Sunday, July 12, 2009
Magnes trip to the Oliver Ranch, Geyserville
10:00AM - 5:30PM
The Oliver Ranch
Geyserville
Join the Magnes for an exclusive concert at Ann Hamilton’s Acoustic Tower Project at the Oliver Ranch.
In 2007, the Judah L. Magnes Museum and guest curator Lawrence Rinder invited Shahrokh Yadegari to compose a digital sound installation to commemorate Cantor Reuben R. Rinder (1887-1966) of Congregation Emanu-El. The composition, Through Music, was inspired by Cantor Rinder’s archive, which is a part of the museum’s holdings. Please click here to watch the video about this beautiful composition.
On July 12, Shahrokh Yadegari will lead a group of renowned musicians in the first live performance of Through Music, the composition commissioned by the Judah L. Magnes Museum. Through Music blends diverse elements including a melody from one of Cantor Rinder's scores, text from the ancient Jewish priestly benediction and poems by the Sufi philosopher Rumi, along with classical Persian and electronic music and lyrics in Hebrew, Persian and English.
LOCATION
The Oliver Ranch is one of the most prestigious private art preserves in the country. The
Olivers commissioned Ann Hamilton to build the 18th site- specific structure on the ranch.
Hamilton’s eighty-feet, concrete and steel tower serves as an artwork in its own right, as well
as a unique performing arts venue.
COMPOSER
Shahrokh Yadegari is a composer and the head of the MFA program in sound design at the
Theatre and Dance Department of University of California, San Diego.
EVENT DETAILS
10:00AM: Board bus to the Oliver Ranch
1:00 – 2:00PM: Live performance of Through Music at Ann Hamilton’s Acoustic Tower Project
2:15PM: Board bus to lunch
2:30 – 4:00PM: Lunch at Clos du Bois Winery with special guest Shahrokh Yadegari
Board bus for return to the East Bay
RESERVATIONS
Priority will be given to Magnes Members at the Sponsor Level and above as space is limited.
Cost is $200 per person.
For more information email members@magnes.org.
For more information about the concert and to see photographs of Ann Hamilton's tower, go to http://towersounds.org/
The original installation of REVISIONS Shahrokh Yadegari: Through Music at the Magnes was made possible through grants from the Fleishhacker Foundation and the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts, along with generous support from Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco. The Magnes thanks Meyer Sound for providing the loudspeakers for this performance in the Ann Hamilton Acoustic Tower Project at the Oliver Ranch.
Event Committee
Linda Saag Baker, Co-Chair · Jackie Horwitz, Co-Chair
Olga Budker · Terry Friedkin · Riva Gambert · Frances D. Green · Nadine Joseph · Joan Mann · Alan Moskowitz · Patricia Motzkin · Lucy Rudolph · Susan Seeley
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Jews of the Fillmore - Opening Event
4:00 - 6:00PM
Jazz Heritage Center
1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
The Jews of the Fillmore is an exhibition about the San Francisco Jewish population that thrived at Fillmore and McAllister streets in the early twentieth century. Using the Magnes archives and supporting community resources, guest curator Fred Rosenbaum presents an historical account of the Jewish experience in the Fillmore.
This exhibition has been made possible by the Koret Foundation. Educational and outreach activities by Lehrhaus Judaica.
MUSEUM AND OFFICE CLOSURES
In honor of national and Jewish holidays, the museum will be closed on the following dates:
Friday, July 3, 2009
In honor of Independence Day, the Magnes and its offices will be closed all day.
Monday, September 7, 2009
In honor of Labor Day, the Magnes and its offices will be closed all day.
Friday, September 18, 2009
In honor of the eve of the first day of Rosh Hashana, the Magnes and its offices will close at 3:00 PM.
Monday, September 28, 2009
In honor of Yom Kippur, the Magnes and its offices will be closed all day.
Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2009
In honor of Thanksgiving, the Magnes and its offices will be closed all day.
Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25, 2009
In honor of Christmas, the Magnes and its offices will close at 3:00 PM on December 24th and be closed all day on December 25th.
Thursday, December 31, 2009 and Friday, January 1, 2010
In honor of New Years, the Magnes and its offices will be closed all day.