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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

A PUBLICATION OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO VOL. 2.13

MARCH/APRIL 2013

In this Issue:Dean’s Lecture Series,

Seminars, Concerts, Events, Programs, Bookstore

But, for my own part,it was Greek to me.

— WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

When Music and Sweet Poetry AgreeParthenia, early music consortFriday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student Center

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DEAN’S LECTURE AND CONCERT SERIESPlease join us for the continuation of the spring 2013 Dean’s Lecture and Concert Series. All lectures are free and open to the public. See below for timesand locations.

LECTURESAristotle and the U.S. ConstitutionMurray Dry, professor of political science, Middlebury CollegeFriday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student Center

In this lecture, Mr. Dry will raise the question whether Aristotle’s political science is reflected in our Constitution and, if so, where and how. He also willconsider whether the political science of other philosophers, such as Hobbes,Locke, Spinoza, and Montesquieu, is not also reflected in our Constitution —and, if so, where and how. Mr. Dry will discuss the Constitution as both thework of the Founders and the more or less agreed-upon body of political practices and legal doctrines that have characterized American governmentfrom the founding to the present. The lecture will consider a range of philo-sophic contributions to our Constitution and whether the philosophic contributions have changed over time. And if they have, what should we make of that change?

Murray Dry is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science at Middle-bury College, where he has been teaching since 1968. He teaches courses in political philosophy, American constitutional law, and American politicalthought. His scholarship includes a book, Civil Peace and the Quest for Truth: The First Amendment Freedoms in Political Philosophy andAmerican Constitutionalism, Lexington Press, 2004, and numerous articlesand book chapters on diverse topics in American constitutionalism and political philosophy (especially the separation of powers, the Anti-Federalists, federalism, and the First Amendment). He is currently completing a book onsame-sex marriage and the law.

Is Culture a Second Nature? Thoughts on Politics, Religion, Culture,and the Middle EastJohn Agresto, past president, St. John’s College, Santa FeWednesday, April 17, 3:15 p.m.Junior Common Room, Peterson Student Center

This lecture will consider a number of questions: What stands in the way of liberty and democracy becoming universal? What preconditions mightthere be — historical, political, economic, cultural — for the growth of liberaldemocracies worldwide?  And what might we learn on this matter from ourforays into Iraq and Afghanistan and from the coming of the “Arab Spring?”

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John Agresto, past president of St. John’s College, Santa Fe (1989 to 2000),served as a Coalition Provisional Authority Senior Advisory to the Ministry ofHigher Education and Scientific Research in Baghdad, an experience he drewon to write Mugged By Reality — The Liberation of Iraq and the Failure ofGood Intentions (2007). He subsequently was interim provost and chancellorof The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani and then, from 2008 to 2009, a visiting fellow at Princeton University’s James Madison Program. Agrestoholds a doctorate in political science from Cornell University and has published in the areas of politics, law, and education. He currently lives inSanta Fe and chairs the New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights.

The Quest for the Islamic State – Past and PresentHillel Fradkin, director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson InstituteFriday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student CenterOver the past two years, the Arab Middle East has been subject to a series of revolts popularly known as the Arab Spring. Where successful, these revoltsoverthrew existing autocratic regimes and initiated democratic electoralprocesses. To date, the main beneficiaries of these elections have been what are known as Islamist movements and parties connected with both the Muslim Brotherhood and so-called Salafists. In addition, the Islamist move-ment has had an important impact in other non-Arab Muslim countries — forexample, Iran and Turkey. Traditionally these movements aimed at a reform of Muslim politics, which had as its ultimate goal what they termed the “Islamic State.” This lecture will discuss the present meaning of the IslamicState, its origins, its prospects, and its relationship to the experience of Muslim history and thought.

A senior fellow of the Hudson Institute and director of its Center on Islam,Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Fradkin is co-founder (withAmbassador Husain Haqqani) and co-editor of Current Trends in Islamist

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Ideology, the leading journal on the subject of the Muslim movement known asIslamism. Also a member of the faculty of Barnard College/Columbia Univer-sity and the University of Chicago, Fradkin has previously taught at Yale andGeorgetown universities. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from CornellUniversity and received a doctorate in Islamic studies from the University ofChicago, where his studies were directed by the late Muslim philospher MuhsinMahdi and the late Muslim theologian Fazlur Rahman. Fradkin has publishedwidely on contemporary Muslim and Middle Eastern affairs as well as the history of Islamic thought. He also has written on the history of Jewish thoughtand the general issue of the relationship between religion and politics.

