BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//130.74.126.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for the Study of Southern Culture X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25325@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T154142Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Discussion\,Lecture\,South Talks CONTACT:Afton Thomas\; amthoma4@olemiss.edu DESCRIPTION:At noon Nov. 3 in the Paris-Yates Chapel on the University of M ississippi campus\, Adam Guettel\, Blake McIver and Mary Donnelly Haskell will have a conversation about Elizabeth Spencer’s novella “The Light in t he Piazza\,” which was made into a musical.\nIn celebration of Mississippi writer Elizabeth Spencer’s one hundredth birthday\, the University of Mis sissippi Department of Music is staging a November 2021 production of “The Light in the Piazza\,” a musical based on Spencer’s novella of the same n ame. In conjunction with this production\, the department is presenting Pi azza composer\, lyricist\, and orchestrator Adam Guettel in a residency of public programing that explores Spencer\, her novella\, Guettel’s rationa le for and process of creating a musical from Spencer’s work\, and the the mes\, characters and concepts revealed in both pieces.\nGuettel is a compo ser steeped in the opera and musical theatre traditions of America. The gr andson of Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers and Hammerstein) and son of writer/c omposer Mary Rodgers\, Guettel is well-versed in the history of American m usical theatre forms. As a Tony Award-winning composer in his own right\, his work is helping move those forms forward. “The Light in the Piazza” wa s nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won six\, including two for Guettel for original score and orchestration.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211103T130000 LOCATION:Paris-Yates Chapel @ 60 Chapel Lane\, University\, MS 38677 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“Light in the Piazza” Conversation URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/light-in-the-piazza-conversat ion/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nAt noon Nov. 3 in the Paris-Yates Chapel on the University of Mississip pi campus\, Adam Guettel\, Blake McIver and Mary Donnelly Haskell will hav e a conversation about Elizabeth Spencer’s novella “The Light in the Piazz a\,” which was made into a musical.
\nIn celebration of Missi ssippi writer Elizabeth Spencer’s one hundredth birthday\, the University of Mississippi Department of Music is staging a November 2021 production of “The Light in the Piazza\, ” a musical based on Spencer’s novella of the same name. In conjunc tion with this production\, the department is presenting Piazza composer\, lyricist\, and orchestrator Adam Guettel in a residency of public program ing that explores Spencer\, her novella\, Guettel’s rationale for and proc ess of creating a musical from Spencer’s work\, and the themes\, character s and concepts revealed in both pieces.
\nGuettel is a composer stee ped in the opera and musical theatre traditions of America. The grandson o f Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers and Hammerstein) and son of writer/composer Mary Rodgers\, Guettel is well-versed in the history of American musical t heatre forms. As a Tony Award-winning composer in his own right\, his work is helping move those forms forward. “The Light in the Pi azza” was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won six\, including two for Guettel for original score and orchestration.
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