University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music
The mission of the School of Music is to advance the art of music and its related disciplines. It seeks to educate students in the various fields of the profession and to promote an understanding of music on the campus and in the larger community. The School endeavors to preserve diverse repertories and cultural traditions while also creating opportunities for artistic, intellectual, technological, and scholarly innovation in the realm of music. The School is dedicated to excellence in research, performance, composition, and teacher education, undertaken in a spirit of collaboration among its own constituents, as well as with those of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and the University at large. (more)
33 Variations(written and directed by Moisés Kaufman)
In 1819, fledgling publisher Anton Diabelli commissioned 50 composers to write a variation on a waltz he had created. Beethoven rejected the invitation, dismissing Diabelli’s waltz as ordinary. He then obsessively created 33 variations on Diabelli’s theme. Why? Kaufman’s play weaves Beethoven’s artistic journey together with that of Katherine, a contemporary musicologist wrestling to pin down the source of his inexplicable fascination with such an insignificant piece of music. Deciphering clues left behind in Beethoven’s notebooks and letters, Katherine delves into his compositional process and daily life – finding even greater insight into her own obsession with genius.
(link to information about the World Premiere at the Arena Stage, August 24 - September 30, 2007)
(link to about the West Coast premiere at LaJolla Playhouse, April 8 - May 4, 2008)
(link to information about the Broadway premiere at Eugene O'Neill Theatre, February 9 - May 29, 2008)
The Arietta Wines (web site) (Not associated with Arietta Music other than we're all good friends, and Bill Kinderman and Beethoven are inspirational forces behind this wine... in fact, Bill is playing the music linked to their site!)
Arietta Red Wine H Block Hudson Vineyards is a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The Cabernet Franc is solely from the 2.3 acre Hudson Vineyards H Block, a shy-bearing, volcanic, southwest facing slope, which naturally yields just three tons per acre... (more)
