by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Today: pianist-composer Aldo López-Gavilán plays his own works at BW, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and guitarist Charlie Hunter visit CMA for “SuperBlue” (pictured), and Oberlin CME performs music by Aaron Copland and Augusta Read Thomas
•Announcements: a job listing at Oberlin (Assistant Professor in TIMARA) and a Double Reed Day at BW
•Interesting reads: Lyric Opera of Chicago’s SoundShirt, a wearable technology for deaf or hearing-impaired audience members
•Almanac: Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 7:00 in Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Artist-in-Residence Aldo López-Gavilán sits down at the piano in a free program of his own compositions.
At 7:30 at Gartner Auditorium, the CMA Performing Arts Series presents “SuperBlue,” featuring jazz vocalist Kurt Elling and guitarist Charlie Hunter, joined by drummer Corey Fonville and bassist-keyboardist DJ Harrison for a “kaleidoscopic collection of new songs, surprising covers, and dynamic reinventions.” Tickets are available online.
Also at 7:30, Timothy Weiss leads the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble in Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Augusta Read Thomas’s The Auditions at Warner Concert Hall. It’s free.