Cal Performances at Home is much more than a series of great streamed performances. Fascinating behind-the-scenes artist interviews. Informative and entertaining public forums. The Cal Performances Reading Room, featuring books with interesting connections to our Fall 2020 programs. For all this and much more, keep checking this page for frequent updates and to journey far, far Beyond the Stage!
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Artist Conversation with Matthew Whitaker: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Matthew Whitaker: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Matthew Whitaker talks with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about the differences in playing multiple keyboard instruments, how he has participated in research of how music affects the brain, the challenges of reading Braille music, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Matthew Whitaker Quartet performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Artist Conversation for Real Enemies
Artist Conversation for Real Enemies
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
The three creators of Real Enemies discuss with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen how the project came into being, how conspiracy theories are manipulated by persons in position of power for their gain and how difficult it is to dismantle them once in place, how changing the format from stage to small screen has altered the piece and the pandemic-created challenges of recording numerous musicians who could not be together, and much more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society; Real Enemies performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Artist Conversation with Bria Skonberg: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Bria Skonberg: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
for her, her eclectic musical taste and how that impacts her composition, how improvisation and solos work within a larger ensemble, how her breathing differs between singing and trumpet playing (and how being pregnant changes that!), and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Bria Skonberg performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Co-Artistic Director of Manual Cinema Drew Dir, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen talk about what makes this gothic tale so timeless and haunting, how it relates to Silicon Valley today, how Mary Shelley’s life influenced her story, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist conversation.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Manual Cinema; Frankenstein performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Arts + Design’s Monday evening series, Together: Reinventing Politics, Reimagining Health, presents the three creators of Real Enemies—composer Darcy James Argue, writer and director Isaac Butler, and film designer Peter Nigrini—in a discussion about the American fascination with conspiracy theories that fuels their immersive, multimedia production. The conversation will be moderated by Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley University Librarian and Chief Digital Scholarship Officer, and a professor in the UCB School of Information and the Department of Economics.
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Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment
Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment
Real Enemies, featuring Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, was inspired by Kathryn S. Olmsted’s 2013 book Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I through 9/11. Watch as Professor Olmsted of UC Davis’ History Department, writer and director Isaac Butler, and MacArthur Fellow journalist and writer Mark Danner of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism as they had a lively conversation about the grip of conspiracy theories on the American imagination.
We encourage you to read Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I through 9/11 (Oxford University Press), available from any online bookseller.
This public forum is in conjunction with the Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society; Real Enemies performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
