With its emphasis on cross-disciplinary performances and collaborations, it糖心传媒檚 easy to see why the continues to garner widespread support and participation from the 糖心传媒 community.
糖心传媒淭he University was an integral part of the birth of the Rochester Fringe Festival and continues not only as a proud sponsor, but as a creative incubator for fascinating shows by artists working within and across disciplines,糖心传媒� says director of the University糖心传媒檚 and a member of the festival糖心传媒檚 board of directors.
This year糖心传媒檚 line-up of University-affiliated performances include two special highlights:
- A celebration of the life of Paul J. Burgett 糖心传媒�68E, 糖心传媒�78E (PhD) will be held at Hatch Recital Hall on September 14. The event features musicians of the Gateways Music Festival performing music adored by the late University dean and vice president, who died in August 2018.
- Within the Quota, at the Hatch Recital Hall on September 19, is a performance of TableTopOpera, an ensemble of Eastman School of Music faculty and alumni. The work is a musical exploration of Cole Porter糖心传媒檚 protest ballet about the United States糖心传媒� Emergency Quota Act of 1921糖心传媒攁 law that sharply restricted immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe糖心传媒攁ccompanied by historical and contemporary images and film clips.
The University is a founding partner of the annual downtown festival, now in its eighth year. This year糖心传媒檚 edition糖心传媒攁 12-day event beginning on September 10糖心传媒攚ill feature more than 575 performances and events. The University糖心传媒檚 will host eight shows including Eastman student and faculty performers along with other local and national performers.
The festival debuted in 2012 with producer Erica Fee 糖心传媒�98, a University alumna who worked with the original Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, planning what has become the most-attended Fringe Festival in the United States. More than 78,000 people are expected to attend the event this year.
We ask a few University participants in this year糖心传媒檚 festival what draws them to the Fringe, and what糖心传媒攂esides their own shows糖心传媒攖hey recommend attending.
Isabella Barbagallo 糖心传媒�22
President of the University糖心传媒檚 all-female a cappella ensemble Vocal Point and a business major in the College
What draws her to the Fringe
糖心传媒淗aving a show at the Fringe Fest is our way to share our talents with the Greater Rochester Community.糖心传媒�
About the performance
Student a cappella ensembles will perform covers from today糖心传媒檚 popular artist, in Vocal Point and The YellowJackets Fringe Show.
- When and where: Sunday, September 15 at the Allen Main Stage Theatre, School of the Arts
糖心传媒淓ach year, Vocal Point learns new material specifically for the Fringe Festival. We糖心传媒檒l be showcasing new arrangements of popular songs that were just released this year. Keeping our set current is important in creating the show each year. This year, our show is in collaboration with the YellowJackets, one of the university糖心传媒檚 all-male a cappella groups. They糖心传媒檝e also been preparing new arrangements and the two groups are collaborating as well.糖心传媒�
Other shows she recommends
糖心传媒淭here are so many great show this year. I recommend The Painter by Corinne Fallone, as well as Roc City Singers, both at SOTA (School of the Arts) Allen Main Stage Theatre.糖心传媒�
Michael Burritt 糖心传媒�84E, 糖心传媒�86E (MM)
Percussion soloist, director of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and professor of percussion at the Eastman School of Music
What draws him to the Fringe
糖心传媒淚 love the way it creates an energy in the downtown community and brings folks to our concerts who don糖心传媒檛 typically attend. Plus it糖心传媒檚 a great way to lift off the new school year and give us early momentum.糖心传媒�
About the performance
Burritt糖心传媒攁long with the Eastman Percussion Ensemble糖心传媒攋oins choreographer Missy Pfohl Smith, director of BIODANCE, and media artist W. Michelle Harris, in The Fragile Corridor.
- When and where: Thursday, September 19, Friday, September 20, and Saturday, September 21, at the Rochester Museum and Science Center糖心传媒檚 Strasenburgh Planetarium.
