Philip Glass and Jon Gibson to Perform at UWC-USA
Hailed by New York Magazine as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Glass is known for his minimalist and classicist musical style. In this special performance, he is joined by Jon Gibson—also a composer and a founding member and performer with the Philip Glass Ensemble—in what promises to be an unforgettable listening experience.
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968. He composed his first opera, Einstein on the Beach, for the Ensemble in 1976. Since then, he has composed other operas, musical theatre works, symphonies, concertos, solo works, chamber pieces, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards. Through his music and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody Allen to David Bowie, Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times.
Gibson is a flautist, saxophonist, and composer. He has performed in the premier of In C by Terry Riley, and Drumming by Steve Reich, as well as Reich’s 1967 composition Reed Phase, which Reich wrote especially for him. Gibson has also performed and recorded with other composers, including Christian Wolff, David Behrman, Harold Budd, Alvin Curran and Frederic Rzewski.
This performance is made possible through the generosity of Virginia Dwan, whose enduring gift of the Dwan Light Sanctuary continues to inspire generations of UWC-USA students and visitors.
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Colegio del Mundo Unido Costa Rica’s Annual Musical [Lion King is this year’s pick!] combines this year with its annual dance show “Dances del mundo” to produce Danzas of the Lion Kingdom!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0nhf14JC21rn78sjo1_1280.jpg)
Colegio del Mundo Unido Costa Rica’s Annual Musical [Lion King is this year’s pick!] combines this year with its annual dance show “Dances del mundo” to produce Danzas of the Lion Kingdom!
The ‘Who are you?’ wall at UWC-CR.
~thinking about the why are we here wall we had before Winter break at UWC-USA.
An attempt at understanding the complexity of Kony:
The current affairs CAS at UWC-CR breaks down into smaller groups after a general discussion to understand some of the many threads of the Kony web. Research going on about:
- history of the conflict
- LRA
- how does the Ugandan government work
- Invisible Children
- Other countries with LRA
- Joseph Kony
what are you talking/reading/thinking about?
UWC-USA MANIA WEEK !
Sorry we have been away for long we apologise . All the excitement on campus has kept us away. “We are taking in the experience” as our Vice President Tom Oden keeps reiterating.
This week is UWC MANIA . Most people are unaware that this september will be the 30th anniversary of UWC-USA ,and 50 years of the entire UWC Movement which would be held on or campus. We are very excited.
Yet with this comes work and planning hence this mania week, National Committees, Selection Committees ,International Office personal and a whole lot of people will be on campus for series of meetings and activities.
the highlight of this is the Strategic Planning Meeting which will include EVERYONE who is on our campus. this activity is being lead by Laurie Frank an amazing speaker and Friend of the UWC movement.
Stay tuned for more details.
UWC-USA Castle
Carolyn Forché comes to campus today. !
Ahead of our UWC MANIA week …
YELLOW ♥ PAGES: Carolyn Forché
Taking Off My Clothes
I take off my shirt, I show you.I shaved the hair out under my arms.I roll up my pants, I scraped off the hairon my legs with a knife, getting white.My hair is the color of chopped maples.My eyes dark as beans cooked in the…
Martin Luther King, Jr. has been reduced to an abstract part of our nation’s history, remembered as a caricature or, worse, an excuse for a holiday, as if he lived hundreds of years ago. But he is of our time. His words are not quaint. He can speak for himself and he does so here.
See also: Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said
“Our loyalties to the country should not be measured on our ability to kill, our loyalty to our country should be measured on our abilities to lead the country to higher heights of democracy.”
And the conference ends, fittingly, in an impromptu song from the incredible Isabel Dawson, a woman so much more than just Rosario Dawson’s mother.
We’re ACTIVATING today !
Students and faculty of UWC-USA are dedicating their time to a whole day of service both on and off campus. We’re taking the skills we learnt over our ACTIVATE! conference weekend and putting them into action in our community; we’re braving through the rain.
Happy MLK day!
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Social Issue Film Making
This workshop facilitated by famous actress Rosario Dawson and movie director Pamela Tanner Boll inspired the youth on how to spread awareness through media, in the conference “ACTIVATE” at UWC-USA. Intense and thought-provoking issues were raised and we all discussed them. Tanner and Dawson also taught the basics and challenges of film making.
Paul Graves closing our ACTIVATE! conference. It has been such a wonderful evening.
