Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College and the
Hofstra Cultural Center present the
JOSEPH G. ASTMAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERT
Shakespeare in Verse, Music, and Dance
By Erik Ryding Directed by Christopher Morrongiello
This exquisite program presents selected recitations from Shakespeare’s most beloved sonnets and plays set to music of the lute, recorder, virginal, harpsichord, and voice. Included are Shakespeare’s Sonnets 116 and 128 and verses from Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Sir Thomas More, As You Like It, The Tempest, and Othello. It also features dances invoked by Shakespeare, offering a rare opportunity to experience period dances based on historical choreographies. Composers include Henry VIII, John Dowland, Thomas Morley, William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, Robert Johnson, and Henry Lawes. This event is not to be missed!
Thursday, April 10, 2025, 4:30 p.m. The Helene Fortunoff Theater Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus
Admission is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP, visit events.hofstra.edu. For more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669. Funding for this concert has been provided by the Peter A. Teleha Memorial Fund and the Joseph G. Astman Family Fund for the Hofstra Cultural Center. 15076:2/25