BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:817@tablehopping.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20150701 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20150731 DTSTAMP:20150617T202446Z URL:https://tablehopping.com/events/cazenovia-counterpoint-festival/ SUMMARY:Cazenovia Counterpoint Festival DESCRIPTION:Cazenovia\, NY – “Fields of Dreams: the arts in nature” i s the theme of this July’s Cazenovia Counterpoint festival\, a Society f or New Music presentation. The festival takes place in and around the vill age of Cazenovia\, NY\, and is comprised of an art exhibit\, “Rising Sta rs” programs\, concerts\, a staged opera\, “Strawberry Fields\,” a “Writers Corner\,” a unique interactive sound/art installation\, “Hi lltop Pipe Dreams” and more. This is the 35th year of new music in Cazen ovia featuring regional artists and performers\, many of whom are internat ionally renowned.\n\nAs in previous years\, prize-winning young performers and composers are highlighted for the “Rising Stars” lunch-hour conce rts at St. Peter’s Episcopal. The “Young Composers Corner” (July 13 – 17) is open to middle and high school students interested in learning how to compose. That free weeklong mentoring program is in collaboration w ith the Cazenovia Public Library. The cast of Michael Torke’s opera “S trawberry Fields” also has young singers performing alongside profession als at Cazenovia Theater.\n\nIn addition to the popular “Writers Corner ” (July 18th &\; July 21st)\, there is a panel on the “Creative Pro cess” which will have visual artists\, a poet\, puppeteer\, choreographe r\, and composer discussing what inspires them and how they work. The “P oetry Round-Robin” during “Family Arts Day” includes young poets and aspiring writers of all ages.\n\nA very special feature of this summer’ s festival is the month-long interactive sound/sculpture installation “H illtop Pipe Dreams.” The general public is invited during the month of J uly to explore the installation at Stone Quarry Art Park\, making their ow n sounds on the recycled organ pipes\, sketching the various groupings\, w riting a poem or short story about the experience in this picturesque hill top setting from which one can see Oneida Lake. (The Art Park is one of th e top 10 sculpture parks in the U.S.) All those who wish to participate ar e welcome to share their creations\, be it sound files\, photos\, sketches \, or writing\, during Family Arts Day July 25.  That day will culminate with the world premiere of a new work by Edward Ruchalski for chamber ense mble and pre-recorded sounds. Ruchalski’s sound file will include sounds of nature as well as sounds of the various sized pipes - - some struck so unds and others triggered by movements activated by solar powered sensors embedded in the pipes.\n\nCAZENOVIA COUNTERPOINT 2015 FIELDS OF DREAMS: th e arts in nature\nPresented by the Society for New Music\nJuly 1 – 30 IN VITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT throughout the village – Linda Bigness\, Lauren B ristol\, Jo Buffalo\, Stephen Carpenter\, Juan Cruz\, Eric Dresser\, Jude Ferencz\, Rob Glisson\, Wendy Harris\, Judy Hand\, David Harper\, Gerald H ook\, Tom Huff\, John McCarthy\, Mary Perrin Murphy\, Paul Parpard\, Phil Parsons\, John Lyon Paul \, Toloa Perry\, Kathryn Petrillo\, Michael Towns end\, Peggy Van Arnam\, Carolynne Whitefeather\n\nJuly 1 – 30 HILLTOP PI PE DREAMS\, an interactive sound/ \n\nsculpture installation at Stone Quar ry Hill Art Park (SQHAP) \n\nEnjoy strolling among the re-purposed organ p ipes and make your own music\, either with special mallets\, movements tri ggering solar powered sound sensors\, or as wind chimes. Record your sound s\, write a poem\, sketch or photograph the site\, and bring your creation s to share during Family Arts Day July 25. \n\nJuly 11 4 – 7pm – HILLT OP PIPE DREAMS reception at SQHAP plus demonstration