Mastery of Nature in Descartes’ Discourse on MethodTopi HeikkeröFriday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student CenterRené Descartes’ Discourse on Method (1637) prefaces three of its author’s scientific studies (Dioptrics, Geometry, and Meteorology). These studies present and make use of novel analytic mathematical and scientific methodsthat Descartes had created. Yet the Discourse is strikingly self-described as “a history, or if you prefer, a fable.” Why do revolutionary mathematics and science need to be introduced by a narrative that admittedly verges on fiction? Furthermore, in the sixth part of the Discourse, Descartes articulates the promise that his new scientific ideas can enable a practical

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to e —

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philosophy in terms of making human beings “the masters and possessors ofnature.” In this lecture, Mr. Heikkerö aims to offer a reading of this promisein its context of the Discourse, Descartes’ scientific project, and his interac-tions with his peers and surroundings. How does Descartes weave fiction and exact quantitative inquiry together so that they result in a project of mastering nature, the power of which we have witnessed?

Topi Heikkerö has been on the faculty of St. John’s College, Santa Fe, since2008. He earned a master of theology degree in theological ethics and philosophy of religion from the University of Helsinki in 2000, followed by amaster of arts degree in theoretical philosophy in 2005 and a doctorate in social ethics in 2009. Academic appointments at the University of Helsinki included researcher in the Center for Social Ethics and university lecturerethics in the Department of Systematic Theology. He also was a visitingscholar at the Colorado School of Mines.

SYMPOSIUMBeyond Reductionism: Biology as a Liberal ArtSelected faculty, St. John’s College, Santa FeFriday, April 5, 3:15 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student CenterA panel of St. John’s faculty — John Cornell, Linda Wiener, Llyd Wells, Russell Winslow, and Gregory Schneider — will give short talks on problemsin the philosophy of biology.

ntertain a thought without accepting it. — ARISTOTLE

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SPRING 2013 COMMUNITY SEMINARS

Community Seminars are opportunities for community members to read anddiscuss seminal works in the same unique manner as our students. Seminarsare discussion-based and small in size in order to ensure spirited dialogue.There are topics to pique every interest, and for many participants the discussion-based learning model is an entirely new experience.

Please call 505-984-6117 to register for any of the seminars described below.Teachers with proof of full-time employment may enroll at a 50 percent discount. Community Seminars are free to 11th and 12th grade high schoolstudents (limited spaces available).

Fakhruddin ‘Iraqi, Divine FlashesTutor: Michael WolfeDates/Times: Four Saturdays, March 23 – April 13, 1:00-3:00 p.m.Cost: $ 140 Love where you may, you will have loved Him; turn your face whatever way, itturns toward Him — even if you know it not.

Sufis and scholars of Sufism have often wondered if Sufism’s two greatest mas-ters, Rumi and Ibn al-‘Arabi, ever met. They probably didn’t. Nonetheless,their lineages are united in the person of Fakhruddin ‘Iraqi. ‘Iraqi knew andstudied under Rumi; he was also a disciple of Ibn al-‘Arabi’s adopted son andsuccessor. Inspired to bring these two Sufi schools together, he wrote the Divine Flashes, a book that expresses Ibn al-‘Arabi’s startling metaphysical insights in ecstatic Persian poetry reminiscent of the poetry of Rumi.

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George Eliot’s Scenes of Clerical LifeTutor: Arcelia RodriguezDates/Times: Three Wednesdays, April 10-April 24, 6:00-8:00 p.m.Cost: $105Published in 1858, a time of religious reform and upheaval during Queen Vic-toria’s reign, Scenes of Clerical Life was George Eliot’s first work of fiction.The three novellas of the book — “The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend AmosBarton,” “Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story,” and “Janet’s Repentance” — are about thelife that unfolds around Shepperton Church in the fictional English village ofMilby. These stories will be an occasion to reflect on the questions and prob-lems that arise in rapidly changing times, of which the most important ofthese might be how we should confront and adapt to a world that seems to bequickly leaving us behind.

