ed rothstein to host (un) Silent Film night with original score composed by school of jazz student nathan kamal

The College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra Will Perform the Original Score on Friday, May 13, at 7pm

Students performed Nathan Kamal's original score onstage in the Tishman Auditorium during (Un)Silent Film Night

The New School’s College of Performing Arts is pleased to welcome the public for the third edition of its (Un)Silent Film Night series, in which the College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra will perform Jazz student Nathan Kamal's original score to Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece The Birds. The event is hosted by Ed Rothstein, Critic at Large at The Wall Street Journal and Hitchcock devotee. This production follows November 2015’s edition of (Un)Silent Film Night which was hosted by actor, clown, and comedian Bill Irwin. The inaugural event in April 2015, hosted by Matthew Broderick, also drew a capacity crowd to the 800-plus- seat Tishman Auditorium at the University Center.

The upcoming (Un)Silent Film Night will take place Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7pm at the Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003. Admission is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations required.

Hitchcock’s 1963 horror film The Birds, the chilling tale of a series of unexplained and gruesome bird attacks on people in Bodega Bay, California, is critically acclaimed as one of the legend’s greatest works. The film, described as “unflawed” by esteemed critic David Thomson, is renowned as a stunning example of Hitchcock’s masterful application of psychological tension. Instead of a conventional score, Hitchcock used sparse source music and sound effects to emphasize deliberate silences.

In (Un)Silent Film Night, the College of Performing Arts Theater Orchestra—featuring students from both Mannes School of Music and The School of Jazz—will improvise a full score with Kamal’s “musical sketches” as a guide to Hitchcock’s originally scoreless classic film. Out of Kamal’s respect for Hitchcock’s vision, the rich “natural” sounds of the film serve as the starting point for the new score, and the spontaneous quality of the musicianship will fit with the spirit of Hitchcock’s mammoth capacity for invention. The orchestra will use a broad sonic vocabulary ranging from lush chorale harmonic textures to extreme dissonance and extended techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQW1ZLsEPA0

Richard Kessler, Executive Dean for the College of Performing Arts, said, “(Un)Silent Film Night demonstrates the potential that students and faculty are able to realize now that Mannes, the School of Jazz and the School of Drama have been brought together in our new College of Performing Arts. The program—like so many programs in the current professional arts landscape—brings together multiple art forms in a single production, and allows students to collaborate across disciplines.”

 

The College of Performing Arts is a progressive artistic center housed within The New School, in one of the world’s greatest performing arts cities, New York City. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs for aspiring musicians, composers, actors, directors, writers, and performers of all kinds through three renowned schools: Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama. Students have the valuable opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies throughout a comprehensive university, The New School. The College of Performing Arts nurtures individual artists in order to cultivate fearless risk takers who value real-world relevance, pursue excellence, and embrace collaboration. Celebrated faculty mentors guide students to take their place as artistic leasers who can make a positive difference in the world today.

Founded in 1919, The New School was born out of principles of academic freedom, tolerance, and experimentation. Committed to social engagement, The New School today remains in the vanguard of innovation in higher education, with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students challenging the status quo in design and the social sciences, liberal arts, management, the arts, and media. The New School welcomes thousands of adult learners annually for continuing education courses and calendar of lectures, screenings, readings, and concerts. Through its online learning portals, research institutes, and international partnerships, The New School maintains a global presence. Learn more at www.newschool.edu.

 

 

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