by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Feb 28, 2024
Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II – flute
Amanda Densmoor – soprano
Yejin Lee – piano
We’ve curated a beautiful program, and we’d love for you to join us!
Ricetti gramezza e pavento (J. S. Bach)
Villanelle (Eva Dell’acqua)
Portrait (Cécile Chaminade)
Three Irish Folk Songs (John Corigliano)
Bird Song (Michael Head)
2 movements from Four Fugitive Pieces, Op. 15 (Clara Schumann)
Trois odelettes Anacréontiques (Maurice Emmanuel)
Ah vous dirais-je maman (Adolphe Adam)
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Jan 21, 2024
Our next musical afternoon promises to be another special one, featuring a captivating ensemble of Flute, Soprano with piano. We’ve curated a beautiful program, and we’d love for you to join us!
Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II – flute
Amanda Densmoor – soprano
Yejin Lee – piano
Date/Schedule:
Saturday, February 24
3:30pm: Doors open for socializing with wine and cheese
4pm: Concert begins
5pm: Concert concludes
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Save the date! We look forward to having you here again. Thank you very much for your interest and support!
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Warm regards,
Matinee.M House Concert Series Team
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Jan 21, 2024
On Saturday, February 17th at 11:00 AM, Dr. Ceylon Mitchell (flute) and Dr. Felipe Garibaldi (guitar) perform duo works by Brazilian American Clarice Assad, a Grammy nominated composer renowned for her evocative colors, rich textures, and diverse stylistic range. “Tríptico (Triptych)” is a three-movement suite inspired by popular Brazilian rhythmic concepts such as frevo, choro, and canção. “As Cores de Tomie” is a collection of four songs inspired by works and concepts of Japanese-Brazilian artist Tomie Ohtake (1913-2015).
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Oct 4, 2021
Flutist Ceylon Mitchell and friends present works honoring the musical heritage of Cuba and Brazil. Brazilian choro is a musical genre with roots in African syncopated rhythms and European dance forms, including the lundú, the polka, and the habanera, creating a very unique style. The improvisatory nature of choro mirrors that of North American jazz and virtuosity is a hallmark of the style. The Cuban flute tradition represents dance music at the heart of Cuban national and cultural identity with flute, piano, strings, and Cuban percussion as the core ensemble. Starting with the danzón and extending to other genres like the cha cha cha, mambo, and salsa, its elements include centuries-old European court dances, rhythmic complexity based on the clave pattern from the African Congo Basin, and a flute ornamentation style similar to the late-Baroque and early-Classical flute traditions.
Ceylon will also participate in a brief conversation about his work and talk a little about how the pandemic has changed or charged his practice as an artist and as a marketer.
by Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II | Oct 4, 2021
Ceylon Mitchell, Flute: DMA Recital from The Clarice on Vimeo.
Ceylon Mitchell II, a DMA flute student with Dr. Sarah Frisof, performs works by the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. Featuring traditional tonality and Baroque era forms, avant-garde and aleatoric techniques, and Afro-Cuban strains, the program selections span Brouwer’s three stages of composition and represent his eclectic sound universe. Throughout his output, his music is a kind of musical cartography and allegory of Latin America, with its most emblematic landscapes, characters and cultures. Passages with controlled indeterminacy and extended techniques in the musical forces (flute, guitar, and piano) create fascinating textures and colorful soundscapes connected to ancient and modern Latin American literature and culture.
PROGRAM
Sonata Para Flauta Sola (1960)
-Preludio
-Tonada
-Pequeña Toccata
Sonata Mitologia De Las Aguas No.1 (2009)
-Nacimiento del Amazonas
-El Lago escondido de los Mayas
*Cristian Perez, guitar
Leo Brouwer: La Region Mas Transparente (1982)
*Alex Kostadinov, piano
