WHAT: | A Caltech physicist rapping on nanomechanics while performing a Bach partita on the piano? Michael Jackson's Thriller sharing the stage with legendary soprano Jessye Norman? The world premieres of new works by multi-award-winning Pasadena-based composer Peter Knell and the very young, very-evolving Ben Lear, alongside the best of Monk, Gershwin, Ellington? | |
No, it's not your average classical music concert. But then again, Rachael Worby isn't your average conductor. And her new orchestra, MUSE/IQUE, is the opposite of average: a bold experiment in unconventionality that she calls "the orchestra of the future - the 2.0 version." | ||
WHEN: | Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m | |
(TV Crews need to arrive at 7:15 to set-up, however there is no filming until 8:40pm) | ||
8:40pm: Angela Bassett will appear onstage to honor Jessye Norman with a poem by Maya Angelou "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings" | ||
8:50pm: Miss Norman will sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" followed by "Amazing Grace". | ||
9:00pm: Talk-Show Host Tavis Smiley will make an onstage presentation to Miss Norman. | ||
WHERE: | Caltech's Beckman Mall | |
332 S. Michigan Ave. | ||
Pasadena CA 91106 | ||
WHO: | Actors Ed Harris, Angela Bassett, Wendy Malick | |
MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY | ||
Vanessa Butler, 213-446-0774 | ||
Vanessa.Butler@sbcglobal.net | ||
/PRNewswire/ -- July, 29, 2011/
SOURCE MUSE/IQUE
