Subscription Concert [4] "Music & Presidents"
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 3:00 PM
The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra presents “Music and Presidents” featuring humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson portraying both Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. The concert is under the direction of Dr. Beverly Everett.
Included on this program are Corelli’s Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major, the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by J.S. Bach, and Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music, all from the era of President Jefferson. The second half of the concert features music of the era of President Roosevelt and includes The Entertainer and Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, works by Stephen Foster, An American Frontier by Calvin Custer, America the Beautiful, Bill Holcombe’s Cowboy Fantasy, and more.
Jenkinson’s unique style of living history performance is both humorous and enlightening. As a special treat, the audience is invited to a “press conference” immediately following the concert, during which Mr. Jefferson AND Mr. Roosevelt, along with Dr. Everett, will share insights on music and history, and take audience questions.
About Clay S. Jenkinson
Clay Jenkinson is a humanities scholar, author, social commentator, a Jefferson scholar, a Lewis and Clark scholar, and a student of the future of rural America. He has earned the reputation as one of the most entertaining public speakers in the United States.
He is one of the nation’s leading interpreters of Thomas Jefferson. He has lectured about and portrayed Jefferson in forty-nine states over a period of seventeen years. Jenkinson also portrays Meriwether Lewis, John Wesley Powell, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Theodore Roosevelt. He has performed before Supreme Court justices, presidents, eighteen state legislatures, and countless public audiences as well as appearing on The Today Show, Politically Incorrect, and CNN, and as a consultant and principal on-air "talking head,” in Ken Burns’ Thomas Jefferson Film: 1997, and his new documentary on Theodore Roosevelt.Jenkinson has dedicated the better part of his life to researching the historical characters that he portrays and to bringing back and defining the “living theatre” of Chautauqua, which emphasizes education with audience participation to enhance the learning and entertainment experience. He travels extensively, bringing his unique style of living history to college campuses and corporate venues across the United States throughout the year.
Jenkinson is also the host of the nationally syndicated weekly radio program The Thomas Jefferson Hour which has been on NPR stations since 1999. Through the Dakota Institute, he has recently added documentary filmmaker to his list of accomplishments with the award-winning documentary on former North Dakota Governor, Art Link called “When the landscape is Quiet Again”.
With his return to his home state of North Dakota in 2006, Jenkinson now divides his time between performing, lecturing, researching, writing, and film making to further the humanities both in his home state and across the country.
Clay Jenkinson is a humanities scholar, author, social commentator, a Jefferson scholar, a Lewis and Clark scholar, and a student of the future of rural America. He has earned the reputation as one of the most entertaining public speakers in the United States.
He is one of the nation’s leading interpreters of Thomas Jefferson. He has lectured about and portrayed Jefferson in forty-nine states over a period of seventeen years. Jenkinson also portrays Meriwether Lewis, John Wesley Powell, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Theodore Roosevelt. He has performed before Supreme Court justices, presidents, eighteen state legislatures, and countless public audiences as well as appearing on The Today Show, Politically Incorrect, and CNN, and as a consultant and principal on-air "talking head,” in Ken Burns’ Thomas Jefferson Film: 1997, and his new documentary on Theodore Roosevelt.Jenkinson has dedicated the better part of his life to researching the historical characters that he portrays and to bringing back and defining the “living theatre” of Chautauqua, which emphasizes education with audience participation to enhance the learning and entertainment experience. He travels extensively, bringing his unique style of living history to college campuses and corporate venues across the United States throughout the year.
Jenkinson is also the host of the nationally syndicated weekly radio program The Thomas Jefferson Hour which has been on NPR stations since 1999. Through the Dakota Institute, he has recently added documentary filmmaker to his list of accomplishments with the award-winning documentary on former North Dakota Governor, Art Link called “When the landscape is Quiet Again”.
With his return to his home state of North Dakota in 2006, Jenkinson now divides his time between performing, lecturing, researching, writing, and film making to further the humanities both in his home state and across the country.
All concerts are held at the Bemidji High School Auditorium. Join us after each concert for a brief post-concert conversation with conductor Beverly Everett and BSO's guest artists and composers. All Tickets are for general admission seating. All concerts are at the Bemidji High School Auditorium, 2900 Division Street West, Bemidji, MN. Directions