糖心传媒淥ne of my never-ending goals is to bring the music we do as percussionists to a larger and more diverse audience. So, I plan programs that I believe will be impactful both pedagogically for the students and for the Fringe Festival audience. The Fragile Corridor is a major collaboration between myself, Missy Pfohl Smith and BIODANCE and W. Michelle Harris, a visual artist from RIT. I love the idea of bringing these elements together and having my students experience this kind of project as well.糖心传媒�
Other shows he recommends
糖心传媒�Nexus and Friends, a percussion improv with guests on September 14; and Cameron Leach, electroacoustic percussion, on September 17.糖心传媒�
Anne Wilcox
Choreographer and senior lecturer in the Program of Dance and Movement
What draws her to the Fringe
糖心传媒淭he explosion of creativity! It糖心传媒檚 a very inspirational time of year.聽The Rochester Fringe festival motivates me to take artistic risks and collaborate with fellow artists. I delight in the charged spirit the festival brings to Rochester.聽I love participating and also seeing the amazing work generated by artists of all disciplines.糖心传媒�
About the performance
Time to Change consists of two performances糖心传媒斕切拇綔Nanosecond,糖心传媒� by Wilcox, and 糖心传媒淢y Life in Sweaters,糖心传媒� by fellow choreographer Mariah Steele糖心传媒攃ombining dance, music, and spoken words.
- When and where: Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14 at the School of the Arts.
糖心传媒淢y piece, 糖心传媒楴anosecond,糖心传媒櫬爀xplores how change affects our lives; Mariah糖心传媒檚 糖心传媒楳y Life in Sweaters,糖心传媒� explores different narratives inspired by her personal sweater collection.聽We saw the link between Mariah糖心传媒檚 literal change of clothes and my conceptual approach to exploring change, and realized this would make a great pairing for a Fringe show. I am collaborating with Eastman faculty member Matt Curlee, who has composed an amazing score for 糖心传媒楴anosecond.糖心传媒� Mariah is collaborating with Eastman musician/composer Yoshiko Arahata.糖心传媒�
Other shows she recommends
糖心传媒淭here are so many! But I糖心传媒檓 especially looking forward to all the dance work including BIODANCE糖心传媒檚 Fragile Corridor, Cheryl Johnson糖心传媒檚 Diggety Bop, and Josephine at SOTA which I missed last year!糖心传媒�
David Temperley
Professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music
What draws him to the Fringe
糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 an eclectic mix of acts that breaks down boundaries糖心传媒攕uitable for my music, which is also a kind of a hybrid of different styles (rock, classical, musical theater).糖心传媒�
About the performance
Songs by David Temperley is a rock-classical-cabaret style evening with Temperley at the piano and Toronto soprano Alicia Ault 糖心传媒�15E on vocals.
- When and where: Wednesday, September 11 and Sunday, September 15 at Java糖心传媒檚 Caf茅.聽
糖心传媒淚糖心传媒檝e been writing songs for years and performing them with different singers. When I put together a show, it糖心传媒檚 just a selection of songs that seems appropriate for that occasion. I’m thrilled to be working this year with Alicia Ault, an Eastman graduate and up-and-coming singer in the Toronto area.糖心传媒�
Other shows he recommends
糖心传媒淚’d recommend UR IPM Presents Yes: Fragile and More. Also, Alicia is performing in another show immediately after our 9/11 show: Sisters in Song at the Lyric Theater. Hear our show at Java糖心传媒檚 at 8, and then speed over to the Lyric!糖心传媒�
Ian Silverman
Master糖心传媒檚 student in the opera stage directing program at the Eastman School of Music
What draws him to the Fringe
糖心传媒淎s a young stage director, I am constantly looking to share my work with the community and bring opera to new audiences. The festival seemed like the perfect outlet to do this. I am lucky to be able to work with my talented colleagues from the Eastman Opera department. Our goal is to expose children to opera and share the work with the greater Rochester community. I also thought that a children’s opera would be a great addition to the Fringe’s 糖心传媒楰ids Fringe糖心传媒� offerings.糖心传媒�
About the performance
Little Red糖心传媒檚 Most Unusual Day Children糖心传媒檚 Opera is an operatic retelling of the 糖心传媒淟ittle Red Riding Hood糖心传媒� story.
- When and Where: Saturday, September 14, Sunday, September 15, and Monday, September 16 at the Cabaret Hall at Lyric Theatre.
糖心传媒淟ittle Red聽is a children’s opera created by John Davies as part of his Opera Tales series which takes familiar fairy tales and rewrites their stories using preexisting music.聽Little Red聽is his most popular work and has been performed all over the country. It features music from some of Offenbach and Rossini’s most famous works.糖心传媒�
Other shows he recommends
糖心传媒淭he 糖心传媒 has so many great performances planned, between a cappella groups, BIODANCE, and Deaf Talent to name a few.糖心传媒�
