Glassworks Sonic Visions
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
7:00 PM
Music Building - Choral Hall
A Film and Orchestra Collaboration
with
The School of Film and Media Studies
Prof. Joel Neville Anderson
The Purchase Symphony Orchestra
Prof. Mina Kim, Director
This event is the culmination of the weekly School of Film and Media Studies 2023-24 Screening Series. “Glassworks Sonic Visions” is the result of a year of collaboration between the Purchase Symphony Orchestra and Experimental Workshop filmmakers. Crafting visuals in response to Glassworks (1982) composed by Philip Glass, the filmmakers have produced a series of short pieces as accompaniment to the orchestra’s performance. They have also produced visual interludes between Glass’s original movements for musicians to respond to with improvisation as well as a new selection of eclectic musical arrangements chosen in response to the images, a dynamic volley of picture and sound that will produce something entirely new witnessed for the first and last time by tonight’s audience.
The project arose during a West 2 parking lot conversation between Conservatory of Music Director Jenny Undercofler and Film Chair John Young on experimental music, and developed by Professors Mina Kim and Joel Neville Anderson. The Sonic Visions initiative is crafted to offer students a rare chance to delve into a rich tradition of avant-garde art intertwining film and music carried on from the “silent” era of early cinema, producing innovative moving images to accompany a live musical performance. This project champions the fusion of diverse musical elements and cinematic concepts, traditions, and groundbreaking innovations, creating a nurturing space where students can explore and manifest their unique visions without constraints. Our aim is to transcend the traditional boundaries of music and film genres, encouraging students to venture beyond conventional frameworks. This paves the way for the emergence of novel and distinctive forms of musical and cinematic expression. We invite you to embark on this exciting journey with us, as we strive to transform the realms of music and film as we know them.
Repertoire
1. Overture
Visuals created by Ian Justino
Music composed by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sanglots from Banalités ,FP 107
Sophia Orrico, Soprano
Mina Kim, Piano
2. Movement No.1, Opening
Visuals created by Samuel Spione
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
Naseer Ashraf, Piano
3. Bridge #1
Visuals created by Andy Rolfs
Music composed by Sonny Rollins
“Blue 7”
Purchase Jazz Ensemble
4. Movement No.2, Floe
Visuals created by Aracelie Colon
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
PSO and Purchase Jazz Students
5. Bridge #2
Visuals created by Amani Jamal
Music composed by Ivan Trevino (1983 - )
Shared Space for Percussion Ensemble (2015)
Purchase Percussion Ensemble
6. Movement No.3, Islands
Visuals created by Mateo Andres Nieto-Buie
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
PSO and Purchase Jazz Students
7. Bridge #3
Visuals created by Sebastian Alexander Bass
Music composed by Roy Hargrove Quintet
Soulful
Purchase Jazz Ensemble
8. Movement No.4, Rubric
Visuals created by Sarah Reeves
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
PSO and Purchase Jazz Students
9. Bridge #4
Visuals created by Fred Midgley
Music composed by Emmanuel Séjourné (1961- )
Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2015)
Christopher Atkins, Marimba
Naseer Ashraf, Piano
10. Movement No.5, Facades
Visuals created by Erika Ming Nilsen
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
PSO and Purchase Jazz Students
11. Bridge #5
Visuals created by Hudson Flynn
Music ,Live improvisation by Purchase Jazz Ensemble
12. Movement No.6, Closing
Visuals created by Liam Hisashi Schoenholt
Music composed by Philip Glass (1937- )
PSO and Purchase Jazz Students
Performers
Experimental Workshop Filmmakers
- Sebastian Alexander Bass
- Aracelie Colon
- Hudson Flynn
- Amani Jamal
- Ian Justino
- Fred Midgley
- Mateo Andres Nieto-Buie
- Erika Ming Nilsen
- Andy Rolfs
- Sarah Reeves
- Liam Hisashi Schoenholt
- Samuel Spione
Purchase Symphony Orchestra
The Purchase Symphony Orchestra is composed of the dedicated and talented students of the Conservatory of Music. Students rehearse six hours a week as a large group and spend additional time in studio classes and sectionals. The Orchestra is proud to present the works of classical composers from the Age of Enlightenment to the present day.
