"Music and Social Justice: Some Observations" Guest Speaker Henry Mollicone.

When:  12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
Where:  Student Center, Vander Vennet Theatre

Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow
HENRY MOLLICONE
Opera composer; conductor

A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Henry Mollicone has served on various panels for The National Endowment for the Arts. He is Associate Director of the Ernest Bloch Music Festival in Newport, Oregon, and Director of its composers' symposium. Mr. Mollicone’s one-act operas—Emperor Norton, Starbird, and The Mask of Evil—have been performed extensively. His The Face on the Barroom Floor, a recipient of the American Composers' Recording Award, is one of America 's most-performed contemporary operas and has also been produced in several European countries. His full-length operas include Coyote Tales and Hotel Eden. Mr. Mollicone has also written works for orchestra, voice, chorus, ballet, film, television, and theater. His pieces have been performed by distinguished artists including JoAnn Falletta, Frederica Von Stade, Erie Mills, and Maria Spacagna. In 1976, Mr. Mollicone was a musical assistant to Leonard Bernstein for the show 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and from 1971 to 1976 he was an assistant conductor at the New York City Opera. He is currently Music Director of the Winchester Orchestra of San Jose and the South Valley Symphony.