Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- April 2020

Jonathan Segal is a 1966 graduate of Washington College, where he majored in English and took courses in creative writing. He is now Vice President and Senior Editor at Alfred A. Knopf in New York City. He has edited seven Pulitzer Prize-winning books, and his authors include Paul Hendrickson, Arthur Ashe, Elie Wiesel, and Tony Blair, among others.
Paul Hendrickson teaches writing workshops in advanced nonfiction as Senior Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright

Elemental
April 3 - May 9

Sacred Monsters is a collaboration between soprano Kyle Leigh Carney and lutenist Cameron Welke dedicated to connecting the stories of the Renaissance and Baroque song repertoire with the lived experiences of audiences today. The ensemble's name is derived from the eighteenth-century term "monstre sacré," used by the French to describe those larger-than-life performers whose eccentricities fueled their performing lives and kept their audiences engaged in their work. They aim to bring out both the sacred and the monstrous within Renaissance and Baroque music, the sublime and grotesque!

The Department of Music presents a Senior Recital featuring Noe Perales, piano. This event is FREE and open to the public.

The Department of Music presents a vocal Senior Recital featuring Megan Dietrich, mezzo-soprano. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Hailing from Baltimore, The Dirty Grass Players have established themselves with one toe-tappin’ foot in traditional bluegrass and blazing musicianship that pushes boundaries. Comprised of Mikey Sallemi on bass, Alex Berman on banjo, Ben Kolakowski with the guitar, and Ryan Rogers on mandolin, this four piece is successfully bringing their growing fan base a down, dirty and heated performance. For anyone that enjoys a musical throwdown by skilled musicians it is time to get your grass dirty.

Kathryn Nuernberger’s third poetry collection, Rue, is forthcoming in Spring 2020 (BOA). The End of Pink (BOA, 2016), which won the 2015 James Laughlin prize from the Academy of American Poets, and Rag & Bone (Elixir, 2011), which won the 2010 Antivenom Prize. A collection of lyric essays, Brief Interviews with the Romantic Past (Ohio State University Press, 2017), won the Non/Fiction Prize from The Journal. She teaches in the MFA Program at University of Minnesota. She has received grants from the NEA, American Antiquarian Society and the Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life.

Kathryn Nuernberger’s third poetry collection, Rue, is forthcoming in Spring 2020 (BOA). The End of Pink (BOA, 2016), which won the 2015 James Laughlin prize from the Academy of American Poets, and Rag & Bone (Elixir, 2011), which won the 2010 Antivenom Prize. A collection of lyric essays, Brief Interviews with the Romantic Past (Ohio State University Press, 2017), won the Non/Fiction Prize from The Journal. She teaches in the MFA Program at University of Minnesota. She has received grants from the NEA, American Antiquarian Society and the Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life.

The Department of Music presents a Senior Recital featuring Mikala Herlihy, piano. This event is FREE and open to the public.

RiverArts celebrates our community's long history of living close to the Earth by hosting an Earth-themed exhibit. With the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, this exhibit takes on special meaning. This judged show includes both the visual arts and poetry. Enjoy an evening listening to participating poets read their works. There will also be a presentation of the Pat Herold Nielsen Prize for Poetry

The Fantasticks
April 17 – May 3
Written by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Jennifer Kafka Smith

Thank you to our sponsors: Andrew & Leslie Price and Chesapeake Bank & Trust

The University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Tom Palmer, and with guest soloist trumpeter, Gerald Chavis, brings the energy and excitement of big band jazz to The Mainstay. The Jazz Ensemble’s repertoire is steeped in the sounds of the big bands such as Count Basie and Buddy Rich and will feature a number of big band favorites and standards from the Great American Songbook. For this special concert, trumpeter Gerald Chavis will dazzle the audience with his up-tempo sound. He has performed with such national acts as Mick Jagger, Phyllis Hyma and The Temptations

The Concert Series season closes on April 24, with a stirring performance of Carmina Burana by members of the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Annapolis Chorale. From its birth in 1974 to the present as the centerpiece of Live Arts Maryland, the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra has become one of the largest and most active performing ensembles in the region. Under the leadership of Music Director J. Ernest Green, the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra has earned a reputation for excellence, creativity and innovative programming.

Internationally acclaimed organist, Ken Cowan, Associate Professor of Organ at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas, will make his 25th. concert appearance in the Concert Series.

The 13th Annual Poetry Festival will be an expanded weekend long festival with multiple events at multiple venues and includes partner organizations The Bookplate, Rose O'Neil Literary House at WAC, Kent County Arts Council, Chester River Chorale and more.

Events include Chester River Chorale Concert April 25 at 4 p.m. at Kent County High School - Poetry & Song featuring KCHS Student poets; An evening with America's Fifth Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco, reading work from "How To Love A Country" and in interview with NPR Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan; and the annual Open Mic at BookPlate on Sun

Julia Mintzer enjoys a varied career in standard and contemporary repertoire in the United States and Europe. Hailed by Montreal’s La Presse as “a true Carmen: extremely sensual, with the grace of a serpent, the violence of a tiger, and a mezzo of penetrating depth,” Julia has performed principal roles at Washington National Opera, Die Semperoper Dresden, and The Glimmerglass Festival. Her concert engagements include Handel's Messiah with Boston Baroque, Washington National Cathedral, and the Toledo Symphony and Mozart's Requiem at Washington National Cathedral.

The 13th Annual Poetry Festival will be an expanded weekend long festival with multiple events at multiple venues and includes partner organizations The Bookplate, Rose O'Neil Literary House at WAC, Kent County Arts Council, Chester River Chorale and more.

Events include Chester River Chorale Concert April 25 at 4 p.m. at Kent County High School - Poetry & Song featuring KCHS Student poets; An evening with America's Fifth Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco, reading work from "How To Love A Country" and in interview with NPR Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan; and the annual Open Mic at BookPlate on Sun

Join RiverArts for its First Friday opening reception for its "Judged Fine Art and Craft" Show. This annual exhibition showcases the region;s finest art and craft. Works include painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture and fine craft including metal wood, fiber, ceramics, glass, and jewelry. This exhibit will continue through May 31.

The Department of Music presents the Washington College Symphonic Band (Keith Wharton, Director) and Jazz Ensemble (Jon Steele, Director). This event is FREE and open to the public.