Events and Opportunities for Families
You are invited to a free organ recital by Giancarlo Parodi
Saturday, Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m. in St. Vincent Basilica.
Born in Novi Ligure, in the Piedmont region of Italy on July 21, 1938, he graduated with diplomas in piano, organ and organ composition with the highest marks at the Conservatory "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa. After public examination, he won the Genoa Municipal scholarship as the best graduate of the year and obtained his diploma in music and choral teaching in the Magistrale Institutes and in the middle schools where he began his didactic experience.
Following a national competition and examination in 1968, he was awarded the chair of organ and organ composition at the "Bonporti" Conservatory of Music in Trent (1969-1986) and afterward at the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milan where he remained until his retirement in 2002.
He is professor emeritus of principal organ at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and is currently a professor of organ at the Diocesan School of Music "Santa Cecilia" in Brescia.
He held for two years the position of director of the Giacomo Puccini Music Institute in Gallarate. He has worked for a considerable number of years as a teacher at the Lower Venegono Seminary of the Diocese of Milan and at the Diocesan School of Sacred Music in Trent.
Since 1963 he has held the position of principal organist of the Roman Minor Basilica of S. Maria Assunta of Gallarate, and was president of the Association of Italian Church Organists for five years. He has been a member of the Diocesan Society of Sacred Music in Milan for more than 40 years, is founder and honorary chairman of the “Renato Lunelli" Association of Organists in Trent and the founder of the Franzosinian Studies Center of Intra (Piedmont).
He has held lecture-recitals and master classes for Cambridge University, the Music Academy of Gdansk and Warsaw, at the Organ Festival in Stockholm, Protestant Theological University of Seoul, Catholic University of Busan, "Episcopal Department of Liturgical Music" in Mexico, for Radio Switzerland, and numerous other places.
His intense concert activity as a soloist and in collaboration with orchestras, instrumentalists, choirs and singers has brought him all over Italy, across Europe, Russia, Siberia, the USA, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, offering him the possibility to perform in the most significant and important venues, including: the Academy of France (Villa Medici of Rome, live radio), Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, St. Francis Cathedral, Fresno's Theater (California), London's Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame, Paris, Verdi Hall of Milan, Verona Philharmonic Theater, the Genoa Liturgical Apostolate, Conservatory of Genoa, Conservatories of Bolzano, Turin, Rovigo, University of Tubingen, University of Malaga, Normal University of Pisa, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Milan, University of Trento, University of Palermo and others.
On several occasions he has been organist for liturgical celebrations presided over by the Holy Father, including that at St. Peter's in Rome for Centenary of Lorenzo Perosi. He also performed concerts as pianist and harpsichordist. He has collaborated with the Italian Association of St. Cecilia (AISC), holding conferences and concerts.
The most qualified national and international critics have recognized his ability to propose with interpretative clarity, style and taste, a vast repertoire including ancient, romantic, modern and contemporary organ schools. His performances have always received highly positive reviews by the press.
Composers of fame have dedicated pieces for organ to him, including D. Bartolucci, V. Miserachs Grau, G. Viozzi, T. Zardini, A. Zanon, P. Conti, A. Solbiati, R. Dionisi, A. Mascagni, L. Espinosa, E. Michelotti, C. Moser, L. Molfino, N. Vitone, L. Migliavacca, G. Pedemonti, G. Bellucci, I. Bianchi, C. Vaira, G. Facchinetti, F. Valdambrini, P. Ugoletti, A. Martorell, G. Radole, I. Danieli, S. Presciuttini, R. Olzer, A. Donini, F. Tasini, L. Bonoldi, L. Garbini, A. Mazzanti. P. Ferrario, R. Bracesco, V. Pasceri, and others.
He has done numerous recordings on television, cinema and radio for state and private institutions, both Italian and foreign. He has produced numerous recordings: over seventy LPs and CDs, with music by JS Bach and the Bach family, G. Valeri's sonatas, 12 Sonatas by Rampini (first world recording) and by various composers of the 1700s, the1800s and 1900s. His recent achievements in recordings include: the entire music for Harpsichord by Domenico Bartolucci; music by Italian contemporary authors; unpublished music from the Conservatory Library in Brescia; Mozart's music for organ; compositions by composers of Trent, music from the Italian 18th century and other miscellaneous recordings; two CDs of the historical organ of the Church of Suisio (Bergamo) with 19th century Italian music and the great organ of the Cathedral of Cremona with significant works of authors belonging to various schools of the nineteenth century. To make the recordings of ancient music he has always chosen organs of certain documentary value for their originality, historicity and artistic-monumental validity.
