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Bridget Convey, Colby College, Colby College Museum of Art, Music at Colby series, Music in the Museum, Music of Surrealism
Thursday, April 11th, 2019, at noon
Music of Surrealism
Music in the Museum Colby Concert Series
Colby College Museum of Art
5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine
Joëlle Morris and pianist Bridget Convey will explore in music the revolutionary movement of 1920’s surrealism; aimed to highlight elements of surprise, the absurd, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur, through the leaders of the Surrealism movement such as artists Salvador Dali, René Magritte, writers Jean Cocteau, André Breton and others. Featured will be compositions by Kurt Weill, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honnegger and Olivier Messiaen. Concert presented both in French and in English.
Free to the public
Joëlle Morris, Mezzo Soprano 