Blue + Bob: Keyboard Music of “Blue” Gene Tyranny and Robert Ashley — Mills Music Now
Presented by Other Minds, in cooperation with the Center for Contemporary Music, Northeastern University and Mills Performing Arts.
This event is open to the public, Registration is required,
Pianists Sarah Cahill and Joseph Kubera perform a piano duo recital of the music of “Blue” Gene Tyranny (1945–2020) and Robert Ashley (1930–2014).
Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny collaborated for decades, and both were iconic and beloved teachers at the Mills College Music Department. This concert celebrates their work with Tyranny’s two-piano gems Decertified Highway of Dreams and Letters from Home and Ashley’s Viva’s Boy and Details (2b), along with solo compositions by both composers. Kubera and Cahill worked on these scores with both composers, and will perform pieces that Tyranny dedicated to each of them, including The Drifter and Spirit.
Sarah Cahill, hailed as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times, has commissioned and premiered over…
Organization: OAK - Performing Arts. Categories: Oakland - My role is: Staff, Oakland - Calendar - Performing Arts, Oakland - Sponsored Rental Event, Open to the Public. Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bobblue_800x534_mills-performing-arts.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-bob-keyboard-music-of-blue-gene-tyranny-and-robert-ashley-tickets-1316893938219. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Sunday, September 7, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.
Darius Milhaud Concert — Mills Music Now
Presented by Mills College at Northeastern University.
This event is free. Registration is requested.
Maestro Paul Flight leads Schola Cantorum SF and friends in a program of stunning, rarely performed choral music by Milhaud and his contemporaries, with Mills College-NU Professor of Music, Nalini Ghuman, pianist.
, The Darius Milhaud Concert is funded by the Mills College Class of 1945 Darius Milhaud Performance Endowment. Established in 1995 by the Mills College Class of 1945 at its 50th Reunion, the endowment has supported annual concerts featuring the music of Darius Milhaud. The Class of 1945 was among the first to graduate during Milhaud’s tenure at Mills College. Their vision and generosity is a fitting tribute to his inspirational teaching and artistry. Mills College at Northeastern University is grateful to the Mills College Class of 1945 for ensuring that Milhaud’s music will continue to exert a strong influence in the years to come.
Organization: OAK - Mills College. Categories: Oakland - My role is: Staff, Oakland - Calendar - Performing Arts, Open to the Public, Oakland - Performance Event. Oakland - Promo URL: https://performingarts.oakland.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/milhaud-25_800x534_mills-performing-arts41.jpg. Oakland - Ticket URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1292386716459?aff=oddtdtcreator. Oakland - Venue: Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Music Building.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building.