Sunday, March 28, 2010

3:00 pm (Doors open at 2:30 pm)

Admission: $15 Adults, $10 Members/Students with I.D.

McGill, principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, performed “Air and Simple Gifts” by John Williams with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and Gabriela Montero at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Considered one of classical music’s finest solo, chamber and orchestral musicians, he has performed throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

www.anthonymcgill.com

Sunday, April 11, 2010

3:00 pm (Doors open at 2:30 pm)

Admission: $15 Adults, $10 Members/Students with I.D.

In the Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s program at Juilliard, Claudia performed as concertmaster of the Juilliard Symphony. In addition to playing in the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Carnegie Hall and recitals the world over, she is a prizewinner in several international competitions. She will be joined by harpist, Coline-Marie Orliac.

At the conclusion of this concert the audience is invited to meet the performers at a reception where light refreshments will be served, and to ride up nine floors in our elevator to the tower observation deck, with its commanding view of the local area and the Philadelphia skyline!

www.ClaudiaSchaer.com

Wednesday, April 21 through Sunday, April 25

Wednesday-Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Admission: Donations Welcome.

Witness the step-by-step creation of a traditional Sand Mandala—an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandalas are drawings in sand of the world in its divine form; they represent a map by which the ordinary human mind is transformed into the enlightened mind. Watch as monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in southern India create and then ritualistically dismantle their Mandala during our Sunday festival (see listing for the Sacred Arts Festival).

www.gomang.org

Sunday, April 25, 2010

12:30 and 2:30 pm

Workshop: $10 Adults, $5 Members/Students with I.D. Reservations required. Please call 267.502.2981 or email doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your spot. Ages 8 and up, space is limited.

Noted stained glass artist J. Kenneth Leap from the Stained Glass Center at WheatonArts (Millville, NJ) will lead a stained glass workshop, using authentic 12th century techniques. Participants will apply glass pigment to designs adapted from Glencairn’s collection of medieval stained glass. Painted glass panels will be fired in an ultra-fast gas kiln, so you can take your creation home at the end of the day.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

1:00 to 5:00 pm

Admission: First Floor Free. Additional Activities & Tours: $5 Adults, $3 Seniors/Students with I.D. Free for Members and Children 4 & under.

Glencairn presents religious life through the ages, using art and artifacts from a variety of cultures and time periods. Join us on April 25th to celebrate the Sacred Arts. Tibetan Buddhist monks will dismantle a Sand Mandala (see listing for Buddhist Sand Mandala), stained glass artists will blow and paint medieval-style stained glass, stone carvers will demonstrate the finer points of their trade, and an artist will create a mosaic panel. View our current temporary exhibit and an exhibit about the history of stained glass making in Bryn Athyn. Listen to live music and participate in family activities.