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EVENING CONCERTS

When Music and Sweet Poetry AgreeParthenia, early music consortFriday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student Center

There is no charge for admission.

The quartet — Rosamund Morley on treble, Lawrence Lipnik on tenor, Beverly Au and Lisa Terry on bass viols, with mezzo-soprano JacquelineHorner-Kwiatek and actor Paul Hecht (of Anonymous 4) — highlights the inseparable bond between poetry and music in an engaging program thatblends dramatic readings from Shakespeare and John Donne with the inti-mate chamber music of Shakespeare’s London in an evening of sung poetryand spoken music.

Parthenia, hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the brightest lights in New York’s early-music scene,” is a quartet dedicated to the performance ofancient and contemporary repertoires. The quartet collaborates regularlywith the world's foremost early music artists and ensembles and has been featured on radio and television as well as in festivals and music series in theUnited States and in Europe. Parthenia was featured along with frequent collaborator, the Renaissance wind band Piffaro, in the Philadelphia pre-miere of the comic opera The Loathly Lady, based on Chaucer’s Wife ofBath’s Tale. Parthenia is in residence at Corpus Christi Church in New Yorkand is the Beatrice Diener Early Music Ensemble-in-Residence at Stern College for Women,Yeshiva University, in New York.

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BiographiesIn addition to her extensive work with the viol consort Parthenia, BeverlyAu has performed with many notable early music ensembles and series, including Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity, New Yorks’s Ensemble for EarlyMusic, Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts, and The American ClassicalOrchestra. She received graduate degrees in cello and viola da gamba fromthe Mannes College of Music under Paul Tobias, Timothy Eddy, and Martha McGaughey; she also studied with Wieland Kuijken in Innsbruck, Austria.Beverly has appeared on film (Al Pacino’s Looking For Richard), television(PBS’s City Arts), radio (WNYC), on the Broadway stage (The Tempest,starring Patrick Stewart), and off-Broadway (Romance of the Rose, TheShip of Fools, La Dafne, Semele, Dido and Aeneas, Cupid and Death, Venusand Adonis, all under the direction of the late Paul Echols; as well as in theground-breaking theater pieces Blue Scene Gray, Flatlands Little Remarks, If Kansas Goes, Silent When Loaded, and Go Between Gettysburg, withLinda Mussman’s noted avant-garde ensemble, Time and Space Ltd). Herduo, Spuyten Duyvil, was semifinalist at the International Early Music Competition in Utrecht, The Netherlands. She was also a finalist in the 2001Dorian/EMA recording competition as a member of the Ensemble for the Seicento. She has recorded on the MSR Classics, Evening Star, Gothic,Museovich, and Buckyball Music labels.

Lawrence Lipnik has performed with many acclaimed chamber and earlymusic ensembles including the Waverly Consort and Anonymous 4 and is a founding member of the viol consort Parthenia and vocal ensemble Lionheart, whose new recording, “John the Revelator,” rose to the top 20 Billboard Classical Crossover charts this past spring. This summer he servedas continuo gambist and recorder player and engaged in musical score research and preparation for a new production of Monteverdi’s Il Ritornod’Ulisse in Patria at Wolf Trap. He has recently prepared a performing edition of Francesco Cavalli’s opera La Calisto, which was commissioned bythe Juilliard School and performed by the San Francisco Opera, and is music editor for an upcoming authoritative edition of the original songs from theplays of William Shakespeare. In addition to performing, he is currently co-director of the New York Recorder Guild and enjoys a busy teaching schedule, which has included national and international festivals from theBenslow Music Trust in the United Kingdom, Port Townsend, and the SanDiego Early Music Festival to Pinewoods and Amherst Early Music, as wellas currently serving as instructor of viol, recorder, and early music perform-ance at Wesleyan University. He has recorded for numerous labels includingEMI, Angel, Nimbus, Virgin, Sony, Koch International, and Cantaloupe.

