AIDS Benefit Concert

Please join us for an evening of great music in honor of those affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. All proceeds will be donated to the Joshua Gomes Memorial Scholarship Fund, a local Denver organization that awards scholarships to HIV-positive college students. Find more information about this wonderful organization here: www.joshuagomes.org

Half of the program will feature music directly... [read more]

Please join us for an evening of great music in honor of those affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. All proceeds will be donated to the Joshua Gomes Memorial Scholarship Fund, a local Denver organization that awards scholarships to HIV-positive college students. Find more information about this wonderful organization here: www.joshuagomes.org

Half of the program will feature music directly related to AIDS -- works by composers who currently live with or have died of AIDS, as well as works based on the subject of AIDS. The other half will consist of late works by Franz Schubert, a 19th century composer whose battle and premature death due to syphilis closely resembles the experiences of composers affected by AIDS.

FEATURED PERFORMERS:
Adam Ewing, Baritone
Marcus Ostermiller, Piano
Oaklea Rowe, Soprano
Clayton Vaughn, Cello

PROGRAM:
Franz Schubert: Three Lieder from Schwanengesang (Swan Song): "Liebesbotschaft" (Love's Message), "Ständchen" (Serenade), and "In der Ferne" (In the Distance)

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major, D. 959

-Intermission-

Three Songs from the AIDS Quilt Songbook: "Fury" by Donald Wheelock, "Walt Whitman in 1989" by Chris DeBlasio, and "The Enticing Lane" by Stephen Houtz

Robert Savage: Elegy for cello and piano
Fred Hersch: Tango Bittersweet for cello and piano

Robert Savage: AIDS Ward Scherzo for solo piano

[Reception to follow the concert]

TICKETS:
Adults $25, Seniors/Students $20 & contributions,
Newman Center Box Office 303-871-7720 • www.newmantix.com
Tickets purchased at the Newman Center Box Office in person have no service charge.

If you are unable to attend the concert, but would still like to make a donation, you may do so through the Newman Center's Box Office.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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