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Princeton Festival Announces Free Lectures, Workshops, Outdoor and Indoor Performances May 29 - June 12

PRINCETON, NJ (May 28, 2019) – The Princeton Festival (www.princetonfestival.org) will present an exceptionally varied program of lectures and other events from now through the end of June. All are free and open to the public, but some require advance registration. The following list covers Wednesday May 29 through Wednesday June 12. More information is available at https://princetonfestival.org/event/.

Exhibit of Music-Inspired Art by A-TEAM

Now through May 31, Thomas Sweet Cafe, Skillman

Paintings by A-TEAM artists, affiliated with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, will be displayed for sale.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-ateam/

Discussion | Artists’ Round Table

May 29, 6:30 pm, Erdman Center, Princeton Theological Seminary

20 Library Place, Princeton

Opera artists and production staff discuss the pleasures and perils faced on stage and off as they bring the opera Nixon in China to life. Q&A session to follow.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-artists-round-table/

Performance | Music Under the Stars

May 31, 7:00 pm

Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater

Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve

Route 206 and Mountain Avenue, Princeton

Young artists from the casts of the Festival’s 2019 opera Nixon in China and musical She Loves Me will sing audience favorites. Partner: Princeton Public Library.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/music-under-the-stars/

Opera Workshop | Music That Tells a Story

Part 1: Workshop, choice of three times/venues starting June 1. For full information see https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-opera-workshop/

Two-part intergenerational program: opera workshop, plus backstage tour & performance of Princeton Festival’s Nixon in China. Pre-registration is required.

Lecture | Women in the American Musical Theater

June 4 at 7 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon, Princeton

Princeton University professor Stacy Wolf discusses what women do in musical theater and why it matters, from the 1950s to today – including She Loves Me.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-lecture-wolf/

Festival Preview

June 6 at 7 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Sneak peek: singers perform selections from this season’s opera Nixon in China and musical She Loves Me. Directors discuss the productions.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-season-preview/

Film | From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

June 10 at 7:30 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Academy Award-winning documentary of the great violinist’s tour of mainland China. The first Western musician to visit after the disastrous Cultural Revolution. Stern gives concerts and master classes to music students.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/film-from-mao-to-mozart/

Lecture | 20^th Century Music: John Adams

June 11 at 7 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Rider University professor Stephen Arthur Allen will show how the composer of Nixon in China uses orchestral color and other techniques to give the audience a rich experience in sound.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-lecture-allen/

Lecture | The Emperor’s New Sounds: Baroque Music in China

June 12 at 7 pm, Mary Jacobs Memorial Library

64 Washington Road, Rocky Hill

Scholar, musician, and director of a Baroque music ensemble, John Burkhalter will discuss the impulse behind the study of Western music and instruments by Chinese emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Pre-registration is required.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2019-lecture-burkhalter/

For ticket information and a complete listing of event in the Princeton Festival 2019 season, visit www.princetonfestival.org or call 609.258.ARTS (2787).