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UPCOMING EVENTS Program Highlights The Baker & Baker Foundation Presents: Art of Music Music in European Culture I: Gregorian Chant to Mozart (“Music 101”) Wednesdays, March 2 through April 6 (6-week lecture series) 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. A six-week introduction to the history of European music from its beginnings in Ancient Greece and the early Christian church to the golden age of Haydn and Mozart. Through musical examples, visual images, and historical accounts, these discussions, led by the Museum’s popular adjunct curator of music Dr. Peter Hoyt, explore how music mirrored the developments in Western art, philosophy, and politics. Series: $80 / $64 for members. Individual Class: $15 / $12 for members. An Evening with Botticelli and Respighi Wednesday, March 30 | 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a night featuring one of the most imaginative composers of the twentieth century and one of the most celebrated artists of the Renaissance. Ottorino Respighi’s masterful technique of instrumental color and sonority, meets Sandro Botticelli’s masterpieces in Trittico Boticelliano. Join the Museum’s chief curator Todd Herman and South Carolina Philharmonic conductor Morihiko Nakahara in the galleries for a discussion featuring the Museum’s Botticelli painting, The Nativity and musical illustrations from the Philharmonic’s woodwind section. Purchase tickets early as seating is limited. $35 / $25 for Museum members and Philharmonic subscribers Wadsworth Chamber Concert Series Presented by Edward Arron and Friends Music plus art equals a magical experience with this acclaimed chamber concert series. Internationally acclaimed artistic director Edward Arron and world-renowned musicians perform in the Museum’s gorgeous DuBose Poston Reception Hall. Thursday, February 17 | 7 p.m. Rieko Aizawa, piano; Kyung Sun Lee, violin; Catherine Cho, violin; Danielle Farina, viola; Edward Arron, cello perform works by Mozart, Shostakovich and Dohnanyi Thursday, March 24 | 7 p.m. Randall Scarlata, baritone; Andrew Armstrong, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Edward Arron, cello perform works by Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Copland, Ives and Schumann Single concert: $35/ $30 members Students: $5 the day of the concert January 7 8 columbiamuseum.org Devil Music Ensemble is back by popular demand with a performance of an original score to Red Heroine, one of the very first martial arts movies. • • A lecture by Jeff Keyton, MTV Arts Director, sponsored by the Columbia Design League • • Arts & Draughts is sponsored by Free Times and The Whig. March 4 • At D Arts & Draughts 1 t F id parties ht 1st Friday ti t d are a fun and interactive way to enjoy the Museum! Arts & Draughts combines open galleries with D.I.Y. art projects, national and local performers, Unique Perspective gallery tours (individuals from outside the realm of art history lead tours through the lens of their profession or experience), and beer tastings. Art, drink and be happy! $7 / $5 members. February 4 Unique Perspective tour of the exhibition, I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill with artist Heidi Darr-Hope. • D.I.Y. sculptural bones to add to the One Million Bones (www.onemillionbones.org) Performances from the Sounds Familiar Records family: Preach Jacobs takes the stage before punk-rock influenced Sons of Young perform. • • Unique Perspective tour of the Museum’s collection by Nickelodeon Director Larry Hembree • D.I. Y. silent film using our props and photo booth with photographer Jonathan Goley Live painting by artist Thomas Crouch • • D.I. Y. mini canvas • Beer tasting and cash bar provided by The Whig • Dance performance by The Power Company • • Performances by SC singersongwriters from The Boneshow http://www.youtube.com/ boneshowSC • Video installation by VJ Patrick Nugent Impromptu monologue from NiA Theater Company’s upcoming play “Ruined” • Cash bar and beer tasting from the Widmer Brewery, Portland Oregon, hosted by The Whig Beer tasting and cash bar provided by The Whig Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Boneshow begins at 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Devil Music performs at 8:00 p.m. Unique Perspective tour of Who Shot Rock & Roll by the Free Times and Shuffle music writer Pat Wall Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Lecture begins at 7:00 p.m. Performances at 8:00 p.m.