programs

PERFORMANCE: MUSICAL GEMS FROM THE RENAISSANCE: MEDICIAN FLORENCE

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Norma Kershaw Auditorium

Fee: free to all

Dr. Colleen Reardon, Professor of Musicology and Graduate Director, UCI Department of Music, shares her expertise on the musical culture of Italy from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, with like performances by UCI students. 

No advance reservations necessary. 

Sponsored by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation. 

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PERFORMANCE: MARIA SZYMANOWSKA: COURT PIANIST TO THE TSARINAS

Sunday | June 30

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Norma Kershaw Auditorium

Maria Szymanowska: Court Pianist to the Tsarinas

sponsored by the Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club

Lecture and concert by scholar Maja Trochimczyk, Ph.D., music historian, and Wojciech Kocyan, piano professor at Loyola Marymount University about Maria Szymanowska, 19^th century Polish pianist-composer (1789-1831), the Court Pianist of the Tsarinas. Her musical salon in St. Petersburg gathered aristocracy, poets and artists and her romantic piano music inspired Chopin. Co-sponsored by Moonrise Press.

Fee: $7 Member/ $10 Non-member

Advance reservations: Visitor Services Desk, Tuesday – Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM; bowers.org/tickets or bowers.org/calendar and fill out the reservation form or e-mail education@bowers.org

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BOWERS AFTER-HOURS: THE MEDICI - COLLECTORS OF THE RARE, UNIQUE, AND BEAUTIFUL

BOWERS AFTER-HOURS

Starting at 5 PM, enjoy an exclusive after-hours viewing of the museum’s galleries including our exquisite special exhibitions. Be sure to explore our Gallery Store to browse the exotic and unique and receive a 20% discount. Then enjoy a stimulating lecture at 8 PM!

5 PM – 8 PM (Exhibitions, Gallery Store & Tangata)

Program 8 PM – 9 PM (seating begins at 7:30 PM in the Norma Kershaw Auditorium)

The Medici: Collectors of the Rare, Unique and Beautiful

As the wealth and political power of the Medici family grew, so did their love of collecting art, books, gems, minerals, and artifacts from antiquity. Discover the Studiolo of the Medici, a special room set up for studying these objects, and learn why the Renaissance was such an important time in Western culture. Presented by Tim Adams, Curatorial Consultant of Decorative Arts.

Fee: Member $20/Non-member $25 (does not include food or beverage)

STUDENT DISCOUNT: $10 admission with valid ID (purchase at museum only -available until 7:30 PM)

Advance reservations (except for students) required no later than 3 days prior to the event.

ADVANCE RESERVATIONS: bowers.org/tickets

on the website listing for each event at bowers.org/calendar

or via e-mail at education@bowers.org

Tickets are non-refundable. Proceeds benefit the Bowers Museum Education Programs.

All programs are subject to change.

QUESTIONS? Call the Education Department at 714.567.3677.

Dinner reservations are available at TANGATA from 5 PM to 8 PM.  Reserve your table by calling 714.550.0906.

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