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To Light the Darkness: An Artistic Residency – Through the Dark Woods: Dante in Art and Music

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To Light the Darkness: An Artistic Residency – Through the Dark Woods: Dante in Art and Music

When
February 27, 2016
Where
University of St Thomas – Cullen Hall
4001 Mt Vernon
Houston,TX 77006
Cost
$2 - $145.00
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Brigid’s Place, The Jung Center, Christ Church Cathedral and The Hine’s Center present The Through the Dark Woods: Dante in Art and Music Saturday, February 27 at 7pm at Cullen Hall, St. Thomas University.

A multi-media journey through Dante’s The Divine Comedy, featuring eleven centuries of music and art, including Michelangelo, Botticelli, Dore, Rossetti, Gregorian plainchant, Medieval Cantigas, and gorgeous works by Schubert, Gounod, Ysaye and Arvo Part, performed by Julija Zibrat, violin and Kayleen Asbo, piano.

Audience members have raved: 
“There really aren’t words for what this offers, but I’ll try: pure passion”

“I had no idea that Dante could both teach me so much and be so much fun”

To Light the Darkness: An Artistic Residency in Houston, Texas
February 25-28, 2016

Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D  is an acclaimed cultural historian, musician, writer and teacher who passionately weaves together myth, psychology, history, and the arts with experiential learning.

Kayleen will be offering four days of  lectures, workshops and concerts in Houston on topics ranging from Dante to Hildegard of Bingen and Carl Jung with violinist Julija Zibrat.

The Montrose Management District
board workshop meeting scheduled for April 3
has been postponed indefinitely.