Cape Cod Premiere
Music of G.I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann
Pianist, Elan Sicroff
Changing Ourselves to Change the Future
A Lecture on Transformation by George Bennett
Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:00 p.m.
First Parish Brewster Unitarian Church,
1969 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631
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Phone: 978-249-4725
Cost:
Tickets: $15 sliding scale donation at the door, no reservations needed
Free to members of First Parish Brewster. A reception follows-all are welcome.
Cape Cod Concert Premiere
Enjoy the Cape Cod premiere performance of music written in collaboration by G.I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann. Drawn from a wide variety of ancient and world music sources from Tibet to Armenia and Morocco, these unique sounds can bring the attentive listener into a deeper level of experience. Additionally, this is a rare opportunity to hear representative works from de Hartmann’s classical output.
Inner Transformation
The event includes a lecture on inner transformation given by historian George Bennett, “Changing Ourselves to Serve the Future”. Taught directly by J.G. Bennett, one of Gurdjieff’s greatest followers, George Bennett was raised in an experimental spiritual community at Coombe Springs in England, and attended Bennett's International Academy for Continuous Education at Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England. George spent seven years as an international truck driver before working for twenty years as a journalist and publisher. He currently teaches at the Village School, an elementary school in Royalston, Massachusetts focusing on academic excellence through nature’s classroom, founded by the Millers River Educational Cooperative. The school celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. Together with Sicroff and others, George will co-lead a six-week residential Gurdjieff Intensive program this summer in Massachusetts.
Elan Sicroff
Sicroff trained at the Juilliard School with Jeaneane Dowis, protégé of the great Rhosinna Lhevinne. He attended Sherborne from 1973 to 1975. He received training directly from Mme. Olga de Hartmann, wife of the composer, and was with her at the end of her life. Through his highly acclaimed recitals worldwide, he is regarded as the leading interpreter of the music of Gurdjieff and de Hartmann. In January 2009 he toured Italy, England and Malta. and returns to England in January, 2010 for a performance in St. John’s Smith Square, in London followed by an appearance at Vatican City
Sicroff’s CD recordings, Sicroff plays Gurdjieff and Journey to Inaccessible Places, are available at performances and at www.sicroff.com, with a new recording due out this winter.
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