York College Division of Music explores creative connections in upcoming symposium and Candlelight Concert
Posted October 22, 2004FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
York College has expanded on its traditional Candlelight Concert Series by exploring the creative connection found in several of the fine arts - music, art and poetry. On Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. in the Music, Art and Communication Center Recital Hall, the poetry and art of Alvaro Cardona-Hine and Barbara McCauley will accent the performance of Cardona-Hine's song cycle on the poems by Irish poet, J.M. Synge, entitled "Where Nets Are Laid."
Cardona-Hine and McCauley will present their poetry and art, while performing artist faculty members of the York College Division of Music will perform four songs of Cardona-Hine's collection. Performing artist faculty members include Dr. Frederick Schreiner, tenor; Linda Anderson-Baer, soprano; Alicia Kosack, flute; Susan Loy, clarinet; Melvin Baer, violin and harpsichord; Rachael Kauffman, cello; and Kenneth Osowski, piano.
Symposium on music, art and poetry
In addition, Cardona-Hine and McCauley will lead a symposium on music, art and poetry prior to the concert on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Music, Art and Communication Center Recital Hall. The symposium will describe the connection between music, art and poetry and discuss the creative process.
About Cardona-Hine and McCauley
Born in San Jose, Costa Rica, Cardona-Hine has lived in the United States since 1939 and is a self-taught artist practicing three disciplines: painting, writing and musical composition. McCauley began painting and drawing in her teens and studied drawing for two years at UCLA before pursuing a 30-year writing career. She returned to drawing and then painting in 1991. Cardona-Hine and McCauley currently reside in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico, where they have located their studios as well as the Cardona-Hine Gallery.
For more information on the symposium and Candlelight Concert, contact Dr. Frederick Schreiner at (717) 815-1258.
For more information on Cardona-Hine and McCauley, visit their Web site at www.cardonahinegallery.com.
Pictured: "Horus" by Alvaro Cardona-Hine, 1993
