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Chris Thile - February 5

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Photo by Cassandra Jenkins

Chris Thile, mandolin

Saturday, February 5, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn

Charles Ives: Symphony no. 3, "The Camp Meeting" 
Chris Thile: Ad astra alas porci (To the stars on the wings of a pig)
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (original version)

 

Single tickets on sale at 8:30 a.m. on August 2
For tickets click here 
or call 319.273.4TIX or 877.549.SHOW (toll-free)
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In a concert brimming with American authenticity, Grammy Award winner Chris Thile's performance of his own mandolin concerto is bookended by two Pulitzer Prize winning compositions. Thile has elevated the mandolin from a simple folk instrument to one capable of sophisticated jazz and classical performance. He's played sold-out concerts around the world with his band Punch Brothers and has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and the Dixie Chicks. Copland's Appalachian Spring closes the evening as a 20th century counterpart to Thile's 21st century concerto.

Join us before the concert at 6:30 p.m. for Concert Conversations in Jebe Hall. Stay after and enjoy drinks, desserts, and live music in the lobby during our Fíne celebration.

  
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