*Denotes Principal
Flute
- Taylor Daniels*
- Honoko Saeki
- Eni Karahoda
- Jessica Rinston
Clarinet
- Alba Morales-Millan*
- Alex Yu
Bass Clarinet
- Jasper Biski
- Soprano Saxophone
- Henry Fernandez
- Nathan Cattell
Tenor Saxophone
- Matthew Levine
- Conor Smith
- Jasper Biski
Horn
- Nicholas Nerone*
- Steven Sherts
Percussion
- Diego Zavaleta*
- Daniel Knipscher*
- Christian McCarthy
- Christopher Atkins
- Nicholas Esposito
- Mani Jones
- John Porcelli
Viola
- Emma Musial*
- Everett Borman
- Amy Selig
- Hannah Selin
Cello
- Frida Rahmani*
- Scarlette Hashimoto
- Hanna Walker
- Allison Smith
Double Bass
- Christopher Wygonik
- Gabe Schmid-Doyl
Drums
- Aidan Carberry
Piano/ DX7
- Naseer Ashraf
- Kevin Timmons
- Mina Kim
Marimba Solo
- Christopher Atkins
Soprano
- Sophia Orrico
Creative Team
| Title | Staff |
| Artistic Director | Joel Neville Anderson |
| Music Director and Conductor | Mina Kim |
| Assistant Music Director | Henry Fernandez |
| Recording Engineers | Cadence Plenge and Kevin Wulf |
| Stage Managers |
Hank McPhillips Cara Rozas |
| Assistant Stage Managers |
Tressa Cortright Philip Fletcher |
| PSO Manager | Henry Fernandez |
| PSO Librarian | Eni Karahoda |
Special Thanks To:
- David DeJesus
- Paula Halperin
- Daniel Kang
- Howard Kenty
- Adam Pietrykowski
- Michael Scarnati
Glassworks by Phillip Glass is presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.
Performer Profiles
Mina Kim
The upcoming 2023-2024 season promises a dynamic repertoire under her guidance, encompassing symphonic, operatic, and contemporary masterpieces. A key highlight will be the fusion of the Purchase Soul Voices with the PSO in a moving celebration of Black History Month. Furthermore, in an innovative cross-genre endeavor, she and the PSO will synergize with the School of Film and Media Studies at Purchase College to sculpt a novel exhibition, adorned with the ethereal compositions of Philip Glass. Her career pinnacle moments comprise collaborations with virtuosos like Joshua Bell on Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto and the GRAMMY-nominated artist, Black Violin.
Beyond the conductor’s podium, Ms. Kim is an active concert pianist, vocal coach, and chamber musician. Her keyboard has echoed in concert halls worldwide, from the Kennedy Center to Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Renowned music festivals like the Vienna Music Seminar in Austria and Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine have been graced by her artistry, as have international opera programs in Europe.
Rooted in a solid academic foundation, Ms. Kim possesses a B.M, M.M., and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance from Busan National University and Purchase College. She has also been conferred with the Professional Studies Diploma in Vocal Collaborative Piano from the Mannes School of Music, where she shone as the recipient of the Newton Swift Award. Her academic sojourn at Mannes deepened with orchestral conducting studies supported by the President’s Scholarship Award. During her tenure there, she served as Assistant Conductor of the Mannes American Contemporary Ensemble (MACE) and Chorus Master of The Mannes Opera.
Since 2006, the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase College has been home. Currently at the helm as Chair of Classical Studies, she continues to illuminate young minds, acting not just as a professor, but a cherished mentor, guiding students through the mosaic world of music.
Joel Neville Anderson
Joel Neville Anderson is Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Film at Purchase College, State University of New York. Research and teaching encompass personal documentary, community media, experimental film/video, environmental justice, Japanese cinema, and film festival studies. Dr. Anderson’s writing appears in Studies in Documentary Film, Millennium Film Journal, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Film Comment, Afterimage, Hyperallergic, Senses of Cinema, Film on the Faultline, and the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Cinema. He programmed JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, the largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema in North America, from 2014-2021.