KVCC Foundation Special Presentation

The Rookie
May 1, 2010
1 & 7 p.m.
$3/person
You can never be to old to follow your dreams. The amazing story of a high school baseball coach whose shelved dreams of pitching in the Major Leagues were revived by his team of players as he urged them to follow their dreams.

The KVCC Foundation is bringing Mr. Jim Morris to Kalamazoo as the keynote speaker at the Opportunities for Education Fundraising dinner on May 12, 2010. For more information about Opportunities for Education, how far scholarship dollars go at KVCC, and tickets for spending an evening with a former Major League baseball player, contact Steve Doherty at sdoherty@kvcc.edu or (269) 488-4442 or Denise Baker (dbaker@kvcc.edu) at (269) 488-4539. 

Gilmore Keyboard Festival Films

Pictures Reframed
Monday, May 3, 2010
Noon; Free
1998 Gilmore Artist Leif Ove Andsnes, described by The New York Times as "the most accomplished pianist of the new generation," devotes much of his 2009–10 season to Pictures Reframed, centered around and inspired by Mossorgsky's great piano work Pictures at an Exhibition and developed in collaboration with South African artist Robin Rhode.

Unquiet Traveller
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Noon; Free
In Bruno Monsaingeon's new film, Unquiet Traveller, 2002 Gilmore Artist Piotr Anderszewski takes us on a journey through his home country in a small train in which he lives and works. While working on a CD, holding a master class and giving recitals, Anderszewski explores what being a musician means to him.

In Search of Beethoven
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Noon; Free
Award-winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky has created this feature-length biographical film, In Search of Beethoven. Grabsky travelled across Europe and North America to interview historians and musicians and managed to film a remarkable 55 performances for the film. Featured performances and interviews in the film include Gilmore Artist Leif Ove Andsnes and Gilmore Young Artist Jonathan Biss. In Search of Beethoven delves beyond the image of the tortured, cantankerous, unhinged personality to reveal someone quite different and far more interesting.

Davidsündlertänze and Les Sylphides
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Noon; Free
George Balanchine's choreography of Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze was one of his last major works. Inspired by the art of the 19th-century German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, the ballet is a series of dances for four couples, drawing on the life of Schumann and the events that shaped his short career.

Immediately followed by…
Les Sylphides
Music: Frederic Chopin
Ballet Company: Bolshoi Ballet
Inspired by the 1905 visit of Isadora Duncan to Russia, Michael Fokine  took the timeless music of Frederic Chopin and created Chopiniana (later renamed Les Sylphides). Premiering in Paris in 1909, Les Sylphides was a new balletic concept for the 20th century, revolutionary in that it was not restricted by the narrative of a story, but rather inspired solely by Chopin's music.

Martha Argerich, Evening Talks
Friday, May 7, 2010
Noon; Free
Martha Argerich is one of the greatest pianists of our time. A "wild child" and rebel at heart, this exceptional Argentina-born musician is surrounded by an aura of mystery. Thanks to these "evening talks," Georges Gachot lifts a corner of the veil. Martha Argerich shares her memories, her doubts and her incredible appetite for music-making. Images of Argentina, rehearsals, excerpts of recent concerts and archival clips complete this unique film.

Jane Austen Weekend Part 1

Saturday, May 15, 2010

FREE

10:00 a.m.

Persuasion

1:00 p.m.

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen Weekend Part 2

Saturday, May 22, 2010

FREE

10:00 a.m.

Miss Austen Regrets

1:00 p.m.

Northanger Abby