Stefania de Kenessey, Founder & Artistic Director
The New School University 65 West 11th street Rm 051
New York New York 10011 Tel/Fax 212-579-8997 E-mail: dekeness@newschool.edu

"...a classical revival that threatens to bury the avant garde is gaining momentum...at the forefront of this movement is the Derriere Guard, a group of painters, poets and composers" (The Utne Reader)

"...here is a generation that values skill, that values technique, that values being contrariwise... regime shift is underway, and this very festival is a sign of it..." (Tom Wolfe)


Saturday, Nov 13

FREE
at 4:00 pm GALLERY OPENING AND RECEPTION

New paintings by F. Scott Hess, Richard Piccolo, Edward Schmidt, Elizabeth Crawford, John Nava, Amy Weiskopf, Stephen Douglas, Ruprecht von Kaufman, Peter Zokosky, Ruth Weisberg, Jon Swihart, Wes Christensen and others.


Architectural drawings by Thomas Gordon Smith, Duncan McRoberts, Stephen Semes, Jonathan Lee, Richard Cameron, Richard Franklin Sammons, Stephen Sooter, Victor Deupi, Richard Economakis, Milton Grenfell, Elizabeth Guyton, Thomas Rajkovich, David Mayernik, Morgan Conolly & Hans Baldauf

Curated by Melissa Rosengard (art) & Richard Franklin Sammons (architecture)



$10.
at 8:00pm THE DRAMA OF SONG

A recital of vocal works and opera excerpts by composer/performers
Jake Heggie, Gordon Getty, Alva Henderson and Stefania de Kenessey,
introduced by poet/librettist Dana Gioia With Kristin Clayton, Susan Gundunas, Heidi Skok, Lisa Delan, sopranos; Peter Van Derick, baritone.



Sunday, November 14

$10.
at 4:00pm ART AT THE MILLENNIUM

On the future of art and architecture, moderated by Melissa Rosengard, Executive Director of the Western Museums Association, with Ruth Weisberg, Edward Schmidt, Richard Sammons and Grady Harp (Lizardi/Harp Gallery)



Friday, November 19

$10
at 8:00pm THE NEW VOICE OF POETRY

Influential poet and cultural critic Dana Gioia (Does Poetry Matter?) presents an evening of recent narrative and formal verse by the younger generation of West Coast poets, with Kay Ryan, Kim Addonizio, Chryss Yost


Saturday, November 20

$10.
at 4:00pm ART & TECHNOLOGY: BACK TO THE FUTURE

Noted poet and philosopher Frederick Turner, author of The Culture of Hope, gives a keynote address on the relation between classical form and modern technology, followed by readings from his poetry.



$10.
at 8:00 WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER

A concert of premieres by composer/performer Robert Ian Winstin, together with music by Bruce Polay, Daniel Dorf and Simon Sargon; with Mary Ringstad, soprano, and Ralph Delmonico, clarinet.



Sunday, November 21

$10.
at 3:00pm SOUNDS FROM THE BAY

A recital of new works for string quartet and chamber ensemble by California composers Nancy Bloomer Deussen, Darcy Reynolds, Sarah Michael, Giancarlo Aquilanti, Thomas Goss and Bruce Hamill. Performed by the Chamberlain Quartet; with Laurie Amat, soprano, and Delmar McComb, tenor.