American Studio Orchestra named 2010 "Artist-in-Residence" at Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Center for Africana Studies

March 15, 2010

Baltimore, MD—American Studio Orchestra has been named 2010 "Artist-in-Residence" at The Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences' Center for Africana Studies! This spring, the orchestra's residency will feature performances at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Members of the orchestra will participate in a series of lectures, classes and workshops on JHU's Homewood campus.

ASO is the third resident artist to be selected for this honor by the JHU Center for Africana Studies, following in the footsteps of contemporary artist Renee Stout and photographer Hank Willis Thomas. Resident-artists are selected by an advisory committee of art historians and scholars, led by Dr. Ben Vinson, Director of The JHU Center for Africana Studies.

A special performance denoting this honor will feature award winning film composer Jacob Yoffee's Synergy Suite, a multimedia work composed for ASO's inaugural performance. Also on the programme is music by Astor Piazolla, Karl Jenkins, and legendary film composer Ennio Morricone. Rounding out the programme, ASO will present original soundtrack music while showing 3 short independent films: "Words" Written/Directed by Max Strebel, "New York Connection" Written/Directed by Rob Bianco, and "Strangeland" Written/Directed by Harry Teitelman and Andrew Jerez.