Saturday, Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m. in St. Vincent Basilica.
Born in Novi Ligure, in the Piedmont region of Italy on July 21, 1938, he graduated with diplomas in piano, organ and organ composition with the highest marks at the Conservatory "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa. After public examination, he won the Genoa Municipal scholarship as the best graduate of the year and obtained his diploma in music and choral teaching in the Magistrale Institutes and in the middle schools where he began his didactic experience.
Following a national competition and examination in 1968, he was awarded the chair of organ and organ composition at the "Bonporti" Conservatory of Music in Trent (1969-1986) and afterward at the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milan where he remained until his retirement in 2002.
He is professor emeritus of principal organ at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and is currently a professor of organ at the Diocesan School of Music "Santa Cecilia" in Brescia.
He held for two years the position of director of the Giacomo Puccini Music Institute in Gallarate. He has worked for a considerable number of years as a teacher at the Lower Venegono Seminary of the Diocese of Milan and at the Diocesan School of Sacred Music in Trent.
Since 1963 he has held the position of principal organist of the Roman Minor Basilica of S. Maria Assunta of Gallarate, and was president of the Association of Italian Church Organists for five years. He has been a member of the Diocesan Society of Sacred Music in Milan for more than 40 years, is founder and honorary chairman of the “Renato Lunelli" Association of Organists in Trent and the founder of the Franzosinian Studies Center of Intra (Piedmont).
He has held lecture-recitals and master classes for Cambridge University, the Music Academy of Gdansk and Warsaw, at the Organ Festival in Stockholm, Protestant Theological University of Seoul, Catholic University of Busan, "Episcopal Department of Liturgical Music" in Mexico, for Radio Switzerland, and numerous other places.
His intense concert activity as a soloist and in collaboration with orchestras, instrumentalists, choirs and singers has brought him all over Italy, across Europe, Russia, Siberia, the USA, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, offering him the possibility to perform in the most significant and important venues, including: the Academy of France (Villa Medici of Rome, live radio), Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, St. Francis Cathedral, Fresno's Theater (California), London's Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame, Paris, Verdi Hall of Milan, Verona Philharmonic Theater, the Genoa Liturgical Apostolate, Conservatory of Genoa, Conservatories of Bolzano, Turin, Rovigo, University of Tubingen, University of Malaga, Normal University of Pisa, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Milan, University of Trento, University of Palermo and others.
On several occasions he has been organist for liturgical celebrations presided over by the Holy Father, including that at St. Peter's in Rome for Centenary of Lorenzo Perosi. He also performed concerts as pianist and harpsichordist. He has collaborated with the Italian Association of St. Cecilia (AISC), holding conferences and concerts.
The most qualified national and international critics have recognized his ability to propose with interpretative clarity, style and taste, a vast repertoire including ancient, romantic, modern and contemporary organ schools. His performances have always received highly positive reviews by the press.
Composers of fame have dedicated pieces for organ to him, including D. Bartolucci, V. Miserachs Grau, G. Viozzi, T. Zardini, A. Zanon, P. Conti, A. Solbiati, R. Dionisi, A. Mascagni, L. Espinosa, E. Michelotti, C. Moser, L. Molfino, N. Vitone, L. Migliavacca, G. Pedemonti, G. Bellucci, I. Bianchi, C. Vaira, G. Facchinetti, F. Valdambrini, P. Ugoletti, A. Martorell, G. Radole, I. Danieli, S. Presciuttini, R. Olzer, A. Donini, F. Tasini, L. Bonoldi, L. Garbini, A. Mazzanti. P. Ferrario, R. Bracesco, V. Pasceri, and others.
He has done numerous recordings on television, cinema and radio for state and private institutions, both Italian and foreign. He has produced numerous recordings: over seventy LPs and CDs, with music by JS Bach and the Bach family, G. Valeri's sonatas, 12 Sonatas by Rampini (first world recording) and by various composers of the 1700s, the1800s and 1900s. His recent achievements in recordings include: the entire music for Harpsichord by Domenico Bartolucci; music by Italian contemporary authors; unpublished music from the Conservatory Library in Brescia; Mozart's music for organ; compositions by composers of Trent, music from the Italian 18th century and other miscellaneous recordings; two CDs of the historical organ of the Church of Suisio (Bergamo) with 19th century Italian music and the great organ of the Cathedral of Cremona with significant works of authors belonging to various schools of the nineteenth century. To make the recordings of ancient music he has always chosen organs of certain documentary value for their originality, historicity and artistic-monumental validity.
