40-Year Celebration Events

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Celebrating 40 Years at Yale
March 29 - May 3, 2014
Music ~ Worship ~ Arts


Performances

Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard 415 with members of Yale Baroque Ensemble
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion*
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

April 4 Friday | 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, NYC
Tickets at lincolncenter.org

April 5 Saturday | 8 PM
Woolsey Hall
Preconcert talk by Markus Rathey at 7 PM
Link to more information about the “J.S. Bach: St. John Passion”

Guest Artist: Nepathya
Balivadham Kutiyattam: An Enactment of Sanskrit Drama
April 6 Sunday | 8 PM
Mainstage Theatre, Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Religious Studies, with support from the Lex Hixon Fund and the South Asian Council
Link to more information about the “Balivadham Kutiyattam: An Enactment of Sanskrit Drama” performance

Yale Camerata and Glee Club
Music of Haydn and Honegger
Marguerite L. Brooks and Jeffrey Douma, conductors
April 13 Sunday | 4 PM
Woolsey Hall
Link to more information about the “Music of Haydn and Honegger” performance

Yale Schola Cantorum
Harmoniemesse*
Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Mendelssohn
David Hill, conductor
May 2 Friday | 7:30 PM
St. James Church
865 Madison Ave., NYC
Link to more information about the May 2nd performance

May 3 Saturday | 5 PM
Woolsey Hall
Link to more information about the May 3rd performance

*presented with members of Yale Baroque Ensemble with support from Yale School of Music

 


Religion and Film

I Can Do Bad All by Myself

April 3 Thursday |7:30 PM
Whitney Humanities Center
Link to more informaion about “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” performance
Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale, and presented with the Initiative for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion, the Program in American Studies, the Film Studies Program, and the Department of Religious Studies


Lectures, Readings, and Symposia

Lost/Found in Translation: Crossing Contexts in Music, Worship, and the Arts
ISM Fellows Symposium
March 29 Saturday | 1 – 6 PM
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Rm 317
Link to more information about the “Lost/Found in Translation: Crossing Contexts in Music, Worship, and the Arts” performance

Fanny Howe
Film Color: A Story in Black and White
The Lana Schwebel Memorial Lecture
April 3 Thursday | 5:30 PM
ISM Great Hall
Yale Literature and Spirituality Series
Link to more information about the “Yale Literature and Spirituality Series” performance

The Passion in Context

An afternoon symposium
Presenters: Peter Hawkins, Michelle Karnes, Vasileios Marinis, Christoph Wolff

April 5 Saturday | 1 – 5 PM
Linsly-Chittenden Hall

Followed by the preconcert talk and Schola Cantorum performance of the St. John Passion in Woolsey Hall Link to more information about “The Passion in Context symposium”

Markus Rathey
Between Divine Glory and Human Suffering: Music and Drama in Bach’s St. John Passion

April 5 Saturday | 7 PM
Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall

Preconcert talk followed by Schola/Juilliard performance
Link to more information about the “Between Divine Glory and Human Suffering: Music and Drama in Bach’s St. John Passion” performance

Baby Varghese
Liturgy and Symbolism: Syriac Perspective

April 7 Monday | 4:30 PM
ISM Great Hall
Liturgy Symposium Series
Link to more information about the “Liturgy and Symbolism: Syriac Perspective” performance

Spencer Reece
The Road to Emmaus
poetry reading followed by book signing

April 10 Thursday | 5:30 PM
Marquand Chapel
Yale Literature and Spirituality Series
Link to “Yale Literature and Spirituality Series”

Liturgical Space and Time in Byzantium
An afternoon symposium
Presenters: Nina Glibetic, Vasileios Marinis, Robert Nelson, Stefano Parenti, Gabriel Radle, Robert F. Taft, Elena Velkovska

April 24 Thursday | 12:45 – 5:15 PM
ISM Great Hall
followed by a reception in the ISM Gallery of Sacred Arts
Link to more information about the “Liturgical Space and Time in Byzantium” event

Interdisciplinary Considerations: The Context of Slow Dancing
Panel discussion centering on David Michalek’s film installation
Panelists: Joseph Roach, moderator; Paul Bloom; Emily Coates; David Michalek, and others.
April 30 Wednesday | 4 – 6 PM
Yale University Art Gallery Auditorium


Exhibitions

Visions of the Sacred

Puppets and Performing Arts of South and Southeast Asia
curated by Kathy Foley

April 3 – June 20, 2014
Whitney Humanities Center
Link to more information about the “Visions of the Sacred: Puppets and Performing Arts of South and Southeast Asia” event
Presented in conjunction with the Nepathya performance on April 6, in collaboration with the Whitney Humanities Center, with support from the Lex Hixon Fund and the Department of Religious Studies

Reception
April 8 Tuesday | 5 – 7 PM
Whitney Humanities Center

George Kordis: Light and Rhythm
Byzantine Icons in the Postmodern World

April 14 – 25 (closed Easter)
ISM Gallery of Sacred Arts
Link to more information about the “Light and Rhythm Byzantine Icons in the Postmodern World” event

David Michalek: Slow Dancing
Film installation

April 30 – May 4 | 8 – 11 PM
Cross Campus
Link to more information about the “Slow Dancing Film installation”
Interdisciplinary panel discussion April 30