EVENT: USAO Celebrates Music of Genius Leonard Bernstein
DATE: Feb. 23-28
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A weeklong festival examining the music and life of educator, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is scheduled at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Feb. 23-28.
The Bernstein Festival of Music and Ideas at USAO is the fifth event in a series. Also known as “The Five Bs,” the weeklong series of festivals began in fall 2007 as a means to explore the music of five genius composers whose lives cover 350 years of history and whose last names coincidentally begin with the letter “B.” So far these have included Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Bela Bartok.
The music of Bernstein will be featured for five nights that include two concerts, a showing of the classic movie On The Waterfront, and two nights of West Side Story. Each event is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in different locations on campus and is free and open to the public.
Special guest conductor and world-renowned violinist Yuval Waldman will return as guest performer and director of the festival. Local, national, and campus musicians and singers will join Waldman for Bernstein performances throughout the week.
More information about the event is available online at www.TheFiveBs.com. The Festival of Music and Ideas is presented with support from the Kirkpatrick Foundation and the USAO Foundation.