The Saint Vincent Gallery
Robert S. Carey Student Center, Third Floor
Mountains, Gardens, and Sky
A Walt Labys Retrospective
September 28 through November 5, 2017
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 28, 2017
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours
Tuesday through Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(You may want to visit during Step Up.)
Free and open to the public
Robert S. Carey Student Center, Third Floor
Mountains, Gardens, and Sky
A Walt Labys Retrospective
September 28 through November 5, 2017
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 28, 2017
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours
Tuesday through Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(You may want to visit during Step Up.)
Free and open to the public
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2017 Poetry Out Loud contest for high school students
The Basics!
Nearly 4500 high schools across the country and 112 high schools in Pennsylvania participate in the annual Poetry Out Loud (POL) national recitation contest! Join us! Your high school’s champion will participate in the regional finals; the regional champion will participate in the state finals. Our region includes Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties. The state champion will travel expense-free to Washington, DC for the national finals.
Poetry Out Loud is a free program offered to every high school student in Pennsylvania. Poetry Out Loud encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Studying literature, including poetry, practicing speaking, listening, language and reading skills strongly supports your district’s curriculum. You may see the teachers’ guide at: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/teaching-resources/teacher-preparation
Getting involved
What Must Students Do?
Choose a poem from the POL anthology to memorize and recite. Nearly 800 are on-line. SOME POEMS HAVE BEEN RETIRED. GO TO http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/ineligible-poems
The Winner . . . . Each school’s winner will then participate in the regional contest scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2017 at SAMA Ligonier.
Go to poetryoutloud.org, call Jess Campbell 814.472.3922 or jcampbell@sama-art.org. Please complete the Intent to Participate form, return it by December 1, 2017 (sooner is better), and we’ll keep you informed as plans for the regional contest progress.
The Basics!
Nearly 4500 high schools across the country and 112 high schools in Pennsylvania participate in the annual Poetry Out Loud (POL) national recitation contest! Join us! Your high school’s champion will participate in the regional finals; the regional champion will participate in the state finals. Our region includes Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties. The state champion will travel expense-free to Washington, DC for the national finals.
Poetry Out Loud is a free program offered to every high school student in Pennsylvania. Poetry Out Loud encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Studying literature, including poetry, practicing speaking, listening, language and reading skills strongly supports your district’s curriculum. You may see the teachers’ guide at: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/teaching-resources/teacher-preparation
- The teachers’ guide offers suggestions so that you can customize the program to meet your time & schedule constraints.
- The guide also suggests ways to teach recitation and performance, a DVD of distinguished actors and writers reciting and talking about poetry, media guides, and promo materials.
- Teachers and students have access to the website and support materials that include nearly 800 poems, media guides and more.
Getting involved
- Individual or groups of teachers, a school club, or the entire school may participate
- Teachers can determine the extent of their participation. For example, incorporate POL into a unit of study, perhaps culminating in recitations by each student in front of the class.
- Offer the program as an extra credit project, after school program’s project, or use some or all of the lesson plans offered on-line teacher’s guide.
- Whatever you plan, the end result should be one winner from your school who will participate in the regional contest scheduled for Tuesday, January 23 at 6:30 pm at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier. Snow date: Thursday, January 25 at 6:30 pm.
What Must Students Do?
Choose a poem from the POL anthology to memorize and recite. Nearly 800 are on-line. SOME POEMS HAVE BEEN RETIRED. GO TO http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/ineligible-poems
- Recitations may not include props, costumes, or music. Some gestures and minimal movement may, however, be appropriate to a given poem.
The Winner . . . . Each school’s winner will then participate in the regional contest scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2017 at SAMA Ligonier.
- Participants will prepare three (3) poems to recite.
- The regional winner will participate in the state competition on March 4 & 5, 2018.
- The state winner will receive $200 and an all-expense paid trip (with a chaperone) to Washington, DC to compete for the national championship in May.
- The state winner’s school will receive a $500 stipend to purchase poetry books. A runner-up in each state will receive $100 with $200 for his/her school to purchase poetry books.
Go to poetryoutloud.org, call Jess Campbell 814.472.3922 or jcampbell@sama-art.org. Please complete the Intent to Participate form, return it by December 1, 2017 (sooner is better), and we’ll keep you informed as plans for the regional contest progress.