On treble, tenor, and bass violas da gamba (and their medieval ancestors),Rosamund Morley has performed with many renowned early music ensembles, including ARTEK, The Boston Camerata, The Catacoustic Consort, Lionheart, Piffaro, and Sequentia. In addition to her position inParthenia, New York’s premiere consort of viols, she is a founding member ofthe Elizabethan group, My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort. Her interest in

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playing contemporary music as well as early music was fostered by manyyears working with the New York Consort of Viols. She has toured worldwideas a long-standing member of the Waverly Consort and has appeared assoloist at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Les Arts Florissants. Her busyteaching schedule has included numerous national and international work-shops such as Charney Manor and the Benslow Music Trust in Hitchin,United Kingdom; Triora Musica in Liguria, Italy; the Cammac Music Center in Quebec, Canada; Amherst Early Music in New England; the PortTownsend Workshop in Seattle; and the Viola da Gamba Society of Amer-ica’s annual Conclave. She directs the summer music course, Viols West, atCal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, and holds teaching positions at Columbia and Yale universities. Ms. Morley has recorded for CBS Master-works, Arabesque, Musical Heritage Society, Classic Masters, EMI/Angel,Museovich Productions, and MSR Classics.

Lisa Terry practices, performs, and teaches viola da gamba and violoncelloin New York City, where she is a long-time member of Parthenia and the Dryden Ensemble and a new member of BaroQue Across the River. She was a founding member of ARTEK and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Juilliard Opera Orchestra, OperaLafayette, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Concert Royal, New York Collegium,American Classical Orchestra, Four Nations Ensemble, Santa Fe Pro Musica,and Chicago Opera Theatre. She earned her degree in cello performance fromMemphis State University and continued her studies in New York withRichard Taruskin (viol) and Harry Wimmer (cello). Ms. Terry appears togreat acclaim as soloist in the Passions of J.S. Bach, notably under the batonsof Robert Shaw, Richard Westenburg, and Lyndon Woodside in CarnegieHall; in the Jonathan Miller-staged performances at the Brooklyn Academyof Music conducted by Paul Goodwin; and with Andrew Parrot, Gary Thor Wedow, Kent Tritle, and Simon Carrington. Ms. Terry teaches viola da gamba and cello at the French-American School of Music in New York andat workshops around the country.

My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He wrote:‘in our sleep, pain which cannot forget fallsdrop by drop upon the heart until, in ourown despair, against our will, comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of god.’

– BOBBY KENNEDY, INDIANAPOLIS (4 APRIL 1968)

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LUNCHTIME CONCERT

Chopin, Schoenberg, and WebernPeter Pesic, pianoFriday, April 5, 12:10-1:15 p.m.Junior Common Room, Peterson Student Center

There is no charge for admission.

Musician-in-residence and tutor Peter Pesic offers the fifth in his series of pianistic explorations for the 2012-2013 academic year. In this concert, hewill perform Chopin’s Waltzes, opp. 64/3, 69/1, 42, and 70/1 as well as hisPolonaises Kk 4A/3, 71/2, and 53; Schoenberg’s Piano Pieces, opp. 33a and33b; and Webern’s Variations, op. 27.

Peter Pesic is a tutor and musician-in-residence at St. John’s College, SantaFe. He attended Harvard and Stanford, obtaining a doctorate in physics. He has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Mr. Pesic is also a visiting scholar at Harvard University.

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MUSIC ON THE HILL™ BENEFIT EVENTS

Bring your family and friends to enjoy greatcuisine at local restaurants and support thesummer 2013 season of Music on the Hill™.Our restaurant partners will donate 20% ofthe evenings’ sale of food and beverages tohelp us mount our popular free concert series. All diners may enter to win the doorprize: a $50 gift certificate for the respectiverestaurants.

Tuesday, March 19, Il Piatto (95 W. Marcy St). Tuesday, April 16, Santa Fe Bar & Grill (187 Paseo De Peralta)

For details see HERE.

DANCE

Dancehibition

Saturday, April 27, 7:00 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student Center

There is no charge for admission.

Dancehibition — the inspiration of two international students — presents avariety of dance styles, both American and international. Colorful costumes,beautiful music, enthusiastic performers, and some cultural enlightenmentwill make for a great night of entertainment. This is an effort by the students for the college and the community; so, come one, come all and support them.