of the installation b y the \n\n collaborators/creators Steve Carpenter\, Lorne Covington\, Rob Bridge\, Edward Ruchalski\, David Harper\n\nJuly 13 – 17 YOUNG COMPOSERS CORNER (YCC) for high school and middle school students\, led by Eastman \n\ndoctoral composer &\; Syracuse native Nikolas A. Jeleniauskas\, cul minating in a performance of completed works during Family Arts Day. FREE\ n\n\n\nJuly 15 12:30pm RISING STARS lunch-hour concerts\, sponsored by All en &\; Nirelle Galson\, at St. Peter’s Episcopal\n\nDunham Hall\, sax ophone\, (Solvay)\; Ben Daly\, piano (Manlius)\; Sophia Jeongyoon Han\, vi olin (Manlius - Winners of the CMM/Symphoria concerto\, OCMEA &\; CNYAM T competitions. The classics\, plus premieres of new works written especia lly for these artists by emerging composers Kaziah White\, Nikolas A. Jele niauskas &\; Alex Ganes\n\nJuly 15 7:30pm Round-Table on THE CREATIVE P ROCESS with Q/A - Steve Carpenter\, moderator: \n\n choreographer Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell\, Open Hand Theater founder Geoff Navias\, Ithaca artist John Lyon Paul\,\n\n composer Ed Ruchalski\, artist Michael Townsend\, poe t James Longstaff at St. Peter’s Episcopal Hall\n\nJuly 16 6:30 – 8:30 pm - concert in the park – MERKLEY &\; MORGAN (Old Boy Records) (blue s &\; Americana) at Lakeland Park. Cortland singers/songwriters Chris M erkley (guitar/harmonica/percussion/vocals) &\; Stiv Morgan (guitar/voc als). \n\nJuly 18 2:30pm WRITERS CORNER double-header at St. Peter’s Ep iscopal - Dan Rosenberg &\; Naomi Guttman\n\nJuly 18 3:30 – 5:30pm AR T EXHIBIT RECEPTION at St. Peter’s with artist demonstrations &\; Sil verwood Clarinet Sextet\n\nJuly 21 7:30pm WRITERS CORNER doubleheader\, St . Peter’s Episcopal - Rachel Guido DeVries &\; Linda Pennisi\n\nJuly 22 12:30pm RISING STARS lunch hour concerts\, sponsored by Allen &\; Ni relle Galson at St. Peter’s Episcopal Hall. \n\n New works by young comp osers Gregg Welcher\, Charles Van Tassel &\; Emmanuel Sikora for Gregg Welcher\, \n\n piano\, (Baldwinsville) Phoebe Glowacki\, soprano\, (Skanea teles)\; Hank Sheehan\, bass-baritone (Fayetteville) – \n\n CNYAMT\, Kil ian\, &\; OCMEA scholarship winners\n\nJuly 22 7:30pm STRAWBERRY FIELDS (opera) by Michael Torke at Cazenovia College Theater\n\n(1-act opera) li bretto by A.R. Gurney (staged with chamber ensemble) Set in Central Park\, NYC\, at the John Lennon Memorial… A respectable but confused old lady wanders into the park\, sits down on a bench imagining it is her seat at t he opera\, and sees the events unfolding around her as opera theatre. A fa mily drama! Plus Mason Bates The Life of Birds\, (with dance\, choreograph ed by Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell)\; Ping Jin Trio\, 2015 PREMIERE\n\nJuly 24 7:30pm BIG SKY concert at 1st Presbyterian\, 27 Albany St.- music by young composer &\; Syracuse native George Nick Gianopoulos\, Joan Tower Big Sky\, 2000\, tributes to former Society commissioned composers Robert Palm er (Centenary of birth) &\; Malcolm Lewis Etudes\n\nJuly 25 1 – 6pm FAMILY ARTS DAY \n\n1pm Poetry Round Robin – including Georgia Popoff's young writers (YAA) &\; Reggie Seigler’s poetry (rap) group from Syr acuse Housing Authority and S.U. Veterans Writers group\, reading poems re flecting their experience with the installation (sight &\; sound). All poets invited to attend and read! Hilltop\n\n2:30pm Young Composers Corner – musicians performing YCC completed works in the Music Room.\n\n3:30pm – Audience participation in Hilltop Pipe Dreams\, sharing what individu als have created (music\, art\, photography\, poetry) reflecting the Pipe Dreams installation\, followed by a premiere of a work by Ed Ruchalski for electronics (sampling of the pipe sounds) with chamber ensemble. Ice Crea m &\; Lemonade under the trees. CATEGORIES:Arts / Theater,Events,Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR