Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and guitarist Roberto Capocchi for an interactive exploration and performance of J.S. Bach’s monumental Chaconne in D minor, one of the greatest pieces ever written for a solo instrument.
During the first part of the program, Roberto will play excerpts from the piece, and Oliver will lead us in getting to know the details and the larger sweep of the music, its contours and character, its powerful patterns and emotional climaxes. Along the way, Roberto will demonstrate myriad approaches to a single phrase and the nuances that make for an artistic performance and there will be opportunities for you to share your feelings and impressions of the music. After intermission, we’ll hear the piece performed in its entirety.
General admission: $25. Seating is limited.
Guitarist Roberto Capocchi was born in Brazil, where he studied classical guitar with Henrique Pinto and Brazilian jazz with Conrado Paulino. He later studied with Thomas Patterson at the University of Arizona, and privately with Jorge Caballero. Mr. Capocchi has recorded three CDs of solo and chamber music, and lives in Santa Fe, where he performs with the Santa Fe Opera, Desert Chorale, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, New Mexico Performance Arts Society, National Dance Institute, Guitar New Mexico, and other arts organizations.
Conductor and Arts Educator Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Performance Santa Fe, the Tanglewood Association of Volunteers, Road Scholar, and the Guilds of the Santa Fe and San Francisco Opera companies. As the music director and conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, he worked with community musicians and choristers, professional soloists, public school music students, composers, creative artists, and community partners from Santa Fe and northern New Mexico to present a wide variety of innovative performances, unique education programs, and community collaborations. He has presented programs on the relationship of art and music for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. Oliver was one of the founding teaching artists in Partners in Education’s ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers in the areas of music, poetry, visual art, theater, and dance. As the artistic advisor to the program, he trained teaching artists and classroom teachers, and coordinated with area poets, museums, and other arts organizations. He studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York City and the Pierre Monteux School for conductors in Hancock, Maine, and he was an Assistant Professor in the Contemporary Music Program at the College of Santa Fe and an instructor at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.