Middlebury musicians to perform FREE multi-media concert for the closing of James P. Blair's "Being There" exhibit on Wednesday, August 7 at the Mahaney Arts Center
On Wednesday August 7 at 7:00 PM at the Mahaney Arts Center, Robison Concert Hall, Middlebury college affiliate artists Diana Fanning, and Dieuwke Davydov, will be joined by Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra of Cornwall for a FREE concert celebrating the closing of James P. Blair's "Being There" exhibit at the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
The 45 minute concert of music inspired by images will include works for flute, cello, and piano by J.S. Bach, Debussy, Brahms, and Chopin. It will feature Charles Koechlin's 14 Pieces for Flute and Piano which will be performed against a backdrop of projected photos from James P. Blair's collection.
James Blair has had commissions from the U.S. Information Agency, Time, and Life magazines and spent over thirty years on staff at National Geographic. His photographs are represented in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington DC), the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Portland Museum of Art (Maine) and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh). Blair will be honored at the performance.
The concert is free and open to the public. The Museum of Art will be open from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, and from 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM prior to the concert. For more information go to http://museum.middlebury.edu
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