6 - Friday, November 16, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 6 - Friday, November16, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom PER ORMAC PRVL Gil to perform new, diverse work CONCERT PREVIEW Film scores to meet classics in Pops show Brazilian musician blends influence from many countries By MAX RADWIN For the Daily Gilberto Gil - musician, Trop- icalista, politician, activist and even former exile - will be mak- ing a stop at Hill Auditorium on Gilberto Gil Nov. 16 for his North Ameri- Fridayat can tour. Gil 8 p.m. is promoting his first album Hill Auditorium since 2010, Con- From $15 certo de cordas & mdquinas de ritmo, which was released early last month. This is the Brazilian pop star's 52nd album, and his discography includes five platinum albums and 12 gold records. Gil has won seven Grammy Awards during a career spanning nearly 50 years, the most recent for 2005's Ele- tracistico. Gil turned 70 in June, but there's no sign of him slowing down yet. Gil remains the art- ist that he was in the 1960s, '70s and so on, sponging up cultural influences and infusing them into his experimental and constantly changing style of music. "I wouldn't put him under any single label," said Christi-Anne Castro, a Musicology professor in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance who will be speaking at an Arts & Eats event prior to the per- formance. "It's better to call him a great musical innovator ... you couldn't give him a single genre," she said of Gil. Gil is perhaps most famous for his participation with the Trop- icalia movement that developed during Brazil's military dictator- ship in the late 1960s and empha- sized the fusion of Brazilian culture and other foreign influ- ences. At a time when everyone was rejecting cultural imperial- ism in favor of exclusively tradi- By JONATHAN ODDEN Daily Arts Writer The University of Michigan Pops Orchestra, the oldest col- legiate pops orchestra in the United States and the only fully student- Pops Takes run orchestra Flight on campus, returns this Sunday at fall right where 7 p.m. it left off last Michigan Theater spring - blend- From $5 ing the classical canon with pop classics and film scores, all with a dash of humor and a passion for music.: The orchestra's upcoming fall concert, "Pops Takes Flight" - to be performed at the Michigan Theateron Sunday - is exactly what it sounds like: a tribute to everything light, airy and upbeat about air travel and flying. "Flight is a really good theme for this concert for many rea- sons," said Jennifer Wei, an LSA senior and external publicity coordinator for the orchestra. "We really wanted to capture, first-off, the thrill of flight. It's so exciting, and I think orches- tral music really captures that mix of excitement and anxiety, but we also thought that music about flight was so airy - pun intended - and that it would fit well with the winter cold approaching." Picking through the numer- ous options was difficult, Wei said. "Ho pieces theme? phy of] bring a enjoy. N pieces1 do tha in whi too." For the orc iconic canon theme maus and Str "Ta examp and cr The cL ing rea flighta orable pieces t and in they re ThI Po] P Tho these the me audien scores, not dis w do you choose which "A big focus of the concert is speak more of less to the movie scores," Wei said. "Moyie " Wei said. "The philoso- scores really tie the audience Pops is that we're trying to into the imagery of the music and concert that everyone can there are so many movie themes We're really happy withthe that are all about flight." we're playing because they Among the more contempo- t and the interactive ways rary scores the orchestra will be ch we're playing them do, playing are selections from "Up," "How to Train Your Dragon" and the classical connoisseur, Peter Pan's theme from "Hook." hestrawill be playing three "These. pieces go from light pieces from the classical and airy moments to bombastic that makes the concert's sweeps," Wei said. "The audi- soar: Strauss' Die Fleder- ence will really feel they're soar- Overture, Holst's Jupiter ing around in the clouds during 'avinsky's The Firebird. these pieces and its so much ke the Stravinsky piece for fun." le," Wei said. "It's rushing A unique point of the concert ashing, with a lot of energy. will be their rendition.of "Defy- assical pieces we're play- ing Gravity" from the musi- ly connect with out idea of cal "Wicked." Rather than an nd they're also really mem- ordinary pit orchestra arrange- and known works. They're ment, the Pops will play a full that the audience has heard orchestra rendition of the piece, the context of the concert, accompanied by vocals. ally shine." "The rendition we're doing is fantastic and we can't wait to show it off," Wei said. "It'll give hBroadway a run for its money." e M ichigan But the music is only part ps Orchestra of the Pops' concerts. They're also known for their creative irepares for skits and films that break up the music and bring the audience lift off. into the show. "Not to give too much away, but this is probably our most ambitious concert yet," Wei said. ugh the concert features "Let me just say that there are famous classical works, more costumes, jokes and even mbers of Pops know their Nerf guns this year. We just ce is also there for popular want to make the concert fun for and their fall concert does every member of the audience in appoint, explained Wei. some way, and I think we do." Gil and his partner, Caetano Veloso, were exiled from Brazil in 1969 tional Brazilian music, Gil and his partner Caetano Veloso, were integrating The Beatles and other electronic rock artists into local styles like forro. "They were very much coun- terculture and counter-dictator- ship," said Gil's childhood friend Bebete Martins, who is head of the University's Brazil Initiative at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. , "But they refused to fit into the mold of the protest music," Mar- tins said. "They thought music and arts and culture should be open to everything. They sent a message: Please bring the elec- tronic.music." In 1969, the Tropicalia move- ment came to an end when the Brazilian government exiled Gil and Veloso. Gil spent two and a half years in London, where he was exposed to new musical influences. He immersed himself in the city's rock scene, playing with Pink Floyd and producing a solo album in English. Gil was also introduced to reg- gae, a genre that severely influ- enced his music. He would later go on to perform with Jimmy Cliff and cover Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry." Gil was appointed Brazil's Minister of Culture in 2003, dur- ing which he applied a mental- ity of cultural expansiveness and artistic open-mindedness that he uses in his own music. "He wanted to help specific cultural initiatives not in the main stream," Martins said. "(The) little manifestations of cultural traditions in the very remote areas of Brazil." Gil resigned from his gov- ernment post in 2008 to focus solely on making music. Today, he tours and adds to an oeuvre that is already diverse and influ- ential. "It's a great opportunity to see someone so talented and so diverse in his work," Martins said of Gil's appeal to the student body. "Webelieve in freedom. We want to be independent. We want to learn about different things. We are curious. We are eager to experience new things and learn more. That's what you want (out of a performance)." "He's not Lady Gaga, but I have to say, he could very easily perform with Lady Gaga. And it would be great," Martins added. #YOLF (You Only Live Forever) WHEN YOU'RE A VAMPIRE. FOLLOW US. WE'LL TURN YOU. I @michdailyarts CLEAR Call: #734-418-4115 EYES. 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