Founder's Weekend
Our Centennial celebration began with Founder's Weekend.
To mark its founding in 1924 and to honor the legacy of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, Curtis will launched its milestone centennial season with Founder’s Weekend from October 11–13, 2024, as generations of alumni and supporters came to campus to reminiscence with one another, interact with students, attend various concerts and festivities, and celebrate the past, present, and future of the school.
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Explore our milestone projects from our centennial year.
Founder's Weekend Recital
October 11, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
Field Concert Hall
Celebrating New Music at Curtis.
Alvin Singleton, Argoru IX for solo violin, world premiere
Michael Djupstrom, Two Fantasies, for string trio
Rene Orth, A Mother’s Lullaby, for solo harp
Eric Sessler, Shift and Riff, for guitar quartet
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Chris Rogerson - Lullaby: no bad dreams, for violin and piano
Chia-Yu Hsu, Sparkle, for brass quintet
Zhou Tian, Red Trees, Wrinkled Cliffs, for guitar, violin, viola, and cello
Gabriella Smith, Carrot Revolution, for string quartet
From Hofmann to Present: The Legacy of Piano at Curtis
October 13, 2024 | 11:00 a.m.
Field Concert Hall
Join the piano department for a celebration of Curtis’ third president, composer, inventor, pedagogue, writer, and arguably “the greatest pianist of the 20th century” (Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present), Josef Hofmann. Celebrating the stature of this generative artist, the program will include featured replays of his historic 1938 recital in Casimir Hall (now Field Concert Hall).
The program will also include remarks, readings and performances by current piano faculty and students. The musical program is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m., and alumni and audience members are invited to join the Curtis community at 12:00 p.m. for a special Curtis Tea in the Common Room at 1726 Locust Street. Enjoy refreshments, including tea served from Curtis’ legendary samovar.