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ART SHOW

A Special, Juried Event Featuring Award-Wining New MexicoArtists who Work in the Spanish Colonial Tradition Auction and Reception:Friday, March 15, 5:00-9:00 p.m.Peterson Student Center, 2nd floor

This year’s auction of 15 pieces, accompanied by a reception, begins at 5:00 p.m. and concludes at approximately 7:00 p.m. To participate in theauction, one must purchase a bid card ($10), available at the door. Auctionproceeds support financial aid programs for New Mexico students attendingSt. John’s College. Music will be performed by Amanda Quintana, vocals andguitar. At the auction’s conclusion, the Market will open in the Great Hall.Admission to the Market is free.

Market DaySaturday, March 16, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Great Hall, Peterson Student Center

Market Day features work for sale as well as artists’ demonstrations of theircraft and impromptu music. This year’s lecture will be given by jeweler andblacksmith extraordinaire Ralph Sena, winner of the Spanish Colonial ArtsSociety’s Masters Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2011.

Details can be viewed HERE.Questions may be directed to Deborah Spiegelman, dspiegelman@sjcsf.eduor 505-984-6199.

San Isidro,Retablo, Nicholas Otero.

Photo: Pat Carr

St. John’s College honors award-winning New Mexico artists who work in the Spanish Colonial Tradition at its 2013 Auction and Market

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SUMMER CLASSICS 2013

Unlock new realms of thought in the words of Western Civilization’s greatestauthors and in the company of inquiring minds around the seminar table.

Join us for Summer Classics in Santa FeWeek I: July 7-12Week II: July 14-19Week III: July 21-26

Seminars cover a wide range of topics and interests. 2013 offerings includeseminars on works by Aristotle, John Le Carré, Mozart, Issac Newton, Mari-lynne Robinson, Shakespeare, Stendhal, Leo Tolstoy, Marguerite Yourcenar,and more.

Summer Classics participants are invited to explore the vibrancy of historicSanta Fe and attend cultural events, including St. John’s College Music onthe Hill™ concert series, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and theworld-renowned Santa Fe Opera.

The complete schedule for Summer Classics 2013 and seminar details can beviewed HERE.

For a brochure or to register, please call 505-984-6105 or email summerclassics@sjcsf.edu.

I love to revel in philosophical matters — esp other foolishness there is. —

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GRADUATE INSTITUTEPlease Join us for the Third AnnualEncounter the Eastern Classics EventSt. John's CollegeSanta Fe Campus, Levan HallSaturday, April 6, 2013The programs at St. John’s College approach seminal texts purely throughthoughtful reading and dialogue — and the Eastern Classics Master’s Program is no exception. In fact, it is precisely this open and direct approachthat allows students in the program to encounter and connect with the fundamental texts of China, India, and Japan.

The evening’s schedule will be as follows:

3:45 - 4:00 pm: Welcome Speech by the Graduate Director

4:00 - 5:30 pm: Seminar on the “Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness” A Sutta from the Pali Canon of Buddhist Texts

5:30 - 7:00 pm: Reception and Panel with Faculty, Alumni, Students and Staff

Following the seminar, enjoy light refreshments while continuing the conversation with St. John’s faculty, staff, current students, and alumni.During the panel session, you will learn more about the program and the application process.

The Eastern Classics program has often been described as unique, exciting, and life-changing. Join us to find out why. We look forward to seeing you there!

Space is limited. Please RSVP to Katie Widlund at katiescarlett.widlund@sjcsf.eduor 505-984-6050 before Friday, March 22.

ecially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any

— LETTER FROM MARK TWAIN, SAN FRANCISCO ALTA CALFORNIA, AUG. 1, 1869

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OPEN MONDAY – THURSDAY, 8:45 A.M.-7:30 P.M.FRIDAY, 8:45 A.M.-5:30 P.M.SUNDAY, 12:00 -7:00 P.M. (CLOSED SATURDAY)

Two new books written by St. John’s Santa Fe faculty available at the bookstore.

Jorge AiglaFirst Lie/ Primera Mentira

Richard McCombsThe Paradoxical Rationality of Soren Kierkegaard

And a new edition of Hermann Weyl’s works edited and with anintroduction by Peter Pesic

Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy

VISIT THE ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE BOOKSTORE

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