Ars Vitalis

The New Jersey New Music Forum

          Dr. Matthew Halper, Artistic Director

          Vincent J. Manzo, Assistant Director

Ars Vitalis is an arts initiative at Kean University which showcases the works of prominent New Jersey area composers.  In addition to providing a concert forum for the presentation of vital new works of music, Ars Vitalis features a pre-concert panel discussion with the invited composers offering the audience an opportunity to meet the people behind the music.  Under the artistic direction of Dr. Matthew Halper, Ars Vitalis introduces audiences to the allure, the drama and impact of the living art of contemporary music composition.

Spring 2008 Concert:
     Wednesday, April 16, 2008
     Kean Hall
     Kean University
     1000 Morris Avenue
     Union, NJ 07083

     Concert: 8:00 PM

        Grand American Rhapsody - Robert Rocco
        Semi-Suite - Paul Lansky
        Breakaway - David Sampson
        Hop(2) - Paul Lansky
        Cigar Smoke - Robert Rowe

        

      Featured Performers:

        Robert Rocco, radio baton
        Christopher Kenniff, guitar
        Charles Bumcrot, trumpet
        Jerry Bryant, trumpet
        James Musto, percussion
        Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet with interactive music system

For more information, please contact the
Wilkins Theatre Box Office at (908) 737-SHOW (7469) or the
Department of Music at (908) 737-4330.

Admission is FREE to all Ars Vitalis events.

Ars Vitalis is made possible in part through a HEART Grant from the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders

and through the generous support of:

The Department of Music; The School of Visual and Performing Arts; The Kean University Concert Artist Program; and the Kean Federation of Teachers (KFT).

Kean University Home Page
Email: arsvital@kean.edu