premiered at the Klein Memorial November 10th GBS performance. Kuspa will join Jacobsen at Pequot Auditorium to talk about his competition winning piece. The winner of the GBS Young Instrumentalists’ Competition, Camden Archambeau, will also be on hand to present excerpts from Bruch’s Kol Nidrei.
Registration suggested but not required. Donations are welcome at the door.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
email musicforyouth@gmail.com for more information
Maestro Eric Jacobsen and violinist Colin Jacobsen
Sat. September 22, 2018
4PM
Pequot Library Auditorium
On Saturday September 22nd, Eric Jacobsen, Conductor of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, and brother violinist Colin Jacobsen, gave a wonderful presentation and overview of the pieces the Orchestra would play at the Klein Memorial Theater that evening. Colin played the cadenza from the Mozart and and excerpt from Vahn Williams, "THE LARK ASCENDING". Colin and Eric shared their thoughts about the magic and energy that comes from the live music experience so unique to the Symphony. They also shared their excitement and enthusiasm for video they were able to shoot in the Majestic Theater in Bridgeport and the incredible sound they were able to produce inside the walls of this legendary building, once a performance hall with 3,000 seats. The audience had the opportunity to have an up and close dialogue with these two talents that have been pioneers in the world of classical music.
We thank our program sponsors: Dr Elizabeth Beirne and Doc Hermalyn
This program was possible by the support of the CT Department of Economic and Community Development
